we still need a royalty check from this. yeah. okay. we re ready for our royalty check. it s the top of the hour on cnn newsroom, and i m alisyn cam camerota. good to be with you. the fbi s mar-a-lago search. the justice department submitted its proposal under seal for the redacted search warrant affidavit. that s why the doj took the extraordinary step of searching the former president s home. the warrant will privately now move forward. he could release the affidavit with or without redactions or he could not release it at all. evan perez is here with us. when could we see a decision from the judge? reporter: we could see something as soon as today obviously. the judge knows exactly what s in this warrant, in this affidavit. he after all approved the search warrant, and he has said during that hearing last week. he said he believed there were parts of this certainly that could be made public without endangering the justice department s investigation. the other
whelan and brittney griner. president biden preparing to speak to chinese leader xi jinping today amid rising tension was taiwan. how will the surprising deal involving moderate democrat joe manchin impact the economy and the biden presidency? and live during this show, what will the gdp report tell us about a potential recession? former white house aide cassidy hutchinson now cooperating with the justice department s january 6 investigation. who else is talking? and is mike pompeo the next to sit before the january 6th committee? we have new reporting this morning. let s go first, though, to the state department for new developments on the proposed prisoner swap of a convicted russian arms dealer for brittney griner and paul whelan. cnn s kylie atwood broke this story and is at the state department this morning. what movement have you seen? reporter: the biden administration has put this offer on the table for viktor bout, a convicted arms trafficker as part of a
u.s. and china deteriorated to their lowest point in decades. real tension, particularly over taiwan. secretary of state antony blinken speaking today with his russian counterpart sergey lavrov. as cnn learned exclusively of plans under way for a prisoner swap, trading convicted russian arms dealer viktor bout for detained wnba star brittney griner and marine veteran paul whelan. we re watching that closely. let s begin with the new gdp numbers, cnn chief business correspondent christine romans is here with more. christine, break down, a lot of numbers not just you but economists follow, this headline number is not good. this is gdp gross domestic product. it is the largest gauge of the size of the economy and it this rank 0.9% in the second quarter. this is a rear view mirror looking picture, and that s after the economy this rank 1.6% in the first quarter, that first quarter was blamed on the omicron variant and how much was going through the economy with supply chain pro
top of a brand-new hour on cnn newsroom. i m victor blackwell. i m alisyn camerota. the house committee investigating the january 6th attack is questioning donald trump s former cabinet members. sources tell cnn the committee has a particular interest in conversations that trump officials may have had about re removing him from office in the aftermath of the capitol siege. a source says the committee is speaking with former chief of staff nick mulvaney this afternoon. it s possible they could speak with mike pompeo as soon as next week. pompeo talked about his interaction with the committee this morning on fox. we ve had discussions with them about potentially appearing before them, trying to make sure we understand what it is they re asking for. as i always did when i was in service to america, i m happy to cooperate with things that are fair and transparent and deliver good outcomes for the american people. i ll always do that. today you re a no. you mean i m te
the unsealing of materials used to obtain the search warrant for former president trump s florida compound by noon tomorrow. this comes after the justice department submits proposed redactions to that affidavit. correspondent david spunt is at the justice department with the latest on this tonight. good evening, david. bret, good evening to you. members of the public could soon see a tantalizing portion of the affidavit. it s the document that initiated the search at former president trump s home at mar-a-lago. exactly what we ll see remains to be seen. expect a lot of this document to be redacted when it is released tomorrow at noon at the latest. bret, the judge in the case, magistrate bruce rinehart issued an order a short time ago he wrote i find the government has met its burden of showing a compelling reason, good cause to seal portions of the affidavit because disclosure would reveal the i ds of witnesses, law enforcement agents and uncharged parties. the investigati