the fbi. police have ramped up security as violent rhetoric swirls online. we will speak to the police chief in doral. trump is staying at his resort there and preparing to head to the courthouse. we are learning the former president is searching for another attorney in florida to beef up his legal team and pushing for an aggressive approach. this hour of cnn this morning starts right now. we are about to witness an unprecedented moment in american history. it s never happened before. huge day ahead. yeah, i feel like there is always hyperbole, it can be possible sometimes. not this. this is unprecedented in every way. that s right. you are looking at the courthouse. live images of the federal courthouse in miami, florida, where former president trump will turn himself in this afternoon on federal charges. right now he is at his golf resort nearby in doral. he is vowing to fight these
i think it s absolute tyranny. that s what it is out here is tyranny. that s what we re seeing from the biden system and from the doj, just keeps getting worse. we don t even care if he s going to be in jail, and we have to write him in. you know to, to a lot of us, it like trump or nothing. we re not even looking at desantis as a second option. we re not looking at anybody else as a second option. reporter: so the former president is waking up here at his doral resort. there is plenty of security, sharp shooters, you name it, lots of security at the premise and outside the gates. he s expected to leave about 1:30 this afternoon. it s about a 20 minute drive to the federal courthouse. of course there will be plenty of security there, one major concern is any type of call to action. they certainly don t want another january 6th on their hands so they re taking all precautions not only here at doral, phil, but also at that miami federal courthouse.
he s probably going to step into incriminating himself even further. there are concerns from people in the area, from people who live here and people who work here. make no mistake about it, we re taking this event extremely serious. all he had to do was hand them in. he held onto them, why? we have one set of laws in this country, and they apply to everyone. good morning, everyone, we are so glad you re here with us on cnn this morning, and quite a day it is. quite a day, quite a week, quite a couple months. that s exactly right. there s also a lot of specific details that are going to be happening over the course of this day. that s exactly right, it is a historic day ahead, specifically in miami, but really for this nation. just hours from now, former president donald trump is set to turn himself in on federal criminal charges for allegedly hoarding classified documents at mar- mar-a-lago. right now he is at his resort in doral, florida, just miles from that mi
understanding according to law enforcement sources that a group of fbi acts have been tasked with going through social media posts for any possible threats to the federal courthouse in downtown miami. we re told they re also taking a look at communications between members of the proud boys because they were talking about traveling to south florida ahead of tomorrow. however, just about every law enforcement official that we ve talked to, including the chief of police for the city of miami, said right now there are no credible threats to miami. carlos suarez in doral, florida, thank you very much. joining us to further explain the security concerns over trump s arraignment is jay johnson, former director of homeland security during the obama administration. thanks for joining us. miami officials say they re prepared for tomorrow. some of the former officials we ve had here in studio watching what s going on in miami seemed alarmed, noting there s just yellow tape in some areas, a fe
we don t expect any issues. we appreciate the public s help, everybody going out there and expressing themselves in a peaceful and civil manner. reporter: so the chief of police really pushed back on some questioning there about exactly just where all of these resources are at this hour, when we might expect to see them outside this courthouse. the chief ended up saying, look, a lot of these decisions we re going to make will depend on exactly how many people turn out tomorrow. jake, there was a crowd of about 100 trump supporters outside of the doral property out here earlier this afternoon. at one point this afternoon, some of those folks got out onto the street. however, police here were able to get everyone back on to a sidewalk. jake. carlos, have any officials noted any concerning signs by extremist groups online of possible threats? reporter: well, it s our