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An american in a russian prison on spy charges is calling on president biden to aggressively take up the issue of russia detaining u.s. citizens when he meets with vladimir putin this month. >> paul whelan is serving a sentence on charges he says is fabricated. in an interview exclusive to cnn from a russian labor camp he calls on president biden to release hostages imprisoned. matthew chance joins us now. can this be resolved when president biden meets with putin? >> reporter: well, alisyn, it's one of the many issues on the list of fraught matters that have to be discussed between president ...

There's not enough evidence yet to say. there's some reports out there that suggest that the attackers are based in russia here, but at this point there's not enough evidence yet to confirm whether or not there's a link to the russian government itself. >> alisyn it seems like we're talking about one of these hack every week. it seems to be a new way of doing business. >> victor, if disruption is what these criminals are looking for, these kind of attacks are their new m.o., especially if they're trying to make the bigger impact. they're going to go after the bigger companies with vital goods ...

Promise you we can do this. he purged people to go to we can do this.hhs.gov to volunteer. he's calling an all hands on deck, american push to get vaccinated prior to july 4th. thank you for being with us today. i'll see you back here at 1:00. in the meantime. alisyn and victor take over. hello. thanks for being with us. >> you were just listening to president biden touting the major successes around declining covid cases, but when it comes to vaccinations, he acknowledged there is more work to be done. he is declares june a, quote, national month of acts to get more shots in arms, asking ph...

On this stuff. the more they just pretend it's not happening, and allow their supporters -- in many instances their constituents -- to continue to believe this using your word, alisyn, crap, is allowing it to fester, eat away at their party, at american democracy. let's talk about votings rights now. the president has designated the vice president kamala harris to lead the effort to get something done, to pass legislation to protect voting rights. this comes after being designated to lead the border security and the crisis there. these are not plum assignments. what can she get done? >> it's...

President biden says he plans to address the recent rush-based d -- russia-based cyberattacks when he meets with vladimir putin later this month. >> the latest attack on the world's largest meat producer has already forced some packing plants here in the u.s. to shut down. jbs says most of the operations should be back online today. the white house based the attack on a russia-based criminal group. alisyn kosik is here to discuss the impact on you. brian, first to you. the white house administration says it's been in touch with russia. what more can you tell us?