just ruled that fulton county district attorney fani willis can stay in charge of the sweeping election interexperience case into donald trump and more than a dozen others if and only if top prosecutor nathan wade, the man she had a relationship with, goes. covering all of the angles of this major decision with msnbc s katie phang, and lisa rubin, danny cevallos, and dave aaronberg, state attorney from palm beach county, florida, thank you all for joining us, katy, walk us through this 20-plus page decision and the choice willis has to make now. so, ana, msnbc first to report this 2346 page ruling that came from judge scott mcafee. the process has taken a few months, and so to that extent, if there was a win, the win would be for the defense for the delay. however, ultimately judge mcafee saying no actual conflict of interest was proven by the defense. it was their burden to have to show it through competent evidence during the course of the hearing. the judge reporting the
there were three other individuals at the residence, including a minor. a they were able to hide and avoid being shot by gordon as he went through the house searching for them. following the shootings at approximately 9001 a.m. , gordon drove to the block of edgewood lane where he forcibly broke into a residence after which he shot and killed taylor daniel, with whom he has two children. all of the shooting he fled the scene. at the time of the shooting there were four other individuals present inside that home, one of which was injured after being bludgeoned by gordon with the assault rifle. she was transported to jefferson for her injuries. at approximately 9:13, gordon committed a carjacking at gunpoint of a 44-year-old man from mooresville at the parking lot of the dollar general on bristol pike. the operator of the vehicle did not suffer any injuries. gordon is believed to currently be homeless and has ties to the trenton area. at approximately 11:38 a.m., the honda cr-v
results of what amounts to a side show. a legal circus, a spectacle and a deliberate diversion but here we are. but first we should make clear that today s ruling from john mcafee was actually a victory for the rule of law and for fani willis herself. in matter of the d.a. s relationship where naman wade, the judge s ultimatum amounted to this. leave wade behind or halt prosecution of this case. it turns out to be a easy choice for d.a. willis to make. remember what she said when she announced the indictment. the state s roll in this process is essential to the functioning of our democracy. georgia, like every state, has laws that allow those that believe that results of an election are wrong, whether, because of intentional wrongdoing, or unintentional error, to challenge those results in our state courts. the indictment alleges that rather than abide by georgia s legal process for election challenges, the defendants engaged in a criminal racketeering enterprise to over tu
pence. nathan wade is stepping down from prosecuting donald trump. he s out. does the d.a., fani willis, still involved? let s get the latest from atlanta. jonathan serrie is there live. jonathan? hi, neil. the news came down mid afternoon, nathan wade tendering his resignation, stepping down from his role as special prosecutor in the georgia election interference case. in his letter to district attorney fani willis, wadery writes, even though the district attorney acquired an actual conflict of interest, i m offering my resignation in the interest of democracy in dedication to the american public and move this case forward as quickly as possible. the da s office faced an unpleasant and difficult decision that if nathan wade stayed on, the judge s ordered would have required da willis and her entire office to step aside from the case. with wade s resignation, willis and the rest of the prosecution team can move forward. there s a real advantage in splitting the baby in th
welcome back. it is 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific, i m ana cabrera in for jose diaz-balart. moments from now, president biden set to leave the white house on his way to pennsylvania where he ll give his first campaign speech of the year. meanwhile, the republican candidates are going all in, in iowa, with just ten days left until the iowa caucuses. overseas, israel outlines its plans for the next stage of the war against hamas as secretary of state antony blinken heads to the region for the fourth time in three months. back at home, a monster winter storm barreling toward the east coast, impacting tens of millions of people. we ll tell you which areas could see up to ten inches of snow. great to have you with us. it s just 11:01 now. we begin this hour with the 2024 race for the white house, and ahead of the third anniversary of the january 6th insurrection at the u.s. capitol, two presidents, past and present, are offering two very different versions for the fu