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Level. certain states and localities will no longer have to ask the federal government before making changes to voting laws. before the ruling, mississippi would have had to ask the government for approval to-to-chang their voting law. >> and representative john lewis is with me here in the situation room. this is a significant decision by the supreme court today. you say it's awful. why? >> it is awful. it's a sad day. i never thought that i would see the day when the united states supreme court would put a dagger in the heart of the voting rights act of 1965. i marched across that bridge on ...

Light to these nine southern states and a handful of other jurisdictions to change the law any way they want and basically to say to the justice department catch me if you can. it looks like these southern states are going to start making some changes and we'll see how that affects the actual right to vote in the relatively near future. >> so the political fallout, gloria, from this is pretty significant. >> it is very significant. i mean, you heard what congressman lewis said. there's going to be a move from the democratic leadership in congress to revise this act so that they can do exactly ...

We have an obligation to do it. >> because the supreme court said now they've thrown it back to congress. it's up to congress to decide. >> but the people elected us and we should be responsible and responsive and do it. >> congressman, thanks very much for coming in. >> thank you, sir. >> joining us jeffrey toobin and gloria borger. jeff, in terms of voting rights legislation, how much of it was dismantled today? >> it's important to point out as chief roberts said in his opinion discrimination against people trying to vote and discrimination in voting is still illegal. what is different and ...

Right now. >> how does the president, john, turn this around, get some leverage on the russians to send snowden back to the united states? >> he doesn't have any good known options. the putin/obama relationship has been more sour than the putin/bush relationship was at the end. as the president does this publicly, he risks humiliation. you have on the world stage this playing out at a time when he's already upset with the russians over syria. a lot of domestic issues at home are stalled. so the president right now is in you'd have to say a funk. what can he do to resolve this one? it appears l...

Administration after the u.s. supreme court limited a key part of the voting rights act dating back to the civil rights movement in 1965. congressman john lewis calls it a dagger in the heart of that law. he'll join me next. but first, here's cnn's crime and justice correspondent joe johns. >> the court's bitterly divided guts a parts of the voting rights act that singles out 15 mostly southern states and other jurisdictions with a history of discrimination. federal courts and the justice department are no longer allowed special oversight on changes to their voting laws. >> this decision resto...