as well. marc thiessen, andy mccarthy, nicole parker and juan william following along as we watch this play out in real time live this afternoon as we wait for the president to finish and to come out. first to mark meredith live there outside the courthouse in miami. hello there. hi, mark. martha, hello to you. the story at this hour is two very different scenes. the former president with his legal team and across the aisle the special counsel and the justice department ready to begin this long and lengthy process following the indictment unsealed last week. shows the former president will face 37 different felony charges as a result of allegedly holding on to classified documents and not turning them back over to the government. that s what is happening inside. outside the federal courthouse in miami a different story. you have a media spectacle where you have trump supporters and trump critics out here ready to make their opinions very well-known. we ve seen a couple hund
to him but to the government. his body man and alleged co-conspirator walt nauta appeared alongside him and also pleaded not guilty. all of it taking place in a city that has been bracing for this unprecedented day, this unprecedented event and as always is the case with donald trump bracing for the potential of violence. officials in atlanta are reportedly keeping a close eye on the security steps taken in miami given the possibility that fulton county district attorney may become the third prosecutor to bring charges against the ex-president. as for the ex-president himself, he has not spoken today, but on his social media site truth social he s been lashing out at the justice department, airing his usual grievances about the justice department and about what he calls a witch-hunt. his heated rhetoric against special counsel jack smith and attorney general merrick garland and the justice department will have no bearing on the legal process, however, judge jonathan goodman r
welcome back. the former president arrived to the courthouse a little over an hour ago via underground garage. he has already been booked and digitally fingerprinted. he is expected to plead not guilty to a 37-count indictment. mr. trump is accused of mishandling classified documents containing sensitive defense secrets about everything from nuclear programs to potential military vulnerabilities. while he s not expected to stay much many court today, trump has been saying plenty of social media. he s posted nearly a dozen times on the case just in recent hours and that includes multiple attacks on the essential counsel, jack smith, calling him a thug and accusing him of planting evidence all while police are keeping a close eye on the crowds gathered outside the courthouse in miami for the arraignment. but so far, no problems there. seems to be relatively peaceful. let s bring in our panel for how hour. ari is back with us as is andrew weissman, former lead prosecutor in
minister and a wake-up call for america s schools, how far behind kids have actually fallen during this pandemic. this is what we re watching at this hour. thank you for being here. i m kate bolduan. it is 15 days to election day and the numbers show there has been a surge in early voting so far. already 7.3 million americans in 39 states have cast their ballot. another state, florida, is kicking off early voting as we speak. today. that state is also set for a very big debate tonight between ron desantis and his democratic challenger charlie crist. this is the first and only debate of the campaign. so let s get started in florida. cnn steve canner is in florida. what are people expecting with this big debate tonight. the takes tonight could not be higher. 1.2 million people have already voted by mail in florida. that is almost half as many as we saw four years ago for the entire election or as you said early voting starts today and this is the only debate so the states
the blue line heading in the opposite direction is the president s approval average. you are watching fox and friends first, i m carley shimkus. ashley: i m ashley strohmier in for todd piro. take a look at that graph, approval going down, gas going up. when is last time you filled up? carley: as james carville says, it is the economy stupid, that is all that matters, kitchen table issues and we re going to dive into them this morning. ashley: yeah, i was saying, i don t know when the last time you fill up, when i cost up it is costing upward of $60 to $65, in a honda accord. my husband s gas kicks off at $75, where we live north of here. it is getting ridiculous and these are issues that people in america carley: also the inflation report coming out later this morning, we are at 8.3, when the president entered office it was less. ashley: republicans trashing democrats prime time january 6 hearing as nothing more than a partisan spectacle orchestrated just in ti