president s possible timeline. jeff, what do we know? reporter: jim, good morning. former president donald trump was here in iowa last night kicking off a series of rallies going into election day and we are now learning this morning that his team is eyeing the week of november 14th as a possible time when he could announce a third bid for the presidency. of course, et cetera been hinting at this for weeks if not months. he he s been planning for this behind the scenes and clearly wants to ride what they believe is going to be a republican wave next week in the election. they are looking at the week before thanksgiving, potentially the week of november 14th. this is all fluid, again, depending on how next week s midterms go. but take a listen to the former president last night here in iowa as he framed his decision coming up. in order to make our country successful and safe and glorious, i will very, very, very probably do it again. okay? very, very, very probably.
right now across 46 states more than 30 million americans have already cast their votes. several notable names are crisscrossing the nation for candidates in this final stretch. biden wakes up this morning in california, he s headed to chicago for a political reception tonight. biden along with former presidents trump and obama will make stops in pennsylvania, a crucial state this weekend. this as the pennsylvania democratic senate candidate john fetterman picks up a big name endorsement from someone who actually helped make his opponent a household name. you might have heard of her, the other big race we re following is in georgia republican herschel walker closing the gap with his democratic opponent, senator rafael warnock. first, however, former president donald trump on the trail in iowa, now making headlines not about these midterms but his own political ambition. cnn chief national affairs correspondent jeff zeleny on the trail in sioux city where we are learning more about the
this for us. what more are you learning? how far along with these plans? well, jim, traditionally in the weeks leading up to an election the justice department is supposed to observe a so-called quiet period where they don t make any overt or public moves in politically consequential cases. boy, do they have a pile of potentially politically consequential cases. not only are they overseeing an investigation into president biden s son, also two investigations into the former president, as well as multiple investigations into high-profile members of congress. but we have learned that behind the scenes the justice department has been working and planning to try to figure out how to handle some of these cases, among the things being discussed is the possibility of appointing a special counsel to handle the two investigations into former president trump, those include one into his efforts to overturn the 2020 election as well as an investigation into the possible mishandling of classified
watching as he makes his own decision because there has been a lot of chatter within the democratic party about whether the president president biden should run for a second term. it is a decision that he will make with his family in the first part of next year, but it s been very clear that if president trump or former president trump does announce and gets back in, that s going to motivate joe biden even more to run, despite the concerns from his own party, despite the fact that he is turning 80 years old next month. he sees himself as the only person in 2020 and perhaps in 24 who could beat president trump at that point and certainly that s going to play into that calculation. whether that s good or bad for the republican party, i mean, they feel very good that joe biden is a weak president, that he is beatable, so we will just have to see. yeah, no question. listen, trump has his possible challengers within his own party, biden might have his own challengers within his own p
question, an important question you are asking, a lot of republicans are concerned that there could be a negative trump effect. president trump, former president donald trump banking on the opposite, banking on republicans having a victory, big victory starting on election night on tuesday and then him being able to take credit for putting them over the top and then him riding that to announcement that would preempt d ron desantis. it s a high stakes moment. if getting in there early breaks the wave he will face blame for that but he s betting that s not what s going to happen. hard to predict any election, a couple years out trump did lose as an incumbent, a rare thing to do. would his nomination his race and if he gets the nomination would that be a good thing or bad thing for the republican party? well, it will certainly be one major factor that president biden who is the person who beat donald trump in 2020 will be