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hello, everyone. thank you so much for joining me. i'm fredericka witfield. we begin with major developments involving former president trump. trump saying today via social media post that he expects to be arrested on tuesday and is calling for protests. he made the announcement today in a social media post, lashing out at the manhattan district attorney's office, which has invited him to testify before a grand jury. the arrest, if it is to happen, would be part of the d.a.'s investigation into alleged hush money payments to stormy daniels during the 2016 election. in the post, trump...

daniels during the 2016 election. again, if there is an arrest, that's according to trump. trump also called for protests over his pending arrest to, quote, take our nation back. this development comes as sources tell cnn that law enforcement agencies in new york are also now preparing for the possible indictment of trump. cnn's polo sandoval is outside the manhattan criminal courthouse for us. we can also begin with cnn senior crime and justice report reporter katelyn polantz. what do we know about the announcement on the post? >> reporter: if it is charged, we don't have the answer...

top of the hour now in the cnn newsroom, i'm erica hill. >> i'm jim sciutto. in the next half hour, president joe biden is going to lay out his plan and proposals to the budget. and we will also talk to alan shaw about the toxic spill and the pressing questions that the residents there in east palestine want answers to. and then a dozen of deadly missile barrages across ukraine. we want the begin there. russia reportedly launched a barrage of missiles by land and sea and air and multiple of them across the country and most of them hit lviv. they came down and set homes on fire. >...

for protests, sender about the optics of a mass protest in the streets of manhattan growing out of control or resembling the january 6th attack on the capitol. john miller reported about meetings between city, state and federal law enforcement agencies in new york city about how to prepare for a possible indictment. we'll bring you more on this story as details become available. now to the guns of war. this week came several significant and troubling developments with regard to the war in ukraine. the latest the news that next week chinese president xi jingping will travel to russi...

have been in the tournament. they lost the title game to merrimac but they are tra transitioning from division two so they weren't eligible to play in the tournament so. the knights got in on a technicality. they certainly made the most of it. >> they certainly did. next hour, andy katz joins us to preview some of the upcoming marquis match-ups. he is reporting on the tournament. and the next hour of "cnn newsroom" starts right now. you are in the cnn newsroom. jim acosta is off tonight. i'm paula reid in washington. donald trump is als already looking to raise campaign fans hour...