it s the top of the hour on cnn newsroom. and we re so glad you re with us, hi, everyone, i m jessica dean. and i m boris sanchez. jessica, great to share an afternoon with you, albeit a busy one, right? the nation is bracing to see if an american president is going to be indicted in coming days. that s never happened in u.s. history. it s unprecedented. and the outcome hinges on what happens outside of this courthouse in manhattan. just a short time ago, a man who may be one of the final grand jury witnesses in a case against former president donald trump arrived at the courthouse. this car transporting robert costello, he s appearing at the request of trump s attorneys and he is there, essentially to contradict michael cohen, trump s former fixer. of course, cohen is a key witness as the new york district attorney investigates trump s alleged role in a hush money scheme to cover up a $130,000 payment in 2016 to adult film star stormy daniels. it was to keep her quiet
because we doll see there s a substantial portion of the gop electorate now that questions whether trump can win again. certainly for the most ardent supporters, is this going to be they re going safer me because they want to silence you. the question whether he can win again, can i think there s more reason to be concerned and we ve seen evidence in that in our new cnn polling that came out last week. juliette, to ron s point about potential attempt from members of trump s party to intimidate d.a.s or investigators looking into the former president, do you really think that might have a chilling effect on their work? no, i mean, i think i worry more about the physical well-being of people involved with this case, the judge, jurors, of course, the d.a. and the district attorney s office, we ve already seen brad come out. so what you re worried about is
bloomberg is reporting berkshire hathaway s warren buffett has been in touch with the biden administration in recent days, following the collapse of silicon valley bank. cnn has not independently confirmed the calls. we re joined by cnn s matt egan. tell us what you know about this. they obviously don t call him the oracle for nothing, right? that s right, boris. warren buffett has a long history of betting on america including times of stress. back in 2008, september 2008, he invested in goldman sachs. in 2011, he put a lot of money into bank of america. bloomberg is reporting that wuf
payment in 2016 to adult film star stormy daniels. it was to keep her quiet about an alleged affair with trump which he has denied. but the former president did post online that he expects to be arrested tomorrow. and then called for protests and for supporters to, quote, take our in addition back. republicans are slamming the prosecution as political. and today, several house leaders called for the d.a., alvin bragg, to testify before congress, accusing him of prosecutorialal buss. we re covering enangle of this story, cnn capitol recorder melody is in orlando. we re going to start with kara spinel in manhattan. kara, take us behind closed doors, what s happening with the grand jury right now? reporter: well, boris, you saw bob costello, he s the attorney that worked with
our friends, our allies or partners. all right, congressman, thank you so much for your time today, we appreciate it. thank you, sir. thank you. the manhattan d.a. is far from trump s only legal entanglements right now. we alluded to this earlier in this hour. georgia prosecutors are now considering racketeering and conspiracy charges tied to his attempts to overturn the peach state s 2020 election results. we ll tell you what cnn sources are saying about this, straight ahead. and that s. how you collect coins. your money never stops working for you with merrillll, a bank of amamerica company. hey, man. you could save hundreds for safe driving with liberty mutual. they customize your car insurance. so you only pay for what you need! whoo! we gotta go ain. only pay for what you need liberty. liberty. libe