Outcome was never in doubt. Vladimir putin is expected to win the vote that will keep his grip on power through 2030 he has already russias longestserving ruler since soviet dictator joseph stalin. Weve got full coverage for you. Cnns may chances in moscow. Fred pleitgen is in berlin and also with this cnn contributor and former Moscow Bureau chief, jill dougherty, matthew, lets begin with you. Despite the lack of opposition, there were acts of defiance, werent there today there have been quite a few actually, but louk, the preliminary results are just coming in and that theyre very high, which is expected. Were looking at something in the region of 88 votes for Vladimir Putin. Thats with about 25 of the votes counted. And a turnout of well over 70 . So these are extraordinary high results, even by the standards of an election of Vladimir Putin. But youre right, its not been a totally unified and stable election period that has been a lot of defiance, acts of defiance at Polling Statio
The news continues next on seeing it tonight are 360 Breaking News. The former president loses one bid to n1 trial, but learns he might get a month long delay in another without Trial Listening two weeks away from a michigan courtroom, were Breaking News. A father convicted of manslaughter for the murders. His son committed. And the latest from haiti and my conversation with shawn pen about what his Relief Organization core is facing on the ground there as gangs remaining toal much the capital. Good evening. We begin tonight with the Breaking News on the former president and happen just hours after he walked into the federal courtroom, the judge, he himself appointed Aileen Cannon sitting opposite hur. He watched as his attorneys argued the jack smiths classified documents case should be dismissed. The lawyers defended two of their nine motions to dismiss today, including the one arguing that the president ial records act allowed him to designate the classified documents he took his pe
Theyre joining me. In the cnn newsroom. Im erica hill in new york had this week a tiktok showdown between the lawmakers warning the popular social media app could compromise national security. And the tens of millions of americans who used tiktok every single day. A bill headed to the house floor for a vote this week would force the sale of tiktok or if its Parent Company doesnt sell within ban the app in the United States and to further complicate matters, the two men vying to be the next president are now on opposite sides of this bill cnns manu raja was on capitol hill to run it through what we can spect ahead this week. Motto tiktok, maybe one of those popular apps in the country, but its possible, it could be banned in the United States. Thats if a new bill that is steaming through the house ultimately becomes law, that piece of legislation would forced the chinese Firm Bytedance has sell it. If it doesnt sell tiktok, then the popular app would no longer be allowed in the United S
The legal tapper starts right now donald trump might get yet another delay in yet another one of his many criminal trials, the lead starts right now moments ago, the prosecutor in the new york Hush Money Case said hed be okay with it. 30 day delay. This as the former president spent the day in the florida courtroom, his lawyers arguing broad leeway under the president ial records act as a reason to throw out the case. The judge in that case expressing skepticism will explain all of it to you coming up in rodgers response, nfl quarterback Aaron Rodgers with a new post on twitter today. Kind of alluding to the Exclusive Reporting we broke here on the lead yesterday, that he had privately shared with the least two people we know of deranged Conspiracy Theories about the 2012 Sandy Hook School shooting not being real plus space success with a major mishap, the massive Spacex Starship rocket. Thats part of nasas plans to get back to the moon. While that goes farther and faster than ever bef
Case. Hes facing in the peach state he and more than a dozen. 41 counts have been thrown out the judge saying that prosecutors committed a quote, fatal mistake in filing the charges he ordered be dropped. And one of the dismiss charges involves defendants interactions with georgia secretary of state, brad raffensperger, who you remember received this infamous phone call from trump in 2021 well, i want to do is this. I just want to find 11,780 loads, which is one more that we have because we won the state todays decision is a small victory as the former president still faces at plus criminal charges amid four separate indictments at the state and federal level. Lets discuss with cnn chief Legal Correspondent paula reid paula explain why some of these charges were dismissed and what this means for the broader case. Well, here the judge is saying, look, its not that you didnt make sufficient allegations in terms of the conduct. He said, look, theres an abundance of alleged criminal conduc