on all of this later on. we re separately learning that the bond order that the president had to sign in order to leave the courthouse states that he had no contact with any witnesses in this case, including walt nauta, that was indicted. the former body man for the president who was helping him move boxes around. some say that he was this co conspirator that hatched this plan to hide that from authorities. so much we don t know. this much we do. the former president went ahead and signed that bond order about a half an hour ago. let s get the latest from mark meredith in miami. he takes a look at what went down just a few minutes ago. hi, mark. neil, good afternoon to you. a historic day. these proceedings will continue long after this arraignment hearing wrapped up in the last few minutes. as we mentioned, the former president pleading not guilty. the justice department under the special counsel last charged him with that he conspired to hide these classified documents as
congress came out forcefully on the side of the former president. they claimed others who did the same thing were let off or given a slap on the wrist. we re going to lay out the facts of those cases that they continue to cite to let you compare and contrast for yourself. but as for bill bar, donald trump s attorney general who helped shield him from trouble after the mueller investigation, there s no comparison. we re going to play that sound byte while we also watch this plane for donald trump to disembark. let s listen first. there are two big lies, i think, that are out there right now. one is, oh, these other presidents took all of these documents. those were situations where they arranged with the archives to set up special space under the management, control, and security provided by the archivist to temporarily put documents into the libraries were ready. these were not people just putting them in their basement. okay. and the second thing that the president, the id
preparations for the trial. tomorrow, there s going to be an event in downtown miami at the courthouse, and we wanted to assure the public that we ve already begun preparations. everyone has a right to peacefully express themselves and exercise their constitutional rights, and obviously do it in a peaceful manner. our north america correspondent david willis is following developments from washington. he arrived by private plane to miami airport a short while ago and is spending the night at his hotel in the city before embarking on the short journey, about 20 minute motorcade journey to the federal courthouse in downtown miami tomorrow afternoon, in time for that three o clock scheduled arraignment and historic event by any standards. it s likely that mr trump will be brought into the federal building through an underground tunnel, i understand. he will then make his way to the sixth floor to the us marshals office, where he will be fingerprinted, a mug shot will be taken. he
his club. we ve got all angles of the story covered including new reporting that the arraignment could be delayed. meanwhile, in pennsylvania, the governor expected to issue a disaster declaration today after a tanker carrying gas burst into flames causing a section of i-95 in philadelphia to collapse. this critical stretch of highway could be shut down for months. a miracle in colombia, four children found alive deep in the amazon jungle 40 days after their plane crashed. we ll bring you a live report from bogota. and a major clarification from the biden administration, how china has been spying on the u.s. for years with help from the cuban regime. we begin with breaking news on preparations for what could be an historic court appearance in florida. this hour former president donald trump is set to leave his golf club in bedminster, new jersey, for newark airport. there you see these live images of the group of automobiles that will be carrying the former president to
to be generate six of 2021, and if he were to be charged with sedition or insurrection, there are even more serious insurrection, there are even more serious consequences, and if he were to be serious consequences, and if he were to be charged with sedition or insurrection, there are even more serious insurrection, there are even more serious consequences constitutional questions serious consequences constitutional questions january 6. anyone who has pledged questions january 6. anyone who has pledged a oath of loyalty and given has pledged a oath of loyalty and given aid has pledged a oath of loyalty and given aid or comfort to an insurrection is barred from public office insurrection is barred from public office and insurrection is barred from public office. and that is under the constitution, so these charges might not be constitution, so these charges might not be disqualifying, they are not mentioned in the constitution, with respect mentione