headed to florida. you can see it from outer space. we re going to tell you when and where it is expected to come ashore. and taylor swift fans rejoicing this morning. we ll have the new tracks she dropped while you were sleeping. cnn this morning starts right now. a very big newsday. it is friday. we re going to start with russia getting major show of support from china as the war rages in ukraine. beijing just announcing this morning that chinese president xi will head to moscow next week for the first time since the invasion they began. he will meet face-to-face with president putin. russia is desperately trying to turn the tide. china is thinking about sending weapons to help. but beijing has been casting itself as a peacemaker and chinese officials insist that is what this meeting is all about. translator: china will uphold an objective and fair position on ukraine crisis and play a constructive role in promoting talks for peace. cnn s will rippley live for
bank and svb. then you have this fed lend tag silt. i would like to say is a success so far. $12 billion has been lent out to banks under this fad faed facil. that is another sign of the different kinds of instruments deplowe deployed to make sure the oxygen in the banking system is working. everybody watching the banks. absolutely. we re track ag story out of virginia. three hospital workers are now facing murder charges after 28-year-old iva otieno died in custody last week. this is his picture here. seven sheriff s deputies are facing second-degree murder charges. brian todd is joining us live outside of the dimwitty county courthouse in in virginia. what do we know about this? what is the county saying about pieces of evidence here? as for that security footage,