for the first time a former president faces indictment, two of them, actually, with the real possibility of more on the horizon. but the presidential campaign is now well under way with the first debate occurring 38 days from now. and from that moment, until election day, november 5, 2024, the calendar is littered with campaign milestones, debates, caucuses, primaries, conventions, raising unique questions as to whether donald trump can be tried without conflicting with the election schedule. and the answer is no. trial in the state case brought by manhattan d.a. alvin bragg has been set, march 25, 2024 in manhattan. trial bought by special counsel jack smith was originally scheduled for next month but is yet to be determined. smith suggested december 11, b lawyers for trumked for postponement until all substantive motions have been presented. they said the court presides over a prosecution by a sitting president, against a rival, therefe a measured consideration and timeline
i m christine romans in today for alex. it is two pm on the east coast. 11 am out west. we begin this hour with campaign bus lighting at new hampshire. we countdown to tuesday s first-in-the-nation primary. closing arguments are underway with mikaelyan donald trump making their pitches in person to voters in the granite state. while ron desantis has turned his gaze south campaigning in south carolina today. on the democratic side, supporters of president joe biden are staging a write in campaign over a fallout over the first democratic primary left him off the ballot there. today biden s challenge is congressman dean phillips and author are out there stumping for votes ahead of the states unsanctioned democratic primary. you can see new hampshire primary voters favoring ticking haley as the republican candidate who do best head to head against president biden. trump is widely expected to win the republican primary on tuesday. l spk a name rally in manchester tonight. meanwh
Is this the new normal . When the dust settles, do or die week for marco rubio and john kasi kasich, both have to win home states, florida or ohio and thats to thwart trumps nomination. Things got so crazy, rubios team is asking rubio supporters in ohio to vote for kasich and wait, there is more, a ground swell of democrats are switching parties so that they can vote for donald trump, but is it because they believe in him or because they see him as the weakest candidate to face on general election day. As i mentioned, another trump rally scheduled to start in the hour within dayton, ohio. Thousands have shown up for a rally in an airport hanger. Can things stay calm . Mark preston joins me, the executive editor of cnn politics. I think, mark, everybody wants to know, is there any presence of protesters in ohio a kin to what there were in chicago last night . Reporter well, michael, this is a very secure area we are right now. Were right next to the Dayton International airport. As you
for the first time a former president faces indictment, two of them, actually, with the real possibility of more on the horizon. but the presidential campaign is now well under way with the first debate occurring 38 days from now. and from that moment, until election day, november 5, 2024, the calendar is littered with campaign milestones, debates, caucuses, primaries, conventions, raising unique questions as to whether donald trump can be tried without conflicting with the election schedule. and the answer is no. trial in the state case brought by manhattan d.a. alvin bragg has been set, march 25, 2024 in manhattan. trial bought by special counsel jack smith was originally scheduled for next month but is yet to be determined. smith suggested december 11, b lawyers for trumked for postponement until all substantive motions have been presented.