good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, august 25th. i m ali vitali in for jonathan lemire. and for the first time in american history, afirmer president of the united states has taken a mug shot. donald trump surrendered to fulton county jail yesterday where he was given an inmate number. trump was processed on 13 felony charges over alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. the former president was released on $200,000 bond shortly thereafter, but the quick stop at the jail isn t slowing down trump s presidential campaign. in fact, he s using his mug shot to solicit donations. in his first post since his account was reinstated on x which was formerly known as twitter, trump posted a mug shot linked to his website. they have shirts saying never surrender on it although that s what he did in fulton county yesterday. trump gave remarks after his booking. watch that. what has taken place here is a travesty of justice. we did nothing wro
the america that we all love. what about landing punches on desantis. we will focus on our message and worry about the other candidates foretime. i said from the beginning don t play for second. i have never played for second and i m not going to start now. it will be a job fair on the stage in the debate rather than to be a place where the truth is told. i m just going to be me. i mean, i feel like i have been preparing for this first republican presidential debate my whole life. it would be a shameful waste of time tomorrow if this turned into a pissing contest of who is more anti-woke. we should speak out in the areas where we disagree. the best advice i have ever got on debate preparation is don t make it boring. [drumline] [drumline] [drumline] [drumline] brian: there you go. that is not just any drumline. that is the greendale high school marching band. and that mascot isn t just any mascot. it s their mascot. ainsley: what is that? bri
disturbing whistleblower allegations against a transgender hospital. new revelations have come to light. former case manager jamie reid came forward with concern about mistreatment inside the hospital s transgender segment. doctors are pushing the hospital denied allegations and it didn t take long for many media organizations to shoot down the story dismissing the claims as unsubstantiated. msnbc host chris haze tweeted, meanwhile, other outlets conducted dozens of interviews with parents, employees and patients and found no coberation for the first report. dig harder, it is called journalism. the new york times did do digging, in this case, and corroborated some of jamie reid s key allegations as a missouri judge is now weighing the state s antichild mutilation law banning cross-sex surgeries or medications. it appears this whistleblower wasn t alone in how the hospital was treating minors with gender dysphoria. there were claims they were giving out hormones like can
themselves, kellyanne conway is challenging republicans to take the fight to democrats on the issue. sandra: she writes this, go on offense. democrats plan to put abortion on the ballot across the country and candidates everywhere will make this their central issue for the 2024 election. challenge them to reveal where they stand. let s bring in karl rove, former deputy white house chief of staff and fox news contributor. great to have you on this big week, a friday afternoon. what do you think about that strategy, put democrats on the spot where they stand on abortion. yeah, look, we got a lesson here in 2022 on this. strong pro life governors in for example ohio, florida and georgia won election by drawing distinction between them and their opponent. say i m in favor of setting a limit. shouldn t be abortions in the third trimester or second trimester or after 15 weeks, six weeks, ten weeks, whatever it was they were willing to defend it. parents ought to be involved in
surrender at the fulton county jail this thursday. an historic moment as the former president s bail is now set at $200,000. we have breaking details, ahead. also breaking, president biden touring the devastation from the deadly wildfires that have killed at least 114 people on maui, as the search continues for the 850 still missing. and expelled by putin. i ll be talking to a reporter from politico who was just forced out of russia after ten years of reporting there. why now? let s go outfront. good evening. breaking news, former president trump will turn himself in thursday at the fulton county jail. two sources familiar with the plan tell cnn trump s lawyers worked out that date during talks earlier today with the district attorney s office, a major and historic development after trump was indicted there for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election, including racketeering charges. this is video of his legal team leaving the courthouse late this afternoon in fult