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support. i'm michael smerconish in philadelphia. monday america celebrates the third ever federal holiday of juneteenth, commemorating the emancipation of enslaved african americans. as we do, the consensus among legal scholars is the supreme court will soon be ending affirmative action, at least in the context of college admissions. does that mean it achieved its purpose or we're abandoning the underlying premise? a pair of cases have been argued. we'll soon know the results. one involves harvard, the other the university of north carolina. the conventional wisdom is that race-consc...

>> did you steal divert the fee away from the law firm? >> i did. >> how did you get in such a financial predicament that led you to steal money that wasn't yours? >> you know, i'm not quite sure how i let myself get where i got, but it came from -- you know, i battled addiction for so many years. i was spending so much money on pills. i got in a spot i couldn't -- >> what type of addiction are you referring to? >> my addiction is to opiate pain killers, specifically oxycodone, oxycontin. >> when did you first become dependent or addicted opiods? >> oxycodone or opiods in general?...

good afternoon. the front—runner in the contest for the conservative party leadership, liz truss, says she will act on energy bills within a week if she becomes prime minister. her rival, rishi sunak, says he cannot rule out blackouts this winter, if he becomes pm. the uk is facing "a genuine emergency" on energy, he said. which of the two has won will be announced tomorrow. on tuesday, the queen will invite the winner to form a government. our political correspondent tony bonsignore reports. whoever wins the leadership race and becomes the next prime minister will becomes the next...

queue to get in and cast his vote. another 90 minutes, 359 conservative mps to determine whether boris johnson carries on as prime minister or whether there is a leadership conservative party members to decide who the next prime minister will be. the expectation is the prime minister will win mathematically but the question is whether the numbers leave him politically. —— where the numbers leave him. if leave him politically. -- where the numbers leave him.— numbers leave him. if he does win mathematically, _ numbers leave him. if he does win mathematically, or _ numbers leave ...

the leadership to break those rules. the past leadership to break those rules. in the past hour, the leader of the scottish conservatives set the prime minister position is untenable and says he will vote against it. boris johnson will meet the backing of 180 of his mps if he is to stay leader of the conservative party. today he told both mps he would win for them again as he met them in a private meeting. the hour began an hour ago. six p:m.. it will continue all the way through until 8pm so we have another hour to go. then they would be an hour of counting. we are expecting the res...