this as new york police are now increasing courthouse security just ahead of a potential trump indictment. also tonight, trump s top gop allies are rushing to his defense and trying to discredit the new york d.a. who s investigating him. trump s legal peril and the political fallout looming over a major gathering of house republicans. and a high stakes handshake, china s president xi jinping ven v strengthens his alliance with vladimir putin, praising him as a dear friend as the russian leader stands charged with war crimes in ukraine. we ll have the latest on their talks in moscow, hours after putin s defiant visit to the war zone. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. we begin with the latest testimony in the new york grand jury investigation of donald trump amid questions about whether the former president is on the brink of being indicted. let s go right to our senior legal affairs corres
you are the smartest odd ye audience of any audience, that is why you are here on a sunday evening when i talk to you, i talk to you as smart people. i don t talk down to you. tonight, first a history lesson as i set the stage for a further point. the american revolution, what does that have to to with anything? everything. we would not have won the american revolution without the help of th french. the french paidtaril dearly in treasury, they went broke after they helped us. the french had been dealt a humiliating defeat in 7 years war by the british. stripped them of their north american empire, including canada, but still they were loathe to declare war on britain as an official american ally, king louis permitted secret aid on america s cause, two most powerful men at court, within the monarchy, they had a dispute over whether to come fo commit to supporting america, they did. after we won the battle of saratoga in october of 1777. after will fall of philadelphia to brit
respect immunity enjoyed by the head of state in accordance with international law, exercise power by the law and do law in good faith and avoid politicization standards. alexandria hoff is live. alexandria: a meeting be arranged with alleged war criminal. president xi calls it a journey of peace. conflict and war benefit no one, all parties must stay spiralling out of control. u.s. officials are highly skeptical about this sentiment maintaining china is planning to john kirby on fox news sunday. john kirby: no question that china and russia are two countries chafing against this order that the united states and our allies and partners have built since world war ii. they don t like that, they would like to rewrite the rules globally. alexandria: if the meeting results in a ceasefire from beijing, that would ratify russia conquest and give putin time for renewed offensive. last week biden said he would speak to the chinese president soon, according to the white hou
of bloody weekend with two separate shooting incidents. wholly intolerable situation. silicon fallout after at collapse. and new york community bank is expected to buy out a big chunk of signature bank for 2.7 billion. 19 at the free-throw line and a turnover. walker comes in and he scores. [cheers] steve: 6:00 here in new york city. it s 1:00 in the afternoon in russia and we start this hour and this program with a fox news alert. chinese president xi jinping will arrive in moscow within the half hour, we believe, to meet with russian president vladimir putin. it s xi s first visit to russia since putin ordered that invasion of ukraine last year. rachel: part of china s plan to counter the united states and establish a new world order with beijing at the forefront. brian: i like the last world order but we will see what happens. the chinese president wants to brand himself global peacemaker stand with ally face international arrest warrant for war crimes in ukraine
the peace plan, this is all a charade, china benefits from the war on ukraine so there will be no peace. it is all game and 100% confident, it will be strategizing about how do we fuel this war because china is incentivized to keep this war going. why? because two of the top geopolitical adversaries perceived adversaries, the united states and russia their respective combat arsenals in this proxy war. president biden is focused on ukraine, xi believes we can do whatever he wants because the chinese avenue assess the united states is incapable of fighting a two front war. ashley: alexandra health live in washington, good good morning. this is president xi first trip in four years to moscow in first visit since unprecedented third term seeking more support in this while trying to frame this trip as diplomatic. in a statement to chinese president, conflict and war benefits no one. they must have a rational exercise in restraint and aggravating tensions to prevent the prices