Im paula reid. Welcome to cnns special coverage of the 2024 election. The first debate and the surrender of former President Trump in georgia. We are on the cusp of a historic week for the nation and a pivotal week for the 2024 race. First, the former president and the latest indictment. Donald trump faces a friday deadline at noon to turn himself in to authorities in Fulton County, georgia. The result of his fourth criminal indictment. A senior Law Enforcement official tells cnn trump is expected to turn himself in thursday at the earliest. That would be just one day after the first debate of the 2024 president ial race which will take place without trump, who is the frontrunner for the repuican nomination. Just hours ago, he made it official, he wont attend. Now, the eht candidates who will attend all trail trump by doubledigit margins, and all of them are running out of time if they hope to catch him. Let me turn now to cnn senior crime and justice reporter, katelyn polantz. Katelyn
Oh say can you see by the dawns early light what so proudly we hailed at the twilights last gleaming whose broad stripes an bright stars through the Perilous Fight O Er The Ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming and the rockets red glare the bomb bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there oh say does that starspangled banner yet Wave O Er The Land of the free and the Home Of The Brave [cheering and applause] wow. Will so incredible thank you so much mary. Amazing. Rachel thank you. Mary millben on national, National Anthem day incredible performance by someone who has performed four consecutive president s. Rachel sometimes people sing and which was such ease a difficult song. And with such beauty that you just are reminded of god because that talent can only come from god i see her. I listen to her voice, and i think god why didnt you give me that [laughter] pete that last note and hit it and hold it to do it with that kind of power and boldnes
o, say can you see by the dawn s early light what so proudly we hailed at the twilight s last gleaming? whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous figh- o er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming. and the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. o, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave work er the land o ear the land of the free and the home of the brave will: you did it. you sent in pictures with your fireplace in the background pete: nailed it. will: watching fox & friends. i didn t pay attention, was there a lot of robes? pete: i think i saw maybe one robe. rachel: my twitter was filled with people sending pictures of their fireplaces and us up on the screen. so. people are cozying up, you know, hunkering down in the winter, in the christmas spirit and watching fox & friends. pete: you did it. and lee greenwood singing the national anth
ex-con who assaulted him first. watch this horrifying video. you seed the career criminal austin simon storm behind the counter and violently shove the clerk jose alba, the grandfather to the floor. he gets up, grabs a gun, that s when he grabs a knife and stabs and kills simon. the bail is set at $250,000 and well violent criminals released without bail courtesy of far left manhattan dal the bread. the new york post calling it justice gone mad. the self-defense isn t a crime. writing in an op-ed, although brad has turned the city upside down and it s time for him to go. especially after soft on crime policies keep giving breaks to the repeat offenders that you see on the screen. he downgraded the charges for the armed robbery assault, caleigh, the list goes on. we have too many to literally name in this hour but they include things like a rap sheet of six felony arrests and 65 misdemeanors, 31 failures to appear in court and two parole violations. two women accused of a
we re going to make america great again. i love you. thank you. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the 45th president of the united states of america, donald j. trump! and i m proud to be an american where at least i know i m free and i won t forget the men who died who gave that right to me and i gladly stand up next to you and defend her still today yes, that actually did happen last night in tampa, florida. but unlike the lyrics to that lee greenwood song, trump did not gladly stand up to defend the country on january 6. he sat as the testimony was laid out watching television for 187 minutes while the insurrection unfolded and even last night he wasn t letting go of his big election lies. if i stayed home, if i announced i was not going to run for office, the persecution of donald trump would immediately stop. we know that. everybody knows that. but that s what they want me to do. and you know what, there s no chance i do that. there s just no chan