paula. it s just a very scary time in our country. asking for trouble. team trump trying to fire up his base, as he faces possible indictment within days. and joining forces, the world s biggest central banks team up to keep the cash flowing and stave off a possible financial crisis. all right. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world, i m christine romans. good monday morning to you. in just 90 minutes, china s leader xi jinping arriving in moscow for a state visit including a one-on-one meeting with russian president vladimir putin. overnight, the two leaders published articles written for audiences in each country. the pieces highlight the trust in cooperation, and credit china for promoting peace in ukraine. cnn s salma abdelaziz following the story live from london for us. salma, what s the purpose of xi s visit? and what is putin looking for from china? reporter: well, for president xi who has, of course, secured that unprecedented third
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
a grand jury as we wait to see if there could be an indictment soon for former president donald trump, and today is expected to be a pivotal day in court, and today, a former attorney to michael cohen is expected to testify, and he says that he has handed over a number of documents to back up the story. and we are watching the stock markets after serious banking fury, and the stock market is up, but the banking is down for credit suisse are down 50% after the swiss government had to pick up some risk. and xi jinping is meeting with vladimir putin in moscow, and sending a strong message of support despite the invasion of ukraine. we begin with the latest on the trump hush money investigation. and the legal affairs correspondent paula reid is here with the latest, and lot going on with robert costello testifying, and we have details surrounding this testimony, paula. what is interesting here is that even though prosecutors are running the grand jury, this is witness tha
money fraud. and the house republicans now war-gaming to attack the prosecutor. plus china s xi jinping touches down in moscow for his face-to-face meeting with vladimir putin. xi says china and russia share key goals. unclear, though, is whether putin gets the help he wants from china for his war in ukraine. and $3 billion. a swiss bank spends big to take over its struggling rival. financial markets are reacting positively, but what does this mean for your money? a first for us, though, a week that could bring history, criminal charges against donald trump. the former president predicts as much saying he expects to be arrested tomorrow. new developments underscore the tension an high stakes. the issue, the 2016 hush money paid to adult film star actress stormy daniels. longtime fixer michel cohen made that payment. trump says cohen falsified business records in the process. robert costello is a trump-connected attorney who once represented michael cohen. costello asked
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