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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...

rights and basic decisions than any court in recent history, and thats what i meant by not normal. >> that was president joe biden on msnbc yesterday reacting to rulings from the supreme court overturning affirmative action in college admissions. well break down these landmark decisions. meanwhile were just a few hours away from two more major rulings from the high court, one of which addresses the legality of an executive action from the president. plus, well take a look how americans...

and if youre watching, this is the sunday edition of newscast, which is new on the tv. and i think, chaps, the main thing were going to talk about today is trust in politics, which is something that people talk about a lot very earnestly and occasionally pompously. but the reason to talk about it today is that the big focus group project that we did, britain in a room, which we talked about yesterday, it was on the telly today, did raise a really central theme — does the public think...

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...

to take on vladimir putin in russias presidential election. he stands no chance of winning, of course, but given what has happened to many of vladimir putins opponents, it is a position that holds substantial risk. boris nadezhdin has now got many thousands of signatures from the public allowing him to stand as a candidate. he stands no chance of winning, but given what has happened to many opposition politicians, it is a move that carries significant personal risk. but boris nadezhdin...

start tomorrow with storm jocelyn still very much in charge of our weather. the centre of this area of low pressure tracking to the north of the uk. lots of izabela squeezing together on this chart. still very windy, particularly in scotland and northern england. they will spread time. the wind is slowly easing through the day but to the eastern side of the pennines, we could keep some really gusty conditions right into the afternoon. bear that in mind if you are travelling. however, t...

you with 10 seconds of skateboarding history. this is aussie skateboarder arisa trew becoming the first female to land a 720 in a competition. thats two full rotations in the air. and shesjust 13. youre all caught up now. see you. this is bbc news. we will have the headlines and main news stories for you at the top of the hour straight after this programme. this week on the show... pulling down the past. i believe that the monuments would not give a tribute to the regime, but they shou...

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 ...

appreciated one of the guests you had on making this point about how they thought that the case of 303 creative would be narrowly defined. and i was in agreement with you that i hope that is the case because i think a lot of people have been looking at that and seeing it as opening the floodgates to possible discrimination against lgbtq members for whatever reason, you know, services, or free speech. but at the end of the day, it has created the lgbtq community or made them feel like s...

the uks biggest water firm services over a quarter of the country but has fallen billions of pounds into debt. and a bbc investigation finds paedophiles are using artificial intelligence technology to create and sell life—like child sexual abuse material. well talk to a child safety expert about what they want to see done. but we start with the situation in ukraine and the horrifying details of a russian missile attack on a restaurant in kramatorsk. 11 people were killed and rescue w...