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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 thi ....
debate. and then disaster mode, wildfires in new mexico prompt action from president biden while tens of millions of americans battle a brutal heat wave. good friday morning. it is 10:00 eastern, i m ana cabrera reporting from new york, and we begin with breaking news this hour at the supreme court where we are expecting more decisions any moment with 19 cases still undecided, including the biggest one of all, donald trump s immunity argument. let s go right to nbc s julia ainsley live outsides supreme court this morning. julia, the clock s ticking until the end of the term. what should we expect this morning? reporter: that s right, we know we should be getting multiple cases today. this is likely the second to last week of this term, so we expect all these decisions to be made at least by the end of next week. you mentioned the big one, ana, that s whether or not former president trump can claim presidential immunity in the election interference case given his r ....
weapon designed to kill everyone on earth. so, you know, how is that for a tease? episode 2 is out today and wherever you get your podcast, i hope you listen. that will do it for us tonight and now time for the last word. i do have episode two meant to look forward to because, like you, i spent today engrossed in anthony fauci s book and i will do an event with him thursday night, which i am sure, by the time you are halfway through your first comment tonight it was sold out for thursday night. rachel, the book is so rich, as you know and that was a tip of the iceberg discussion. i could do an hour with him just about what he went through at the beginning of the mystery of the hiv-aids investigation and those chapters where they don t know what they are dealing with and it brings us all back to that time and all the work he did long before he ended up, once again, saving so many lives during the covid-19 pandemic. even what he tells you about the zika virus, that is ....
tonight. i have this new podcast, it is called rachel maddow presents ultra, season two of ultra. episode two of that is out today. it starts with a really cheery little episode, i guess. a really cheery little thumbnail sketch of a doomsday weapon designed to kill everyone on earth. so, you know, how is that for ats? episode two of ultra is out today wherever you get your podcasts. thank you. all right, that is going to do for us tonight. now it is time for the last word with the great lawrence o donnell. episode two to look forward to because of, like you, i spent today engrossed in anthony fauci s book. i spent the weekend. i have to do an event with him at the 92nd street y on thursday night, which i am sure by the time you are halfway through your first comments, was sold out for thursday night. and rachel, the book is so rich, as you know that was the tip of the iceberg discussion. you can do, i could do an hour with him just about what he went through at the be ....
street arguments with alito, especially your point that i will highlight, too, of mrs. alito being caught on tape and saying i am german and saying it in a way that clearly intends to be threatening. what could she possibly be referring to with german being threatening? i don t know. as someone who has some german background in my own family, usually you don t try to play up the retribution nature of the german people if you don t have to. history as a guide suggest maybe don t do that. it is one of those indicators of just how wild it is at the alito home when it comes to what is happening with their flags, which clearly justice alito knew all about, as your interview proved conclusively. wild is one word for it. i will be curious to see what senator whitehouse has to say about it. have a good show. the stock market closed at an all-time high once again today. proving once again today that republican businessmen don t know what is good for them. and yes, i am u ....