stormy daniels that s believed to be a precursor to an indictment. they re required by law to be notified and invited to appear before a grand jury. if charged, trump would be the first former president to be indicted, but would it slow his current presidential quest? i say not a chance, at least not based on this case alone. any charges here would stem from the $130,000 in payments made to daniels during the 2016 campaign. apparently she had been ready to share her story of an affair with trump, but the publisher was a trump friend, who instead helped broker a deal with michael cohen, in which she was paid for silence. i ve thought it was the weakest of the trump investigations which generally fall into four buckets. first, the events of january 6th. second, the mishandling of government documents. third, the fulton county da investigation, including the phone call to brad raffensperger. fourth, this, the stormy daniels hush money. merrick garland appointed jack smith to loo
alleged affair nate is live in new york with latest on this. reporter: good afternoon fox news reached out but manhattan d.a. decline to comment and illegally leaked information about his expected arrest on tuesday. take a look trump posted on true social quo no crime able to be proven based on full and debunked by numerous prosecutors fairytale the leading republican candidate and former president of the united states of america will be arrested on tuesday of next week. this case centers around a $130,000 hush money to stormy daniels on eve of the 2016 presidential election. trump former lawyer michael cohen pleaded guilty to his role in that payment back in 2018. he claims it was meant to keep daniels quiet something that trump denies and claim former president and business reimburse for that payment manhattan prosecutors are weighing whether the context surrounding that payment resulted in a crime. but former u.s. deputy assistant attorney general john yu says it will be a
russian fighter jet crashed into an american drone forcing the military to ditch it in the black sea. john: it marks the first direct encounter between the two countries since putin s war began a year ago. a whole lot of questions that demand answer as america reports rolls into its second hour. i m john roberts in washington. here we go again. sandra: john, here we go again. lot of live events expected this hour. we ll be watching for them. we re gonna bring you that news conference live right away. attorney general kellogg is standing by. he said he is fired up. he will be here to react to what we hear from that news conference. first this fox news alert. john: massive selloff continuing on wall street as investors get more skit tisch about the banking industry. painful inflation showing no signs of letting up. there could be more trouble for the banking industry on the way. right now fear is growing that switzerland s second largest bank, credit suisse, could be on t
families, which is a war crime. the news continues. aa erin burnett outfront starts now. the banking system is safe. tonight, president biden moving to calm panicked americans. two banks collapsing in three days and now the spotlight on the entire industry. and donald trump s lawyer s going on the offensive ahead of a potential indictment. the former president refusing to testify before a grand jury. our department is urging anyone thinking about traveling to mexico, especially spring breakers, to avoid those areas, because right now it is too dangerous. and a warning for spring breaker after kidnappings, murders, and the disappearance of three women. [ speaking non-english ] plus, russian wives and mothers tonight calling on vladimir putin to stop calling their sons to be slaughtered. and why it s never too late for the dream. we took a vote. the president believes you ll be a valuable asset to our organization. i want to say thank you for this acknowledgem
of trump s role in the january 6th insurrection. and a new flood emergency in california threatens millions of skorm battered residents as the east coast braces for a powerful storm packing heavy rain, strong winds and possible blizzard conditions. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world, i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. tonight, the biden administration is scrambling to respond to two of the biggest bank failures in history creating new peril for the economy and president and a lot of americans are worried right now. here s cnn s chief white house correspondent phil mattingly. the bottom line is this, americans can rest assured that our banks system is safe. reporter: president biden seeking to reassure a nation on edge. reporter: we put in place tough requirements on banks like silicon valley bank and signature bank. reporter: he also placed blame on his predecessor for contributing to this moment. unfortunately, the last