again. sandra: wow, just some of what we saw today. china and russia s friendship on full display, to knock the world s number one superpower out of the top spot. president s xi three-day visit a boost to putin. john: looks like a world far less friendly to the west. sandra: headlines, putin sees anti-u.s. world order taking shape. lots to unpack in hour two of america reports. sandra smith in new york. hi, john. john: here we go again for another hour. the two dictators are still in a closed door meeting that s been going on for five hours and counting now. even before going into their private talks, they were not shy about blasting the united states and the west. but back here at home, president biden is coming under fire for not responding with tough talk of his own. joe biden has put a kick me sign on uncle sam s back. when america recedes from the world, creates avoid of leadership. sandra: the white house says there is no call planned between president bid
unrest if former president donald trump is indicted. according to an internal memo shared with cnn, all nypd officers are expected to be in uniform and ready to deploy. these are images you re seeing now out of new york today. so far small gatherings of pro-trump and anti-trump demonstrators. and then in florida protesters are outside of trump s home in mar-a-lago. the district attorney in manhattan has given no timeline on when trump could be charged for his alleged role in hush money payments to adult film star stormy daniels. the former president has claimed that he could be arrested today and has called on his supporters to protest. cnn s kara scannell is following all of this. kara, what more do we know about these preparations for what s really an unprecedented moment in u.s. history? a former president criminally charged. reporter: yeah, brianna, it is an unprecedented time. right now we ve just we re seeing a small build-up of police presence but it s really very
that has just wrapped up with russian president vladimir putin calling his meeting with chinese president xi jingping successful. today, the two leaders signing a joint declaration deepening their partnership. and the summit obviously comes at a critical time for the war in ukraine. there are strong indications now that russia and china are moving closer both economically and militarily. xi is framing himself as a possible peace broker and they say it could be the basis for ending the war. but the u.s. and western allies remain deeply sceptical. there are signs that russia has requested lethal aid from china but added they don t see evidence that weapons are being delivered. we have team coverage on this. ivan watson is in ukraine. but let s begin with will ripley in taiwan. what more do we know about the talks in moscow today? well, you know, there was a line from vladimir putin as they were signing these documents deepening their partnership that really summed up the re
this country has never seen before, the possibility that a former president of the united states may soon be indicted and arrested. our senior legal affairs correspondent paula reid has details. reporter: this was the day former president trump claimed he would be arrested on charges related to a hush money probe. but there was no sign yet of an arrest or even an indictment. still, law enforcement continues to prepare for possible protests. in washington, d.c., barriers erected around the capitol. in new york, police officers told to be in uniform and ready for deployment. so far, officials say there are no credible threats despite online chatter calling for civil war if trump is indicted. today, small groups gathered outside trump tower and mar-a-lago. there has been no word from the manhattan district attorney after a last-ditch effort by trump to avoid charges. attorney robert costello appearing before the grand jury monday to attack the witness at the center of the inve
you will see more and more lethal weapons going from china into russia. this is a red line, if this happens. you can t bifurcate them, they are joined at the hip and it extends to iran and north korea. todd: alexandria hoff live from washington with more. alexandria: the two spoke for four and a half hours yesterday over a six-course meal and president putin admitted russia envies china. china has made colossal leap ahead and it is causing interest around the world, we even feel a bit envious. we will discuss initiatives and cooperation in the international arena strengthen the global order. president xi told putin under your strong leadership russia has made great strayeds in prosperous development. russia said it is open to hearing how to settle the war in ukraine. according to the white house, china has not provided lethal aid to russia off the table and john kirby adds any peace proposal would only favor russia. we hope president xi will press president putin to c