paula. it s just a very scary time in our country. asking for trouble. team trump trying to fire up his base, as he faces possible indictment within days. and joining forces, the world s biggest central banks team up to keep the cash flowing and stave off a possible financial crisis. all right. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world, i m christine romans. good monday morning to you. in just 90 minutes, china s leader xi jinping arriving in moscow for a state visit including a one-on-one meeting with russian president vladimir putin. overnight, the two leaders published articles written for audiences in each country. the pieces highlight the trust in cooperation, and credit china for promoting peace in ukraine. cnn s salma abdelaziz following the story live from london for us. salma, what s the purpose of xi s visit? and what is putin looking for from china? reporter: well, for president xi who has, of course, secured that unprecedented third
separate shooting incidents. banks making big moves to ease the fallout after silicon valley banks collapse. more than $3 billion. new york community bank is expected to buy out a big chunk of signature bank at $2.7 billion. at the free throw line. walker comes in. and he scores! [cheers and applause] steve: good morning, syracuse, new york. it is 8:00 in the east. you got 30 degrees for a daytime high of 50. by the way, today is the first full day rather the first day of spring. it eventually arrives the vernal equinox doesn t 5:24 this afternoon. welcome aboard. our number three for this monday march 20th 2023 in ainsley s place today, we ve got rachel. it s great to have you. rachel: it doesn t feel like spring. steve: it is 30 degrees. brian: grab your tank tops, your muscle starts. put on your tight pants. rachel: is this your wardrobe at home? brian: when it is spring, i have no choice. rachel: he is from long island. brian: let s get to it. i
president trump or if this was a democrat it should be equal justice in america. and stop going after people because you have political differences. house speaker kevin mccarthy pushing a popular defense within the gop when it comes to a possible indictment for donald trump. we ll have the latest on the former president s legal troubles in new york in just a moment. plus, chinese president xi jinping is in russia this morning meeting with vladimir putin for the first time since the invasion of ukraine. and also ahead, new investigations into tiktok amid allegations that former employees spied on journalists good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, march 20th i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day and week with us we ll begin this morning in new york where amid mounting legal trouble across multiple states, former president donald trump could be criminally charged for the first time, and that could happen as early as this week according
i m amara walker. i m boris sanchez. thank you for starting your week and spending part of your morning with us. there is plenty to get to this sunday. here is what we re watching. i think this is an effort that s ongoing never ending to destroy donald trump, everything around donald trump. politicians on both sides of the aisle reacting to the news that former president trump could be indicted this week. how trump s team and new york officials are preparing for that possibility and potential fallout. also, russian president vladimir putin makes a surprise visit to the russian occupied city of mariupol days ahead of a high stakes meeting with president xi jinping. ivan watson is standing by in ukraine with more. what would you say the weight of the job is? you hold people s lives in your hands. following a series of close calls at the nation s airports, cnn is getting an up close look how the next generation of air traffic controllers are training to keep us safe
good morning. buenos dias and welcome to cnn this morning. we are grateful you are starting your sunday, march 19th with us. i m boris sanchez. i m amara walker. is there a good morning? it is a very good morning for me. it is a great one. because boris is going to getting a lot more sleep on the weekends. look, there is really no bad news. there is some breaking news. i guess the bad news is that you won t be able to see boris bright and early in the morning saying buenos dias, but, for all the boris fans you will be getting a lot more of boris during the week. we don t want to disclose all the details. look, i think you and i channelled each other because we are kind of in mourning with all of our black. sadly, because we won t be together. that s the bad news. the good news, you will get so much more of boris. you are too kind. more of that in a sec. here is what we are watching today. russian president vladimir putin makes a surprise visit to the russian-o