of the first federal arraignment of a former u.s. president in the history of this nation. security is tight as donald trump is about to respond to the most serious criminal charges, twice impeached and twice indicted former commander in chief has faced. trump is at his golf club outside miami, expected to heed to the courthouse soon. this is cnn s special coverage of the arrest and arraignment of donald trump. i m anderson cooper. i m jake tapper. the former president will be placed under arrest. he will likely be fingerprinted electronically and then he is expected to plead not guilty to the unprecedented 37-count indictment. trump is accused of willfully mishandling highly classified documents brought to his mar-a-lago resort after he left office and accused of allegedly conspiring to try to hide these documents, stashing boxes in unsecured locations, including a ballroom and a bathroom. trum aide walt nauta is also charged in the indictment and expected to appear alongs
packed over capacity in many parts of the 2000 thousand mile long border. of course, title 42 has come and gone and migrants keep coming, guys. we got here 1:30 local time and so far two different bus loads at migrants here at gate 42 loaded up and taken to processing centers. we shot video of that if you want to show it for our viewers. they are the folks who have done the paperwork. el paso sector already seen a surge of migrants trying to gets in illegally as well. check out these numbers. in april, el paso sector saw 1400 apprehensions per day. but in the last 48 hours, this sector had 1500 am apprehensions, homeland security secretary released in statement at midnight quote: starting tonight people who arrive at the border without using a lawful pathway will be presumed ineligible for asylum. the border is not open. people who do not use available pathways into the u.s. face tougher consequences including minimum five year ban on reentry and criminal prosecution. now ove
this morning for the first time in more than three years, the u.s. border officials are processing migrants without title 42, policy that allowed for quick and almost instant expulsion. that expired overnight. so over the last few days, there have been historic numbers at the border, but today, so far, it is important to note that our reporters there tell us that they are seeing long but orderly lines and no real change from last few days, and not the chaos so far that had been feared. but, the challenges remain, and the administration officials say it could get worse. this is brownsville, texas, last hour. you can see all of the buses lined up. they were filled with migrants who had just crossed there. cnn s rosa flores across the state in el paso this morning. rosa, give us a sense of what you are seeing. you know, you are exactly right. we have been monitoring the situation here on the ground, and everything so far looks under control. i talked to the city of el paso s s
to put donald trump in jail since 2015. and today, democrats have gotten them closer to that goal. and let s be very clear .t goal. the whit vere house is the key player in this game ofgame o political vengeance. now, sure, they re officially saying no comment when they were asked about alvin bragg s indictment of president trump. but make no mistake, tonight,ve joe biden bears the ultimate responsibility for what thisthi will do to america. will do toour nation s chief exe has the inherent duty to do everything he or she can presything he or she can to preserve america s standing in the world as the world s leading democracy. now, that means whether through back channels or public speeches, biden should have theeches, biden should have made it very clear that his party would oppose any locals prosecutor who uses trumped up criminal chargesarge to punish and humiliate a former prd humiliate a former president . but of course, biden didn t doid this. instead, oncent.e again, h
hello and welcome. donald trump has spoken publicly for the first time since he was charged with 3a counts of falsifying business records saying the legal action is an insult to america. the former us president earlier pleaded not guilty to hiding damaging information during the 2016 election. speaking to his supporters, mr trump said his only crime was to fearlessly defend the nation from those who would destroy it. in a campaign style speech, he lambasted the biden administration and repeated the false claims that he d been cheated out of office in 2020 by voting fraud. nada tawfik reports from new york. a show of defiance just hours after his arrest. back at his mar a lago club in florida, donald trump slowly made his way through a ballroom packed with crowds of supporters, shaking hands and relishing their attention. in his first public remarks since being indicted, he said the justice system had become lawless. and i never thought anything like this could happen in a