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big legal and campaign decision will be about the timing of all these cases against him. especially now that one of his 18 co-defendants in georgia is scheduled for trial in october. that is single digit weeks away. cnn's zach cohen is live outside the courthouse this morning. the action is not over there yet, not even close, zach. >> reporter: john, it's been a whirlwind 24 hours here in atlanta, but, you know, with he saw a parade of witnesses -- or a parade of defendants and their lawyers here at the courthouse yesterday and then eventually surrendering before donald trump came down at the fulton county jail down the street. now, look, we still have a lot of moving pieces in play here. looking ahead the legal challenges for the district attorney fani willis as she tries to prosecute all 19 of these people including the former president at the same time are already starting to pop up. you mentioned that the trial date for one of these defendants ken chesebro who was a lawyer
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sympathetic than the one that they might get from the atlanta area. the state house courthouse there is based in fulton county in atlanta. joining us now is former mayor of atlanta, keisha lance bottoms. good to have you. you were there last night. this is your city. for it to happen there, what were you thinking, what were you feeling, what did you see? >> it was a very sad evening for me. i used to work inside the fulton county jail as a magistrate judge, so i've been inside the building, i've represented clients who have been inside that building. it is not a pleasant place. and to see the former president of the united states booked into that jail, i think really it is a sad day for all of us across america because it really is a disgrace that a former president has done things and encouraged others to do things that would lead him to a booking inside the fulton county jail. so i didn't take any joy in
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>> reporter: poppy, you got to see this. this is called the cool mitt device, new technology that cools the internal core body temperature of the athletes. it is set up at every three holes on this tour championship course. incredible. i have my hand in it, and it is cool to the touch. it literally can drop your internal body temperature in a matter of seconds. helping to regulate the players here on the field as well as spectators. >> like those heating things you use in your -- you're from atlanta, you don't know. >> do i have to be a member of the pga tour to get one of those? >> victor wants one. >> reporter: i'll bring it home. they're only a cool $1,000. >> all right. >> all right. thanks, derek. "cnn this morning" continues right now. >> i really believe this is a very sad day for america. this should never happen. >> the 45th president of the united states has now been arrested for the fourth time this year on criminal charges. >> this is the picture that will
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elie, thank you very much. victor? >> within five hours now for the rest of donald trump's co-defendants to turn themselves in there at the fulton county jail. what is next as the district attorney eyes as poppy and elie just discussed that october trial date? the former mayor of atlanta keisha lance bottoms joins us next. she was outside the jail last night. and vivek ramaswamy, apparently feels confident after the republican debate. why he says he thinks he'll win the 2024 election in a l landslide. ♪ zyrtec! ♪ works hard at hour one and twice as hard when you take it again the next day. so betty can be the... barcode beat conductor. let's be me than our allergies! and for fast, allergy relief with a powerful dengestant, try zyrtec-d.
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helping trump at the time that was set tentatively by a judge yesterday but the judge played clear that that only applies to chesebro and not the other 18 defendants who fani willis says she wants to try all together. we are starting to see maybe some cracks developing or at least complications developing in that effort to try them all together. we also know that there's several defendants trying to get this case moved to federal court, among them is former white house chief of staff mark meadows. he is arguing i was operating as a federal government employees at the time, the federal government -- sorry, the federal court should throw this case out because of it. fani willis does not buy that argument and she's arguing you were a central player in this broader conspiracy to overturn the election and this case should stay in atlanta. we are seeing the legal challenges popping up with a sprawling rico case like this. yesterday's action leading into more action looking ahead. >> yes, trump did surrender, we see the mugshot -- that's mark
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affecting the start of the school year for some. here's abc's jacqueline lee. >> reporter: tonight, the cdc says a new covid-19 booster should be available to millions of americans in just a few weeks. president biden today requesting additional funding. >> it is recommended that everybody get it, no matter what they got before. >> reporter: spikes in cases already spoiling the start of the school year for at least two districts in texas and kentucky, temporarily closing this week or moving to remote learning. and mask mandates returning where infections are clustered, including morris brown college in atlanta and entertainment company lionsgate outside los angeles. covid hospitalizations are up, rising more than 21% the week of august 12th, the fifth week in a row, according to the cdc, but still three times lower than this time last year. health officials are urging people to get the updated booster shots when available, emphasizing immunity decreases over time and the covid-19 virus
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and on the same day, judge tanya chutkan is expected to set a trial date in the federal elections case. joining us now with more is msnbc legal analyst lisa rubin in atlanta, and gwenn keys fleming, former district attorney in dekalb county, which neighbors fulton county, the co-author of the brookings institution report fulton county georgia's trump investigation. so, lisa, i want to start with harrison floyd who had his hearing this morning. what do we know happened? >> we don't even know if that hearing did happen. here's why. our field producer inside spoke with fulton county superior court judge scott mcafee who said that harrison floyd remains at the jail today because he hasn't posted bond, that he's entitled to a hearing within 72 hours, but it is not going to be today in all likelihood and not going on right now. that's as much as we know, that's reportable at this time, jose.
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the district attorney, fani, fani willis, in atlanta, she's getting killed. suddenly she is saying trump doesn't have the right to to criticize an election. >> amy lee copeland, is that we just attorney willis is saying? >> that's not what she saying. she saying i have a statutory duty to determine if there is probable cause. i think there is, i take him for a grand jury. if the jury, if the grand jury finds probable cause, then i seek an indictment. that's what she has done here. she did this both at the regular granary stage, but even before them. she got a special purpose grand jury. so no one can claim that this was rushed. that special purpose grand jury, heard 75 witnesses and consider documents over the course of months. so mr. trump has gotten twice as many procedural protections as most criminal defendants have. she doesn't decide whether or
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