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our top story is a special report on a big issue in u.s. government and politics. some consider it the elephant or donkey in the room this year. the gap between most of the powerful people who rule over and run the governments of our nation, the government branches. you re looking at judicial and i m going to get into a couple. they rule over the rest of the population. this is a gap that i m going to get into with you, the lifetime members of the supreme court and all the people their decisions impact, it affects many and the citizenry. it applies to both presumptive nominees for president. it may be canceled out between the both of them but has many, many americans asking why are u.s. government leaders so old? why are they so much older than other leaders of u.s. institutions? why are they so much older than the citizens they lead democratically. if these are arbitrary, should our society try to look at reforms or democratize the institutions and not out of simplisti ....
this morning we are set to learn significant new details in the trials of donald trump. two key hearings in two separate cases, one in d.c., one in fulton county, georgia, moving the legal drama surrounding the former president into a new phase. and police calling it a rampage motivated by hate. a white gunman targeting black people in jacksonville, florida. shooting and killing three victims at a dollar general store. what we re learning this morning. also a major hurricane threat, tropical storm idalia gaining strength turning in the warm waters of the gulf and taking aim at florida s west coast. we are following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. and we are taking a look at governor ron desantis as he prepares to make remarks about hurricane idalia, as we just said. let s listen. we also have fdle on site today evaluating security on campus and making recommendations for any additional infrastructu ....
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be placed under arrest. i m jake tapper in washington, d.c. and this is the lead. this hour i m joined by my colleague kaitlan collins who s down there outside the fulton county jail. we expect mr. trump to surrender at 7:30 p.m. eastern. that s what he announced he would do, anyway. his motorcade arrived at the newark, new jersey airport in the last hour for his private flight down to atlanta. a number of trump co-defendants also surrendered today including former white house chief of staff and former north carolina congressman mark meadows. and the first trial date in the court has been set. pro-trump lawyer ken cheseboro, who is the alleged architect of the fake electors plot, we re told, cheseboro set to go on trial october 23rd. his team asked for a speedy trial, which is his right in georgia, although donald trump s lawyers oppose the speedy trial. kaitlan, you re down there in georgia outside the jail, fulton county. what is the environment like there? are ther ....
let s get to cnn s polo sandoval. we have zero indication there s any active threat to the public, but the investigation is certainly just getting underway here. you want to get you straight to what police have confirmed so far. as you look at the pictures that have come in, police confirmed that at least seven people were hurt during a situation that played out earlier this morning at 7:00 a.m. all of them are expected to survive, so there are no life-threatening injuries. we do understand, as we just saw from the pictures, this incident interrupted what was supposed to be the caribbean festival, which usually features about two parades. the first of whiches was getting ready to begin this morning when the shots rang out. you can see one vehicle that was damage d there. doing some digging, this is supposed to be a moment to celebrate, usually draws in large crowds and families that will line the streets in the neighborhood, but in the past, there s also attracted som ....