victory for the president and it comes of course during a time when his administration is mired in an entirely different kind of immigration question. but on this one, by a ph5-4 rulg with the conservatives in the majority joined by kennedy and the court's liberals upholding the president's travel ban, striki down a lower court order that had blocked the administration from impose egg the travel ban. w, as a practical matter the president has already been enforcing this redirection that was announce the last september. the supreme court in december sort of prefigured today's decision by lifting a stay that had been put in place by a judge after a lawsuit from hawaii and several muslim organizations and muslim individuals who said that it violated religious freedom. so, craig, a big victory for the president. back to you. >> nbc's pete williams there reporting osi the supreme court.