Its opening up pandoras pox. The bill seriously undermines Civil Liberties by essentially banning a platform that 150 million americans use to engage in free speech and expression. Thats just some of the debate over tiktok yesterday taking place On The House Floor before lawmakers voted by a massive margin to pass a bill that could potentially ban the popular app. Well go through where the legislation will stand in the senate. Plus, donald trump is expected to be in court today for a hearing in the classified documents case. Well have legal analysis for you on that and on the charges against the former president that were just dismissed in georgia. And well show you President Bidens message to voters as he looks to secure more support in key Midwest Swing states. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this thursday, march 14th. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. The house has overwhelmingly voted to pass a bill that could ban tiktok here in the United States. It passed with remarkable bipartisan support, 35265 with one member voting present. Lawmakers in favor of the bill so its goal is solely to divest the popular social media platform from its chinese parent company. Opponents say the bill will effectively ban the app and call the legislation a form of censorship. Our intention is for tiktok to continue to operate but not under the control of the Chinese Communist party. Its a overly broad bill i dont think will stand First Amendment scrutiny. The other issue is there are a lot of people that make their livelihoods on this. I voted yes, and i served on the Intel Committee eight years. I didnt need to be convinced. I have eight years to understand why its important. Its not a First Amendment issue. Its not a shutdown, its a divestture, and its a National Security issue. Tiktok has aggressively fought the bill calling on the senate to stop its passage and sending Video Creators and the ceo himself to capitol hill in an effort to lobby against it. In a statement posted on social media, tiktoks ceo responded to the house vote. This legislation if signed into law will lead to a ban of tiktok in the United States. Even the bill sponsors admit thats their goal. This bill gives more power to a handful of other social media companies. I encourage you to keep sharing your stories, share them with your friends, share them with your family, share them with your senators. Protect your constitutional rights. President biden has committed to signing the bill if it does pass the Senate Despite his campaign using the very platform to reach out to younger voters. Nbc news polling shows that roughly 20 of voters use the social media app at least once per day. Turning to other news now, former President Donald Trump is expected to be in court today for a hearing in the federal classified documents case against him. In fort pierce, florida, u. S. District judge Aileen Cannon is set to hear arguments on two of trumps motions to dismiss the charges against him. The first argues that trump was allowed to store classified documents in unlocked rooms at his club under the president ial records act. The second motion claims that the main statute used to form charges against the former president is unconstitutionally vague. In an interview with the farright wing network news max yesterday, trump defended his actions and made outlandish claims against his former rival, the former Secretary Of State, hillary clinton. I took it very legally and i wasnt hiding. We have boxes on the front and a lot of those boxes have clothing. Were moving out. Unfortunately, were moving out of the white house. They hammered hillary clinton. Its essentially acid will destroy everything, you know, within 10 miles. I had the right to do it in my opinion and my lawyers opinion and everything else. Very little of what you just heard is true. Elsewhere on the trump legal front, the judge in the Georgia Election interference case has dismissed some of the charges against the former president and his codefendants. Judge scott mcafee dropped six counts in the case, three of which apply directly to trump, who still does face ten Felony Counts in that case alone. The six counts all focus on accusations that trump and his codefendants asked Public Officials to violate their oaths of office. But the judge found the language in the indictment too, quote, generic and did not specify which part of which oath of which constitution, state or federal, trump or his codefendants have been accused of asking georgia official tuesday violate. In his ruling the judge wrote in part this, these six counts contain all the essential elements of the crimes but fail to allege sufficient detail regarding the nature of their commission. Adding, they do not give the defendants enough information to prepare their defenses intelligently. Now, one of the charges dismissed involves the reported call that trump made to georgia Secretary Of State brad raffensperger, urging him to find enough votes for him to be declared the winner in the state of georgia. Trumps attorney in the case praised the ruling. The d. A. s office declined to comment. The judge left the door open for prosecutors to reindict on the dropped charges. Judge mcafee is also expected to issue a ruling by the end of the week on whether or not Fulton County d. A. Fani willis should be disqualified from the case. Joining us now to help make sense of it all, msnbc legal analyst, danny cevallos. How big of a deal is it the charges were dropped . Is the judges reasoning sound, or does trump still face a lot of danger . Its very significant because it tells me judge mcafee was largely inscrutable like the sphinx. We hardly know which way hes leading, but motions like this which challenge the wording of an indictment or a Charging Instrument or a complaint, theyre reviewed by a judge, and the judge gets all the deference to the state. In other words, he looks at the four corners of the document and ask the question have they alleged the bear minimum to move forward, and the answer in this case was no. In the case of a firearm or burglary, those elements are pleaded every Day Thousands of times a day. This is an unusual crime not pleaded very often, so for that reason that might be why this is a motion that is almost always unsuccessful, was actually successful in this case. But you pointed out correctly this is just a pleading issue. The government excuse me, the state could reallege these properly with more detail. As a criminal Defense Attorney, you file these motions. Even if you win, oftentimes it just means the government can reindict you if they really get their drafting back together. Really what was alleged there wasnt enough detail about the oath of office that was solicited to be violated. Even the charges made are seriousness for trump. Sure, oats not a majority of the crimes alleged against these defendants. When youre on the Defense Attorney and on the defense team, any win throwing out any charges is considered a win. But on the whole the case moves forward. I say that with an asterisk because were all waiting for a much more significant decision in this case when this came down, which is whether or not judge mcafee will either dismiss the indictment entirely or disqualify either the d. A. s office or maybe just the lead Special Prosecutor. And whats your read as to what he will do . If you try to read into a decision like he just granted, it means judge mcafee is looking very closely at the law, and ive long thought of this case as the law is slightly on the side of the state, because the conflict really doesnt say just because you pay a Special Prosecutor an hourly rate, theres nothing inherently wrong with that. Even if he makes more money, the more he bills prosecuting a defendant, and by that reason if the money going to nathan wade was okay the money going back was okay as well. All the problems the state created happens after this motion to disqualify was filed. If they are disqualified, i suspect it will be for actions they took after the motion to disqualify was filed. I think had they come forward at the beginning they said, you know what, were dating early, this is when were dating, the law is generally on our side here, have at us. And lastly and briefly, what you do you anticipate coming out of the classified documents . These motions, again, are really difficult to win. Whenever you try to throw the case out at the early stages, judges are really reluctant to not give the government their day in court. But at the same time some of these issues are novel even if the legal issues have been addressed before, theyve never been addressed in this context. Were talking about a former president charged with a crime. And, you know, we often say no man is above the law, but i have to say if i have a law called the president ial records act, well, the president might be treated a little differently because its about the president and his record. These are such novel issues, its hard to say which way it will go, and no matter what is decided at the District Court level, you have two more levels about the Appellate Court review that could make it interesting very quickly. Well of course be staying on and watching the bill as it goes through florida and georgia as it continues. 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Visit xfinitymobile. Com today to learn more. Welcome back as we turn to some of the mornings other top headlines. House Speaker Mike Johnson says the Impeachment Inquiry into President Joe Biden will continue despite not presenting any evidence so far that links the commander in chief to a crime. Nearly six months after Kevin Mccarthy launched ininquiry, his successor was asked about it at a gop conference in West Virginia yesterday. There johnson called the evidence presented to the public, quote, alarming while then conceding that he hasnt had time to look at it himself. President trump has been indicted on the same thing for much lesser offenses, by the way. And so the American People see this, they see a Double Standard and want accountability and want answers. This impeachment if inquiry and the company that investigates that continues. Oversight judiciary committee, Ways And Means does an extraordinary job and they put a lot of evidence together. And its been alarming and a lot of American People have seen that. What has been uncovered is alarming. We should note johnson was conflating two separate investigations there. The first being the houses inquiry into the biden familys Business Dealings and the second being the dojs now closed investigation into joe bidens handling of classified documents where no charges were recommended. Meanwhile the attorney for hunter biden said the president s son will not testify next week in a public hearing for the House Oversight committee. Bidens attorney, abbey lowal, sent a letter declining the request and calling the hearing a carnival sideshow. Lowell added he will participate. Comer responded to a Statement Dismissing the letter and writing he does still expect hunter biden to appear along with three of his former business associates. We turn flow to the deepening crisis in haiti. The u. S. Has spent a specialized marine unit to guard the United States embassy as the caribbean country struggles with violence and political instability. Nbc news senior White House CorrespondentGabe Gutierrez has the latest. Reporter with haiti in utter chaos, a new team of u. S. Marines has been sent to protect the u. S. Embassy. This is what Hell On Earth sounds like. A nighttime gun battle in portauprince captured on a terrified bystanders sell fen. Another woman, a haitianamerican says an armed gang kicked her out of her home and threatened to kill her if she went back. We are so frightened for our lives, we cant never go back home. Reporter shes now desperately trying to escape and meet up with her family in miami, but the border and the airports are shutdown. Also suddenly trapped a best selling author mitch album. You cant go anywhere, cant get out. Thats how haitians live every single day. Reporter then a harrowing escape, a stealth Helicopter Mission rescued album and his staffers. 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