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disappointment saying colleges are stronger when they're racially diverse. >> we can't go backwards. you know, i know today's court decision is a severe disappointment to so many people including me. we cannot let the decision be a permanent setback for the country. with me right now, "politico's" white house bureau chief jon jonathan lemire at the white house, and democratic strategist and former executive director of the new york state democratic party, basil, so jonathan, first to you, every time there's a supreme court decision we hear how consequential elections are. what's the ...

"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 a...

>> sandra: awaiting a press conference for students for fair admission who brought on this case after we heard from the president there just a short time ago. so that presser in washington will be underway any moment. we'll get there when it begins. the group brought two separate cases against the university of north carolina and harvard to the nation's highest court and asian-american student claims he was rejected from six elite universities by race. reaction out of it. >> thank you for coming. let me introduce participants of this press conference. on my far right is calvin yang, ...

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 and sonya sotomayor also read their opinions from the bench. now with justice thomas declaring, quo...

decision. first what the president just said, speaking live from the white house, i strongly, strongly disagree with the court's decision. he said the court walked away from decades of precedent and called this not a normal court. what was your reaction to what you just heard? >> my reaction is that actually the supreme court is finally bringing into alignment education law with employment law. for over 40 years the supreme court has been more conservative on employment law and has restricted use of race motivated by interests like diversity or equity or systemic racism or societal d...