Governor Ron DeSantis seeming to needle Donald Trump over Stormy Daniels.

The lead starts right now.

Former President Trump claims he's going to be indicted tomorrow in Manhattan in that

hush money case, 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 leaders Xi Jinping meeting 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 on Jake Tapper and we start today 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 keep Daniels from coming forward to tell voters

about the alleged affair she had with Trump.

This was of course right before the 2016 election.

And speaking of elections, Trump's expected 2024 Republican primary rival, Florida governor

Ron DeSantis seemed to take a veiled shot today at Trump over the hush money case.

I don't know what goes into paying hush money to a porn star to secure silence over

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