well, we have chased victor bout _ that? well, we have chased victor bout for _ that? well, we have chased victor bout for decades - that? well, we have chased victor bout for decades all i victor bout for decades all over the world. he has been linked to the deaths of hundreds of thousands, possibly millions of people all over the world. you can imagine how much we have struggled with the idea of his release. however we also recognise that britney greiner is an american citizen being detained unlawfully. we all want to see her come home. i think the question is, what is the white house going to do next, what is russia going to do next but i don't think today's sentencing is going to be the last of element in this case. ~ ., ,, ., be the last of element in this case. what steve also mentioned there is that _ case. what steve also mentioned there is that it _ case. what steve also mentioned there is that it could _ case. what steve also mentioned there is that it could be, - case. what steve also mentioned there is that it could be, to - there is that it could be, to pe

putin has wanted victor bout back for literally decades now.t years ago, they were asking to get him back. remember, look at his -- wikipedia page and you'll see that he's an intelligence officer, a very close to them. putin remembers a kgb officer. they want to get their comrade back. my only plea would be add one more american to it. mark vogle was indicted and he got a 14 year sentence for the same crime alleged crime that brittney griner did. get them all back. >> well, and perhaps they get the third american back for the second russian that we now hear the russians may be adding to the mix, right? >> yeah, that is -- victor bout is a really bad guy. crassicoff is his name. he's a assassin. he killed an innocent chechen in berlin in 2019. that feels to me to be a bridge too far. i don't actually think the russians are serious about it. this is a classic russian tactic. right at the end of the deal, add something extraordinary. they did that with us on an arms controlled deal, the new start treaty for instance. victor bout, for trade, one cr

order to bring these people home, america may be prepared to release the notorious arms traffic of victor bout victor boot was alleged to be one of the most prolific arms dealer in the world, dubbed the merchant of death, victor bout was alleged to be one of the most prolific arms dealer in the world, dubbed the merchant of death, so it would be a controversial swap. this is someone the kremlin has long wanted to bring back to russia. if it manages to bring him back, there's no doubt the authorities here would present that as a major victory. that was steve rosenberg explaining the bigger picture we've heard from the national security spokesman describing this is a serious proposal. more from barbara but ashore in washington. the reaction from the ice age has been strong. he the reaction from the ice age has been strong-— been strong. he called on russia to release brittany _ been strong. he called on russia to release brittany griner _ been strong. he called on russia to release brittany griner immediately and said he would continue to walk tirelessly and pursue every avenue to bring her home

victor bout was alleged to be one of the most prolific arms dealer in the world, dubbed the merchantswap. this is someone the kremlin has long wanted to bring back to russia. if it manages to bring him back, there's no doubt the authorities here would present that as a major victory. that was steve rosenberg explaining the bigger picture of what we found out. meanwhile, in washington, there is talk of a prisoner swap. to allow the room release and also a former marine. the reaction from the us has been strong. president biden said the sentence was unnacceptable, he called on russia to release brittany griner immediately and said he would continue to walk tirelessly and pursue every avenue to bring her home. we know the administration has made an offer to moscow for her release as well as another american detained in russia which is expected to involve a prisoner swap. at the end of the trial, the sentencing was a pretty pre— condition before anything could move on that front of a deal. but we don't know when or even if it will go ahead. in the meantime, britney griner has received al

sources tell abc news the offer is to swap the two americans for notorious russian arms dealer victor bout our thanks to mary. >>> now to what some say could be another health crisis, m monk monkeypox. today the biden administration declaring a federal public health emergency after weeks of prodding from health officials. with cases rapidly spreading across the country and vaccine doses in short supply, is it too late to prevent a crisis? here's abc's ashan singh. >> reporter: for 30-year-old matt ford in california, the thought of dealing with another virus was something he was not prepared for. >> i first heard about monkeypox back in may. my impression was that, you know, it was maybe something to be concerned about at some point in time, but it didn't really seem like anything to be immediately concerned about. >> reporter: within a month, ford came down with a fever and flu-like symptoms and developed lesions across his body. >> at the peak of it i counted more than 25. my feet, arms, shoulders, one on my scalp, on my face, some in more sensitive areas. those tended to be the most exc

victor bout >> we're watching and waiting. >>> in a display of overwhelming bipartisanship, the senate as voted in favor of nato membership for sweden and finland. with josh hawley casting the only no vote both nations are geographically lowe close to russia. >>> today house speaker nancy pelosi is meeting with south korean leaders, on the heels of her controversial trip to taiwan which led to a show of military force by china >> reporter: house speaker nancy pelosi turned and gave a final wave before leaving taiwan after a brief but controversial trip >> our delegation came here to send an unequivocal message, america stands with taiwan >> reporter: china's response, a show of force, sending fighter jets through the strait where they are conducting live fire exercises. china stay will brlock some imports from taiwan. >> we knew this was going to happen again, it doesn't change our policy we are going to monitor. and we will manage what beijing chooses to do. >> reporter: the tensions have the world watching closely taiwan produces half the globe's p processor chips, a component in sma

citizen paul whelan, who also remains imprisoned in russia for a notorious arms trader victor bout serving a term in the u.s. the biden administration says it will pursue every possible avenue to bring griner and whelan home as safely as possible. there are reports that russia had made a counter proposal to add a convicted murderer to that prison swap. the u.s. had called that a bad faith offer saying it wasn't a serious proposal. but the white house saying today they're still talking. they're still in negotiations, but would not get into detail, but stress that they are working very aggressively to resolve this. in washington, i'm natalie brand, kpix 5. >>> still ahead on kpix 5, streaming on "cbs news bay area," bullet holes riddle an oakland police car. the close call for an officer. >>> also, the setup protests around the country. the new charges in the botched department raid that killed breonna taylor. >>> and a big plan to bring new jobs to a south bay suburb. >>> police in san jose have a man in custody they think is responsible for a string of pellet gun shootings in the south bay

america will be pursuing a swap of greiner and fellow american poll whelan for russian alms dealer. victor bout still had hit on al jazeera, done well, it's government facing questions as it tries to get rid of areas that he calls ghettos. critic say, the move is racist. plus india central bank raises interest rates for the 3rd time in 4 months. ah, he has begun the faithful world cup is on its way to cattle. your cattle package to death. hey there, thanks for joining in. there's been big amounts of rain across japan's main island of hon. true, both for central and northern areas. we're seeing those river levels rise very rapidly and we know about 300000 people across honju have been forced from their homes. here's the story on saturday. the good news is that rain still a few showers in the forecast, but not falling at the same intensity as it has over those last few days. at spin, just a washout for hong kong, scooping up more than a 100 millimeters of rain. over the past 24 hours, we had a tropical depression form. it's now dissipated. but again, if a lot of rain, a to the city and still more

this is a russian being held in the us who could be part of the exchange victor bout to serving a 25 year sentence for arms smuggling and supplying weapons to columbia as far movement, which is classified by the us as a terrorist organization. the russian government has been reluctant to comments we still think that any information exchanges on this theme should be discrete. megaphone diplomacy, st exchange views won't lead to the results were at a time in history where the u. s. and russia have very bad relations that doesn't help. but even in spite of that in may, there was a prisoner swap between the us and russia, where trevor reed was held in russia was brought home in exchange for a russian prisoner. so there is precedent for it happening and i think it will happen here to brittany griner is led away to begin her sentence with a message for those waiting at home. mike hannah out 0 washington. while for us, police officers have been charged over their role in the fatal shooting of brianna taylor. the 26 year old black woman was killed in her home in louisville, kentucky in 2020.

offering the merchant of death in exchange for greiner and the retired marine, paul wheeling park victor bout is a notorious arms trafficker. and the white house rebuffed with a counter offer to throw in a convict russian assassin who is now imprisoned in germany. >>> china is ramping up its retaliation for house speaker, nancy pelosi's visit to taiwan. beijing shutting down talks with the united states on the climate change and military coordination and is personally targeting speaker pelosi and her immediate family was sanctions. the chinese military is pressing forward with massive live fire drills all around taiwan, sending warships, fighter jets within close range of the self-governing democratic island. beijing considers taiwan a breakaway province that belongs to china. a recent drastic buildup by china has raised fears that it may be preparing an invasion. the senior white house correspondents has been tracking the administration's response. >> today the white house told beijing that the military actions are responsible and the international community sides with the united states in o

cnn learning that the biden administration is offering convicted russian arms dealer victor bout in returnton will take up moscow's offer to negotiate. >> we put forward as you know a substantial proposal that russia should engage with us on. and what foreign minister lavrov said this morning and said publicly is that they are prepared engage through channels we've established to do just that and we'll be pursuing that. >> reporter: president biden saying bringing brittney giner home remains a priority for his administration. >> i'm hopeful. we're working hard. >> reporter: the russians say they want to use a mechanism for such swaps put in place after president biden summit with russian leader vladimir putin in switzerland last year. >> as specifically on the issue of persons convicted in russia and in the u.s., i have already said there is a special channel agreed to by the presidents. whatever might be said publicly, this panel is still relevant. >> reporter: after being handed a nine year jail sentence, brittney giner's lawyer said the two time olympic gold medallist is in shock but is

russia's court and they're referring to an offer to trade britney griner for the russian arms dealer, victor boutat a counteroffer. the u.s. saying we'll keep p pressing the russians to accept the offer. it will take some time to get sorted out and at the end of the day it is very much up to the russians to decide how quickly they are willing to end this ordeal for brittney griner. >> it is important that brittney griner would not have even been in russia in the first place if wnba players were better paid here in the united states, is that right? >> absolutely, wolf. yes. wnba players and the highest salary is about $230,000. nba players over $40 million. so millions to hundreds of thousands of dollars. that's american sports. obviously, women's sports is way behind men's sports catching up, title 9, the anniversary just a month and a half ago and yes, this is the wnba players go overseas to supple their income be it spain, russia, turkey in this case and as i saw her there on the footage at the trial where she's sitting in a cage, wolf, you know basketball very well. she is 6'9". she is a two-t

cnn learning that the biden administration is offering convicted russian arms dealer victor bout in returnct of state blinken said wash will take up moscows offer to negotiate. >> we move forward a substantial proposal and what foreign minister lavrov said this morning, and said publicly, that they are prepared to engage through channels we've established to do just that. and we'll be pursuing that. >> reporter: president biden saying bring brittney griner home remains a priority for his administration. >> i'm hopeful. we're working hard. >> the russians say they want to use a mechanism for such swaps put in place after president biden as meeting with putin last year. >> as for the issue of persons convicted in russia and in the u.s., i have already said that there is this special channels that was agreed to by the presidents. whatever might be said publicly, this channel is still relevant. >> reporter: after being handed a nine year jail sentence, brittney griner's lawyer said the two time olympic gold medallist is in shock but in a fighting spirit. >> she's doing better than yesterday. s

one of the proposed trades is believed to include a russian named victor bout in arms dealer known as the merchant of death serving 25 years in federal prison. no timetable has been given yet for these negotiations. new at 3, the cdc is easing some covid-19 guidelines. take a look at this. here's what the changes are going to look like. first, the cdc says americans no longer need to quarantine themselves if they come into close contact with an infected person. second, the agency says people no longer need to stay at least 6 feet away from others. so no more social distancing. and the cdc also ended its recommendation that students exposed to covid-19 should test regularly. the agency added all this can change if there's another surge in infections and masks are still recommended in areas where community transmission is considered high. of course, experts say that vaccination or a man remains the best way that we can all protect ourselves. now the ceo of moderna shared an update on the development of future covid vaccines. the company says it hopes to roll out a singer single dose boo

potential prisoner swap for brittney griner and another american being held in russia, paul whelen, for victor bout, a notorious arms dealer being held in the united states? what do you think are the prospects for something like that coming together? julia: there are two things coming together. even though paul whelen was framed with a memory card and brittney griner was arrested with a small amount of cannabis oil and they are being potentially traded for an arms dealer who trade arms at a massive scale internationally, which you would think would be still a lopsided trade in russia's favor. the russians are saying let's do a two for two trade or else it doesn't count. they are trying to offer things that are not serious. they are throwing into the equation and elite fsb officer convicted in germany of assassinating somebody in a german park in broad daylight. not only is he a murderer, he is in german custody. he is not somebody the u.s. can even hand over. he is not in u.s. custody. from what my sources in the biden administration tell me, the talks are not going well. the russians do not seem e

in exchange, russia reportedly wants this man, victor bout.s an in from his arms dealer nicknamed the merchant of death currently serving a 25 year sentence in the u.s.. as we reported, griner pleaded guilty to drug smuggling charges. she says she accidentally had vape oil cartridges in her luggage when police arrested her at an airport near moscow back in february. griner's defense team told the court u.s. dock is prescribed her medical cannabis to treat severe chronic pain. >>> as russia continues its relentless attacks on civilian targets in ukraine, a possible break for ukrainian forces in the south as troops take aim at russian supply lines and ammunition depots. >>> and billions of dollars for tax enforcement in the new inflation reduction act. where will it be spent and what our auditors looking for? (driver) conventional thinking would say verizon has the largest and fastest 5g network. but, they don't. they only cover select cities with 5g. and with coverage of over 96% of interstate highway miles, they've got us covered. >>> congress

because victor bout, a notorious arms dealer, and now there are also, according to cnn, and accordinger news agency, they're interested in another name. a man who's a murder conviction in germany who's thought to be a former colonel in russian intelligence. that is considered by the u.s. to be not such a serious offer, especially since it was made through back channels. according to cnn, but this means that this deal is something that is in the mix, but it's something that could be slowed by these russian bands that the u.s. is not taking seriously, or doesn't consider to be serious offers. bc this nine year sentence for britney griner. that is actually a good thing. that means with that sentence, with the conviction in hand, the diplomats can really start to do their work in earnest, in terms of making some sort of prisoner exchange. that's the best hope that we learn and grander still have of getting out of prison. >> here's the thing, against all of this, you had secretary blinken and lavrov both in cambodia, right? in pictures, we saw them publicly. do we have any idea, any kind o

and another wrongfully held american paul whelan in exchange for im pritched russian arms dealer victor bouther than established channels is likely to complicate and hinder release efforts. it is not the first instance of informal diplomacy of an international leader with strained relations, with rodman, he has made multiple visits with kim jong-un over the last decade and rodman called vladimir putin cool after a 2014 trip to moscow and over the weekend expressed confidence in his understanding of the russian leader telling nbc, quote, i know putin too well. >>> meanwhile, seattle storm point guard sue bird continues to break records in the wnba, the 41-year-old is playing in her final post-season, became the oldest player in league history to record a player of double-double with 18 points and 10 assists yesterday in a 97-87 victory, to sweep the washington mystics. the storm advance to the semifinals for the third time since 2018. and they face the las vegas aces, which completed a sweep of the phoenix mercury on saturday. >>> turning now to major league baseball, we begin in the bronx, a

one of the proposed trades is believed to include a russian named victor bout an arms dealer known as the merchant of death. he's serving 25 years in federal prison. no timetable has been given yet for these negotiations. next. at noon cases of monkeypox are skyrocketing across the bay area. health officials in one east bay county now sounding the alarm. plus, an embattled school board member fall dealing with fallout from a racist comment. now at the center of another controversy, the vote cast in san francisco that has some people again calling for her resignation. and the search efforts growing more desperate for the missing teen last seen at a party in truckee. her boyfriend shares what he knows about the on capi h-ll, congress is nearing the finish line on the massive inflation reduction act. democrats are praising the bill while republicans say it won't help with inflation. our washington correspondent trevor shirley has more. we're expecting house lawmakers to vote on that legislation tomorrow. >> less than a week after the senate passed the same bill this past sunday. it's exp

continuing as the two nations discuss a swap that would include greiner and paul whelan in exchange for victor bout. thank you for being with us this monday. the beat with ari starts right now. hello. >> welcome to the beat. the breaking news tonight is the prosecutor moving towards indicting trump lawyer, rudy giuliani. georgia prosecutors say they are now on track to indict giuliani. it's a huge legal development that comes amid those pressures on donald trump over the allegedly criminal evidence seized from his home in the fbi raid last week. so let me tell you exactly what's going on in english. we have never come on air before to report about a giuliani indictment until now. his legal programs have focused on clashes over testimony, subpoenas, getting his law license suspended, which was partially response to what he did in georgia, and we've reported on him being under investigation in more than one probe. now don't get me wrong. those are serious legal problems, but none reach this level of indictment of what happened when you're booked for a mug shot and criminal trial and possible incarcer

a prisoner swap for victor bout, he's he is the most prolific arms dealer that russia, he's a sanctionts of operations all the world, all of africa today. he's an extremely person to them. i don't believe that the kremlin isn't going to trade for him but i think they want more. they've indicated through back channels that they want a state assassin who went to germany and killed somebody in germany. obviously, the united states can't give up that person because it's got no jurisdiction over that person and germany should not give up that person. it could be horse trading. we're going to go back and forth until we make a deal. as you say, a germans i wouldn't think would agree to release a convicted hit man. knowing it might encourage future detentions inside russia. right, i agree. if we caught the people who poisoned the skripals, i don't think this country would be willing to release the person nor should we. putin always asked for as much as he can get, right? and then he takes what he can get. no real bread cited for griner. what do people think about handing over viktor bout? maw;

continuing as the two nations discuss a swap that would include greiner and paul whelan in exchange for victor bout starts right now. hello. >> welcome to the beat. the breaking news tonight is the prosecutor moving towards indicting trump lawyer, rudy giuliani. georgia prosecutors say they are now on track to indict

would offer to release victor ktor bout. so far russia has not agreed. of course, we have had some movement in the diplomatic sphere. both secretary of state blinken and the russian foreign minister are currently at a summit in cambodia and that's where the russian foreign minister said that russia is willing to engage in the united states, however, the russians are adamant that they want to do that behind closed doors. in fact, the kremlin also said today that there was a meck snichl that's been put in place after the biden/putin summit last year in geneva to deal with just such negotiations, but all that the russians say they have to happen behind closed doors. secretary blinken at that same summit saying that the u.s. will pursue that offer by the russians, guys. >> all right. fred pleitgen, thank you very much. >>> we also have exclusive new cnn reporting for the first time that trump's lawyers are in direct communication with the justice department officials as the criminal probe into january 6th accelerates. >>> and a verdict reached in the alex jo

what are the chances that victor bout will be in russia for the new year and this is not a lottery.ded now, because i understand very well, not those officials of the state department in the white house who are chirping something at the microphone, but i perfectly understand, but close people, but who - really worried about american citizens who are, and in russian, respectively, and prisons and have been for quite a long time, alas, because they have committed a crime, but their relatives perceive them as their loved ones and really worry and ask questions to their american government, what if russia is ready to conduct it in a specialized way. professional dialogue on this matter, what are you doing? why are you blocking everything? why do you politicize all these things all the time, why this work is done by professionals, professionals from the russian side, as you accurately answered, because this is never the merit of one person, one structure - this is the work of a collective of professionals from the russian side. everything is ready for this. if the american side continues

uh, the parties we are, of course, are interested in victor bout's freedom, and on the other hand, after, then at least clearly not to a greater confrontation. eh, do you think here's what's behind it. i guess the united states of america is not in the best shape right now, because the word is recession. it happens everywhere, it has not only become an economic term. you know, i thought for a long time that a recession is really a slowdown in the economy - it is impoverishment. but it became a political recession, because look at today in terms of the impact of that degree of influence that used to be in america and it is no longer there. that is why we are now talking about a full-blown recession of political elites, and a recession of political influence about the loss, among other things, of that domestic sovereignty that americans were so proud of. we are inside our own country. we have internal sovereignty. yes, with external sovereignty, they are doing well so far, but nevertheless , we see today that not a single of their initiatives is not necessary for me until the end . we do n

what are the chances that victor bout will be in russia for the new year and this is not a lottery.the white house who are at the microphone, what they chirp there, but i perfectly understand, but close people, but who really worried about the american citizens who are, and in russian, respectively, prisons. e. well, and already quite a long time ago, alas, because they committed a crime, but their relatives perceive them as their loved ones and really worry and ask questions to their american government, what if russia is ready to conduct a specialized professional dialogue. so what are you doing? why are you blocking everything? why do you politicize all these things all the time, why this work is done by professionals, professionals from the russian side, as you accurately answered, because this is never the merit of one person, one structure - this is the work of a collective of professionals from the russian side. everything is ready for this. if the american side continues to engage in this terrible terrible political intrigue and sordid ones. well then, let the american citiz

bout offer. so where does that leave us?. they decided not to accept the victor booth offer. where does tha who else can the u.s. put in there to sweeten the pot unless the russians ask for mr. kroskivok who is serving a life sentence in germany. is that really a serious counteroffer from the russians the u.s. government says no. i think it's going to be difficult. >> you know, the russians are facing all these sanctions and so much pressure from nations all over the world and they don't have much, but they are ua have brittney griner so you wonder if they might hang on to her for a while, sadly >> i think they are and i think they are managing to play this for domestic consumption also. they will say we judge people by our laws of the russian federation, not by the laws of san francisco or new york or colorado i think they're trying to spin this for a domestic audience that this is the west trying to, you know, shove their laws down our throats again and this is why you can't open a bank account and you can't travel i think as you say, they don't have much. they have her. th

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>> victor, so essentially they're responding to the united states deciding to put out publically that they had presented russia with this offer to trade viktor boutotorious international arms smuggler for basketball star brittney griner and paul whelan. brittney griner, of course, is accused of bringing in less than a gram of cannabis oil into russia illegally and paul whelan has been accused of spying. but the kremlin is still yet to respond meaningfully to the u.s.'s request. they say the publicity surrounding the potential prisoner swap is not helping matters. because they believe the diplomacy should be done privately. the biden administration has reacted to that saying the reason they had to make the prisoner swap proposal public is because the russians have not responded substancively to the offer they put on the table about three weeks ago. so they are trying to put public pressure on the kremlin to respond in a meaningful way. cnn did report last week that the russians came up with a counter offer that the u.s. did not view as serious. they wanted a convicted murderer out of germany who the u.s. says is not on the table right now. ultimat

victor boots, and arms travel are known as the merchant of death. at the top of her game and facing years in a russian prison, this deal might be her only hope —— viktor boutime minister has condemned china's military drills around taiwan, calling them a, "serious problem that impacts our national security." mutiple chinese navy ships and aircraft crossed the taiwan strait median line on friday morning. prime minister fumio kishida made the comments after meeting the us house speaker nancy pelosi for breakfast. ms pelosi's visit to taiwan earlier in the week sparked anger in china, but washington says its being used by beijing as a pretext to increase what it calls �*provocative activity.�* the bbc�*s monica miller is in singapore. what developments have they been on this?— been on this? well, 'ust a few hours ago i been on this? well, 'ust a few hours ago us _ been on this? well, 'ust a few hours ago us house- been on this? well, just a few hours ago us house speaker. hours ago us house speaker nancy pelosi had called for peace in the taiwan strait and he also reiterated the us commitment, long—standing commitment, long—standing commitment, of the status