his brother said he could soon be sent to the united states part of a swap in exchange for ten people arrested here two weeks accused of being russian secret agents. the matter is handled at the highest level of the u.s. and russian governments, his brother said in moscow. at the home of russia s ambassador to the u.s. a senior american diplomat talked about the swap. the main person of the reason was to discuss follow-up on the summit that took place here two weeks ago. did the case, the spy case come up? likely, it did. reporter: three of the accused russian agents in virginia and two others in boston were ordered to new york to join the other five defendants all brought together in a single case there. legal sources say plea discussions are under way between their lawyers and federal prosecutors. a former government lawyer says a deal would make sense. the government has, obviously, had these people under surveillance for a long
as you can see here by the video, you don t see what actually happened but you see the reaction on the field. the umpire put his hands over his head. that man is the fan being led out. you saw the umpire with the hands on his head. outfielders took to their knees. it happened after everyone realized this man had actually flipped over the railing. he was taken to the hospital. he is expected to be okay. everybody cheered when he was taken out. fans treated to minor injuries related to the fall. prisoner swap. just the newest twist in that russia spy case. we are going to take you live to moscow.
coordinated and persistent attempts by the west enemies to carry out terror attacks. shep? thanks. now the question is about whether washington and moscow are working on a secret deal to trade accused spies. investigators in the united states rounded up 10 russian suspects just last week and right now, they re moving all of them here to new york. it s not clear if this could be part of a preparation for a swap but it s not the only sign we re seeing tonight. u.s. officials in d.c. also met with the russian ambassador there and the state department spokesman admits to fox news the spying issue was probably on the agenda. did the case the spy case come up? likely, it did. am i going to get into details? no, i m going to refer you to the justice department. same story from the white house, talk to the justice department. we ll give this a go. david lee miller live in our newsroom in new york. is justice talking? auto anot a great deal. they re only releasing information is apparen
saturday, july 4th weekend. across the u.s., preparations underway for huge celebrations and scorching temperatures. those details all ahead. mountain mystery, a climber vanishes in thin air 14,000 feet up. he left some traces. is it enough for searchers to track? inside the spy case, new documents show how long u.s. investigators were on the trail of the alleged russian spies. and the ex-husband of one suspect is talking. under fire, calls for the head of gop to resign calling from inside his own party. what michael steele has said about afghanistan and why it has generated so much anger. good morning, everyone, i m alex whit, we have all that in just a moment for you. but first, we are beginning with strong new words this morning from president obama as the sputtering economic recovery struggles to find new jobs. the latest data on friday shows overall unemployment dropped to 9.5%. but private employers added only
anything on the anonymous caller. the state capitol in austin, texas reopened after an anonymous caller called in a bomb threat. jon: thank you, tim on the national assignment desk. jamie: and also happening now in the top box shocking new details are emerging in the russia spy case. we are learning now there are coded messages to moscow, possible links to the kgb, even a confession. we ll have a live report. jon: in the middle box according to the government s highest estimates the bp disaster is officially now the largest accidental oil spill ever. you re going to see it from the sky. we are over the gulf spill site on day 74 of that disaster. jamie: also in the bottom box the memorial service for senator robert byrd is about to begin and president obama, former presidents, friends and colleagues all gathering in senator byrd s home state of