but first, to highly this afternoon s highly anticipated fifth public hearing of the january 6 committee. we ll hear testimony from three high ranking justice department officials who led the department in the final days of the trump administration including the former acting attorney general jeffrey rosen. he will make clear the doj saw no evidence of widespread fraud sufficient to overturn the election. which unindicated that. and we ll detail how he and others resisted trump s pressure to back his babaseless claims. and also new subpoenaed issued to people from several states who acted as fake electors and other trump allies connected to the scheme to overturn the 2020 election. also new this morning, a preview of newly obtained footage from the documentary film crew that followed former president trump and his team for six months both before and after the insurrection. that preview was just released by discovery plus which is owned by cnn s parent company. watch. ok
this is the most significant second amendment ruling in more than a decade. in a 6-3 decision, the court struck down new york s law that places restrictions on concealed handguns . that law was enacted more than a century ago. the majority of the court ruling, the constitution protects a person s right to carry a gun outside the home. jessica schneider is live in washington with these breaking details. jessica, what more was in this decision? erica, the supreme court here significantly expanding gun rights and expanding the scope of the second amendment for the first time since 2008. so this is a 6-3 decision written by the senior most justice, clarence thomas. what it has done is it has struck down a new york gun law that you restricted who could carry concealed handguns outside the home. it s a law that stood for more than a century. but the court has now said that that law cannot stand and that crucially here the constitution guarantees the right to carry a gun outside t
concentrated areas like new york city where the politicians there are worried about people having concealed handguns and going into these very populous places. that s exactly what you hear from officials here. jessica, appreciate it. thank you. also with us, chief legal analyst jeffrey toobin. let s start with you. as jessica brought up there, here in new york city we are starting to see some reaction. we re hearing from, first and foremost, the brooklyn d.a. who called this a nightmare for public safety, saying new york s strong gun laws have saved laws for over a century and it opens doors for everyone to jeopardize public safety. this opens up a conversation about policing versus these rights, and we ll hear more of that in the wake of this decision. we sure are. and i think it s important to explain justice thomas s reasoning, which is, i think a lot of people understand the
with implications for all of us. the supreme court ruled had the constitution protects the right to carry a gun outside the home, 6-3 split there, six conservative justices, the three liberal justices against. and jason carroll, senior political analyst, and also david ger dgen is joining us. jason, we know the opinion of elected lawmakers in new york city. tell us the reaction you are hearing. brooklyn d.a. just came out with a statement calling it a nightmare for public safety. saying because of this ruling now they are expectiing suicide, domestic incidents, street crime, all of these things to rise as a result of this. basically saying that they must meet this critical setback with every tool at this point at their disposal. so the question then becomes what tools might they have.
time frame, the mta says there was a drop of about 5% of ridership. certainly there are people who did not get back on the train because of what unfolded. pete williams, what can we expect at this initial court appearance, there s a federal charge. any additional charges that might come up? it was a legal gun. there could be additional federal charges. the gun was purchased legally, even though he had several brushes with the law, none of those resulted in felony convictions. that would have been disqualifying. he legally bought the gun 11 years ago at a pawn shop in columbus, ohio. the brooklyn d.a. office says there are no plans to start state charges. and it s the federal train wrecking law makes it a crime to attack a mass transportation