what we know, from the police is that brendan miller was asked to bring that gun back to his buddy.n according to police in killing of this young woman. illegal weapon. legally owned, right? >> exactly, exactly. the lawyer for brendan miller said he didn't know what he was bringing back and he never touched the gun. and i guess he knew -- but he never touched the gun and just happened to be there. it gets really messy because alabama's basketball staff knew, on january 14th, right at that time that miller, who was one of the best players in the country, if not the best player in the country, a freshman, six foot, nine going to begin and be a lottery pick, a game change player. they knew he had been at the scene. it wasn't until february 1st that the rest of the nation found out. so they kept that a secret. he kept playing. they never said a word. when we finally found out, obviously, that he was involved the police said yes he had been at the scene and brought the gun back that it was not arrested. at that moment, it became a huge sports story in the sports world. and, everyone was

miller. so we'll get him a right after you, brendan grass. thank you very much. joining us now is cnn's chief law enforcement and intelligence. analyst john miller. john good to see you tell us more about what you're learning in terms of this coordination. obviously a lot is going to go into this. you your reporting of a dry run happening today. what more can you tell us about the behind the scenes events that are going on? well as brian was talking about, uh, you know, it's not your average surrender of a white collar criminal defendant. you know, you've got somebody under secret service protection, who is a former president of the united states, who has to be moved in his secure motorcade from wherever he starts out to the courthouse has to come into the district attorney's office and be booked. um and then he has to be brought for a courtroom after his fingerprints and mug shots are taken for an arraignment. and there's a couple of ways to do that in that massive building that you see on the screen next to me. there are public hallways . there are back hallway