Despite all that outrageous behavior. Plus, looking ahead to next weeks republican primary debate in which trump now says he will not participate. Im not making Chicken Noises right now, but i really, really want to. And Morgan Freeman joined me, yes, i said Morgan Freeman. Joined little old moi to talk about his new documentary on The First Black Tank Battalion to fight in world war ii. That interview is straight ahead. But we begin the reidout tonight with the clearest picture yet of the expansive plot trump and his allies unleashed after he lost the 2020 election. The January 6th Committee and Special Counsel jack smith exposed the what as well as the who in the plot. But it was the georgia case led by Fulton County d. A. Fani willis that really shows us the full scope of characters in the trump gang. The indictment is full of bizarre cameos like Texas Attorney general ken paxton who is referenced on page 30, when prosecutors note how donald trump attempted to get the Georgia Attorn
Im paula reid. Welcome to cnns 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 president ial race which will take place without trump, who is the frontrunner for the repuican nomination. Just hours ago, he made it official, he wont attend. Now, the eht candidates who will attend all trail trump by doubledigit 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 polantz. Katelyn
sense that right now as we speak, there is a deep, a wide, and a very aggressive panic in the democratic party. it started minutes into the debate and it continues right now. it involves party strategists in evolves elected officials. it involves fundraisers and they re having conversations about the president s performance, which they think was dismal, which they think will hurt other people down the party in the ticket and they re having conversations about what they should do about it. some of those conversations include should we go to the white house and as the president step aside, others are other the conversations are about should prominent democrats go public with that call? because they feel this debate was so terrible. they do say, in moments in the debate later, the president got better and got his footing. but then at the end, even his closing statement was a little halting. the contrast between the two candidates. let me be clear. none of them and a lot of repub
muesli.com slash tv i m zachary cohn and washington. and this is cnn hello, everyone. you re in the cnn newsroom, analyse and camerota president biden is fundraising and red bank, new jersey tonight, he s trying to reassure some major donors who are reportedly rattled by his very shaky debate performance. the president hit some wealthy zip codes today. first, the hamptons and then this new jersey event hosted by governor phil murphy. many democrats are wrestling with the question of whether president biden should continue to stay in the race and if he can win in november, seeing a white house correspondent, arlette saenz joins us now. so our let, what is the president s saying to these donors and how are they responded? well alison president biden is once again trying to assure members of the democratic party the he is up for a second term as president. the president is about to speak any minute now at that fundraiser and red bank, new jersey, that s hosted by the state s
your card from donald trump about his verdict, but what about stormy daniels? this hour, i will speak with her attorney, clark brewster, to learn how stormy learned of the verdict, and how she is doing now. and, her choice to wear a bulletproof vest. good to see you back in the studio. welcome to alex witt reports, i am yasmin vossoughian in for alex. there is even more new fallout from the verdict in donald trump/money trial, guilty on all 34 counts, if you don t know by now. a new poll conducted by reuters in the hours after the verdict shows 11% of republicans saying they are less likely to vote for trump, following his conviction, while 34% say they are more likely to vote for him. the new numbers are almost identical to true verdict pulling. with the majority saying the verdict would not change their vote. another new snap poll from morning consults shows that 54% of registered voters approving of the verdict, and 34% saying they disappear. these numbers, by the way, t