, destroying everything in its path, killing 26 people. president biden there speaking with a young child, as you see, he was near governor tate reeves just a moment ago, and we are anticipating a statement from the president in the next few minutes, which we will bring to you live bianna president there with the first lady spending quite a bit of time, but this one family obviously you see their homes completely decimated behind them just gives you a sense of the power. of the storm and the tornado that went through the area. as you mentioned boris will get down to mississippi when the president speaks just momentarily. but meantime, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are reacting to the news that the former president is being indicted for criminal campaign finance violations. let s get you to capitol hill now and cnn s melanie s and nona, who is there for us, melanie let s start with trump s republican allies in congress. what s the messaging from them today? well republicans are r
right now his estate near west palm beach, florida, where we find cnn s leyla santiago, not far from mar-a-lago so little, what is the former president doing today? and when do we expect that he s going to leave for new york? do you understand that he remains at mar-a-lago just right behind me, and that it will be monday when he is expected to travel to new york in preparation for that arraignment on tuesday. now here we really haven t seen much out of the norm outside. the walls of mar-a-lago have seen some protesters come out in support of the former president. but just in the last few hours want to read to you this on instagram post by his daughter, ivanka trump that says i love my father. i love my country today. i am paying for both. i appreciate the voices across the political spectrum expressing support and concern now, one of his attorneys said that you should expect his legal team. to file some motions to dismiss here. listen. i would think. in
prison. we re all supposed to be looked at in the eyes of the law. the same right lady justice wears the blindfold. if that crime done was enough for me to be charged. find convicted and sent to prison. why am i any different than donald trump? but trump and republicans continue to label the prosecution by new york d a alvin bragg as a political persecution. today the secret service met with new york officials to discuss security measures for trump s court appearance. cnn s paula reid is outside the criminal courthouse in lower manhattan. so paula, what do we know about what will transpire on tuesday? will be on it on tuesday, weeks back that former president trump will arrive here at court for his arraignment. there is an effort here to treat him just like any other defendant, so he ll go through a variation on the usual process, which is expected to include fingerprinting, a mug
mississippi and at any moment we were expecting to hear from the president. he is there, meeting with local officials and residents touring the deadly aftermath of last week s powerful ef four tornado that touched down and just devastated that area. there. you see him with the first lady just talking to residents there. at least 21 people died in the threat is not over right now. parts of the mississippi valley are under a level five risk for severe storms. if you can believe that that is the highest level, that means that the area could once again see potentially violent tornadoes over the next several hours. people hard hit last week are being told to be prepared once again. horrible cnn white house reporter brasil alvarez is following the president in the town of rolling fork. so, priscilla, what can we expect to hear from him in just a few minutes? what we can expect him to reaffirm his commitment and the federal government s commitment to getting resources
that, as you can see around me has been devastated, and he that he is hearing from firsthand. remember, this is a moment where the president where president biden really serves as consoler in chief, and he has slowly taken his time to get to the podium. to hear from folks. of course, though, bianna and boris this comes against the backdrop of the historic indictment of former president president donald trump, now president biden has declined to comment on the matter that is in line with the strategy has taken over the course of his presidency to not weighed in on ongoing legal cases and more so focused on the issues that have a tangible effect on americans. that s his focus today. that s what we ll be hearing. moron is the recovery. brianna boris, and as we said, we ll bring you his comments as soon as they begin, priscilla. thank you. for more on today s major tornado threat once again for the area. let s bring in cnn meteorologist chad myers. so chad show us the area we re talking ab