second meeting after yesterday. this is xi s first visit to russia since putin launched his unprovoked war on ukraine. today they will get to the main topics with ukraine a key item. kristie lu stout is joining me from hong kong. so what is on the agenda today in moscow? reporter: this is the main day of the talks. the agenda, you have an official meeting ceremony with negotiations, there will be signing of documents, a media statement and then a formal lunch. and so far the leaders of china and russia have been presenting this united front in moscow just days after the icc that arrest warrant for vladimir putin. they greeted each other, calling each other dear friends, they held informal talks that lasted nearly 4 1/2 hours. and xi jinping said that russia and china have similar goals. listen to this. translator: it is true we share the same or similar goals. we have exerted efforts for prosperity of our respective countries. we can cooperate and work together to achieve
morning. we have a lot to get to, but we ll start you off with the five things you need to know for this tuesday, march 21st. the nypd on alert today in response of donald trump s call for protests ahead of a possible indictment. a source telling cnn that all officers are expected to be in uniform, ready to deploy. we re told no specific threat has been identified and there s still no word on a charging decision from the manhattan d.a. also today, a massive strike has shut down los angeles public schools. thousands of teachers and other workers are set to walk off the job for at least three days with negotiations in the district stalled, nearly half a million students will be out of school. also, we re tracking a high-stakes summit just two hours away in moscow. russia s president putin and chinese president xi jinping are set to hold more formal talks today. secretary of state antony blinken called xi s visit diplomatic cover for russian war crimes. new development on
the end of wednesday. and snow in the rockies, going to see wind gusts over 70 miles per hour. and i could easily see a gust to hurricane force no question. if you have packages coming through the west, expect some of those interstates will be slow to possibly even closed. there s your winter weather advisories for today and the wind for tonight. i know it s going to rain a lot, but i m worried about this wind a lot. yeah. christine? i am, too. chad myers, thanks so much for that. all right. thanks for joining me. i m christine romans. cnn this morning starts right now. oh my gosh, everyday there is something that unfolds when it comes to this donald trump indictment thing. yeah. a lot today, too. yeah. one of us is missing, though. poppy. poppy is off. good morning, everyone. poppy is off. welcome back, this is cnn this