indictment could land soon. that has law enforcement in new york and washington beefing up security ahead of potential protests. but amid putin continues talks with his dear friend, she jinping, and moscow, in the coming hours. the white house says it s watching the meeting of russian and chinese leaders closely. how this visit could impact the war in ukraine. plus, shares and u.s. bank first republic tumbled to a new low, raising the question is the banking system in the u.s. secure, or is more turmoil coming? live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. good to have you with us. it s two a.m. and new york, with the city that never sleeps is getting ready for an unprecedented possibility. talk the indictment of a former president. a senior law enforcement official tells cnn donald trump could be charged as soon as this week. but that s for us close to trump s legal team say they don t expect any arrest or court appearance to happen before next
through congress even if it was six weeks? i m not gonna talk about si or five or seven or ten, but whatever the most conservative legislation is they can come through congress - is what you time? yes tim scott can get a numbe that he supports, we can t get specific well desantis goes inside this new florida bill in closed-door ceremony, either actions that say that this is losing issue for republicans and since you are a former republican, can you figure out why they are getting behind it this way yes so these bands, whether it b over drugs or about potentia nationwide bans on abortion, they are all about the control of women, which is exactly wha the gop is proving that they stand for when they ar flabbergasted and have no idea what to say ashley, hang on, they looke at the calendar, right they know it is 2023, you ar telling me that they reall want to have control over women?
prosecutor. that is a dangerous an ominous turn in american civic life. and, trump s defense team had apparently been pushing florida s governor, ron desantis, to weigh in on this investigation and that s exactly what he did, monday, but perhaps not in the way they would ve liked. let s just take a listen to that. yes. i don t know what goes into paying hush money to a point start to secure silence over some type of alleged affair. i can t speak to that. but, what i can speak to is that if you have a prosecutor who is ignoring crimes happening every single day in his jurisdiction, and he chooses to go back many, many years ago to try to use something about porn star hush money payments, that is an example of pursuing a political agenda and weaponizing the office. and, trump responded to being mocked by desantis,
what republicans would call will court liberal prosecutors. but, also, reminds people of the personal baggage that trump brings from ping hush money to a point star. kind of a symbol of all the scandals trailing. him and, then on the other side, you see donald trump scorched earth attack on anyone that smokes in this way. as we saw, in 2016, any republican who was operating under any illusion that trump would not do anything he can to tear down desantis, through any means necessary. and, referring to allegations about his behavior when he was a teacher, it s just the beginning of what will be an extraordinary turn in the blast furnace for rhonda scent is beyond anything that he s ever faced. i mean, running against donald trump is a little like the famous statement attributed to mike tyson, the boxer who once said that everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face. and, that is what running against donald trump s. like and we ll see how well
lashing out in his truth social post. i just want to read it out. he said, rhonda sanctimonious will probably find out about false accusations and fake stories sometime in the future as he gets older, wiser and better known when he s unfairly and illegally attacked by a woman, even classmates that are under age or possibly a man. what does trump s response reveal to you about how he plans to attack desantis if he enters the 2024 presidential race? both of those statements, rosemary, in about a minutes time encapsulate each sides campaign. you know, i ve said to you before that desantis, the core of his campaign in development is that he plans on offering republican voters, trumpism without trump. that he will fight all of the cultural wars that trump does but not trail all the personal baggage. and, you see that in that statement where he goes after