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welcome to prime time weekend point let s get right to the top stories this week. in a perfect world, we would not start where we are starting today. we would like to begin with the results of what amounts to a complete sideshow, a legal circus, a spectacle and a deliberate diversion. first and foremost, we should be clear that today s ruling from the fulton county superior court was a victory for the rule of law for fani willis herself. in the matter of the d.a.s relationship with special prosecutor, nathan wade, the ultimatum and noun amounted to this, leave way behind her hot the prosecution altogether. it turned out to be an easy choice for d.a. willis, a determined public figure. remember what she said when she announced the indictment. the states role in this process is essential to the functioning of our democracy. georgia, like every state has laws that allow those who believe the results of an election are wrong, whether because of intentional wrongdoing or ....
to be the day before the first 2024 super tuesday primaries for the republican presidential contest. this is also before the proposed trial dates for two other of his criminal trials. let s get straight to paula reed for us. walk us through the scheduling proposal here. reporter: the key word is proposal. this is her request. she said in her press conference that she wants to try all 19 defendants together, and she wanted to do that in six months. but jake, it s a pretty aggressive timeline. six months to put on a rico case? these are notoriously complicated, tend to be drawn out. and then you have 19 defendants. at least three of whom are expected to challenge this, try to get it moved to federal court. so it s unlikely this is going to be granted. she s also competing for real estate on a very crowded calendar. let s start with january of next year. there is a request by the special counsel to do the january 6th trial the first week of january. then you have the e. ....
votes against a social media company, taking steps that could lead to a u.s. ban on the popular chinese-owned social media app tiktok. national security concerns at odds with the platform s 170 million american users. we will talk about that and the prospects in the senate. the judge in georgia dropping three of the 13 federal charges against donald trump ahead of his trial. what the judge is calling into question and how that could push the case past election day. warning signs, as vladimir putin talks about nuclear war. nancy pelosi joins me on new house efforts to force a vote on aid to ukraine. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. there s big news today from capitol hill. in a rare moment of bipartisanship, the house voted overwhelmingly, 352-65, passing a bill that could lead to a ban on tiktok over national security concerns. specifically, the potential that the platform s chinese owner would have access to sensitive personal data on mor ....
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 russia s longest-serving ruler since soviet dictator joseph stalin. we ve got full coverage for you. cnn s may chances in moscow. fred pleitgen is in berlin and also with this cnn contributor and former moscow bureau chief, jill dougherty, matthew, let s begin with you. despite the lack of opposition, there were acts of defiance, weren t there today there have been quite a few actually, but louk, the preliminary results are just coming in and that they re very high, which is expected. we re looking at something in the region of 88% votes for vladimir putin. that s 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 you re right, it s not been a totally unified and stable election period that has been a lot of defiance, act ....
veteran former mueller prosecutor and msnbc legal analyst, seem right there back at work andrew weissmann. we are teeing off his expertise and legal analysis in his msnbc podcast with mary mccord who is also with us tonight. that is right here on your screen prosecuting donald trump. before we get in any further, i want to begin with an open question to you that i think is on a lot of people s minds in all fairness, can defended trump get a fair trial with these primaries approaching? great question. i would broaden that question out. i would say can the government and the defendant get a fair trial? the answer to that is yes, that is going to put a lot of pressure on the judge in the d.c. case, in the florida case, in the manhattan case. it s remarkable that we re talking about three separate criminal cases and maybe even another one. but it s important to know that both sides are need her entitle to a fair trump affair trial. and ultimately what the judge needs to d ....