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"the lead" starts right now. the justices erase race-based college admissions. were talking to one of the attorneys that argued in support of affirmative action before the court. then documents shared exclusively with cnn show a russian general, whose whereabouts is currently unknown, was a secret vip member of the wagner mercenary group. plus cnns erin burnett joins us live from kyiv where she just sat down with former vice president mike pence during his surprise trip. the parkland...

standardized tests and their grades and then they argued with harvard and north carolina that they were starting to only allow a certain percentage of them to come to the school at some of the most prestigious colleges in the country. this is a big deal. chief justice roberts writing in his decision "many universities have for too long done just the opposite. in doing so, they have concluded wrongly that the touchstone of an individuals identity is not challenges bested, skills built o...

wife and son to hide financial crimes. the prosecutor is seeking to go after alex on this comes back to the notion that he did have a motive, he did have a reason and he did have a world that was closing in on him as again, the details of his financial improprieties and embezzling were coming to life and known by his wife and indirectly by his own son and the separate drugs issue, this break will be about 15 minutes or so. i want to get the read from ted williams what he makes of this ...

its their constitutional obligation to do that. were talking about programs when they talk about medicare, social security, were talking about programs that they want to take hostage that will affect taxpayers, that will affect seniors and veterans. again, its their constitutional duty. they should do this without conditions. >> trying to address market-related chatters. jerome powell was asked about the debt ceiling. theres only one option. for congress to pass the increase. is that t...

Thank you for joining us tonight. The conspiracy of dunces. Thats the focus of tonights angle. You know its bad for the trump Hush Money Prosecution when the New York Times feels compelled to publish a piece calling out the cases weakness. Jed sugarman a Law Professor at Boston University called alvin braggs case an historic Mistake Writing their vegas allegation about a criminal scheme to corrupt the 201 president ial election has him more concerned than ever about their unprecedented use of st...

Listening to that video time stamped on the iphone, placing all three voices in the background, alec, maggie and paul murdaughs voice is in the background of that video at the kennel placing them together just minutes before two-way cellular activity ceased on maggie and pauls iphones. so the defense pointed out -- the prosecution pointed out in closing arguments, this is not the behavior of an innocent man. the most important piece of information, when did you last see your wife and son alive? ...

Killing his wife and son. mike eiglarsh is standing by. first to jonathan serrie in atlanta. john than? >> alec murdaugh said he did not see his wife an hour before her murder. but the prosecution is challenging that with a video that his son, paul, recorded on his iphone minutes before they were shouting. murdaugh keeped in court. it shows a dog in the family kennel. you can hear human voices speaking in the background. prosecutors want to show that maggie and paul were not alone at the time. >...

Again, we dont know exactly if this is connected or not. the police were asked about it last night. heres what they had to say. >> were looking at every avenue. we have other agencies reaching out with other cases and stuff that were doing follow up on. well continue to follow up on those. >> and the chief went on to say that he was actually personally familiar with that case and we dont know if theyve been in contact with salem p.d. or not. we assume they have. again, theyve said this is a targ...

$3,500 for training. the defense reminded the jury that a security guard backed up smolletts testimony that he said he say a white person run in a flash. jussie smollett is charged with six counts of lying to the police. the judge has kept the jury until 8:00. so its possible that they will be charged late in the evening hours. well keep you updated. >> martha: thanks, matt finn covering that story in chicago. lets bring in mike eiglarsh. good to see you. listening to matts report and taking a l...

>> breaking tonight, the aclu wants kentucky court clerk kim davis back in front of a judge in the wake of her refusal to issue same-sex marriage licenses. joining me with the very latest on this motion, criminal defense attorney mike eiglarsh? what do they want now? >> the problem is people are getting a marriage certificate-ish and on the happiest day of their life they have to go to an attorney and show them the certificates. and attorneys like my bald beautiful brother are saying this is que...