additional business deals with chinese companies, that is on top of a more than $1 million wire transfer hunter biden and other relatives received from a business deal with a chinese energy company. sandra: despite the newly revealed money trail, president biden is denying the allegations as questions grow over influence peddling. will it pose a threat to the president s expected 2024 election bid. we ll put it to elise stefanik, here coming up. over the last few years, china has made a leap in the development. it causes a genuine interest all over the world and we are even slightly jealous. president putin, i always call you my dear friend. we have carefully studied your proposals on settling the acute crisis in ukraine. we will discuss all those issues, including your initiatives. i am sure that the people of russia will support you in your best efforts. john: begin this monday with the high stakes meeting between xi jinping and vladimir putin as fears grow china is
i m charlie d agata in kyiv, where a swift russian victory turned into a devastating conflict with no end in sight. plus, new fallout following the toxic train derailment in ohio. we ve got a lot to do to fix this, to make rails safer. back to class. michigan state university moves forward as it begins to heal from last week s mass shooting. and later, insights from our own bob schieffer on covering the nation s 39th president, a period of american upheaval and a leader determined to go his own way. telling the truth has been pretty deeply ingrained in me. announcer: this is the cbs weekend news from new york with jericka duncan. good evening and thank you for joining us on this sunday. today an outpouring of tributes for former president jimmy carter after it was announced that he would be receiving hospice care at home. at age 98, mr. carter is the nation s oldest living president. his decision follows a series of hospital stays and many years of health chal
this one is asked to appear in trump s defense as the grand jury makes a decision on whether to hand up an indictment. trump set off shockwaves by posting a prediction he would be indicted tomorrow and calling for protests against the new york d.a., law enforcement officials meeting today to prepare, just in case. also ahead, china s president arriving in moscow for his first visit since russia invaded ukraine, a three-day visit where vladimir putin hopes to strengthen ties and hopefully obtain aid for his failing ukraine invasion. we ll talk to ukraine s ambassador to the u.s. and nbc news s richard engel will join us live from baghdad with a view of how the country has changed on the 20th anniversary of the u.s. war in iraq. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. thanks for being with us. at the center of this investigation, alleged false filings about rush money payments by former trump legal adviser, michael cohen, to former adult film star stormy daniels
right now we re watching the manhattan d.a. s office where we believe a grand jury will hear today from robert costello, a former legal adviser to michael cohen, and heightening the interest today, he s potentially the final act before a decision is made about whether to issue an indictment against donald trump. costello was called in at the request of trump s attorneys, leading many to believe his testimony will be aimed at undermining cohen s credibility. cohen himself is also there, he says, as a rebuttal witness. i want to bring in nbc s garrett haake outside the d.a. s office. legal analyst glenn kirschner joins us as well. garrett, what have you seen or heard today, if anything, of the comings and goings? what s the very latest? reporter: chris, we re all operating on the same scraps of information. no signs of costello or cohen yet. that shouldn t be a surprise. the grand jury typically meets in the afternoon. we would expect to potentially see them sometime here in
peace, not closure. it will never be closed because he s forever gone. reporter: catie beck, nbc news. we have a lot to cover in our second hour of chris jansing reports, let s get right to it. at this hour, after a weekend of deadly violence, miami beach imposed a cur few overnight and this afternoon, a vote on another curfew. what it means for thousands upon thousands of spring break visitors. the world s top climate scientists issuing a survival guide for humanity. you ve got to hear their dire warnings and the major course correction they re recommending. republicans circling the wagons ahead of a potential indictment of donald trump, with one of the former president s top rivals blasting new york s prosecutor. and as donald trump awaits the grand jury s decision, his hand picked witness just arrived to appear before them. might it have an impact? our nbc news reporters are following all the latest developments. but first, i want to get to vaughn hillyard, who s