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
antony blinken and sergey lavrov have not spoken since january before the war so this would be the first high level conversation between two counterparts. i think ultimately they will go forward, it s a good deal on their end, they have two americans who don t have russian blood on their hands but will hopefully be able to come home. i would note that the judge who convicted viktor bout also signed off on this deal and said he served 11 years, not a good guy, a bad guy. there s domestic politics at play here. the biden administration can point to this this and say we ve given a very good offer here, it s not that we are not doing anything to try to get these americans home. the political pressure was real, you heard it from the families, too, and understandably the families were pushing and saying they weren t getting enough attention for their family members. so from a domestic political angle makes sense. it s just we have to remember who this guy is compared to who the americans
trifecta. and the fourth murder in two years. is america behind it? and a terrible video posted. it appears to be american marines urinated on dead bodies. let s go outfront. captions by vitac www.vitac.com tonight, breaking news. we have very disturbing video of what appears to be u.s. marines urinating on dead bodies. now, the video is so disturbing, we re not going to air it in full. this is a snapshot as you can see, it shows four men urinating on three dead bodies which are sprawled out in front of them. we have it blurred out, genitalia, as that was too disturbing to show. it s a 40-second video and it surfaced today on youtube and tmz.com. in it, one man says quote, have a great day, buddy. another joke, golden, like a shower. another is heard checking to see whether this was caught on camera. now, it s unclear who shot or posted this video and frankly, it s also unclear who the people pictured in it were or where it was shot. barbara starr is on the story. it
good evening, everyone. out front tonight, breaking news. we have very disturbing video of what appears to be u.s. marines urinating on dead bodies. now, the video is so disturbing we re not going to air it in full. this is a snapshot. as you can see, it shows four men urinating on three dead bodies, which are sprawled out in front of them. now, we have pixlated and blurred their genitalia. it s a 40 second video and it surfaced online today and in it, one man says, have a great day, buddy. and a third is heard, checking to see whether all of this was caught on camera. now, it s unclear who shot or posted this video. and, frankly, it s also unclear who the people pictured in it were or where it was shot. the pentagon correspondent is on the story. barbara, it was amazing when this happened very late this afternoon. it was disturbing and hard to watch. let me hear what the reaction is from the pentagon and, also, what you can tell us about its authenticity. well, erin, g
out front tonight, breaking news. we have very disturbing video of what appears to be u.s. marines urinating on dead bodies. now, the video is so disturbing we re not going to air it in full. this is a snapshot. as you can see, it shows four men urinating on three dead bodies, which are sprawled out in front of them. now, we have pixlated and blurred their genitalia. it s a 40 second video and it surfaced online today and in it, one man says, have a great day, buddy. and a third is heard, checking to see whether all of this was caught on camera. now, it s unclear who shot or posted this video. and, frankly, it s also unclear who the people pictured in it were or where it was shot. the pentagon correspondent is on the story. barbara, it was amazing when this happened very late this afternoon. it was disturbing and hard to watch. let me hear what the reaction is from the pentagon and, also, what you can tell us about its authenticity. well, erin, good evening. a senior pe