diaz-balart. we begin with a decision from the u.s. supreme court that will have huge implications for colleges and universities and society in general. last hour the justices said schools cannot use race as a consideration when it comes to admitting students. ruling that affirmative action programs both at harvard and the university of north carolina are unconstitutional. it is also a decision that could have implications far beyond education. with us now to take a closer look at this, we have nbc news correspondent julia ainsley, who is outside the supreme court, we have reverend al sharpton there in the center of the screen, president of the national action network and host of politics nation on msnbc, as well as maya riley, president of the leadership conference on civil and human rights. welcome to you all on this extraordinary news day. julia, what more did the justices have to say in their decision? reporter: well, in short, they have ended affirmative action as we
like this, they ve asked for a bus and trams to stop early, 40,000 officers are being deployed across the country. and this was a little earlier, this was a march lead by nahel s mother, this is in nanterre, the suburb of paris where they are from. just to remind you of the actual incident again from earlier this week a police officer pointing his gun at the driver of a car before the trigger was pulled at point blank range. earlier, president emmanuel macron convened a crisis meeting with senior ministers. he described the violence as unjustifiable . translation: the last few hours have been marred - by violence against schools, town halls, and therefore against all institutions under the republic. and this is absolutely unjustifiable. and i want to thank all those who work to protect these institutions and restore calm. so for me, the next few hours must be a time for recollection and respect. so that was the message from emmanuel macron. you may have noticed there is a
i am symone sanders-townsend, in for alicia menendez. this hour, we are watching two very big stories. the president making his first trip since taking office to the border. as he looks to find a solution to the humanitarian crisis there. the breaking news out of brazil. demonstrators fueled by election denialism have stormed their countries government in an attack that is very clearly similar to january 6th. speaking of insurrection, tonight, you will hear from a lawyer who a capitol police officers and a lawsuit against the former president donald trump. and the reality check on how anything gets done in washington now the republicans control the house of representatives. this is american voices. buckle up. you all, a busy hour of news to get to we will start with this insane right in brazil. fueled by election denialism, supporters of former president bolsonaro have stormed their governments congress, the supreme court, and the presidential palace. this is a week after
not oppose it. as we continue to await a decision from the judge as to whether or not she will grant trump s request for a third party independent review that special master there are two big headlines emerging from today s filing. the first, again, is over 10,000 documents were found at mar-a-lago. that is big early. the second found 48 folders classified and 42 more empty folders marked return to staff secretary slash military aid. doing the math here, that is 90 folders that were empty and almost certainly had some important stuff in them. so, the first question here is, why were they empty? where are the documents that belong in those folders? does the justice department have them and we just don t know that yet? are they still sitting at trump s home? with a ripped up and flushed down the toilet? he does like to do that, you know. why were they separated from their folders in the first place? we are going to try to get answers in just a moment with our next guest, as
democratic right. happy labor day weekend, chris. happy holiday weekend, again there is no such thing as a summer friday anymore. so we are just want to jump right in. over 10,000 documents. that is the number of documents that the fbi retrieved from trump s beach club in august alone. today we got a clear picture for the first time of the sheer volume of documents that traveled nearly 1000 miles from the white house to trump s palm beach club, when a federal judge unsealed a previously unseen and detailed inventory of what the fbi retrieved during its search last month. as a reminder here, trump s team wanted this to come out. and the justice department did not oppose it. as we continue to await a decision from the judge as to whether or not she will grant trump s request for a third party independent review that special master they are two big headlines emerging from today s filing. the first, again, is over 10,000 documents were found at mar-a-lago. that is big e