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over the next 11 days. and the return of the tiger — how nepal has kept its promise to double its population of the wild animals in the last decade. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. its newsday. its 6am in singapore, ”pm in london and six in the evening in washington where presidentjoe biden spent more than two hours on the phone with his chinese counterpart, xijinping. the two leaders warned each other over taiwan — which again emerged as a key point of tensi...

deal to release grbrittney grin and paul whelan. jennifer, what can you tell us about this offer? >> thats right, we have learned that the biden administration is prepare to send victor boot, this convicted russian arms dealer back to russia as part of a deal to try to bringwhelan ho. boot is currently serving a 25 year prison sentence. secretary of state antony blinken publicly announced yesterday that the administration has offered a, quote, substantial proposal to moscow to try to g...

house have gotten ahead and put this offer on the table. i think thats something that the white house should continue to do, not just for paul and brittney, but for, you know, all americans who are wrongfully detained. so there is over 65 americans at least who are wrongfully detained, and i hope the administration continues to do that. >> in the case of your release, trevor, i mean, we didnt know that you were coming home until you were well out of russian air space. it went from you ...

plus the u.s. and russia debating a prisoner swap. antony blinken speaking with sergey lavrov. and a breakthrough on capitol hill. chuck shchumer and joe manchin striking a deal after a year of negotiations. >> theres a lot in this bill, including tax changes. we begin with major developments on the u.s. economy. the gross domestic product fell 0.9%, following a 1.6% drop in the first part of this your, blamed in part on the omicron surge, all of this adding to fears the u.s. could be ...

>> this is an embarrassment to the senate, to the country, to the founders, and all that they profess to hold dear. >> comedian and veterans advocate jon stewart is here, standing up for veterans and explaining why this could be a matter of life and death. plus, right now the january 6th committee is interviewing high profile names from donald trumps white house, and theyre in talks to speak with even more. >> welcome to "the lead." im jake tapper. heightened fears that the u.s. econom...

but watch and ill get you there. >> when you start turning around lawyers with the defendants that are defending the clients. we start to live in a fascist state. >> that is not much of a defense? ? >> he served as trumps attorney during the election. do you expect that hes going to vote the fifth amendment? or a sequel to argue attorney-client privilege as so many have done? >> i think is going to invoke any privilege he can pick up. realistically, has been told hes a target, he shoul...

as so many have done? >> yeah, i think you will invoke any privilege he has to think of. realistically, now he has been told hes a target, he should. it would be foolish not to -- theyll try attorney-client privilege which i think is dubious because it does not apply to conversations that arent -- he will take the fifth if he has to, look, it is his right to do so. and as you said, there are investigations swirling around. there came this moment lace last week when we were so deep in m...

>> good morning to all of you. welcome to "way too early." on this friday, july 1st. im alex witt in for jonathan lemire. there are new legal and ethical questions being raised about whether former president trump may be trying to influence witness testimony related to the house select committees january 6th investigation. so according to "the new york times," trumps save america pac and his allies have paid for or promised to finance the legal fees of more than a dozen in to testify. ...

this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. good evening there is significant movement to report tonight in the effort to bring home americans brittney griner and paul whelan, both separately imprisoned in russia. late today, secretary of state antony blinken acknowledging there was a substantial proposal on the table to facilitate their release. griner, the wnba star detained since february, who has pleaded guilty to illegally possessing vape cartridges with cannabis oil whelan, a...

interest rates in hopes of slowing inflation. and this morning, a key report could provide a better outlook on our economys health. meanwhile on capitol hill, senator joe manchin finally agrees to a major deal on climate, health care, and taxes, and well break down whats in that reconciliation package. and potential prisoner swap for brittney griner, the state department says theres a substantial offer to bring the wnba star, and another american, back home. good morning, and wel...