of fulton county fani willis, a judge rules she can stay on the case if she removes her lead prosecutor nathan wade. the judge adds that the romantic relationship between willis and wade has the appearance of impropriety and that she should not have given a speech accusing critics of racism. we will have the trump team s response and our legal experts on just how this could impact the prosecution. the president makes his first comments about chuck schumer s controversial speech about prime minister netanyahu as hamas offers a new cease-fire and hostage release deal while israel proposes a military plan to invade rafah. this as some emergency food, some, arrives by ship for starving palestinians. it s not yet on shore. a live report from moscow on putin s so-called election and a new g7 warning to iran not to send ballistic missiles to russia. president biden s top national security spokesman john kirby will join me next. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in was
out for tiktok? the new plea from tiktok s ceo as a bill that could ban the app moves from the house to the senate. plus, jury deliberations under way in the historic trial of james crumbley. could the father of a michigan school shooter also be found guilty? and later, weather extremes. a big winter storm wallops colorado, and the east sees record warm weather. thanks for joining us. it is 10:00 eastern, i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. we begin with the breaking news out of florida this morning where former president trump has just arrived at a federal courthouse. he s there in a bid to get his mar-a-lago classified documents case dismissed. there are no cameras at this hearing, but we have a team inside ready to report out the details as we get them. joining us from outside that courthouse, nbc s dasha burns. also with us, msnbc legal correspondent lisa ruben, former new york assistant attorney general tristan snell, and former federal prosecutor michael zeld
the criminal indictment we ve covered in manhattan, florida, and washington, d.c. mr. trump continuing his unrelenting attacks against d.a. fani will is throughout the morning, claiming that this prosecution is the latest, quote, witch hunt against him. mr. trump is also promising a press conference next monday morning, where he is going to release some reports that he says it will improve there was election fraud despite multiple court cases, saying he won the presidency fair and square. and the campaign as with previous indictments have addressed a flurry of fundraising emails to try to turn this latest legal woe to financial gain. garrett haake is here, katie phang, chuck rosenberg, msnbc legal analyst lisa ruben and former fbi general counsel. chuck rosenberg, power panel, and i will start with you if i can. when i read this social media post by donald trump, he promised a large complex and detailed report by monday, to refute this indictment. is it bound with footnot
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 unint
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 more than