state visit since russia launched the invasion into ukraine. and china is promoting this visit as a peacemaking mission. you will be hard-pressed to think that any ending of the war is coming from this visit, but world leaders are watching it very closely for any clues to what moves russia and china might make. we are covering all of the angles of the visit for you, and we will start with matthew chance in moscow. matthew, what are you hearing from the officials today? well, russian officials are treating it as a diplomatic coupe, and the leader of china coming to visit russia is the support that the kremlin is looking for. it is first time that xi jinping has come to russia since russia launched this invasion a year ago, and it is days after vladimir putin has been indicted by the international criminal court for war crime, and it is a strong message that vladimir putin is not as isolated as the west would like to think he is, and he has this figure standing side by side w
this one is asked to appear in trump s defense as the grand jury makes a decision on whether to hand up an indictment. trump set off shockwaves by posting a prediction he would be indicted tomorrow and calling for protests against the new york d.a., law enforcement officials meeting today to prepare, just in case. also ahead, china s president arriving in moscow for his first visit since russia invaded ukraine, a three-day visit where vladimir putin hopes to strengthen ties and hopefully obtain aid for his failing ukraine invasion. we ll talk to ukraine s ambassador to the u.s. and nbc news s richard engel will join us live from baghdad with a view of how the country has changed on the 20th anniversary of the u.s. war in iraq. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. thanks for being with us. at the center of this investigation, alleged false filings about rush money payments by former trump legal adviser, michael cohen, to former adult film star stormy daniels
we ll have a special report. hello, very warm welcome to the programme. the financial times is reporting that ubs switzerland s biggest bank has agreed to buy credit suisse for more than two billion dollars. there s been no confirmation yet of whether the offer has been accepted. it s thought an earlier offer of $1 billion was considered too low. the swiss banking giant had been caught up in the market uncertainty triggered by the collapse, nine days ago, of america s silicon valley bank. it had been offered an emergency credit facility of more than $50 billion by switzerland s central bank, but that had not prevented a sharp fall in its share price. our business correspondent marc ashdownjoins me. we spoke a little earlier. it s not offering to billion. offering to billion. they have aareed offering to billion. they have agreed that offering to billion. they have agreed that figure. offering to billion. they have agreed that figure. it s - offering to billion. they
as economics and business. particularly when it comes to switzerland, there is quite a special relationship, explain why politics plays into decision making. the problem is credit suisse had got to the the problem is credit suisse had got to the point that credit suisse on the global market was no longer credible the global market was no longer credible. the swiss government were faced with credible. the swiss government were faced with the potential of the swiss faced with the potential of the swiss banking system effectively imploding so they created a forced marriage imploding so they created a forced marriage for ubs to effectively save credit marriage for ubs to effectively save credit suisse and save swiss banking which credit suisse and save swiss banking which also credit suisse and save swiss banking which also potentially saved a massive which also potentially saved a massive problem with the global banking massive problem with the global banking system. bu