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 news continues, the source with caitlin collins starts now. tonight, straight from the source, he became the base of abortion rights in a deep red state. the personal story that may have helped sweep the democratic governor to victory. she is here tonight. plus, the fbi seizing the phones and the ipad of the mayor of new york city, marking a significant escalation of a corruption investigation. eric adams saying tonight he has nothing to hide. after resigning from office nearly 20 years ago, over a scandal with a male staffer, the former new jersey governor, jim mccready, once back into politics. he is here to make his case for a second chance. i am caitlin collins, this is the source. tonight, democrats are seizing on a galvanizing force in politics, one that led them to a string of victories on election night. even in the unlikeliest of circumstances in pretty red states, ruby red states, actually. making abortion access presenter of their campaign and their campaign
night this week. cnn news night with abby phillips starts right now. donald trump is painting a clear picture of a second term, one best served cold. that s tonight on news night. good evening, i m abby phillip. the former president s to-do list, if he is elected again, is looking for autocratic than democratic, more vengeance than governance. how do we know that? his own words. item number one, revenge. the washington post reports that he and his allies are plotting to take control of the justice department to punish his perceived enemies. now, this includes president biden and many of his own former officials from john kelly to bill barr. it s something that trump also admits out loud. if i happen to be president and i see somebody who s doing well and beating me very badly, i say go down and indict them, mostly that would be, you know, they would be out of business. they d be out. they d be out of the election. now, a reminder that he floated the death penalty for
fox news and dominion voting systems back in court this morning. a judge in delaware will hear arguments in dominion s $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit. both sides asking the judge to rule in their favor before a potential trial. the boss is headed to the white house. president biden is set to award bruce springsteen and many others with the national medal of arts. other recipients in attendants will include gladys knight mindy cayling. cnn this morning starts right now. do you know this dance? of course. that s courtney cox. she jumps up on stage with the box. i love bruce springsteen. the office was such a big launching pad for her career. it made her famous and was taped in biden s hometown, scranton, pennsylvania. i ll have this song stuck in my head, by the way.