cristian benavides is there with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. mr. trump is expected to arrive around 2:00 for a 3:00 p.m. hearing but others are expected to arrive much earlier. officials say they're prepared for the crowds, whether large or small. in a matter of hours, former president trump will be arraigned in a federal courthouse in miami. he has said he will plead not guilty to 37 alleged counts to mishandling of classified materials after leaving office. >> i'm an innocent man. i'm an innocent person. >> reporter: prosecution claims some documents contained information on u.s. military programs and secrets from bought the u.s. and foreign countries. >> the total volume and scope and sensitivity of this material is an intelligence catastrophe fonting to happen.orr: yesrd t new jersey to his resort in doral, florida, where some supporters and protesters gathered outside. >> it feels like a bit of a witch hunt to me. >> enough is enough. he needs to play. >> reporter: so far local law enforcement says it's not aware of any credible threats. >

cristian benavides reports from miami. >> reporter: attorney general merrick garland pushed back against republican criticism that the justice department case against former president trump led by special counsel jack smith is politically motivated. >> he has assembled a group of experienced and talented prosecutors and agents, share his commitment to integrity and the rule of law. >> reporter: on tuesday trump pleaded not guilty to 37 felony counts at a federal courthouse in miami. afterwards he went after the justice department and smith. >> he is a raging and uncontrolled trump hater. >> reporter: allegedly retaining classified documents illegally and trying to hide them from justice department investigators after receiving a subpoena. he suggested that outgoing presidents can take any records they want. >> under the presidential records act, which is civil, criminal, i had every right to have these documents. >> reporter: legal experts tell cbs news the presidential records act draws a distinction between personal and presidential records, requiring all official records to be turned

cristian benavides has the latest. >> reporter: in the city of rostov-on-don in the south of russia,ocals cheered wagner mercenaries after the attempted uprising which challenged about vladimir putin's army leaders. the group was ordered back to their base camps in ukraine after belarus worked out a truc between putin and prigozhin. >> this is something that many people have seen over months now. direct challenges to the leadership, to the military leadership and now questioning the very premises of the war. >> reporter: prigozhin's mercenary group has fought relentlessly for ukraine, but now anger over a lack of supplies. prigozhin says that his military was just 100 miles outside of moscow when a deal was worked out with no bloodshed. >> 16 months ago, russian force were on the doorstep of kyiv in ukraine, thinking they would take the city in a matter of days and erase ukraine from the map. now over this weekend they have had to defend moscow, the russian capital against mercenaries of putin's own making. >> reporter: on tv, putin said prigozhin was a traitor and vowed punishment c

cristian benavides reports. >> this is my house.: michael and his 15-year-old long-haired chihuahua ginger now call this infinity sedan home after hurricane ian destroyed the cmper they lived in. insurance only paid off the outstanding loan, and he doesn't qualify for fema aid. >> before the storm, i had a job. i had a house. everything was comfortable. i'd leave for work, and my dog was inside in the air conditioning. after the storm, i have no morehouse. >> reporter: he is not alone. >> it's really hard. >> reporter: robert burton and cindy lewis are living out of a hotel. their mobile home was totaled by storm surge. >> we've been in limbo. >> it's been an emotional ride. >> reporter: so much work left to do, south florida is already bracing for what may come next. >> it's time to prepare. >> reporter: this week marks the beginning of the 2023 hurricane season. it's forecast to be near normal, meaning between 12 and 17 named storms. of those, anywhere from 1 to 4 are expected to be major hurricane, ranking as category 3 or move.

cristian benavides, cbs news. >>> the u.s.lared a natural disaster in 18 georgia counties after bad weather devastated the state's peach crop. up to 90% of all the peaches in the peach state have been lost. georgia usually harvests more than 180 million pounds of and the losses are already rippling through the economy. mark strassmann has the story. >> this was my great grandfather's farm. >> reporter: lawton's family farm has grown peaches for more than a century. but this year's harvest the worst in his lifetime. >> we have peaches here and that variety has nothing. >> reporter: not one. >> not a single peach. that's the way 95% of the farm looks. >> reporter: his 1500 acre peach crop nearly a total loss. >> you always hold on to hope until it hits you in the face there is nothing here. >> reporter: it sounds like the different stages of grief. >> that's pretty much life. they all died. they're all my buddies. they all died and now i got to deal with it. >> reporter: peerson is losing an annual challenge. it's something call

cristian benavides is explaining how fears over safet have led to the cancellation of some pride eventsave to confirm, are there any children in the audience? >> reporter: pride month in florida looking very different this year. a new state law prohibits nearly all drag shows where children may be present s performances have gone inside. >> it's not illegal to be gay. >> reporter: organizers of the pride event in st. cloud canceling festivities after thi traffic sign appeared in nearby orlando, kill all gays. the organizers also blaming other new antilbgtq+ laws saying an event in this environment would put our community at risk. >> it just puts targets on our backs. >> reporter: sharlin, tyl a, an matthews were scheduled to per tomorrow. >> the legislation gives people the right to discriminate more. >> it feels unfair. for sure. >> reporter: pride pushback has grown hostile this year. a scuffle at a book reading about different kinds of families at this california elementary school. >> it's hard to imagine how fas and how cruel the backlash has come. we weren't expecting this >> repor

cristian benavides explaining how fears over safet have led to the cancellation of some pride events. to confirm, are there any children in the audience? >> reporter: pride month in florida looking different this year. the state law prohibiting drag shows where children may b present. performances have gone inside. >> it's not illegal to be gay. >> reporter: organizers of the event in st. cloud canceling their festivities after this traffic sign appeared in nearby orlando, reading kill all gays. the organizers also blaming new antilbgtq laws saying the event in this environment would put our community at risk. >> it just puts targets on our backs. sharlin matthews and twilla were set to perform. >> it gives them the right to discriminate more. >> reporter: pride pushback is hostile this year. a scuffle at a recent book reading about different kinds of families at this california elementary school. >> hard to imagine how fast and cruel the backlash has come. we were not expecting this. >> reporter: the growing number of states are considering new laws that target lbgtq rights. those wh

security at the federal court in miami is high right now and that is where cristian benavides is standingwhere officials are bracing for the historic court appearance , and also planned protests. i know that you are a little bit about the area that everyone will be at. what are you seeing down there? >> reporter: good morning, mr. trump is set to appear around 3:00 p.m. for his court hearing, but we have already been hearing, templars up, a small group of supporters have been chanting trump, trump, trump. and it is only 9:30 in the morning. so we do expect the crowd will grow, as the day goes on. officials in miami say that they are prepared for the crowds, whether large l. ofs,esidump wi arraned a fe stming hald mig lee materifi am an innocent man, i'm an innocent person. >> reporter: prosecutors claim the documents contain information on u.s. nuclear weapons programs and military secrets of the u.s. and foreign countries. >> the total volume and the scope and sensitivity of this material is an intelligence catastrophe waiting to happen. >> reporter: yesterday the former president travel