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
officials say the u.s. is concerned that xi will repeat calls for a ceasefire in place allowing russia to keep its forces inside ukrainian territory. three house republican chair men are trying on intervene in a new york d.a. investigation into the stormy daniels hush money scam. a new york grand jury is expected to decide at anytime whether to indict former president trump. and trump s allies want alvin bragg to testify about whether federal funds were used in his investigation. republicans calling the probe an un pprecedented abuse of prosecutorial authority. bragg s office says we won t be intimidated. and this is not the only gop effort to push back on bragg s investigation this week. paula reid has more. reporter: the manhattan d.a. investigation into trump s alleged role in p4ush murder mo