i m paula reid. welcome to cnn s 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 presidential race which will take place without trump, who is the front-runner for the repuican nomination. just hours ago, he made it official, he won t attend. now, the eht candidates who will attend all trail trump by double-digit 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 po
meeting. in atlanta jurors hearing evidence against former president donald trump and others in a case about election interference. a possible fourth indictment looming against trump, and it could be the most complex yet, even ensnaring several others in his inner circle. pointing the finger, a new lawsuit blames the power company for those catastrophic wildfires on maui. but officials have not yet said what caused them. the humanitarian crisis is growing along with the death toll. the fire is now the deadliest in more than a century. survivors coping with losing their homes, loved ones, the threat of homelessness as well. and an act of piracy. that is what ukraine is calling russia s boarding of a cargo ship in the black sea. the latest fight over shipping in this critical area since a key grain deal collapsed last month. we are following these major developing stories and many more, all coming in right here to cnn news central. today another grand jury is meeting, hea
front runner for the 2024 nomination, is accused and facing a slew of new charges for allegedly master minding a plot in georgia to stay in power. he and all the other defendants now have ten days to surrender. late last night, an atlanta-based grand jury voted to indictment trump and 18 other people, including mark meadows and rudy giuliani, on state criminal charges across 41 counts. all of them stemming from their alleged efforts to overturn trump s 2020 defeat. the indictment arguing that all of them, quote, refused to accept trump lost and know ingl and willfully joined a conspiracy to unlawfully change the outcome of the election. so this is a racketeering case, charges brought against mobsters, alleging a widespread conspiracy to commit multiple criminal acts. trump is accused of 13 new crimes. he s now charged with 91 crimes from the four indictments. trump calls the new charges politically inspired. the defendants face an august 25th deadline to turn themselves i
all over place today. the news has been fun. thanks for joining us, thanks to all of you for being with us. i m kasie hunt, cnn news central starts right now how many very soon former president trump back in court? the big question will trump be able to run out the clock in his classified documents trial and any moment a judge could rule on whether fulton county da fani willis is kicked off the georgia election subversion case for the first time in history, a sitting vice president is visiting an abortion clinic. what this tells us about the huge political shifts on this issue and it s a go as of now, the countdown to a major test for the world s most powerful rocket, and also known as nasa is best bet to sending people back to the moon. i m kate bolduan with john berman and sara sidner. this is seen cnn news central we begin with legal battles galore in georgia with the da in his georgia case. will she get the boot in trump s georgia case? we could get that answer any
house. i m sure you have heard that. ainsley: brooke singman spoke exclusively with the former president last night and joins us now. what did he say? that s right. i spoke with the former president last night who says his fourth indictment comes during a, quote, dark period for our country but he won t let it stop him president trump telling me this is a consideration of the greatest and longest running witch-hunt in american history. i will make america great again. now, late last night trump was indicted by fulton county georgia d.a. fanny willis alongside 18 others that included personal attorney rudy giuliani. former white house chief of staff mark meadows and even kanye west former publicist. traveled to the home of an election worker in fulton county. these charges come after a year s long criminal investigation over his alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election in the state sparked by a phone call he made to georgia s secretary of state back in de