17th. president xi is headed to russia. they tried to portray themselves as a neutral party. the west is skeptical and concerned that china is considering providing russia with weapons. and a cnn exclusive. two dozen mar-a-lago staffers have been subpoenaed to testify before a federal grand jury. this is connection to the special counsel investigation into the handling of classified documents. also banks rescuing another bank? first republic bank is set to receive a $30 billion life line. the money coming from a group of major banks including j.p. morgan chase and wells fargo. a dramatic last second shot, a tiger s tail turning into a cinderella story in a day of madness ahead. we ll break down the ncaa tournament. also new songs sure to move up the charts quickly and swiftly. we have taylor s new tracks that were released while you were sleeping. cnn this morning starts right now. all of the girls you did say swiftly. you did that on purpose. did you get up last
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
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
it s not me. we re not destroying our country. it s the president of the united states who is destroying our country. it s the u.s. senate that is destroying our country. it s the news media. it s the democratic party, academia, hollywood, wall street, and many of our big corporations. wow. florida senator rick scott starting his cpac speech with a light hearted and optimistic tone. whew. bulgaria. plenty of maga messaging at the conference, just as you can see. not a lot of people there to hear it. not a lot. that was dark. that was really dark. donald trump will take the stage tomorrow. very reagan esque. that s where he said oh, wait, he said we re a city shining on the hill. right, for all the world to see. no, that was not that. tone is a little different there, okay. incredibly different. anyhow, this trump appearance tomorrow is following a campaign announcement clearly influenced by florida governor ron desantis. we ll explain what s going on