know for monday, march 20th. donald trump making a push to avoid criminal charges. in the stormy daniels case, one of his allies will testify before a new york jury today, and this all comes as trump claimed that he will be arrested tomorrow but the timing of any potential indictment remains unclear. a lot more on that. and another roller coaster week for financial markets began as a major bank takeover is announced. swiss relagulators announced ub is buying credit suisse. asian and european markets are down. vladimir putin playing host today to chinese president xi jinping. the two leaders are set to meet in moscow, a critical moment for russia s war in ukraine, days after the war crimes arrest for vladimir putin. a state of emergency has been declared in miami beach. unruly crowds, the city s mayor is calling the situation untolerable. ted lasso is headed to the white house. jason sudeikis and the cast will be there to talk about the importance of mental health. cnn
continue to slaughter more innocent ukrainians. we don t want to see that. again, we ll see what these leaders come out with and what they say at the end of these discussions. we ll watch this very, very closely. again, we have communicated privately to the chinese. we certainly have communicated it publicly that that would not be an outcome that s to the better, not only of china and their interest, but certainly to the ukrainian people and to the whole idea of peace. what does it say to you that after the international criminal court issued that arrest warrant for putin, that, a, xi did still show up in russia, but you saw putin over the weekend in mariupol, in all of these other cities. i think to your first question, you ve got to keep this relationship in some sort of context here. these are two nations who chafe and bristle at the idea of u.s. leadership or u.s. influence around the world. they don t like playing by the r rules, that the world order has in place and
protests. we ll look at the security preparations that might go into such an unprecedented moment. plus vladimir putin makes a surprise visit to ukraine, his first since the war began just a day after the international criminal court issued an arrest warrant for his war crimes. and another upset in march madness, officially sets countless hopes and dreams of a perfect bracket on fire. cnn sports coy wire joins me live to break down the ncaa tournament. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. we begin this hour in the u.s. where former president donald trump is trying to rile up his base as he faces a possible indictment in new york. the drama began saturday when trump declared on saturday that he would be arrested on tuesday and just as he did before the 2021 insurrection, the former president urged supporters to protest and quote, take our nation back. hours later, trump also used the potential indictment to motivate donors to d
days after the international criminal court issued an arrest warrant for him accusing him of war crimes. he made a stop in mariupol. ukrainian officials slamming the visit saying putin visits mariupol under the cover of night. cnn senior international correspondent ivan joining us live. what else did putin do while there? reporter: right. well, the kremlin says he arrived by helicopter. then he was shown in a pretty long unedited video driving a car, being briefed by a top kremlin aid. driving into the outskirts of mariupol. the aid was describing the situation and acknowledging that much of the city had been destroyed. that there were ruins of buildings being demolished and much of the city was also empty because ukrainians has fled. putin was shown meeting a couple of people who were living in what were described as newly constructed apartment buildings. those people thanked putin for their new homes saying they had had nothing before that. and we ve been hearing some pre
joey: we re going to bring in now dan bongino, host of unfiltered and author of the gift of failure. dan, i would imagine you ve got something to say on this. yeah. listen, the police state s here, guys. that s inarguable to the libs listening. you can, again, plant a big wet one on my rump because i have no desire to hear you right now as you re celebrating again the collapse of the constitutional republic. the police sate s here. state s here. it s not as if donald trump s sons were caught on tape talking to their dad about illicit business deals or anything with foreign communist parties and nuclear-powered enemies of the united states, shuttling millions of dollars to the trum, that s right. that s the biden fam oh, sorry, guys. you know, as a commentator, i should be really up on the news and stuff. but the police state and this abomination is here right now. this is third world b.s., that s exactly what this is. this is the kind of story you re used to reading o