secretary blinken and foreign minister sergey lavrov spoke by phone and that is significant given talks have been sparse during war. the 31-year-old reporter was arrested wednesday in central russia about a thousand miles away from moscow, russia is accusing him of spying. gershkovich has been reported in russia for the six years mostly the wall street journal which denied allegations. the timing of the arrest looks like calculated calculation to embarrass the u.s. the board called for the russian ambassador to the u.s. be expelled along with journalists. president biden said that wasn t part of the immediate plan and offered this. detaining the wall street journal reporter. let him go. you heard the president say there. secretary blinken also called on russia to release paul wylan he s been retained in russia since 2018 as you mentioned mike and back in december the biden administration facilitated release of brittney griner in exchange that freed merchant of death. th
on friday since indictment it s raised $4 million. former donald trump denies any wrongdoing but has acknowledged the payments. house gop leader want manhattan da to testify about the investigation but the manhattan da calls the request unlawful political interference, however, you feel about this tuesday is going to be a historic moment, mike. mike: expect to hear plenty from former president trump and campaign has made announcement, cb cotton live outside the courthouse, cb, thanks a lot. for more on the indictment of former president, senior legal fellow at the heritage foundation. haans, welcome. thanks for having me. mike: 2:15 tuesday afternoon the former president will be arraigned. we do expect that he will not be in handcuff, secret service is figuring out how he will be brought to courthouse and multiple street closures expected and we expect security to be super tight, why are you