Good morning. 11 00 a. M. Eastern. 8 00 a. M. Pacific. Im jose diazbalart. We begin with major breaking news. Sources tell Nbc News a Multination Prisoner Swap including the United States, russia and other countries is currently under way. Sources say The Americans being released can be expected to be in u. S. Custody soon. The Kremlin Spokesperson said he had no comment on the reports of the exchange. The turkish government is confirming the exchange is going to take place at the Ankara Airport in turkey. We do not know if what were showing you right now on your screen, which is the live shot from one of our cameras At Ankara International Airport are the planes that are involved, but from what we can see in these live pictures, At Ankara International Airport, there are those two planes that you see on the screen. Again, no information on what these planes are, what theyre doing there. But one of them, as you can see, has on its tail the russian flag. This is live pictures from ankar
Downplay the wuhan lab theory, lab break theory. Let s go to alex hogan, live in harlem, where the doctor and first lady will be attending their event. Alex. Reporter: hi, arthel. First lady dr. Jill biden and dr. Anthony fauci will be here at this vaccination site just later today. Dr. Fauci is actually from new york. He s been under high scrutiny recently after an email dump of emails that were leaked from january to june of 2020. One email about the origin of the virus, infectious disease expert wrote that some of the features potentially look engineered. Conservatives have called this a smoking gun of a coverup, especially when mentioning the u. S. Grants to that chinese research lab. We know, chris, that dr. Fauci through his government agency funded at least $800,000 of government taxpayer money to the wuhan laboratory. So the question now with all the emails coming out from dr. Fauci is what did know and when did know it. Reporter: others argue you that it doesn t actually prove
Looking at are what is standing in the way of a full investigation of the attack on our nation s capitol. It is the latest evidence that the former party of lincoln and reagan is now the party of insurrection, solely focused on party over country, terrified at what the commission might find and that the conclusions would be politically damaging and hurt them in the 2020 midterms. Majority leader chuck schumer addressed this during remarks on the senate floor following the vote. This vote has made it official. Donald trump s big lie has now fully enveloped the republican party. Trump s big lie is now the defining principle of what was once the party of lincoln. We all know what is going on here. Senate republicans chose to defend the big lie because they believe anything that might upset donald trump could hurt them politically. We ve all lived through the horrors of january 6th. Shame on the republican party for trying to sweep the horrors of that day under the rug because they re afra
And the queen was heard cracking jokes during a photoop. Joe biden is the 13th u. S. President the queen has met. Just days from now, the highly anticipated meeting between president biden and vladimir putin after a wave of cyberattacks launched from russia. In an exclusive interview, putin denies knowing anything about the attacks and compares trump to biden. Translator: we have a bilateral relationship that s deteriorated to its lowest point in recent years. Former president, mr. Trump, is a talented individual. President biden is dramatically different. It s my greatest hope, yes, there s some advantages and disadvantages. Hanging over all the meetings, the climate pry sis. Carbon dioxide at its highest levels in the atmosphere and poor nations bearing the brun of it. Prince charles called on allies to do more. Can we once again literally put the wind in our sails and win the battle against climate change? the scale of the challenge is immense. The window of opportunity to tackle it