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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 it's 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 president biden told msnbc's nicole wallace earlier today. >> it's done more to unravel basic righ...

the year was 1990, republican incumbent of north carolina senator jesse helms was polling behind his black democratic challenger, a man named harvey gantt. it was a surprisingly competitive election, so home called in the political consultants who, in turn, helped the helms campaign figure out a way to fight back, and this is what they came up with, this ad. >> you needed that job, -- but they had to give it to a minority because of the racial quota. is that really fair? harvey gantt says it is. he supports the racial quota law, making the color of your skin more important in your qu...

the hands of police on tuesday. some 40,000 police are being deployed across the country and in the last couple of hours we've learned that the policeman who shot a 17—year—old nahel has apologised to his family while in custody. lucy williamson reports. in nanterre today, thousands gathered to mark the void left by one local teenager and the rage that flowed in to fill it. the violence here last night still mapped onto the surrounding streets in ash and debris. nahel�*s mother leading a chant of police assassins. evan came from a suburb on the other side of paris but the probl...

the supreme court's six three decision striking down the use of racial preferences in college admissions. biden was sentpreferen out by wr winds him up to lie. aff affirmative action is so s misunderstood. many people wrongly believe that affirmative action allows unequal white students, unqualified students to be admitted ahead of qualifie d. this is not this is not how college admissions work. >> now, the white house comms people aren't that ignorant.w th they know the truth that the entire point of preferences is to give minority candidates an edg me, regardless ofheir their test ...

effectively cuts off any democratic path to victory. >> bill: for democrats to hold onto power not chamber they would need to win all 26 toss-up races and pick up another six districts republicans have the advantage. an extremely tall order. >> dana: the house may be slipping away but the senate is still anyone's game. it is expected to be decided by four key races, all of those in a dead heat with one week to go. >> bill: democrats separate to try to keep the upper chamber banking on former president obama to do this. he is going to nevada and arizona and later make a joint appearan...