to restore public faith. the culture sadly in the met is all pervasive and the institutional racism, misogyny and homophobia is largely led by what their officers have said and what our own research has shown. todayis today is without a doubt one of the darkest today is without a doubt one of the darkest days in an almost 200 year old met police service. european stock markets recover in early trading with shares in banks rallying after moves to reassure investors following the takeover of credit suisse. barricades go up in new york in preparation for protests. a grand jury could make history by indicting former president donald trump over alleged hush money paid to a porn actress. hello and welcome to bbc news. the chinese president xi jinping, who s in moscow, has described russia and china as strategic partners and great neighbouring powers . on the second day of his visit, mr xi invited vladimir putin to visit beijing this year, and said he would make ties with mos
colleagues who have been covering the trial from the beginning. msnbc s legal analyst lisa rubin, new york times investigative reporter susanne craig, and former federal prosecutor and former sdny criminal division deputy chief, kristy greenberg. katy, let s set the stage for what s going on at trump tower where we anticipate him speaking in about an hour, right? the assembled press is here. this is the first time i believe everyone has been back in this lobby since the donald trump transition. donald trump is going to come town his golden elevators behind me as a man running for president again, as a former president, yes, but also as a man who has now been convicted on 34 felony counts. the first former president to ever be convicted of a crime and certainly the first one, former president to be running again now that they are convicted on all of those felony counts. and he s doing it, guys, at the literal scene of the crime here in trump tower. this is where david pe
american officials don t think china will cross that line yet, but a lot will cross that line yet, but a lot will depend on what will happen on the battlefield in the next few months. ., , , ., months. and there was this long meetin: months. and there was this long meeting between months. and there was this long meeting between the months. and there was this long meeting between the two - months. and there was this long | meeting between the two leaders yesterday, has anything emerged as to what happened there? there yesterday, has anything emerged as to what happened there? to what happened there? there has not been much to what happened there? there has not been much in the to what happened there? there has not been much in the way to what happened there? there has not been much in the way of - to what happened there? there has i not been much in the way of concrete detail, the important thing is vladimir putin was looking for a show of support from china, he wanted to s
there. there are evacuations under way, we re told by ukrainian officials again with the auspices of the united nations and the red cross, but not from the steel plant itself. instead of other civilians from around mariupol. that mechanism perhaps getting under way, really unclear. but no comfort for those inside the steel plant. we spoke to anna, who had spent the last two months there, with her 6-month-old son, a third of his life there yesterday, and here is what she had to say. now i smile because i can smile finally because all this month i was crying a lot, every day. emotionally it was very, very difficult. when we didn t have any food, water for him, we just took a candle and we heat water on the candle. now when there are a lot of noise, i have, like, reflex to
i call on the per veighers of these lies and misinformation to stop it, stop it now. strong words from the president there yesterday, but as you might predict, they re having no effect among those who have been promoting vaccine misinformation. for instance, tucker carlson last night, first few moments of the program he was trafficking in a bunch of anti-vaccine rhetoric. interesting, donald trump talking about the efficacy of the boosters and the vaccines and how people should take them. oliver darcy, thank you very much. thank you. new day continues right now. good morning to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. it is wednesday, december 22nd. i m john berman. brianna is off. erica hill with me. great to have you here all week.