thanks very much for joining us this morning. very busy morning. i m jim acosta, our next our newsroom with wolf blitzer starts right now, have a great weekend i m wolf blitzer in washington, were following breaking news here are the cnn newsroom, the us supreme court is up holding a federal law that bans domestic abusers from owning a firearm. the major second amendment ruling was nearly unanimous 8-to-1 decision only justice clarence thomas dissented in the majority opinion. the chief justice, john roberts said, the court had no trouble upholding the law. arguing and once again, according our tradition of firearm regulation allows the government to disarm individuals who present a credible threat to the physical safety of others. close glug our chief legal affairs correspondent, paula reid is here with me in the z then newsroom. paula walk us through. this is a major decision by the supreme court. it is. it s one of the key decisions that we re watching in for this term
be a mighty long week for the president because we are not going to be talking about him. and to close the subject on the first lady. when barbara bush died marshall did attend. her husband wasn t there. this is different bus john mccain disinvited trump from any of these memorial opportunities. do you think apparently jamie she is not expected to attend any of them. right. does that leave wiggle room? i don t think she s going to go but the white house has not confirmed this on the record. we have been told, my colleague kate bennett, that she is not expected to attend. i don t think that that s going to change. i think what s interesting here to think about is perhaps she knows this she breaks with her husband. she we her break with her husband. her tweet about john mccain was very different from her husband s tweet about john mccain. she saluted the unanimous and
he ll be on the ground for 3 1/2 hours. it does leave wiggle room for the president if she decides to stop and spend more times at certain locations. there are more podium or press stands but we do expect a press gaggle at some point. if he does take questions expect gun control to be a hot topic. the president said he doesn t want to talk about that, but sometimes in the past, he can t help himself, guys. blake mccoy, thanks. senate democrats are urging their republican colleagues to join them in reeel creating the nation s gun laws specifically on laws that modify semi-automatic rifles to mimic an automatic rate of fire like the bump stock found in the gunman s hotel room. senator s mccaskey and nelson hd this to say. hunting is a big deal in ply
show. he says the investigation subpoenaed his office. he tried to take it in stride saying he was disappointed. he s a bystander that wants to get to the bottom of it like everybody else. on the key question, did chris christie know anything about the gw bridge closures before they happened? he repeated his denial. did i know about it or have knowledge beforehand? the answer is the same, no. over i had nothing toll do with this. and over again. to make clear to everybody, all things that were reported over the weekend, nobody has said i knew anything about this before it happened. that s the most important question. christie did leave wiggle room on what former aid wildstein s attorney says he has evidence of that christie knew
he did reveal that the u.s. attorney, the one doing the federal probe, did subpoena his office. but he tried to take it in stride, saying he wants to get to the bottom of what happened, just like everybody else. on the key question, did chris christie know anything about gw bridge lane closures before they happened, he emphatically repeated his denial. did i authorize it, did i know about it, did i approve it, did i have any knowledge of it beforehand. and the answer is still the same. it s unequivocally no. over i had nothing to do with this. and over again. to make clear to everybody in the midst of, you know, all of the things that were reported over the weekend, that nobody has said that i knew anything about this before it happened. and i think that s the most important question. but christie did leave wiggle room on what former aide, david wildstein s attorney says he has evidence. countri christie knew about the lane closures while it was happening