local law enforcement, wolf, tells us, that over the years they have had very little contact with james yu. but the fbi says that yu has reached out to them several times with claims that he had been defrauded, although it never led to any fbi investigations, wolf. our cnn team has found a linked in page tied to james yu with several posts, incoherent ramblings and conspiracy theories. >> gabe cohn reporting for us, thank you very much. >>> finally today, the u.s. made a quote, new and significant proposal to russia in the past few weeks to try and free wrongfully detained americans, paul whelan and evan gershkovich. a "wall street journal" reporter arrested on espionage charges which he vehemently denies. he has been held in a russian prison now for more than 250 days awaiting trial. paul whelan was arrested in december of 2018, also on espionage charges that he denies. cnn's jennifer hassler spoke exclusively with paul whelan on the phone from a russian prison where he's currently serving a 16-year sentence. listen to this. >> i never thought it would come to this. i really thought that

. >> what more do we know about the suspect quick >> again, 56-year-old james yu lives inside the house and law enforcement said they had not had any contact in recent years with him, the fbi told us they had been reached out to buy him several times, phone calls and emails claiming that people were defrauding yu. here's with the fbi told us earlier today. >> the individual referenced had previously indicated with the fbi, five phone calls and online tips and letters over a number of years. i would characterize these communications as primarily complaints about alleged frauds he believed were perpetrated against him. >> our team has found that james yu had a linkedin page where he had posted several incoherent ramblings and conspiracy theories about law enforcement and politicians and neighbors, who he claimed were spies. that's part of the investigation, we're learning more about him tonight. >> in arlington, you so much. coming up, brandon comments from president biden and a single factor he says that is pushing him to run for reelection in 2024, stay with us. you're probably not easi

based on the preliminary investigation of this incident, we believe that the resident of the home, james yuy the suspect, and these will be reviewed as part of the ongoing criminal investigation. the suspect was inside the residence the at the time of the explosion, and he is presumed at this point to be deceased. there's no ongoing threat to the community related to this incident and no outstanding suspects. the suspect's residence was a duplex, and the other residents were evacuated prior to the explosion occurring. >> tom costello has more on the explosion that could be heard and felt from miles away. >> good afternoon. just in the last few minutes, the police here in arlington, virginia, have identified the suspect. 56-year-old james yu, who they believe died in this massive fireball, that we have now seen go viral on social media. this entire house just exploding at 8:00 last night. amazingly, nobody else was injured. no firefighters, no police officers, no residents, but they believe that man did die inside that house. this started yesterday afternoon when allegedly he was inside firi