for hitting ted lasso with hard-hitting questions in the show. the cast at the white house for important meetings to meet with the president and first lady to talk about a very serious topic. mental health. >> if you can ask for that help from a professional, fantastic. if it needs to be a loved one, equally as good in a lot of ways because you sometimes just need to let that pressure, that pressure valve release. >> tonight on cnn this programming note. cnn primetime. days after the former president said he would be arrested cnn's pamela brown taking a close look at donald trump's legal woes, from election interference to mishandling classified documents to the hush money payments. what happens next. inside the trump investigation airs tonight live 9:00 p.m. eastern right here on cnn. thanks for your time today on "inside politics." we'll see you tomorrow. brianna keilar picks up our coverage right now. hello. i'm brianna keilar in washington. and right now authorities in new york and washington are on high alert, preparing for potential

unrest if former president donald trump is indicted. according to an internal memo shared with cnn, all nypd officers are expected to be in uniform and ready to deploy. these are images you're seeing now out of new york today. so far small gatherings of pro-trump and anti-trump demonstrators. and then in florida protesters are outside of trump's home in mar-a-lago. the district attorney in manhattan has given no timeline on when trump could be charged for his alleged role in hush money payments to adult film star stormy daniels. the former president has claimed that he could be arrested today and has called on his supporters to protest. cnn's kara scannell is following all of this. kara, what more do we know about these preparations for what's really an unprecedented moment in u.s. history? a former president criminally charged. >> reporter: yeah, brianna, it is an unprecedented time. right now we've just -- we're seeing a small build-up of police presence but it's really

very low-key and calm around the courthouse. it's more the things behind the scenes. the increased security cameras, the barricades that they have in place for potential deployment if necessary. and as you mentioned, there was the internal memo telling people to be in uniform today and ready to deploy if anything were to take off, any protests to take off given former -- it's mostly reporters. there are a couple individual groups that have stopped by the courthouse to just make their thoughts known. but it's not a big event here yet in terms of any sort of protest activity. you know, it's because we're all still in this waiting game of when will the district attorney make a decision of whether to charge the former president. what sources tell us is that they are looking at this hush money payment and trump's aalleged role in it. they're focusing on whether trump was involved in any falsification of business records. remember, be michael cohen reimbursed -- michael cohen was

reimbursed for advancing that $130,000 payment to stormy daniels. he has said he submitted false invoices to the trump organization. and the federal prosecutors say the trump organization had incorrectly documented that in their books as a legal expense. that is a misdemeanor in new york. so the question is would they bring this as a felony case? the lowest felony in new york would be falsifying business records to conceal or commit another crime. the question here is would that crime be campaign finance? in the federal case that michael cohen pled guilty to he admitted under oath to making this payment which prosecutors said was an outsize campaign contribution, something above the legal limit. the question here, is that something that the state prosecutors would bring against the former president? we did see some grand jury activity yesterday. the question is now how long will this decision take? brianna? >> kara, thank you for that. in the meantime house republicans are working overtime, rallying to former president trump's defense. speaker kevin mccarthy says the

manhattan d.a.'s case is purely political while one republican senator is calling for the d.a.'s aarrest. cnn's lauren be fox is on capitol hill for us with the latest. lauren? >> well, there is no indictment yet, brianna, but house republicans already coming to the former president's dfs. y you had a letter yesterday by three top republican chairmen saying they wanted to hear testimony as well as get documents from the manhattan district attorney alvin bragg. you also had kevin mccarthy the house speaker saying this earlier today down in orlando. >> this was personal money. he wasn't trying to hide. this was seven years ago. statute of limitations. and i think in your heart of hearts you know too this is political. but i get concerned when i see out there and i see justice not being equal to others. with a local d.a. playing in presidential politics. if that starts right there don't

you think it will happen across the country? >> and over in the u.s. senate you already have one republican, senator rand paul, tweeting this earlier today saying "a trump indictment would be a disgusting abuse of power. the d.a. should be put in jail." we'll get more reaction when lawmakers return to washington this evening for a procedural vote. but brianna, what you're seeing here is when the president argued that he could be indicted today, which of course has not happened yet, it brought a lot of republicans rallying for his defense. gives you some insight into the messaging war happening already. brianna? >> certainly does. lauren fox on capitol hill for us. joining us to discuss we have shan wu, defense attorney and former federal prosecutor. and a.b. stoddard is with us as well. she is associate editor and column ist for real clear politics. shan, first off, just look at what these charges could be and what you think the d.a. might be considering here as we look at

this possibility of a misdemeanor or a felony. >> yeah. the big question is what is he considering for what crime was there an intent to cover up, would that misdemeanor which would bump it up to the felony class. so he could be looking at whether there's a state election law that was given -- broken. that was a little bit fuzzy in terms of just taking a look at the new york state election laws. there's obviously federal campaign finance law he could try to bootstrap too. that would be a bit novel for the state d.a. to be using federal law. it's certainly theoretically possible. but that might open up a better argument by trump's team, maybe something like pre-emption, for example. the other intriguing possibility is he could try to link it to some of the other financial crimes that were involved. and he'd have to show that when cohen was involved with, let's say, bank fraud or tax fraud that trump knew about that. and that could be be part of what was being covered up

through that falsification. we don't really know until we see an indictment. but there is sort of a menu of choices for him. >> a.b., i wonder looking up at capitol hill, we just heard lauren fox's report there, what do you make of what especially house republicans are doing here with their investigation? >> well, brianna, we know that tlg his telling his supporters he would be arrested imminently and they should protest only helps trump bolster his position in the nominating process, in the primary contest, but also for house republicans this is extremely productive. the truth is they're going to run around on conservative media night after night and on the internet fund-raising telling voters that they are going to go after this soft on crime prosecutor who's out to get -- liberal prosecutor who's out to get donald trump and that they are going to investigate the

investigation. they cannot investigate a live investigation, and they cannot interfere with a pending case. but that doesn't matter. it will still meet their ends and be quite productive for them. so it's a win-win for house republicans. this was the best case that could come first, that they could call just an old misdemeanor, just a bookkeeping error. obviously, any indictment in georgia or at the federal level over january 6th would be far more difficult for republicans to defend. so they're pretty techled that this is the one that came first and allowed them to set this narrative. >> shan, what's the effect of the house republican process here on the legal process? >> zero. as a.b. was saying, there's no way they can actually get to the legal process. i mean, first of all, it's a state process, not even a federal one. second of all, it's an active investigation and bragg's office should fight all the way to the supreme court to stop any interference. so they're not going to be able to touch it legally.

atmospherically, of course, they can turn it into more of a pressured circus atmosphere and there could be more public pressure on bragg. but he is committed to whatever road he's going down here. i mean, nothing they're saying is going to make a difference. it's just posturing for their own effect. >> a.b., what do house republicans do, republicans in general, what do they do when at some point they want their supporters to believe in the institution of the legal process and they need for them to believe in it? >> well, that's a really good question, brianna, because for the last couple years they have been railing against institutions they traditionally defended. when you start with january 6th, where they were criticizing the police for not -- the capitol police for not taking care of the riot. 140 of them injured and several of them died. and then moving on to even calls

on the extreme right from people like marjorie taylor greene to defund the fbi. they are going to go for broke on this case. in terms of the nominating contest, the primary, it will be interesting to see once we get -- if there are indictments about january 6th, either in georgia or at the federal level there, it is going to be more difficult for republicans who are trying to republican for president to separate themselves and say, you know, this is a serious case. but they will be challenged to do it because that's a loser in a general election to not take seriously those more severe crimes. so that's a challenge going forward for them, whether or not they want to just continue to injury our institutions and trust in them solely to try to keep favor with donald trump's voters. >> it's certainly a conundrum.

a.b., thank you so much. shan, thank you so much as well for your insights. and a quick programming note tonight on cnn primetime a closer look at donald trump's investigations. what he is looking at here. from election interference to mishandling classified documents to the alleged hush money payments. what happens next? "inside the trump investigations" airs live tonight at 9:00 eastern. and the putin-xi bromance appears to be growing. the two leaders pledging dooper ties in day two of meetings in moscow. what does that mean for their posture toward the united states and also toward ukraine? plus, another rate hike could be on the way. what janet yellen is saying about that and the continued fears over u.s. banks. and a player on the cuban national baseball team reportedly defects during the world baseball classic in miami. stay with us.

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we're following some major developments from day two of the vladimir putin-xi jinping meeting in moscow. you can see them earlier today in the kremlintion biggest hall there where they met. china's state media reporting the two signed a declaration deepening their partnership with putin saying he's in constant contact with xi. a short time ago the head of nato said there are indicators that russia is asking china for military help, the so-called lethal aid for its war on ukraine. it's something the u.s. has warned china not to do. and today ukrainian officials confirmed to cnn that discussions are under way for a conversation between xi and ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy. so there is so much happening here today. let's talk about it now with major general james "spider"

marks, retired and former u.s. ambassador to china gary locke. ambassador, to you first. what is your reaction to what you've seen from the summit so far? >> well, it's really all about show. it's trying to enhance the image of putin in light of the criminal charges by the international criminal court against him. and china simply wants to project and enhance its image as a peace-loving country trying to bring people together. but it's really all about show. i really don't think much of the chinese proposal by way of a peace plan or their cease-fire. >> you don't think much of it there. so general, the head of nato is saying today that it's looking like russia is asking for this lethal aid from china, this military assistance. how could that change the war? >> well, it certainly could. and that's kind of a reinforcement of what our intelligence community has been saying as a possibility. it certainly could change the war. but the real issue is that if

china's going to provide some enhanced capabilities to russia, russia has to have the ability to absorb those capabilities and use them effectively. to date they have demonstrated they don't have that capability. everything they engage with in a tactical manner is always very -- you know, every one of those things is stovepiped. they'll use artillery. it won't be in concert with maneuver. they'll try maneuver. they won't necessarily use fighters. these challenges exist. this equipment by itself has to be utilized in an effective way. and i'm not saying the russians know how to do it. >> that raises some very serious questions considering what we've seen russia do on the battlefield and not do here in the last year. ambassador, i wonder if that's something xi is thinking about. what is he weighing when he's thinking yes, maybe i will give lethal aid or no, i'm not going to? >> well, first of all, china wants to increase its economic ties with russia. it certainly could use the oil and natural gas and agricultural

commodities from russia. russia very much wants that money that they can use to pay for the war against ukraine. but china's going to have to think very long and hard about providing any type of lethal military equipment to russia because not only will the united states come down hard by way of sanctions but so will the other european countries. and making the cost of europe -- of chinese products much more expensive in europe or not allowing those chinese products at all into europe would really cripple the chinese economy, put a lot of people out of work. and that would create huge domestic problems for the chinese. >> i mean, putin here, general, is clearly trying to sweeten this relationship with russia during this expected ask, right? he has just announced that he's ready to increase uninterrupted oil supplies to china. what's he doing here? >> well, i find it quite ironic that xi is coming to putin.

he's also -- he's on the heels of this success bringing iran and saudi arabia together diplomatically, and he's bringing a 12-point peace plan. and you read through that peace plan you say, well, on the surface a lot of that makes sense but then as you go through it you realize it really has some real issues and it's directed very controversially toward nato and the united states participations. china views all of their relationships through a transactional lens. and also china doesn't have allies and it doesn't have friends. it has clients. it has vassals. and this truly is a vassal-like relationship that's being directed here. and as the ambassador indicated, the relationship that china has, economic relationship that china has with europe is hugely important. china cannot afford to risk that. >> so neither one of you very clearly thinks much of this sort of peace framework that china is proposing here.

ambassador, perhaps it is that of course the u.s., or maybe a lot of people in the u.s. are not the audience. i expect that china expects there are many people like u yourselves who are going to be buying this. who is the audience? who is china trying to sell this image of themselves as a peace broker to? >> well, china's trying to develop stronger economic and political relationships with many of the other countries around the world in terms of the former soviet republics, africa, southeast asia, and many of the other developing countries including brazil and india. so china is trying to present itself as kind of a new force, standing up against the western powers and the western order. china and many of these other countries that are emerging much stronger economically and politically feel that they're having to abide by the rules made by the united states and some of the european countries

and they feel that they should have a say in the so-called bylaws of the country club. and they feel -- they really resent the heavy-handedness and the dominance of the united states and the european countries in terms of so much of world affairs. >> ambassador, what are you expecting from a meeting between zelenskyy and xi? >> well, i think they have to do it. it's a matter of show. china has to try to reach out and say if we're serious as a peace broker we have to reach out to all the parties. and certainly the president of ukraine has to listen to anybody who's offering up a proposal for peace because you can't reject overtures for peace. but the chinese peace plan is really very hollow. it's calling for a cease-fire, allowing the russian forces to continue the occupation of the ukrainian territory, and really enable the russians to build up reinforcements, supplies,

ammunition, and then when the cease-fire ends russia will be in a better position militarily to continue its attack and invasion of ukraine. >> general, how do you think ukrainian military leaders would be viewing this? surely they will understand zelenskyy is meeting with xi, and then what do you think zelenskyy might say coming out of a meeting like that considering? >> yeah, the message to his military leaders is going to be look, we have to be able to maintain the offensive, we have to be able to try to achieve our strategic objectives. yet the input i would imagine he's getting is the reality and the challenges that are on the ground, the fact that ukrainian units are doing tremendously well, yet there is tremendous bloodshed. there are numbers that really have to be considered here. and the advances have the ukrainians been able to achieve some operational, not just tactical but some operational successes that will put additional pressure on putin so

ukraine can possibly go to some type of a negotiating -- negotiation from an improved position. so this is a give and take that zelenskyy's going to have with his military leaders. they will speak truth about what's taking place on the ground, the successes they're having, but the real challenges of beating back the large numbers that the russians are providing in terms of support at the tactical level of engagement. >> ambassador gary locke, general spider marks, thank you to you both. treasury secretary janet yellen is looking to boost confidence and calm fears about the u.s. banking system. but she's also talking about new action to protect smaller banks. . with five flavors that are delicious any time of day. only from m ihop. download the app and earn free food with every order.

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another rate hike could be on the way, and so could more bank rescues. today treasury secretary janet yellen said uncle sam is poised to swoop in if another regional bank nose-dives like svb or signature. >> our intervention was necessary to protect the broader u.s. banking system. and similar actions could be warranted if smaller institutions suffered deposit r contagion. >> for now, though, it is other banks to the rescue. 11 of them propping up first republic with $30 billion and

now the battered regional lender has hired jpmorganchase to shore up its financials even more. markets are up on the news, and the fed is watching all of this ahead of tomorrow's decision on interest rates. cnn's matt egan is tracking this for us. so matt, yellen keeps trying to reassure everyone that the banks are fine and that the government and bigger banks will stamp out any fires. has that calmed things here? >> well, brianna, it does look like things have calmed down significantly. you know, janet yellen, she's insisting that this is a confidence problem, it's not a solvency one. and so she is doing her best to try to reassure everyone that the banking system is strong, it's been made stronger by the 2010 dodd frank reforms. and yellen did say that washington is willing to come to the rescue if that's what it takes to put out these fires. janet yellen also sought to draw a contrast between what's going on now and what happened during the great financial crisis, saying that this is not 2008,

this is very different. she notes that there's no toxic assets right now. and so we look at what's going on in regional banks. they're up across the board. look at first republic, up 53% today. that is a big rebound after plunging to record lows just yesterday. and we did have the 11 biggest banks in the country come to the rescue with that $30 billion lifeline provided last week. and now a person familiar with the matter telling cnn that first republic is being advised by jpmorgan chase, trying to figure out what kind of options they have to try to restore confidence in this bank. and one of those options includes potentially raising additional capital. right now the mood on wall street has certainly improved from recent days, brianna. >> so the fed is watching all of this. today we actually learned that home prices dipped last month. is this a sign that the medicine the fed is divvying out is actually working? >> yeah, brianna.

i mean, housing is ground zero for the fed's war on inflation. mortgage rates have gone sharply higher since the fed started even talking about raising interest rates. so that has slowed down the housing market. new numbers out today show that existing home sales, they did increase month over month between january and february. but look at that. still down 23% almost from the pace of a year ago. and this is having an impact on prices. home prices year over year, they dipped by less than 1%. that breaks this decade-long streak of increasing home prices. so that is significant. and again, it really is all about what the fed is doing to try to get inflation under control. >> that is some graph right there. matt egan, thank you. i want to bring in cnn economics and political commentator catherine rampell of the "washington post." so catherine, i wonder, should we be encouraged that secretary yellen said that things appear

to be stabilizing? can we sort of take that and be comforted by it? >> well, i think secretary yellen among others had been hoping that they would not need to keep saying over and over again that things are safe, your deposits are secure, please don't worry. they had been hoping that when there were these extraordinary interventions over a week ago to rescue the depositors for silicon valley bank and signature bank that would be sufficient. then they were hoping that this infusion from the bigger banks into -- cash infusion from the bigger banks into first republic would itself be sufficient. and obviously there are still some market jitters out there. i think the real question that people have that is continuing to fuel the anxiety is what happens to my deposit if it is above the level of the fdic insurance cap, $250,000. so for most people that would not apply to them. but for some people it does. for legal reasons among others

the administration has been reluctant to explicitly say don't worry, everyone will be made whole even if there's a run on your bank, even if you're above that cap. again, for legal reasons they're restricted from saying that. they're inching closer and closer to saying that. and that's what you heard janet yellen say today essentially, that if it comes down to it the federal government will swoop in and make sure that your deposits are safe if there's a risk of a broader run on the banking system. so to answer your question, i hope that allays people's concerns. but what they've done so far apparently has not gotten us to that point. >> she's telling us it's okay because some people, a lot of people are worried that it's not okay. right? so that makes sense. how do her remarks today and how the markets have responded affect the fed's decision-making about whether they're going to keep hiking interest rates? >> well, if you look at what's happened to the regional banking stocks including first republic

bank, which is presumably one of the ones that yellen was referring to if not explicitly as, you know, if there's a run on the bank the federal government would come in. if you look at first republic bank's stock, it has gone up today. it has been doing better. lots of other banking stocks also doing better today, presumably in light of that greater reassurance from the federal government. what all of this means for the federal reserve, i think we still don't know. there had been calls a week ago for the fed to potentially pause its rate hikes. you know, not tototototo ago before all this turmoil the expectation was that we would see a 50 basis point or half a percentage point rate hike tomorrow. then it was maybe it's 25 basis points. maybe it's nothing. i think we still don't know. the fed i think is going to try to communicate even if they are pausing the fight against inflation is not over. this is a temporary pause, not

an end to the battle against inflation and not an end to the increase in interest rates. but we don't know. i think they'll be digesting how markets react today and tomorrow morning and then evaluating based on all of that as well as all of the inflation and other, you know, real economy data that are coming in. >> so when you look at his role here, jerome powell, the fed chair's, on a continuum between scalpel and, say, whack-a-mole, where would you put him? >> where would i put him? >> his approach. >> i think his job's secure -- oh, his approach. >> his approach. >> i thought you meant is he going to get pushed out, which -- >> no. >> -- donald trump threatened to do. look, i think he has a really difficult job, and i do not envy him that difficult job. almost anything that the federal reserve does to try to deal with one problem, it's going to make its other problems worse. right? if they act more aggressively when it comes to inflation by raising interest rates, that in

turn could destabilize the financial markets again. and if they do what's best for financial markets that could aggravate inflation and make it become more entrenched. so unfortunately, they only have this one blunt instrument, which is raising rates. they can raise them or not raise them or they can cut them. i don't think anybody's really expecting that tomorrow. but they have that one tool and that's about it. and they don't really have a scalpel, unfortunately. so again, almost whatever choice they make will in some respect be the wrong choice. but i think they're going to try to finesse it with how they communicate their decision. again, even if they pause rates -- pause rate hikes, rather, tomorrow. maybe they will communicate hey, guys -- hey, world, this doesn't mean that we're done. and getting that message exactly right is important. because there are other people who worry, including a number of former fed officials who have said explicitly on the record, well, if the fed pauses does

that signal more worry than they intend, right? is the fed saying -- if the fed pauses but not actually calm markets might that freak them out even more because the markets will say hey, even if the fed is freaked out maybe i should be too. i don't know that that's the right interpretation of events. there are a lot of of ways this could go sideways. >> we'll be listening so carefully to see what they say tomorrow with you. catherine rampell, as always thank you so much. and coming up, a colorado dentist arrested and accused of poisoning his wife. and investigators say his internet searches were quite revealing. rsonal advisors. hey david! connect with an advisor to create your personalized plan. let's find the right invevestments for your goals. okay, great. j.p. morgan wealth management. how many rooms are in there? should we go check it out? yeah. we get to stay here all weekend! when you stay at vrbo... i call doing the door code! ...the host doesn't stay with you. it looks exactly like the picture.

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a colorado departmenti dent jail without bound accused of poisoning his wife. police say james craig ordered the arsenic online and made suspicious searches like how to make poison and how many grams of pure arsenic will kill a human. cnn law enforcement correspondent whitney wilde is joining us now on this story. what more can you tell us here, whitney? >> well, brianna, the timeline from basically when this investigation launched to his arrest is really short, and that's because police say that they have found volumes of evidence to support this idea that he both planned and carried out his wife's murder. the chilling timeline begins on march 4th when police say arsenic was delivered to the craigs' home. by march 6th angela, his wife, mother of six, was in the hospital. she was complaining of dizziness. she was saying that she couldn't focus her eyes. here is a screen grab of text messages between the two of them from around that time.

she tells her husband, james craig, "i feel drugged." he responded, "given our history, that might be triggering. just for the record, i didn't drug you. i am super worried, though. you looked really pale before i left like in your lips." brianna, fast forward to around march 9th through the 14th she was hospitalized again and again. that's around the same time that police say craig ordered potassium cyanide to his dental office. there a staff member opened it, boxed it back up, alerted another member of the staff later on. the staff was so concerned about what they saw coupled with what they knew about angela's symptoms, they took this information right to the hospital staff that was treating angela for the last time, again, when she was complaining of dizziness and severe headaches and sluggishness and an inability to focus her eyes because the symptoms were so consistent with poisoning they took that right to the nurse at the hospital. the nurse took that right to police. he was arrested a matter of days

later. and brianna, perhaps one of the most piercing details in this police affidavit, police say that as angela lay dying in the hospital james craig flew another woman to denver because he planned to start a new life with her. he will be formally charged on thursday. simply a chilling case and we will keep you updated on the latest details, bri. >> so when she says i feel drugged and he says given our history i know that must be triggering. do we know what that history is? do we have any idea? >> we do. within the affidavit it is clear that angela once told her sister, tony, that james craig had drugged her be five or six years ago and in that incident angela told her sister he had drugged her because he didn't want her to find him as he was attempting a suicide, so he wanted to drug her so she wasn't able to stop his suicide attempt. again, that was five or six years ago. the police make clear in the affidavit that that's the incident that they think she's referring -- that he is

referring to there. certainly a lot of detail in this affidavit. people who are associated with them, friends, family, said they had a very tumultuous relationship, something police mentioned in that police affidavit, bri. >> how sad. whitney wild, thank you for that update. we appreciate it. half a million students in los angeles have the day off today, and it is not related to the latest atmospheric river. the union representing cafeteria workers, bus drivers, custodians and teacher's aides is on strike. a powerful teachers union is backing the work stoppage, which is planned to shut down the nation's second largest school district for three days. cnn's nick watt is there for us. so nick, this was a long-running dispute. tell us about this and what you're hearing now. >> reporter: yeah, listen, they have been negotiating for almost a year now. the union that represents these workers, the bus drivers, custodians, and the school district. now, where i am today this is a campus with six schools.

normally 4,000-plus kids on this campus. not today. the gate is locked. now, the union is asking for respect, they say. they're asking for about thor working conditions, longer hours. but of course this is all about money. the union is asking for 30% pay hikes for their workers. the district right now is on about 23%. so there's still a gap there. and the union makes this point. our members, the average wage for them here in los angeles, is $25,000 a year, which put them -- puts them, says the union, below the poverty line. so the union wants them to get more pay. now, we spoke to a teacher here who's out on strike in sympathy, and you know, he said listen, it's a difficult decision to make to go on strike to shut kids out of schools. but he says in the long run it's going to be the best for everybody because this should lead to cleaner, safer schools and also the right pay for the workers who keep these schools

running. but listen, half a million kids are out of school today and right now they will be for the next three days. i've spoken to both sides. still no updates on whether their talks are even progressing. they were supposed to have some meetings late last night. they didn't even happen because the two sides fell out before that meeting could even begin. brianna? >> all right, nick, we know that you'll be waiting to see if there are developments there. thank you. coming up, the city of miami beach is not extending its curfew for this upcoming weekend. but it's finding other ways to crack down on spring break chaos after two fatal shootings this past weekend and hint it involves alcohol. and we'll come to you with a replacement you can trust. >> man: looks great. >> tech: that's service on your time. schedule now. >> singers: ♪ safelite repair, safelite r replace. ♪ the seats, gotta go! ♪ what play is that? ♪ when you play here... no backboard!

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explain. some of the drama has to do with the cuban team. >> the cuban team was eliminated by the u.s. team on sunday in miami. on monday, the cuban team landed in havana without one of its players, a 26-year-old backup catcher has defected from his home nation. this confirmed by major league baseball officials to bob nightingale. cnn has reached out for comment. patrick oppmann in havana reports that the team was congratulated but has not said anything about the reported defection. as for the on-field action, it's drawn record attendance across the board and last night's semifinal, japan down one to mexico in the bottom of the ninth. but ohtani steps to the plate like an egg into the house party. a double. getting the comeback party started. he's usually reserve, without

emotion. this time, he had to show it. and then this happened. [ speaking non-english ] >> reporter: good-bye, see you later. japan getting the walk-off win knocking in two runs. the championship tonight. it will be japan facing team usa. man, this is like baseball's version of march madness in miami. >> who is favored here? >> well, it should -- it's very evenly matched. you have the best hitting team and the best pitching team. both huge powerhouse baseball nations. this one is going to be must-see tv. >> thank you so much. that does it for me. thank you for joining us.

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hi, everyone. i'm jessica dean in washington, d.c. welcome to "cnn newsroom." >> great to be with you, jessica. i'm boris sanchez. we're thrilled that you're sharing an afternoon with us. there is plenty going on especially internationally. the eyes of the world on the kremlin for day two of a

high-stakes summit in moscow that has jus