the united states and all around the world, it is monday, january 31st. that went by fast. i m john berman with brianna keilar. prosecutors in georgia are asking the fbi for protection this morning because of things that donald trump said. speaking to supporters in texas, trump essentially called for people to take to the streets if charges are filed in the multiple investigations against him. if these radical, vicious, racist prosecutors do anything wrong or illegal, i hope we are going to have in this country the biggest protest we have ever had in washington, d.c., in new york, in atlanta and elsewhere because our country and our elections are corrupt. they re corrupt. as a result of that statement overnight, the fulton county district attorney, one of the prosecutors preferred to by trump there who is investigating his efforts to overturn the election results in georgia, asked the fbi to provide security for buildings and staff. trump also put out a statement overni
detail swept prior to the arrival, swept the entrances and exits, swept the driveway, swept the parking garage, as well as areas inside the building where she would be. however, clearly something was missed. further, when you look at the timeline, she arrived around 11:25 a.m. that day. the pipe bomb was president discovered until 1:06. she was evacuated at 1:14 through an alternate route far away from the pipe bomb. she was inside the dnc for nearly two hours before the pipe bomb was even found. clearly several questions about how this happened. it exposes not only a security gap here, but more broadly, when you think about the challenge for law enforcement on january 6th, there were security gaps clear through out the city because the day was so chaotic. law enforcement dealing with crises throughout the city that seemed to unfold minute by minute. bad actors had the opportunity to exploit those security gaps in some places. fortunately nothing harmful happened here. but it
happening now, the first of 19 defendants in the 2020 georgia fraud case has been booked and released from jail, and in the next 48 hours, the former president is going to do the same after a agreeing to a $200,000 bond, and the restrictions that president donald trump is facing. new threat, the fulton county sheriff s department and several employees threatened for doing their job as donald trump prepares to surrender on thursday. one day until the first republican debate, and which candidate is planning to make the biggest splash? who is planning to take the biggest swipe at donald trump or someone else? we have brand-new reporting and snacks. i m john berman with kate bolduan and sara sidner. this is cnn news central. right behind me there a live look at fulton county jail in georgia where the first of 19 defendants has been released after being booked into jail. within the next 48 hour, former president donald trump is going to go through the same process. it is goi
between the state and the justice department over controversial border buoys reaches federal court. we are following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. so in about 48 hours donald trump is expected to surrender right there, at the fulton county jail in atlanta. some of his co-defendants have already surrendered today as others unveil new legal strategies in the face of charges tied to efforts to overturn the 2020 election in the peach state. one defendant pinning it all on trump while another is trying to avoid being booked altogether. and two others completing the booking process. here you see john eastman leaving the jail. remember, he s the lawyer that devised that six-point plan for mike pence to reject the electoral college certification and try to block joe biden s win. let s get you live outside the fulton county jail now with cnn s zachary cohen. zach, we re learning more about the specifics of john eastman s b
it took police to respond 20 minutes to her calling. by that time she had already gone home. held accountable for defunding the police. dylan mulvaney. molson coors out selling bud light by 51%. finally putting foot down and saying enough. [cheers] and continues to go perfectly to the miami script. brian: all right. we re beginning here with a fox news alert. former president donald trump expected to appear in a d.c. federal court, let me check my watch. make it later today, how about 4:00 where he is facing four new felonies claiming he made false statements about the 2020 election. steve: mr. trump is now fighting to move the case out of washington, d.c. where joe biden won by 95% last time around, where he says he would not have a chance at a fair trial. ainsley: 95% of them are anti-trumpers. and griff jenkins is live outside of the d.c. courthouse with the latest for us. hey, griff. griff: hey, good morning, ainsley, steve and brian. security is getti