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
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- giuliani sees one thing, opportunity. - trump is clearly the best choice. - he thought, this will put me back in the spotlight. - what i did for new york, donald trump will do for america! [cheers and applause] - oh, my god. i moved on her, actually. you know, she was down in palm beach. i moved on her, and i failed. i ll admit it. - whoa. - i did try and [bleep] her. she was married. - that s huge news there. - some breaking news right now. david fahrenthold of the washington post got his hands on a tape. - hello. how are you? hi. - hi, mr. trump. how are you? - nice seeing you. terrific. - pleasure to meet you. - when the access hollywood tape dropped, i was on air. donald trump and billy bush had something of a raunchy conversation. - and when you re a star, they let you do it. you can do anything. - whatever you want. - grab em by the [bleep]. - he s bragging about committing sexual assault. so i was just stunned, absolutely stunned. - there is a political storm that h
- oh, my god. i moved on her, actually. you know, she was down in palm beach. i moved on her, and i failed. i ll admit it. - whoa. - i did try and [bleep] her. she was married. - that s huge news there. - some breaking news right now. david fahrenthold of the washington post got his hands on a tape. - hello. how are you? hi. - hi, mr. trump. how are you? - nice seeing you. terrific. - pleasure to meet you. - when the access hollywood tape dropped, i was on air. donald trump and billy bush had something of a raunchy conversation. - and when you re a star, they let you do it. you can do anything. - whatever you want. - grab em by the [bleep]. - he s bragging about committing sexual assault. so i was just stunned, absolutely stunned. - there is a political storm that has erupted. - already a parade of republicans has either condemned trump s comments, withdrawn their support completely, or called on him to step down. - any truth that he s dropping out? - no. - kellyanne conway,
Too. I have to say this is a big night. Let me start right here. This is who is going to be our guest tonight, and this is from page 184 of the book. On the evening of december 18, mark meadows, my because, Chief Of Staff, returned from a meeting of the oval office and abruptly asked if i wanted the detail i could go home. His detail quickly prepared the limo and left campus without explanation. Shortly after marks departure i walked down with molly to get a sense of the president s evening plans. Usually if the president went home i would stay at my desk but since mark had left early with such confidence i thought perhaps the president was wrapping up for the evening and i would get to go home early, too. When i walked into the outer oval i saw the president was meeting with general mike flynn, the former National Security advisor who had pled guilty to lying to the fbi about his involvement with russian officials, cutting a Cooperation Deal in special counsel Robert Muellers inquiry