america s rivals? fred fleitz, ready to go, geared up and we ll be joined shortly. john: begin america reports with an indictment watch for former president trump as manhattan d.a. alvin bragg s motives are questioned by critics. john roberts in washington. happy tuesday, sandra. sandra: and john, you are warmed up yet again. sandra smith in new york city. the former president predicted he would be arrested today, but he is not expected to be arraigned until next week, the grand jury has another witness to hear from. john: the manhattan district attorney for the soft on crime approach is taking heat for what critics say is politically motivated. his office is firing back. sal wisenberg in a moment. bryan joins us live in studio. what is the latest from district attorney alvin bragg s office? the office has responded to jim jordan and house speaker kevin mccarthy s calls for bragg to testify to congress over the possible indictment of former president trump. the
the editorial board. alexandria hoff joins us live. alexandria: u.s. regulators are applauding the deal saying the lifeline given to first republic bank demonstrates the resilience of the american banking system. all of this to pull first republic bank from the spiral met by silicon valley, signature and silver gate. join statement reads action of the largest banks reflect confidence in the banking system, we are deploying strength and liquidity to the largest system where it is needed most. the banks are supporting the economy and those around us. secretary yellen was among the architects of the deal. her testimony game days after emergency action to contain collapse of silicon valley bank. listen. i can reassure the members of the committee that our banking system is sound. americans can feel confident that their deposits will be there when they need them. this week s actions demonstrate resolute commitment to ensure that our financial system remains strong and that dep
granddaughter hall live received money. biggest banks in america jump in to rescue first republic. our banking system is sound. head of the treasury? they are the one those caused the problem. no good. and they upset the number 2 seed. [cheers] this is all part of the madness. [bagpipes] [bagpipes] brian: the inspirational soothing tunes and tone of bagpipes because it is saint patrick s day that is the rockland pd emerald society drum corps. celebrate saint patrick s day. no longer alive. in new york city, bigger parade than ireland. steve: the first parade for saint patrick s was actually in st. augustine, florida back in 1600. and then they started in boston and new york. and, as it turns out savannah, georgia has got one of the biggest in the country and that s why rockland county police department fire department from new york are down in savannah, georgia today. ainsley: boston has a big one. savannah does. they die the water green. chicago has sim
the president to an active war zone, where we don t have a u.s. military presence. it was important for the president to go to kyiv and get a first-hand briefing from zelenskyy s team and discuss zelenskyy s military planning, security assistance ukraine has asked for that the u.s. is providing and energy assistance that we ve given. alexandria: president biden announced additional to think he could outlast ukraine and the president shared this, president zelenskyy and ukrainians remind the world everyday what freedom is, freedom is priceless and worth fighting for for as long as it takes. china s top diplomat was in russia, pushing back on claims that the country is considering providing lethal support to russia to further their invasion. a spokesperson says the united states is in no position to make demands tchina, russia is not targeting third parties and a matter within sovereignty of two independent countries. john ratcliffe on the relationship here. this only encou
circumstantial. the stolen is expected to be called to the stand. bret: backed the blue. welcome eric adams welcome toe nyc happy to speech you something about values. more americans fled new york city maybe it s you who can learn from ron desantis. brian: here we go straight to a fox news alert. moments ago, vladimir putin announcing amongst other things that russia is suspending its participation in a key nuclear weapons treaty with the u.s. steve: great. the move comes as president biden is set to meet poland s president about an hour from now, this morning, after a surprise visit to kyiv. ainsley: alexandria hoff is live in washington. he just spoke at 4:00 a.m. eastern time. tell us more about what putin said and more on this story. this is a very prolonged speech. vladimir putin has just said that russia is suspending its participation in the new start nuclear weapons treaty that reduces the number of missile lawrges. he said russia must stand to missile t