Good evening. I'm on the Navas. Jeff Bennett is away. On the news hour tonight,

the Supreme Court rules that former President Trump is entitled to some immunity, complicating the Special

Council's January 6th case against him.

In a major blow to President Macron, France's far right wins big in the first round of snap elections.

And the Hezbollah drone strike injures 18 Israeli troops, raising fears that a full-fledged

war on Israel's northern border could be next.

Do you see an end in sight?

Not right now. Welcome to the news hour. In one of its most anticipated rulings of the year,

the Supreme Court declared that former President Donald Trump is immune

from criminal prosecution for any so-called official act

taken as president but not unofficial ones taken as a candidate. The 6-3 ruling

was split along ideological lines and it will most likely delay Trump's federal

election subversion trial until after the November election.

The former president today cheered the ruling, calling it quote quote a big win for our Constitution

and democracy. To discuss this historic ruling and how it reshapes presidential

power I'm joined now by news hour Supreme Court analyst Marsha Coyle and our

William Bringham who's been following the criminal cases against Mr. Trump.

Great to see you both. Marsha start us off here. This was a ruling so many had been waiting for. It was Chief Justice

John Roberts who wrote the opinion for the majority here. What's the

essence of that ruling? The Chief Justice said that very basically that certain core presidential powers are absolutely immune from prosecution and those kind of powers would include things like the pardon power, the recognition of foreign nations, the appointment of foreign ambassadors.

For all other official acts, the court said there's a presumption of immunity.

And as you know, I'm not from criminal law, the presumption of innocence,

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