sandra and carl delay-magnuson, rose hirschel and andy shreeves, robert and susan rosenbaum, the corporationor public broadcasting from viewers like you. thank you. leasa: good evening and welcome. tonight, president biden is back in the country after an historic trip to europe. he recorded some potentially legacy building convince including the expansion of nato and increased support for ukraine. on thursday he wrapped up his three-country swing in helsinki. president biden: this week we affirmed how finland and the united states together are allies and partners in lock step are setting us on a stronger and more secure path. not just for nato or europe but the world. >> he welcomed finland as a new member and thanking president ed want to allow sweden to join. but you crane wanting him to push for membehip now but he reaffirmed the claim that eventually they would be able to join the alliance. joining me, leigh ann caldwell. francesca, white house correspondent for "usa today." nia-malika, senior political analyst at cnn and scott wong, sister congressional reporter for n news. let's jump i

sandra and carl delay-magnuson. robert and susan rosenbaum. and by viewers like you. thank you. laura: good evening, welcome to "washington week." i'm laura barren lopez. the president is providing more aid tokraine this time in the form of cluster munitions. they're meant to boost the ukrainian military's slow-going counteroffensive against russia. to the move is sure to upset members of biden's own party. the trip to europe cou have consequences for the war in ukraine and the president's legcism weeks after a mutiny left president putin weakened, biden will attend a key nato summit in lithuania. there he's aiming to bolster the coalition against russia and increase the number of countries in the security alliance. still, delegate and -- delicate and complicated dynamics are at play among nate nato members work sweden's ascension to the alliance blocked by turkiye and no clear timetable for ukrainian membership. joining me to discuss this and more is david sanger, a white house and national security correspondent for the "new york times." and here with me at the table, susan pa

sardinha and carl delay-magnuson, rose hirschel and andy shreeves, robert and susan rosenbaum, the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. lisa: good evening and welcome to "washington week." i'm less less. the supreme court is now on summer break. but leaving us quite a wake, a series of historic rulings with far-reaching consequences for race, education, and elections in america. for the second year in a row, the roberts court overturned years of legal precedent and ruled against a widespread practice conservatives have always sought to end. this year, it was affirmative action. the justices ruled thursday that harvard university and the university of north carolina's consideration of an applicant's race in college admissions is unconstitutional. chief justice john roberts wro the majority's opinion saying the student must be treated based on his or her experiences as an individual, not on the basis of race. justice sonia sotomayor in the. [indistinct conversation] ing opinion wrote this court stands in the way and rolls