Its good to be with you. I am jeff bennett. As we come on the air, its touchdown geneva. President biden has a meeting with Vladimir Putin less than 24 hours away. This Afternoon Nbc News is learning new details about the intense preparation behind the scenes and what President Biden plans to raise. Heres how it all set to go down. The two leaders will meet over several hours at a swiss video overlooking lake geneva, and there will be two sessions, including one meeting with four people, biden, putin, russian Foreign Minister and the secretary. Biden intends to confront putin on Human Rights abuses and election interference, and nothing is being left to chance, were told. After all, President Biden is walk into a meeting with a former colonel of the kgb, and when asked if ready for the meeting with putin, biden was succinct. Days before departing for europe the president was briefed at the White House by a whos who of russia experts. The group also included former ambassador to russia,
running ads distancing themselves from president biden. for lifting a trump era policy. plus, a warrant issued today for the alabama corrections officer last seen leaving jail with an inmate, charged with murder. cnn has an exclusive look inside his now empty cell. welcome to the lead, i m jake tapper. we start today with our world lead and the besieged city of mariupol, ukraine, where some civilians are finally finding a way out after weeks, months of a relentless russian bombardment. ukrainian officials say there were two planned evacuation corridors, one for people around the city who want to leave and another for those who had been trapped inside the azovstal steel plant. but it remains unclear if either of those corridors held. this is new video of a large smoke plume over the city of mariupol today, and a commander at the steel plant tells cnn the complex has been under constants fire since early this morning. ukrainian officials say around 100 civilians were succ
all, i m alex witt in fo jasmine disobedient. the former president on th move today to a florida golf club not to new york, at least no yet, that will happen closer t his tuesday arraignment on wha we now know is about 3 charges. the former president is facing criminal indictment. his legal team is publicly defined. he is a whole lot i mar-a-lago, he will face this, we will face it. we will be successful and sure president trump will not take plea on this case. the woman at the center o this case, stormy daniels, see this as a vindication. it is revealed that i was telling the truth. i didn t lie about anything. all the details came out all of these concepts ar cleared up and you know, a person in power is not exemp from the law, no matter what your job is or your bank account, you are hel accountable for the things you ve done and said justice is served. in addition to all of this, we are following breaking news of at least 11 people dead i tornado sweeping through t
chris jansing reports follows with ana cabrera right now. hello on this busy friday. i m ana cabrera in for chris jansing, and it appears to be down to two. a senator from ohio and the governor of north dakota emerging as the front runners as donald trump inches closer to making one of the most consequential choices of his campaign, picking a running mate. but could there still be another name on the list? plus, turning to trump s legal woes, the former president may be the one charged with mishandling secret documents, but in a hearing in florida today, special counsel jack smith appears to be the one with the most to lose. in an unusual decision, the judge is hearing arguments about whether jack smith should have been appointed in the first places and whether he has the authority to prosecute trump going forward. and rain bringing some relief to central new mexico where massive wildfires have destroyed hundreds of homes, forced thousands to flee, and left at leas
So, ron desantis - actually, i would argue, while trump really didn t gain votes or lose votes, so far the cycl in this one indictment, it ron desantis is having a really, really, really bad week. he is on a book for with a boring book no one wants t talk about and then, he has to play int trump s hands. so, it leaves him not in a ver good position, as a matter o fact i think you should cancel th book tour, go home, and pa attention, because for example disney beat him again this week by getting some rules passed before his the santa s appointed board took over. so, desantis has got a lot o problems at home, too. it s an extraordinary tha you say that, and you think it would be donald trump s wors week i don t know what that say about everything, but i m just going to put it out there. danielle and susan, thank yo so much. in the meantime, this is jus one of several criminal probes in the former president.