Republican candidates for the 2024 US election are gathering for the party's first debate, but there'll be a glaring absence.
Former President Donald Trump will skip the debate, instead leaving the audience with a pre-recorded interview.
The debate comes just a day before Trump plans to surrender to Fulton county jail for his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election in the state of Georgia.
Politico's Josh Gerstein spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.
