hundreds of people still missing on maui. we re following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. we begin this hour in georgia. today donald trump s defense attorneys are expected to negotiate his bond terms with the fulton county d.a. s office. trump and his 18 co-defendants have until noon friday to turn themselves in on charges tied to his attempts to overturn the election in georgia. we are closely watching two key sites in atlanta. the fulton county courthouse. that s where those negotiations will happen. and the jail where the defendants will have to show up and be booked. cnn s katelyn polantz is outside the courthouse. katelyn, what more do we know about these talks and about how long they ll take? reporter: well, we re
here s jonathan karl. reporter: with five days left to show up in georgia, donald trump s lawyers arrived at the fulton county courthouse today to negotiate the terms of his surrender. and several hours later, they had a deal. trump is expected to report to the county jail, where he will be fingerprinted and have his mugshot taken. then the former president will be released on $200,000 bond. but his freedom comes with conditions. trump can make no direct or indirect threat towards any potential witnesses, including his 18 alleged co-conspirators. and that includes posts on social media or reposts of posts made by another individual. the agreement is signed by trump s lawyers, a judge, and the fulton county d.a., fani willis, who is prosecuting the former president for allegedly leading a criminal conspiracy to overturn the election in georgia. it all comes as the republican presidential candidates prepare for their first debate on wednesday. but trump now says he won t be on that
county which was led at the time by the woman who is now the fulton county d.a., fani willis. esther panich is a georgia state representative and a defense lawyer who has handled two cases where mcafee was the prosecutor. in the cases i had with him, he made reasonable decisions related to pleas or discovery requests, and he was fair pop politics never came into it. university of georgia records show he was the treasurer of the law republicans, a group that serves libertarian members of the law school community and provides support for the republican political candidates. he was also treasurer of the law school s federalist society and an influential conservative and libertarian in the u.s. just a few months ago he presided over a case involving alvin wood, a conspiracy-touting lawyer. i have political views. i believe our country has been taken over by communism.
he does not have a very long record. we are about to find out. we certainly are. thank you, sir. appreciated. coming up later on this hour. we are going to hear from someone very familiar with fulton county d.a., fani willis s position and the logistics that may go into trying the case. former dea from neighboring county, jay tal morgan. democratic s georgia state representative shea roberts on the republican-led efforts to retaliate against fani willis. and fearing the death troll may soon third and why as residents are growing in career over the failures that contributed to so many lives lost. we are back in 60 seconds with a live report from maui. . , they fell in love with the irresistible scent. huh, huh, so did their dog roger. gain scent beads keep even the stinkiest stuff smelling fresh.
without independent voters. so they are never going to go for defunding jack smith at this point. that s never going to happen. all it s going to do is make the republican party look more isolated from most maamericans right now. i think the medfer of a box canyon is so right, but weirdly equally they also have an off-ramp. you know, it s a difficult off-ramp, but this is the point if you want to quit donald trump 91 felony counts is a great exit sign, and yet nobody seems to want to walk through that door. claire mccaskill, always wise, the ever sage former senator from missouri. claire, it s great to see you. thanks for your time. thank you, alex. still ahead this evening the weird, weird, weird, weird world of presidential politics and what this weird, weird, weird footage of mitch mcconnell helps explain about the desantis campaign. but first before that while donald trump attacks the fulton county d.a., the far-right is