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we begin our second hour with several major developments in the georgia election interference case. donald trump pleaded not guilty to 13 criminal counts on thursday, waving his arraignment. trump s lawyers submitted the plea in writing and notified the court he will not appear in person this coming wednesday. rudy giuliani became the latest codefendant to waive arraignment, entering a not guilty plea on friday. in total, 12 defendants have done this so far. the ex president and some of those charged along with him are also pushing to break up the broad 19 defendant rico case, in a separate filing, trump s lawyers act judge scott mcafee to sever his case from his codefendants who have asked for a speedy trial. at least two defendants have done that, former trump loyal sidney powell and kenneth chesebro. chesebro has been scheduled for october 23rd. like trump, they ve asked to have their cases tried separately from others. as trump and his codefendants push for their pr ....
headquarters in new york. welcome everyone to alex witt reports. developing this hour a major week ahead in the georgia election case. former president donald trump and his 18 codefendants are due to be arraigned. trump and 11 codefendants have waived the need to appear in person, but we ll be watching for the six others who have yet to do so, including mark meadows, since they could be televised life. we could also see the release of the fulton county special grand jury report by the end of this week which has been at the center of d.a. fani willis investigation. now, despite legal troubles, trump is dominating the gop primary, leading in a new poll by 46 points. earlier today, republican governor chris sununu said the former presidents rivals need to hit him harder. i think they have to be a little tougher on trump. chris christie goes nuclear on him, god bless christy, he does a great job with that. he exposes a lot of that, which i think is important. i think wh ....
tapper: in 2009, south carolina governor mark sanford was a republican rock star. his reputation as a budget-slashing deficit hawk family man had the gop betting on him to beat obama in 2012 until he became a missing person. the search for sanford threw his office into chaos and turned up a secret love affair and a bizarre set of lies that coined the phrase to hike the appalachian trail. but it also revealed something deeper how even the most tightly controlled political persona can mask the messy, imperfect reality of a human being. and counterintuitively, when the world was crashing down around him, baring it all might have been the savviest political move of mark sanford s career. it s monday night. do you know where your governor is? that s what the citizens of south carolina are wondering where in the world is our governor? a mystery tonight in south carolina. the state s governor, mark sanford, disappeared for days. governor alert: the search for mark ....
along the appalachian trail to get there. [birds chirping] tapper: being from philadelphia, i have an inherent distrust of anything that comes from new jersey. although i do acknowledge that the garden state punches way above its weight when it comes to political scandals. [indistinct conversations] in 2004, the democratic governor of new jersey, jim mcgreevey, stepped into a press room just like this and became an overnight sensation when he admitted to a gay affair and resigned in the same speech. a governor coming out of the closet was genuinely shocking, a career-killer at that time. looking back, though, i can t help but feel that we were also quick to embrace the headline that we may have forgotten to dig a little deeper, because the reason why jim mcgreevey resigned is a lot more complicated than we remember. ah, new jersey america s communal jacuzzi, or cesspool, depending on who you ask. [glass shatters] a land with its own unique culture and customs and a ....
ahead on cnn newsroom, the list of donald trump s co-defendants who say they re innocent keeps growing. where a trial stands and what we re expecting next. plus, millions of americans are getting ready to hit the road this holiday weekend as summer comes to an official end. flying or driving, a look at why travelers will want to head out early. and the pope making what might seem like an unusual trip. we ll look at how it might be more about one country s neighbors. announcer: live from cnn center this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. the sprawling racketeering case in georgia that s been brought against donald trump and 18 others could be upended at any time by a federal judge. at issue is whether one defendant, former trump chief of staff mark meadows should have his case moved to federal court. if that happens it could have a snowball effect on the others, including trump. meanwhile coconspirators rudy giuliani and six others are the latest to enter thei ....