the death toll is rising president putin s defiant surprise appearance, touring a part of ukraine russia took over years ago, just a day after an arrest warrant accusing him of war crimes terror in the streets. a surge in illegal car racing across the country. racers taking over neighborhoods. why it s turning deadly more often. and the biggest march madness upset in decades. the small college that took down a basketball powerhouse can you believe it? the players tell us how they pulled it off. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with jose diaz-balart good evening if former president trump is correct, we are on the verge of something unprecedented in american history a former u.s. president arraigned before a judge facing criminal charges the case against mr. trump involving hush money payments to stormy daniels has been simmering for months today mr. trump set it to a boil. in an early morning social media post he announced that from media leaks he has seen, he
issuing a warrant for vladimir putin for alleged war crimes, putin ice response to that and what the odds are that he actually gets arrested. plus a $30 billion lifeline, how big banks are stepping in to save a smaller one from financial ruin and helping to stabilize the u.s. economy. it s thick in the summertime and builds up and smells terrible. it s heading to the u.s. what we know about the 5,000-mile-long mass of seaweed making its way to the coast and what it will do to the tourism industry. for the second time ever plus another stunning upset in the ncaa tournament. a huge undered to do, 16 seed knocking out a number 1 in the first round of the tournament. our andy scholes is standing by with the highlights. the international court has issued arrest warrants for vladimir putin and the country s children s rights commissioner in an alleged scheme to deport ukrainian children, thousands of them, to russia. of course, moscow rejected those allegations. a spok
what are the odds that he actually faces justice? plus former president trump s attorney ordered to testify as part of the investigation into the formerer president s handling of classified documents. how he could turn out to be one of the most crucial witnesses in the special counsel s probe. it s thick in the summertime, builds up and smells terrible. it s also headed right for the u.s. away we know about the 5,000-mile massive seaweed make ing its way to the east coast and the impact it is will have on florida s beaches and tour u. for just the second time ever, a 16 beats a 1. plus another stunning upset in the ncaa tournament. a huge underdog 16 seed knocking out a number 1 in the first round of the tournament. andy scholes is laughing at our brackets. it s a dumpster fire out there. we start this morning with big international news. the president of russia is now aed man. the international criminal court issued arrest warrants for vladimir putin and the countr
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 would be part of their investigation into alleged hush money payments to stormy daniels during the 2016 election. in the post, trump called for protests over his possible arrest, to quote him now, 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 and cnn s crime and justice reporter, kaitlyn polantz is with us. what are we learning about potential arrests according to the former president? we don t know when the indictment may come out of the financial crimes investigations or what charges the grand jury may be asked to approve, and really neither does donald trump at this point. right now his spoke
you are in the cnn newsroom. i m paula reed in washington. jim acosta is off tonight. former president donald trump is stirring the political pot with claims he expects to be arrested on tuesday. his campaign is already fundraising off that allegation and new tonight, trump lawyer blames the media and the district attorney for trump s comments. in a statement to cnn he says no one tells us anything which is very frustrating. president trump is basing his response on press reports and the fact this is a political prosecution and the da leaks things to the press instead of communicating to the lawyers as they should. now the former president has not stated why he expects to be arrested as the investigation continues into hush money payments made to porn star stormy daniels but trump s legal team has got no word from the manhattan da s office about the timing of any possible indictment. we also know that at least one witness is still expected to testify before the grand jury on