continue to slaughter more innocent ukrainians. we don t want to see that. again, we ll see what these leaders come out with and what they say at the end of these discussions. we ll watch this very, very closely. again, we have communicated privately to the chinese. we certainly have communicated it publicly that that would not be an outcome that s to the better, not only of china and their interest, but certainly to the ukrainian people and to the whole idea of peace. what does it say to you that after the international criminal court issued that arrest warrant for putin, that, a, xi did still show up in russia, but you saw putin over the weekend in mariupol, in all of these other cities. i think to your first question, you ve got to keep this relationship in some sort of context here. these are two nations who chafe and bristle at the idea of u.s. leadership or u.s. influence around the world. they don t like playing by the r rules, that the world order has in place and
legal adviser to trump attorney michael cohen is expected to testify before a new york grand jury and michael cohen has said he s been called as a potential rebuttal witness to costello. that grand jury could issue an indictment or indictments against former president donald trump any day now and trump has called for protests if that happens. we are outside the new york city courthouse watching for the arrival of witnesses this morning. plus, we re also keeping a very close eye on u.s. markets this hour, futures in the green, that s a good thing, but this is after switzerland s largest bank scooped up its rival credit suisse in an emergency rescue deal. plus chinese president xi jinping in moscow at this hour, set to meet with russian president vladimir putin. a closer look at what that means as putin is facing an international arrest warrant for alleged war crimes. we will get to all of that but we begin this hour with kara scannell who is outside the courthouse here i
john kirby said earlier even if china does publicly propose a ceasefire once again the u.s. believes ukraine should reject it and says the u.s. will reject it as well. reporter: yeah, it s these are two men, two strong men up against the west and with each visit, with each, you know each side digging in their heels it s pretty troubling for a lot of people watching the direction of these two peculiar opposites in the world right now. all right. will ripley in taiwan for us this morning. will, thank you very much. appreciate you joining us. we will be tracking all the latest with this putin/xi meeting. cnn newsroom starts right now. good monday morning, i m erica hill. and i m john berman. great to see you this morning. nice to be back with you, my friend. a pivotal day in court for the former president. today robert costello, once a
calling for is for russia to basically be given the land that they ve already taken. yeah, and notable given that john kirby said earlier even if china does publicly propose a ceasefire once again the u.s. believes ukraine should reject it and says the u.s. will reject it as well. reporter: yeah, it s these are two men, two strong men up against the west and with each visit, with each, you know each side digging in their heels it s pretty troubling for a lot of people watching the direction of these two peculiar opposites in the world right now. all right. will ripley in taiwan for us this morning. will, thank you very much. appreciate you joining us. we will be tracking all the latest with this putin/xi meeting. cnn newsroom starts right now. good monday morning, i m erica hill. and i m john berman. great to see you this morning. nice to be back with you, my friend. a pivotal day in court for
this is interesting to me i am leaving on you to try and explain it. a lot of people were in disagreement over what the exact ruling should be, here. how it pertains to the constitution. kennedy: as far as whitaker s appointment? harris: and white can be temporary. a member when we thought he was going to quit? jeff sessions? we didn t know if rod rosenstein was going to quit, and looked like they were all going to quit that week. the conversation turns to come if you makes appointments, where s the argument over it then? he s allowed to do that. then you have a set confirmation on the permanent guy. when did the script to flip the question mike kennedy: i don t know, man the whole thing it s all about each side digging in. adam schiff doesn t want because he wants to make sure there s an impeachment that comes out of it. his biggest fear is not that the federal government run smoothly and effectively and the branches keep each other in check? it s because he jockeys for a