assembly. the us leader says it s a shameless violation of the un charter. putin claims he had to act because russia was threatened. but no one threatened russia. and no one other than russia sought conflict. a crime has been committed sought conflict. a crime has been committed against - sought conflict. a crime has - been committed against ukraine and we been committed against ukraine and we demand just punishment. the new york state s attorney general files a civil lawsuit against donald trump and three of his children for fraud. and we have a special report from xian in china on the government s zero covid strategy. we begin in russia where a human rights group says one thousand three hundred people have been arrested after taking part in protests against president putin s announced partial mobilisation of military reservists. up to three hundred thousand russians could be called up to fight in ukraine the first mobilisation of civilians since world war two. russi
so i asked nick akerman in the last hour have trump boxed himself in by making that claim, or least his representatives speaking on television. look you can t have your cake and eat it. that s how the special master responded to teen trump harry. his excuse for not handing over that evidence. this is candidate trump s lawyers, that s what they put forward, so how do you think that is sitting with the former president? you know, the former president has wanted to say this in the public sphere. he hasn t wanted to say it in court where you make a false statement, that s a separate crime. i think he is as always completely brazen and indifferent about saying any old thing when he s talking on the hustings, but not in court. look, the courts overall have done a pretty good job all the way through. it takes a while to get to them, they re not perfect but most of the time you really gotta come with the goods or lose. and that s what happened today. a conservative reagan appoint
destruction. putin appearing today at a meeting with military industry leaders as his lower house of parliament with absolutely no warning approved a new bill cracking down on soldier who s refused to fight. this bill says soldiers who refused to serve or resist orders could face up to 15 years in prison. and this move is causing a widespread expectation that putin may even in the next few hours announce a form of a draft. in fact, there was an expectation he could appear today for national address just as he did right before his mass invasion of ukraine. and our matthew chance reports tonight that this widely expected national address from putin is now expected to happen tomorrow morning russia time, which means overnight here in the u.s. it is an address that could up the ante and change the stakes in this horrific war. the fears of escalation already sending russia s stock market plunging today in its worst drop since the start of the invasion. and if putin is going to sta
tomorrow night he expects a good chunk of the island should have power restored with one exception. the southern part which is the most impacted part of the island done. leyla santiago thank you very much. vladimir putin saying today his forces saying quote need weapons of destruction, but that could mean for the ongoing conflict in ukraine. that s next. she was supposed to be the one. i used to believe in the one. and then i realized, there s plenty of savings in the sea. what? amazon has daily deals, so every day is a chance