very powerful questions about life, the universe and the rest were series. 42, the answers almost everything in this week on w. ah ah ah, this is the w news live from berlin, america, braces for donald trump's court appearance on criminal charges. the former president is back in new york before handing himself into prosecutors later on tuesday. the charges which have to be have yet to be revealed are believed to stem

from hutch money, allegedly paid during trumps 2016 presidential campaign. also coming up nato, getting ready to welcome finland as its newest member in a ceremony at alliance headquarters in brussels. the nordic expansion increases nato's order with russia by over a 1000 kilometers. and germany's vice chancellor makes his 1st visit to ukraine and pledges to help rebuild the country. as president lensky stresses what he needs most is weapons. ah, i'm sarah kelly. welcome to the program. fully u. s. president donald trump is preparing to surrender to prosecutors in new york later today as he faces an unprecedented court appearance. trump is the 1st sitting

our former u. s. president to face criminal prosecution. tuesday will see his arraignment on charges linked to alleged hush money payments to adult film actor stormy daniels just before the 2016 presidential election. the former reality tv star turned president is the biggest story in town. again, arriving at trump tower, donald trump, heated quickly inside for more talks with his legal team. his support is rallied loudly nearby, while others demanded justice. guiding him on a hooker's came in 10 years ago or 7 years ago is a misdemeanor. and it should not be a felony case by alvin gregg, i don't think they have anything to walk them up for. i think this is just a political persecution of somebody that they don't work. and on top of that other

kids election interference. countries very divided at this point. so it's important that we understand that this is not about simon justice. a criminal case against trump would be unlike anything the u. s. his even experienced on tuesday, his expected to serene himself at the district attorney's office before being arraigned at the criminal court with the charges will be read to him. authorities a bracing for protests. as always, we will not allow bias or vandalism of any kind. and if one is court participating in any act of violence, they would be arrested and held accountable. no matter who you are. while trump was the focus of attention in new york city,

president joe biden was visiting a factory in minnesota. he has consistently refused to comment on the charges against trump. monday was no exception. or livermore optimizon about the future of our country. just remember, and it's just important. remember who we are. we're the united states of america. there is nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing beyond our capacity. trump has bound to continue with his 2020 for presidential bid come. what may, in this case is even seen a surge and his support among republicans, but opinion in the country remains deeply divided with more americans than not saying he should face charges over the stormy daniels case. and i spoke earlier with american history expert, jessica geno hacked, who gave us more on the implications of trump's day in court. and why the event is unique. what's different to day is really the political mood coupled with the

enormous significance of the presidential office. and you have to know that originally the president was not a very important man in american politics. but the more important the office became, since like late 19th century, the more attention voters have been paying to his personality and his ethics. so nixon was pushed out of office because there was bipartisan pressure for him to go, and he also hoped to be ported pardoned by his successor. that's not at all the case today. trump has a lot of backing in his own party and from his fellow conservatives, and there is no way that joe biden will pardon donald trump. this is unprecedented . and we understand that there are more cases in the works against trump. tell us a little bit more about what might be ahead. well, if only we knew to at the tone, we really don't know exactly what the charges are and we will find out this today. we know that trump has been charged with the on 2 dozen different counts,

including felonies, but the indictment is unsealed. it will only be unsealed when he appears in court today. so we know that the decision by the manhattan grand jury to indict trump is comes at the tails of a walk 5 year long investigation of the story. daniels appears in 2016. it's not the lie. that is the salient to year. but the cover of that could perhaps amount to something like a federal campaign violation. but again, we really need to wait on this. we don't know he's facing all of his legal troubles . what is it likely to mean for his 2024 election aspiration? depends on who you ask, but plain and simple. my point, no, this is not going to complicate his bid for reelection at all. this will not undermine his candidacy if he seeks the candidacy. for 2 reasons. most people who are, who are at his supporters already believe that new york is a deplorable pit of liberalism and that those liberals are out to get donald trump

. so from support is believe that there is a concerted effort to get him, which is exactly what he's been propagating for the last couple of years. really. and the 2nd point is that opinions are already settled pretty much on the fact that he leads a scandal as life. people also know among about his action regarding governmental affairs in the know that he's been charged about the abuse of power even after his presidency. so none of that is really new, none of what we will hear in new york is entirely new. none of this will matter to his bid because he was and he continues to be willing to uphold the policies that he supporters advocated. so no, probably today is not going to affect his bid for the presidency on his foot. note though, what is going to be affected is his legacy, the historical memory. because i think in the, in the history of american presidents, he will feature f one was sought to transform the meaning of the presidency into

one where ethics just don't count. all right, we have to leave it there. american history expert jessica quino hacked, thank you so much. thank you very much. finland is set to become nato's 31st member at a ceremony. later in the day. the alliance will officially welcome its new member by raising the finished flag at the brussels headquarters, nato secretary general yen stilton berg says that finland will formerly join the alliance in a few hours. once the north country, which shares a border with russia, completes the process. it would mark the fastest admission in nato history. finland applied for nato membership last year after russia's invasion of ukraine, ending decades of military neutrality. from what we're doing now by d. w is rosie bird chard, who is in brussels at nato headquarters. so rosie of finland as stilton berg said earlier, is about to become a full fledged nato member. what does it practically mean for finland and for nato itself? so i'm here at nato headquarters,

and as you can see behind me fluttering in the wind are the flags of the 30 existing nato allies, the countries which are members of this western military alliance. but you might be able to see there is one flagpole without a flag and that is where the flag of fleet finland will be later today hoisted. and once finland's flag is waving in the wind here in brussels, while the country will have officially waved good bye to it's decades long policy of military non alignment. now, until last year, finland had been happy to be a partner of nato, but not a member. you mentioned finland shares of very long border with russia more than a 1000 kilometers. and of course, after the russian invasion of ukraine, things were forced to really reassess their security policy in this marks quite a substantial, a reversal of that long held in that long held policy of military non alignment.

know when a finland joins this line, civil than beat from 30 members to 31. and of course that makes a difference. also for nato, it seemed here is a bit of a political win for the alliance. of course, it's borders with russia will then more than double and russia has made no secret of the fact that 8 sees nato as a threat to its security. that is something which nato denies. nato says it is purely a defensive alliance. the big move here for finland, the thing which will change really is that these 30 countries here, they make a promise to each other a take a collective defense pledge. it's known as article 5 of nate was founding treaty. and under that, i did an attack on one i lie, is seen as an attack on all. and that means that as of today, finland can count on military back up from big military powers cur, like the united states and all the other members of the asli. this alliance, including germany. and has there been any reaction from russia? well, russia sees nature as a threat to its own security. as i said,

something which makes military alliance deny saying it is purely defensive. no, moscow has. there's been some rumblings over this past year. this has been a quite a that we've known for a long time, no for more than a year that finland wants to join. sweden also wanted, wants to join in that a's rumbling along as well. that process, however, russia has said in the past, there's been some speak perhaps of having more military assets near the finished border. but as we know, rushes troops are very much tied up elsewhere in ukraine as that war rages on. so don't expect any sort of big reaction or retaliation from moscow despite the fact that it is strongly opposed to nato's enlargement or expansion. to debbie is rosie burkhard, who is in brussels at nato headquarters. thank you so much. here is a look at some other stories making news around the world. russia has awarded the order of valour metal to applauding petoskey,

the pro war military blogger killed in an explosion at a st. petersburg. cafe on sunday. a kremlin is treating the law as a terrorist act and has accused ukraine of orchestrating it. the incident could now see the russian parliament moved to tighten its terrorism loss. a massive fire has engulfed a shopping complex and bangladesh his capital dhaka. blaze began in the early hours of tuesday in the bank of bazaar, known for its cloth vendors and home to some $3000.00 shops. army units are eating fire fighters and the effort to control the place. no immediate casualties were reported. ukraine says that russian suicide drones have struck the city of odessa in an overnight attack. ukrainian defense forces say that they shot down 14 of the iranian made drones unleashed on the strategically important port city on the black sea. according to local officials, one drone had an enterprise of the region, causing a fire,

which has since been put out. there were no reports of human casualties. germany's vice chancellor has paid his 1st visit to ukraine since the russian invasion. robert habash joined president lensky on a visit to a ukrainian village where alleged russian war crimes took place. one year ago, they visited a school basement where nearly $400.00 villagers were held captive for almost a month by russian troops. 11 people died during the ordeal in the village. north of keith with discussions in discussions with ukrainian government officials ha back expressed regret that germany did not help arm ukraine before the russian invasion between 2 position it took to lawman to wash lake number. i think not all of them could he would say the same, but i feel you push him with this or to later into part of my job course in the

last year to help you bring weapons as often as recruiting. this is an ongoing promise that the german vice chancellor brought more than just apology is on his 1st visit to ukraine. dw political correspondent, julia sal deli told us more. yeah, well he is germany's vice chancellor, but also the economy minister and what he brought with him was a delegation of german industry business leaders. and that is because his plan with this visit was to try to help ukraine rebuild after it has been consistently attacked by russia and help spur ukraine's economy. he said that he wants to focus on the infrastructure, the energy infrastructure, but also on rebuilding houses and roads. and that is something that he says, germany's government is committed to also because a german government says it will guarantee these investment by german companies.

the german companies will negotiate the deals themselves, but germany will provide a guarantee and that is something that germany doesn't normally do in war zones because the risk is so high. and it shows that in this case, the german government really is committed and trying to, to help you crane rebuild. and that was julia hotel, he's speaking with me earlier up next on the w news. it is close up with an exclusive investigation into alleged extra judicial killings by an elite anti terror force in bangladesh to stay with us if you can for that. i'm sarah kelly and for lynn. thank you so much for watching. take care. a global economy portfolio w business for you. here's the.