[Cabrera:] The Supreme Court this week handing down two major rulings with wide-reaching impact. First up, gerrymandering. Justices ruling five-four. That federal courts must stay out of disputes over whether politicians go too far in drawing district lines to ensure that their party wins. The ruling could fundamentally affect the balance of power in Congress and state legislatures. With us now, CNN Senior Political Writer and Analyst, Harry Enten and CNN Supreme Court analyst, Joan Biskupic, author of the book "The Chief: The Life and Turbulent Times of Chief Justice John Roberts." " Joan, to you first, give us some insight into why the Justice has ruled that courts cannot tear apart as in gerrymandering.
[Joan Biskupic, Cnn Senior Political Writer:] Thanks, Ana. This was a long time effort by Chief Justice John Roberts. For many years, he had been trying to get federal judges out of this business of reviewing extreme partisan gerrymanders. His argument is that when judges look at these, they're essentially getting involved in politics. So he batted back claims that these violate voters' equality rights, voters' first amendment rights of who they would associate with, and said, OK. Perhaps these kinds of districts do look unfair and unjust, but this is not the business of federal judges, it's a political question, not a legal question. And from the bench last week, Ana, he went on about the various tests that had been proposed by the challengers. And he just batted them back one after another, saying, they're impossible for judges to administer. But then, dissenting Justice Elena Kagan said, lower court judges have indeed been using these tests and they've been able to assess very extreme gerrymanders that essentially rig elections. So there was a real fundamental difference in what lower courts were able to do here. And it was a very sad, almost mournful dissent from Justice Kagan saying, now when people go to the ballot box on Election Day, they won't be choosing their representatives as much as representatives in a statehouse have already chosen them by virtue of how the lines had been drawn.
[Cabrera:] So the sort of the representatives, those who are seeking votes are now choosing their voters. Harry, explain now what the impact will look like when it comes to the political landscape.
[Harry Enten, Cnn Senior Political Writer And Analyst:] Yes, I think that there are a few different points I'd point out. Number one, there's no doubt, if in fact you had say fairer rules, let's say the number of votes you had in a state matched up with the number of seats that each party was going to win, Democrats would have benefited, let's say, there were fair lines that were put into place. I think that's one thing. Now, what how many number how many seats that would exactly be is a little bit unclear. Let's say back in 2016 have changed control of Congress, when republicans controlled it, if the Democrats controlling it. But it could have been, say, a dozen seats. The second thing I'll point out is the state legislative elections going into 2020 now take on a much more of an added importance. So Democrats are going to want to win more of those state legislative seats, because, of course, we have the census that will be coming up in 2020 and the lines will be redrawn in 2022 and 2021 and 2022. And the other thing I'll point out, is that this may move more states towards independent redistricting commissions. You may get it on the ballot and more states. We've seen a number of states adopt that. And could, in fact, help even out the playing field.
[Cabrera:] And so you mentioned the 2020 census. Joan, this week, the Supreme Court ruled the Trump administration cannot add a citizenship question to the 2020 census, at least not yet. So, where does it go from here?
[Biskupic:] Right. That's right, Ana. And that caveat you added at the end is crucial, because the chief, again writing for the majority, a different five-justice majority, said that under the constitution, the president the administration has the right to add the question under the administrative procedures act, it can add it. But in this particular case, the reason that the commerce secretary, Wilbur Ross, gave, the sole reason he gave that it was being added was to protect voting rights. The chief said that was contrived and essentially said, go back and justify on other grounds. Now, the key question is, because the chief wrote a very narrow opinion here that gives the administration some leeway, it's going to be what can a lower court hearing go on and the administration make its case quickly in time to try to get it, the citizenship question, onto the census.
[Cabrera:] OK. So this story is not over yet. Harry, I really wanted to ask you a question on this, but we ran out of time today on this segment today.
[Enten:] I got in one though.
[Cabrera:] So we'll leave it hanging for the next times because this is going to come back up. Joan Biskupic, Harry Enten, thank you both. We'll be right back.
[Enten:] Thank you. [COMMERCIAL BREAK
[Cabrera:] It has been 50 years since astronauts, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins, took a giant leap for mankind on the moon. CNN's newest original film, "Apollo 11" takes you inside that amazing mission to the moon with never before seen footage and pristine audio recordings. Here's a preview.
[Unidentified Male:] Neil and Buzz, the president of the United States is in his office now and would like to say a few words to you. Over. It would be an honor. Go ahead, Mr. President. This is Houston, out.
[Richard Nixon, 37th U.s. President:] Hello, Neil and Buzz, I'm talking to you by telephone from the oval room at the White House. And this certainly has to be the most historic telephone call ever made from the White House. I just can't tell you how proud we all are of what you have done. For every American, this has to be the proudest day of our lives. And for people all over the world, because of what you have done, the heavens have become a part of man's world. And as you talk to us from the sea of tranquility, it inspires us to re-double our efforts to bring peace and tranquility to earth.
[Cabrera:] I recently sat down with the director of "Apollo 11" to discuss the making of the film. Here's our conversation. One of the things that makes it so spectacular is all the footage that you were able to uncover. How did you find it?
[Todd Miller, Director, Apollo 11:] Well, initially we just started with simple research project. So we were engaged with NASA and the National Archives, which is the repository for a lot of government records, film in this case, video, audio, stills, everything, it all ends up there. And several months into that research project, they discovered this cache of large format film reels that had been basically kept in cold storage for the better of 50 years. So it's just a real testament to archive preservation that it worked waiting for someone like our team to come along and utilize it. And when you found it, were you like, this is gold this, this is money?
[Miller:] Yes, it was some of the reels had Apollo 11 on them. Some of them, if you were lucky, had the date in and around the launch. And if you were really lucky, they had some shot list on it. But it wasn't until we actually got them heard in New York and tested them and the first reel I'll never forget it. The quality was just stunning and we all just sat there in stunned silence not really believing what we were seeing.
[Cabrera:] The iconic images and moments that we see in the film from the Saturn 5 rocket, mission control, the eagle landing, those first steps on the moon, obviously those are really important. But then there's also the audio, 11,000 hours of audio from these moments. It really do offer new perspectives on what the crew and mission control were experiencing in real time. Let's listen.
[Unidentified Male:] How far my feet from the OK. You're right at the edge of the porch. OK. Now, I want to back up and partially close the hatch. Making sure not to lock it on my way out. Good thought. That's our home for the next couple hours. We want to take good care of it. You've got three more steps and then a long one. Beautiful. Beautiful. Magnificent sight down here. Magnificent.
[Cabrera:] Todd, what did you learn about this mission you didn't already know?
[Miller:] A ton of stuff. You know, everyone on the team, we did our own research. So just hearing interviews, reading the astronauts' autobiographies, books on the subject, there was a lot of things that either fiction or nonfiction films hadn't told. So some of it was technical orientation of the spacecraft, exactly what they were doing. We worked very closely with NASA's chief historian, Bill Barry and his department to try to get all that stuff right. And then there was just the kind of human moments, because we had so much footage and so much audio that no one had ever heard. Our project really became part of the of contributing to the historical record. So working with historians, and researchers, and the astronauts themselves, and the families to try to get it as accurate as possible was paramount from the get go.
[Cabrera:] Is there one piece of footage or one moment that you may have come across in which you just said, wow?
[Miller:] Yes. The most stunning footage for me and I go to every single screening we have. I'll be watching it, you know, tonight. It is it's the suiting up shots of the three astronauts. Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins being suited up the day of the launch. And I really didn't -it's stunning to see. But juxtapose that with a few days later we had some imagery from a test run that they did. And they're kind of joking around in the room. They do the exact same thing, they did the day of the launch. They get suited up. They drive out to the astro vans and a pad. They go up the elevator. They sit on top of the rocket, but then they just went home. On the day of the launch, completely different mood shift. You could just see that they were they had kind of this meditative state they were going in. You see it reflected in the film. And it just gets me every time I see it.
[Cabrera:] And CNN's film "Apollo 11" coming up next right here on CNN. That does it for me. I'm Ana Cabrera. I'll be back at 5:00 p.m. Eastern tomorrow here in the CNN NEWSROOM. Have a good night.