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
so good. yikes. good morning to furman fans and princeton fans in a good mood today. not so much arizona and virginia there. good morning, everyone. poppy is off. don and i are here. we are tracking major announcement from china confirming xi jinping will visit russia as the war is raging in ukraine. the pentagon s press conference is going to join news moments on that. and here at home an investigation underway into the death of a female soldier at fort hood. her family says she complained about sexual harassment but the army says no foul play is expected. exclusive reporting. dozens of mar-a-lago staffers have been subpoenaed in the special counsel s investigation of trump s handling of classified documents. we will tell you why they could be key witnesses. we begin this morning with the high-stakes meeting that could have major implications for the war in ukraine. this morning china has confirmed president xi jinping will go to russia on monday to meet face to
extraordinary effort to reassure americans that the u.s. banking system is safe plus, poland is set to become the first country to send fighter jets to ukraine. it comes amid new reporting that china s leader will visit russia next week. those new developments are also straight ahead. and donald trump goes off on a frenzied defense amid a series of investigations. we will have the latest on the probes involving the former president. good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, march 17th happy st. patrick s day. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. in the words of cnbc, wall street rides to the rescue 11 of the country s largest banks are depositing a total of $30 billion to first republic bank to avoid a third collapse of the u.s. bank in less than a week first republic serves a similar clientele as silicon valley bank and signature bank, both of which failed in recent days. those banks had a high number of uninsured deposits as d
it s big men good if it goes. fuhrman has won. one-possession game arizona needs three to send this thing to overtime. get a quick two if you can. 15 seconds left that s not it. air ball. that s not it. trying to keep it alive shot is no good. arizona with a shot that will not go the tigers of princeton growl their way into round two how many of you had number 15 princeton over second seeded arizona? number 13 fuhrman knocking off uva? jonathan lemire, unfortunately for me, i had the whole thing, the final four wrapping up with uca beating arizona. how am i doing how am i doing do i have a chance actually, i talked to some people that had uva and arizona in the final four. ouch, that hurts that bracket is officially busted, anyone who had that. president biden picked arizona to win the whole thing they were a popular choice this is why march madness is so great, joe you know, college basketball, maybe during the regular season matters less on the sporting
guards out there along with one of the best free throw shooters. he threw it away! clark inbound, 2.4, they added a little bit of time it s beakman, good if it goes. furman has won one-possession game arizona needs three to send this thing to overtime. get a quick two if you can. 15 seconds left that s not it. air ball. tries to keep it alive. no good. arizona with a prayer that will not go and the tigers of princeton growl their way into round two. brackets busted