we adjusted and made smart decisions, we were able to push it back and that is what we re going to continue to do. this is a resilient city and we re going to defeat covid like we defeat any type of crises we re facing. if it were your call, would you have that public crowd in times square on new year s eve. it has to be on december 31st. the mayor is making the right decision. he used a powerful term, reassess. covid moves continuously. the mayor said let s reassess and that is what he s going to do on the 31st and i would tell you the same thing if i was the mayor at this time. mr. mayor-elect, we like to have responses to social media live during the courses of the program. let me show you some of what s just come in. we can respond together. rick says, i m vaccinated, i m protected, time to stop caring
roads to breach that we committed in this case, all of us, at the time of d.c. versus howler. our judicial advocacy became within the first period i was in secondary. we must refused to pass the bonds to another generation. that s what i was thinking about. i don t want to see another young person standing on the supreme court of the united states fighting to end this american epidemic that is a choice. that does not have to continue. jonathan, one of the questions to the lawyer trying to overturn this law was, is it okay for times square on new year s eve, just to be filled with people who have handguns in their pockets. what was some of the key moments for you in this argument today? while a number of things. one, the attorneys for new york made clear that history supports the new york law, and that the conservative justices say that they want to apply
yeah, well what i ll say is what i was thinking about is how, you know, when our judicial advocacy team wrote the brief that we submitted in this case, all of us, you know, at the time of d.c. versus heller, our advocacy time was in first grade. i was in second grade. we must refuse to pass this on to another generation. that s what i was thinking about. i don t want to see another young person standing on the steps of the supreme court of the united states fighting to end this american epidemic that is a choice that, you know, does not have to continue. jonathan, one of the questions to the lawyers trying to overturn this law was is it okay for times square on new year s eve just to be filled with people who have handguns in their pockets. what were some of the key moments for you in this argument today? well, a number of things. i mean, one, the attorneys for
the bussing riots, white riots, bussing black students into white communities and vice versa, there s deep pride. 25% of boston is black is a shocking stat for most people but this is an incredibly diverse city. two things can be true at once. we can see the vestiges of white supremacy, and parochialism and tribalism and also a rising and maturing insurgent kind of community of progression and diversity. janae oster holt, and trymaine lee, thank you both for joining us tonight. thank you. and you can listen to the latest podcast into america wherever you get your podcastings. will the united states supreme court allow anyone to carry a concealed handgun in times square on new year s eve? that s next. ndgun in times square on new year s eve that s next. [uplifting music playing]
this is a look at the strictest gun laws in the u.s., but there is another list that shows guns like these are the ones that i think will be most directly affected by the supreme court, states that limit like new york carrying gnlz outside the home. nonetheless, i think the supreme court is still concerned about still being able to restrict where guns can be taken in populated areas. amy coney barrett, for example, said, can t we just say that times square on new year s eve is a sensitive place? and other justices were concerned about courthouses and schools. but there was an interesting exchange, joe, about subways because barbara underwood representing the state said many people in new york are terrorized is the term she used about the idea of guns proliferating on the subways. but justice samuel alito said think of somebody who works at night and lives in a high crime area and has to commute home. why shouldn t they be able to carry a gun? that s giving you a range of the