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united states, canada and around the world. i'm kim brunhuber. ahead here on "cnn newsroom." new details about brittney gr griner's release as she gets ready to land in texas in the coming hours. and cnn is learning which trump associates could face criminal referrals from the january 6th committee. we'll look at who they are and when to expect a decision. plus -- we're hours away from the start of the world cup's quarterfinals where all eyes will be on argentina's lionel messi. we're live from doha with all the latest. >> announcer: live from cnn news center. this is "cnn newsroom" with kim brunhuber. american basketball star brittney griner is expected to land in texas in the coming hours bringing an end to her 10-month ordeal in russian

detention. she's due to arrive in san antonio after a flight from moscow to abu dhabi to the u.s. cnn has a crew on the scene ready to bring any updates. from there griner will be taken to a nearby army medical center that specializes in the treenlt of torture and other issues. >> reporter: the dramatic moment of the high stakes prisoner swap. brittney griner in the red coat walking towards the american plane. coming towards them, state department official roger carstens viktor bout. griner is shown leaving russian detention and boarding the plane in the snow. her passport returned, griner smiles knowing she's heading home. >> are you ready for the flight? >> yes. >> congratulations again. >> back in the u.s. griner's

wife sherrell was invited to the white house. >> today i'm just standing here overwhelmed with emotions but the most important emotion that i have right now is just sincere gratitude for president biden and his entire administration. >> reporter: the release was the culmination of many months of negotiations with russia. >> this work was not easy. negotiations are always difficult. there are never any guarantees but it's my job as president of the united states to make the hard call to protect american citizens everywhere in the world. >> reporter: the wnba star spent ten months in russian detention but now she's spared from a brutal 9-year sentence in a russian penal colony. u.s. officials said the trade for notorious russians weapons smuggler viktor bout was finalized in the last 24 hours. she was flown to abu dhabi where the exchange was taken. >> i'm glad to be able to say

brittney's in good spirits. shea's relieved to finally be heading home. >> reporter: the u.s. wanted to trade bout for griner and american paul whelan but russian refused. in an exclusive interview whelan told cnn he's surprised he wasn't included. >> i am greatly disappointed that more has not been done to secure my release. i'm happy that brittney is going home today and that trevor went home when he did, but i don't understand why i'm still sitting here. my bags are packed. i'm ready to go home. >> whelan told cnn that the russians see him at a higher level than griner. he's been charged with espionage and sentenced to 16 years. >> this was not a choice of which american to bring home. the choice was one or none. i wholeheartedly wish we could have brought paul home today on the same plane as brittney. >> reporter: the question is how

to bring paul whelan home and is the u.s. willing to do it. russia got the better of thursday's deal. he said griner was traded for what he called a world class felon and that now russia is dangling imhad, paul whelan, over president biden's head and will ask for something big. cnn's selma abdelaziz is tracking the latest. a mix of elation and concern for the man exchanged in her freedom. >> reporter: that's right, paul. you would assume she'll be greeted by family and friends. you'll see a big celebration there. state department will help griner on arrival including support activities for those who have been in isolation experiences like the one she has been in, but there's a lot of controversy as well around this prisoner swap because of who

griner was exchanged for. on paper viktor bout has a very different track record. he is accused of being an arms dealer, whereas griner was accused of having about a gram of cannabis oil. bout accused of being an arms dealer, nick named the merchant of death for supplying weapons and fueling conflicts across africa and other conflict-ridden areas. so very serious concern about this exchange and bout already in russia giving an interview celebrating his release. take a listen. >> translator: in the middle of the night they simply woke me up and said, get your things together, and that was it. there was no preliminary information. >> reporter: now the other controversy is about who the united states has not been able to release, and that is paul whelan, an american citizen who was picked up by russian forces, by russian troops, rather, by

russian forces several years ago and is sentenced to several years as well in a penal colony. cnn was able to get an exclusive access and exclusive interview to whelan where he expressed his concern about president biden's ability to get him out. he expressed russia sees him as a more important, more valuable prisoner than griner was perhaps. the biden administration says for its part there was no option to get whelan out in this specific exchange but that they continue to do everything they can to secure his release. just another reminder of how complicated these negotiations are and yet again, it is a diplomatic victory for president biden, but he's still vowing to try to get whelan out as well. kim. >> we'll stay on this story throughout the morning. thank you so much, selma abdelaziz in london. we'll have much more on the prisoner swap including a look at the u.s. marine veteran left behind in russia.

look at how paul whelen ended up behind bars and what he says about the charges against him. just days after more classified documents were found in a florida storage facility, sources tell cnn the u.s. justice department is asking a federal judge to hold donald trump in contempt of court. u.s. justice department argues that trump hasn't complied with the subpoena to return all classified materials t. a hearing is set for fly. cnn's caitlyn polanz explains what a contempt ruling might mean for the former president. >> reporter: a new development in the criminal investigation about the handling of documents at mar-a-lago after the trump presidency. the justice department has recently gone to court under seal and asked a federal judge to hold donald trump in contempt of court for failing to turn over additional records that he may have in his possession that could be national security

issues. they have subpoenaed trump months ago for any records he may still have, especially ones that have marked things classified on them. there was a search of mar-a-lago in august, very well publicized and confirmed by the justice department, but since then there has been steps that the trump legal team has taken to try and satisfy the justice department to make sure that there are no documents that they still have and the justice department is not satisfied. they believe there is the possibility that trump and his team still could have records in his possession that need to go back to the federal government and so they have gone to court just in the past week or so asking for this contempt proceeding. a judge potentially fine trump, hold him in contempt. if he doesn't comply with the long-running subpoena, and this all comes in an ongoing, very significant investigation for the former president. this is the special counsel's investigation being led by jack smith. and just on thursday the latest in that investigation is that a

federal court's formal order came down saying that the justice department is going to be able to get access to thousands of more records that were seized at mar-a-lago back in august. they are going to be able to incorporate those records as part of the evidence as they continue to build that case. it's not exactly clear what will happen in this case, but the contempt proceeding will become part of it. there's going to be a hearing on friday in federal court in washington, d.c. caitlyn polantz, cnn, washington. on capitol hill the committee investigating the attack on the u.s. capitol is preparing to finalize the list of criminal referrals to the u.s. justice department. sources tell cnn the list may include trump and four of his close associates. we have the details. >> reporter: in addition to former president donald trump, the committee is considering criminal referrals for at least

four other people who the committee believes played significant roles around the january 6th insurrection. under consideration, first of all, mark meadows, chief of staff, who had a front row seat to trump's actions, inactions and provided some of those critical text messages to the committee before he stopped cooperating. second, conservative lawyer john eastman who was advising trump and was part of those meetings we heard about to pressure then vice president mike pence to try to be part of af plan to overturn the election results. third, former justice department official jeffrey clark who advised trump and who the committee believes played a critical role in trying to weaponize the justice department to go along with trump's attempt to stay in power. and finally, a familiar face, former trump lawyer and ally rudy giuliani holl we saw played a key role until promoting claims of election fraud and

trying to convince state legislators to take steps to overturn the election results. a victory for marriage equality in the united states. >> the motion is adopted. >> the house passed legislation thursday protecting same-sex and interracial marriage. 39 republicans crossed the aisle to support the measure, which has already passed in the senate. it doesn't require legalization of same-sex marriage at a state level but it does require all states to recognize another state's legal marriage. jessica dean has the story. >> reporter: another piece of bipolar legislation is headed off of capitol hill and to president biden's desk. this piece of legislation will protect the marriages of millions of americans all across the country. it will protect the marriages for same-sex couples and interracial couples.

this is something that really started to bubbling up after roe v. wade was overturned in the summer. there was concern on the hill that interracial marriages and same-sex marriages could be threatened if the supreme court turned its a tittention to that. lawmakers began conversations in the fall about this. they had hoped to get a vote before the mid-terms, just couldn't quite get there. now that everyone be is back, p it passed with 12 republican senators joining democrats and went through the house today, again, with 39 house republicans supporting democrats to get this legislation through. what it does is it requires every state to recognize the laws of other states, which simply means if your marriage is recognized in one state, fuzz travel to another one no matter what their laws are, your marriage will be recognized. for so many here on capitol hill this was really important to do.

they wanted to get it done in this lame duck session. now another piece of bipartisan legislation heads to president biden for signature. jessica dean, cnn, capitol hill. investors got some good news after five straight days of losses on u.s. markets. next, we'll see if they can stay on the same track. more on the investigation into the deaths of four college students in idaho. they sift through tips. and next to the pitch, the world cup. >> reporter: eight become four over the next two days here in qatar, but for all the talk of a messi fairy tale ending on the cards, the dutch insist they have a score to settle. i'll be here with all the latest from doha in just a couple of minutes.

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pit european finesse against another power. lionel messi will take on the netherlands. let's bring in cnn's amanda davis live from doha. lionel messi hasn't won it all. he's won it all except the world cup. he's been accused, wrongly in my estimation, not performing for argentina on the world stage. can he do it this year? >> that's the big question, kim. for all the dutch efforts of the likes of vergirgil van dyk, he' saying we are not taking on one man, we are taking on an entire team. it is impossible to build up to this match without a focus on

the seven-time balantor winner. we went to training last night. there was no doubt the eyes of the international media in their droves were focused on one player, and that is because of what defeat means for him at this stage in his career. defeat potentially widely expected would mean the end of his time in an argentina shirt. looking ahead to this match against the netherlands, he's not the only one in that boat. it's widely expected that this is the last tournament for the legendary storied dutch coach, 71-year-old loui van hall back for a third stint in charge of the netherlands. he's won several titles but has come back to try and take this team over the line as three-time runners up. could this be his final hoorah?

he was the man in charge the last time they met, 2014 semi-final when ar again nineteen squeeked through on penalties causing real dutch heartbreak. the message has been clear from the dutch. all the talk of the messi fairy tale, they are here with a score to settle. >> yeah, absolutely. so let's look at the first match then. that will be brazil/croatia. the croatia's coach called the brazilian team terrifying. namar one goal away from pele's record. what are we expecting? >> reporter: so much emotion around this brazilian side over the last couple of weeks with the news that three-time world cup winner pele has been in hospital. the team using their moments on the pitch to send him their well wishes. pele has been sending messages of support to this young

brazilian team here at the world cup, though we haven't heard flig him ahead of this match as yet ahead of croatia. it was namar who became just the third brazilian player to score in three world cups when he found the back of the net against south korea. that was a goal that took him within one of pele's record 77 goals for brazil. and it's difficult, really, to look past him potentially equaling that record against croatia even though they don't concede many. they've only conceded two in their four games so far in this tournament. terrifying is the word that they used. that is because it's not just namar. this is a brazilian side scoring from all over the pitch, and they very much are confident that they are going to be able to lift that record extending six world titles next sunday.

>> exciting to watch. i'll be watching for sure. amanda davis in doha. thanks so much. on thursday fifa confirmed the death of a migrant worker at a resort used in saudi arabia by group stages. circumstances are unclear but a qatari official said it is being investigated. death is a natural part of life. human rights groups have criticized qatar of human rights issues. investors are hoping the momentum will keep on going when u.s. markets open this morning. wall street snapped its five-day losing streak on thursday with all three major indices closing up. the dow gained more than 1/2 of a percentage point.

the nasdaq up more than 1%. the s&p rose 3/4 of a point. the new trading day gets underway in about five hours. here's where u.s. futures stand. all up. meanwhile, the european markets are up. here is a look at how markets across asia fared today. all of them up as well ending positive. vice president joe biden has labored under low approval ratings for months. new poll to be released in 90 minutes from now will show if the president got a balanced score after democrats did much better in the mid-term elections. some welcome news for drivers here in the u.s. gasoline prices are now cheaper than they were one year ago. the motor club aaa says the average cost per gallon of regular is now $3.32.

prices have dropped by 13 cents over the past week. nearly 50 cents over the past month. the pipeline has suspended operations after discovering an oil leak near the border of nebraska and kansas. 14,000 barrels of oil spilled into a creek. federal officials are investigating the cause. a series of deliberate attacks on america's power grid in recent weeks has put u.s. and state law enforcement on high alert for more possible disruptions. authorities in north carolina are offering a $75,000 reward for information on whoever shot up two utility substations. extremist groups have been attacking the system on weaknesses. they are going to be fortifying facilities that could be vulnerable. all right. still much more here to come on cnn. we'll have the latest on the investigation into the deaths of

four idaho college students and the tips that are flooding in about one particular lead. russia's leader says ukraine itself is to blame for moscow's attack on its energy system. hear his explanation for that. left behind in a russian prison, u.s. marine veteran paul whelan and why is he so valuable to vladimir putin. we'll have some answers coming up. please stay with us. with gold bond.... you can age on your own terms. new retinol overnight means the smoothing benefits of retinol are now for your whole body. plus, fast-working crepe corrector diminishes wrinkled skin inust two days. gold bond. champion your skin.

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welcome back to all of you watching us here in the united states, can darks and around the world. i'm kim brunhuber. this is "cnn newsroom." american basketball star brittney griner is expected to

land soon in texas after spending the past ten months in russian custody. she's due to arrive there in san antonio after a flight from moscow to abu dhabi and then onto the u.s. cnn has a crew on the scene ready to bring you any updates. from there griner will go to a nearby army medical center for evaluation. russia has agreed to swap grainer forearms trafficker viktor bout. paul whelan imprisoned in russia for the past four years wasn't part of the deal. >> i would say that if a message could go to president biden that, you know, this is a precarious situation that needs to be resolved quickly and i would hope that he and his administration would do everything they could to get me home, regardless of the price they might have to pay at this point. >> president joe biden vowed the

u.s. would never give up on whelan. moscow is treating whelan different than griner, totally illegitimate reasons. whelan said he was surprised that he had been left behind. jim sciutto reports. >> reporter: paul whelan's odyssey in russia's criminal justice system began on december 28th, 2018. former marine, he was arrested in moscow during a trip for the wedding of a fellow marine to a russian woman. >> ended up taking a group of them as part of their tour through the kremlin. >> russia's federal security service accused him of being a spy. whelan had visited russia before, including as early as 2006 while on a two-week deployment from iraq. whelan moved to the u.s. as a child. he has u.s., canadian, british, irish citizenship. whelan joined the marine

reserves in 1984. he did multiple tours. he was accused by the military of attempting to steal more than $10,000. he was court martialed and discharged for bad conduct two years later. after the military whelan worked in corporate security, first as a senior manager in the global security firm kelly services and in 2017 he began working for an automotive components supplier. he became director of global security. according to his brother whelan was a world traveller with friends in russia. he was active on russian social media. after his arrest russia claimed whelan was caught, quote, red handed with a flash drive with state secrets. whelan maintains he was set up. >> one of the friends he had made in russia visited him the night of the wedding and gave paul a usb stick and said they were photos from the previous trip they had been on to another

part of russia and as soon as he was given the u.s.b. stick and put on his pocket, the door was open by the fsb, he was arrested and that was it. >> on june 15th, 2020, whelan was convicted of espionage and sentenced to 16 years of hard labor in prison. in the years since his arrest the u.s. government has also maintained whelan's innocence and made repeated attempts to secure his release. today jennifer hansler spoke to whelan by phone from the penal colony where he's being held. >> i have to say i'm greatly disappointed more has not been done to secure my release, especially as the four-year anniversary of my arrest is coming up. i was arrested for a crime that never occurred. i'm happy that brittney is going home today and that trevor went home when he did, but i don't understand why i'm still sitting here. >> jim sciutto, cnn, washington.

there are no reports of casu casualties after a russian artillery strike at a facility. the facility was hit this morning damaging the pediatric wartd and more. kherson has been a frequent target of attacks. meanwhile, russian president vladimir putin has itself to blame for its strikes on the energy system. millions of ukrainians are without power as winter is settling in. >> translator: right now there's been a lot of uproar about our attacks on the energy infrastructure of our neighboring country. yes, we're doing it, but who started it? who hit the crimean bridge? who blew up the power lines from

the kirsk power plant? >> president putin was talking about the strategic bridge that links russia and crimea. german authorities say they expect more raids and arrests to be made as they investigate a far right plot to overthrow the government. police said thursday they invited more than 50 suspects and there could be more. we have more from frederick pleitgen in berlin. >> reporter: it could have been a january 6th style insurrection in germany. violent protestors trying to storm german parliament in august 2020 when the leading groups, citizens of the right, now accused of plotting a coup in germany. this is obviously one of the largest terrorist organizations that has existed in the sectors.

it is the worst we have seen so far in the spectrum of the qanon scenes. german authorities believe there will be more arrests av massive raids on wednesday. a number of suspects has already risen to more than 50 possible co-conspirators of the group allegedly led by this man, 71-year-old heinrich xiii. attempts to meet him have been unsuccessful. suspicious activity was already well underway. his followers had even demanded citizens ditch their german passports. we were told that we were now german because our passports were not german. we were given the permission.

they wanted to set up a monarchy. >> narrator: germany and have scores among their ranks. among those arrested, several former soldiers and a member of german parliament from a far right political party. german extremism experts warn like in the u.s. the number of extremists looking to undermine democracy is growing. it's a development which shows that right wing extremism is moving from the margins to the center and that protagonists can imagine overthrowing the state border. it's a very dangerous development. german criminal authorities say they are continuing to identify people involved in the planned coup. while that plan may have been thwarted this time, groups face an increasing threat to germany's democratic order. fred pleitgen, cnn, berlin. a new series on the duke and

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the first few episodes of the new harry and meghan documentary were short on bombshells, but there's speculation the initial release could be setting stage for more shocking revelations when the rest of the series drops next week. in the early episode harry addresses his frustration with family members who says he was unsympathetic to what meghan was being put through pointing out her situation is different than other royal women because of her race. listen to this. >> my son, my daughter, my children are mixed race. i'm really proud of that. when my kids grow up and they look back at this moment and they turn to me and say, what

did you do in this moment? i want to be able to give them an answer. >> we're looking for answers from our anna stewart who's live in london. so plenty of expectation here, anna. maybe didn't live up to the hype. what, if anything, did we learn? >> reporter: didn't live up to the hype. of course you have volume 2 next week. we'll do this all over again and perhaps that's when the bombshells will be dropped. nothing particularly new. it underscores how the couple feels about the royal family. more damaging claims of unconscious bias when it comes to race. also lots of anecdotes that we can get into about members of the royal family and the experience of meghan joining that family. i would say there was a really deep contempt for the press which was quite shocking. it wasn't just about the tabloid press and paparazzi. we're followed in america and the u.k.

it was about mainstream media, ien the royal rotor which is accredited by the palace to cover their events. prince harry called them an extended pr arm of the royal family. within the three episodes we've seen there was beautiful footage of them and their children and their home. we learned a lot about the relationship, how they met on instagram and that the state, the proposal, comments from meghan's mom. there were beautiful moments. woven into that lots of digs at the royal family. for instance, one point meg talks about meeting the now prince and princess of wales. she was barefoot, ripped jeans, very informal. she went in for a hug. didn't realize how uncomfortable that would be for the brits. the informality carried on on the inside. that was a dig for the royal family. prince harry says of the men of the royal family, you can work

this out whether it's a dig at the father or brother here, there can be a temptation or urge to marry someone that would fit the mold versus perhaps being destined to be with someone. the reaction from the royal fa family, it's hard to come by. they don't really comment. they have said though while there is a slate saying they denied to comment. they couldn't verify whether it was to do with this production from archetype productions or netflix so they weren't able to make any response there. make of that what you will. the kim? is. >> all right. we'll continue watching. thanks so much, anna stewart, in london. authorities investigating the deaths of four university of idaho students say they've

received an overwhelming number of tips about a ticar. they say they have gotten so many calls about a white sedan. investigators have made progress but they have yet to identify a suspect or locate the murd derp weapon. cnn's veronica miracle has the latest. >> reporter: police in moscow, idaho, are looking for a white 2011 to 20 13 hyundai elantra. information about the sedan and one person seen inside the car came from some of the more than 6,000 tips they've received from the public. police say they believe whoever was in the car could have, quote, critical information to share and they are urgently asking the public for any other details as they continue their investigation. >> we still have thousands of leads and tips that we're, working through.

interviewing people daily. we're moving forward. police have still not found a murder weapon or named a suspect in the case. investigators are still looking at the victims' activities in the hours before the murders and have addressed speculation that victim kaylee gonsalves may have had a stalker. >> we thoroughly investigated and it was determined to the best of our ability that it was not related. >> reporter: investigators continue to look into the possibility of a stalker. now as students at the university of idaho head into the last week of the fall semester, roughly 1/3 are choosing to stay home for the rest of the year. police are also asking for information about the sigma kei party that was attended in the hours before their death.

veronica miracle, cnn. it took philadelphia police 65 years painstaking detective work and genetic evidence to crack the identity of the boy in the box. the know tore your murder case. the severely beaten child was found in 1957 wrapped in a blanket inside a cardboard box. >> the death certificate for the unknown child ome-570 63 would be amended to reflect his name joseph agus tuss cirelli. >> police say they have suspicions about who may be responsible for joseph's death. they call the investigation ongoing. they hope positive identification will lead to tips. no one claimed his body but police say he was never forgotten. ahead here on "cnn newsroom," winter weather

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back-to-back storms expected to bring a mix of wintry weather across the u.s. from rain in the pacific northwest to snow in the plains, upper midwest and for good measure throw in freezing rain. more than 9 million people are affected by the winter weather advisories. meteorologist derek van dam is tracking it all for us. derek, what's the latest on these storms? >> here's the thing. there's multiple storms, back-to-back storms. it's hard to put on one map. basically you can see three behind me. there's one moving through the midwest impacting chicago. there's another impacting the rockies today and then a large storm system that's going to be the big instigator heading into the weekend and early parts of

next week. just entering in on the west coast and through portions of the weekend. this will bring multiple feet of snowfall to the sierra nevada, tricky driving through lake tahoe. you get to the lower elevations, that's where you see the rainfall impact the coast line. that will overspread san francisco all the way to los angeles with our typical rainy spots, portland to seattle. those are winter storm warnings. and then i want to shift your focus towards what's more of an immediate threat. this is the ongoing storm system taking place across the midwest and into the central plains as well. you can see the winter weather advisories and winter storm warnings for northern iowa, southern minnesota, and the northern suburbs of chicago. here's the latest radar and i want to point this out to you. the bulk of this precipitation into chicago is going to be rainfall. maybe a snowflake or two mixed

in but at times i think the real mixture is north to the border of illinois and wisconsin. i want to point your attention to monday, tuesday. tuesday is the big day to keep an eye to the sky, houston, dallas, shreveport all the way to little rock. we have a high likelyhood of severe weather. >> sounds like a real nightmare for lots of people there. >> yeah. >> derek, appreciate it. the. the lava flow from the mauna loa eruption in hawaii has stalled less than 2 miles from a main highway. it connects eastern and western halves of the island. this is good news for locals.

tourists are travel to see the volcano. we'll be more on the huge crowds and the mauna loa volcano is attracting them. the orion spacecraft is coming back to earth on sunday but not exactly where nasa was planning. >> and liftoff of artemis 1! >> the craft which is part of the artemis 1 mission launched ab because of this. the forecast makes the site no go. it is going to splash down off the coast of baja, california, 300 nautical miles an hour. a japanese investor is going to fly to the moon and he's picked eight people to go with him. now he's settled on a moon shot

passenger list of artists. it's set for next year but there's a wrinkle in the plan. spacex starship that they will travel in is still in development. and before we go -- ♪ ♪ >> music superstar celine dion has a rare neurological disorder but she hopes to return to the stage even eventually. emotional video posted on instagram. she says she has stiff person's syndrome. it affects the brain and spinal cord. it affects every part of her life. her spring shows in 2023 will be

rescheduled to 2024. her summer shows have been canceled entirely. we wish her the best. that wraps this hour of "cnn newsroom." i'm kim brunhuber. you can follow me on twitter @kimbrunhuber. "early start" with christine romans is next. stay with us.

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