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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, ...

Days over this christmas period. what can we expect, treacherous conditions on the east coast? >> yes, certainly are. if anything, it will get worse. we saw bad delays today at new yorks metro airports, also in philadelphia. all day long. i was taking a look at philadelphia and they were looking at delays all day long of at least two hours. here, the delays we have now, new york citys metropolitan airports and newark, philadelphia probably responsible for the most cancellations and delays up and...

Straight months. >> its a smart thing for the president to say is the resiliency of the american worker, no one is doubting that but the problem is if companies arent hiring the american worker, they cant necessarily be resilient. when companies are sitting on all this cash right now, a lot of companies are and theyre buying computers and desk chairs and doing acquisitions and buying up other companies. >> the state governments arent hiring either. they fired 48,000 workers in the month of july....

>> okay, mike. thank you for that. lets get more on tropical storm lee from nbc meteorologist bill karins. good morning to you, bill. >> good morning to you, alex. all eyes are on the gulf coast. this is where were getting drenched throughout this labor day weekend with tropical storm lee. were not worried about the winds doing damage or anything like that. were mostly concerned with heavy rain and flash flooding and then river flooding eventually. lets take a look at the big map. youll see that...