says the d.a. must indict. he is here to explain exactly why to you. plus, ron desantis in a new interview calls trump attacks background noise, predicts he can beat biden. this of course from a man who has not declared that he s even running. and a judge tearing into fox news accusing the network of knowingly providing false information as tucker carlson s private texts were shown in a court. we re going to show you what tucker carlson said. let s go outfront. and good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, blow up our country, those are the words of a gop senator who warns an indictment against the former president trump, which could come as early as tomorrow, would be disastrous for america. it s going to blow up our country, and this is a bunch of b.s. now, in just a few hours, the grand jury in new york investigating the $130,000 payment that trump s fixer michael cohen made to stormy daniels, the adult film star, will meet. the grand jury s going to
ukraine. we believe that many of the points on the peace plan put forward by china are consistent with russian approaches and can be taken as the basis of a peaceful settlement when the west and kyiv are ready for it, this readiness is not observed on their side. since the war began, russia has become far more dependent on china. china has been propping up russia s economy amid western sanctions by purchasing its energy replacing western supp suppliers in electronics and aircraft and providing an alternative to the u.s. dollar. she is inviting putin to china this year and told putin they share similar goals. putin says russia has closely studied beijing s peace proposal for ukraine, a plan that washington says would solidify russia s grip on occupied land. china would not want to see putin fail. it would set a terrible example for the chinese system. reporter: china and russia have a complicated history, but their shared adversarial relationship with washington is drivi
have a complicated history, but their shared adversarial relationship with washington is driving them closer. this is a marriage of convenience, not of affection. reporter: in russia there s some cynicism about beijing s motives. on a russian state tv talk show, this military pundit said china can have only one ally, china itself. china can only have one set of interests, pro-chinese ones. chinese foreign policy is utterly devoid of altruism. but chinese state media is in overdrive touting the benefits of the russia/china relationship, and it s all positive comments on china s heavily censored social media. this one says cooperation and win-win, the next one says long live china russia friendship, disagreements, if any, are censored. by meeting with putin, xi wants to highlight his role as a global statesman that can offer an alternative to the current
end to actions that increase tensions in the prolonged war in ukraine. translator: of course, we did not ignore the situation around ukraine. we believe that many of the points on the peace plan put forward by china are consistent with russian approaches and can be taken as the basis of a peaceful settlement when the west and kyiv are ready for it. but this readiness is not observed on their side. reporter: since the war began, russia has become far more dependent on china. china has been propping up russia s economy amid western sanctions by purchasing its energy, replacing western suppliers in electronics, cars, and aircraft, and providing an alternative to the u.s. dollar. in russia, there is some cynicism about beijing s motives, on a russian state tv talk show, this military pundit said, china can have only one ally, china itself. china can only have one set of interests, pro chinese ones.
an honourable and necessary one, to rescue russian speaking populations of eastern ukraine, but also to protect russia itself from the aggressions of neo nazis and nationalists next door in ukraine. and you probably do also believe that it s going very well. we have regular, upbeat briefings from the defence ministry here. another one this morning, talking about the advances made by russian troops. last night, on one tv programme, a military pundit said not only is it going very well, but this will go down in the military textbooks of the future, that future armies will look to the russian troops as a shining example of best practice. jenny hill reporting. the ukrainian government has sent 45 buses to evacuate civilians from the devastated southern port of mariupol, where tens of thousands of people have endured weeks of russian bombardment. russia has agreed a one day ceasefire to allow people to leave, although there is scepticism that it will hold. this is the latest map of russian