end of his presidency. john: the case is likely to up end the 2024 residential race where trump remains the gop front-runner and says he is the victim of a political hit job by the biden justice department. sandra: fox team coverage begins now. bret baier and martha maccallum moments away with analysis, but jonathan serrie is live on the ground at the federal courthouse. what is the scene right now? more people are gathering and you can feel the anticipation of the former president about to arrive at the courthouse and we have learned more about the booking procedures. he will be digitally fingerprinted, no ink involved, and instead of taking a new photo of him, they are going to upload an existing photo, but they are still not going to release the existing photo to the media, and at no time will he be placed in any handcuffs.
every count he can t have one remaining count without risking a potentially terminal sentence. we could debate how likely that is. but jack smith can t lose a single juror. so, this is high stakes on both ends, and what you just described is going to play into the selection of this jury. john: so what an extraordinary scene we are seeing play out again here in miami as the former president makes his way to downtown miami to that courthouse, which by the way, is a beautiful building. typical new miami architecture, a lot of concrete, green glass as well, and that s where the president will be in the courtroom 13-3, presiding over today s indicate will not be eileen cannon, but magistrate judge jonathan goodman, had a
be, you know, large-scale like clearing out the public, clearing out the courthouse, you know, there is a whole bunch of accommodations that typically if a president was to go to a certain location, the part of the security plan by the secret service would be applied. that is not the case here. the secret service is focused on really just getting the president from point a to the courthouse safely and then depart without incident. they are just focused on that individual and all of the planning around that, the former president s security. other law enforcement entities, specifically the u.s. marshal s service and the miami police department, they have more responsibility in terms of the physical protection of the courthouse, the ferguson courthouse, which sits right in the heart of downtown miami, as well as the entire region. so the secret service is going to play that different role. we saw that applied in new york city.
route will be highly monitored by news organizations with helicopters. we saw that in new york. the role of the u.s. marshals, however, is also critical in this . they re actually protecting the physical building at the ferguson courthouse, in addition to protection of the courthouse, the physical asset, they re also charged with the protection of the federal process. by that, they re protecting the judges and court officers, ensuring they are not impacted and can engage in their activity later on this week. they play a different role. the significant burden in the security planning falls upon the miami police department. they re charged with everything that s outside of that courthouse on the day. we just heard from randi s reporting that we re going to have a lot of protests, counter protests, supporters and detractors from the former are president. the job of the miami police department is to maintain civil order around that courthouse in
- [announcer] do you have an invention idea but don t know what to do next? call invent help today. they can help you get started with your idea. call now 800-710-0020. welcome back. security is being ramped up in miami ahead of former president trump s court appearance on tuesday. randi kaye is there for us. what can you tell us about the logistics, the preparations for trump s arrival to federal court? reporter: it s a lot to try and protect here, that is for sure, including the former president. it s unclear where donald trump will be staying on monday night, which one of his properties. whichever one it is and however he makes his way here to the federal courthouse in miami, i understand they will likely have