i d run next the breaking news. he s going to tell you about his very conversation with rfa junior on that topic next, i m breaking news, new reporting tonight on who may be responsible for the vicious attack on alexey navalny s keep of staff the investigative reporter, christo grozev, who exposed the plot to kill navalny with novichok, joins me now with his new reporting. let s go out front and good evening. i m erin burnett and outfront tonight, the breaking news, trump rejected the judge in the mar-a-lago classified documents case tonight, denying trump specifically, one of his key arguments pushing to dismiss the entire case trump was there in person today, and the stakes were high it s a setback for trump from a judge that he had pointed and has heavily praised i m very proud to have appointed her, but she very smart and very strong and levs our country it is unclear when you hear that and you know, of course, he did a pointer is unclear if judge cannon will end up
much. you bet. the news continues right here on cnn it s friday, march 15, right now on cnn this morning decision de for the da, a judge in georgia about to rule whether fani willis will be kicked off donald trump s election subversion case, plus a deadly attack on civilians waiting for food and water in gaza. he israelis insisting they had nothing to do with it. wow. oh my god wow breaking news, deadly tornadoes sweep through ohio and indiana we re tracking that destructive storm all right, it is 05:00 a.m. in the east and that includes randolph county, indiana, where they are waking up to this reports of tornado damage in the area roughly between indianapolis and dayton, ohio police in logan county, ohio are reporting to people killed we re gonna get much more from our weatherman, derek van dam are coming up later on in the hour as the sun starts to come up their good morning, everyone. i m kasie hunt. it s wonderful to be with you on this friday. we made it in th
when? weeks and still has not ruled. nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian. where do things stand after today s arguments? reporter: judge aileen cannon said she would rule promptly on these two motions to dismiss and seemed skeptical this afternoon of the argument about the presidential records act. remember, what donald trump is saying under the presidential records act he could deem any record in the white house whether classified document about nuclear secrets or identity of the cia officer, foreign asset, he could deem that a personal record, take it home and store it in his bathroom. special counsel jack smith says than an absurd argument and eastern the judge said i don t see how that gets dismissal of the indictment. that one. another argument, motion to dismiss on the grounds the espionage act is unconstitutionally vague. argued that this morning. a long shot. a law used hundreds of times to prosecute people who have taken home or leaked clas
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
up next. tonight on the reidout and like any mom, i m going to do a pivot out of nowhere into a shockingly violent story about sex trafficking. and rest assured, every detail about it is real, except the year, where it took place, and who was president when it happened. snl turns to scarlett johansson to mock alabama senator katie britt s wildly misleading screed on immigration. but the truth is, immigration reform has failed again and again because of the right-wing echo chamber from rush limbaugh to donald trump. meanwhile, donald trump is again lavishing praise on his autocratic role models because he really, really, really wants that kind of power for himself. but we begin tonight with a big lie. no, not the big lie. another lie. something that we heard in senator katie britt s response to president biden s state of the union address last week. now, you remember during the alabama senator s rather odd remarks, there was this moment when things got really, real