States, canada, and around the world. Im kimberly for this is cnn newsroom now, if i dont get elected, its going to be a bloodbath. Donald trumps stark warning as the former president makes his first dumped speech since clinic using the republican nomination, Loss Russians cast votes in the last day in the countrys president ial election look the calls for protests at Polling Stations in the coming hour. And the us is Working Get Americans out of haiti in the midst of an unstable situation what cnn crews on the ground, seeing as Gang Violence erupts in the capital city live from atlanta. This is cnn newsroom with Kim Brunhuber we begin this, our focused on the president ial race here in the us and former President Donald Trump out on the Campaign Trail trump was in ohio on saturday, two days before the states primary and a few days after securing enough delegates to clinch the republican partys president ial nomination, trump promised to protect the us Auto Industry and made a shocking
this hour, we see ukraine high on the agenda. volodymyr zelenskyy is set to join in person, seeking commitments from the world s wealthiest democracies. also, the u.s. is now signaling that it will not block allies from sending f-16 jets to ukraine. we will look at how that could change the battlefield, and tens of thousands of israelis marched through jerusalem s old city for mostly peaceful but tense flag parade. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with paula newton. leaders of the g7 nations are meeting at this hour in hiroshima, japan russian invasion of ukraine, of course, high on the agenda. and now we are learning they will be welcoming a special guest, ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy. the uk and european union have already announced new sanctions targeting russia s diamond trade. and in a key development, sources tell cnn the u.s. will not stand in the way of allies setting f-16 fighter jets to ukraine, something kyiv has been requesting for mon
a.m. out we i m lipid see riser at msnbc headquarters in new york heightened anticipation as we watch for a potentially unprecedented decision from a new york grand jury about whether to indict trump. his former fixer, michael cohen, could head back to the grand jury today as a rebuttal witness. that s because they re about to hear from a different unexpected witness today, robert costello, michael cohen s former legal adviser. looming over the decision, the former president s statement over the weekend that he expects to be arrested tomorrow. with uncertainly swirling, prominent republicans including the speaker of the house are coming to his defense. it doesn t matter what side of the issue you re on it doesn t matter if this was president trump or if this was a democrat there should be equal justice in america, and stop going after people because you have political differences. also this hour, a high-stakes meeting in moscow between chinese leader xi jinping and russia
appeal, almost certainly, for more powerful weapons as ukraine works to regain territory. the world leaders who are gathering here today really hope that that will hopes and lynskey gain some leverage at an eventual negotiating table. of course, what happens when that happens all remain open questions the leaders are in a working lunch right now. and they will convene a special session dedicated to ukraine later today. the main outcome from that will be this new package of sanctions, the u.s. targeting 300 individuals, entities. and really trying to close loopholes that exist in the current sanctions regime to prevent the kremlin s war machine from gaining anymore backing. you also saw the united kingdom today imports of russian diamonds, really looking to go after any untapped sources of wealth for russia, really hoping to gain some leverage for ukraine as this war proceeds. however, really, the high point will be that meeting with zelenskyy when he arrives here. he has been trave
this war proceeds from here on out so they, like diplomats everywhere are on tinder hooks they don t know whether xi jinping will propose yet another peace treaty that will call for a cease-fire and mied end up ceding land to ukraine that s something kyiv has roundly rejected they re still waiting to see what happens because xi jinping has held out the possibility there might be a phone call, the first since the war began between xi jinping and ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy this week after this meeting in moscow so there is some hope here in ukraine that this meeting might not go entirely vladimir putin s way. this trip comes as there s growing tension between china and the u.s. what do the chinese home to achieve with the visit reporter: china s role as a peace maker in the ukraine