donald trump is said to be arraigned in federal court. the former president said to appear in court at 3:00 p.m. eastern time in miami. and he is expected to enter an initial plea of not guilty to the charges. a judge ruled no cameras will be allowed in the courtroom. and sources tell cnn that he spent yesterday searching for another potential lawyer to bolster his legal team. all while law enforcement officials say that they are ready for the appearance and any protests that it hey bring. and they are coordinating with federal partners to make sure the courthouse is secure. and chris christie railed against his former boss. in a cnn town hall last night, the once ally and campaign adviser called trump s actions, quote, vanity run amok. and trump s allies continued to defend hill. marjorie taylor greene announcing that she plans to introduce a measure to defund the special counsel and his investigation. cnn this morning special coverage starts right now. just hour
then we were divided in 2020. so, the way i would go about it is very direct and very simple. that there is no bad opinion. you want to express your opinion in this country, express it i want to hear. and then everybody gets a round table and resolve our issues. one of the time. the same way we used to do at dinner parties for the last eight or ten years. it wasn t like there weren t political differences to discuss. it s just that people did not start throwing their cutlery and it was a little more civilized. and it was not as if our democracy was at stake. see, in the end if you make everything a crisis, and it will be. and i heard the president today, joe biden earlier today talking about how he was concerned about democracy of donald trump getting elected again. and then i heard donald trump yelling and screaming about how badly he s been treated, these two guys need to stop worrying so much about themselves and start worrying about you. my approach to being president wou
appear in a federal courtroom in a matter of hours, where he will be arraigned on criminal charges. the first time a former u.s. president has ever faced federal charges. security around the courthouse in miami is tightening ahead of trump s court appearance, as his supporters gather to rally around him. russia launches an overnight attack on central ukraine. missiles ripping through a residential area, leaving several people dead and others wounded. thanks for joining us. we are hours away from a historic arraignment inside a miami courthouse. where former president donald trump will appear to hear the 37 criminal charges against him. trump traveled to his golf club on monday, where sources say he spent the day speaking to potential candidates to add to his legal team. we re told, trump is ready for his attorneys to take an aggressive stance against the justice department, as they defend him against allegations of mishandling classified documents. the republican candid
arraignment expected to be met with crowds outside of the courthouse. law enforcement declaring they re ready if protests take a turn for the worse. inside trump s legal strategy. the possible defense plans his team could use. could this all end up at the supreme court? all coming in to cnn news central. that is the miami federal court, where in just a few hours, former president donald trump will surrender himself to the custody of federal marshals. we just learned intriguing, new information to the extent that trump seems to be keeping the other individual indicted, walt nauta, as close as he possibly can. he flew with him to florida and ate dinner with him last night. at this moment, trump is at his resort in doral, a few miles from the court. cnn has exclusive video of the president last night greeting supporters there. later, the former president will be taken by car to the court. it is expected he will drive under the building. his appearance is scheduled for 3:00 p
america you re still innocent until proven guilty. we re in a situation where there are people in my own party who are blaming doj. how about blame him? he did it. a few of donald trump s challengers in the 2024 race reacting to his indictment as the former president is now just hours away from his arraignment on several federal charges. we ll have a full break down of what is expected from today s hearing. and we ll look at the extra security measures in place outside the miami courthouse amid possible protests and threats of violence. meanwhile, house speaker kevin mccarthy refused to condemn those threats, some coming from members of his own party as he defended the former president. good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, june 13th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. it s a historic day, and former president donald trump is now just hours away from his first scheduled court appearance as a federal criminal defendant. bu