to los angeles, i m trace gallagher in for bret baier. president biden and pope francis share their catholic faith against the back drop over disagreements of abortion. former president trump gets a big birthday bash as he turns 78 years old. and we look at how research in space is affecting your health here on earth. trace: breaking tonight, the supreme court at the center of attention this evening. the conservative wing leads the charge overturning a trump era gun regulation. meantime progressives fire up their base and up their ire at the supremes with attacks on one justice as a, quote, insurrectionist sympathizer. we have team conch tonight. shannon bream tells us what it all means. chad pergram on capitol hill with the details on the democratic attacks. but we begin with david spunt in washington on the specifics of the bump stock ruling. david, good evening. david: trace, good evening to you. big ruling as well. while this may be about executive power, ultimately,
as the journalist theodore white put it, the al smith dinner is a ritual of american politics. so for those keeping track, the american rituals are this dinner and the republicans sacrificing 2014 to ted cruz s ego. it was a pretty republican crowd last night. he went on to recognize the contributions he and hez fellow catholics have made to politics over the years. this event has an illustrious history. it began in 1945 to honor al smith, a man who fought for government housing, public schools, labor laws to protect women and children, and went on to become the first presidential candidate of a major party who was catholic. and since he first shattered the stained class ceiling, america has seen a flood of catholic presidents from john kennedy to jfk to jack kennedy. [ laughter ] you could got have found a more perfect keynote speaker tonight
ritual of american politics. so for those keeping track, the american rituals are this dinner and sacrificing 2014 to ted cruz s ego. colbert went on to recognize the contributions he and hez fellow catholics have made to politics o efr the years. this event has an illustrious history. a man who fought for government housing, public schools, labor laws to protect women and children, and went on to become the first presidential candidate of a major party who was catholic. and since he first shattered the stained class ceiling, america has seen a flood of catholic presidents from john kennedy to jfk to jack kennedy. you could got have found a more perfect keynote speaker tonight because i am proud to be america s most famous catholic.