outfront next, russia seizing on tucker carlson s exit from fox. why this obsession? it comes as a top putin official tonight tells our matthew chance about the possibility of a prisoner swap for americans detained in russia. plus, what s old is new again. biden s message today for re-election, eerily similar to what he said on this very day exactly four years ago. will it work a second time? and then a story you will see first outfront tonight. outrage over lawmakers making decisions of white lawmakers making decisions for a city that is overwhelmingly black and democratic. outfront tonight, russia is hiring as a top putin mouthpiece offers tucker carlson a job with russian state television. the most senior russian official to visit the united states since putin invaded ukraine. you heard me there, today, said this, unprompted. translator: perhaps it would be useful to consider how things are with freedom of speech in the united states. i ve heard that tucker c
we went to jackson for this story you ll see first out front. reporter: we don t want the city to be taken over. but we re kind of stuck between a rock and a hard place. reporter: felicia owned owned this beauty salon for decades. they used to be open door and can you walk in. we can t allow that anymore. reporter: just ten years ago, there were 50 homicides in jackson a year. in 2021, that number jumped to more than 150 with the murder rate more t2 times the nalg nat national average. now there say deep divide between the city and state, law law enforcement patrol all of jackson and state leaders appoint something judges and prosecutors. but also, the state legislature is majority republican and majority white. they approve the laws that affect the city of jackson which is majority democratic and more than 80% black.