trump between arraignment and trial behind bars? no. steve: given the dynamics being so largely in favor of joe biden in the last election, could donald trump get a fair trial in new york? it s going to be very challenging. the judge, his lawyers will seek extremely broad discretion, extremely broad latitude in questioning jurors for potential bias. and the judge should grant that very broad latitude. brian: and the timing would be after the 2024 election by the time the jury is said and this gets on the calendar. do you agree with that. could be before the 2024. typically case goes to trial in a year march 2024. theaterly happen before the next presidential election. steve: man o man. were you surprised that the indictment he he it was announced. i thought it would be adjourned further. and so many unanswered questions regarding the viability of this
judge same judge who sentenced former trump administration five months in jail for tax fraud. trump attacked with her chan on truth social. the judge assigned to my witch-hunt case a case that has never been charged before hates me. as for whether trump could get a fair trial in new york city. it s going to be very challenging. the judge, his lawyers will seek extremely broad discretion, extremely broad latitude in questioning jurors for potential bias and the judge should grant that very broad latitude. we re told law enforcement met today to discuss logistics and security for tuesday s court appearance. uniformed nypd officers have been ordered to be fully dressed and to be ready to be deployed at a moment s notice. bret? bret: bryan, thank you. the manhattan indictment is not the only legal trouble the former president is facing. there are ongoing federal investigations along with a state probe in georgia. here is correspondent david spunt. i have no comment at all.
about all the reasons why he did what he did. frankly, that s not what the trial is for. it s not an opportunity for him to simply have the podium and continue to say the same things he did in his manifesto and excuse himself. what i think his goal is, is, in fact, just that. but it won t serve him well when it comes to a jury who is going to be assigned a role. figuring out, listen, i hear your manifesto, i m not buying it. isn t it up to the judge to control that? yes, and the judge can actually say is the defendant if the defendant tries to disrupt the proceedings, he can take away the opportunity to represent himself and return to the state of normalcy with an actual attorney who is well versed in the rules of the court. it s not going to be a free for all for dill be roof. right now, we re all left kind of wondering what was his motivation. i suspect it s not benign. all right. right now jury selection is under way. he s questioning jurors.
washington monument. they voiced their solidarity saying the standing rock sioux are right in this respect, that they fear the sacred sites will be destroyed and that it s possible there could be water contamination because of this pipeline project, this $3.8 billion pipeline project. back to you. paul vercammen live from los angeles. a bit of news just in to cnn this morning. the judge in the dylann roof case is granting roof the right to represent himself. that s according to cnn affiliates. the 22-year-old is accused of killing nine people during a shooting inside a charleston church back in june of 2015. again, dylann roof is now acting as his own attorney and we believe right now he is questioning jurors. we ll have much more on this in the next hour of newsroom which starts after a break. where we explore. protecting biodiversity. everywhere we work. defeating malaria. improving energy efficiency.
that it would benefit them but i don t see how it is going to. their argument is there is so much publicity in boston their clients wouldn t get a fair trial. there is national publicity. heather: everywhere. that will be probably part of what the judge s ruling is here. courts don t want to move cases outside of jurisdiction. they want to use the voir dire process or process of questioning jurors to remove prejudice, bias or taint. can certainly do that in boston. you don t need to move the trial anywhere else. heather: how do you do that? certain questions. what questions do you want me to ask, prosecutors, what questions do you want me to ask. it is difficult process. i ve done this myself high-profile murder cases. you have a specific form and interview in voir dire each individual juror to insure people won t be prejudiced or biased, even if they heard about the case not based on evidence or the court of public opinion. it can be done. heather: how long do you think it will ta