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
rather than going through the traditional whistle-blower process which would have led me to the inspector general s office at dhs. and i ll just say that. there s a level of trust there that you understand. the other part of it is i ve got to tell you, being a trump admin person, most of the administration communicated on encrypted signal apps. a lot of the time these messages were likely disappearing. i mean, i don t know. it s a little bit suspect. you can either turn in your government phone. was there an encrypted app? was it on the personal phone. in any way, it seems the messages are gone either way. phil mudd, you worked in deposit, cia, fbi. these are agencies charged with fighting cyber crime. also for the secret service arguably the most stressful day for the service since the reagan assassination. there was a genuine threat to the president, to the capitol.