it s 4:00 in new york. s.w.a.t. teams, secret phone calls, testimony from some of the most prominent political figures in america and a windowless conference room in which 23 people investigated a plot to end democracy. an exclusive and extraordinary piece of writing and reporting from the atlanta journal constitution pulls the curtain back on the special grand jury in fulton county, georgia, one of the two criminal investigations into the twice impeached disgraced ex president. it could result in anything truly historic and unprecedented. the indictment of a former president of the united states. from that piece of reporting, quote, in an exclusive interview with the atlanta journal institution, five of the 23 special grand jurors recounted what it was like to be a pivotal but anonymous part of one of the most momentous criminal investigations in u.s. history. they described a process that was, by turn, fascinating, tedious, and emotionally wrenching. one juror said she woul
buenos dias. good morning, welcome to your new day. it is sunday, october 30, halloween eve. i m boris sanchez. halloween eve. good to be with you. i m ambra walker. thank you for starting your among morning with us. we start in asia. south korea declaring a national day of mourning after a deadly crowd surge killed 153 people who were out celebrating halloween in the capital of seoul. we have to warn you, some of the images we re going to share are graphic. authorities are still investigating exactly what caused this crowd crush. but emergency officials first began receiving reports of people buried in crowds on saturday evening. there were thousands of people out that night in an area of the city with very narrow streets as you can say. they re packed in alleys. and witnesses say people were trapped and panicked because they couldn t breathe with dozens of people being administered cpr on the sidewalks. i turned around and i told the crowd, you can t come this way.
interview with the atlanta journal institution, five of the 23 special grand jurors recounted what it was like to be a pivotal but anonymous part of one of the most momentous criminal investigations in u.s. history. they described a process that was, by turn, fascinating, tedious, and emotionally wrenching. one juror said she would cry in her car at the end of the day after hearing from witnesses whose lives have been upended by disinformation and claims of election fraud. the jurors revealed brenda evidence in the trump coup plot including a never before heard phone call between donald trump and late georgia house speaker david ralston. which trump urged him to hold a special session of the georgia legislature in order to
a real connection there. nadia romero, cnn, atlanta. let s get perspective on the races in georgia from the politics reporter for the atlanta journal institution. good morning, shannon, thank you for doing this. georgia, right, finding itself to be the political universe once again. talk about the high enthusiasm we re seeing especially with the record early turnout vote we re seeing. what else is new? georgia is at the center of the political universe. yes, there s been a ton of early voting, 1.5 million people including mail-in absentees so far. i think georgia has switched the electorate here has heard so much about voting and voter suppression. and i think we re switching to an electorate that does much of the voting early now. there is a concern about wanting to get a vote count so a lot of people are coming out in advance
stinks. i m jack kingston and i approve this message. you want a no babies were harmed in the making of this advertisement disclaimer at the end of that, don t you? did they just finish up and hand her back to the parents. good luck with the whole sugar thing. any way. now the two candidates with the crying babies duelling ads they can go one on one for two months slugging it out for the nomination. this will be fun to watch. joining us is a political reporter from the atlanta journal institution. thank you for joining us. thank you for having me. am i just punch drunk or is this actually going to be a fun runoff to watch? what are you expecting from perdue and kingston in. it will be a fun runoff to watch. the karen handel against those opponents would have been equally intriguing to watch because she had the tea party element and no holds barred