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, 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 - already a parade of republicans has either condemned trump s comments, withdrawn their support completely, or called on him to step down.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,
the worst voter fraud scandal in the history of our country. they steal elections in detroit. - representative, representative, you ll have an opportunity - and they steal elections in new york. - president trump has put his personal lawyer, rudy giuliani, in charge of his campaign s election lawsuits. - giuliani becomes a real central figure for trump as trump is beginning to devise any strategy to hold on to power. - giuliani, who s been on the road in four states, leading the president s election challenge. - his team has already filed lawsuits in michigan, georgia, and pennsylvania. - we are going to continue the lawsuit here. we re going to bring a second one, and then we re going to bring a federal lawsuit. - i don t think he believed that trump won the election. i don t think he believes that trump was a great president or a lousy one. i think this is immaterial to him. what s material, is that he s standing up there talking about donald trump before thousands of people. - giul
voter fraud scandal history in our country. and they steal elections in detroit and new york. president trump put rudy giuliani in charge of his election lawsuits. giuliani becomes a real central figure for trump as trump is beginning to devise any strategy to hold on to power. giuliani has been on the road in four states, leading the president s election challenge. his team has filed lawsuits in michigan, georgia, and pennsylvania. we are going to continue the lawsuit here. we re going to bring a second one, then we re going to bring a federal lawsuit. i don t think he believed trump won the election. i don t think he believes trump was a great president or a lousy one. i think this is immaterial to him. what s material is that he s standing up there, talking about donald trump before thousands of people. giuliani, he s on television
trump s head about the election being stolen from him. - i think that he felt like the 1989 election was stolen from him, that the voting system was rigged. - a few of my advisors and other people that actually came to see us to urge me to contest the election. and they presented us with they regarded as evidence of voter tampering, voter fraud. - we see an early premonition of what we re going to see years later. - we re living through i believe, the worst voter fraud scandal in the history of our country. they steal elections in detroit. - representative, representative, you ll have an opportunity - and they steal elections in new york. - president trump has put his personal lawyer, rudy giuliani, in charge of his campaign s election lawsuits. - giuliani becomes a real central figure for trump as trump is beginning to devise any strategy to hold on to power. - giuliani, who s been on the road in four states, leading the president s election challenge. - his team has already filed la