the lead starts right now. the justices erase race-based college admissions. we re 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 cnn s erin burnett joins us live from kyiv where she just sat down with former vice president mike pence during his surprise trip. the parkland resource officer who did not enter the building is found not guilty. welcome to the lead. i m abby phillip. jake tapper is off today. we begin with our law and justice lead. college admissions programs in america will no longer look the same. protesters gathered outside the u.s. supreme court after its landmark decision saying colleges can no longer take race into consideration as an expressed factor in admissions. now, this over turns longstanding precedent that has benefited black and lat
ybefore to know before you head out. and welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. this morning reaction pouring in after the supreme court ruled to gut affirmative action, a move that will transform college admissions beiacross the countr. justices rules that colleges and universities can no longer consider race as part of their address missions process. the supermajority all voting to reverse decades of prez department. republicans praising the decide. kevin mccarthy said that it will leave to fairer admissions. but democrats are slamming the ruling. vice president kamala harris calling it a step backward that will make the nation s colleges less diverse. jessica schneider reports. reporter: the supreme court stirring up protests with its decision gutting affirmative action saying colleges and universities can no longer rely on race in the admissions process. but prospective students are still allowed to talk about how the
over the past three years, as chief of staff of the air force, general brown has become known for his signature approach, accelerate, change or lose. general, you re right on. as i often said, our world is at an inflection point where the decisions we make today will determine the course of our world for decades to come. to keep the american people safe, we have to adapt and act quickly. we have to manage our competition with china and meet the reality of renewed aggression in europe. we need to make sure we retain our competitive edge in an age where emerging technologies from ai to 3-d printing could fundamentally change the character of conflict. with general brown as chairman, i know i ll be able to rely on his advice and i ll also be able to have a leader who is unafraid to speak his mind. as someone who will deliver a message that needs to be hard and will always do the right thing when it s hard. that s the number one quality a president needs in a chairman. that s the
in ukraine, another new round of missile strikes as russian officials celebrate what they say is a new phase of the war, one that apparently focuses on killing civilians instead of soldiers. so what is this new phase? what does it mean for what s ahead? i ll ask barry mccaffrey in just a minute. and we have now learned that among the women accusing disgraced producer harvey weinstein at his trial in california is the governor s wife. we ll have the latest from the courtroom. but we start with the midterm races and growing alarm that decision makers may be letting winnable races slip away. that includes races in wisconsin, north carolina, pennsylvania, across the board, democratic candidates have spent way more on their own ads than the party ha has. while on the republican side, the bulk of the spending has come from the national party and outside groups. case in point, ohio, where jd vance has come up with just 10% of the cost of his ads compared to more than 80% for d
in a lengthy letter with indiscriminate capitalization committee chair bennie thompson sends it to him and trump doubled down on fraudulent claims that the 2020 election was stolen. a reminder, it was not. facts. once the subpoena is formally issued there will be specific deadlines for when the former president must testify. if he defies it, he could then be held in contempt of congress. yesterday s subpoena vote was the committee s mic drop moment before the november midterms. they also, though, used that final hearing to share new evidence from secret service communications, leading up to the capitol riot. and showed never before seen footage of congressional leaders scrambling to respond to the attacks from a makeshift bunker. cnn justice correspondent jessica schneider joins us live now. tell us more about new evidence that was revealed. well, victor, and erica, the biggest new evidence was all of that new video from congressional leaders behind the scenes, figuring