outside the u.s. district court building in south florida with the latest. good morning to you, jonathan. good morning, steve, ainsley and brian. security is always tight around federal courthouses. buff you can only imagine it rises to a much higher level when the defendant is a former u.s. president. the washington post is reporting law enforcement are actively monitoring online threats from extremists groups. monitoring their plans for rallies in the miami area. one of them reportedly planned for outside the courthouse tomorrow. also bringing in additional officers. mr. trump has been indicted on 37 counts, related to the alleged mishandling of classified white house documents stored in various locations around his mar-a-lago estate in palm beach, florida. the charges include 31 counts of willful retention of national defense information with other charges related to mr. trump s alleged efforts to conceal the documents from federal investigators. south carolina senator linz is i
proud boys contingent that exists in south florida. they re planning a rally tomorrow. i don t know why seditious conspiracy convictions for their leaders wouldn t change their attitudes toward things but it doesn t seem at least as of now that it has. how much are you concerned about organized violence by organizations like the proud boys and the oath keepers? certainly, there is the potential for violence both out of organized groupers, i would hope some of the convictions coming out of january 6th would serf as a deterrent, but it doesn t include all individuals who might be motivated toward violence. you might remember the attack on the fbi field office in cincinnati, literally days after the search at mar-a-lago. middle ohio, nothing to do with the search done in florida, but what that means is certainly, i expect fully that law enforcement in the miami area, federal law enforcement, to state and local officials, will be very prepared to have a safe courthouse. also, that fbi
phenomenon that happened. i think democrats didn t necessarily know in 2022, compared to of course what happened across the country performing better than expected, but when you look at this particular, race really kind of all hands on deck here. republicans really sought it out. and by doing, that it seems that they pulled it off. what is this telling them going into 2024? well, i ve always thought that in order to be really competitive in florida, it s important to engage in what is effectively a regional strategy, focusing resources on jacksonville, focusing resources on the miami area. and so even if democrats may not win florida, it will be very competitive and tough given that desantis seems to be going so hard right that it s alienating a lot of voters and i think that there s an opportunity here for democrats that may not have existed in the last four years. donna edwards, david jolly,
ashley: the gulf coast is under a flash flood warning with a strong storm system expected to batter florida with more tropical downpours. fort lauderdale airport shut down, heavy rain and floods could be life-threatening. todd: people at the airport say flooding blocked the exits. the airport will remain closed until at least noon today. janice dean has the forecast. janice: more rain in the forecast. that area of low pressure is bringing in tropical moisture, like a tropical storm. it is not named, not a depression, but bringing heavy rain in a short period of time. there is fort lauderdale, miami area, we have flood alerts through this evening and we are
good copy nicole former fbi agent but a resident of miami what are your people inside i know you keep contact with a lot of folks that are still in local law enforcement as well as the federal law enforcement. what are they telling you about operation because this is a big event. this is a huge event i m a resident of miami beach, and this is something that we anticipate every year and you just don t know what to expect but miami is the place to be. but it is something that local law enforcement is prepared for. they know that this is coming and, i mean, we re talking thousands and thousands of people coming from all over the united states. i know today was what they call the skip day, that s a new event i wasn t familiar with that today thousands of students senior skip day, came in, you know, hung out down south at fifth around first street and it was a huge celebration. many of them are very local individuals, you know here in miami i spoke to several of them and they said they