We have chilling new details this morning about threats being made against the grand jurors who just issued an indictment against donald trump in georgia, and the woman arrested after police say she threatened to kill the judge in the d. C. Case. New scrutiny on the hours before the deadly maui wildfires. Why didnt the sirens sound in time . Questions about the state and federal response, and were going to speak with the White House Press secretary shortly. Abortion rights are one step closer to being in front of the Supreme Court again. An Appeals Court ruling clearing the way for a popular Abortion Drug to remain available for now, but very Big Questions about how long it will remain that way. Im kate bolduan with john berman and sara sidner. This is cnn news central. This morning, there is growing concern for the safety of several jurors in georgia and a judge in washington, d. C. , who are assigned to the criminal cases against donald trump. There are new chilling details about the
today on inside politics , new and exclusive reporting reveals the special counsel is asking questions about an oval office free for all, and the free yeo who pushed donald t trump. plus, hiring is solid, but new numbers fall short. does it all point to another rate hike from the fed that could crunch your credit? and the freedom caucus purges marjorie taylor greene from its ranks over questions about where her loyalties lie, to the hard right or to the house speaker. i m abbey philip in for dana bash. let s go inside politics . up first, the screaming patch at the center of the special counsel s investigation. exclusive cnn reporting gives new insights into jack smith s months long focus on that december 18th 2020 oval office meeting. the people inside that room and ses brat and legal ideas that then pushed donald trump. and cnn s caitlin pollonz is part a that report. what does this tell us about where jack smith is in the process? this reporting from a keep of us led
continue to slaughter more innocent ukrainians. we don t want to see that. again, we ll see what these leaders come out with and what they say at the end of these discussions. we ll watch this very, very closely. again, we have communicated privately to the chinese. we certainly have communicated it publicly that that would not be an outcome that s to the better, not only of china and their interest, but certainly to the ukrainian people and to the whole idea of peace. what does it say to you that after the international criminal court issued that arrest warrant for putin, that, a, xi did still show up in russia, but you saw putin over the weekend in mariupol, in all of these other cities. i think to your first question, you ve got to keep this relationship in some sort of context here. these are two nations who chafe and bristle at the idea of u.s. leadership or u.s. influence around the world. they don t like playing by the r rules, that the world order has in place and
state visit since russia launched the invasion into ukraine. and china is promoting this visit as a peacemaking mission. you will be hard-pressed to think that any ending of the war is coming from this visit, but world leaders are watching it very closely for any clues to what moves russia and china might make. we are covering all of the angles of the visit for you, and we will start with matthew chance in moscow. matthew, what are you hearing from the officials today? well, russian officials are treating it as a diplomatic coupe, and the leader of china coming to visit russia is the support that the kremlin is looking for. it is first time that xi jinping has come to russia since russia launched this invasion a year ago, and it is days after vladimir putin has been indicted by the international criminal court for war crime, and it is a strong message that vladimir putin is not as isolated as the west would like to think he is, and he has this figure standing side by side w
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