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Symbolic change. >> it is indeed. how is the white house responding to this? >> well she did give the white house a heads up as well as schumer's office. according to sources we're talking to, this is what the white house said in a statement, though. we understand that her decision to register as an independent in arizona does not change the new democratic majority control of the senate and we have every reason to expect that we will continue to work successfully with her. we should note that through the bipartisan negotiations that she's led and been a part of it, she's probably talked to the...

Suspect part of the reason is the fact that gasoline prices have plunged. if food prices were could tom down, that could boost sentiment even further. >> and gas prices at a one year low and the fed expecting a half point raise, right, as opposed to three quarters of a point. >> exactly. >> thank you so much, matt. >> thank you. well president biden's approval is hitting its highest mark in the last year and in a new cnn poll. but americans remain concerned about the u.s. economy. p cnn's harry enten joining me now to break down the new numbers. what is the trend line on biden's approval rat...

With that. i'm not happy that the republican party has done that. and i'm finally willing to vote for an independent. and whether there are enough democrats who believe that the party has become too liberal for them and so they're willing to take another look. but we don't know the answer to that. so this is going to be a very important race to watch if she runs. >> and we should note, she's not the oenl independent, you have bernie sanders and ang russ king. thank you very much. >> sure. well sources are telling cnn the justice department is asking a federal judge to hold donald trump in co...

Well now to the big shocker in congress. arizona senator kyrsten sinema announcing that she's leaving the democratic party. opting instead to serve as an independent. she talks about her stition with cnn's jake tapper. lauren fox is live on capitol hill. so lauren, we'll hear more about liz conversation with jake in just a moment. on one hand, this is surprising, but other given her history not so much. but what does she have to say and why now. >> reporter: for some arizonans that might come as a surprise and she was clear and remember her history up here on capitol hill. she was worked acros...

Paul whelan's case because we've been reporting so much about that as well, was indeed vladimir putin saying that the russians are open to further prisoner exchanges, vladimir putin saying in this case it was the fsb, the intelligence service that negotiated on the part of the russians. but they say that -- putin said that further exchanges could be possible in the future and it is certainly something he's not ruling out. >> the fsb may have been negotiating but as we know, this is not something that would have happened without putin's green light and go ahead. fred pleitgen, thank you. well...