About these elections would russians go to the polls knowing there was almost no doubt president Vladimir Putin would be reelected well, history is set to repeat itself as russians are voting right now. And putin is running against no real opposition. Thank you so much for watching news night. Laura coates live starts right now. Hush. Money, classified documents in a ruling that could change everything. And Donald Trumps criminal cases tonight, and Laura Coates Live well ill, if you add march 25th on your bingo card, looks like you are out of luck. My friends, because thats when Donald Trumps first criminal trial was supposed to start. Now i say supposed to start because its so often happens in the universe of trump legal cases, its delay, delay, delay in this case, delayed all over again. He should actually put on some tshirts just a thought there, like he did when he was with his Fulton County mug shot. See, you thought i was kidding for a second. That was a real thing. Now, manhatta
significantly decreases illegal immigration, and we sabotage that, that is inconsistent with what we told our voters we would do. what s with all the maneuvering, are you trying to torpedo any deal? that makes me question your intentions. maybe it s like the issue of fund-raising. that s republican congressman dan crenshaw of texas with more criticism for members of his own party who are trying to tank a bipartisan border deal before it has even been released. we ll have the latest from capitol hill on where that legislation stands. plus, a legal development in donald trump s favor. his federal election interference case is no longer on the court calender here in washington. we ll explain what s behind that delay. and also ahead president biden hits the campaign trail with a stop in a key swing state seeking another high profile endorsement. good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, february 2nd, ground-hog day. one of the greatest movies of all-time,
divided nation and snl offers its own trumped up holiday message i ve committed no crime i will be arrested, tried an found guilty sound familiar? i m jonathan capehart this is the sunday show. the escalating war on the right issues is putting th reproductive rights of million satirist just last week, idaho pass wha it calls in abortion trafficking law that makes helping a minor league the state to get an abortion without parental consent punishable by up to five years in prison. in south carolina, republicans are proposed a law definin abortion as murder making it punishable by th death penalty. friday night, two contradictor court decisions. in texas, a trump appointe district judge invalidated the fda s 23 year approval o method for stone, a truck used in nearly all medica termination of pregnancy s after antiabortion organizations argued that th food and drug administration lacked the authority to approv the medication and did not adequately study its safety an ef
of a major pressure campaign by trump himself to block biden s victory. pence had to certify those election results before a joint session of congress, you know when, january 6th. the votes for president of the united states are as follows, joseph r. biden jr. of the state of delaware has received 306 votes. donald j trump from the state of florida has received 232 votes. the announcement of the state of the vote by the president of the senate shall be deemed a sufficient declaration of the persons elected president and vice president of the united states. each for the term beginning on the 20th day of january, 2021. the special counsel is also running the inquiry into trump s handling of those classified records. nbc has learned jack smith has asked a judge to compel trump lawyer evan corcoran to and questions before the grand jury in that case. we are also soon going to learn more about georgia prosecutor, fani willis s investigation into trump and election interference
to end the invasion. now on bbc news, global questions discusses what s next for georgia and moldova. after president putin s invasion of ukraine, other former soviet republics are feeling vulnerable. hello, i m zeinab badawi. welcome to this edition of global questions from tbilisi, the capital of georgia. this country neighbours russia and there s a lot of concern here that moscow s invasion of ukraine could trigger putin s ambitions to try to control other parts of the former soviet union, like georgia. after all, just north of here are two russian backed separatist enclaves in georgia. in this programme, we ll be looking at what it s like to live in moscow s shadow and ask how real is putin s dream of a new imperialist russia? welcome to the magnificent garden hall in tbilisi. i m joined by a top panel from across the region who are going to be answering questions from our local audience here. but before they do that, let us give you this brief overview of why people in f