she s urged the west not to recognise what will be putin s fifth term as president. our russia editor, steve rosenberg, is in moscow with more. russia s democracy is the best in the world, the kremlin says. and at polling station 38 in moscow, we found a choice of candidates and plenty of voters. democracy in action, right? not quite. realistically, only one man can win this. vladimir putin! the man who s been on russia s political stage for the last quarter of a century. vladimir putin faces no serious challenger. his fiercest rivals are in exile or in prison. not that this woman, whose son is fighting in ukraine, wants any change at the top. of course i voted for putin, she says. i trust him. but not everyone who came out today was actually voting. this, one of a string of attacks on polling stations across russia. they are unprecedented. after chaotic scenes here. ..an arsonist is detained. and green ink poured into a ballot box. the authorities called the attackers sc
at noon on sunday to protest the election. she s urged the west not to recognise what will be putin s fifth term as president. our russia editor, steve rosenberg, is in moscow with more. russia s democracy is the best in the world, the kremlin says. and at polling station 38 in moscow, we found a choice of candidates and plenty of voters. democracy in action, right? not quite. realistically, only one man can win this. vladimir putin! the man who s been on russia s political stage for the last quarter of a century. vladimir putin faces no serious challenger. his fiercest rivals are in exile or in prison. not that this woman, whose son is fighting in ukraine, wants any change at the top. of course i voted for putin, she says. i trust him. but not everyone who came out today was actually voting. this, one of a string of attacks on polling stations across russia. they are unprecedented. after chaotic scenes here. ..an arsonist is detained. and green ink poured into a ballot b
whether to indict mr. trump over his alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election is meeting today hearing testimony from a man by the name of william russell. he s a former white house aide working for mr. trump s presidential campaign. ryan riley is outside for the court for us as we speak. barbara mcquade joins us as well as andrew wiseman, the former lead prosecutor in robert muller s special counsel s investigation. ryan, let me get to you on the ground with a better sense of what you ve seen so far and a better understanding of who william russell is and why what he has to say could be important. reporter: yeah. william russell, looking for him at the courthouse right now. we haven t laid eyes on him thus far. it s possible he could have gone in the garage. we think that his testimony is likely scheduled for the morning. his lawyer is due in the courthouse this afternoon. we re still sort of staking out and i think that he s someone we did hear from through the janua
will they hear from donald trump, or will they move straight to making the ultimate decision whether to indict the former president? plus, what s data got to do with it? look at the numbers in bidenomics is working. look at the polls, and the president is struggling to get voters hearts to listen to the evidence that the economy is strong. and a conspiracy peddler with a famous name gets headline billing from house republicans. rfk jr. is testifying on capitol hill and claiming that he is a victim of far-reaching government plots to shut him up. his fellow democrats are calling him out and calling him a liar. i m dana bash. let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. up first, the calm before the storm. the country currently sits in legal limbo, waiting on a federal grand jury, the special counsel and the former president. today, that jury is back in, and donald trump s lawyers have to decide how or if they respond to the last chance that the president has to
trial to take place after the election, the trump-appointed judge has now set the trial in the classified documents case for may, after the iowa caucuses, new hampshire primary and super tuesday. we re going to hear from inside trump world. then, someone s blood, sweat and tears went into writing that book that you love and can t put down. now artificial intelligence is taking that copyrighted material and thousands of authors want them to stop. we re going to talk to the president of microsoft to find out what he s doing. plus stepping out with my baby can t be wrong because i m in right his songs spanned generations. today we re going to remember the voice and the legend of grammy winner tony bennett. welcome to the lead. i m jake tanner. we re going to start today with aur law and justice lead. mark your calendars. the federal judge in florida has set a trial date for donald trump in the classified documents case, and she is not waiting until the presidential e