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And the fact that the Supreme Court was not able to issue a decision today doesnt just set this system back even further, it takes us further from the country we aspire to be. This is part of the consequence of the republican failures so far to give a fair hearing to mr. Merrick garland, my nominee to the Supreme Court. Sreenivasan and in another major decision, the justices ruled it is constitutional for universities in this case the university of texas to consider race in admissions. Well take a closer look at todays Supreme Court rulings right after this news summary. Woodruff another Police Officer in baltimore has been found not guilty in the 2015 death of a 25yearold black man, freddie gray. Caesar goodson was driving the police van in which gray suffered a broken neck while in custody. Goodson faced the most serious charges of all the officers involved. He was acquitted on all counts, including seconddegree murder. Dozens of protesters gathered outside the courthouse in baltimore today to voice their frustrations. We are human beings we deserve we deserve to have the right to walk in our communities, and ride in our communities and be safe by people we pay and send to serve and protect us. Who the hell are they serving . And who the hell are they protecting . Cause it damn sure aint freddie gray. Woodruff six Police Officers have been charged in the case. But only goodson was accused of committing murder. The first trial ended in a hung jury. The second officer was acquitted of all charges. In the president ial campaign, Republican Donald Trump faced tough questions today regarding past claims hes made about democrat Hillary Clintons emails. Yesterday, trump said her server was easily hacked by foreign governments, perhaps even by her financial backers in communist china. Putting all of america and our citizens in danger, great danger. But today, he took a step back when pressed by lester holt of nbc news. You also made the claim that her email, personal email server, had been hacked, probably by foreign governments, suggesting that well, you dont know that. As president well first of all, she shouldnt have had a personal server, okay . She shouldnt have had it. Its illegal. What she did is illegal. Now she might not be judging that way because, you know, we we have a rigged system. But what she did is illegal. She shouldnt have had a personal server but is there any evidence that it was hacked other than routine fishing . I think i read that. And i heard it and somebody where . That also gave me that information. I will report back to you. Woodruff Clintons Campaign has maintained theres no evidence hackers penetrated her private email server. Sreenivasan in china, a powerful tornado has killed at least 78 people, and leveled a large number of buildings. Some 500 people were injured. It hit a densely populated area near the city of yancheng, about 500 miles south of beijing. The twister overturned cars. Roads were blocked with trees, downed power lines and other debris. There were reports of winds up to about 80 Miles Per Hour in some parts. Woodruff it was a historic day for colombia as the government signed a ceasefire with leftist farc rebels, closing a halfcenturylong chapter of bloodshed. At a ceremony in havana, cuba, the colombian president and the leader of the farc formally approved the agreement to settle longstanding obstacles to peace, including the farcs disarmament. That now clears the way for a final peace deal, which negotiators hope to clinch by july 20. Sreenivasan back in this country, the federal government now says filtered tap water is safe for everyone in flint, michigan. The announcement lifts a recommendation that pregnant women, nursing mothers, and children under six only drink bottled water to avoid lead exposure. The citys Drinking Water became contaminated when lead from old pipes leached into homes and businesses, triggering a Public Health emergency. Volkswagen will pay over 10 billion to settle claims tied to its diesel emissionscheating scandal. It was widely reported the majority of the money will compensate owners of nearly 500,000 vehicles programmed to cheat on emissions tests. The rest will penalize Government Agencies and fund pollution offset projects. The final terms of the settlement will be released tuesday. Stocks surged on wall street today as traders eagerly awaited the outcome of todays british referendum on whether to remain in the European Union. The Dow Jones Industrial average gained 230 points to close at 18,011. The nasdaq rose more than 76 points, and the s p 500 added nearly 28. New data out today from the u. S. Census bureau shows asians continue to be the Fastest Growing racial group in the u. S. The asian population rose 3. 4 over the past year. While the white population, including those who chose white along with another race, showed the slowest growth up just one half of a percent. There are 21 million asians in the u. S. Their population has steadily surged since 2000, largely due to international migration. And after decades of debate, a los angeles jury has ruled led zeppelin did not steal the opening riff of their classic song, stairway to heaven. The rock band was accused of copying the chords from a song by the American Band spirit. The two groups played together in 1970, a year before stairway to heavens release. Heres led zeppelins iconic guitar opening, as heard in this 1973 performance. And here are the chords in question from the band spirits song taurus, so you can judge for yourself. The jury ruled the chords of the two songs were not intrinsically similar. Still to come on the newshour big Supreme Court decisions on immigration and affirmative action. What will happen if britain leaves the European Union. House democrats sitin for more than 24hours to push gun control legislation, and much more. Woodruff we return to the big day at the Supreme Court a split on immigration puts millions in limbo. And justices uphold affirmative action. We dig into both cases now with newshour regular marcia coyle, chief washington correspondent of the national law journal. Marcia. Judy. Woodruff we need you here on days like this, especially on days like this. Lets talk about the affirmative action case first. What was it that the university of texas case was about . Well, actually this was the second time the Supreme Court had looked at how the university of texas uses race as a factor in its admissions policy. Back in 2013, the case came to the Supreme Court by abigail fisher, a student who was denied admission to the university in 2008. And she claimed that the use of race as factor was why she was denied admission and that it violated the constitution. The Supreme Court in 2013, led by Justice Kennedy, a 71 court, sent it back to the lower federal court saying you gave too much deference to the universitys explanation. You have to give the tougher scrutiny we have under the constitution, and the university has to show there are no workable raceneutral alternatives. Well, that lower federal Appellate Court held hearings, briefings, upheld the plan again. It came back to the Supreme Court. Abigail fisher brought it back with a conservative organization that had backed her from the beginning. And the Supreme Court today in a surprising 43 decision upheld the universitys use of race as Justice Kennedy said, factor of factor of a factor. Woodruff why do you say surprising . He had never voted to uphold an affirmative action plan, although he had written and spoken about the importance of diversity in higher education. So he did believe that it was an important, compelling interest to have a diverse student body. Woodruff there were some really strong opinions voiced here. Justice alito wrote this is affirmative action gone wild . Gone berserk, thats what he said. He actually read a summary of his very long dissent. His dissent was 51 pages. He read a summary from the bench for 17 minutes, almost three times longer than Justice Kennedys summary of his opinion. He took issue with most of the points Justice Kennedy made. By the way, Justice Kennedy said that this plan is really sort of one of a kind for the university of texas. Under texas state law, the university is required to admit students in the top 10 of their high school classes, and that has accounted for significant diversity, but the university felt that the 25 places in the school that the 10 did not cover did not really create diversity in the classroom. So thats why it used race. Justice kennedy said that the 10 plan was really a blunt tool, that it just admitted students on the basis of class rank, and the other 25 were admitted under a holistic view, that means many other things were considered. So Justice Alito felt that this plan discriminated against asian americans, and he felt that the university had not provided the kind of evidence that it was required to provide to show that it had. That it needed race to achieve the type of diversity it wanted in the classroom. Woodruff let me quickly move you to the other big decision the court handed down on president obamas immigration executive orders. The justices were asked to rule on the legality of that. Tell us about how they came down . Well, this was plan that was announced in 2014 by the administration. And it did two things. It would delay temporarily the deportation of parents, undocumented parents of children who were american citizens and legal permanent residents, and also it expanded a 2012 program that delayed the deportation of what we have come to call the dreamers, children who came to america with undocumented parents. Texas and 26 other republicanled states challenged that program in the lower federal court in texas. It claimed that the president had exceeded his authority under federal immigration laws. A Federal DistrictCourt Temporarily entered an injunction the halt it. A federal Appellate Court affirmed that injunction. So it was the United States that came to the u. S. Supreme court to try to get that injunction lifted. Also to confirm that the president had this authority. Well, the court did split 44 today, and a what that means is basically that the injunction that is halting the Program Remains in effect. The case goes back to the lower Federal District court for a trial on the merits. The courts 44 decision here only affirms the judgment of the lower court on the preliminary injunction. It was not a decision on the merit of the claims that texas and the 25 other states made. Woodruff so what can be read into this very brief statement the court made . Nothing. As i said, its not a decision on the merits. Its in the a precedent Going Forward that other courts can look to. The case may come back to the Supreme Court at some point once it goes to trial and appeal. The United States also has the option of filing a petition for rehearing in the u. S. Supreme court, which the court can hold until there is a ninth justice if it so chooses. Woodruff quickly, the presumption is the absence of the late Justice Scalia clearly had an effect. Very much, so as well as today there was another 44 decision in a case involving indian tribes. Important to them and american businesses. Woodruff marcia coyle, thanks very much. My pleasure, judy. Woodruff and now we take a Angela Maria Kelley is with the center for American Progress for a time advised the white house on immigration actions. And jon feere, legal policy analyst at the center for immigration studies. Welcome to both of you. Thank you. Woodruff Angela Kelley, let me start with you. Your reaction to this onesentence statement they handed down on this immigration . Nine paltry words, but boy what a big blow. Look, as marcia just said, its a disappointment, but its not a decision. And were not done. We have 11 Million People in this country. The average number of years theyve been here is 12. So these are not folks that are just stopping by. Theyre not accidental tourists. They are people who are living here. We cant send them all home, as some president ial candidates might want to happen, because they are hope some the question is what are we going to do about it. I think president s plan is legal and ultimately we will be back in court. I think that will prevail. We do need a ninth justice. Its been 100 days since judge garland is nominated, and he has not yet had his day in court, he hasnt yet had his hearing. Woodruff but jon feere, its true the justices didnt elaborate, but the effect of this is to send this back to the lower court. Yeah, i think a lot of people are wondering why the court even took it up to begin with because all this has done is delay an inevitable rehearing at the Supreme Court a year or two from now. So its unclear how long this is going to take, but in some ways a lot of folks were arguing that perhaps the court should have waited until the lower court actually had a hearing on the merits. So we would have some idea of exactly what issues we were looking at and where perhaps the white house was going to be successful and where they were not. Woodruff but they were dealing with 26 some, a large number of states that asked them to rule on this. 26 states, but the states themselves requested the Supreme Court not take the decision and, in fact, they wait until there was hearing at the lower court level. Woodruff what does this mean . You started to address this, angela, in your first comment. What does this mean for the individuals who. President obama talked today about people coming out of the shadows. What does it mean for them . Thats right. Their lives remain in limbo. People have already been here for nearly a dozen years on average. Were talking about people who have u. S. Citizen children, so clearly they put down roots. Most of them work and pay taxes and perhaps never see that refund. Theyre folks contributing to the economy, as well. I think unfortunately theyre stuck in the crosshairs of paralysis in washington, which is in congress and which has unfortunately now spilled to the courts. But i dont see that theyre going to all pack up and leave. Woodruff what about that, jon feere . Should they pack up and leave . I dont know if there has been a paralysis necessarily. Its just that the advocates for amnesty and more immigration havent got what they wanted, and president obama himself knows this policy sun popular. If it were popular, he wouldnt have waited until after the midterm to announce. This he didnt want to have to have republicans and democrats deal with this as voters were heading to the ballot box. The people have spoken. They denied the marco rubio amnesty bill. They stopped the amnesty back under president bush and the dream act went nowhere. So its not so much that were in limbo, its just that we have an administration, not that different from the previous administration, that isnt committed to enforcing our immigration laws. Woodruff so youre saying that, what, that what should happen to these individuals . Well, under federal law they are su