criminal charges today. a source close to his legal team, however, telling cnn the da told them not to expect an indictment until at least tomorrow. so what do we know this morning about what s happening behind the scenes in this unprecedented situation in we will bring you up to speed. plus chinese president xi jinping is meeting at this moment with russian president vp vladimir putin, this is happening in the kremlin. that summit could have major implications for russia s war in ukraine. we will have the latest details from that conversation. and we are watching the stock markets very closely this morning. a lot of green arrows, which is a good thing given the way it s been the last few days as federal reserve chair jerome powell is set to make a decision on another possible interest rate hike, that decision comes tomorrow and will have an impact on your money. we begin this hour with the latest on the former president s possible indictment. cnn s senior legal affairs
well. so at what point in these discussions do we get to the point where china possibly talks about sending actual weapons directly to russia, obviously that s an area of concern. so yesterday you visited the joint manufacturing center in ohio where the m-1 abrams tank that the president has pledged to ukraine, where those tanks are being made. are you optimistic about the timeline of those tanks, the abrams, actually getting to the battlefield? well, i think they re going to get to the battlefield and they re much needed, that s the best tank in the world. i don t expect it to happen before probably fall, maybe the beginning of next year. it s that concern i voiced from the beginning. what did zelenskyy say when i met him in kyiv? he said help us win quickly. that s exactly what he said when he visited washington, d.c. recently. and is even what secretary