governor rick perry's special session is starts at 2:00, this battle is raging right now, raging in the states. and it does not take weekends off. right now president obama and south africa president jacob zuma taking reporter questions in south africa. also word obama will meet with nelson mandela's family. california couples are now getting married weeks before expected. also, a life-threatening heat wave is scorching the west. temperatures nearing the 130 mark in some places. a lot on the record for the airline industry. this time it's airline reservation fees. good morning, everyone. hope you're having a great

saturday. i'm richard louie in for alex today. first, to president obama's trip to south africa. live pictures of the news conference going on right now. started an hour ago. president obama is holding this news conference with south africa's president zuma. he talked about the former president nelson mandela who remains critically ill in the hospital. take a listen. >> by saying our thoughts and those of americans and people all around the world are with nelson mandela and his family and all of south africans. >> ron allen is life in south after where the president will be visiting today. good morning to you. the president will hold a town hall there. not everyone is happy about his visit we have seen so far. >> exactly, richard. there is a small group of protesters down the road behind me. they have been out here, 150 or 200 people or so, who oppose

drone strikes in pakistan and afghanistan. they're upset guantanamo bay hasn't been closed down. they are left leaning who do oppose the visit here by president obama. he will hold a town hall meeting here with some young african leaders and students trying to encourage young people to get more engaged and involved. that's the main focus of what he is going to do here. but the big question, and everything hangs over this, is the health of nelson mandela. we understand president obama has no plans to see mr. mandela in the hospital. he will meet with his family, wife michelle, some daughters. and you have to think of the president as very disappointed that he cannot get to the hospit hospital. some people think this entire visit was president obama trying to visit president mandela.

think how important this would be. president mandela is obviously one of his greatest heroes. they have not seen each other in person since 2005, although they have had a number of conversations. the problem is the logistics at the hospital. there is a huge crowd of media, well wishers around the hospital. it's very difficult for the president to get there and not cause a huge scene. there was some speculation whether he could get there some other way. they have tried every way possible to get the president to see nelson mandela. but they're saying he's not. he must be really disappointed. at this point the latest on president mandela's health from his ex-wife is that his situation is greatly improved. he is still very unwell. he is stable. the conversation here a few days ago was much more tire, much more worrying about nelson

mandela's condition. the last couple of days the tone has been more upbeat. everybody is trying to read the tea leaves, anticipate what's happening. of course nobody knows. but the bottom line is the word about mandela's condition is he was better than he was but still critically ill. a lot of concern around the world about the health of this global icon. it's really difficult to convey back to the united states being here what it feels like to be here while all this is going on. to have these two incredibly powerful and influential people of the 21st century, nelson mandela, president obama here at the same time. this is a tremendous moment in history and one this country is enjoying. of course there is great, great worry and concern about the health of nelson mandela. >> so well put by ron am lessen in seweto, south africa.

they prepare for the visit by the president. we will be stopping by and checking in with you, ron allen. thanks for that. new news for you this morning, president obama urging house leaders to take up immigration reform. the white house says while in africa the president called house speaker john boehner, majority leader nancy pelosi, encouraging them to take up immigration reform now that the senate has passed a comprehensive bill with large bipartisan support. meanwhile, the government reform committee pushed through a resolution saying they have forfeited her right to remain silent. lois learner, the committee wants 20 question her about the irs. same-sex marriage is legal in california. federal appeals court lifted the stay that banned same-sex

couples from marrying in the states following this week's supreme court ruling. state attorney camela harris presided at a wedding in the case that overturned the ban. >> we have been on a long, long journey to get to this point. >> this point, back on this piece of tape, nine years. >> now, the other two plaintiffs in the case, paul and jeff were also married last night. los angeles mayor presided over that ceremony. the second-degree murder trial of george zimmerman continues today after a first week of gripping testimony for several witnesses for the prosecution. ron mott is following this story from sanford, florida. >> hey there, richard. it's all quiet here on a saturday morning. yesterday they were focused on

the fight. who was on top and who was on bottom. a gentleman who testified said he could clearly see on the dark night that the person on the bottom had lighter skin, george zimmerman. >> here's what i'm going to do. >> i could not hear that, no. >> could you hear this. >> no. >> following the prosecutor's lead. >> was he like this? >> defense attorney mark o'meara dropped to the floor. he saw him in a fighting stance popular in mixed martial arts. >> trayvon martin was on top. >> correct. >> he was reigning blows on on the person on the bottom, george zimmerman. >> that's right. >> the prosecutor questioned how well he could really see in the dark. >> did you ever see the person on top slamming the person on

the bottom's head on the concrete over and over and over. >> no. >> good said he ran back inside his home to call 911. >> police, i just heard a shot right behind my house. >> reporting what he saw from his second floor. >> okay. and you can hear somebody yelling for help? >> i'm pretty sure the guy is dead out here. holy [ bleep ]. >> he said it was self defense. >> he said this guy was beating me up, and i shot him. >> and i had to defend myself and i shot him. >> a neighbor, who was the first to arrive on the scene after the shooting, said zimmerman was walking and appeared calm despite bleeding. he asked the man to call his wife after being handcuffed. >> i said your husband has been involved in a shooting. he's being handcuffed and he will be held at sanford police department. and he said just tell her i shot

someone. >> with more than 200 on the list, who could follow. >> the prosecution is putting on their case in chief right now. they have established bit by bit what they set out to do. but it surprised me how often the defense has turned prosecution witness withes to their advantage. >> now, court will resume testimony on monday. and for the first time we could hear from the lead investigator in this case, richard. >> ron mott in florida. thank you very much, ron. more from msnbc analyst lisa bloom a little bit later had hour. stick around for that >> in massachusetts, police arrested a third man with aaron hernandez. ernest wallace walked into the police department and turned himself in. a second was arrested in connecticut and turned over to authorities on friday. hernandez was arrested on wednesday and was charged with the murder of odin lloyd, a semi pro football player. he is being held without bail. the ex-nfl player is also

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palm springs, 118. a live report from las vegas later in the hour. it should be steaming there. millions of students will see their student loan interest rates double monday after lawmakers failed to reach an agreement. protesters showed up at the capitol building just as lawmakers leave for a week-long vacation. interest rates will jump from 3.4% to 6.8%. even though the federal government pays the interest while borrowers remain enrolled in school, the increase means an extra $1,000 estimated owed over the typical 10-to 12-year life of the average borrower's loan.

let me bring in amy barnes. good saturday to you. >> hi. >> when we look at the numbers here, it just doesn't look good, at least by the math itself. why weren't lawmakers able to

get a deal? we've been talking about this. >> they are pushing this new legislation for -- to expand it for another year. and we'll see how that goes. but nothing is for certain. >> yeah. and as we look at the issue itself, there's also political fallout. it seems that the democrats are the ones that can't quite see eye to eye. two separate press conferences on two different approaches to deal with this. >> exactly. you're seeing republicans use the democrats's slogan from last year, don't double our rates. this has become a real issue for them. so hopefully i think that's why you are seeing democrats kind of pushing this legislation. they hope to get it together at least for the next year to extend this rate for the next year. >> all r you know, we saw protesters gather in d.c. as lawmakers did leave for their week-long vacation. do you expect constituents to turn up the pressure at home, or is a situation in congress just too partisan at the moment. what's your thought? >> i think so. you saw that last year. you saw the president during a campaign season sort of pushing that issue. i think you're going to see students are a big constituency, obviously. you're going to really see them turn up the heat. they're going to say these elections have consequences. if you don't help us out in 2014, you'll pay. >> right, right. >> yeah. so i think you'll definitely see the phones ringing on capitol hill. >> a lot of voters watching, a lot of students watching this. that's next week. let's also move to the other big issue that's been discussed over

the last bunch of months and election cycles, shall we say, and now forward to the house. and i also want to bring in congressional reporter ed o'keefe on this one. let's talk immigration. it's now up to the house, the debate over immigration takes center stage there. the senate passing the legislation, as you know, ed, here on thursday. your latest article. you say it's negotiation time with the house. rather, that is amy's article. it has now reached negotiation time with the house. you also, of course, are probably saying the same thing. the president was very hands off publicly in the lead-up to the senate vote. will he be just as hands off now that it's reached the house? >> he's got to be. because there's no desire really in the house to talk to him about this. he very skillfully stayed out of the way. there were a lot of phone calls back and forth between the folks that were negotiating this in the sentence and the white house to keep them updated.

the president laid out markers as to where the democratic party would be on this. certainly that will continue in the house. if anything, he can use the bully pulpit to pressure the house if they seem to be lagging and say, hey, don't forget, this is something you wanted to work on. this is something your party said you need to work on. to think he would ever jump in and get involved, absolutely not. a lot of senators credited him for staying out of the way and sort of letting them deal with it and come up with a plan. >> right. >> he credited him for doing that. >> and of course we both know he was working the channels behind the scenes, public events were kept to a minimum there. ed, also about your article, the issue of border security. in your article, your latest one, you point out it has a $50 billion price tag. it incomes border patrol agents to around 40,000. it requires the construction of 700 miles of fencing. that was part of the deal there coming out of the senate.

and it seems to have mitigated the critics at least in that part of capitol hill. but on the other side, let's assume that it does that as well. ed, lawmakers, though, will they, despite that development, be able to feel comfortable with the new legislation? some are saying, hey, let's just go with what we've got. just enforce the existing laws. does that work? is that right? >> well, there's those that say that and those that want much more. in fact, they would say that the deal wasn't enough and they would rather see, instead of 700 miles of fencing, fence the whole border, perhaps give more drones or radar, surveillance to catch illegal border crossers. many believe while aggressive, notable and while expensive that the senate plan is only the start and that it could get much better because there's been such a push for the security.

some say, wait a secretary second, you're just throwing money at the problem and not addressing it. the fact that this senate bill establishes all these things, sets aside all this money but still allows people to begin the legalization process is one that house republicans are opposed to. they need to fix the border first, certify through congress or government officials that it has been protected and then we can talk about establishing legal status for the 11 million people. lots more to discuss. several lawmakers said this may not get resolved until christmastime, early next year. they don't see the rush that people in the senate see. >> yeah. >> and many believe, you know, there isn't necessarily a political benefit to rushing this through. >> you had to go and bring up that timeline, didn't you, ed? it remains me of the fiscal cliff, the majority of the majority. amy, speaker boehner has broken

the rule the past several months. we were all watching amongst our holiday times. will he do it this time? will he break that rule again? does it really just come down to that? >> that's unclear. one thing he said in recent days he's not going to bring this bill up unless it gets the 218 votes or that he sees support from the republicans. i don't think that's going to happen. i've been talking to gop aids and lawmakers this week and they're doubtful that will happen. steve kaines of congress think they're multiplying and they don't see the support there. i don't see this happening right now. like ed says, this could carry on. there is no rush to make this happen. this could go on until the end of the year. >> thank you so much at 7:20 in the morning for joining us. >> thank you. >> good to be with you. what is soaring at the airport is putting a big drag on the pocketbook of travelers. that's next. [ male announcer ] i've seen incredible things.

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it's been a pretty solid first quarter for the airline industry. u.s.-based airlines collected $600 million in reservation change fees during this fitter quarter, an increase of 8% from the same period a year ago. airlines also raked in $800 million from baggage fees. it is touted as the main reason they reported a profit in this quarter. it's usually the slowest time of the year in the industry. boy, we all know about the change fees. first off, attitude adjustment. second, on the rebound. three, tipping point. joining me now is forbes staff writer morgan brennan. good to see you. it eeks up and down little by little and beat expectations here. we look at some of the numbers. >> it did beat expectations. we're seeing consumer confidence hold steady in june. that's despite mortgage rate increases and despite the roller

coaster we have seen in stock market prices. >> what about down? >> it went down slightly from may. it's still near six-year highs. it's still better than economists had expected. the biggest takeaway is we're looking at a tale of two american consumers right now. lower income consumers are not actually feeling good about the market, about the economy at all. but higher earning americans. so people making $75,000 and more are feeling better because we are seeing an increase in home prices. despite that roller coaster, we are seeing stocks higher. they're feeling better about spending because household wealth is feeling fuller. >> let's talk about mortgage rates. those are going up. there seems to be some miss perception, some are saying, based on what's actually happening. >> mortgage rates are spiking. 4.46%, for a 30-year fixed rate. that is the largest weekly increase we have seen in about

26 years. so that's a huge jump. that comes after several weeks of mortgage rate increases. we're seeing this because investors are selling out of their bond positions off federal reserve comments they are going to start winding down their -- >> the fed is saying hold on a second. we may not be doing that much. >> what does that mean for potential home buyers? it means the cost of borrowing is getting more expensive. that increase, you're talking about an extra $46 per month for every $100,000 you spend. and i think the rates will keep going on. >> a little tipping at starbucks. >> new york's top court issued its advisory opinion that baristas and staff supervisors should be sharing in the tip pool where assistant managers should not. it sets a precedent for potentially 40,000 restaurants and businesses across the state of new york and more than a quarter million staffers just in

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murder of his girlfriend. they say he's working out but not preparing for any competition. iran's newly elected president said he promises to be more open about iran's nuclear program. the recent outbreak in brazil has taken a toll on tourism. rio de janeiro alone, more than a quarter hotel reservations have been canceled. an 18-year-old north carolina man has been arrested for vandalizing howard's rock. protective casing was destroyed. part of the rock was chipped away. those are your fast five headlines. for same-sex couples this week, good news comes in threes. earlier this week the supreme court struck down the defense of marriage act and gutted prop 8. federal appeals court freed couples to obtain marriage licenses. couples in san francisco and los

angeles wasted no time. out to los angeles where gabe gutierrez has the latest for us. gabe, good morning. we heard about the 25-day delay. this a bit of a surprise here? >> yeah. it was quite a surprise, rich, especially leading up to this weekend where the city of san francisco is hosting its annual gay pride celebration. couples will be able to marry throughout this weekend.

so those opponents are upset. both sides of this debate, however, are vowing to continue this fight throughout the country in other states. >> really quickly here, gabe, is this unusual for the the ninth court circuit, ninth circuit court rather to access? >> well, the court called this unusual, but not unprecedented. although he couldn't remember offhand an example where this had happened recently. but, again, you know, california now the 13th state along with washington, d.c. to allow same-sex marriage. and this fight is poised to continue throughout the country. >> no doubt those two couples

happy that it happened during gay pride month. thank you so much. edward snowden has been in hide anything moscow's airport for almost a week now. he is believed to be in the international transit joan, no man's land for a man with no passport, no passport. joining me now with nbc news jim maceda. good day. >> hi there, richard. there are many passengers and staff we have spoken with who told us that we know what he looks like but we just haven't seen him. they said he could very well hideaway indefinitely inside this airport. but the question is, will he have to? >> you know edward snowden? no, you don't know. >> have you seen this person? >> shake shake. >> have you seen this person? >> american fugitive edward

snowden has taken low profile to a new level. he landed here and was here in the transit zone. vladimir putin claims it's no man's land and no one has spotted him since. they can't touch him. >> yes, sure. >> why? >> because it's a good and nice terminal. >> it has everything that he needs? >> food and -- >> if he has money. >> numerous vip and other off-limits rooms. perfect for debriefings by russian security services. snowden is stuck. his u.s. passport canceled. ecuador and venezuela said they would happy consider asylum but he has no travel documents to get there. and there are signs snowden may be staying in russia a lot longer. a prominent human rights group appealed for his asylum. and the russian parliament want

him on digital spying. >> probably hiding in the bathroom. >> snowden's predicament echoes that of tom hanks in "the terminal" who is trapped at nine months at jfk after his homeland collapses in civil war. but snowden is an alleged criminal charged with espionage. watchers say while putin might use him for propaganda, he has no time for him. >> as a professional intelligence officer, he cannot have sympathy for a guy who defected from security service. >> experts say if all the buzz is true and he hitches a flight on tuesday for venezuela president maduro, that could well spell the end of this chapter. but the beginning of a long-term headache for venezuela.

>> just that chapter. appreciate jim maceda reporting. greg miller, national security correspondent end for the "washington post". and former assistant secretary of state for public affairs and fellow at george washington university. good day to both of you. greg, talk about this transit zone. putin saying he is in there. you can go to a bar, sleep at a hotel for $300 a night. it's been described so far as technically not russian territory. a limbo. when you look at this, how can u.s. or other governments get into this area and perhaps get access to snowden? >> well, that's more than a little disingenuous to say this is a space that russia has no say over. that's highly unlikely. and it serves the russian's interest right now to keep him in this limbo status. because there's a lot of suspicion among intelligence officials they're debriefing him

or persuading him to be more cooperative on other questions russia has about united states espionage. he's obviously in a space that russia controls but beyond the reach of u.s. authorities and it enables them to manage whatever negotiations are under way to where he goes next. >> react to what greg has said that. the u.s. had a fraught relationship with russia. when we look at it, do they have any diplomatic leverage to get snowden out of this place. and might that be happening, the downloading of information with snowden coming from the russian government. >> he's an intelligence asset. any good intelligence service will try to see what they can obtain from him remains to be seen whether that will be anything at all. vladimir putin defines himself, like a quasi cold war figure. he defines russian power in

terms of an anti-western view. the west is against assad, putin will help him. snowden serves the russian purpose right now. the united states has been throwing some rocks at russia and china, you know, for its cyber activity. this is an opportunity for both countries to pick up the stones and throw them back. >> have you run into this before? former assistant secretary of state, have you heard of story lines like this in the past where somebody has been in this supposed area, terminals d, e, and f of an international airport? >> a lot its heart, it's a basic extradition request. this one obviously has a much more significant profile than we have seen in the past. but obviously interesting calculations. we have talked about russia. china, its motivation was just to not have edward snowden become the face or test of

u.s./china relations. you have carrera and maduro, almost a competition as to who picks up the anti-american mantle from south america. it will be interesting to see what choices either of them makes over time and where he ultimately ends up. >> is asylum still an option as jim ma say dough was saying. key escort him and take him to another country? >> i think any of those things are possible. he doesn't really have travel papers. that was not barrier from getting from hong kong to moscow. there are multiple governments involved in these sort of transactions right now. and what's unclear is the extent to which snowden is in position to dictate his own fate. to what extent he can control the outcome here. >> so you're saying it would be up to these respective

governments they could be negotiating. >> will he be able to choose what he thinks is the best option for him. i suppose that's possible. it may take time for him to work it out. >> snowden's father, as the three of us are aware through his attorney, negotiating with the u.s. government. and part of the request. he is saying he would like his son not be held in jail, not have a gag order, and allowed to choose location of the trial. those are just some of the requests through snowden's father through an attorney. is there any chance of this as he has laid out the initial requests. >> i think that would be a very difficult set of circumstances for the united states and the justice department to accept because one of the conditions is he's free until trial and there's no gag order. so snowden will come back to the united states and basically try the case not before a judge and jury but before the american public. but i think to greg's point, he's exactly right.

snowden at one point had his own options. but now i think they're narrowing. he is sitting at the airport in russia and has others who will make choice for him. >> p.j., thank you. greg, thank you for your time as well. you're welcome. a blazing heat wave in the west could send the mercury to record highs. we're watching that thermometer for you. a live report next. is like hammering. riding against the wind. uphill. every day. we make money on saddles and tubes. but not on bikes. my margins are thinner than these tires. anything that gives me some breathing room makes a difference. membership helps make the most of your cashflow. i'm nelson gutierrez of strictly bicycles and my money works as hard as i do. this is what membership is. this is what membership does.

across the west coast, it's going to get hot, super hot. death valley, for instance, the temperature could reach nearly 130 degrees. that challenges a world record. as if it is not already hot enough in sin city, forecasters are calling for 117 degrees there. got a desert all to himself. meteorologist mike seidel in las vegas. mike, paint for us how hot it is out there. you're not wearing any sort of

parka. >> no. just one layer. and i have to wear that. it's required by tv law, i think, richard. right now here in sin city, it's 93 degrees. we're about an hour before sunrise. we're about 4 or 5 degrees ahead of where we were yesterday. yesterday we tied a record of 115 for the day for june 28th. but the key here is the temperatures are taking in the shade at the airport. out here on the street with the heat coming off the sidewalk and the asphalt, we measured temperatures, get this, 150 to 160 degrees. it's a very dangerous heat. if you don't wear shoes you can get first or second degree burns. look at the southwest. not only vegas, but phoenix and all these hot locations, cooling centers have been opened for the elderly. here in vegas you can bring your pets. a lot of times people go to cooling centers and they can't take your pets. here in vegas, you can take your pets. they're not concerned about brown-outs or black-outs. they have more capacity now.

so the grid should be fine for a city which basically runs on air-conditioning among other things. take a look at the forecast today. again, vegas, today and tomorrow, up around 117. that would tie their all-time record. their records go back only to 1937. death valley may get to 130. if they get to 130 between now and monday, that would be the hottest temperature on the planet since july of 1913 and that was also in death sraerblgs the same month they set the world record at 134. phoenix today, 118. the fourth hottest day on record. that's 10 degrees above average. yesterday, salt lake city, how about this, hottest june day on record in salt lake city at 105 degrees. very hot here in the southwest. we will start to see some cooling by the middle of next year. temperatures here in vegas will still run 10 degrees above average. back east, though, it's cool for the season and more rain, more expected up and down the east

coast. that will continue through the fourth of july. >> mike, keep that single layer you've got. that is a rule. i checked during your report there. it is part of a tv reporting etiquette. so we'll get back to you a little bit later. keep cool. sounds like it's getting quite hot out that way. a man who said he witnessed the struggle between trayvon martin and george zimmerman takes the stand. what impact will his testimony have? humans. even when we cross our t's and dot our i's, we still run into problems. namely, other humans. which is why at liberty mutual insurance, auto policies come with new car replacement and accident forgiveness if you qualify. see what else comes standard at libertymutual.com. liberty mutual insurance. responsibility. what's your policy?

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the second degree murder trial of george zimmerman resumed next week in florida. a busy week of compelling testimony from a long line of witnesses brought in by the prosecution. zimmerman has pleaded not guilty and said he killed 17-year-old trayvon martin in self-defense. joining us is lisa bloom. lisa, not awe lot of people know this, you sit here throughout the entire testimony, no better person to talk about this with. >> thank you. >> where do things stand? >> the prosecution is building a

case bit by bit. no one witness saw the entire encounter between the two men. a lot of people in the neighborhood saw or heard of it. they put on those witnesses this week. >> we heard of one sfwlof zimmerman's neighbors, jon good. he saw zimmerman on the ground, pound and grounded. >> mma style, mixed martial arts. >> why did they call good to the stand. doesn't necessarily help the prosecution. >> the prosecution has to fight for justice. not just fighting for a conviction and if they have witnesses that were recipient witnesses, people who saw the event, they have to put them on, otherwise the defense will put this witness on, and ladies of the jury this witness was not brut to you by the state, they are hiding the ball, trying to

on sophisticate. they try to limit and contain the testimony as best they can. >> saw of what was said over the last week. we look at the physician's assistant who treated zimmerman after the shooting and also in the past, can we go to the sound? okay. so in any case, the physician's assistant treated zimmerman after the shooting and in the past. she gave some indication of what happened. how did this revelation that she described about zimmerman's training in mixed martial arts resonate with the jury. >> it was interesting. hear we here from one witness that trayvon martin was on top, beating george zimmerman and then a medical assistant. zimmerman training in mma. was it really zimmerman on top

doing the pounding? >> witness punctures of zimmerman's injuries. is there a chance they will get desensitized by showing it so many times, that an approach? >> i think the pictures of zimmerman's injuries are some of the best evidence that the defense has and they wanted to leave the jury with the visual weekends, the nose, looks like it got punched. the lacerations on the back of the head. that says it corroborates the story that trayvon martin was pounding his head into the cement. they were waiting for the judge to call time for the weekend to leave the jury with those images in the jury's minds. >> will they call george zimmerman? >> they are hoping the statements he has already given will come in and the jury will read those. >> who came out ahead? >> that's a tough call.

the prosecution certainly moved the ball forward, not a slam dunk. a tough case for the prosecution to get the murder conviction, but perhaps they could get a lesser charge. remains to be seen. >> what are you looking for next week? >> law enforcement witnesses to testify. the medical examiner who did the autopsy and martin family members, especially mother. emotional testimony i would imagine from the mother who can hear the 911 recording with the screams on it and say that's my son screaming. >> lisa bloom, thank you so much. >> thank you. we would like you to know that george zimmerman has sued nbc universal for defamation and we have strongly denied his allegations. that wraps up "weekends with alex witt." straight up "up with steve kornacki" and then "melissa harris-perry."

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the supreme court just mute might be playing a long game on affirmative action. supreme court's decision to substantially weaken the voting rights act, will have substantial impact on days, weeks, maybe years to come. the potential to significantly erode, maybe end affirmative action as we know it. the senate could say it is one long, slow bleed in the case of fisher versus university of texas at austin. a white student rejected for admission, claiming racial discrimination. nothing will have an immediate effect on affirmative action at texas or any other school. they want to reexamine