Im jose diazbalart and we begin with Breaking News out of georgia. Just in the last hour, Fulton County judge scott mcafee dismissed some of the charges against former President Donald Trump and some of his codefendants in the States Election interference case. The judge said six these counts in the indictments lack sufficient detail. Joining us now, msnbc legal contributor and host of the katie phang show, katie phang, also catherine christian, an msnbc legal analyst, and greg blew steen, political reporter at the Atlantic Journal Constitution and an msnbc contributor. Katie, what exactly did the judge stay, which charges were they, and how significant are they . So, jose, this is not the ruling on the motion to disqualify the District Attorney fani willis. Were going to start with that kind of ground work. But what it does do is it dismisses six of the counts in the indictment that was secured by fani willis from a grand jury. And thats another important point because this was not an
East coast, 8 00 in los angeles and this is americas late news, fox news night. Breaking tonight, then there were two. Biden and trump appear to be in, nikki haley is out refusing for now to endorse andy is a bigtime question for both sides because trump has more republican support then biden has democratic support but the president has a Big Stage Tomorrow Night and the nation will be watching as the 81yearold delivers the State Of The Union speech. Lets begin with Senior National correspondent kevin corke live in dc with a rundown on where we stand. Reporter good evening trace. Saying the time had come to suspend her campaign and that she had no regret, former South Carolina governor nikki haley as you pointed out stepped aside last night, shelving her attempt to secure the 24 gop nomination but she did so without endorsing the parties overwhelming favorite, former President Trump , whom she lost to buy an astronomical margin in the Super Tuesday primaries. When i began, i said the c
State of the union, Hitting Reset on his reelection campaign, and taking his message on the road to voters in battle around states. Plus as the president touts his record, the new february jobs report beating expectations, we break down the numbers and what they mean for you. Were following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to Cnn News Central this hour, President Biden will arrive in the critical 2024 battleground of pennsylvania. This is part of a new campaign, push to amplify the message we first heard in a confrontational and somewhat unconventional state of the Union Address last night at times, it sounded more like a stump speech. To be fair, he was contending with some heckling republicans no surprise, things were politically charged because of that looming election rematch with former President Donald Trump lets get you out to the Campaign Trail with cnn senior white house correspondent, mj lee, whos in pennsylvania for us. Mj. What do we kno
language in the report about my recollection of the events, it is even referenced that i don t remember when my son died. how in the hell dare he raise that? frankly when i was asked the question, it wasn t any of their damn business. let me tell you something. since the day he died, every single day. every memorial day, we hold a service remembering him, attended by friends and family and the people who loved him. i don t need anyone, i don t need anyone to remind me when he passed away. the simple truth is, i sat for five hours, passed away. the simple truth is, i sat forfive hours, two days of events, going back years. at the same time i was handling an international crisis. their task was to make a decision about whether the charges in this case. that is their decision to make. that is hisjob. they decided not their decision to make. that is his job. they decided not to move forward. for any extraneous commentary, they don t know what they are talking about. it has no pla
thank you for being with us. president biden s memory has been called into question after an investigation by a us prosecutor in to how he handled classified documents after serving as vice president in 2017. the report found that mr biden had willfully retained and disclosed material but said he will not face criminial charges. the report says it would be difficult to convict him as he comes across as an elderly man with a poor memory . our north america correspondent john sudworth is in washington. in legal terms at least, this is a vindication for president biden. the report by a former trumpjustice department official finds there is insufficient grounds to charge him for his mishandling of classified documents after leaving the vice presidency under president obama. and it says that unlock president donald trump s alleged behaviour in a similar classified documents case, president biden has cooperated in full and in his reaction today, the president seemed to suggest t