jansing reports. the scene outside the georgia jail, so much happening already today, that of course where donald trump will surrender just a few hours from now. the sheriff promising no special treatment, arrested, booked, finger printed, height and weight noted with a new lawyer ready to fight charges that he tried to overturn the election. plus, the fulton county d.a. reveals the date she wants for trial as a parade of trump codefendants continue to turn themselves in. and new developments with two big names charged in the case. mark meadows and jeffrey clark losing their bids to avoid arrest with their bonds now set at $100,000. and the elephant not in the room, how eight republican candidates responded when asked would they support trump as the nominee if he s convicted. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. we begin with the breaking news from the d.a. s office about a proposed trial date for donald trump and his codefendants. vaughn hi
allow good morning, everyone. welcome to cnn this morning and his sunday, march 24, imam or walker, i m victor blackwell. thank you for joining we asked here is what we re watching for you today. donald trump has won day to come up with a half billion dollars, is trying to cover his bond in the new york civil fraud. civil fraud case. how trump s recent truth social post, complicate things and what happens if he cannot pay their new details about the terror attack in russia that killed more than 130 people plus our world leaders are reacting to rushes. honore found claims that ukraine was involved more than 300,000 customers are without power as a winter storm moves through the northeast, we re tracking that and the chance for severe storm and a jackpots keep growing. your next shot to win up to a combined 2 billion. that s a head on cnn this morning tick, tick, tick every second that goes by, donald trump get closer to that deadline. he has just one day to
election interference case is moving to a pivotal phase. all 19 defendants, including former president donald trump, have now surrendered to fulton county authorities and district attorney fani willis is setting the stage for trial. the day she told all the defense attorneys that her office is ready to share evidence, as she is putting for arrangements to begin the week of september 5th, right after labor day. still, no decision on the judge from that. meanwhile, trump s codefendants in the georgia case are making their own moves. today, his former campaign lawyer, sydney powell, filed a motion for a speedy trial. she is accused of promoting false claims of ballot fraud in the 2020 election. powell joins chesbrough in demanding a speedy trial. he was allegedly a key architect of the fake electors scheme. tonight, political reports that three trump codefendants say they became fake electors because the former president and his campaign lawyers told them to. with all of this, a
[inaudible] [inaudible] the same type of energy. oh my god, that was annoying, former new jersey governor chris christie, and entrepreneur vivek ramaswamy squaring off at last night s republican primary debates in the republican presidential candidate chris christie joins us now from milwaukee. it s great to see you i want to ask you a lot about last night. i m looking at the big picture first because we have donald trump putting out a statement saying he won the debate, i didn t see him on the stage. i guess he was doing an interview somewhere elsewhere. and then we have photos of the defendants, mugshots, where they re smiling. where rudy giuliani seems to be making fun of the situation. donald trump wants to make his surrender in fulton county a primetime event. they appear to think that this is funny, can you list the ways in which this is also very not funny? they can make as much fun of all the stuff as they want now, but having spent several years as the u.s. att
happening now, the first of 19 defendants in the 2020 georgia fraud case has been booked and released from jail, and in the next 48 hours, the former president is going to do the same after a agreeing to a $200,000 bond, and the restrictions that president donald trump is facing. new threat, the fulton county sheriff s department and several employees threatened for doing their job as donald trump prepares to surrender on thursday. one day until the first republican debate, and which candidate is planning to make the biggest splash? who is planning to take the biggest swipe at donald trump or someone else? we have brand-new reporting and snacks. i m john berman with kate bolduan and sara sidner. this is cnn news central. right behind me there a live look at fulton county jail in georgia where the first of 19 defendants has been released after being booked into jail. within the next 48 hour, former president donald trump is going to go through the same process. it is goi