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of the first federal arraignment of a former u.s. president in the history of this nation. security is tight as donald trump is about to respond to the most serious criminal charges, twice impeached and twice indicted former commander in chief has faced. trump is at his golf club outside miami, expected to heed to the courthouse soon. this is cnn's special coverage of the arrest and arraignment of donald trump. i'm anderson cooper. >> i'm jake tapper. the former president will be placed under arrest. he will likely be fingerprinted electronically and then he is expected to plead not ...

Are being made continue to be made in the way they're being, he might be the nominee. i think it's time to have -- to sort of turn the page v a different conversation about prosperity for our country a conversation about where the dynamic competitive threats are going to come from and how do we position ourselves as a country to confront those and stop, you know, sort of buying into what our enemies are doing, trying to divide us. >> do you think if he did store national security secrets in a bathroom at mar-a-lago he should be held accountble? >> anybody who misuses or misplaces classified do...

Held accountble. this is tough. if you're a lawyer, i'd be saying, are they squeezing these kids to get to the person who ultimately might have been -- >> that's the thing, who is the ring leader, who is responsible for all of is. >> are all of the kids doing this, it was the other guy? >> was there peer pressure? many, many, fascinating points. >> 30 kids. it's going to take some time to get to the bottom, if they ever do. fred pleitgen, great to see you in person. >> good to be here. >> thank you for doing the research, too. coming up, tennessee senator, lamar alexander, is chief of staff ...

Run. got under his skin. the question is, what recourse does he have beyond this? mitt romney's not going to agree to a debate in the remaining days before iowa. is this the best that they can do, if you're newt? doesn't have the money and done have the organization to push back. >> he's made this i'm in a campaign positively pledge as well. that's another big problem for him, he keeps saying i don't want to attack my opponents, his wife has been subtle about romney. that's a big problem for him, he can't push back the way he wants to without the money, and these ads are working. >> more, susa...