a grand jury as we wait to see if there could be an indictment soon for former president donald trump, and today is expected to be a pivotal day in court, and today, a former attorney to michael cohen is expected to testify, and he says that he has handed over a number of documents to back up the story. and we are watching the stock markets after serious banking fury, and the stock market is up, but the banking is down for credit suisse are down 50% after the swiss government had to pick up some risk. and xi jinping is meeting with vladimir putin in moscow, and sending a strong message of support despite the invasion of ukraine. we begin with the latest on the trump hush money investigation. and the legal affairs correspondent paula reid is here with the latest, and lot going on with robert costello testifying, and we have details surrounding this testimony, paula. what is interesting here is that even though prosecutors are running the grand jury, this is witness tha
state visit since russia launched the invasion into ukraine. and china is promoting this visit as a peacemaking mission. you will be hard-pressed to think that any ending of the war is coming from this visit, but world leaders are watching it very closely for any clues to what moves russia and china might make. we are covering all of the angles of the visit for you, and we will start with matthew chance in moscow. matthew, what are you hearing from the officials today? well, russian officials are treating it as a diplomatic coupe, and the leader of china coming to visit russia is the support that the kremlin is looking for. it is first time that xi jinping has come to russia since russia launched this invasion a year ago, and it is days after vladimir putin has been indicted by the international criminal court for war crime, and it is a strong message that vladimir putin is not as isolated as the west would like to think he is, and he has this figure standing side by side w
cnn newsroom. we re grateful to you have this afternoon. i m boris sanchez. hi, everyone. it i m jessica dean. political lines deepening, law enforcement preparing for what would be a first in american history. the criminal indictment of a former president. the key witness in a case against donald trump is expected to be challenged today before a grand jury in new york. a former legal advisor to michael cohen telling cnn testifying at the request of donald trump s attorneys. look at video of costello arriving at the courthouse moments ago. robert costello saying he ll offer evidence that contradicts cohen. cohen, who once labeled himself trump s fixer said he paid adult film actress stormy daniels $130,000 in the weeks before the 2016 election for her silence on an alleged affair with donald trump. now, that was a campaign finance violation, as cohen lied on forms to cover up that payment. in 2018. you may recall. cohen cut a deal with federal prosecutors and adds mitte
some fbi field agent then argued to prosecutors that they were inclined to believe trump. that may be the single most astonishing sentence ever written that includes the words fbi agents, and trump. some fbi field agents then argue to prosecutors that they were inclined to believe trump. and what decade could that sentence possibly be written? donald trump was already the subject along with his father, and the federal civil rights investigation, by the justice department, in the 1970s! when the trump company s racist practice has brought them dragged into court in new york by the justice department. some fbi field agents then argue to prosecutors that they were inclined to believe trump. i had that sentence memorized because i i just couldn t believe what my eyes were seeing when i read that today. in the washington post. there couldn t possibly be anyone in the fbi thinking that after 2011 when donald trump started publicly lying about barack obama s birth certificate. wha
4:00 in new york. today, monumental breakthrough in the sometimes frustrating pursuit and pace of accountability and justice. the aftermath of the deadly attack on the u.s. capitol. in the 785 days since the insurrection he incited, donald trump has managed to squirm his way through an impeachment, wiggle past the bipartisan congressional investigation, stretching presidential immunity to great effect so far. now the justice department says in a brand-new court filing, such immunity should not shield donald trump from multiple civil suits brought by police officers and members of congress. in that new filing, in the course of urging an appeals court to reject trump s immunity claim, the justice department was very careful to avoid taking a position on whether trump is actually liable for causing the riot. the new action does open new doors of potential accountability for him. doj s essentially telling the court it does not believe trump can use immunity to avoid civil litigat