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
after the hurricane, the fires in california, the vegas shooting and what we are doing there with the investigation. a whole host of issues. the president was asked questions by the press corps at that event and then he said it, we will see you later, we are going to go into my lunch with senate majority leader mitch mcconnell, which we expect they will be talking about the difficulties inside the republican party about getting health care reform done. and also what s coming up with tax cuts and all of that. a lot to talk about and to be brief with this president about, he will step up to the lectern moments from now and the rose garden and tell us something. we are told senator mcconnell will be there as well. meanwhile, president trump renewing threats to kill the iran nuclear deal after he announced on friday he would stay in the agreement but no longer continue to recertify at every 90 days and will leave it up to congress to fix the deals flaws in two months.
criminal investigative decision. and sam roboti, retired agent in charge of the atf in philadelphia. art, you first. we keep getting lots of information, especially coming from these press briefings. law enforcement officials who have been briefed on this investigation told cnn on thursday that they had no knowledge of an accomplice for paddock. but then when you see sheriff lombardi in there saying we have to assume he had some help, is this a difference in terms of terminology, help versus knowing accomplice? it could be but it s almost like the sheriff is dropping hints. he dropped hints that there was a message left inside the suite that he was in when he started shooting. his press conferences have been somewhat confusing at times. but what s really interesting here is this case gets more complicated every single day. now we know that he, you know, scoped out other locations. you know, probably decided on this particular location because the life is beautiful concert, i think th
so i believe just from everything that we re seeing he was pretty methodical and just trying to plan out what was the best way to get the highest body count. that s not just something that you carry around, right? no. we said from day one what s he doing with this stuff in his vehicle? i mean, you don t just buy it and leave it in your car and then drive around in las vegas with it, with tannerite. yeah. i mean, we ve seen what that can do. that will create a nice little crater for you. we received more stunning video today of the shooting. first as we look at it, what stands out to you and second, how will law enforcement use all of these videos to help in training? because they have to be using these. yeah. i mean, we have they have so much video to work with. they ve got the hotel video from the hallways, from the elevator, from the entrance to the hotel. they have all the amateur video. they have the venue video. they ve got a lot to work with
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