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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 ....
of security which could have been a breach of the material code and is now back. aside from that, she is outspoken, she has talked about her obsession over the rwanda migration alessi ministerial code. she is somebody not afraid to speak her mind and some in parliament see her as potentially a bit of a liability. it will be insuring to see how that unfolds. and there is also michael gove, making a return to cabinet in the key role as levelling up secretary. levelling up something we heard a lot about under boris johnson, not so much under liz truss, so does that signal rishi sunak works into that as the centrepiece policy for his government? centrepiece policy for his government? centrepiece policy for his covernment? , , . ~ government? levelling up his back. is this the new government? levelling up his back. is this the new prime government? levelling up his back. is this the new prime minister- government? levelling up his back. is this the new prime minister ....
and both investigations have expanded to former members of the trump administration. former acting chief of staff mick mulvaney, and ex treasury secretary steve mnuchin both testified before the january six committee this week. any day now, the committee could hear from former secretary of state mike pompeo. meanwhile, mike pence s former top aides, marc short and greg jacobs, testified before the federal grand jury convened by attorney general merrick garland, making them some of the highest profile witnesses to testify. they are questioning at those proceedings contributed to the news first reported by the washington post, that the doj is formally investigating trump s actions leading up to january 6th. possibly a step closer to a criminal probe of trump himself. more and more former trump officials have come forward since the january six committee s public hearings started last month, and congressman jamie raskin, who is a lead manager and trump s second impeachment ....
but only on the gun crackdown policieses that he supports instead of trying to find common ground, the president taking the opportunity to bash and blame republicans. but according to a new poll, the majority of americans don t agree with biden. over half don t see schoolng shootings as a guns problem. but that s not stopping biden from trying to strong arm congress into doing what he wants for so many of you at home. i want tonyat be very clear . this is not about taking away anyone s guns. we need to ban assault weapons and high capacity magazines and if we can t ban assault weapons, then we should raise the aget to purchase them from 18 to 21 . the fact is a majority of the senate republicans don t want any of these proposals even to be debated or come up for a vote. i find unconscionable. nci believe the majority of youg will act to turn your outrage into making this issueth a centralis to your vote. enough enough is enough. but that s not good enough for some on th ....
press to win over voters ahead of tuesday s primary. we have the latest on the race there. and cooler temperatures moving in after a wave of record highs. what to expect as we close out the weekend. we re thrilled that you re starting your week with us. it is sunday, may 22nd, amara, great to be with you. it has been great to be with you this weekend. we begin with operation fly formula. the response to a nationwide shortage of infant formula right here in the u.s. the first military flight carrying an emergency baby formula shipment from overseas is headed to the united states right now. the master sergeant overseeing the shipment told his staff, we re literally saving babies. meantime, the ceo of a formula manufacturer is apologizing to, quote, every family we have let down. for weeks parents have been scrambling to find formula to feed their babies. cnn correspondent polo sandoval joining us live now from indianapolis where the formula shipment is headed. h ....