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
share 20 transcripts from his witnesses with justice department investigators. the committee also seems to be zeroing in on former trump cabinet officials. of particular interest, conversations among those officials about possibly invoking the 25th amendment to remove trump from office. joining us now is johnwood, a former senior investigator for the january 6th select committee. he is running as an independent in missouri for the senate there. john, thank you so much for being with us. so, it was cnn s exclusive reporting, the department of justice is preparing to make a case to get around executive privilege, to basically force the testimony, to be prepared to force the testimony of key trump advisers. what does this tell you about where they are? where this federal investigation is? yeah, this is a really big step. up until a few days ago, there were very few public signs that the justice department was really focused on people in trump s immediate inner circle, as opp
from the floods a bit later today. what we know right now hundreds of people have lost their homes, countless businesses destroyed, and rescuers are working to reach those who are still stranded by these high floodwaters. the extreme weather is impacting several states this morning. overnight in las vegas, heavy rains leaving multiple casinos and parts of the famous strip completely under water. we ll have more on that in a moment. we do want to begin with cnn s joe johns who is live in eastern kentucky, joining us with more on that historic flooding there. joe, good morning. reporter: good morning. grim business here in eastern kentucky. i talked to a family just a little while ago who described a heartbreaking situation. in the first place, they live up high, and as you talk to people around here, for many people the difference between losing a house and having a home, the difference between life or death simply had to do with how high up your house sat here in eastern
beginning. it is really like a dam has broken, and people are coming in to speak to the committee. there is a very much an active investigation. one major point of have, the 25th amendment, the committee now seekingsome from cabinet members who discussed the possibility of removing trump from office. key witnesses include former treasury secretary steven mnuchin, daniel radcliffe and mick mulvaney who just spoke to cnn moments ago. all of this comes as we re learning a former doj staffer, someone who worked with jeffrey clark, the man trump wanted to install as attorney general in the days leading up to january 6th, is cooperating with the criminal probe. let s begin this morning with cnn s senior justice correspondent evan perez. evan, a lot of movement within the doj as they re attempting to skirt executive privilege. it was something the select committee was successful at getting accomplished. break down for us how the department plans to handle this. they re plannin
department. what investigators inside the doj could be looking for. plus, the january 6th committee seeking testimony from trump cabinet members who discussed at the time invoking the 25th amendment to remove the then-president in the panel s cross hairs, former treasury secretary steve mnuchin and dni john ratcliff. new cooperation from inside the former president s doj. someone who worked with jeffrey clarke, the man trump tried to install as acting attorney general in the days leading up to january 6th, is now cooperating with the criminal probe. let s begin with senior justice correspondent evan perez. a lot of movement within the doj, particularly as they attempt to get around this executive privilege argument. break down exactly how the department plans to do this and how quickly. reporter: well, jim, they are planning to try to get this as quickly as possible. they are looking the goal here is to try to get to people, testimony from people who were in direct