Well see what happens. Kelly and i will speak with some voters that tell us what they would like to see and hear from the candidates on the stage and the message that they have ahead of the debate for former President Donald Trump as well. First, President Biden is about to make some remarks on the u. S. Economy. Theyve been pushing bidenomics very hard over the past couple days. Clearly this is central to the president s reelection push. Yesterdays speech though after it kind of got fact checked by many, it ran into some serious headwinds. Its a Head Scratcher as to why he brings up some of these things that are so easily unwound on the truth meter. There were about seven or eight of them in this speech that got picked apart one by one. Were not going to go through them all. The question is why he keeps raising the same things over that get debunked. Heres one random one. The president said i saw this Bridge Collapse in pittsburgh when i was on the scene last year. Watch this. I watch
Do i tend to try the 19 defendants, yes. The calendar is getting quite crowded. You see some of the lawyers on whose advice she this is disgraceful and abuse of power by angry democrats who decided the rule of law its much bigger than watergate. It goes to the foundation of democracy. This is very different and much more serious and much more troubling. If you are just waking up this morning, were glad youre with us. Youre waking up to significant, historic news. Its true. Donald trump has been indicted again, this on Felony Charges for trying to overturn his 2020 election loss in the State Of Georgia and has 18 codefendants have also been charged. Including some of the prominent names, mark meadows, rudy giuliani. Theyre all facing rico, Racketeering Charges. Fulton County District attorney fani willis ordered trump and his alleged coconspirators to surrender voluntarily by next friday and turn themselves in. Rather than abide by georgias Legal Process for election challenges, the def
Donald trump, now has ten days to surrender to authorities in georgia on charges tied to his efforts to overturn the 2020 election in georgia. It will be his fourth time booked on criminal charges. He wont be alone. The 98page indictment names 18 codefendants, including his former chief of staff, mark meadows. The 41 charges include racketeering and conspiracy. The atlanta area District Attorney fani willis says those 19 defendants in total plotted against the constitution which trump swore to protect and defend and abused the office, trump is of Course Running for once again. Cnns paula reed is at the courthouse in atlanta. Paula, this case is wider both in terms of number of defendants but also took a different legal path for charging this. Reporter thats right. A lot of key differences here. Not only in how its constructed. Fani willis pursuing a racketeering or rico case here. Rico laws were passed to dismantle organized crime. So shes charging former President Trump but 18 allies.
13 Felony Charges for trying to overturn his 2020 Election Loss in the state. Its worth noting he is not alone this time. 18 codefendants also charged in this indictment. Including Rudy Giuliani and mark meadows. Theyre all facing Rico Racketeering charges which are traditionally used to prosecute ma mafia bosses and gang leaders. Fani willis ordered them to turn themselves in by next friday. Overnight trump slammed the indictment and said it was politically inspired to disrupt his president ial run. This is trumps fourth criminal indictment. He is now facing a total of 91, 91 charges in georgia, florida, new york, and washington, d. C. We have a lot to get to. Cnn this morning special live coverage starts right now. Good morning, everyone. Live, Fulton County courthouse where a grand jury has indicted donald trump and 18 codefendants for their alleged scheme to overturn the 2020 Election Loss in georgia. A look at the newspaper headlines across the nation this morning. The Atlanta Jou
8 00 a. M. Here on the east coast. 5 00 a. M. Out west. Were glad youre with us. Good morning. Good morning. We have a lot to get to. Well get to the destruction in hawaii in a moment, but lets a. The District Attorney in Fulton County, georgia, gearing up to present her case to a grand jury as donald trump faces a fourth potential indictment for trying to overturn the election. We have exclusive reporting on evidence obtained by prosecutors directly linking trumps lawyers to the breach of a Voting System there. And cnn is on the ground in maui where the death toll from catastrophic wildfires has risen to 96 and its expected to keep climbing. Only 4 of the scorched area even searched. Police in los angeles trying to track down a flash mob of robbers who ransacked a nordstroms store in broad daylight. This hour of cnn this morning starts right now. And youre looking at live pictures of the Fulton County courthouse. This morning, a fourth possible indictment now looming over donald trump