but tonight, that's in doubt. one defendant, lawyer kenneth chesebro, asked for a speedy trial, and the judge agreed, setting a date of october 23rd, less than two months from now. trump's lawyers quickly weighing in, saying that's way too early to put the former president on trial. >> fast moving developments. let's get to our senior investigative reporter in atlanta tonight. you witnessed the former president leaving the fulton county jail there a short time ago. >> i did, david. he appeared to give a thumbs up through the window as the motorcade left jail on the way back to the airport. he was in and out in under a half hour. fingerprinted and photographed. his first mug shot taken. he worked with a local bail bondsman to post the 10% of a $200,000 bond. >> aaron, thank you. we are track something severe storms on the move this hour. dangerous thunderstorms, flash flooding after hammering the great lakes, detroit included.