be fair in this case, even if it means a lengthy voir dire process. blayne, the fourth criminal indictment of trump could come any day. how is fulton county preparing? reporter: we re watching it very closely. we re of fishlly at the start of week two of this three-week period that the da has laid out in which she strongly indicated we re going to hear her charging decision. the biggest difference here between this week and last week, ana, is the presence of security. look behind me. i ve been standing in front of this fulton county courthouse for days on end. this is very familiar territory. we ve never seen it look like this. both sides of the street are now impassable, being blocked by law enforcement cars. cars are not allowed to drive in front of this courthouse. more barricades, more metal barricades have gone up as well. certainly security is increasing. the other thing we re also gaining is a little more insight as the da prepares to present
tightening around this atlanta courthouse. starting today, a normally busy street in front of the courthouse is closed, as the fulton county da is milling indictments of the 2020 in election of interference probe. it could be coming at anytime. along with street closures, officials have set up security barriers outside of the courthouse, and the court is telling anyone with these court dates through august 18 to expect to make their appearance is virtually rather than in person. cnn s nick valencia is live outside the courthouse. i assume you are seeing a lot less than you normally would there, nick ? reporter: a lot more in some cases. these barricades when you re a couple weeks ago when we were outside reporting, let me get out of the way to show you these ramped up security preparations. these metal barricades, they are new as of today that shut down prior street, that street in front of the courthouse.
in georgia, a fourth indictment looms for the former president. blayne alexander joins us outside the fulton county courthouse. the area looks different today. what can you tell us? reporter: absolutely. that s because there s more security, increased security. we are in the middle of this kind of three-week period that fani willis has strongly indicated that we re going to see their charging decisions. each week of the three-week period, we have seen before. right now, traffic, main traffic is closed in front of this courthouse. the only vehicles that can come down are law enforcement and members of the media. through traffic is closed. we have seen barricades, metal barricades, orange barricades popping up around this courthouse, and that s another indication that we re watching closely and waiting to see when these will come down. the other thing we know is we know the folsom d.a. is preparing the case, presenting to preparing for a grand jury. two grand juries are currently
take the stand and talk about this pressure chain campaign that he faced. almost every conversation he had with the former president between the time of the actual election day an january 6 it appears this this issue came up even on christmas day up until january 6th it efl s. it would be truly extraordinary if pence took the stand and he would be an incredibly valuable witness. nick valencia is in atlanta. nick, you re seeing new signs fulton county is preparing for an indictment against mr. trump. what are you seeing? reporter: that s right, security preparations have really ramped up here in the course of the last several weeks, they ve been putting up metal barricades, some of these plastic barricades they ve filled with water to make them harder to move. part of these ramped up security preparations have to do with the countless threats that the fulton county da has received since leading this investigation. over the covers of the last year some of those threats fannie which w
from home. joining me now is blaine alexander outside the courthouse in atlanta and greg bluesteen, political reporter for the atlanta journal constitution. blaine, how s it look around the courthouse? i guess a lot less traffic. reporter: less traffic, more security. that s what we ve seen since the beginning of this day. you ve seen me in front of this courthouse for the better part of two and a half years. rarely does it look like this. more orange barricades, metal barricades. both sides of the street are blocked. that s one indication we need to be watching closely but the other is we know fulton county district attorney fani willis is preparing her case. we know subpoenas have gone out for people to appear before the jury here. in fact, just within the past 30 seconds, i confirmed another person, another former lawmaker here in georgia has received a subpoena. b. wen. she was another lawmaker who was inside that panel, part of that