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
embassies garrett hague, mar-a-lago in west palm beac florida. garrett, welcome to you. tell me all that you hearing about trump world about donald trump saying that he is goin to be arrested on tuesday. donald trump s allies hav been preparing for thi possibility for weeks, if no months if following this case closely and as you pointed out, they don t have any more specific information than do you or i i fact, the trump campaign spokesman indicated in his cleanup message to reporters there is nbc news reporting, that made them first aware tha this indictment, if it comes could come as soon as next wee but politically speaking talking only about the politic here, the trump team and his sort of wider constellation of allies have leaned into this moment, have leaned into thi possibility, to be able to cas the former president a standing up against what the see as a liberal, weaponized justice system you are seeing it from trump allies on twitter toda primarily, making th inv
and teachers unions today to avoid wednesday s planned strike in england and wales. and images captured by drone cameras to help monitor deer populations in england. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the former british prime minster, borisjohnson, has revealed to the bbc that he felt personally threatened by vladimir putin in the run up to the invasion of ukraine last year. mrjohnson said that during a telephone conversation and after a visit to kyiv the russian president said it would only take a minute to hurt him with a missile. the claim comes in a new bbc documentary about mr putin s leadership. here s our diplomatic correspondent, james landale. kyiv, last february a city on the brink of war. borisjohnson arrives in a show of support for a president, who is yet to replace his suit and tie with army fatigues. alongside other countries, we are also preparing a package of sanctions and other measures. the prime minister publicly urg
incredibly careful in sort of steering clear of commenting on the details given that the doj is currently looking into the matter, so we ll have to see whether the president is a little bit more willing to dive into the details and share anything more that we don t know but again, you know, earlier today just sort of exemplifying this, the white house counsel spokesperson said they re just s simply limited in what they can say because the doj is looking into the matter but they want to handle things correctly and they may be able to share further details at a later time. we ll see what question the president gets and also, just more broadly speaking of course, how he addresses the various issues that he has been discd discussing over the last 48 hours with the leaders of canada and mexico as we ve been talking about for the last couple days. migration and immigration is going to be a top issue that the three leaders have been talking about at this meeting, jake. m.j. lee st
us through it all. the deadly shooting at an alabama church. we learned late today a third person has now died. authorities tonight charging a 70-year-old man with capital murder. elwyn lopez on the scene. news on the pandemic tonight. and vaccines will be available likely first thing next week for children under 5 in this country. but tonight, what florida s governor is now saying about vaccines for toddlers and what this could mean for parents in that state. and news tonight on long covid. symptoms long after you have it. what researchers have now revealed. steve osunsami reporting. tonight, 24 hours after the january 6th committee revealed that former president trump was told that what he wanted mike pence to do was illegal, tonight the former president going after pence again. jon karl is standing by. tonight, just days after the fed raised rates the news on mortgages, the impact mediate. some brokers hope there might be a key silver lining in this for those who h