authorities ramp up security. then, republicans quick to defend the twice impeached trump but some want to have their cake and eat it too. how will it all shake out in the 2024 race? and vladimir putin s visit with china s president just days after a warrant was issued for putin s arrest. what this relationship signals for the war in ukraine as the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. good evening. i am mehdi hasan in for stephanie ruhle. we are in the midst of an extraordinary moment in our nation s history. the people of america are watching, waiting to find out whether manhattan district attorney alvin bragg will bring criminal charges against the former president, donald j trump, related to a hush money payment related to stormy daniels. it would mark the first indictment of a former president in u.s. history. the grand jury in the case heard from another witness today, attorney bob costello, robert costello, the new york times describing him as appearing, quote,
our correspondent hugo bachega who s currently sheltering in an underground bunker hugo bachega said that in the past hour, the air raid alert in the capital went off, at around 02:20am, local time. the bbc team heard at least one loud explosion, and the city s air defence has been activated. earlier today, ukraine says at least 21 were killed, in an attack on kherson. missile strikes hit a market, a railway station, a petrol station and residential builings. station and residential buildings. it comes as ukraine s president zelensky denied that his country carried out an alleged drone attack on the kremlin. russia says it was an attempt on vladimir putin s life. this video, which appears to show the drone attack, remains unverified. our analysis editor ros atkins has been taking a closer look. russia claims ukraine try to kill vladimir putin in the early hours of wednesday. this is the first video we have. it s in moscow. we see an object lay in from the left and exp
criminal charges against the former president, donald j trump, related to a hush money payment related to stormy daniels. it would mark the first indictment of a former president in u.s. history. the grand jury in the case heard from another witness today, attorney bob costello, robert costello, the new york times describing him as appearing, quote, at the request of the former president s lawyers providing testimony aimed at attacking the credibility of the prosecution style witness. that star witness is former trump lawyer and fixer, michael cohen. the times as that costello was once a legal adviser to cohen when he was facing a federal investigation into the hush money payment following his appearance. castilla s book about what he told of the grand jury. michael cohen told us that he was approached by stormy daniels lawyer. stormy daniels had negative information that she wanted to put in a lawsuit against trump. michael cohen decided, on his own, that s what he told us
who was sheltering underground, when the air raid alert in the capital went off at around 02:20 am local time. the bbc team heard at least one loud explosion and the city s air defence has been activated. earlier today, ukraine says at least 21 were killed in an attack on kherson. missile strikes hit a market, a railway station, a petrol station and residential builings. it comes as ukraine s president zelensky denied that his country carried out an alleged drone attack on the kremlin. russia says it was an attempt on vladimir putin s life. this video, which appears to show the drone attack, remains unverified. our analysis editor ros atkins has been taking a closer look. russia claims ukraine try to kill vladimir putin in the early hours of wednesday. this is the first video we have. it s in moscow. we see an object fly in from the left and explode. now let s pause here. we know this is moscow because this is red square. this is a recent picture of the same place with the kr
trump s alleged hush money scheme will soon have an unexpected witness as the manhattan district attorney weighs indicting the former president. and if he is arrested, trump s attorney warns of mayhem to come. on both sides of the atlantic, major moves are being made to try to restore faith in the global banking system. china s president is making his first trip to moscow since the war in ukraine began. we will look at what both sides are hoping to get out of the visit. good to have you with us. donald trump is bracing for what could be an eventful week in one of his legal battles. the former u.s. president has called on supporters to protest his potential arrest on tuesday over a hush money investigation in new york. in the coming hours, we could learn new details about that probe when his former attorney, michael cohen, appears before a grand jury. cohen s former legal adviser, robert costello, is also expected to offer evidence, which a source says would challenge co