additional business deals with chinese companies, that is on top of a more than $1 million wire transfer hunter biden and other relatives received from a business deal with a chinese energy company. sandra: despite the newly revealed money trail, president biden is denying the allegations as questions grow over influence peddling. will it pose a threat to the president s expected 2024 election bid. we ll put it to elise stefanik, here coming up. over the last few years, china has made a leap in the development. it causes a genuine interest all over the world and we are even slightly jealous. president putin, i always call you my dear friend. we have carefully studied your proposals on settling the acute crisis in ukraine. we will discuss all those issues, including your initiatives. i am sure that the people of russia will support you in your best efforts. john: begin this monday with the high stakes meeting between xi jinping and vladimir putin as fears grow china is
law in the united states or trying to conceal bribery in london or anywhere else, if you falsify a financial record in new york, in order to commit a crime to conceal a crime somewhere else, that is a felony in new york and new york has the right and the obligation to protect integrity of its financial system by prosecuting crimes like this, whether they are committed by the banks or by former presidents of the united states. so this is a serious crime, it was committed a while back, in 2016, but alvin bragg, the da, is right to pursue this and to file this indictment. i would emphasise this is by far not as most serious crime but donald trump probably committed. he has expulsion of sedition and insurrection, crimes underfederal sedition and insurrection, crimes under federal law, but he could be indicted by the united states department of justice when the special counseljack smith wraps up his investigation and those crimes would disqualify him from public office, ever havin
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. donald trump has become the first us president in history to be charged with a crime. he ll be charged in new york over alleged hush money given to a porn starjust before the 2016 presidential election. mr trump, who s running again for president, has repeated he s innocent and called the indictment political persecution and election interference . his son eric said it was the opportunistic targeting of a political opponent in a campaign year . the bbc s nada tawfik s outside the court in new york. nada, you ve been outside there for a few hours now. what is the situation like now on the ground? the situation like now on the round? , , the situation like now on the round? 3 , ground? it s very calm here in new york- ground? it s very calm here in new york. there ground? it s very calm here in new york. there is ground? it s very calm here in new york. there is an - ground? it s very calm here in l new
donald trump. and jurors are expected to hear from a new witness today. we ll tell you who that is and why his testimony could be important to the case. plus, another emergency rescue effort in an attempt to curb panic in the markets. details on the deal involving sw switzerland s largest bank. xi jinping is in moscow right now and just met with vladimir putin. xi s new comments this morning about why he s there. 20 years ago today the u.s. invaded iraq. we are live in baghdad with the scars from that war still felt today. we ll also talk to congressman jason crow who served in iraq and now says there should be no more blank checks for the military. and back at home, deadly violence erupts during spring break in miami beach. we re live with how the city is cracking down. and we begin with the very latest on the investigations surrounding former president donald trump. a new york city grand jury could hear from what could be the final witnesses in its investigatio
good evening, everyone. i m alison camerata, and this is cnn tonight an unprecedented moment in u. s history. former president donald trump indicted by a grand jury in new york. it s the first time that a current or former u. s president has faced criminal charges. the indictment is under seal tonight , but more information will be announced in the coming days. sources tell cnn that the former president is facing more than 30 counts related to business fraud , defiant donald trump, issuing an angry statement tonight calling this political persecution. let s turn right away to cnn correspondent kara scannell and cnn s senior crime and justice reporter katelyn polantz keira. what happens next? well alison next. we expect that on tuesday, the former president is expected to come here to new york to go into the courthouse behind me and be arraigned on these charges. now that day, we will also expect to have the indictment unsealed. then we will learn the specifics . what are the