Were looking at a critical week ahead for donald trump. The republican president ial candidates and american democracy. Former president Donald Trumps 18 codefendants are required to surrender to a Fulton County jail to face charges of attempting to overturn the 2020 election in georgia. Nbc news reports that the former president will not appear before thursday, Fulton County District Attorney fani willis, who gave the defendants a deadline of noon on friday august 25th. But they could turn themselves in at any time before them. So they also tell nbc news that trump is officially skipping the republican president ial primary debate on wednesday, and instead hes apparently seeking an interview with tucker carlson. Eight other candidates will take the stage without him, but inevitably that trump name will come up often. It remains to be seen how many of them will continue to defend the former president , and who will condemn his actions and stand up for democracy. This is the fourth crim
Politics the former president s pardon play. Donald trumps lawyers make a hail mary request for an april 2026 start to the 2020 Election Trial and try to make sure the case never sees the inside of a courtroom. Plus a game of risk. New reporting outlines how republicans plan to conquer a trumpless debate. How another republican warns his party appears poised to fulfill the textbook definition of insanity. President biden invokes the whole enemy of my enemy is a Friend Theory of Foreign Policy today pushing two neighbors to put aside a generation of bad blood and send a message to the country a couple blocks away, china. Im Phil Mattingly in for dana bash. Lets go behind the headlines and inside politics. Were going to start with this up first. Two questions. Do you know what youre doing on monday . Do you know what youre doing in april, 2026 . The answer is no for me on both of them. Donald trump, though, has plans for both. More specifically mr. Trump knows where he wont be on monday
Hard questions on maui. How did this wildfire start . How did it grow so fast . Destroy lives all with so little warning . Now a top official in charge of the response to that crisis has quit even as he stands up for how his agency handled the disaster. Plus a historic hurricane. Hilary is now a huge category four storm. It could be the first storm of its kind to hit california in some 84 years. Some areas could get a years worth of rain in just one day. And justice deferred. Donald trumps legal team trying to push one trial years into the future. While the former president backtracks his plans to hold an explosive News Conference monday. Were following these developing stories and more right here all coming in to cnn news central. The origin and the response to the deadly maui wildfires are both under growing scrutiny. Just a couple of hours, residents of the devastated town of lahaina are set to hold a News Conference to address how officials responded to the disaster. It comes after
Schools are allowed to keep a childs sexuality a secret from their parents. The Senior National correspondent kevin corke is live in dc with the breaking information on this. Kevin good evening. Reporter evening trace. Three Monmouth County new jersey districts are being sued by the state of new jersey for passing versions of policy requiring teachers to inform parents if a student is seeking a transgender accommodation, such as using a new pronoun or bathroom. Today was the first time the state publicly argued its case against the middletown, marlboro and Manalapan Englishtown School Districts, districts whose leaders agree that the aim here, trace, is to strike a balance between care for the children and the rights of parents. I dont think that our policy is discriminatory in any way. I think we carefully crafted it to be compassionate and to actually attend to the needs of our district. Reporter meanwhile a spokesperson for the Office Of The Attorney General in new jersey said in a
Tonight on three 60, an arrest after one judge in the trump trial gets a racist Death Threats. And in another trial, The Grand Jurys names and addresses post on a farright website, concerns will can happen next. Also, he promised a Big Press Conference just two days ago, claiming it finally complement of the 2020 Election Fraud. More signs tonight he was, no surprise, just for blowing smoke. And hawaii, with 1000 people still unaccounted for. A cnn investigation, into why maoism are to see sirens maintain the deadly silence. Good evening, thanks so much joining us. We bring begin to breaking news. The former president s attorneys have weighed in with when they want the trial to be in the federal election subversion case. And, its a long way off. The Justice Department had proposed january of 2024. The former president s attorneys, now say the trial should not start until april, 2026. Thats more than two and a half years from now. And if mr. Trumps elected president again, its effective