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
after a year of russian brutality and ahead of an expected counteroffensive. the mayor of kyiv will join us live this hour. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin this hour with president biden making his 2024 plans official, and making the case that he deserves a second term. cnn s phil mattingly reports on the president s big announcement and how trump figured into his message. four more years! four more years! reporter: president biden is officially in. this is not a time to be complacent. that s why i m running for re-election. reporter: a short campaign-style video timed four years to the day after this 2020 campaign launch. we have to remember who we are. this is america. reporter: the launch heavily and intentionally featuring vice president kamala harris and telegraphing a campaign strategy crafted to sharpen attacks on national republicans. around the country ma
planning for possible military intervention with the french success of their mission. that would seem unin eand unlikely. but it is a likely location for people to get to if they can been in touch with people in the city, is that moving around the city remains close to impossible because of the ongoing fighting. in other words, a ceasefire isn t particularly strong. and, on top of that, there are chronic shortages of food, fuel, and water. as a result of that, 20,000 refugees in the west of the country, mostly sudanese, have fled to neighboring countries, to chad. they ve also been fleeing into south sudan and ethiopia, wolf. so, catastrophic situation, very different approaches to different national groups as to how to get their people out. we ll stay on top of it. thank you very much. and to our viewers, thanks for watching. i m wolf blitzer in the situation room. erin burnett outfront starts erin burnett outfront starts right now. captions by vitac www.vitac.com