yet happened. the lead starts are right now. republican officials rushing to defend trump with a variety of claims and chexcuses as the forr president faces a possible indictment. i think in your heart of hearts you know too that this you can this is just political. is this all firing up the maga base? we ll talk to two former trump insiders. plus, meeting with a menacing message, leaders of russia and china coming out of their second day of talks and offering deliberate prolposals about a future collaboration. and a colorado dentist accused of killing his wife by lacing her protein shakes with arsenic, how his internet searches became evidence. welcome to the lead, i m jake tapper. we start with our politics lead and a high alert day for new york city police bracing for possible unrest if donald trump is indicted. an internal memo shared with cnn shows that all nypd officers are expected to be in uniform and ready for deployment today, although law enforcement
online. police say 45-year-old james tolliver craig showed intent to by searching for ways. craig bought arsenic as well as potassium cyanide. police laid out a chilling time line that began march 4th, when arsenic was delivered to the craig s home. two days later, angela headed to the hospital kpcomplaining of dizziness and difficulty focusing her eyes, symptoms consistent with arsenic poisoning according to the police affidavit. angela texted her husband that day saying, i feel drugged. her husband james texted back just for the record, i didn t drug you. investigators say craig used a computer at his dental practice to research poisons. police say his search history showed phrases such as how many grams of pure arsenic will kill a human, and top five undetectable poisons that show no signs of foul play. police say around the time angela was hospitalized again from march 9th to march 14th, james craig ordered potassium