Across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late. Well see you at the end of tomorrow. Tomorrow thank you all for joining us at this hour. We have breaking news tonight, as i just mentioned. If your calendar was marked for this coming monday, when President Trump was set to hold a Press Conference that he promised would exonerate him from the allegations laid out in that Fulton County indictment, if that was a date that was reserved on your eye calla, well im sorry to inform you, that it has been called off. Trump says tonight that his legal team is instead putting all of the overwhelming evidence informal legal filings. He adds, therefore, the News Conference is no longer necessary. That news comes right after trumps legal team and another case finally gave its answer as to when they believe the former president should go to trial. Trumps team is arguing tonight that the federal 2020 election case brought by special counsel jack smith should go to trial in April Of 2026. Th
Chance to get around, i dont know if you guys have, but theres a major data in the amount of paper theyre dealing with. Oh, its coming up. We got a full screen to that. I hadnt intuition that would be there. Thats a tease. Look at that. Come on, when you see stocks of paper compared to National Monuments you know were going to full screen that. You at home are going to get you to that in this a few seconds. Thank you my friend. You bet. Thank you all for joining us this hour. We have breaking news tonight, as i just mentioned, if your calendar was marked for this coming monday when President Trump was set to hold his conference if he would promise would exonerate him from the allegations laid out in that Fulton County indictments, if that was a date that was reserved on your eye kyle, im sorry to inform you that it has been called off. Trump says tonight that his legal team is instead putting all of the overwhelming evidence in formal legal filings. He adds, therefore, the News Confere
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 russias longestserving ruler since soviet dictator joseph stalin. Weve got full coverage for you. Cnns may chances in moscow. Fred pleitgen is in berlin and also with this cnn contributor and former Moscow Bureau chief, jill dougherty, matthew, lets begin with you. Despite the lack of opposition, there were acts of defiance, werent there today there have been quite a few actually, but louk, the preliminary results are just coming in and that theyre very high, which is expected. Were looking at something in the region of 88 votes for Vladimir Putin. Thats 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 youre right, its not been a totally unified and stable election period that has been a lot of defiance, acts of defiance at Polling Statio
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 peoples 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. Its remarkable that were talking about three separate criminal cases and maybe even another one. But its important to know that both sides are need her entitle to a fair trump affair trial. And ultimately what the judge needs to do make sure that a
Kind of a preview of how shell run her court and this case. And in deciding whether to grant Special Counsel jack smiths request for protective order limiting what the disgraced expresident can and cannot say publicly about the case, judge chutkan cuts through Talking Points like a hot knife through butter. On the First Amendment protections, they are so fond of citing, mr. Trump, like every american, has a First Amendment right to free speech. But that right is not absolute. Adding that without a protective order, the disclosure of discovery materials could lead to witnesses being harassed or otherwise interfering with a fair trial. What about the fact that trump is running for president. And chutkan did not mince words on that eithe saying, this is a criminal trial and i will not take into consideration the impact will have for have for a political came on either side. He will have all of the rights hesen tieptled to. The existence is not going to have any bearing on my decision. I i