details from washington. the department of justice investigation into the events that led to january 6th is expanding at a rapid pace. i am aware of other white house officials who have been reached out to by doj, and are planning to cooperate. former weiss out staffer elissa farah, telling cnn, the doj has reached out to more administration officials and the trump white house. top aides to bike vice president mike pence. cnn learning that cassidy hoskinson, a former trump aide to the chief of staff is the latest official from the last administration to start cooperating with the doj s criminal investigating. i think doj is keeping an eye on on who s coming before january six, and who may have helpful information. the news comes at the same time sources tell the washington post post and the new york times, that federal investigators have asked questions specifically about donald trump s actions. suggesting they are probe is getting closer to the former president h
6 and who has helpful information. do you believe you share responsibility? i believe i did my i don t think think job to the best of my abilities. i don t think we re in a recession. and we re having to cut back a lot just to get by. it is thursday, july 28, 9:00 a.m. here in london, 4:00 a.m. in washington where the u.s. president is now testing negative for covid and coming out of isolation. only to face a deluge of critical domestic and foreign policy challenges. decisions joe biden makes could impact his presidency in the months to follow and his legacy in the years to come. his administration remains under intense pressure to rein in inflation and has a very vested interest in the historic hike to the interest rate. abroad biden is dealing with a new showdown over taiwan and as well as complex communications with moscow. the u.s. government has been loudly condemning russia s aggressive actions in ukraine, but also made a surprise offer to the kremlin on wed
this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening there is significant movement to report tonight in the effort to bring home americans brittney griner and paul whelan, both separately imprisoned in russia. late today, secretary of state antony blinken acknowledging there was a substantial proposal on the table to facilitate their release. griner, the wnba star detained since february, who has pleaded guilty to illegally possessing vape cartridges with cannabis oil whelan, a marine corps veteran, serving a 16-year sentence after being convicted of spying in 2020. both, the u.s. says, are wrongfully imprisoned blinken says the next step, a call with his russian counterpar sergey lavrov. believed to be on the table, a prisoner swap that could prove to be a bitter pill for the biden administration which has been under fire in its efforts to gain freedom for the americans. all this unfolding as griner told her story today inside a russian courtroom. andrea mitchell now
forward. plus, it s called a substantial proposal, to bring to detained americans home from russia, and the battle to take back and major port city in ukraine, as the 11th hour gets underway on this wednesday night. good evening once again, i m stephanie ruhle. we re learning more tonight about the justice department s criminal ingrained to january 6th. we found out earlier today that federal prosecutors obtained a warrant to search the cell phone of trump lawyer john eastman, back on july 12th. you remember, he was the guy behind the plan to get mike pence to overturn joe biden s victory, by rejecting electors from certain states. eastman, if you recall, took the fifth 100 times during his deposition with a house select committee. meanwhile, there are new reports that former white house aide cassidy hutchinson is now cooperating with the justice department s investigation. hutchinson testified at one of the january 6th committee s public hearings last month. today, senator
back better agenda to efforts to fight climate change, to attempt that filibuster reform, to taxing billionaires. joe manchin is made himself the man standing the democratic agenda yelling, stop. tonight may have just had a major breakthrough. the top democrat in the senate, chuck schumer released a joint statement with senator manchin saying the west virginia democrat will now support, not oppose, but yes, support the democrats big new budget deal. despite objecting to it just two weeks ago. now, we don t have all the details yet. but a one page summary says that the deal will make progress in some pretty big areas, including a 15% minimum tax on corporations, along with other unnamed provisions to make the ultra wealthy pay their fair share of tax. lowering affordable care act premiums for millions of americans, allowing medicare to negotiate the price of prescription drugs, something democrats have been trying to achieve for over a decade. increase clean energy product