an indictment in the hush money case? plus, china s xi jinping cozies up to vladimir putin. ukrainian ambassador to the united states raising questions about whether it was staged. and tiktok, its parent company spying on american journalists. what could this mean for the 100 million americans on tiktok? let s go outfront. good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, a game changer, it is the 11th hour. and at this moment, former president trump s team chose to call up a witness to testify before the manhattan grand jury investigating the hush money payment to adult film star stormy daniels. now, the hope is that this witness could save trump from being the first former president in united states history to be indicted. so who is this person this witness? well, his name is robert costello. he was a one-time legal adviser to trump s former fixer michael cohen, who is the key witness. then emerged to tell reporters why he testified. the only thing i m doing is
similar goals. we have exerted efforts for the prosperity of our respective countries. we can cooperate and work together to achieve our goals. reporter: but china has so far drawn the line at military aid for russia s war. there are concerns that may change, but right now it s only chinese diplomacy on the table. the kremlin-leaning peace plan calling for talks but stopping short of demanding a russian withdraw, a key ukrainian demand. translator: we have carefully studied your proposals onseting the acute crises in ukraine. of course we ll have an opportunity to discuss these issues. reporter: there s little sign putin is open to compromise. this was the russian leader on sunday, driving through the captured and devastated city of mariupol. local residents, according to state media, are shown thanking him and asking to shake hands when a heckler briefly makes her breath heard. none of this is true is the cry. it s all for show. the russian leader seems undisturbed. no
mariupol. local residents, according to state media, are shown thanking him and asking to shake hands when a heckler briefly makes her breath heard. none of this is true is the cry. it s all for show. the russian leader seems undisturbed. now with one of the world s most powerful leaders at his side in moscow, president putin may increasingly feel he can afford to ignore his critics. jake, for tonight the meetings have already come to an end, and the leaders, the two of them, are scheduled to hold more formal talks tomorrow on how to bring these two increasingly autocratic countries even closer together and discuss that chinese-backed floated peace proposal.
reporter: but china has so far drawn the line at military aid for russia s war. there are concerns that may change, but right now it s only chinese diplomacy on the table. kremlin-leaning peace plan calling for talks but stopping short of demanding a russian withdrawal, a key ukrainian demand. translator: we have carefully studied your proposals on settling the acute crisis in ukraine. of course, we will have an opportunity to discuss these issues. reporter: but there s little sign putin s open to compromise. this was the russian leader on sunday driving through the captured and devastated city of mariupol. local residents, according to state media, are shown thanking him and asking to shake hands when a heckler briefly makes her