very dramatic moment when the defendant in chief, donald trump turns himself in on thursday. also, trump s republican presidential rivals are gearing up to debate without him tomorrow night. we ll take a closer look at the stakes for the eight candidates who will be on stage and how trump s absence and alleged crimes may shape their strategies. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. it s a busy day of breaking news in georgia at the fulton county jail and courthouse. multiple co-defendants of donald trump surrendering or securing bond agreements. this comes amid new legal mane maneuvers. paula is outside the courthouse in atlanta for us. you have some breaking news involving another k kk key co-defendant, rudy giuliani. reporter: we have learned he still does not have an attorney leensed in the state of georgia to help him with this case. the former mayor, former u.s. attorney, is facing seven
to the first gop primary debate right here on fox news. eight candidates trying to convince america that they are the key to beating joe biden. bill melugin is live in milwaukee where the debate is less than 24 hours away. bill, good evening. reporter: trace, good evening to you. this time tomorrow night, that debate is going to be wrapping up and we are likely going to be talking about who did or did not perform on that debate stage as this debate is likely going to shift this race into an entirely different gear. so let s talk about who s going to be on that stage. take a look, the rnc announcing eight confirmed candidates will be there, and you can see the positions they re going to take on the stage. florida governor ron desantis and vivek ramaswamy taking center stage. ramaswamy and nikki haley will be standing next to each other which is interesting because haley was attacking ramaswamy yesterday over his foreign policy saying it s going to make america unsave if elec
we know they re still in there. it s after 5:00 right now. paula, walk us through what happens if the grand jury decides to indict donald trump and/or any of his allies. reporter: we expect the indictment also be for over a dozen people. the former president s lawyers say they do expect he will be among those indicted. we would expect the district attorney would seek an indictment from the grand jury and it would go to the clerk s office where we will most likely get our copy. then it will be made public and we ll be able to read about the charges. one of the things that s unclear, jake, is when the former president would appear for his initial appearance and a potential arraignment. in the federal cases that happened quickly. down in georgia, sources telling cnn that the former president s team expects it may take a little longer to have his first appearance down in georgia if he s indicted. paula reid, thanks so much. as those witnesses continue to testify before the
they have been watching these campaigns. we watch them work in the corners of the states like iowa, like new hampshire, south carolina, nevada. this week on a big stage be good to see who they truly are but what they have learned about how they compete with each other, against each other and react without scripts. they all want the same job so who is ready for? looking back at past debates without is really cool this week candidates on the stage with the same views and sampl samples goo head. it s how they were able to interact with those peers at that time in real-time that defined the candidates, watch for. quickset factors market you should not compare yourself to joe biden you should not so that s what we re doing here is exactly what we are doing you have not been involved in a consequence of decision where you had to be held accountable. you just simply haven t. the country already has a debt problem but we do not need to add to it by electing someone who has experien
we re breaking down the historic summit that just wrapped up at camp david a short time ago. also tonight, we re learning more about donald trump s plans to skip next week s republican presidential debate. sources saying an interview with former fox news host tucker carlson is now in the works as trump aims to steal the spotlight from his rivals. and a category-four hurricane lashing mexico and is posing an unprecedented threat now to southern california. the region is under its first tropical storm watch ever, and potentially facing a year s worth of rain in a matter of hours. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. wolf blitzer s off today. i m alex marquardt, and you re in the situation room. the camp david summit is our top story this hour. president joe biden working to strengthen ties with japan and south korea as the three countries face urgent threats from china and north korea. cnn s arlette saenz is at camp da david. and