reason, but then you just get back in the game. it s amazing, amazing we re rooting for her to the lead with jake tapper starts right now a week of historical significance. the lead starts right now the huge decision earlier today from the u.s. supreme court ruling, that former president donald trump has limited immunity from criminal prosecution for official acts. he took his precedent and cooling possibly so i m related to the effort to overturn the election what this ruling means for pending cases against the former president plus how trump s team intends to use today s opinion to challenge the verdict in the new york hush money cover-up case where trump is set to be sentenced next week. all of this at the same time that official democrats in dc and across the country are panicking stressing freaking out over whether they can continue with president biden at the top of their ticket given his shall we say, troubling behavior during last week s debate? there are very hones
i m bret baier. breaking tonight. the u.s. supreme court issued a landmark ruling that presidents have some immunity from prosecution. it is a newanced decision that hinges on what is and is not considered an official act the immediate after effect the issues may delay push them past the november election. fox news chief legal correspondent, anchor of fox news sunday shannon bream starts us off with all of this tonight. good evening, shannon. good evening, bret it. is a win for the trump legal team today in the sense that it delays special counsel jack smith s case against him it. does not completely extinguish very real three threats. writing for the majority, chief justice roberts said no president is above the law. but that, quote: the president may not be prosecuted for exercising his core constitutional powers. and he is entitled at a minute pump to a presumptive immunity from prosecution for all his official acts. that immunity applies equally to all occupants of