the economy. the new report out just today driving new recession fears tonight. and what president biden said about this today. and the american families from new jersey to kentucky, across this nation, who say no matter what you call it, we re feeling it. rebecca jarvis reporting. tonight, the big push. democrats racing to pass that surprise breakthrough deal on climate. it would be the most ambitious climate undertaking in u.s. history. the bill also lowers prescription drug costs, health care costs, taxing the very rich and corporations. so, do they have the votes? with joe manchin now onboard. rachel scott standing by live on the hill. also news tonight, this phone call between president biden and china s president xi. the call lasting more than two hours. president xi with a warning to the u.s. and will house speaker nancy pelosi and a congressional delegation visit taiwan amid these tensions? mary bruce with late reporting. russia now responding tonight to that u.
brittney griner and paul whelan. this is been at the top of the mind for the president and his whole national security team. he receives regular updates about the status of our negotiations to secure brittani and paul s release, as well as other u.s. nationals who were wrongfully detained or held hostage in russia, and i might add, around the world, as well. that was national security council coordinator for strategic communications, john kirby, reminding us that the biden administration is still working to bring home wnba star brittney griner and others. the united states is not proposing a person s swap, according to abc news. the russians would get an arms dealer serving 25 years in an illinois person. but the russians reportedly want even more. nbc s molly hunter has the story. yes, symone, there seems to be fast moving developments. we seem to be getting incremental updates on this potential prisoner swap on brittney griner case on a regular basis. that does not, however, indi
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republicans have the win at the back. to me, you re talking about is isolated campaign tactics because they re not happening that often. it in the little ridiculous to be talking about this when we ve got bigger fish to fry. mike: final word, erin? i think democrats are selling million dollars to try and change are likely to you want to talk about election interference and voter suppression? that is definitely what democrats are doing but they will not complain about it all they want to go in november, republicans will win back the hearts, we will fight to win back the senate and will fight to get this country back on track. mike: we ve got to run. thanks very much. the biden administration offering a deal to russia that could bring home wnba star prey to garner along with paul whelan. both are serving prison to russia. for the prisoners, the u.s. would exchange viktor bout, russian arms dealer it came to the merchant of death. after police said they found
reporter: yes, david, because schumer not only needs the support of all 50 democrats in the senate, he also needs them to be physically present here on capitol hill to vote on that legislation. as of now, senators joe manchin and dick durbin are recovering from covid-19. that could complicate the timeline for democrats. no votes over zoom. rachel scott tonight. rachel, thank you. in the meantime, we turn now to russia, responding tonight to the white house and that offer of a prisoner swap to bring home wnba star brittney griner and former marine paul whelan. russia s foreign minister saying he ll pay attention to the request for a phone call when his own schedule allows. here s our senior white house correspondent mary bruce. reporter: tonight, russia says there is no agreement yet on the white house s offer of a prisoner swap to bring wnba star brittney griner and former marine paul whelan back home. abc news confirming the white house offered an exchange for notorious russia