killed more than a million americans. millions around the globe and again americans dying from fentanyl that s coming from china. all that needs to be addressed. general, a reported prisoner swap to get basketball star britteny griner out of a moscow prison after a dug conviction. tony blinken has offered a substantial proposal to bring home griern and another american priceer and exchange the so-called merchant of death. a convicted russian arms trafficker serving a 25 year sentence in the united states. mike pompeo says bad idea. to offer a trade like this is a dangerous precedent. we got lots of folks home, dana, without doing this kind of thing and offering up these kinds of dangerous people and prisoner swaps. this will only beget more americans being taken on false charges. these aren t comparable.
and that he was of sound mind and purposely trying to overturn the election, and so they have to potentially think through cross purposes. that is good point, because we have talked about the intent and how that is to the criminal side of the investigation. evan, carrie, and john thank you, all of you. and now, the win on capitol hill for the president, and should the republicans get nervous? and putin is continuing to keep the president guessing as to not answering so-called merchant of death s exchange for brittney griner. and also, a woman whose husband died in 9/11, and she has snog say about this exchange.
prisoner swap to bring brittney griner and paul whelan home. sources say in exchange for the so-called merchant of death, victor bout being held here in the u.s. the monkeypox outbreak worsening across the u.s. tonight, what authorities are now telling americans across this country. the emotional scene in front of the u.s. capitol today. jon stewart blasting senate republicans for voting against a bill that would have helped america s ailing veterans. in the northeast tonight, sharks close to shore. what s now driving this? ginger zee off the coast of massachusetts tonight. and america strong tonight. the effort to save the puppies. good evening and it s great to have you with us here on a thursday night. and we begin tonight with the urgent search this evening for 2 missing after this new and deadly flooding emergency. at least eight people have died in kentucky and the death toll is expected to rise. reports of families who were
free russian arms trafficker viktor bout in exchange for russia s release of brittney griner and paul whelan. bout s nick name is the merchant of death. jonathan franks is a crisis management consultant who worked for the april release of trevor reed. good to see you. so, russia had detained the u.s. marine veteran for almost three years. i m talking about trevor reed. and you were instrumental in helping to secure his release. so, now that the russians have been interested in getting bout fair very long time but then earlier today said there is no agreement for now, how do you read into that? what s going on? thanks for having me, fred. i just don t know. it s hard to make. it could just be posturing on the russians part. they had made getting viktor bout back, as you mentioned, a national priority since 2016. so, ultimately, i think they ll
on the table weeks ago to facilitate their release. reporter: blinken did not identify who the u.s. was willing to trade, but russia has long sought the release of victor boot, known as the merchant of death. he s serving a 25-year prison sentence for conspiring to kill americans and to provide materiel support to terrorists. griner was arrested after she landed in moscow in february, just days before russia s invasion of ukraine began. in court today, she held up photos of her wife, family, and friends before testifying she wasn t read her rights at the time of her arrest. no, my rights were never read to me. no one explained any of it to my. reporter: the two-time olympic gold medalist also told the court she was made to sign documents she couldn t understand and that while she admits to bringing the cannabis oil cartridges prescribed by her doctor to russia, it was by accident. i do plead guilty because of