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
a building on a unholy alliance and mark warner on what he sees as a growing threat from china period. welcome, everybody. i m neil cavuto. let s get to it with peter doocy at the white house on how they re digesting all of this. peter? officials are saying this putin and xi get-together is a marriage of convenience. xi thinks that putin can help him challenge american influence. putin thinks that xi can help him in ukraine. for putin, he s speaking about his chinese visitor in glowing terms. over the last years, china has made a huge leap forward in its development. in the whole world, it s a genuine interest and we re jealous a bit. the way that the president s foreign policy when it comes to this is being explained to us, there s no effort to try to contain chinese influence in the world. instead, they would rather try to promote america s interests. do you think that putin and xi fear president biden? you d have to ask them whether they fear or they not. it s no
be investigated after the second largest bank collapse in u.s. history. california in the cross hairs once again from that new round of storms. more soaking rain in the forecast with another four feet of snow in the mountains and winter s last big blast, 70 million americans now face freeze alerts. we just learned at least 150 vehicles were involved in a massive pile-up. vladimir putin s power move, traveling to a russian occupied city in ukraine. ukraine is comparing his visit to that of a thief entering under the cover of night. and it comes just hours before his meeting with chinese president xi. miami beach declares a state of emergency and imposes a curfew after two deadly shootings. spring breakers seen running for cover. the urgent search in mexico for an american mother of seven. her family on what the kidnappers are demanding. heartbreaking video of a college wrestler s apparent desperate search for water before he collapsed and died. tonight his parents ar
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
later. in baghdad, 20 years after the u.s. led invasion we take a look back at the major events while the iraqi people look forward. new banking bail yut. this time it is the swiss in trouble. in california, getting ready for another soaking. for this homeowner it is a cloif hanger. that jingle those commercials and that so-called dog named spot. this is the cbs weekend news from new york with jericka duncan. good evening and thank you for joining us. u.s. presidential history could be made this week. that s if former president trump is indicted by a manhattan grand jury following an investigation into hush money paid for an alleged sexual encounter. in posts this weekend mr. trump referred to the allegations as old and fully debunked. calling on them to protest, protest, protest why cbs skylar henry in washington with the latest. good evening. reporter: good to see you. his team says that that s based off media reports and not from the manhattan distri