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also tonight, there s growing frustration inside the biden administration right now, as the kremlin refuses to engage with a u.s. offer to exchange brittney griner and paul weelan for a russian arms dealer. i ll speak with a key white house official john kirby. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. let s get right to cnn s exclusive new reporting on the u.s. justice department s criminal probe into january 6th. federal prosecutors preparing to fight in court to force former white house officials to testify about their conversations with then president trump. our senior crime and justice reporter kaitlan po lance helped break the story here in the situation room. this could be the clearest sign yet that justice department is honing in on trump s efforts to prevent a peaceful transfer of power. walk us through your exclusive reporting. well, wolfe, evan perez and i are learning from sev ....
Also tonight, there s growing frustration inside the biden administration right now, as the kremlin refuses to engage with a u.s. offer to exchange brittney griner and paul weelan for a russian arms dealer. i ll speak with a key white house official john kirby. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. let s get right to cnn s exclusive new reporting on the u.s. justice department s criminal probe into january 6th. federal prosecutors preparing to fight in court to force former white house officials to testify about their conversations with then president trump. our senior crime and justice reporter kaitlan po lance helped break the story here in the situation room. this could be the clearest sign yet that justice department is honing in on trump s efforts to ....
Joining me, john, thank you for joining us. the russian foreign minister can t even find the time for a phone call with secretary blinken to discuss this proposed prisoner swap. the russia showing it has the upper hand here? reporter: no. i think russia is showing a lack of seriousness to what is a serious offer that the united states put forward. sadly, thiskind of rhetoric, the kind of snark, the the kind of sarcasm that we ve seen foreign minister lavrov exert before. but look, we re focused on a serious proposal that we made and we want to see russia act in good faith on that serious proposal so we can get brittney and paul home to their families where they belong. that s what we re focused on. not trying to make public points in the press with a sarcastic comment. what has russia said about this proposal? have they given any indication they re actually open to negotiating on this exchange? i want to be care. ....
Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices, impose a 15% minimum tax on corporations, and eliminate the carried interest tax loophole. this will reduce inflationary pressures on the economy. this is a bill for the country. not just for democrats. reporter: president biden speaking today with chinese president xi jinping. amid rising tensions over taiwan. tell two-hour call turning tense, according to chinese state media with xi warning, if you play with fire, you get burned. urging the u.s. to, quote, abide by the one china principle. the white house i m not going to speak to that statement. the united states strongly opposes unilateral efforts to change the status quo, or undermine peace and stability across the taiwan strait. reporter: and on the economy, the white house has been preparing for over a week now for those alarm bells to ....
Act. we expect to double in capacity. reporter: doubling in capacity and adding up to 1,000 jobs and many of them high paying and all of them a boon to the area. in the last decade, how has the economy changed? it has just grown. it is almost reporter: leaps and bounds? it is almost sort of a bubble. the dividends are found like a ripple through the shops and the restaurants and the taverns. reporter: and some conservatives argue that the government should not be in the business of subsidizing the industry, and the industry says a lit bill of public financing goes a long way. the proof is in the pudding, and look at the facility, and the number of jobs, and the taxpayer return, and 2x, 3x, 4x with the state. reporter: and the industry started by america, and the industry essential to the tech conmy, and the industry is essential to the nation s defense, and the industry that the u.s. would like to dominate again. now, look the industry ....