Hello and welcome to our viewers joining us from the United States and all around the world. Im laila harrak. Its been a day full of twists and turns, but the American People can breathe a sigh of relief. There will be no Government Shutdown. The u. S. Government still operating, but Kevin Mccarthy needed democrats to seal the deal. Ahead, what could be next for the Republican House speaker. Plus, u. S. Funding for ukraine not included in the Spending Bill. Well take a look at how that might affect troops on the ground. And president jimmy carter turns 99 years old today. Well take a look at Birthday Greetings for americas 39th president. The United States waking up in the hours ahead to a fully functioning government. At least for now. Deep anxiety over an impending Government Shutdown gave way to relief late saturday, when u. S. President joe biden signed a 45day Stopgap Measure to keep the government running and the military paid. It includes more aid for natural disasters, but not
heat wave is smothering a us humidity, driving the heat index into the triple digits. and this could be just the beginning of a brutally hot summer for americans and a new study suggesting the looming threat of an earthquake and tsunami. and the northwestern us of a size rarely seen on this planet and science contests are warning no one is ready. okay, we re following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central right now, speaker mike johnson is meeting with former president trump at mar-a-lago. the two liters said to be working out their game plans as trump tries to win back the white house and republicans tried to keep control of the house of representatives this is happening just days after trump held strategy talks with republicans in washington, the former president s first trip to capitol hill since the january 6 attack, we ve seen it and selena train with us now to be a fly on the wall in this meeting, collina exactly
administration. bump stocks are accessories that essentially allow semi-automatic rifles to fire more quickly. but in a 6-3 decision, the court said a law aimed at banning machine guns cannot be interpreted to include bump stocks. majority opinion reads in part, quote, we conclude a semi-automatic rifle is not a machine gun because it does not fire more than one shot by a single function of the trigger. joining us now, nbc news washington correspondent yamiche alcindor, laura jarrett, and katie phang, msnbc legal contributor and host of the katie phang show on msnbc, also barbara mcquade, former u.s. attorney and professor at the university of michigan law school and an msnbc legal analyst. so, yamiche, you were there, just as this decision came out. what are we learning about this decision? well, this decision is the supreme court saying the atf was wrong when it banned bump stocks as part of a regulation that was passed under former president donald trump and in particu