attorney in the investigation examining hush money paid to women who alleged sexual encounters with him. he wrote in all caps, the tar and away leading republican candidate and former president of the united states of america will be arrested on tuesday of next week, protest, take our nation back. his legal team has been p preparing behind the scenes. trump is expected to present himself in manhattan following the formal charges and has expressed interest in making a speech afterwards. a source familiar with the situation says a trump has complained privately he believes he s only going to be indicted because he thinks that bragg, quote, hates him. some of his advisers urged him not to call for pros tests concerned about the ics of a mas protest growing out of control or resembling the january 6th attack on the capitol. john miller reported about meetings between city, state and federal law enforcement agencies in new york city about how to prepare for a possible indictment.
all right. andy scholes, thank you very much. great to see you. thanks for joining us. i m kasie e hunt. don t go a anywhere. cnn this s morning s starts r now. good morning, everyone. we re glad you re starting your day with us. here are five things to know. president biden and xi jinping easing tensions a bit after their high-stakes face to face summit. the leaders both greeting to reopening some military communications. and president biden signaling new hope for what could be an eminent hostage deal at a news conference last night. he s been deeply involved in the negotiations and is mildly hopeful. also a pro palestinian protest turns violent in washington, d.c. we re told six capitol police officers were injured and several arrests were made. congress has averted a government shutdown. the senate passing a short-term fund ing bill last night. president biden expected to sign it before friday s headline. and thousands of workers set to walk off the job today
available. now to the guns of war. this week came several suggest cant and troubling developments with regard to the war in ukraine. the latest the news that next week president xi jinping will travel to meet with vladimir putin. a putin adviser told russian staut media they plan to discuss the war in ukraine and will sign documents attesting to closer ties. china refused to condemn russia s invasion or call it such. or blaming it on the advance of nato. u.s. officials are monitoring the meetings as china considers sending weapons and working to get xi on the phone with president zelenskyy. the biden administration also warning that xi cold call for an unconditional cease-fire, which the u.s. says would legitimize the hold on the 17% of ukrainian territory that is taken by force. the international criminal court issued arrest warrants for the commissioner for children s rights over an alleged scheme to