hey yeah. as evan waits for his next day in court, his parents say they understand the conviction rate in russia as just about 100% so they don t have a lot of hope right now that he will be freed anytime soon, but they were given some relief when they got to physically see and speak with evan at his last pretrial detention hearing. it s even harder now to leave him there. then it was the first time trying not to think about anything. it s just very hard. that was part of a new interview evans family did with the wall street journal who employs evan, his parents say when they saw him. he appeared to be in good spirits and strong despite his tough circumstances. now just this week, u. s ambassador to russia than tracy was granted access to evan for the first time in nearly three months. we re also learning the kremlin may now be signaling they re open to the idea of exchanging evan for one of their own in a prisoner swap , but evan s parents and sister danielle, say right now
and, as a new, hour and you attack on the doj by donald trump. he former president upping his accusations against the department of justice as we learn about threats against individual investigators looking into trump s alleged crimes. plus the freedom caucus votes to oust representative marjorie taylor greene. why is one of the gop s loudest provocateurs this one? i will ask democratic congressman river garcia. and the president will soon leave for the nato summit after announcing new weapons will be sent to ukraine. russia is not happy about it. u.s. ambassador to ukraine william taylor explains why. and later, hope for millions living with alzheimer s, there is a promising new medication with unprecedented fda approval. this is american voices. reporter: how his choice of words erodes public trust in our institutions, especially because gop base. just this afternoon trump railed against the criminal investigation into his handling of classified information in
the people have it right will be hearing from her in just a moment. welcome everyone i am david asman in for david. we begin at the white house and president biden is putting the spotlight on the economy and authorities are still investigating where the cocaine came from. lucas tomlinson is there with all the details, lucas. what s white house officials say the secret service hopes to have the investigation to this cocaine here at the white house wrapped up early next week. they are tempering expectations or they might not be producing a list of suspects. all week the white house has been dogged with questions about where did this cocaine come from? white house press secretary is a notable she could not rule out the biden family when asked the following question. i am just asking again can you say it once and for all whether or not the cocaine belong to the biden family? what sends a very clear two days ago when talking about this and going over it again as i was being aske
explains why. later, hope for millions living with alzheimer s. there is a promising new medication with unprecedented fda approval. this is american voices. we begin this hour with donald trump s baseless attacks that apartment of justice, and how his choice of words erodes public trust in our constitution, especially no gop case. just afternoon, trump railed against a criminal case into our handling of classified information, in a new social media post. without evidence, as always, trump, again claimed the fbi illegally targeted him, with the doj s, vote, very corrupt. with fact check, trump was charged with a crime because of his decision to hold on to top secret documents, even when the government asked for them back. that, of course, not what he tells his supporters. trump tells his supporters the government is not out to get him it is out to get them. later this hour, when he stopped at a campaign event in las vegas, he is short to continue his attacks, and that might e
also breaking this morning, signs that the labor market, which has been stunningly strong for so long is now cooling. fed watchers and wall street very warily awaiting these numbers. i ll talk to acting labor secretary julie su for her take on the numbers and the strength of the u.s. economy. and later, more heat for an already weather-weary nation. over a dozen dead nationwide from the high temperatures. i have asthma, so the air quality is really hard on my lungs, and then with the heat on top, it s like having a meltdown all in one. when could we get some relief from the brutal and record-breaking heat? let s begin with the war in ukraine and the breaking news. we ve now confirmed that the u.s. will send cluster munitions to ukraine. these are large bombs containing smaller explosives inside them which then disperse and can kill in record numbers. these weapons are so dangerous that more than 120 countries including many u.s. allies have agreed not to use them, but