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court, for the second time in two years, reversed nearly 50 years of precedent on an issue that has significantly helped improve the lives of americans. last year it was undoing protections for women to make decisions about their own reproductive health. today its undoing the consideration of race in college admissions, which has let helped level educational opportunities for minority students, like me. 30 years or so ago. it is a court that is looking to move the country backwards. as...

the july 4 rushford senior correspondent steve harrigan is alive at jackson airport in the lancet with the length of the holiday travel surge. how is it looking, steve? >> and griff, from this vantage point record numbers were there during a very good job of dealing with so far as you can see behind me the alliance about a 10 minute wait from 20 minutes earlier this morning. 17.7 million americans we find this week on the fourth of july here in atlanta the busiest estate -- date has be...

business owners. >> i am incredibly grateful for the court decision the government cannot force anyone to say something they do not believe for. >> also unanimously paving the way for more religious accommodations in the workplace. the courts of liberal justice stone it with the president, blasting the ruling saying the court is taking the country backward. >> is a rogue court? this is not a rogue court records are public and presidential candidate nikki haley monumental week for the h...

business owners. >> i am incredibly grateful for the court decision the government cannot force anyone to say something they do not believe for. >> also unanimously paving the way for more religious accommodations in the workplace. the courts of liberal justice stone it with the president, blasting the ruling saying the court is taking the country backward. >> is a rogue court? this is not a rogue court records are public and presidential candidate nikki haley monumental week for the h...

bailout plan. it would have allowed eligible borrowers to cal sen ultimately -- cancel up to $20,000 in debt. joey: this all follows a previous day of landmark decision withs the high court voting to outlaw race-based affirmative action in college admissions. huge week for the supreme court of the united states and offering support for america and hope on a race, color behind country or one that adheres to the fundamental principal of free speech or one that understands the limited pow...

everyone agrees. this after a group of asian-american students filed a complaint against harvard and the university of north carolina chapel hill alleging that they failed to employ employee race neutral admissions practices. the majority opinion delivered by chief justice john roberts said that any student, quote, must be treated based on his or her experiences as an individual, not on the basis of race. highlighting the importance of this case in a rare move. justices clarence thomas...

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the past few years, youre not sug be surprised by this.t but homelessness grewst a staggering 10% in the cityd 9% last year and 9% in l.a. county. >> my office staff is afraids ,a and its so sad for the people that are homeless and a tragedy for the community. >> when i went outside, there were jus just like families walg around, people walking it w was completely quietring i and safe and boring and a good way. >> and now im afraid to go out without my pepper spra>>y. >> horrific. and ...

im maria bartiromo. today invasion at the southern border. 371,000 migrant encounters nationwide in the month of december alone. compare that to the entire final year of the trump administration in 2020 with where they had 405,000 for the whole year. something if former director of national intelligence john ratcliffe warned us about in the first three months of the biden administration, right here. >> we didnt have a problem four months ago. we had no national security issue like we h...

court ruling that didnt go his way. top court dealing with affirmative action. that means merit agains and the media will need a fainting couch. >> the worst thing about affirmative action is that it created a clarence thomas. >> clarence thomas has criticized affirmative action and we know thats why hes on the supreme court. >> i think this is sticking dag dag dager in our back. >> we will see that segregation become wider and wider. >> whats next, gay marriage? >> is this leading to ...