Macro advisory in moscow. He said the situation for the russian currency is unique. You should not be looking at it in the same way as if there was a slide in a normally functioning economy or a european economy. The rouble is entirely managed now by the central bank in conjunction with the Finance Ministry, and has been since we last saw the rouble collapse down to about 130 in march of last year. So the Central Banks priority last year was to keep the Rouble Exchange rate high at around 60, because it was tackling inflation, but this year, because of the sanctions impact and because that has led to a big hit on the value of russias oil exports in particular, they have devalued the rouble in order to compensate for that fall in dollar terms. In other words, weaker rouble translating dollars into a higher rouble amount to balance the budget. Thats been the priority this year. It doesnt reflect an imminent crisis. Sort of a broad collapse in the economy. Its the result of the central Ba
ready for membership in nato, the whole of nato together is really critical. i don t think there s unanimity in nato about whether or not to bring ukraine into the nato family now at this moment in the middle of a war. tim and the former president las vegas this weekend, making clear who leases s two biggest rivals in his quest to return to the white house. a live report on that in a couple of minutes. and expect fireworks on capitol hill as congress reconvenes tomorrow. expected, admits, i should say, marjorie taylor greene and the house freedom caucus. voted to kick her out. plus, i wanna speak to sara mcbride, hopes to become the very first transgender member of the u.s. congress. that is coming up. you do not want to miss an incredibly crucial conversation. and black friday in july. by retailers to get shoppers back into the stores. we re gonna tell you all about that coming up. we want to start that with the president. over the atlantic this hour with a very busy age
everyone. thank you so much for joining me this saturday. i m fredricka whitfield and we begin with new details in the case against a 21 year old air national guardsman accused of leaking top secret pentagon information jack to share a appeared in court yesterday and was charged under the espionage act. his arrest follows an intense week long search. for the source of the online leak of secret documents to share a held a top secret security clearance and is accused of posting documents that exposed sensitive intelligence. the u. s has on both close allies and adversaries. cnn senior national correspondent national security rather correspondent alex marquardt joining us live from washington, alex. so what more are we learning about to share a and how he was able to print off these documents undetected? hi there, fredricka. well airman first class jack to share a 21 years old and you said he enlisted in the air national guard back in 2019 around four years ago. and then it was
of leaking top secret pentagon information. jack to share a appeared in court yesterday and is now facing charges. his arrest follows an intense week long search for the source of the online leak of secret documents. cnn s or in lieberman has more. in a federal courtroom in boston 21 year old jack to sheriff faced his legal fate for the first time charged through the espionage act with unauthorized removal and retention of classified documents and national security information. the airman first class at the center of an investigation into a leak of top secret information in court, his father yelled out, love you, jack! the response love you, too, dad. five. outside the courthouse to share his family thrust into the spotlight with national security interests at stake, said nothing to cheryl was an i. t specialist with the massachusetts air national guard , he enlisted before graduating high school, his senior year photo quote that now appears prophetic actions speak louder tha