for detained americans brittney griner and paul whelan. the president expected to speak with his chinese counterpart this morning as tensions boil over taiwan and a potential trip by house speaker nancy pelosi. in ukraine the u.s. believes more than 75,000 russians have either been killed or wounded since the start of an invasion and 80% of their land forces are bogged down. and in north korea overnight a new warning from kim jong-un threatening to use nuclear weapons. let s get right to our reporters covering it all around the globe. reporter: i m clare sebastian in london. the u.s. has revealed it s ready to trade convicted russian arms dealer viktor bout currently serving a 25-year sentence in the u.s. to secure the release of wnba star brittney griner and paul whelan, another u.s. citizen convicted of espionage in russia, that s according to people briefed on the matter. despite the offer being on the table since june a senior administration official subjected r
angelo program. it names a string of lawmakers from both party, democrats and republicans who benefited from this vip treatment. kent conrad. former democratic senator chris dodd. republican house armed services committee chairman buck mckeon. all three deny any wrongdoing. the report also says the former ceo of fannie mae, officials at freddie mac and a secretary of housing and urban development were also in this friends of angelo program. so were congressional staffers from both parties that played a role in legislation that affected countrywide. these vips got, as i said, favorable mortgage rates and points. one, adolfous towns, was a chairman of the house oversight committee, the very same committee investigating countrywide. he also denies any wrongdoing. according to the house report, documents and testimony obtained documents and testimony obtained by the committee show the vip loan program was a tool used by country wide to build good will with lawmakers and other ind