And make up your own mind. What we try to do in the book, in our commentary and insider tips and a cast of characters is make this as easily digestible and understandable as possible. For lawyers, and nonlawyers alike. We understand there are various rationales for the decisions made. As part of that mission we tried in this hour to explain some of the choices. And the implications for all of these delies. And we are so grateful to all of you for joining us for this hour long special. We really appreciate it. Im melissa marie. Im andrew weissnan. Goodnight. Good evening once again. Im stephanie ruhle. We are 235 days away from the election. We have a very special night cap we will get to in a moment featuring an amazing lineup of Student Journalists. We start with the news of the day. Fulton coupty Da Fani Willis will remain on the trump case. The judge ruled she could stay if nathan wade, the prosecutor, stepped down. Wade in fact did just that. Here is my colleague Blayne Alexander with more. Reporter he was front and center when fani willis announced her criminal indictment of donald trump. But tonight, nathan wade, the man leading the prosecution against the former president for allegedly trying to overturn georgias 2020 election results, has resigned. The culmination of a months long spectacle after one of trumps codefendants Michael Roman exposed a romantic relationship between wade and Fulton CountyDa Fani Willis who hired him. She was accused of financially benefiting from her relationship with wade. In a ruling, judge scott mcafee said while he did not find an actual Conflict Of Interest in the case, he found a significant appearance of impropriety that affects the current structure of the prosecution team. And gave willis an ultimatum. Either she and her office leave the case or wade. In a letter, wade writes today, he is resigning to move this case forward as quickly as possible. For willis, todays ruling is a legal victory, but a professional following this stunning twohour testimony. Judge scott mcafee scolding what he called her unprofessional manner on the stand. And while not dismissing the case outright as the defense had asked, mcafee takes willis to task over this tremendous lapse in judgment. Tonight, trumps Attorney Says he will use all Legal Options available as we continue to fight to end this case. All right, lets get to this. Harry, lets start with you, fani willis stays on the case, whats your big take away . That is the number one take away, but the number two take away, she really absorbs some real hay makers and that is not going to go away. She has, mcafee and she together have given trump and company scott, Georgia Republicans in general, it is a real mixed brew of politics down there. A club to beat her with and they will continue to do so. So you may have the feel for the opinion that it kind of puts this to rest. I dont think that it does. And i think we will continue to hear trump and others shouting from the rooftops about the sound bytes that mcafee has supplied. Man, not something you want to rared about yourself. Do you agree that she should recuse herself to get all the noise out of the case . Did he say that . He is one smart guy and the truth is, you know, i do. If you think about it from the Vantage Point of the case, no, im not faulting her professionally. She has done an excellent job with the case. And, a lot of this is unfair and overplaid from what she has done. If you want to see what is best for the case now, removing herself from it would be best for the case now. A lot of people will think that is unfair. But if the focus is on moving the case forward, yeah, it would be better off. She could stay in the chair, but turning it over to her staff to handle and staying up outside of it would be the smartest move. What are you hearing out of trump world . Trumps lawyer said he will be staying all over this. This is a split decision. You have the vision of impropriety. When it comes to the politics, it is really what does this look bad. The Trump Campaign is saying look, this is a win for us. It looks as though fani willis has done something that is not smart. So in trump world, this looks like something to say we can rally people around this. We can say this is part of a big witch hunt. We can say this is a woman who was not, who was unprofessional at best. They will continue to call her unethical. When you look at the ruling. For her to have nathan wade on this case, it plays to the idea she is not the best person for the case. She can stay on the case. And trump will say she should not be leading the case. But i think in some ways the politics here almost outweigh the legal findings here. If you are thinking about this from the lens of that, this doesnt look good. All right harry. New topic. The judge in the Hush Money Trial here in new york delayed the case by a month. What do you make of this situation . It seems like almost everybody associated with it is frustrated. Yeah. And starting with the judge. Look, the number one issue, steph, is how much time does trump need to process these new papers . That is a straightforward question that doesnt have anything to do with how this happened and really it seems to me there is a little there but not a lot. Obviously the judge is hot and bothered about this. Thinks maybe the u. S. Attorneys office. Maybe the da wasnt totally above board. I dont know. There are good reasons that they could have withheld the request which is what they first got from the das office before responding to the subpoena from trump. But he wants to get to the bottom of it and he is obviously peeved. I think, though, that really should give way. The question before him should be what does trump now need for due process to process the new stuff . A month ought to do it. Today sounds like annoyed judges friday. The campaign is fully underway and all four of trumps criminal cases are delayed for a variety of reasons. What does it all mean for november . Right, my view is if some of these cases are not resolved, looks like some of them may not be. But that is really a loss for the voters. Because you know, the voters do not have the ability to analyze all the evidence in all the cases. There is too much information. So they do need the juries and judges to do that for them. And so, we will go in an election where we dont know whether potential new president will be guilty or innocent of the crimes that he is alleged to have committed. Now thats the situation donald trump wants. He wants to delay. He want to be elected president again. He can move to get rid of the federal cases. That is in his interest. The voters will be going in sort of blind as to whether or not donald trump is in fact guilty of these crimes and will have to make a decision with limited information. But luke, are they blind . Do you see a voting block out there thinking well i think he is guilty. I think he is corrupt. But im not quite sure and i need a Court Decision to really help me decide one way or another. Do you really think there are voters out there in that camp . There are some limited polling that shows a conviction would move a small amount of electorate. I agree that most people are locked in on donald trump. He is a really bad guy or some sort of hero. But, there is some small portion of moderate and swing voters who through a conviction could affect their votes. Or an acquittal. It is to everyones advantage to have the facts looked at and embedded by judges and juries. And really hear. Were these charges legitimate . Is he guilty in georgia . Federal court . Or where these bogus charges . One thing i have learned from covering courts over the years is there is nothing like a good vetting of the evidence in the trial to get to the bottom of the truth. For sure. Here is different news. Today mike pence. Trumps former vp said he would not support his former boss. Lets take a look. It should come as no surprise i will not be endorsing donald trump this year. Donald trump is pursuing and articulating an ayen da fani that is at odds with the conservative agenda we governed on. That is why i cannot in good conscience endorse donald trump in this campaign. Yeah. Logically, it is not a surprise. But when you think about the fact that tim scott, ted cruz, Mitch Mcconnell have all lined up for trump. And mike pence, he was his former vp. Thats pretty big. Dont you think . It would be big if this was a conventional sort of political situation. But mike pence was running for his life in the capital with a crowd of people who were shouting hang mike pence because it is pretty clear, former President Trump had really turned their attention and their anger toward him because he would not steal the 2020 election on behalf of trump. It is not surprising when you think of the facts that mike fence is having to deal with. Apart from the Policy Decisions and differences they may have. You have mike pence who is personally still dealing with the after effects of donald trump turning on him. Mike pence was a very loyal vice president. There was no daylight between him and donald trump publicly for years even though trump did all sorts of thing thats were scandals and things mike pence would disagree with. But when it came to stealing an election, that is where they finally, mike pence finally found the sort of straw that broke the camels back and could no longer support him. So it is interesting that he is not endorsing him. It is interesting he is on fox news willing to say this. But in some ways it is not surprising. Obviously, Mitch Mcconnell is someone who was also very pointedly criticizing donald trump. But at the end of the day, at least for now, still the leader of republicans. So he feels a different way in terms of the future of the party. Mike pence says im not doing this. This is not someone i will back anymore. So it is interesting but not surprising. The phrase hang mike pence is where former vp pence found his red line. Thank you all for starting us off. You at home . Dont go anywhere. Because when we come back, it is time for our night cap and i promise you, we have an Incredible Group of young journalists to talk social media. Scratching the surface of the real problem. And later with misinformation running wild online, we will get to the importance of journalism with some of the industries. Future stars. We will end the week on a high note. 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A bill to force the sale of the chinese owned app or ban it outright flew through the house. And now it is with the senate. For the 170 million americans addicted to tiktok videos, the future is not looking very good. With that, lets bring in our night cap. I couldnt be more excited about who is joining. Four outstanding Student Journalists from across the country who have done amazing work. The youngest ever recipient of the polk award. The Student Newspaper at the university of North Carolina chapel hill. She is here in new york to receive the Columbia Scholastic press association award. And, your op ed got National Attention for its president on harvard president claudine gay. Natalia, what do you think of the potential ban . I think it will affect turnout. I saw how for a lot of offices, they were receiving a lot of calls from young voters. And, also teenagers asking to avoid the ban. And i think it is important to note that when we are considering what will be important for young voters and how president ial candidates should implement that into their campaign if they want to garner that vote. It t ban is not put in place because the kids are going outside to play baseball because they are on the tiktok. The issue is over National Security. Do you think those young voters realize that . I would say for the most part they are not aware that is an actual reason Social Security on the floor. It is unfortunate they are not aware. I would just hope they looked further into the issue so that they are able to make an informed decision. What do you think about this . I mean listen. Social Media Companies dont use data well. I dont think this is Breaking News to anyone. Of course there is the overtone here which is that. I dont think you mean they dont use it well. They are not using it for good purposes. They are using it very sophisticatedly. But not for ends we deem good. Not just tiktok . Not just tiktok. Listen i get it. It is a Chinese Company that plays into a bigger geo political narrative. But meta has more data, uses it with greater sophistication and we have more cases where they have used it perfectly. That is not to say tiktok is not a National Security threat. But we talked about what social media and phones in general has done to childhood. And i think that to me one of the primary causes of the Mental Health crisis, that to me is what i would like to see congress thinking more deeply about. We have had tons of hearings about how big tech uses monopoly power. How big tech makes people self conscious of their bodies or appearances. But this goes so much deeper than selfimage. It is hard to listen to people rattle on about tiktok when there is a fundamental crisis in American Childhood Producing Crises in American Adults now. But the hearings are great big entertainment shows. All the big time lobbyists are entertaining those lawmakers sitting up there railing against the companies yet nothing gets done. I see you nodding your medicate lip. It is not just tiktok. All the companies. We basically dont have any of them. I dont think, it is a Chinese Company well known for being a Chinese Company and popular with young people, what i worry about is censorship, but also those who rely on it to get their message out. Young People Like Us who use it to, i hate to say it, give an idea of what the political world is like, but thats what we are using it for. So taking it off the market is cutting off some valuable ties between young people and the rest of the world. But isnt there a risk that is what young people are using it for, tiktok as their news source, all of you have a deep understanding of standards and practices. You know as editors, all that gets left on the Cutting Room Floor as exciting and fun as it is, unless it meets the standard, there are no standards when it comes to the platforms. I would be hesitant to dismiss tiktok too quickly as a National Security threat. Telling how chinese authorities had a back door into accessing Sensitive Data and tiktok. After that, the Chinese CompanyByte Dance Put her and other reporters under surveillance. For me, putting journalists under surveillance is a big no no. It ca