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Within the past hour or so, he confirmed actually reports that weve heard before that the kremlin was engaged in an negotiation to possibly free Alexey Navalny in the days before he finally died in an arctic penal you know, colony, a death by the way, that Vladimir Putin described as a sad event. Take a listen for mr. Navalnys passed away. Some colleagues told you that they were not members of the administration some people said that there is an idea to change mr. Navalny for some people who are in prison in western countries, you can believe me or you can choose not to. The person who spoke to me. You have not finished his sentence. Yes. I said i agree but unfortunately, what happened happened, we would exchange him i said and you pay only on one condition that he doesnt come back from the go. Let them sit there. Thats all that happens. What can we do about it . Well they, have it paula. A pretty interesting description of the negotiations that went on, apparently behind the scenes to
across the country some experts now warn the perfect storm of troublesis putting the country s national security at risk new inflation numbers this morning were better than expected what it says about where the economy is headed and what it means for your wallet. and right now, toxic smoke is filling the skies over eastern indiana, as a recycling plant burns and thousands are forced to flee how long could that fire keep burning. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments to that breaking news first in eastern indiana, a massive warehouse fire is forcing families to leave their homes, schools are closed maggie vespa is in richmond, iowa the state fire marshal says the smoke is definitely toxic. obviously you re wearing your mask what is the situation, what is the major concern there right now? reporter: of course the biggest concern is basically what could be lingering in the air right now. i want to be clear, we re wearing a mask out of an over
off in there one and only debates like tonight. the pennsylvania senate matchup is in the spotlight. it is a race that could determine which party controls the senate. polls show only single digits separating john fetterman and dr. all is. and federman s campaign is trying to lower expectations about his performance tonight. reminding the media he is recovering from a stroke and was never much of a debater even before that. and that he lacks his republican rivals experience in television. meanwhile, in florida, governor ron desantis faced off against his democratic challenger, charlie crist, last night. chris came out swinging, but desantis gave it back pretty good. watch. why don t you look in the eyes of the people of the state of florida and say to them, if you were are reelected you will serve a full four your term as governor, yes or no? yes or no, ron? will you serve a full four-year term? we did not agree to the candidates asking each other. i know charlie is tal
telling our team and what the chair of the committee is saying about the timeline for cooperation. we are live on the hill with what investigators want to know from these lawmakers. and what happens if they don t comply? and also on the hill, the senate is trying to give final approval today on that massive aid package to ukraine. but appearing to get hung up at least for now. while overseas the war prompting a change to a global alliance. a new european nation announcing they re joining nato following russia s invasion. we re talking with a member of the armed services committee and a military veteran, congresswoman mikie sherrill is here live. and good afternoon. i m garrett haake in washington in for hallie jackson. i ve got the perfect team for our top story today. nbc news capitol hill correspondent ali vitali. jaime sherman is punchbowl news founder and msnbc political contributor. and we re joined by jackie alemane, a congressional investigations reporter for the wash