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happy friday, thanks so much for joining us. it is 10:00 eastern, im ana cabrera reporting from new york, and we are tracking multiple breaking news stories this friday. in texas, a community flattened by a tornado leaving three people dead and dozens hurt. the town of perrington with over 8,000 people took a direct hit. dozens of homes now wiped off the face of the earth. >> the trailer park that the tornado first hit, theres probably 25 to 30 of those homes that are completely destro...

Negotiating with other governments and russia will once either a convicted terrorist like they gots, or they are going to want possibly concessions, including concessions having to do with what is going on in ukraine. how do we manage and talk about detainees when theyre held by governments, as opposed to by ransom groups of bandits? >> i think for many, many years, some governments, where the security services and that you distilleries are ponds of the political leadership, see u.s. citizens an...

Russia. >> jasmine wright with us from delaware. what more do you know right now about the presidents call. >> reporter: well president biden told reporters he expects russia to act against the latest ransomware attack. now, this comes three weeks after president biden and president putin met in geneva where cybercurate was a major focus of the discussion. in this call its front and center. white house officials say the phone call lasted about an hour. and in a readout released afterwards, they ...

And perhaps hold others criminally accountable like you would money launderers, could you not? >> i think historically we have been reluctant to use our cyber capabilities as more than just a general deterrent. we havent been that willing to deploy them to disrupt either the cryptocurrency luker that these ransom groups accumulate, or in the case of the northern states, the ability they have to hack our networks. i think that system is breaking down, and i think its going to have to. i think we ...