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
Here. Nastia is sailing ships, she says. Ukraine has been at war all the eight years shes known. I think it will be better without them, she says. It was uncomfortable having them here. Her parents nearby say fear meant their slept in their clothes all the six months. Its kind of strange here to see how almost unaffected so much of this town has been and how life seems to have slipped comfortably back into normal when the russians just picked up and left. And it gives you a feeling of how normality must still reign just a matter of six kilometers away from the border in russia. But normal is never coming back, particularly to here, the borderline itself. Russia retreated back over it but must now live with the hatred it has stirred. The fact that Ukrainian Forces are able to push right up to here, the beginning of the Border Buffer Zone with russia, russia is just a matter of kilometers in that direction, is yet another Calamity Moscow has imposed upon itself. Its opponent in this war
washington, d.c., and martha s vineyard. instead of working with us on solutions, republicans are playing politics with human beings using them as props. what they re doing is simply wrong. it s unamerican. it s reckless. the white house says the migrants were misled about where they were being taken and what would be provided once they arrived. we get more from cnn s priscilla alvarez. reporter: dozens of migrants are set to spend the night on martha s vineyard, sent there by florida s governor ron desantis as part of his promise to send migrants to democratic cities. our message to them is we are not a sanctuary state. it s better to go to a sanctuary jurisdiction. yes, we will help facilitate that transport for you to be able to go to greener pastures. reporter: on wednesday the republican governor sent 50 migrants all from venezuela on two privately chartered planes to martha s vineyard. every community in america should be sharing in the burdens. reporter:
here. nastia is sailing ships, she says. ukraine has been at war all the eight years she s known. i think it will be better without them, she says. it was uncomfortable having them here. her parents nearby say fear meant their slept in their clothes all the six months. it s kind of strange here to see how almost unaffected so much of this town has been and how life seems to have slipped comfortably back into normal when the russians just picked up and left. and it gives you a feeling of how normality must still reign just a matter of six kilometers away from the border in russia. but normal is never coming back, particularly to here, the borderline itself. russia retreated back over it but must now live with the hatred it has stirred. the fact that ukrainian forces are able to push right up to here, the beginning of the border buffer zone with russia, russia is just a matter of kilometers in that direction, is yet another calamity moscow has imposed upon itself. its oppo
a third term and first time since russia s invasion of ukraine. the chinese leader could change the trajectory of the war by providing putin lethal aid, something xi may be considering but has not decided to do. joining us is ukraine s ambassador to the u.s. madam ambassador, thank you very much for being with us. i was so eager to talk to you to get your reaction to this visit by vladimir putin to ukraine, first to crimea, then to mariupol, a territory seized by russia, the other city conquered by russia in a brutal battle. yes, thank you very much, andrea, for having me and thank you for paying attention to this brutal war, which we all know is a threat to ukraine, but also a threat to security everywhere. the president is a war criminal, president putin, now the order