Breaking news. Charges dropped. Three counts against former President Donald Trump are thrown out in georgia, how the judge is explaining his decision. Time up for tiktok . The chineseowned app is now one step closer to being banned in the u. S. Whats next for the legislation and what it means for millions of american users. Prescription for change, a weight loss drug gets approved for a new use. And game over . Doesnt have to be for kids who just love their video games. How you can help them set healthy boundaries. Well begin this hour with that breaking news involving former President Donald Trump. A judge Scott Mccaffrey overseeing the Georgia Election interference case has dropped three charges. Saying the prosecution lacked enough detail for those charges. Hes pleaded not guilty to the counts. Leading us off this hour is blayne alex ander in atlanta, blayne, walk us through this, what charges were dropped. What it means for the case against trump . Reporter ellison, three counts total that were dropped and they all have to do with trumps alleged attempts to put pressure on state officials to change the results of the election, basically the slis tigs of violation of oath. Whats important here, youll likely recognize most that now infamous phone call the former President Trump made to find enough votes to overturn bidens election victory here in georgia. The charge specifically relating to that phone call has been tossed out. Thats notable. Important to mention that phone call is still in the indictment, still going to be presented in court and still a piece of the evidence. Now as for what this means for this georgia case against trump its important to note, yes, hes still facing ten other charges. Legal experts here in georgia said its largely insignificant when it comes to the entire context of the case. That rico charge still stands and certainly going to be notable hes still facing a number of significant charges here. Have we heard anything from donald trump or the attorneys representing him in. Reporter weve heard from his lead georgia attorney, hes the person who has been, you know, leading his defense here in georgia and hes taking this as a victory. The ruling is a correct application of the law as the prosecution failed to make specific allegations of any allege td wrongdoing on these counts and the entire prosecution of President Trump is political, constitutes election interference and should be dismissed. I should point out in this ninepage ruling from the judge today, he allows for the d. A. To have a couple of options, she can either appeal this decision or she can file she can try and reindict on these charges. Go before a grand jury and reindict. Her office is still working through and evaluating this ruling today. But tells me they havent ruled anything out, ellison. Blayne, thank you. A potential tiktok ban is now one step closer to becoing a reality in the United States. The house has overwhelming passed a bill to force tiktoks chinabased owner to sell the app within six months. If they dont it would be blocked from app stores in the United States. The final vote was 35265. The bill now heads to the senate but right now its not clear when it could come up for a vote. President biden said hell sign the measure if it reaches his desk. Savannah sellers is in washington, d. C. And brian cheung is here in studio. Savannah, not the first time youve been in d. C. Covering a tiktok social mediarelated hearing on the hill, what are house lawmakers saying about todays vote. Reporter look, you said it passes by an overwhelming margin, only needed 278 votes in order for this to advance to the senate, they got 352. The mixed of representative whogs voted yess and nos. Republicans and democrats in both of those categories. Some of the lawmakers. In a decisive and bipartisan fashion. I dont support a ban on tiktok. The legislation did not ban tiktok. Im concerned in terms of the data that america data shouldnt be going in those hands. Thats why we need a internet privacy rule. No word in the constitution does it say that. We should protect National Security, but this isnt the way to go about doing that. Reporter theres this mix, concerns about free speech and young voters from those who voted no, ellison. Brian, tiktok has been pretty vocal in speaking out against some of the accusations coming from lawmakers on the hill. Shortly after the vote happened and the bill was passed at least on the house side of things they responded with a statement saying, quote, this process was secret and the bill was jammed through for one reason, its a ban. Pointed to the millions of americans who use this service in this country. Saying this would be devastating for them. They use the social media app to sell goods. When it comes to what tiktok is saying with regards to the core of this bill, National Security concerns, they deny theyre supplying anything to the Chinese Government in terms of information. They say they operate independently, this is going to be an ongoing battle. Tiktok put notifications on its app to urge their congressional representatives to vote no and we heard the tiktok ceo is on the senate side of things where the battle is headed for the next move. Savannah, brian mentioned the senate, no official date yet on when they might vote, do they plan to ring this up for a vote. Reporter look, it doesnt look theyre doing it with much urgency. That being said we have heard more of a pushback than we did from representatives prior to this vote happening in the house. One of the big things that we keep hearing is this concern about young voters. Senator durbin said do we want to mess with a vote that young voters love when were trying to get reelected. If this does become law, what happens ultimately to tiktok and the company. The way this bill is structured is such if it gets passed it has to go through the senate and passed by the president , it will be six months. If bytedance sells it within that time, no disruption. If they fail to do so in six months the app would be banned. All right, savannah sellers, brian cheung, thank you both. Denver is staring down a major snowstorm which could be the citys biggest in three years. How much snow are we talking . Upwards of 8 inches are possible in denver and nearby areas, with some people seeing a foot and a half of snow. Nbc news meteorologist bill karins is tracking this storm, bill, time it out for us. Reporter ellison this is classic large, maybe historic in some cases march snow. Snow, high winds. The snow portion, 5 million are under winter alerts either warnings or advisories. Areas hit the hardest the foothill regions. The snow along the i25 corridor. The snowfall totals in some cases will be over 2 feet. The problem is that some areas are very mild. Its getting colder, a heavy wet snow especially in the beginning of this storm. Were worried about power outages. Lot of our computer models put together, 14 inches in denver, 22 in castle rock, 9 inches in colorado springs. 7 inches is the biggest snowstorm this winter in denver. Easily be the biggest storm of the season. Likely School Cancellations widespread. The possibility of isolated tornadoes, too. Its time now for money minute. Mortgage demand is on the rise this week and spotify is hoping video will kill the streaming star. Mortgage demand got a boost from a drop in rates this past week. Total number of applications increased from the prior week. According to Mortgage Bankers association. The average rate for 30year loan fell from just over 7 to 6. 84 . But, home buyers are up against more than high Interest Rates to get into a new home. Theyre also dealing with skyhigh prices and pretty low supply of homes for sell. Tyson pork plant in iowa will close permanently in june. Leaving 1,000 workers without a job. The company had been closing down other facilities since the beginning of the year in an effort to focus on what they call efficiency, in in other words cutting costs. Spotify is rolling out music videos looking to compete against youtube. Music streaming giant is doing a beta launch for premium subscribers in 11 countries including the u. S. And uk starting today. Selection of videos ranging from global artists to more niche performers. The thing about youtube is, think about justin bieber, he was discovered on youtube and became a huge star. Thats the beauty of it. Yes, truly. Bertha, thank you so much. We appreciate it coming up, have you filed your tacks yet . . If not, dont worry. You have time and you can do it you have time and you can do it for im fradding downy unstopables to my wash. 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According to the app. We do know that Corpus Christi police are now working with the u. S. Coast guard, of course, while his apartment was there on the island, you know he has a bay to the left and ocean to the right, there are massive waterways on either side here, waterways on either side here, ellison, but as of right now no sign of harris. His family growing increasingly desperate, we know were in touch with them and anticipate to hear from his father later today. Ellison morgan what the situation in nashville. Reporter new evidence is coming out, almost by the hour, ellison, coming in the form of newly released Surveillance Footage of that university of Missouri Student whos on that fraternity trip to nashville. We know that riley strain left that bar belonging to luke bryan on friday night and hes not been seen by family or friends since then. Luke bryan going to instagram today saying this is scary, calling on everyone in that community to please help to try to locate that missing student. Morgan, thank you a small city in oregon is at the center of Supreme Court battle on homelessness and depending on the outcome it should shape the way other cities address encampments in their cities. Liz kreutz takes us there. A growing number of people on to streets. What is it like to be homeless here in. An absolute nightmare. Reporter homeless here for five years feels strict anticamping ordnances including fines for sleeping in any private space violated her constitutional rights. The 8th amendment, cruel and unusual punishment. Reporter but the flip side Officials Say is a city dotted with tents. Our city deserves to have the ability to hold people accountable to bad behavior and ultimately our citizenry cant utilize park spaces. Reporter a heated legal battle has now dragged on for years. Now the final decision is in the hands of the Supreme Court. Whats happening here is a microcosm for an issue thats playing out across the country and ultimately how the u. S. Supreme court rules in this case can determine how cities nationwide can navigate their homeless crisis. Reporter california Governor Newsom among the democratic lawmakers taking the conservative side of this issue rand hoping the current conservative Supreme Court will side with them. Petitioning to the court on behalf grants pass, it has paralyzed cities like los angeles and San Francisco. Effectively blocking them from moving people off public streets. These Court Decisions have tied cities hands. Frozen in place the status quo who is truly unacceptable. Reporter but ed johnson says lawmakers like newsom are deflecting blame and siding with the city for political reasons. If the Supreme Court sides with the city of grants pass what does that mean for other cities, San Francisco, los angeles, portland . 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There were cars on the approach to the International Terminal. Those vehicles were towed an hour ago as we first arrived here at San Francisco international. Its a demonstration that went on for three hours. It did affect traffic coming in here. There was confusion for passengers who are used to figure out how to get to their flights in the International Terminal. Then the people going to the domestic terminals as well. We understand from police that while there was a large mobilization of officers to help disburse this demonstration, they basically disbursed on their own after nearly three hours. There have been no arrests that were made. Although, we do know there were several vehicles that were towed. One of the commanders that i chatted with briefly here at sfo says those cars that have been towed were towed under the authority of the San Francisco police department. For now, things seem to have returned back to normal here at the International Terminal. Thank you so much. 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Armed gangs have taken control of large parts of haitis capital. The Prime Minister and acting president announced yesterday hell resign once a Transnational Council picks his can replacement. Nbc news correspondent guad venega is in miamis little haiti neighborhood. Talk to us about little haiti. What is it like there and what are people in that community saying about the growing unrest in haiti . Reporter ellison, little haiti is the heart of the Haitian Community in the United States. Theres hundreds of thousands of haitians that live in southern florida a Large Community in new york and other cities, but this is the center of the community in the country and theres a lot of reaction from some of people here, having conversations since yesterday and they specifically all mentioned the weapons, when we see the images of the gangs of whats happening in haiti we see the gang members with weapons that have been used to gain control of more than 80 of portauprince and they believe members of the community that spoke to me they believe more attention needs to be placed on the issue of weapons that keep arriving in haiti that the gangs are using many of these weapons they believe come from the United States. Earlier today i had a conversation with a photojournalist who was born if in haiti, move to the u. S. , a pillar part of this community and he also brought up the issue of the weapons and the lack of food. Part of the conversation that we had. A shame where haitians can afford ak47s but cant afford a bowl of rice. Something is wrong. If those who are ruling the streets have the real concern of the country and for the people, then theyll find a way to make it happen. Reporter so, like many others he kept saying that whatever happens in haiti he wants to feel like the decisions are going to be made by the people of haiti and not the sper fashional community, well have to wait to see what happens if the next 24, 48 hours, ellison. Guad, there was a journalist and author airlifted from haiti. He was visiting an orphanage that he runs in the country. What do we know about that situation . Reporter mitch, a very wellknown writer in the United States, he has a foundation that operates an orphanage in haiti, he was visiting that orphanage, he had to get airlifted because there was no way to leave the country. The airports were closed. He was airlifted. He shared a statement in which he shared his emotions, he and his wife are destroyed by whats happening. Some volunteers that were at that orphanage had to leave with them. The feeling of them having to leave the children behind as they came to the United States, which is the case with many others that have been operating orphanages or in the country trying to offer aid who have had to escape because of that violence, ellison. Guad, thank you. In todays daily health, the blockbuster drug wegovy isnt just for weight loss anymore fda say it can reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes. Joining me now is Christine Romans and next news medical contributor dr. Natalie azar. Dr. Azar, lets start with you on this, the change comes after a study looked at its effect on heart health what did those results find and how does it work for patients with Heart Disease. The results were pretty dramatic, we reported on them a come of months ago. What they found was that individuals who have a history of preexisting Heart Disease or either obese or overweight who took wegovy 20 reduce risk in cardiovascular. The studys authors say, if you lose weight that will lower cardiovascular they started to see this benefit even before people started losing weight. The medicine is not just resulting in weight loss but its doing something really good to your blood vessels stabilizing them, reducing the risk. Wegovy out of pocket, quite expensive with the fda approval it could cover more people under insurance. An important development. 1300 out of pocket is what this costs. If you go to the wegovy website, you can see very clearly they have a tool if your own Health Insurance company will help pay for this. Remember, ozempic and earlier versions of these drugs were used offlabel. This is specifically designed for weight loss, the new approval for wegoy to reduce heart attack and stroke risk, you have might have to have a preauthorization from the company and prove frankly youve had other weight loss attempts that have been unsuccessful. So there could be some hoops to run through here but its clearing the way for more people to have this covered. A reminder, part of the problem here medicare doesnt cover weight loss drugs because of the debacle 20 years ago when taxpayers dollars paying for weight loss treatments werent working or actually were harmful, congress said, taxpayer dollars cant be used to pay for these sort of drugs. When it comes to production, i assume this would add to the desire for people to use it and already we hear stories of people wanting it and not being able to get it. Theyre running around the clock here and they had really pushed out just first doses for a while so that everybody could get on the first doses. They have said they have that situation. Theyll try to get more of the product through the pipelines. Be patient. Theyve been working frantically since january to try and make sure this drug is available. Dr. Azar when someone is thinking maybe this is the right move for me, when they should say, lets talk to the doctor and are there any side effects they should know about. With the new indication to reduce the Heart Disease, theres going to be a lot more people, more candidates for this medication. Not just for the treatment of obesity anymore. This is truly a cardiovascular risk reduction. Nausea, diarrhea, constipation. The potential increase of thyroid cancer, pancreas, vision problems. Experts say start low, go slow, most people can end up tolerating quite well, ellison. Thank you both. We appreciate it. The deadline to file your taxes is just one month away. For many taxpaying Filing Season can be costly. There are a lot of ways to file your taxes for free. 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Coming up, do you have a child whos seemingly obsessed with video games. The warning signs they might actually be addicted and how to actually be addicted and how to set healthy my childhood was kind of rough. My parents loved us but, they had a hard time showing it, you know. I wanna break out of that pattern so my daughter feels safe in a way that i didnt. Have you ever heard of something called toxic stress . It can develop in people who experience trauma as kids and dont get the support they need. When they have their own kids, it can be hard for them to be the type of parent they wanna be. Well, i want toxic stress to end with me. Learn more at first5california. Com. In todays modern parenting were talking about how to raise a healthy gamer. Our next guest literally wrote the book on it. He says its important for parents to practice restraint and not restriction especially since Research Finds children between the ages of 8 to 17 spend an average ofth its out now. Also known as dr. K. This concept of healthy gaming. Games are big in my world. Im biased to some certain games. Its like a movie. Im not great at playing a lot of the games that exist today but i appreciate so much the scripting and all the skill that goes into it, its not a bad thing to be into games, what does it mean to be a healthy gamer. Exactly what you said, they can be a form of high art, a form of recreation, a form of fun. The challenge is if we look at whats happening with video games they start to meet our psychological needs. As they start scratching those itches we retreat from the real world and start becoming dependent on the game to fill our psychological needs. A healthy gamer is someone who has a full life thats worth living and then plays game for fun and no other reason. What are some tips you have for parents to be able to decipher who their kids are playing games and going into online chat rooms or different spaces where theyre gaming with others in a healthy waiver us is this is crossing a line into addiction. Yes, absolutely the most important thing to look at in addiction psych try we look for impairment dysfunction. Are they interfering with your childs academic work, professional work, socialization, physical health, mental health, are they withdrawn, moody, kind of all theyre thinking about all the time. What can parents do to hp them break the addiction if youre noticing those signs . The challenge is that standard parenting techniques dont work because games will transform your childs brain and their mind. Thats what we do in the book is lay out a step by step process that involves first of all talking to your child, what is it about the game they really enjoy doing, often times parents will try to force their children into something without understanding their perspective. That creates an antagonistic relationship. What we do in the book lay out a step by step approach by winning over your children, connecting with them and getting on the same team. Avid gamers are some of the smartest people i know. What are the benefits of knit. Absolutely, theres study done by the department of defense by the United States back in 2015 that found people who found video games have 20 higher fluid iq, if we think about what a game does, a brandnew set of rules and you learn how to problem solve. That bears out on studies like iqs. All kinds of benefit and what are some of the other psychological benefits help your kid play games, develop different skills, but not get carried away. 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