GOP Rivals Tangle, Trump To Be Booked, Prigozhin's Plane Crashes
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In a republican debate, nicky hai called for consensus on abortion.

My pants did not here, my friend, but consensus is the opposite of leadership. How do the candidates bid .

for leadership? L, A, T, skipping. This is up first from N. P. R. news. Having skipped the debate, Donald trump is expected to be booked today at a georgia jail with a reputation.

It's a pretty horrific place sometimes nights res what the process .

for the politician who twenty twenty election and tried to stay in off the leader .

of russia's VGA group did not fall out of a window with other russians who were out of favor did instead his plane fell out of the sky. What happened to you have getting prego sion stay with us. You've got the news. You need to start your day.

What do you do when you're running for president? And the front butter you're trying to beat is, indeed, if former president trump is convicted in a quarter law, would you still support him as your party's choice? Please raise your hand if you would.

Most of the candidates raised their hands for fox news moderator red bear, which is what their party demands. The debate was also full of trump free moments where the candidates tried to stand out.

Sera Cameron was there and is on the line from mill walking, where IT is very, very, very early. Sarah, good morning. Give warning to and thanks for joining us. How did that moment go when the candidates were asked if they would support a convicted felon for president?

Yeah, you know, IT was kind of a strange moment. All those hands went up quickly, except for former arkansas governor asa hugin son and the former new jersey governor Christie, who has been a real critic of trump. Kind of awkwardness shook kz fish and then ultimately said he would not support the president in that case. But here's how entrepreneur and rising star of a vae from mos wami explained his raised hand.

let's just speak the truth. okay? The trump, I believe, was the best president of the twenty first century.

Meanwhile, former a vice president my pants was in a unique situation, saying he would support trump, but also touting his actions on january six, twenty twenty one, when he said that he chose the constitution over trump pants got some support for that from some of the other candidates, including Chris Christie, who use the moment to go after.

Whether or not you believe that the criminal charges are right or wrong, the conduct is beneath the office of president of the united states. Interesting, they guys to applause there. There were other occasions in which I know Christie was booed by the crowd. But were there occasions on which the candidates who are on stage were able to talk about republican policy?

Yeah, for much of the the debate really IT took a while to even get to trump in canada, tried to stay focused mostly on issues other than the former president. When IT comes to policy, Steve, one of the biggest split we heard was actually over abortion.

Of course, the issue that could be a real liability for republicans next year in a postal environment know some candidates, including pants, have called for republicans to support national restrictions on abortion. Former south CarOlina a governor, niki hailey, though the only woman in the race, has been more cautious. Former south CarOlina a governor, nicki Haley, though the only woman in the race, has been more cautious.

When IT comes to a federal ban, let's be honest with the american people and say, IT will take sixty senate votes. IT will take a majority of the house. So in order to do that, let's find consensus and here's how pens responded to that.

to be honest with the unique your, my friend but consensus is the opposite of leadership.

And there were some intense exchanges also around ukraine with both pants and hail strongly arguing for continued funding, florida government anti santis said he would not commit to more ding unless european countries do the same. Meanwhile, ara swami says the U. S. Needs to stop spending money on ukraine and .

focus on other things. How did this compare to the counterprogramming Donald trump, not in the debate, but on a video feed on x with carson? Well, IT was mostly .

a string of trump's greatest hits kind of earring his grievances for a synthetic year. But how much trump resonated or not may not matter at the end of the day. And I mean that literally, because he is expected to be booked in georgia on charges related to interference in the twenty, twenty election and that will probably once again draw all the attention back to .

him and your ceremony. Camin, thanks is always thank you. Now, sir, I mentioned that Donald trump drops by the filton county jail in georgia today.

Yeah, you can expect a few cameras, more than a few to capture whatever they can as trump is booked on thirteen felony counts. The former president, who tried to overturn his twenty twenty election defeat, has denied wrongdoing in his signature repetitive style.

didn't even have a case against me is not even a case everyone says, even the democrats say you can't bring these cases. You have no .

case the trump on x formerly twitter. The former president is accused of conspiring with eighteen co defendants to several the vote in georgia where he lost in twenty.

And just note, many democrats say you can bring this case in spite the former president said there. Sam Green glass of member station W A B E has been covering this case for the sam. Good morning.

Hey there. see. So how does he go when trump arrives a jail?

Okay, obviously there is no precedent for a former president being booked in a county jail, but we think we will see a motor cage shepard trump to the jail. But beyond that, reporters are not allowed inside uh, the later we do expect to see terms mugshot like we have so far with some of terms eighteen co defendant is the trump has been invited all times now, but this mug shot will be his first.

I get the impression the fault and canned jail is almost a character in this story.

Yeah, conditions at the jail are under investigation right now by the U. S. Department of justice. Defense attorney bob rubin told me he has two clients in the facility and both have been awaiting trial for more than two years.

They have no opportunities to go outside. There's no sunlight. The jail is smelly, as you can imagine the dangerous people in the jail. It's a pretty horrific place such that I sometimes have nightmares.

Of course, trump will just be processed today, so he won't actually be in there. That one.

although some other things may last long, i'm thinking in the fact that this focuses on events from twenty twenty and twenty twenty one years ago and the trial itself is not inside district turning funny well as wants to start the trial and about six months, which would be well before the twenty twenty four election.

Can you well, every defense attache that I have talked to you has given me a flat out? No, here's lawyer, Jeffery britton.

This is not a discussion about people trying to play the system IT simply takes a long time. And I just think that that is wishful thinking.

This judge will have to juggle up to sixteen defendants, plus proceedings in the other court cases. Trumps facing jury selection could take a long time too. And then some defendants are trying to move the case from state to federal court.

why? Well, federal law allows some federal officials charged for conduct under the color of office to remove their cases to federal court. Former White house cheap of staff mark medows attempted at first trump is expected to do the same, and amri law professor JoNathan nash says they might actually prevail.

Certainly has some merit i'll put in that way. So I don't see IT as any kind of .

frivolous filing now falling. Prosecutors would still argue the case, but in front of a federal judge, the jury would come from a federal court division stretching well beyond ivana. But state charges would still be a play which are not subject to presidential .

part of interesting W A B E. Sam Green glass in elena. Thanks so much.

Really appreciated. thanks.

As with so much in russia, we have no definitive word on the fate of the russian mercenary leader. You have any proportion.

He was listed as a passenger on a small jet that crashed yesterday northwest of moscow. That's the voice of an I witness watching the plane literally fall from the sky in a video posted on russian state media, but was forgotten actually, on the plane.

And paris Charles mains is following events from moscow. Charles, welcome. Well, what are the facts so far as they are known?

Well, first only know about the flight path. A radar shows the business jet heading from moscow to send Petersburg than a little over thirty minutes into the flight. The plane suddenly starts to fall from the sky.

As we heard in that clip here in your intro, russian ab, the authorities say there were ten passengers list on board among them of getting precaution, and rescue teams say they found ten bodies. Meanwhile, the crash sites been sealed off. The bodies of the victims apparently moved to a local more this morning.

What we don't have is any official statement, precautions, ons body or confirming his actual death, just as we don't have any confirmation what caused the crash. And both those factors have fuelled all sorts of rumors and conspiracy theories. That said, many of precaution supporters seem to think he's indeed gone. Makeshift memorial appeared outside the vaginal center and think pettersson g last night.

Many people would wonder how prego sion thought he could be safe anywhere in the borders of russia, and certainly how he could be safe traveling around.

Yeah, because he has certainly a lot of enemies, both in ukraine, let's not forget that. And within russia, the russian military, in particular precaution, criticize and insulted the top rest publicly. I don't think there's any question they hated him for IT, but the source progressions power and protection had always been his relationship, real or perceived .

with president flatman putin until procession mute more .

right in input and publicly ultimately endorse this deal that offered put precaution amnesty in life in exile and belarus and exchange for ending the and there was a sense here that progression, while a lesson figure politically, was being allowed to tidy up affairs and kind of plan, is next chapter. He was in saint Peters bird to close down his media holdings. He apparently met with african officials about organiser's future role there.

So there was a sense that he'd made immense and his ability to travel in russia, he to prove IT. But one of the other takeaway from the rebellion was the a putting look rather weak in the precaution, had chAllenged his authority and gotten away with IT. And certainly, that narrative now changes significantly.

Whatever happened to that plan, what happens now to the vigor group, which has been so important to russian military fortunes in ukraine and elsewhere in the world.

when there's been a growing sense that putin was interested in maintained vigers fighting force and less than keeping precaution as its leader, a putin spokesman said as much a when you were counted, the meeting between the russian president and vaginal rebels, including precaution in the kremlin the days after the mutiny. Yet this plane crash appears to have taken the lives and not only progression, but other top ordinar commanders, which mean vog is effectively .

to ted as organization and still have thousands, even ten thousands, armed men.

IT does and and if the past is any lesson, those mercenary have been fiercely loyal to precaution, you know, think back to the rebellion. Precaution told them to march on the southern russian city of rest of dawn and season military base. They did.

IT told him to march on moscow off. They went and then retreat again. They followed no questions asked. And in the wake of this crash, in prominent ordinary social media channels, declaring the precaution was killed by, quote, enemies of russia, my question is, who do the mercenary think that enemy is? And what do they now .

do about IT embrace charley means in moscow. Thanks is always for your careful reporting.

Thank you.

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