but the district attorney there is still talking to witnesses and trump s lawyers are calling their own. and the blossoming friendship that has the world on edge. russian president vladimir putin and chinese leader xi jinping leading in moscow. what this might mean for ukraine. then, could parents be forced to buy separate plane tickets for their infant children? the new push that could ban babies from laps. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. and we start with our politics lead and the flurry of new developments in the various and sundry trump investigations. police in new york are setting up security cameras and barricades as they prepare for possible unrest after a possible indictment of the former president. trump said he expects to be arrested as soon as tomorrow over that hush money payment to porn actress and director stormy daniels. trump s former lawyer michael cohen was back answering questions at the prosecutor s office today over that $130,000 payment to k
this as new york police are now increasing courthouse security just ahead of a potential trump indictment. also tonight, trump s top gop allies are rushing to his defense and trying to discredit the new york d.a. who s investigating him. trump s legal peril and the political fallout looming over a major gathering of house republicans. and a high stakes handshake, china s president xi jinping ven v strengthens his alliance with vladimir putin, praising him as a dear friend as the russian leader stands charged with war crimes in ukraine. we ll have the latest on their talks in moscow, hours after putin s defiant visit to the war zone. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. we begin with the latest testimony in the new york grand jury investigation of donald trump amid questions about whether the former president is on the brink of being indicted. let s go right to our senior legal affairs corres
a subtle message shift, but a strong message from secretary of state tony blinken saying that far too many palestinians have been killed. and senator joe manchin says he is not running for re-election and threatening the democrats chances of keeping control of the senate next year and stoking speculation of a third-party presidential run. and dispatching alerts across the country with letters sent to election offices in six states and workers finding fentanyl in one office. john and sara are off today. i m kate bolduan with omar jimenez. this is cnn news central. this morning, secretary of state tony blinken says that israel must do more to protect palestinian civilians and seen as one of the most direct condemnations so far of the civilian death toll of the hamas-israel war. and this as strikes hit a hospital in gaza. watch this. explosions were seen near two hospitals where israel says that hamas has placed some of the headquarters underneath in tunnels. just a few m
in moscow tonight, vladimir putin is hosting a leader who could potentially change the course of his war against ukraine. the chinese president xi jinping. this comes at a critical time for russia s invasion as western officials warn china against supplying putin with weapons. cnn s selina wang has our report. reporter: tonight a high stakes show of force in moscow, china s president xi jinping and russia s vladimir putin shaking hands and stressing close ties, while showing off their vision of a post-american world order. translator: it is true that both of our countries share the same or similar goals. reporter: the pomp and circumstance a credibility boost for russian leader vladimir putin, displaying that he s got a powerful friend in chinese
brutal attack and invasion of ukraine last year. the highly watched meetings that drawn skepticism from ukrainian and western leaders. despite china s effort to frame itself as a peace maker in this conflict, a cnn selina wang reports this comes down amid concern china may start sending lethal weapons for russians to use against ukrainians. sfl reporter: the meeting of two friends, both set up to be leader foz life. showing off their vision of a post american world order. the pomp and circumstance, a credibility boost for vladimir putin. displaying that he s got a powerful friend in china s leader xi jinping even as the international criminal court has awarrant for his arrest for committing war crimes and allegedly shipping ukrainian children to russia and even as the west isolated him, amid stalled invasion of ukraine. both xi and putin writing glowing op-eds about her country s relations.