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
country great again. giuliani sees one thing, opportunity. 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!failed oh, my god. i moved on her, actually. - you know, she was down in palm beach. i moved on her and i failed. 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 thei was on washington post got his hands op a tape. hello. how are you? hi. hello. how are you? hi. hi, mr trump.n. how are you? nice seeing you. terrific. r pleasure to meet you.st when the access hollywood tape dropped, i was on air. donald trump and billy bush had something of a raunchyraggi conversation. and when you re a star, they let you do it.ed . you can do anything. whatever you want. grab em by the [bleep] erupd he s bragging abo
secretary of state. there is one moment in trump tower where jason miller, one of the top communication advisers for trump, comes out of the bullpen of his team and says we need someone to go in there and just blob questions at rudy to see what he says. everybody scatters. the aide who does get picked goes in behind closed doors and is horrified by what he hears. when is the last time you traveled to the middle east? that question comes with enough stammering that they have a follow-up meeting. the aide asks giuliani. you told me yesterday that you hadn t been to the middle east for a year. are you sure about that? are there any other trips you can remember? giuliani s face goes blank. turns out his secretary had said that rudy had just been in the middle east a month ago. if you talk to people who were talking to trump at the time, they say he was never seriously considered for it, which is probably more revealing
status where he s treated almost like an ex-president as hesident travels around the world.esiden i think he though t being secretary of state would be a good way to stay in the game. you re not president, you re you re not president, you re not vice president, secretary of state is the most prestigious job in the cabinet. and i think that he sanew that s an alternate to the presidential an alternate to the presidential ambitions that were never going to b e i fulfilled.do- he get john would be a very good waa choice. is there anybody better? acta maybe me, i don tll know. he gets a little too far oute ahead himself on this, and wha t was really happening behind thee scenes was that there wa, s actually some concerns about rudy and whether he was up for the challenge here.one mo trump confident rudy giuliane former new york mayor, may not actually now be a lock for theot position of secretary of state.a there s one moment in trumpyu y tower where jason miller, one of