sunday. i m fredricka whitfield. former president trump call for protests has law enforcement officials in new york preparing for a week of uncertainty. in a social media post, trump said that he expects to be a arrested on tuesday in a role in a hush money payment to stormy daniels before the election. in the statement trump urged supporters to protest and take our nation back and dialed up the rhetoric with a follow-up post saying, we just can t allow this any more. we must save america. protest, protest, protest. they are alarming similar for the calls for protest prior to the january 6, 2021 insurrection and has new york police officers and officials bracing for whatever may happen. joining me to discuss all of this, ron brownstein is a senior political analyst and a senior editor for the atlantic. jonathan wackrow is a former secret service agent. gentlemen, good to see you both. so ron, let me begin with you. and your reaction to trump s claim that he will be arrested t
days after the international criminal court issued an arrest warrant for him accusing him of war crimes. he made a stop in mariupol. ukrainian officials slamming the visit saying putin visits mariupol under the cover of night. cnn senior international correspondent ivan joining us live. what else did putin do while there? reporter: right. well, the kremlin says he arrived by helicopter. then he was shown in a pretty long unedited video driving a car, being briefed by a top kremlin aid. driving into the outskirts of mariupol. the aid was describing the situation and acknowledging that much of the city had been destroyed. that there were ruins of buildings being demolished and much of the city was also empty because ukrainians has fled. putin was shown meeting a couple of people who were living in what were described as newly constructed apartment buildings. those people thanked putin for their new homes saying they had had nothing before that. and we ve been hearing some pre
bret: but, first, breaking tonight. house republicans are taking a microscope to the hunter biden scandal. the oversight committee grilling former twitter executives today about their censorship of the story in the new york post which many in the g.o.p. contended could have directly affected the 2020 election. the most pointed questions though aimed at the u.s. government influence into the censorship decisions. correspondent david spunt reports tonight from the justice department. good evening, david. bret, good evening to you. a fiery hearing lasting the majority of the day. democrats argue there is nothing there but republicans believe something more sinister wer and. and this was the chance for republicans to make the case to the public. we don t know where the fbi ends and twitter begins. emotions running high. we are talking about hunter biden s half fake laptop story. i mean, this is embarrassment. front and center this new york post cover from october
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
daniels during the 2016 election. again, if there is an arrest, that s according to trump. trump also called for protests over his pending arrest to, quote, 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 for us. we can also begin with cnn senior crime and justice report reporter katelyn polantz. what do we know about the announcement on the post? reporter: if it is charged, we don t have the answer to that yet and neither does donald trump. at this point in time his team through a spokesman has made very clear that there has been no notification made to him or his lawyers that he is going to be indicted or when that indictment is going to happen. however, trump is very aware of the politics of this and the bluster and the bully pulpit that he has, and so he is is agitating for his team to tr