john: great to be back. i m john roberts. this is america s newsroom. the possible arrest related to a hush money payment made to stormy daniels, it happened in the run-up to the 2016 election. the manhattan district attorney s office has been investigating the case for years. a grand jury is reportedly on the verge of bringing charges. dana: jury still has to hear from one more witness. that will be a one-time legal advisor to president trump s former attorney michael cohen expected to rebut cohen who has been a key witness against trump. john: calling into question the timing of the arrest. republicans arguing the whole thing is political. it s the weakest case out there. trying to make a miss demeanor a felony. timeline doesn t work. too long past and doing it after a person for political purposes. somebody putting their thumb on the scale simply because they don t agree with somebody else s political view. that s what s wrong and that s what infuriates people. t
president trump and going after his possible pending indictment as politically motivated. un-american, and another a partisan attempt to try to bring him down. a manhattan grand jury is hearing a case related to a hush money payment made to adult film star stormy daniels in the run-up to the 2016 election. today they will hear from one final witness robert costello, a one-time legal adviser to president trump s former attorney michael cohen. he is expected to rebut cohen who has been the key witness against donald trump, isn t he a known liar? just establishing that fact. the grand jury will then need to decide whether it will indict donald trump and that could happen as soon as tomorrow. several legal experts are questioning the strength of this case however, manhattan district attorney alvin bragg is looking to elevate the misdemeanor issue to a felony and make donald trump the first former president in history to face criminal charges. and house speaker kevin mccarthy went
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
payment made to adult film star stormy daniels before the election. these developments come as trump is calling for mass protests, claiming he expects to be arrested tuesday over the alleged payment to daniels case. in a statement on social media, he urged his supporters to, quote, protest, take our nation back. trump dialed up the rhetoric with a follow-up post saying, quoting now, we just can t allow this anymore, we must save america, protest, protest, protest. the posts are alarmingly similar to his calls prior to january 6, 2021 and have new york officials bracing for whatever may happen. fw gloria, what more do we know about preparations for the week? behind me is a new york criminal court with are on any given day hundreds are processed through the system. next week former president trump could be one of those people creating a security and logistical problem for one of the most congested areas of the city. law enforcement agencies, everyone from the nypd to federal