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a tool that helps promote diversity on campus. >> this is not a normal court. >> today's decision marks a landmark win for the rights of asian americans in this country. >> being able to consider my race and my story is how i believe harvard was able to see me. the florida grand jury that indicted donald trump in the classified documents case is actually still investigating. >> one of donald trump's closest campaign advisers was shown a classified map by the former president. >> susie wiles. we know she was interviewed multiple times by the special counsel. a man was arrested in former president barack obama's washington neighborhood with multiple firearms and materials to make a molotov cocktail. >> the secret service in the area around the obamas' residence aobserved him acting suspiciously. >> taranto is on the radar from the january 6th case. the defendant is not guilty. >> peterson was charged with 11
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counts for his alleged inaction to stop the shooter in parkland, florida, in 2018. >> we've got our life back. it's been an emotional roller coaster for so long. >> there's no doubt that he's morally responsible. he stood there for 40 minutes doing nothing. if he diverted him for ten seconds, my son would have been able to close the door. >> it was just a mess. we literally got on the flight. we taxied for like six hours and they told us we couldn't take off. >> today is expected to be the busiest day for the fourth of july holiday weekend. >> fingers crossed that everything is on time. good morning, everyone. it's the top of the hour. 7:00 a.m. here on the east coast. we're glad you're with u we have a lot to get to, as you saw. focusing on just the consequential decision out of the high court that has really reshaped america for so many students. >> and how that decision paints a broader picture of what's happened with a 6-3 conservative majority. a great point was made -- >> super majority. >> -- about if you want to know the legacy of the trump administration --
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>> it's the court. >> -- this is it. you're seeing the rulings reflect that. we want to talk about those rulings. you think first it was abortion rights last year. it was also gun laws to some degree and now the supreme court has gutted affirmative action in college admissions declaring race cannot be an express factor in picking students. it's the latest sweeping change ushered in by a conservative super majority as poppy was noting, that is reshaping america as we know it, very in line with what conservative legal scholars have been pushing for for years. the historic landmark ruling could have lasting effects on the university campuses across the nation. the class entering this fall will be the last affirmative action class. it was this time last year that the supreme court overturned roe vs. wade. one year later most abortions are banned in 14 states. some don't allow any exceptions for rape or incest. the supreme court with a landmark ruling on the second amendment and guns, a huge victory for gun right advocates.
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federal judges, state judges tossing out and blocking some gun safety laws. joining us now to talk about all of this is former homeland security secretary jay johnson. he also chairs the new york state bar association task force aimed at maintaining diversity and is also an attorney and partner at the paul weiss law firm. it's great to have you. good morning. >> thank you very much. >> so, for you, this is about students, about what happens with their careers in becoming future lawyers, but it's also personal for you. can you share your personal experience and then reaction to what the court has done here? >> in addition to everything you mentioned, i'm also a trustee of columbia university. and just a month ago in anticipation of this decision i was recalling to lee bollinger, i was in the midst of applying to law school, anxiously
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awaiting the supreme court's decision. the decision in 1978 permitted higher education, universities, colleges to consider diversity in enrolling students. i said to lee were it not for that decision, i was admitted to columbia law school i would not be sitting in the room as a trustee of columbia 45 years later. it is still the impulse of many to self-segregate where we live, socialize and work. diversity in higher education has been for americans the first opportunity they have to live, to learn in a diverse society, geographically diverse, culturally diverse and racially diverse.
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that's been the virtue of higher ed, one of the many over the last generation or two, harvard or columbia or whether it's montclair state. and so we have to figure out where do we go from here in light of this decision. one very crucial paragraph, sentence from that majority opinion of chief judge roberts, chief justice roberts, is this. as we all agree -- and nothing in this opinion should be construed as prohibiting universities from considering an applicant's discussion of how race affected his or her life be it through discrimination, inspiration or otherwise. so the court is leaving the door open a crack to allow admissions officers to consider an applicant's personal situation including an applicant's personal situation grappling with the issue of race.
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>> so i'm thrilled you actually pulled that out because that was literally what i wanted to pull out and ask you about -- look, fascinating reading in 240-plus pages of the opinion, concurrences, dissents, you learn about the personal views, the legal opinions. i think they're visceral, unvarnished to some degree, given where the nine justices are on this issue. but on that point, i don't think -- and you may disagree. you're involved in higher education. the affirmative action process in place wasn't necessarily perfect. you saw asian americans who led on bringing this case raising very specific and pointed concerns. why, given what you've just read, is it not possible for universities to implement a system that addresses this just without perhaps the affirmative action as it was known being what kind of drives it? >> well, that's going to be the issue and the challenge going forward.
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many colleges and universities already consider personal factors such as the ones i read in reviewing an applicant's application to get into school. now this supreme court has taken away the ability to achieve diversity for the sake of achieving diversity and looking at an overall pool are what an incoming class looks like t. i'm confident that a lot of thinking is going to go into this in the days ahead, and i hope that it will be the case that universities find a way to achieve a diverse class whether it's race, culture, geography, economic circumstances by allowing us to all consider an applicant's personal challenges in life whether it's because of where you grew up, how you grew up, where you went to school for high school, and how you
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grappled with being the victim of discrimination in this country. from where i sit in the legal profession, we want to be able to look to law schools with diverse student bodies because we've all seen the advantage of diversity in the legal profession. we've seen the advantage of diversity in the judiciary. ironically this supreme court is the most diverse supreme court ever. a minority of the nine are white men for the first time in history, and so those of us in the legal profession are going to continue to look to law schools, colleges and universities to produce diverse classes because it benefits us in the profession and in the business world. >> i noted your work in the obama administration and i was struck by the former president's statement yesterday it is up to all of us to give people the opportunities they deserve and help students everywhere benefit
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from new perspectives. what does that look like as a trustee of columbia university? the biden administration says they will do what they can but the court restricts what they can effectively do that would pass muster with the court challenge. >> yes, it has, and what president obama is saying is what many of us believe, that achieving diverse situation, whether it's in a law school class, whether it's in the situation room, or whether it's on the supreme court, works to the benefit of and contributes to a healthy educational and decision making environment. when you have people who come from south carolina, new york city, federal defenders, law school professors in the room
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together, out of that environment comes healthy decision making. when you have nine people or 12 people or 20 people all from the same background, all from the same social situation, all from the same geography, that is the environment for unhealthy decision making. and that virtue must flow through the entirety of life whether it's colleges, whether it's law schools, whether it's law firms, whether it's the executive branch of the u.s. government, whether it's the white house, the west wing, those of us of my generation certainly know the virtue of diversity and we have to continue on that path. i think it's vital to who we are as a nation, who we are as a people, that we continue to try to struggle along this path. >> president biden calling the court not normal. i think he went on to explain what he meant in overturning precedent and moving as fast as they have, former president obama was not subtle, and i
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think his view of the supreme court as well. do you feel the supreme court is not normal or are they just following what conservatives have kind of laid out what they want to do for years now? >> the latter. like the issue of abortion, this decision has been in the making now for years with an increasingly conservative supreme court, i think we all pretty much saw this coming. many predicted that chief justice roberts would be the one to write this opinion, and we've anticipated this now for some time and it's up to those of us who care about the issue to chart the road ahead. >> jeh johnson, appreciate your time. >> thank you. all right, well, president biden as noted denounced supreme court's decision in a fiery speech to the nation from the roosevelt room of the white house. take a listen. >> we cannot let this decision be the last word. we cannot let this decision be
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the last word. the court can render a decision, it cannot change what america stands for. america is an idea, an idea, unique in the world -- an idea of hope, of opportunity, of possibilities, of giving everyone a fair shot. we should never allow the country to walk away from the dream upon which it was founded. that opportunity is for everyone, not just a few, discrimination still exists in america. discrimination still exists in america. today's decision does not change that. >> president biden, the congressional black caucus questions its own legitimacy. is this a rogue court? >> this is not a normal court. >> that's our white house correspondent arlette saenz with a very good question -- >> the question. >> exactly. the key question. the president went on to elaborate on that a little bit more. we want to get into that with
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former federal prosecutor and former deputy assistant general elliot williams, author, and cnn political commentator, columnist and host of the you decide podcast errol louis. i want to start with you on that idea president biden saying this is not a normal court. i asked secretary johnson about that, to some degree, if you read what they've done, it follows what conservative legal scholars have been laying out aspirationally for decades, now they're doing it, why does it make it not normal? >> i think that the last term of the court, you know, leading up to the dobbs decision, i think you could say that was abnormal in a lot of ways including they made this very high-profile decision that went against public opinion. this term the court has charted a much more moderate course. you've seen a lot of splits not the typical 6-3 you would see. and this decision, it's similar
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to dobbs and there is a significant shift in the court's jurisprudence. the not similar to dobbs. this is in line with public opinion. >> we can show the polling here because it's pew and 50% of americans disapprove of affirmative action. 33% approve. there is a split, though, along racial lines, i should note. >> sure. even in california voters have twice rejected racial preference -- >> nine states actually. >> right. i think democrats need to be a little bit careful on the political side in terms of saying this is an extension of the dobbs decision. i think as a political matter the court is not out on a limb at all in the way it was the last time around. to the extent that you have justice roberts and justices kavanaugh and barrett toward the middle of the court trying to chart a course that will be less politically contentious than with dobbs, i think this decision fits perfectly well within that, an area the court can shift policy without running afoul of public opinion. >> errol, i think that's an
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important point. i also in reading reaction and speaking to people over the last 24 hours, the question is, well, i'll use myself as an example, one of the reasons i got into columbia university was also the fact that my father went there, was also the fact that i'm from minnesota, right, so the question is can those things be considered in a way that race can't or are they now on equal ground because roberts in his opinion said students can express how it's impacted their lives. why can legacy, which largely benefits affluent white people, can that be krpd now more than race? >> sure. that's in sotomayor's dissent, she points out that at harvard, for example, if you're a legacy, an athletic recruit, the son of a faculty member or daughter of a faculty member, that's about
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5% of the applicant pool but they end up being 30% of the class. all of those categories plus race, and the court sort of identifies race, you can't consider that, but all of the rest of this is all good and never really quite explains why. and they are, therefore, in the majority accused by sotomayor acting basically as an admissions group, like setting admissions policy for the country according to their own personal whims. in the case of justice thomas, sort of personal damage he experienced when he was a law student. not a sound way to make constit constitutional policy. i think people will use the loophole, saying we're not going to take race into account but will ask to you write an essay about any adversity you might have experienced in your life because of race or ethnicity. and they will figure it out and the push toward diversity that is basically inevitable despite the court's ruling i think is
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going to remain a part of how institutions that are creating future leaders are going to really select those leaders. >> institutions have incentive to try and create that because i think they want diverse student bodies. from a federal level, you worked at doj what can they do? president biden saying we're going to do x, y and z, listing things like the cal system to some degree. >> the president can always enter executive orders on virtually any subject directing the federal government to take actions or strive to promote diversity. one, they can be undone with the stroke of a pen by a future president. there's a temporary band-aid on a problem that a president's identifying. but, two, more importantly, they invite more litigation. i can assure you that the moment joe biden puts in place any sort
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of executive order on any of this, all of the interest groups that have been behind legislation like this and other litigants will certainly challenge them in court. >> they're not reluctant. >> not reluctant. >> which is to some degree why they've built to this point. >> you're going to speak to the education secretary miguel cardona later on in the show. what can and what will the administration do now? >> i feel we've gone through the cycle ar the administration is furious after a ruling and then comes out and says we'll do x, y and z and six to eight months later you have a couple of executive actions, not even executive orders. there's not a lot they can do but they feel they have to say something. we'll go through the process again to some degree. we'll ask the secretary of education. a top trump campaign aide meeting numerous times with investigators as part of the special counsel's classified documents probe.
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there are new developments this morning on multiple fronts when it comes to donald trump's legal troubles. multiple sources are telling cnn the florida grand jury that indicted trump three weeks ago is actually still in the process of investigations. what they're looking into is unclear. they are continuing to question witnesses. one of the people they're talking to a very significant top trump aide, susie wiles. according to a source familiar with the matter, trump allegedly showed wiles a classified map in 2021. in the 2020 election probe a campaign official, mike roman, is, we've learned, cooperating
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with the special counsel in the inquiry of efforts to overturn the election. our experts are back with us. we start with you, elliot, and let's start where we ended there on mike roman and the fact that he's cooperating with the special counsel because many pointed to this other investigation by jack smith as harder for him to successfully prosecute than the mar-a-lago documents case. how does someone like mike roman play into that? >> other people, including me as well, it is a harder case by any stretch of the imagination. look at the documents case. it's really just a matter of proving, number one, that someone knew they had documents in their house, that the documents themselves were of a sensitive nature and separately he tried to obstruct the investigation into it. very straightforward. when you start getting into overturning elections and candidates for office giving speeches that step up to the line, it's just more legally complex. what someone like mike roman can do is bring you inside the campaign and the efforts and conversations had either between
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trump and roman and maybe even roman himself. the agreement he's speaking under is called a proffer agreement -- >> but this is key? >> it could be. it could be but, again, in a matter that's quite challenging -- >> key that he got the proffer agreement. >> it's called a queen for the day agreement in which you -- prosecutors informally agree to give you a benefit if everything you say to them off the record, in effect, is truthful and honest and can lead to either the implication of someone else to provide more evidence in the case. it's sort of you're trusting prosecutors to give you something good, but they are trusting you to actually tell them the truth. >> we're going to say the thing where the three lawyers all get together and say queen for a day at the same time. >> i'm not a lawyer. >> so i don't feel super left out. there is a line of thinking, josh, that while, to elliot's
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point, the documents case is the -- i don't want to say easier but the more likely to be successful at in terms of prosecutors, figuring out a way to bring charges or hold somebody responsible for, i don't know, overturning an election or attempting to do so is critically important for the long term. >> it's the more serious wrongdoing in some abstract sense. the question is whether it's more serious legal wrongdoing. the former president was already impeached for conduct closely related to what they're looking at with regard to the post election activities. in terms of whether there can be an indictment there, a few different angles prosecutors may be looking at. one has to do with the riots and events that occurred on january 6. another has to do with events prior to that closer to the election where you had pressure brought on officials trying to interfere with results. >> do you view these as separate? >> they're not separate but they're different possible legal theories about what crime people committed in the process. the third one has to do with
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fund-raising and the idea some of the fund-raising solicitations ma were sent out in the aftermath of the election were frauds on the donors, people were misled on what their money would be used for, that there was an election theft that donald trump needed your money for his campaign to wage a legal fight against. all of those are more complicated legal matters to bring a case about. one weird thing about them looking at that fund-raising matter that, again, sort of like the documents case, moves off the really core wrongdoing. that is not about the riot. i don't think we would normally say the big victims were people who gave money to the donald trump campaign, but that is another legal avenue they can attach. >> i couldn't agree more with this idea of when we think of what is serious and what isn't, and something might have undermined democracy or been unsavory just not good conduct for a president of the united states, but that doesn't mean you will be able to prove it as
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a crime in court. there's a big distinction. i'm glad you touched on that. >> susie wiles cooperating, why does that matter? i don't think she's necessarily a household name. >> but someone very close to the former president and it's critically important. it suggests there may be further wrongdoing that the prosecutor will either uncover or allege. the case where we already heard of the great reporting by cnn, we hear papers wrus willing and the former president coming up with some excuse, when i said plans, i didn't mean military plans. plans for some architecture project, something implausible scheme. what we'll find out is whether or not there were other instances where a military map or something else that a potential future trial jury could easily understand. there are some things about this whole question of documents that are hard to understand. i think everybody knows that you're not supposed to show military maps to people who
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don't have clearance for it. >> i was wrong. she's not cooperating. she met with prosecutors. there's a big difference there. stay with us, everyone. all right, look at this. a southwest plane landing with a crushed nose after an apparent bird strike. we have the details. and transgender influencer dylan mulvaney speaking out about the bud light controversy and saying the company didn't reach out to her after the backlash and how lonely these months have been. >> for a company to hire a trans person and not publicly stand by them is worse,my opinion, than not hiring a trans person at all. of brain health. to help keep me sharp. neuriva: thinknk bigger.
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things a lot smoother today than on monday, tuesday, wednesday. flightaway 220 cancellations. that's what we're holding steady at across the u.s. 150 of those are united airlines, which has canceled more flights than any other airline. since saturday, 3,200 cancellations. 7,200 delays. even still, though, despite all of these problems the tsa says today will be the busiest day for air travel since the start of the pandemic. 2.8 million people expected to be screened here and at airports nationwide by the tsa. when you add it all up through the holiday, through july 5, 17.7 million people in total. that's what the tsa is expecting. but aaa takes is one step further. when you add in air travel, add in people traveling by train and by car, 50 million people traveling 50 miles or more between now and after the holiday, that is the biggest we
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have seen not since 2019, not since last year, even though it's bigger than last year, the biggest since 2005 when aaa started forecasting for the july 4th holiday travel rush. although there's a bit of a word of caution from tsa -- aaa, rather. they underscore here that you just have to plan for cancellations and delays. listen. >> what you need to remember when you're flying is to be prepared. expect delays. expect cancellations. get to the airport early. have the app open on your phone so you're getting all those notifications from the airlines. also, pay attention to the weather. try to figure out where your plane is coming from, because the weather may be great at your airport, but it may be flying in from another city and delayed due to bad weather there. >> reporter: united airlines in a new statement says it will be fully recovered for this holiday travel rush although it is saying it's grateful for all of the passengers who have been
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through so much lately. the faa warning thunderstorms could throw a wrench into things later today in miami and denver, atlanta, some big hubs. we could see some ground stops, poppy, phil. >> pete, as part of my series, hey, pete's a pilot. this thing happened to a plane. i would like to ask pete about it. we showed the nose of a southwest plane that looked like a baseball bat had been taken to it. it was an apparent bird strike. what can you tell us about it? >> reporter: nobody was hurt and these almost always end really without much calamity. the southwest flight interest las vegas to burbank hit a bird on final approach. you can see the nose cone of that 737 there crushed in a little bit. not that big of a deal, though. there are 1,600 of these this the u.s. every year. usually it ends okay for the plane. it doesn't end so well for the bird. they call the leftovers snarge. >> that's why my daily series,
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i also believe that while talent, creativity and hard work are everywhere across this country, not equal opportunity is not everywhere across this country. we cannot let this decision be the last word. >> after yesterday's historic supreme court ruling, president biden directed the department of education to analyze practices for promoting a diverse student body. what does that actually mean? we'll ask the education secretary, miguel cardona.
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he joins us now. mr. secretary, thanks for your time. i want to start with the idea of this not being the last word. what can the department of education do? i know there's been months of preparation for this moment tangibly. what can the education department and the administration do to address any shortfalls or shortcomings you see from this ruling? >> well, thank you for having me, phil. first of all, to the students and families who are paying attention to this and realizing this could have an impact on them, my message is we need you, we want you, diverse learning environments make better learning environments and then what we're doing, as the president said, this can't be the last word. within 45 days we'll be providing guidance to college presidents on the supreme court ruling. we're analyzing the 200 pages, and we'll make sure we're clear on what it does and does not mean. within a few weeks we'll have a national summit on educational opportunity here at the department of education with leaders from around the country, and we're going to be focusing
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on the supreme court decision and what it means for admissions processes. and then by september we're going to publish a report that highlights promising practices in college admissions to make sure that our college leaders have resources and tools to make sure that we continue to encourage diversity on our college campuses. >> the education department has as much visibility into numbers and data. do you have an idea of what this -- what effect this will have on admissions in the near term? >> well, right. looking at previous cases is a good way to look at it. in 1996 the courts struck down affirmative action in california. the number of black and latino students in top universities plummeted 50%. now they've recovered but not fully with different strategies, but we don't want that trajectory to be the trajectory of this country. our country is built on
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diversity and we recognize the importance of making sure our college campuses reflect the population of our company. we have work to do there. >> do you disagree with chief justice roberts' contention this isn't the striking down of the precedent in its entirety. universities can still consider this. do you think that's not actually the case? >> look, the supreme court made a decision yesterday to take race out of it. however, legacy status of students still could be considered, wealth and lineage could still be considered. deeming as justice jackson said, deeming race irrelevant in law does not make it so in life. and we have to take into account the fact that while we're working really hard on it, our schools are not providing the equal access. if you look at our data across the country, black and brown students are still not performing at the same levels. we can't ignore that when
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thinking about providing opportunities. we must work on it, and that's why we're being aggressive over making sure our k-12 schools are making the grade for our students. they deserve the opportunity as well. >> i understand the opposition to this ruling and the leadup to and since. there have been advocates that have pushed for this and i want you to take a listen to one. >> a historic victory for asian americans because all children will no longer be treated as second class citizens in college admissions. this is a victory for all americans. >> it has been the asian american community or asian american students that have been pushing for this, bringing these cases that ended up reaching the supreme court. what's your response to that? there are numbers that back up the idea that was laid out there? >> i respect the different perspectives out there, but to the comments that were made in the recording, students shouldn't feel like second class citizens.
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well, as the president said yesterday, unfortunately, there's still discrimination. we still have gaps in outcomes. we still have gaps in opportunity. we still have gaps in health care access based on race and place. we need to be honest with ourselves and say we have to address that, and we have to be intentional about strategies that level the playing field. we have students in our schools that have to work twice as hard just to get to the starting block. it's not -- it's not level yet. and that's what this allowed us to do and even with affirmative action the data shows that our student population in college still doesn't reflect the diversity of our country. we have a lot of work to do. this is taking us a step back. we're undeterred. we will continue to move forward. >> diversity and equity central to canceling student loan debt for up to 40 million americans. the supreme court ruling is expected on that today. the administration has been coy about whether there is an alternative considered if it gets struck down.
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is there an alternative if it gets struck down? >> within hours we'll be hearing from the supreme court on this decision. we're confident in our case. we believe over 40 million americans are waiting to get a little bit of respite just like many of our small businesses did recovering from the pandemic. this is targeted to middle class. 90% go to those making less than $75,000. right now my focus is on the case we put forward. we're prepared and it's in our dna to fight for students and to fight for borrowers who are right now need a little bit of support. >> all right. education secretary miguel cardona, a very busy week for you. thanks for taking the time. appreciate it. >> thank you. >> great to hear from him. a very busy week indeed for him and all of doe. a police officer going beyond the call of duty making a big difference in children's lives. we'll show you how. >> i used to get in trouble at home, have bad grades, talk back
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♪ south florida police officer jonathan nantz is more than a man with badge. he found a way to keep children healthy, active and involved in their community and it's working. randi kaye shows us how he is going beyond the call of duty. >> reporter: in riviera beach, florida, these boys are working out under the hot sun and loving it. putting them through these drills, riviera beach police officer john nance. the kids simply call him coach. two years ago he saw a need and started the police athletic league. >> how high the crime rate was with juveniles. >> reporter: so nance with the help of a few of his fellow officers started taking some of the teens in the community under their wing. now they mentor about 60 kids
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all year round, teaching them to stay healthy and physically fit. they play basketball, pick up trash in the neighborhood, they even impress the chief of police with their push-up skills. it's all part of building trust and keeping these kids off the streets and out of trouble. how do kids respond to you guys being police officers? >> at the beginning they were a little nervous. later they come around. they want to be next to you. that's how you know you are building the trust in them. we have to have some understanding where these kids come from. sometimes they are showing anger because dad is not in their life, because something's not right in school. so we have to sit down and talk with them and let them know everything's going to be okay. >> reporter: the free program includes students from elementary school to high school like 15-year-old jamari harris. >> it keeps us doing something positive and out of the streets you. >> reporter: have you bonded with the officers? >> yes, i have.
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i love coach nance. my favorite person in the world. >> reporter: andrew santos says he is like a father to him. the program helped him make positive changes. >> i used to get in trouble at home, have bad grades, talk back to my mom. i have been whole different person. >> reporter: michael coleman is proud of the work nance and others in his department are doing. >> he lets them know that he was once their age and had the same struggles in life. he broke down the barriers early on by being honest and truthful and real to them. when you are on the police department you have to have a program like this to eliminate future crimes. >> reporter: officer nance hopes one day the kids pay it forward. >> it doesn't stop with them. it has to multiply. in 20 years when they are successful, they give back to the community and spend time with some kids. that's when i know i did my job. >> reporter: randi kaye, cnn,
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riviera beach, florida. we are expecting more big decisions from the supreme court today after yesterday's ruling against affirmative action. that's ahead. a man wanted on charges related to january 6th. arrested near former president obama's d.c. home with materials to make explosives. details ahead.
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rifd /*. >> reporter: president biden, is this a rogue court? >> this is not a normal court. >> good morning, everyone. you just heard from the president of the united states, very unhappy with the supreme court's decision yesterday on affirmative action. >> very good question from our own arlette seanz. what is the question particularly on the political side everybody is thinking about now. there are real legal and policy repercussions to come. >> this is the law of the land now. it's a very different america for students and universities. the supreme court is not done yet. after the landmark decision to gut affirmative action and college admissions, the major rulings set to come down. and the school resource officer accused of hiding during the parkland school shooting is not guilty on all charges. he joins us live in a few minutes. >> and cnn rides along with animal rescue teams to save sea lions from toxic

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