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
joining the msnbc reports lineup with the premier of anna cabrera reports at 10:00 a.m. eastern. we look forward to that. chris jansing reports starts right now. hey, everything,body, good you, i m yasmin vossoughian in for chris jansing in new york city tennessee democrats saying the world is working as they slam republicans for expelling two black representatives from the legislature. their message to protesters outraged over it we re also now learning the vice president traveling to tennessee as well to meet with lawmakers there amidst all of this going on. also, new allegations about supreme court justice clarence thomas allegedly taking advantage of half a million dollars worth of gifts and trips from a republican mega donor the new report from propublica and how thomas is responding. and the latest jobs report shows a good, not great number as hiring falls to roughly half of what it was a few months ago. what it means for the economy and your wallet coming u
to russia. the kremlin says it does not consider the arrest warrant to be legal. all of this comes against the back drop of chinese president xi jinping s scheduled visit to rue tonight, gillian turner at the white house with how the administration is reacting to the putin war crime story and next steps in ukraine. we begin with senior foreign affairs correspondent greg palkot. good evening, greg. hi, bret. president biden recently called russian president putin a war criminal for his conduct of the war in ukraine. now, someone else has with a bit more international legal punch. wanted for war crimes in ukraine, russian president vladimir putin. the international criminal court issuing an arrest warrant charging him and another official in the abduction of ukrainian children since russia s invasion last year. kids allegedly taken out of ukraine and sent to russia. children special protection under the geneva. russians say humanitarian reason and don t recognize the cour
are accused of doing with sensitive data. president biden taking on bank executives and questions about bonuses paid at silicon valley bank hours before the collapse. violent demonstrations in paris. the changes to france s retirement age triggering outrage. the american citizen and great grandmother kidnapped in mexico. the fbi now asking the public for help. he s famous for the wire and the john wick series. remembering actor lance e reddick. andnd we rere inn swift city, the place that literally renamed itself after taylor swift kicks off her first tour in five years. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, thanks for being with us on a friday night. this is a mostly symbolic act, an arrest warrant was issued today for russian president vladimir putin now formally charged by the international criminal court for war crimes. the court says putin bears individual responsibility for the unlawful transfer of children from occupi
nashville, the latest city where the unthinkable if it can even be called that anymore has happened. residents are grief stricken this hour following yesterday s mass shooting at an elementary school and new video released overnight shows the shooter arriving at covenant school monday morning, shooting that glass door and then walking the halls before killing three children and three adults. it took 14 minutes from the 1st 911 call for police to arrive at the school and killed the shooter who has now been identified as audrey hale. police say hail was armed with a handgun and two assault style weapons and exact motive has not been identified yet. but police say hails time is a student at that same school may have played a role. in the wake of the shooting president biden biden, renewing his call for an assault weapons ban, and a top white house official told cnn this morning. now is the time for congress to act. we can t do this alone. the president can t do this alone. that