part of the republican party. and he will continue to do that. reporter: and joining us now is washington post national political reporter isaac ards. thank you so much for being with us. i want to start with the piece that you co-authored entitled trump plots aggressive midterm strategy seen in gop as double-edged sword. so could you mean by the double edged swords. in the primary, what we heard was trump s first general election rally. in the primaries he was the envy of all. his endorsement, his backing, every candidate wanted that and what you started to see almost immediately after those candidates won the primary was, taking trump off the top of their website, like dr. oz did. and starting to try to put some distance between themselves and trump. because while he is the number one thing for primary voters, the republican base, with the general election electorate, it is a little bit of a different story. and so what strategists are trying to figure out, republican s
whelan and brittney griner. president biden preparing to speak to chinese leader xi jinping today amid rising tension was taiwan. how will the surprising deal involving moderate democrat joe manchin impact the economy and the biden presidency? and live during this show, what will the gdp report tell us about a potential recession? former white house aide cassidy hutchinson now cooperating with the justice department s january 6 investigation. who else is talking? and is mike pompeo the next to sit before the january 6th committee? we have new reporting this morning. let s go first, though, to the state department for new developments on the proposed prisoner swap of a convicted russian arms dealer for brittney griner and paul whelan. cnn s kylie atwood broke this story and is at the state department this morning. what movement have you seen? reporter: the biden administration has put this offer on the table for viktor bout, a convicted arms trafficker as part of a
birmingham and the commonwealth games, where it s a huge morning ahead in athletics and netball, while the premier league season got under way, with a convincing win for arsenal 2 0 away at crystal palace. and while we have a bit of rain again today in scotland, most places after a fresh start will be dry sunny and warm. getting even warmer next week and i will have the details to sixth of august. a campaign group supporting the family of archie battersbee say his parents have been told his life support will be withdrawn this morning. christian concern says it follows the exhaustion of all legal routes. the royal london hospital, which has cared for the 12 year old since april, has made no official statement. vinnie mcaviney reports. for nearly three months, archie battersbee has been at the centre of a lengthy legal battle over the withdrawal of life support. it has been in a coma withdrawal of life support. it has been in a coma since withdrawal of life support. it ha
ukraine. russia, targeting a crowded shopping mall with world leaders calling it to work crime. as the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. good evening from new york everyone. i am ayman mohyeldin in for stephanie ruhle. there was an unexpected twist today, the january six committee switching up its playbook, suddenly adding a new surprise hearing for tomorrow afternoon at 1 pm eastern. so, the public and hear from his secret witness. just last week, the panel said remaining public hearings would actually be pushed into july. but late this afternoon, the committee said this new hearing will focus on quote, recently obtained evidence and received witness testimony. who and what we ll hear tomorrow, remains a mystery at this hour? but the short notice of this unexpected hearing has, a speculation running wild. we also learned today the justice department has been focusing on john eastman. he is, of course, the trump allied lawyer who has become a central figur
everyone. i am ayman mohyeldin in for stephanie ruhle. there was an unexpected twist today, the january six committee switching up its playbook, suddenly adding a new surprise hearing for tomorrow afternoon at 1 pm eastern. so, the public can hear from a secret witness. just last week, the panel said remaining public hearings would actually be pushed into july. but late this afternoon, the committee said this new hearing will focus on quote, recently obtained evidence and received witness testimony. who and what we ll hear tomorrow, remains a mystery at this hour. but the short notice of this unexpected hearing has speculation running wild. we also learned today the justice department has been focusing on john eastman. he is, of course, the trump allied lawyer who has become a central figure in the january six committee s investigation. in a court filing, eastman says that a federal agent executed a search warrant, and seized his iphone in new mexico last week. witness testim