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First: Donald Trump says he's smart to skip this week's main event and maybe every other Republican debate on the calendar. A 2024 rival says he's afraid. 

Plus: The Fulton County jail serves as the setting for history whenever Donald Trump and his 18 co-defendants decide to show up and surrender. 

And: President Biden heads to Hawaii to offer a shoulder to a community ravaged by destructive and deadly fires. 

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After a fourth indictment for the Republican front-runner, Trump prepares to surrender to the Georgia authorities while his GOP rivals prepare to debate. Will the former president's absence give any of them a chance to emerge?

Plus, President Biden celebrates the anniversary of his signature economic bill. But why do few Americans know anything about it?

And, the tragedy of Rudy Giuliani – how ‘America’s mayor’ transformed into a conspiracy theorist and criminal defendant.

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Donald Trump's lawyers make a request for an April 2026 start to the federal election trial, in an attempt to make sure the case never sees the inside of a courtroom.

Plus, a game of risk. New CNN reporting outlines how Republicans plan to conquer a Trumpless debate.

And, President Biden invokes the whole enemy of my enemy is a friend theory of foreign policy, pushing two neighbors to put aside a generation of bad blood and send a message to China.

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First: Sources tell CNN the 2024 Republican frontrunner isn't planning to participate in Wednesday's Fox News debate and is instead proposing some counterprogramming. 

Plus: A memo from a Ron DeSantis super PAC with debate advice shows up online. It spells out what they want him to do, who they want him to hit, and how they want him to copy the man who likely won't be on stage. 

And: New CNN reporting about how Joe Biden doesn't want to see or hear about his son's legal problems, and the concern inside the campaign that's making the president numb to a very real re-election risk. 

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First: Donald Trump's latest indictment puts a familiar question on the former president's plate: Just when and how will he turn himself in? 

Plus: In just a few hours, Joe Biden will use the White House as a stage to explain to voters that his economic plans have worked. 

And: Tim Scott uses Iowa as a test kitchen to see if voters just might prefer a happy warrior over a former president. 

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First: Yesterday's charges from Georgia prosecutors against Donald Trump and 18 others trace 161 criminal acts starting before Election Day 2020, citing forgery, intimidation, fraud, perjury, hacking and more. 

Plus: Trump's 18 co-defendants in the election heist feature two movie poster names: Mark Meadows, his former chief of staff, and Rudy Giuliani, the former mayor who built his brand on locking up the mob. 

And: This fourth criminal indictment of the former president will test Donald Trump's theory that another set of criminal charges will clinch the Republican nomination. 

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First: Fulton County prosecutors are expected to start presenting evidence against Donald Trump as soon as tomorrow. They hope to secure a sweeping indictment against former president and those who aided and abetted the conspiracy to steal the 2020 election. 

Plus: Will Joe Biden's reelection run be dogged by his son's legal problems? Democrats fret as lawyers for the president's son insist an election year trial is not inevitable. 

And: Republicans get a closeup with Iowa voters. Who impressed and who disappointed? Iowa's Republican Party chairman joins the show live. 

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All eyes are on Georgia, and a potential fourth indictment. Soon, prosecutors will ask a grand jury to return charges related to Donald Trump's plot to overturn the 2020 election in the state.

Plus, exclusive CNN reporting reveals Georgia prosecutors have obtained text messages and emails that connect the dots between a 2021 breach of Georgia voting systems, and the former President’s campaign lawyers.

And, the President's son and the special prosecutor – US Attorney General Merrick Garland appoints a special counsel in the Hunter Biden probe, guaranteeing an election-year collision between law and politics.

Also, the Iowa State Fair brings a face-off over January 6, as Trump and Pence face hecklers.

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First: The federal judge overseeing Donald Trump's election subversion case warns the former president to watch his words and that the law must come before the campaign. 

Plus: Hecklers in Iowa turn up the heat and grill Mike Pence, serving up a side of jeers with their deep-fried Oreos and calling the former VP a "traitor" for doing his job. 

And: A powerful Republican says he doesn't need to wait for direct evidence that Joe Biden reaped rewards from his son's business dealings before sending subpoenas to the president's family. 

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First: Republicans roll into the Iowa State Fair for deep-fried Twinkies and a chance to deepen a connection with voters. It may be the only chance to see Donald Trump, whose debate stage decision is still tbd. 

Plus: Yachts, VIP passes, mansions, ranches, helicopters, private jets -- Clarence Thomas got it all on someone else's dime. Pro Publica has the receipts showing who paid for what ... and how many times the Supreme Court Justice may have broken the law. 

And: In a CNN exclusive, Joe Biden's campaign manager Julie Chávez Rodríguez joins Dana Bash for her first live television interview. 

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