dollars. all of this coming as the biden administration has pushed the kremlin to accept an offer they put on the table in june to get griner home. offering to swap griner and another american, paul whelan, for viktor bout, an arms smuggler serving a 25-year sentence in the united states. so far, russia has not agreed. they should have accepted it weeks ago when we first made it. it was an earnest attempt to see if we could get outcomes here. we are still going to keep making the attempts. reporter: as for where the efforts stand now, administration officials say the ball is in russia s court. all while her family, teammates and support percent in the united states turn up the pressure to get her home. griner s agents saying today that getting a deal done will be harped but calling it urgent. her team saying they will not allow her to be forgotten and lawmakers urging the administration to bolster the offer. there is nothing we schanot do short of impacting the national
unanimously stands in support of its president. one week ago her testimony over calls for jewish genocide and anti-semitism on her campus generated fiery outrage. this is the faulkner focus. i m sandra smith is nor harris. claudine gay has faced calls to resign that came after she hedged on whether calls for genocide violate her school s code of conduct of harassment and bullying. fox told the meetings stretched late into the late. the board said our extensive deliberations affirm our confidence that president gay is the right leader to help our community heal and address societal issues we re facing. it notes she apologized. the controversy erupted after she was pressed by new york republican elise stefanik. do you believe that type of hateful speech is contrary to harvard s code of conduct or is it allowed at harvard? it is at odds with the values of harvard. can you not say it s against the code of conduct at harvard? we embrace a commitment to free expression ev
floating the idea of a third-party presidential run. new images of idf forces pushing further into southern gaza as u.s. officials are now raising new questions and alarm over why hamas is refusing to release more female hostages. a home in arlington, virginia, blows sky-high. the blast could be felt miles away in d.c. police were there when it happened, trying to serve a search warrant. what were they looking for? details on that investigation ahead. i m sara sidner with john berman and kate bolduan. this is cnn news central. major rumblings in and around the republican race for president this morning starting with a huge push to get chris christie out. according to the new york times, republican donors, strategists, and pundits are publicly pressuring mr. christie to follow the lead of tim scott and mike pence and formally end his campaign. many would like to see him throw his support behind nikki haley. republican strategist kevin madden adds, ideally, it would
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Plan on Economic Development issues within that area but that has all stopped now they decided to come in. It would be extremely helpful if the department of defense would engage with us and let us know what theyre doing. Mr. Thompson i agree. Phone call would not be enough but if they demonstrated the cost of whatevers involved. Is that a concern of yours. Governor haley they could tell me they would house these terrorists and i would not take them. The state of South Carolina does not want them. There is no amount of money that they can pay, whether it be cost or supplement that would justify those detainees coming to South Carolina. Mr. Thompson i appreciate your opinion. You referenced what happened to charleston relative to the unfortunate circumstances at mother emanuel. Some of us also participated in the services and it was not a good day. Thats the other ugly head of terrorism. Local can you tell me who has custody of the young man charged with killing the people at mother ema