earlier than previous known. in fact, for more than a year. and the death toll is rising tonight in kentucky. homes completely under water. in just a matter of hours, we will speak to a pastor whose church was entirely washed away. let s go outfront . good evening to you. i m jim sciutto in for erin burnett. outfront , breaking news. the white house responding here on outfront after putin ups the ante on a prisoner swap deal. cnn exclusively reporting that president vladimir putin is demanding even more when it comes to the swap. according to sources, not only does he want viktor bout in exchange for brittney griner and paul whelan, the russians also now want a convicted murderer to be released. he was sentenced to life in president there. you broke the story. what more can you tell us what about the russians are demanding here. reporter: yeah. what we are told is earlier this month after they proposed the deal for viktor bout for paul whelan and brittney griner, they
i ll speak to kentucky governor. welcome to the viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin this hour with exclusive new reporting. multiple sources are telling cnn the top watchdog over department of homeland security learned about missing u.s. secret service text messages months earlier than previously known. let s get to ryan nobles. what are you learning about the missing texts? reporter: the timeline outlined by the inspector general of the department of homeland security just doesn t match up with exactly how it played out. that according to reporting. according to the reporters learned is that he was notified as early as may of 2021, a couple months after the text mebsz ands were deleted and did not inform members of the january 6 select committee and the other oversight committees. this raises serious questions about the timeline of events and when he took action to try to retrieve the messages.
between top trump homeland security officials from a key period are now missing, as well. increasing number of records regarding the insurrection seem to be unaccounted for. yeah. this is a major problem and shaping up to be a massive scandal. you have missing information. the secret service information. all the record from january 6 itself. the presidential diary and call logs. this suggests tampering with evidence. whether they prove that or not i don t know. the problem is exacerbated by the inspector general who really needs to be removed by the biden administration. time and time again refused to do investigations and now we learn over a year he didn t inform congress and the dhs secretary what he learned about the messages going missing and time to go and at least if we got someone independent in there
we appreciate you joining us tonight. my pleasure. thank you. outfront next, a cnn exclusive. the dhs watch dog knew about those missing secret service texts sent before and during the insurrection more than a year ago. so why are we just learning about them now? plus, homes, possessions, at least 16 lives swept away. sadly, including six children, with little warning. i ll speak to a pastor whose church was destroyed. and an assault weapons ban passes the house on the heels of other major legislative wins for president biden.
i think that the proposal by the president of the united states by president biden and his administration is an excellent opportunity both for the united states and russia to get citizens which they value back. i think that that s an even trade. obviously viktor bout is a serious criminal with a serious criminal past and paul whelan and brittney griner are not criminals. they are innocent americans and that would benefit both sides. i hope that they re able to accomplish that. it s been a few months since you were released in a prisoner exchange. did you get an indication ahead of time? i did slightly before. i won t go into detail on that but a little bit before that