but we can still hear a fair amount of fire coming from that area. we've seen as ukrainian forces are firing mortars, firing rockets in the direction of the town, but there doesn't seem to be a sense of panic among the ukrainian troops. they seem fairly confident if they have to pull out of sol dd soledar they'll still be able to hold the positions here. >> reporter: soledar is small but strategic. explain why it's so important to the russians and ukrainians as the fighting is going on. >> reporter: for the ukrainians, soledar is right north of bakhmut, which is a city that's fairly important for them. it's a place where they've been fighting now for months and some of the bloodiest fighting of this war. for the russians it's important,

soledar is important more than anything as a symbolic victory after months of defeats in and around kyiv, kharkiv region, and kherson as well. so for them, after suffering these defeats to take soledar would be a victory, a symbolic, if not strategic victory. >> ben wedeman, thank you very much. appreciate that. "cnn this morning" continues right now. ♪ ♪ lisa marie presley, good morning, everyone, friday, january 13th and we are remembering lisa marie presley.

looking back at the life of elvis' only daughter. >> she was so young. >> we'll look at her life. also a special counsel now appointed to investigate joe biden's classified document scandal. who is robert hur and what does this mean for the president? in just a few moments senate majority leader, chuck schumer is going to join us at the desk. what he thinks of the president's handling of classified materials. we begin with more than 30 tornados have torn through the south with georgia and alabama hit the hardest. this morning approximately 200,000 people are without power and 35 million people are under some level of threat for severe storms. alabama governor kay ivey is declaring a state of emergency in six counties with at least six dead in one county. governor i vie responding on twitter saying our people are resilient we will get through it

and respond to it. here's how one person responded after the storm had passed. >> oh my god. >> earlier this morning cnn's ryan young was in hard hit selma, alabama, here's what he captured on the ground. >> this storm was intense, it was big, and it hit hard. in fact, look at where i'm standing. you can see the size of this box truck that we're next to that was turned over. there's siding all around this area that's been blown off from roofs across the area. as we've been able to go through this area this morning, it's still dark. you can see the destruction that's been left behind but you keep hearing story after story where people were terrified when the storm hit. they ran for cover in several different businesses. look at the place i'm standing in front of. it is crushed. the roof is off of it. >> we'll take you to georgia

where governor brian kemp is also declaring a state of emergency. you can see a collapsed wall of a warehouse in a suburb of atlanta. it could take several days before a final count of how many tornados there were across the region. very sad news to share with you this morning about lisa marie presley, the only child of elvis presley. she died after suffering a cardiac arrest. in a statement her mother wrote it's with a heavy heart i must share the news that my daughter left us, she was the most passionate, strong and loving woman i have ever known. joining us is music journalist steve ballton, he interviewed lisa marie for rolling stone. good morning, thanks so much for being with us, especially given the fact you're the one who had this exclusive interview with

lisa marie presley a decade ago. i remember what you think about that as you remember her life now. >> first of all, thanks for having me, i wish it was under better circumstances. i was just talking to a photographer friend of mine who worked with lisa marie very closely as well. we both had the same experiences, she was wonderful, so great. i remember how no-bs she was. very to the point, very kind, very smart. as i said on social media, she changed my entire career, because i was interviewing her for rolling stone and i had done the questions of the week for rolling stone. dumb things like boxers or briefs, just the stupidiest things you can ask. and i went to interview her about this wonderful album and we're doing a sitdown interview and it's this extensive interview about this album, and the first thing she says, she

looks at me and said didn't you ask me about my favorite shoes i wore? i was like, oh, after that i went back to rolling stone and said i'm not doing these questions anymore. it's embarrassing. the fact that she called me out on that, that was lisa marie presley she was wonderful, nice, a lot of people would be fake saying i don't remember that, whatever. no, not her. she was direct, to the point, and if you look at the tributes, she was so loved in the music community, that's why. in an area so many people could be fake, she was so direct. >> a big part of this, you know, was her family name. lisa marie presley like that is obviously how she was identified. you heard from other children of legendary people like that, the challenges they face. how did she deal with that? because i know in part of your interview you talked about her embracing that, how she came to

that. >> i think she dealt with it the best she could. this is the analogy i've been using of late, i think it applies to everyone. but the natural cycle of life is you're close with your family and your parents. when you get older and you try and find your own way and retreat from your family because you're trying to forge your own identity. then as you get older, in your 30s, you start to embrace who you were. and that's what she did. she went tonnormal route of you start off as a presley, then you want to be your own person but the reality is, that's the hardest name in america to grow up with. i interviewed sean lennon, julian lennon, there's no name like presley in american music aside from kennedy probably the most famous name in america. >> i'm glad she had an impact on

your life, obviously a loving mother too who lost her son just over two years ago. so our thoughts with all of her family. >> i was going to say, sorry, dealt with so much tragedy. >> she did. thank you. >> thanks, steve. >> kaitlan. >> thanks for having me. we'll take you to our top story out of washington where attorney general merrick garland has appointed special counsel robert hur to take over the investigation into classified doms that were found at president biden's former office and his home dating back to his time as vice president. hur is now the second special counsel that attorney general merrick garland has appointed looking into a second president in a matter of months. two months ago is when he walked up and appointed jack smith to oversee the criminal investigations into former president trump. >> good afternoon. i'm here today to announce the appointment of a special counsel in connection with two ongoing

criminal investigations that have received significant public attention. i'm here today to announce the appointment of robert hur as a special counsel pursuant to department of justice regulations governing such matters. >> it might seem like history is repeating itself here before the dust has settled but these two politically sensitive probes do have key differences and the two special counsels have different and distinct directives. robert hur's is limited to looking at how biden's documents ended up in his office and garage. smith's is broader, including the three potential crimes related to trump's mishappenedling of records and the role he played in the january 6th capitol rashida talib -- january 6th capital riots. merrick garland said circumstances led him to appoint

robert hur yesterday. here is what he said about trump's special counsel back in november. >> based on recent developments, including the former president's announcement that he is a candidate for president in the next election and the sitting president's stated intention to be a candidate as well, i have concluded it is in the public interest to appoint a special counsel. >> trump's 2024 bid he announced is what garland said led him to make the decision. but these two different responses from the sitting president and his predecessor following garland's announcement yesterday. here's what biden said. >> as i said earlier this week, people know i take classified documents and classified materials seriously. i also said we're cooperating fully and completely with the justice department's review. >> former president trump meanwhile weighted in on his

truth social account calling for an end to the investigations into him because, quote, i did everything right. >> let's look at what led to the attorney general's decision. i want to bring in paula reed from washington this morning. paula, good morning to you. the biden administration is offering very few answers about all of this. so what do we know? >> reporter: don, it's incredible. on monday we knew nothing about this matter. and now, we have a special counsel overseeing a full-blown criminal investigation into the possible mishandling of classified information at three locations connected to a sitting president. yesterday we learned it was the u.s. attorney that garland tapped to review this. he was the one that recommended a special counsel. and that suggests there is still a lot more about this we still don't know. a short time before garland's announcement, the white house revealed that additional documents had been discovered at the president's wilmington resident.

>> documents of classified markings in storage areas and file cabinets in my home and my personal library. >> reporter: there have been many questions about the time line of these events. garland tried to fill in some of the gaps. on november 2nd, biden's lawyers discovered ten classified documents at biden's former office in washington d.c. cnn has learned these included information about iran, ukraine, and the united kingdom and also included top secret information. on november 4th, garland said the national archives contacted the justice department. after the initial discovery of classified documents, biden's team decided to search several locations where files from his vice presidential office may have been shipped after he left office. ten days later the trump appointed u.s. attorney in chicago was tap tped to review e

matter. on january 5th, the u.s. attorney from chicago briefed garland and advised that a special counsel was warranted. >> this appointment underscores for the public the department's commitment to both independence and accountability in particularly sensitive matters and to making decisions indisputably guided only by the facts and the law. >> reporter: the biden white house is still not providing many additional details, instead deferring to the justice department. >> there's an ongoing process, it's being reviewed. don't have more to share. >> reporter: the president was grilled thursday on why classified documents were stored in the same garage as his sports car. >> my corvette is in a locked garage, okay. it's not like they're sitting out in the street. as i said earlier this week, people know i take classified documents and classified materials seriously. i also said we're cooperating fully and completely with the justice department's review.

>> reporter: biden previously blasted trump over his retention of classified documents. >> how that could possibly happen, how anyone could be that irresponsible. >> reporter: now republicans are calling foul. >> there's an individual that said on 60 minutes so concerned about president trump's documents now we find as a vice president keeping it for years out in the open in different locations. >> reporter: of course trump did not fully cooperate with the justice department which is why he's under investigation for possible obstruction. but the biden team said they will continue to operate in this investigation. yesterday i spoke with people who worked with hur, including his former boss, rod rosenstein. he said hur was the liaison between robert mueller's team and rod rosenstein's office so robert hur knows what he's getting into this morning. in just a few minutes here, senate leader chuck schumer is going to join us live in studio.

his thoughts on the special counsel investigation in moments. also you probably are feeling this at the grocery store. it shocked me. trying to buy eggs they cost more than twice as much as a year ago. that's according to the consumer price index and what you feel at the store. it was 425 -- it is $4.25 now an average, it was $1.79 a year ago. it's blurry but check out this price in hawaii, $9.99. almost $10 for a dozen eggs. joining us is vanessa yurakavich, i was thinking the same thing. and don brought eggs. >> how much did you pay for those? >> i don't know. we got them from the cafeteria. >> these are expensive whole foods organic. >> this is -- everyone is talking about the price of eggs. >> true, why, what's going on? >> and prices jumping 11% in the

last month alone. let me get you beat on the $10.99 in hawaii. $7.99 here, $6.99, $9.99. here's this, $11.45 for a dozen eggs here at morton williams in new york city. i want you to listen to the store's supervisor about what he feels is contributing to these higher prices. >> prices of eggs have gone up substantially over the last few weeks. i would say upwards close to 70% in retail. eggs usually be $2.69 they're now $6.99 per dozen. >> and so some of the reasons that he gave me was that there is rising wages, there's rising energy costs and the big one is the avian flu. this is a deadly disease that has killed 50 million birds across the united states, it is extremely contagious and that is

lowering production while there is still high demand. so it throws supply and demand out of whack. and just in september we saw another spike in avian flu cases. likely what is contributing to the higher prices we've seen on eggs in recent months. >> that helps explain it. >> $11.99. >> that's ridiculous. that's new york. >> this is very precious cargo. >> we're going to put those back, whoever's eggs we took. vanessa, thank you. this is just remarkable what's happening in washington. >> two special counsels now looking into how the current and former president handled classified documents, it's a unique moment in american history with big implications for the future. >> we'll talk about it with the top democratic senator, chuck

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house republicans are demanding more information this morning on the classified documents found at president biden's private residence in his former office. it comes as the attorney general merrick garland is stepping in to appoint robert hur as special counsel to investigate what's happened there. joining us to weigh in on all of this is chuck schumer, the democratic senator from new york. so glad to have you back on set. but we have to ask you about what's happening with the attorney general now appointing the special counsel and the fact that the white house is acknowledging these classified documents were found. do you believe he's violated the federal law here? >> it's too early to tell. there's a special prosecutor in each situation. i think president biden has handled this correctly. he's fully cooperated with the prosecutors when the documents were found, notified aied archi total contrast to president trump who stonewalled for a

year. but the point is we have special prosecutors for both of these situations, we should let it play out. we don't have to push them in any direction or try to influence them. that's all i'm going to say, let the special prosecutors do their job. >> do you support the fact that a special counsel is overseeing this matter now? >> yes, i do. in fact, when they first -- the fbi went to mar-a-lago and they said, what are you going to say about this? i said, it's premature to comment and i've said it here, so i've been consistent about it in both cases. you have special prosecutors, i support both of them. let them do their job. i think that's all that should be said. the politicians shouldn't be buzzing around. to be sure about what you said, you believe the biden folks are being transparent about this? >> i think the biden folks, as i said, cooperated with the prosecutorial authorities from day one and donald trump didn't. >> this is our reporting. according to one justice

official statements this week offered an incomplete narrative of documents from biden's time as vice president reinforce the need for special council. it creates the impression that biden's team has something to hide. >> there's now a special prosecutors see what they have to say. and let's focus on doing things that help the american people. >> i have to get -- i have to say this. you seem much more measured about this than with the trump documents because you called for transparency with the documents you wanted lawmakers to have access to the documents seized from the former president's residence in florida -- >> i said that night it was premature to comment. i stand by that. >> for president trump? >> yes. >> you think your statements are consistent for both? >> reporter: i do. >> you say the president has fully cooperated. there's no indication that he

and the white house have not but there's question about transparency -- >> the prosecutors will get to the bottom of this and let's let them do it for god's sake. i know you want to buzz around -- >> let me buzz for a minute. let me buzz for one minute and we'll get to something else -- >> hold on it's not just us buzzing you're the head of the democratic senate it's not just us buzzing around. >> and if there were no special prosecutor you might have a different thing to say, but there is. now we have the law enforcement people who have the power to get all the facts out doing it. i support both. i think we should have a special prosecutor on each, i don't mind you asking these questions but my view, i'm not going to say anything, let the special prosecutors do their job. >> the question i was going to ask is about the fact when this did come out, after cbs news' reporting and the white house

acknowledged it, they addressed the documents found on november 2nd but knew about the documents found on december 20th. that's what begs the question of full transparency it's not just us. if the president and this white house answered more questions directly like that time line that would promote trust and pre-empt the criticism. would you like to see the white house do that today? >> i leave everything up to the special prosecutor. their job was to report things to the national archives when they saw them. unlike trump they did. >> can we talk about capitol hill. >> yes, please. >> what happened on capitol hill last week with speaker mccarthy and the fight and 15 ballots and the concessions he made to the hard liners. they said they do not want to pass a clean spending bill.

they want cuts attached to that. how are you going to handle that in the senate? >> we always try to work with the republicans in a bipartisan way. we have the most successful session senate in decades in the last year. and six of the big seven bills were done bipartisan. so i would hope that house republicans, under speaker mccarthy, will reach out to us, will reach out to them, and try to get things done that can help the american people. but the past week has been very discouraging. what did they do? let's look at each of things they did. none helped the american people. the first thing they did is protect multimillionaires and billionaires from being audited. it's a long thrust of some of these maga republicans that people should get away with the loopholes they use. so finally we were able to say, the irs is short of people because donald trump cut the

people, the tea party cut the people. >> a lot of people are retiring. >> yes. but under trump you were more likely to be audited if you made $40,000 a year, than if you made 4 million a year. the republicans come in and do that. then they put in a budget that would require us to cut so many things. their ten year budget would cut medicare and social security. wow. then they put in things on abortion that would allow doctors to be prosecuted, criminalization in certain instances. and the final thing they did is launch a lot of committees to investigate. you know what the american people want us to do? they want us to do things to make sure lives better. they don't want congress to investigate, investigate. one final point. so there are a whole bunch of republicans who are not maga. my hope is, and i believe this, after a little while they will see following this extreme fringe is like following thelma and louise over the cliff and

they will come and start dealing with us in a serious way. we'll have disagreements but in a previous congress we were able to come together and get things done. if a republican party rejects the maga extremists we can get a lot done and that's my hope. >> does it make you regret not raising the debt ceiling before the republicans got the majority in the house? >> no. it should be done in a bipartisan way. take the debt ceiling. to let the default occur would hurt average americans dramatically. if you were worried about inflation, we've cut the deficit in the ira, we reduced the deficit. worried about inflation, default would be huge. so it's always been done in a bipartisan way. three times when donald trump was president, twice when the republicans had the house and senate we cooperated with the republicans and raised it. because after all these are debts we've already incurred. we're just paying the bill. and then under president biden we worked out an agreement bipartisan where the republicans

didn't have to vote for it but they allowed 50 votes to pass it. and we got it done. that's what we should do again, get it done in a bipartisan way. they rejected that in december, but i think, as we get closer and closer, the real -- the way we have to do this or the month we have to do this looks three, four, five, six months off, that they will come to reality and do the same thing we did the last four times. >> speaking of going over, do you want to follow-up because i want to move on. >> i want to ask about the debt ceiling. >> go on. >> if we can pull up the sound from jamie dimon, here's what he said. we do have it or we don't? okay. but -- >> saying it would be very bad i presume. >> listen to him and then i want your take on the other side. >> i understand why republicans may want to use it to get some stuff. i'm not talking about the fight before the debt ceiling. i'm talking about on the day

that america can't pay its debt, that has potentially disastrous outcomes. america debt doesn't cross default but it's cumulative, t bill default, the next week t bill defaults, pension plans have to sell. it's so potentially dangerous we shouldn't get anywhere near it and after all the shenanigans of politics we have to fitx this. >> avoid brinksmanship and get it done and not get up to the deadline. >> couldn't agree more, tell me how you are going to do it. i remember covering in real time the crisis of 2011, watching america's credit rating get downgraded. how are you going to do it? >> i think republicans learned their lesson, they suffered we won the election after that and they will hopefully come and work with us and get this done in a bipartisan way. that's what we look to do, no brinksmanship. >> you spoke of maga republicans

using the thelma and louise analogy there. let's talk about george santos, he is remaining defiant. kevin kevin mccarthy refusing to say he should step down. saying it's left to the people. do you think he should step down, he said he's doing the work of the people, but people sent him there on false pretenses. >> he told lie after lie. now there are several investigations going on and some of the charges are very, very serious. so i think we should let these investigations go forward and see what they produce. >> you don't think kevin mccarthy should stand up and -- >> i want to see what the investigators show. they may show all kinds of things. these are serious charges including misuse of campaign funds and stuff like that. >> paul ryan said something interesting to jake tapper yesterday. he said he -- i think i had too much power as speaker. you laugh.

and he talked about ultimately four people making all the decisions. so you're one of those four people. >> a majority leader. >> do you agree with him? >> the way i do it, i have complete consultation with my caucus. when we came up with the bill, the recent omnibus bill, i let the committee chairs and members on the relevant committees have input into the bill so i don't think they feel they were closed out. if in the republican side they haven't done that, they should. we have had a lot of cooperation, overwhelming support for this omnibus where we got a lot done on the bipartisan, we passed the eca, the passed the fairness to pregnant workers. we got increases in funding to feed kids during the summer when they weren't going to school. we got increases for law enforcement. we got increases for ukraine and defense. we had a great bipartisan bill by consulting lots of people.

on my side i do it all the time. i have very good members and great chairmen and i leave it up to them, a lot of the decisions. >> i have a question for you on the makeup of the senate. one last one on the debt ceiling. can biden raise it unilaterally? >> there's some discussion of that. i don't know how real it is. >> could it come to that? >> who knows. let's hope it doesn't. no brinksmanship, for the last four times despite the early rhetoric we came together when the republicans had power, democrats had power, i think that's what has to be done. interest rates, even if we get close and there's brinksmanship it could raise your mortgage rate, your car rate, credit card rate, your college debt rate. it's terrible. >> katie porter announced she's running for dianne feinstein's seat, she has not said she's retiring, what's happening there? >> she has not said she's

retiring. >> do you support katie porter? >> no. dianne feinstein hasn't said she's stepping down. i working with her right now to get aid to california with the fire. >> should katie porter have waited? >> that's up to her. >> have you spoken to her about that? do you discuss with her the possibility of stepping down? >> she's going to make that decision on her own. >> as you sit in the senate and watch what happens with kevin mccarthy, what's going through your head? >> what's going through my head as majority leader i think i led the most successful two years in the senate certainly since the great -- >> but what's to come -- >> let me finish. maybe since the great depression. i am hopeful and working towards -- we may not have as much success in the last two years. but the same bipartisan things. we helped with gun safety.

helped veterans with burn pit problems. got aid to ukraine. we did the biggest change on climate to go against the carbon that goes into the atmosphere in history. we got a lot done. i'm not giving up the hope of getting it done now. i don't want to have them just investigate and pass the crazy bills led by a few extremists. i do believe, again, don, let me say this again, i do believe not in the next two weeks but in the next few months, many of the main stream republicans when you talk to them privately they despise what the maga folks have done, will come back and that gives mccarthy ability to come back and negotiate and get things done for the american people. >> bills, dolphins, who's going to win? >> bills, please. >> vikings giants. >> i've been a giant fan since abraham. i saved the bills from moving

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the man charged with first degree murder in the stabbings of university of idaho students in november back in court while police continue to seek any new information about bryan kohberger. gary tuchman is in moscow, idaho this morning. good morning to you, what are you learning about bryan kohberger? >> reporter: don, good morning, bryan kohberger remains in this county jail here in moscow, idaho. we saw him in court for a status hearing. he waived rise right to a speedy st trial so we won't see him for a preliminary hearing until june. for some people this case has become all consuming. police and prosecutors are required to stay quiet about the university of idaho murder case. but on the internet no such prohibition. >> we have uncovered what we believe are old writings of become. >> most of it on tiktok, facebook and other places is speculation and hypothesizing.

>> the evening following the murders his phone was pinned in johnson, i daho. >> reporter: this facebook group, university of idaho murders has more than 225,000 followers and this is one of many groups discussing this case online. prior to the arrest of bryan kohberger, a user who goes by papa roger was a prolific contributor on the site with many creepy and insensitive posts and what turned out to be incorrect speculation. such as the white elantra is a red herring. and there's a fixed blade light leaves me to believe they found the sheathe. this is one of several reasons many on social media think papa rodder was kohberger.

and this person, okay, this is papa rodger stuff is wild, how would anyone besides him know this. there is no indication that facebook or the police believe papa rod ger, who is no longer in the group is bryan kohberger. and then there's this prayer vigil, with many people hypothesizing online. >> people think the idaho murderer attended his victims' vigil. >> this person commenting bryan kohberger spotted prayer vigil. and this person, sure looks like the psycho. but a tv crew has video of the man close up, it's not kohberger. and then there is this. >> a lot of people have been asking who is rebeccao field. >> a woman calls herself ashley solves mysteries, has accused a university of idaho professor of

participating in the killings. the tiktoker posted this video about two weeks before kohberger's arrest. >> they need to dig deeper into her personality so we understand her beliefs and who she is so we can further understand her motives for the murders. >> we reached out to gallard she did not respond. but the professor has responded, her lawyer filing a lawsuit against gallard. saying these statements create safety issues for the professor and her family. the processer sent cease and desist letters to ms. goldman sachs but she continues -- to ms. guillard. the preliminary hearing will

begin on june 26th it could last several days we expect prosecutors to reveal much more evidence. last week we learned dna was found on a knife sheathe in the home on the bed where the four students were murdered. authorities believe that dna is kohberger's. this morning we have another american released from russia. coming up we'll talk to the former u.s. ambassador to the united nations billry richards he helped negotiate his release.

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was detained by border patrol after crossing in kalinigrad. this morning, he is home. joining me, one of the people who negotiated his release, former u.s. ambassador to the united nations, bill richardson. you literally just two hours ago got back, so thank you very much for joining us. >> well, thank you. this was a good news event, we brought back taylor dudley, the hostage. his mother went with us to the russia/poland border. this is not a high-profile case. it wasn't like the griner case, the taylor reed case. but the good news is through local efforts with local russian officials in, a grassroots

effort resulted in deportation and we were able to bring him home. the good news is that it shows that the russians, on some of these humanitarian cases like the trevor reed case, like griner, now with taylor, and hopefully with wheland, that they're ready to negotiate, they're ready to deal with these issues. i think that's the good news. and they deserve credit for turning taylor over to us yesterday without much incident. >> you were there on the ground, on the border with his mother. how is he doing? what is his health, how is his condition, how is he mentally processing this? >> he's doing well. it was a very traumatic moment with shelly, his mother, watching him cross almost like the bridge of spies movie process, the walk. he's a very nice young man.

he's a navy veteran. he is somebody that has spent six months, and it was the family that contacted us to help because there was difficulty in the american embassy in moscow, which is very far to visit him, to deal with him. so we were involved in getting lawyers, doctors, to help him through this legal process, which resulted in this deportation. >> so i wonder what you think this tells you about russia's willingness here, especially as it pertains to others being held there, including former marine paul wheland. the fact that taylor dudley was released, there was no prisoner swap. has something changed that indicates to you that it may be more likely than not that paul is coming home? >> i believe what we used, the gr grassroots support, the legal process, using attorneys from

the region, and we had worked on this case when we were working on griner and trevor reed, mentioning it at high levels in moscow. but this was more rural grassroots, the attorneys that helped us in kalinigrad. this was a unique effort that resulted not in a prisoner exchange. >> right. >> it was just a deportation. so i don't think the russians necessarily are changing their mode, but different cases require different approaches. >> i ask you, ambassador, because we all remember when brittney griner came home and the president said, for some reason, and i'm paraphrasing, essentially russia is unwilling to make a similar deal for paul

wheland, they are treating the case differently. >> yes, and i think the good news here is that the big high-profile important paul wheland case, because he's an american marine, he's been there four years, that is the next effort. and we're very engaged in that, as is the biden administration. unfortunately, i think that is going to take another prisoner exchange. i don't think it's going to be a straight case like this one with taylor. but it gives me hope. this is a good news story. to me, it's important to focus on the positive. and despite the horrendous relationship that we have with russia right now because of ukraine, there's still positive initiatives like these humanitarian cases, trevor reed, griner, now taylor, that are being resolved. they're being resolved and they're reuniting with their

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