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
yasmin vossoughian. tensions between the u.s. and china reaching a dangerous point. after meeting between both of the country s top diplomats over this buying balloon controversy. i can tell you know, there was no policy, but, what i can also tell you if this was an opportunity to speak very clearly, and very directly, about the fact that china sent a surveillance balloon over our territory. violating our sovereignty, violating international law. and i told them quite simply, that was unacceptable. and can never happen again. on the ground in ohio, lawsuits now starting to be filed by residents worry that government is not telling them the truth. about the danger for that massive train derailment. former president jimmy carter at home and getting hospice care as his family is gathering around him. plus what comes next for mike pence? as the former vice president refuses to testify to the special counsel investigating his former boss. all of that, plus speci first annivers
number of elected leaders and politicians will be visiting the town in the coming days. we also received word that the former president donald trump will also plan to visit east palestine this week. he s palestine, excuse me. there s going to be a lot of momentum in town, these coming days as far as safety goes questions about what can be done, people here in this community simply wants some transparency about the type of cargo that is moving through their town. back to you. george solis for us, thank you. well wishes. pouring in after the announcement that former president jimmy carter has begun hospice care at his home in georgia, following a series of recent hospitals days. his foundation saying, 39th president of the united states wants to spend his remaining time at home with his family. at 98 years old, carter is the longest living president in u.s. history. joining me now, msnbc s
iced tea. the newly released autopsy report says he died from a gunshot wound to the chest. fired at intermediate range. we ll talk about what that may mean in a moment. toxicology tests found thc in martin s system, indicating marijuana use. the autopsy report lists the manner of death as homicide. zimmerman s charge was second-degree murder. he says he shot martin in self-defense telling police that martin assaulted him and his head was hit on the pavement. tonight, new photos of zimmerman from after the incident and a fire department report said he had abrasions to the forehead. these are new pictures we re seeing. bleeding and tenderness to his nose. and a small laceration to the back of his head when he was treated at the scene. also just released a sanford police report called a capias, a request for charges to be filed. that report says in part, the encounter between the george zimmerman and trayvon martin was ultimately avoidable by zimmerman if he had remained in