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hand will be scanned digitally, not the more familiar fingerprinting with actual ink. and donald trump will be joined in court by his attorneys, former federal prosecutor todd blanche and the solicitor general chris kise. they spent the last day or so interviewing local florida attorneys, but so far have not found any to join the former president's legal team. >> and as we wait for donald trump to make his way to the courthouse, we're keeping a close eye on the scene outside. we have not yet seen anywhere near the kind of huge crowds that miami police were bracing for. though that co...

crimes he was arrested for? "the lead" starts right now. a mere few hours after he was arrested and arraigned, donald trump told donors this -- >> i hadn't had a chance to go through all the boxes. it is a long tedious job. takes a long time. which i was prepared to do, but i have a very busy life. >> can prosecutors use this admission against him? plus, an up close look at front lines of ukraine's counteroffensive. >> we had to evacuate to the shelter now because apparently the guys fear there could be aviation bombs coming in fairly soon. you can see the situation here is still ver...

present its case and we don't know also whether the former president might choose to testify in his own defense. i want to start by bringing in cnn senior legal affairs correspondent paula reid who has been all over this story for many, many week, and paula, the indictment is out now. i wonder, what to you as someone following this and every single move and detail, what stands out to you as the most damning information we've gotten? >> it's such a strong reminder of how little we know compared to investigators. one of the things that struck me and i think will resonate with the ameri...

is in chaos. the trump criminal defense lawyer called donald trump at seven pm last night to tell him that he was indicted by prosecutors in the executive branch of the government that he once controlled, resigned or was fired this morning along with another criminal defense lawyer that also resigned or was fired this morning. last night, after the indictment was announced, the league criminal defense lawyer in the case of the u.s. versus donald j trump said this -- >> even if he talks about the documents or the existence of them, that is light years away from the specific intent tha...

the republicans to come to his defense and call for future pardons and destabilizing department of justice and the call of other republicans here, and we are through the rubicon, and what are we doing here is what i say to the party. this reads clear as day, and the photos are, there and the photos are there, and this is very similar to what many of the republicans were criticizing hillary clinton for, except it is 1,000 worse. i think it is just requires a moment to think about the gravity of this. >> it does seem like a lot of the language that we are hearing of the spokesperson fr...