authorities ramp up security. then, republicans quick to defend the twice impeached trump but some want to have their cake and eat it too. how will it all shake out in the 2024 race? and vladimir putin s visit with china s president just days after a warrant was issued for putin s arrest. what this relationship signals for the war in ukraine as the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. good evening. i am mehdi hasan in for stephanie ruhle. we are in the midst of an extraordinary moment in our nation s history. the people of america are watching, waiting to find out whether manhattan district attorney alvin bragg will bring criminal charges against the former president, donald j trump, related to a hush money payment related to stormy daniels. it would mark the first indictment of a former president in u.s. history. the grand jury in the case heard from another witness today, attorney bob costello, robert costello, the new york times describing him as appearing, quote,
criminal charges against the former president, donald j trump, related to a hush money payment related to stormy daniels. it would mark the first indictment of a former president in u.s. history. the grand jury in the case heard from another witness today, attorney bob costello, robert costello, the new york times describing him as appearing, quote, at the request of the former president s lawyers providing testimony aimed at attacking the credibility of the prosecution style witness. that star witness is former trump lawyer and fixer, michael cohen. the times as that costello was once a legal adviser to cohen when he was facing a federal investigation into the hush money payment following his appearance. castilla s book about what he told of the grand jury. michael cohen told us that he was approached by stormy daniels lawyer. stormy daniels had negative information that she wanted to put in a lawsuit against trump. michael cohen decided, on his own, that s what he told us
zakaria point to. what we don t know is is he really going to play as a mediator you can t be a mediator if you just go to moscow and not to kyiv. a very good, points although china of course, just brokered a surprising truths between iran and saudi arabia in the middle east, no small feat, something i know you praise in a recent piece for foreign policy magazine sunday that america couldn t do. do you think the west might need chinese influence, the chinese can do something there, americans in the british can t. ,, paper last fall, and i don t see any scenario by which she stops trying to achieve that goal on the ground until
a surprising truths between iran and saudi arabia in the middle east, no small feat, something i know you praise in a recent piece for foreign policy magazine sunday that america couldn t do. do you think the west might need chinese influence, the chinese can do something there, americans in the british can t. ,, paper last fall, and i don t see any scenario by which she stops trying to achieve that goal on the ground until either he runs out of ammunition, or he achieves that goal, now that s the one place that she jinping could do something for him. he can help him with military assistance. that could be a game-changer and we saw no indication yet, in this meeting today that he s prepared to do so.