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president. they want to make sure there isn t another situation like they had on january 6th, at the u.s. capitol. no call to action. they ve been monitoring all of that. no threat assessment as of now. randi kaye, thank you for that, live from doral, florida, where the president spent the night. with just hours before the arraignment, cnn has learned which attorneys are representing trump. what can you tell us about the legal team? what are you learning? you won t see new attorneys to go into the courthouse today, despite his efforts to add someone before the 3:00 arraignment. it will be todd blanche and chris kye. the two attorneys will join
cnn chief law enforcement analyst john miller is here. you have sources everywhere. how do they feel right now? at 9:00, 10:00, this morning. where do things stand? miami d.p. is very confident they have what they need in terms of personnel and the help from other agencies. there s been a little tension in the background between the secret service and the local authorities. the secret service knows there s demonstrators and a cloud there. they like to have that locked down with barriers. but the miami p.d. says we have adequate personnel. there doesn t appear to be a giant threat to the former president from trump supporters who are coming to support him. they re confident of the perimeter. they re going to shut down two blocks around the courthouse. the former president s motorcade is going to go under the building and into a garage. he will be brought up a freight
this is the first step. today s hearing is before a magistrate judge. they have plenty of time to get this team assembled before it goes before the trial judge, aileen cannon, a trump-appointed federal judge. she has made one decision in a matter related to this case. it was criticized by legal scholars and eventually overturned. usually the judge is not a big storyline in a trial, she likely will be. and every decision she makes will be scrutinized. today, the first step in what is expected to be a very long and truly historic case. paula reid, for us at the courthouse. an eventful day, a solemn day. a historic day. keep us posted on anything you see. bus loads of supporters of former president trump are riled up and planning to rally outside of court this afternoon. supporters are ready. randi kaye is there. you were inside the resort.
i m erin burnett in new york. and i m dana bash in washington. welcome to a special edition of inside politics. the federal indictment of donald trump. in just a few hours, a former president will be arrested on federal charges for the first time in u.s. history. donald trump is set to face a judge in miami this amp for an unprecedented arraignment on 37 felony charges tied to his alleged miss handling of classified documents after leaving office. outside the courthouse right now, we can see some ramped up security and already crowds of trump supporters and protesters have gathered. so far, so peaceful. one thing we won t get, though, and everyone should understand this, we re not going to get to see inside the courthouse where trump will be taken into custody, so there aren t going to be handcuffs. he will have his fingerprints taken digitally. at the arraignment, he is expected to enter a not guilty