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try skechers, slip in thursday. now it's all part of the biggest exchange of prisoners between the u.s. and russia since the end of the cold war, a complex arrangement involving 24 people and seven crimes countries, marine veteran paul whelan and journalists evan gershkovich. and alsu kurmasheva are among the 16 people set free by moscow president biden said the deal could never have happened without the strength and cooperation of us allies. here is jobless calling for other countries i asked him to do some things against her immediate self-interest very

difficult for me to do germany slovenia really came in at the last minute and i tell you what chancellor was a crowd of maui now it was germany's agreement to release convicted assassin vadim krasikov. >> that apparently sealed the deal. russian president vladimir putin greeted him and seven others as they returned to moscow on thursday cnn's nada bashir is following developments live this hour in london. so now what more can you tell us about how this complex deal came together? >> what can we had from us president joe biden yesterday describing this as a feat of diplomacy and that suddenly appears to be the outcome of this. of course, we've heard from us officials describing the international efforts that went into this carefully brokered exchange deal. of course, there have been months and months of painstaking negotiations and president biden outlined the support and

involvement of various allies and nations, including germany, poland, slovenia, norway, and turkey. turkey, of course, crucial and the logistical element of the actual exchange which took place yesterday. again, president biden emphasized the importance, the vitality of ensuring those strong alliances that the u.s. has in this, of course, example of the exchange agreement. now, according to one official at present, biden did have some awareness that an exchange agreement could be imminent about two weeks ago when he gave his address to the american people around his pulling out from the us presidential race. he was very clear in that address that the biden administration would continue to work around the clock to ensure the release of all americans wrongfully detained abroad. and just days prior to that address. according to the official present, biden had been on the phones speaking and with the prime minister of slovenia, with regards to a russian national in slovenia's custody

that has been described as the final puzzle piece. so to speak, in securing this exchange agreement. so huge amount of international involvement in this arrangement in this agreement, there has, of course, also in some questions around other american nationals who were not released as part of this agreement, namely marc fogel, who is in detention in russia on drug related charges. the u.s officials, biden administration have now described him as being wrongfully detained. they say that it's simply wasn't going to happen in this exchange with it, they will continue can you to work for the release of other american nationals wrongfully detained? we heard from the u.s. national security adviser, jake sullivan, given quite an emotional statement yesterday, saying that this had been a long road for the biden administration and the families of those now released back on american soil, but also said that this was a foundation that they could build on you have to continue to work towards securing the release of other american nationals that will certainly continue to be a

focus for the biden administration while he remains in office appreciate that update now that bashir in london. >> thanks so much washington's now walking free include a former colonel convicted of murder, as well as several alleged or convicted spies and cyber criminals. and this isn't the first time vladimir putin's biggest prize in a prisoner swap is someone with blood on his hands. cnn's brian todd reports on a moscow tarmac, exuberant greetings from vladimir putin for prisoners returning from abroad meanwhile secretary of state antony blinken was asked bluntly, today, is the biden administration concerned that russia gets a convicted murderer back in exchange for paul whelan, evan gershkovich, and other americans. >> he's always incredibly hard decisions as part of the swap, germany releases vadim krasikov, a 58-year-old former high high-ranking russian intelligence since operative, who committed a brazen act of violence in a prominent park in berlin in 2019 executed someone

in broad daylight, caught doing it. >> and that's why germany didn't want to let him go krasikov was serving a life sentence for killing a former chechen fighter in that berlin park putin made no secret of wanting krasikov back. >> in an interview with tucker carlson in february, putin didn't mention krasikov name or the chechens, but was glowing about what krasikov did and insulted his victim. >> but showing you i you could get all that person do to patriotic sentiments eliminated a bandit in one of the european capitals for putin, getting these men back is part of his pledge to his whole security apparatus. >> the people who are keeping him in power, that if you get taken doing a job for me, i will get you out. >> indeed, several russian spies and hackers are among those released in this prisoner swap. but in the most prominent swaps over the past couple of years, putin's biggest prizes

are men with serious blood on their hands krasikov and victor boot, nicknamed the merchant of death, a russian arms dealer traded for american basketball star brittney griner in 2022. following griner's imprisonment on cannabis charges, there was a lot of concern that releasing someone like that was completely disproportionate to release someone like that in exchange? for an american basketball player on a trumped up drug charge. >> victor boot cut a figure so legendary in the arms trafficking underworld that he's widely acknowledged as the inspiration for nicholas cage's character in the movie, lord of war. >> the arms bizarre was guided missiles on guided missiles, mortars there's minds, armored personnel carriers, whole tank divisions. >> analysts say there was no weapon. victor boot wouldn't sell for the right price and to devastating effect, if you look at the wars that were directly impacted by his weapons deliveries, you can see they escalate directly proportion to the amount of weapons is arriving. so. i would say

certainly, you know, tens of thousands of people suffered, if not hundreds of thousands of people because of the weapons he was able to deliver. >> what's in store for vadim krasikov back in russia, analysts save vladimir putin will probably make him into a hero and offer him opportunities that many others wouldn't get the possibilities are almost endless last year, victor boot entered russian politics and won a seat in a regional legislature. brian todd, cnn, washington and for more on this, i want to bring in james, nikki, who's the head of the russia eurasia program at chatham house, and he joins me now from berkshire, england. >> thank you so much for being here with us so as we've, said a couple of times, the largest swap since the cold war reportedly one of the most complex deals we've seen even go back to the days of the soviet union. is that fair? i mean, what stood out to you here? >> what stood out to me is the size of the swap in the wider geopolitical circumstances, we have the worst relationship with russia really at any time

since the cold war. and frankly, much of the cold war the two sides are diametrically opposed to each other over the theater in ukraine, but also not just over the well, over a global order. and so to arrange something like this is, has managed to transcend that of an idea of that relationship so i think whatever one thinks about it in terms of what the west has had to give up. in terms of the criminal convictions the people that sent back to russia, and then to have achieved this in these circumstances is an extraordinary feat, it was a good day we saw, but of the reporting there about the people, as you said, that russia got in exchange. >> so why do you think putin made this trade? what was in it for him exactly? >> well, a number of things. >> firstly, first of all, the people who we have exported back to russia, if you will,

they are useful to vladimir putin or useful to russia. they can of course be re-employed to continue the work that they do. everybody is espionage. were whoever it's something even more some symptoms subterfuge and whether it's to do to where it is involved in the war in ukraine in some respects, and quite men and these people will have both useful information, useful intelligence that they can bring back to earth and safe and they can be redeployed. but more on top of that, of course that's the russians can spin this more than anybody else. it will be treated, is being treated on the russian media as a victory for russian diplomacy and a victory for, for what is just and right, despite of course, the lack of moral equivalence. but we can see exactly good, good point so the timing of this, are you surprised putin made this deal? >> now with biden and not perhaps wait for the outcome of the u.s. election and a possible trump win it. >> that's a very good question because it's in genders. the

question of who would, who would put in prefer to see in the white house and some people will say, tell you that he, you prefer to see kamala harris and the white house on the base? that is a more predictable us president. on the other hand, it is, it is peculiar. you would, you would think that he would prefer to give that victory if you will, to donald trump. but of course wasn't it? i don't think the americans are particularly certain that donald trump will win the u.s. election. and so i think it was more real question of the fact that this has been a long process of negotiation. it started years ago, not months. and services via this is the outcome now, it would have had as soon as you i'm sure you get your way would have involved alexei navalny, but his death halted things for awhile but ultimately, it's come to this crescendo. it's not over yet because of course, there are still more as your report suggested, there are still more americans held prisoner in russia. >> yeah, unfortunately person biden barely mentioned putin in his remarks to reporters. you

said this was the worst relations between the two countries since the cold war. so where does this leave relations between the two countries now has anything changed? just materially? do you think unfortunately not we're not seeing the start of some sort of new dawn. and a burgeoning of us russia relations of russia, western relations more broadly now, simply because i'm afraid for russians, i know this may sound extreme, but the russians consider themselves to be at war with the west. they we see that played out in ukraine, but the reality is, is that if you take the russian way of war, it involves in those espionage involves economic warfare diplomatic warfare, and cyber, an information warfare. and that is being conducted against the west quite regardless of the war in ukraine right now but the two sides are so fundamentally opposed to each other on the european security order, for example, that i'm afraid that is even more intractable problem than

hostages and prisoners all alright i'll leave it on that pessimistic note. thanks so much for your expertise, james nikki in berkshire, england. thank you so much thank you. well several hours from now, a funeral ceremony will be held from the political leader of hamas. we'll have details on that and how his assassination was carried out. that's just ahead. plus happy reunions in maryland, three americans are now back on us soil following the largest prison it's an exchange between washington and moscow since the end of the cold war our breaking news coverage continues, stay with us used car shopping two roles, two dogs are sold. oh, whoa, whoa, let's are the facts like nearly half of all us cars, this puppy has been in an accident, but car facts.com shows how an accident impacts price. >> so you don't have to overpay

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palestinians footage from the displacement camp showed bodies in the streets. the idf called it a precise targeted strike on a compound where deif was staying along with another commander whose death was confirmed earlier and later today, the political leader of hamas will be buried in doha two days after he was assassinated in iran. he smiled honey is coffin, arrived in the qatari capital earlier. a funeral procession is expected to get underway in a few hours. hamas is calling for prayers and a day of anger over his killing meanwhile, new information is emerging about how haniah died. source familiar with the matter and now says he wasn't killed by a rocket strike, has previously reported by iran and hamas, but rather by a hidden bomb it's going salma abdelaziz is tracking all of this live from london. so how much salma first, let's start now with what we know about the funeral later today. if you would yes, absolutely. kim, we know that

just in a couple of hours time, you will start to see people gathering in doha. there will be a funeral prayer held in one of the largest mosque because in the capital for a smiling hernia before he is buried, there is an image in a meaning behind this. i mean, we saw these huge crowds into heran. yes. today today you're expect to see huge crowds in doha as well. the message is clear here from iran, from qatar, from much of the region, which is that the muslim world is united in some way against this killing of ismail haniyeh. and what that also means is that there is pressure on the streets for to have heran to respond. you mentioned that new detail that emerged, that it was actually a hidden bomb that led to the assassination of ismail haniah. a bomb that was hidden inside a guest house controlled by iran's revolutionary guard. apparently two months before the killing. this is a huge embarrassment kim for iran, it begins to reveal massive security

failings and it is a blow that iran has promised to respond to harshly. but what does that response look like? we may have seen the beginnings of it last night with hezbollah firing a barrage of rockets from southern lebanon towards israel. most of those were intercepted. there was no damage, no injuries. so it is a mild response so far, but there is still that expectation of a much larger retaliation from iran. united states itself is preparing for this preparing thinking about its assets across the region, how it could move potentially aircraft carriers and warships from the med, or the red sea to try to protect its assets around this is massive and it continues to worry the region and has it on a knife-edge laura, i appreciate that. salma abdelaziz in london. thank you so much israel's military claims that one of al-jazeera journalists killed in a strike in gaza this week, worked for hamas and quote, participated in the october 7 attack on

israel. but al-jazeera is pushing back on that, calling that accusation completely false. network says israeli forces had already arrested 27-year-old reporter is well, i'll google earlier this year. eventually let him go weakening the argument that he was a militant israel's military didn't allege that he held a direct combat role with hamas. they also didn't address the death of his cameraman i'll jazeera says both men were killed in an israeli airstrike on a refugee camp in northern gaza on wednesday alright, still ahead. three americans are back in the u.s after a massive multinational prisoner exchange deal, our breaking news continues in a moment. plus how donald trump's continued attacks on kamala harris's racial identity could impact voters. love that story and much more after the break, please stay with us this election season's stay with cnn with more reporters on the ground and the best political team in the business follow the voters, follow the results,

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to four to four to four welcome back to all you watching us here in the united states, canada, and around the world. >> i'm kim brunhuber. this is cnn newsroom. >> we return to our top top story. three americans are now back on us soil after the biggest prisoner exchange between washington and moscow in decades, us president joe biden and vice president kamala harris greeted the newly freed americans earlier at joint base andrews in maryland, are now on their way to texas to undergo a medical evaluation and care former us marine paul whelan, as well as journalists, evan gershkovich and alsu kurmasheva are among the 16 prisoners released by russia prominent putin critic vladimir kara-murza, us permanent resident, went to germany. the vice president is praising the complex diplomatic efforts that included seven countries to being the deal to fruition this

is just extraordinary testament to the importance of having a president who understands the power of diplomacy and understands the strength that rests in understanding the significance of diplomacy and strengthening alliance it's incredible day families. >> and their i's in their crimes then there was this moment, evan gershkovich walking over to greet his wall street journal colleagues on the tarmac telling them, quote, i'm home cnn's kylie atwood reports on the white house efforts to bring these three americans home these are americans evan gershkovich, paul whelan, and alsu kurmasheva, after being handed over to the united states by russia in historic prisoner swap in turkey were good afternoon. >> this is a very good afternoon. >> it's the biggest prisoner swaps since the cold war, involving 24 people being held in seven different countries.

the u.s. germany slovenia, norway, poland, and russia. paul whelan had been held for 2043 days, the longest of all the released americans, the former marine, was arrested in 2018 on espionage charges, something whelan and the u.s. government has vehemently denied today excuse me today was very good day. whelan spoke to cnn's jennifer hansler, a number of times from inside a russian prison over the years extremely maybe it's the best word to turn 54. and a russian prison. >> david whelan reacting to his brothers released in a statement, quote, it's vital that he be given agency over his life. again, something the kremlin took away for so many years, wall street journal reporter evan gershkovich was the first eric and journalist to be arrested on spying

charges in russia since the cold war. and just three weeks ago, he was sentenced to 16 years in prison after his arrest in 2023. >> we've all worked toward this day for so long, each in our own way and it's wonderful to see it come together like this. >> kurmasheva is also on her way home. the russian american reporter working for a us government funded news outlet, was sentenced to more than six years in prison for failing to register as a foreign agent. all three appearing in a photo together on the plane and turkey phil it made this possible was a feat of diplomacy. and friendship. >> the released americans speaking with they're relieved families and president biden on the phone in the oval office. russia also releasing several prominent political prisoners, including vladimir kara-murza, a russian opposition leader, and a us permanent resident russian authorities arrested and convicted them in show trials, and sends him the long prison terms in order to make

the deal happen, president biden personally lobbied german chancellor olaf scholtz to release russian assassin that him krasikov, in the exchange with russia, krasikov is a former colonel in the russian security service serving a life sentence in germany for murdering a former chechen fighter in broad daylight in berlin in 2019, the kremlin has pushed to get krasikov back to russia, even pushing to have him released in 2022. >> but the death of russian opposition leader alexei navalny in prison in february setback negotiations since the german government wanted navalny in exchange for krasikov on the very day that he died, i saw evan's parents and i told them that the president was determined to get this done even in light of that tragic news, two weeks ago, russia finally agreed to the deal. years of intense efforts finally paying off. now this massive prisoner swap is incredibly joyful for the families of the americans who have been released from russia

but for the families of americans who are still detained in russia, it has been an emotional, incredibly challenging time for them one of those families is the family of marc fogel. he is an american serving a 14 year prison sentence in russia, facing charges of smuggling drugs. his family says, however, that he was carrying marijuana into the country for medical purposes and they came out with a statement after the news of this prisoner swap and the fact that he wasn't included in it saying, quote, marc is not rich, a celebrity, or connected to powerful patrons. all he has is his family. this glaring injustice and indifference are unacceptable. it's wrong, unfair, and not the america we know and love essentially making the case that there has been a double standard applied to different americans who have been detained in russia. we should note, however, that national security adviser jake sullivan did mention marc fogel's name when talking about ongoing efforts to bring home americans detained around the world. kylie atwood, cnn

state department fogel's family was hoping all along that he would be included in the prisoner swap with a sister told cnn it took a phone call from a russian prison to find out he wasn't or she is the last 36 hours have been have been gut wrenching we knew that something was going on yesterday from the from the news feeds and we started calling our senators and the ambassadors that we knew and the state department and we really hope that they were going to get mark on the plane. we do that it was going to be happening very quickly. but mark called me yesterday morning and when i realized that he was in rybinsk, i knew that things were not going well

because he should have been gone. and it's it's been it's been a roller coaster it's been a rollercoaster. >> no sleep i feel like we've been kind of collectively stabbed in the back mark. is, you know, they've asked for his humanitarian release, but of course russia does not release on humanitarian grounds and has had no history of ever doing that. and then not really liking us very well. anyway so it's kind of insult to injury that he still has not been designated as wrongfully detained now, the u.s. >> national security adviser referred to fogel as wrongfully detained for the first time on thursday state department hasn't given him that designation, which would automatically trigger a

diplomatic efforts for his release. a senior us official says, the white house unsuccessfully tried to include full in the swap and the administration will redouble its efforts to get him released before greeting the freed americans vice president kamala harris gave a eulogy for late congresswoman sheila jackson lee at a celebration of life in houston, texas harris praised lee's legacy of serving and dedication saying quote, she never lost an opportunity to fight for the people she served meanwhile, harris is expected to pick a running mate in the coming days. we're learning that one contender pennsylvania governor josh shapiro, has canceled a series of fundraising events this weekend. he's one of several leading candidates who've had meetings with harris's team donald trump's running mate, j.d. vance, is defending the former president's attacks on kamala harris after he falsely claimed that harris happened to turn black a few years ago,

vance spoke with cnn's steve contorno on thursday republican vice presidential nominee j.d. vance, visited the u.s. mexico border on thursday in arizona. i had a chance while he was there to talk to him a little bit about those controversial remarks by former president donald trump, where he asserted that vice president harris was quote, all of a sudden black i asked him as the father of three biracial children. did trump's remarks, give you pause at all, listen to what he said they don't give me pause at all. >> look, all he said is that kamala harris is a chameleon. she goes to georgia two days ago. she was raised in canada. she puts on a fake southern accent. she is everything to everybody and she prints students to be somebody different. depending on which audience she is in front of. i think it's totally reasonable for the president to call that out. and that's all he did. i mean, look, she's running as a tough on crime prosecutor, even though she implemented open border policies, she's saying that she wants to support the police, yet she wanted to defund the police just three years ago. it's totally

reasonable to call out the fact that she pretends to be somebody different depending on the audience she's talking to. >> you, use that word chameleon yesterday as well. you're someone who was an unabashed critic of the former president previously. now, you're running mate. you are someone who have text messages. the text messages out there, not that say, i hate the police. now yesterday, you said i back the blue by your own standard. are you a chameleon? >> look, i criticize donald trump ten years ago and we've talked about it and i've made a good argument to the american people about why high think he was a great president and why he, i think he deserves reelection. that's different than going to georgia two days ago and putting on a fake southern accent when you were raised in canada. so i think it's totally reasonable to change your mind. has kamala harris stood for a tough debate with you and explained why she wanted to ban fracking and now she doesn't or why she wanted to defund the police and now she doesn't or why she wanted to open the border, but now she doesn't it's reasonable to change your mind. it's not reasonable to run and hide from the media and not answer the american people's questions. >> i also had a chance to ask senator vance about former president trump asserting that

he doesn't believe the vice presidential pick will have any bearing on this race. and j.d vance actually agree. he said that ultimately, voters will choose between donald trump and vice president harris and not the vice presidential picks so i asked him, well then why are you here? why are you spending your time on the campaign trail if you don't think you will have an effect. and he said, well, ultimately we can help articulate the message of the campaign. just another example of him explaining on behalf of the former president and he will be doing more of that this weekend. the two are expected to appear at a rally together on saturday in atlanta, georgia. steve contorno, cnn, tucson, arizona dreams. >> once taylor is a professor of political science at the university of san francisco, and he joins me now from a who california. thank you so much for being here with us. so i want to go back to donald trump's comments about harris and blackness i mean, it's tough to read intention into many of donald trump's remarks. but why do you think that he seemed to be making a concerted effort? he and his supporters to question harris

is blackness i think it's an attempt to divide the black vote to try to suppress a black turnout of black enthusiasm for kamala harris i think donald trump spoke into an issue that he really had no authority on and it blew back in his face almost immediately. >> but how would that serve to divide black voters? surely they would be united in sort of condemnation of this very easily just kind of constantly resuscitating all of the short comings of kamala harris, all of her negatives to the extent that it this discovery is individuals from being enthusiastic about her are supporting her. and as a consequence it would by emphasizing her ethnic identity, by emphasizing her law enforcement background the intent is to discover african american enthusiasm for her and actual turnout in a real way

kamala harris and donald trump going head to head and then seeing the confrontation at the journalists gathering it really brought out a lot of the tension and allow donald trump to speak freely about his thoughts about dei, about race, about ethnicity, and the real problem is it alienates a significant number of americans who are of mixed heritage. that's, i think the thing being left out as we're talking about black and indian, but the larger narrative is that there are a lot of mixed heritage americans. and in an x 50 to 75 years most americans are going to have a person of color in their family. >> yeah as a person of mixed heritage, myself, that's a great point, resonates with me so listen in this context, many people had been quoting writer toni morrison, who's talked about sort of the function of racism being a distraction. >> i'll quote here, it keeps you from doing your work keeps you explaining over and over

again. you're reasons for being and then now on cue in the wake of trump's comments, questioning her blackness, we see all of this reporting now going out and spending time fact checking, trump's claim and quote, proving that she's black. and it also keeps the spotlight away from her and on donald trump and we've been pulled into a vortex online, everywhere people are talking about identity and the problem with this is when biden stepped down and harris step up, that trump administration, i'm the trump campaign was not ready to pivot and focus on her. >> so all they had left with was last elections material real. we already had this full conversation in 2019 2020 and common-law one. and now here we are in 2024 and we're hearing it again. what if she wins and run for reelection in 2028? are we still going to be talking about a common-law harris being indian or black? that's how much of a waste of energy and time this is it's actually arguing the last election and

that's not good for donald trump and for his supporters because they aren't talking about 20:24 issues we're talking about ethnic identity and kamala harris, one, after we debated that in 2020. so why are we talking about it again? >> yeah. >> and then certainly some of donald trump's advisers there's have been saying exactly that this identity arguments, maybe not the way to go, they should be arguing on, on the biden record for instance, but, donald trump has a history of making racist statements. so what he's saying isn't new, why do you think despite this according to the polls, he's actually surely making gains broadly with black voters i don't, i don't believe a single poll. >> these polls based on likely voters, which is voters who voted in the last two elections. and they are not certain vote in november what we need to measure is people who have never voted than never older that's who stacey abrams was very effective in georgia

and attracting. so that should be the focus. i don't believe most of these polls, a one way or the other. if harris was up or down, it's too early. most political scientists ignore polls until the exit polls. so i don't think that's a big issue again, i do think, you know, focusing on identity is problem because it has us erases all these other questions for trump. now it opens up a can of worms about bobby jindal and nikki haley using different names and kamala harris uses her own name and always has it raises questions about j.d. vance is children and how much commonly is more like jd vance's children? they are trump's children so i think again, this is the cultural wars is not, is not the way to win the election in 2024, they will have to focus on policy questions. her record like j.d. vance was trying to articulate, but again the problem of this entire conversation about kamala harris's identity everywhere in america is a waste of everybody's time because we

already did it five years ago. and here we are again again, i'll say if common-law winds and then run for reelection in 2028 will you bring up her being indian and black again? and that should help you see how much of a waste of time it has been for almost half a decade, focusing on her eye identity. and we might do it again five years from now. >> yeah. >> i don't know much, but i assure you the discussion about identity will not go away anytime soon. james taylor. thank you so much for being with us. really appreciate it. >> thank you for having me all right. >> still ahead. we go live to parents works stays. olympic competitions are just getting underway. amanda davis will recount team usa's big wins and today's muscle watch events and what does someone who's been a political prisoner in russia have to say to those who've just been released for here, advice from a member of pussy riot coming up stay with us her russia for trying to spy on us. >> we were spying on them.

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these competitions at the olympics are just getting underway right now, china has the most gold medals, but us trails closely and has the most metals overall. >> thursday proved to be monumental for us gymnastics star simone biles i'll send it was also historic for swimming sensation katie ledecky. and while all eyes were on biles and ledecky of team usa's women's fencing team made history in their own right. but the excitement of the games, obviously far from over track and field events kick off today just a few hours, american track stars, carry richardson will make her long awaited olympic debut. our amanda davis joins us now, live from paris. so before we get to today, let's look back at yesterday's highlights and i guess we can't start anywhere except with simone biles no. >> honestly, it's we're at that point in the games where everything is culminating the same time, the gymnastics, all the pool, the athletic's, as you said, starting today, the rowing, the cycling, it's absolutely brilliant for a

sports fan. there's not many people in the world who can get away with wearing a diamond the encrusted necklace is there. but if anybody can, simone biles, can we had another night? gymnastics hall that was such a privilege to be there for all the hype, all the expectation. kim kardashian rogan she going head to against the tokyo 2020 gold medal winner, her teammates, sunny lee but with brazil's rebeca and draw jay also very much in the mix. she was the silver medalist from 2020. there was a little bit of a wobble. i have to say the star from simone biles, she made a mistake on the bars. she said, this is just how it couldn't be but when it mattered she put in a performance very much worthy of

that sick olympic gold medal. she becomes the first woman to win two individual brown's olympic gold medals. >> inon consecutive games. >> of course, eight years since the last time she did it, having missed stouter in tokyo and she said she's going to enjoy this moment and rightly, so this has been the sun line. simone biles show that she has deserved it's being covered by vogue. it's being covered by vanity fair that is not something that we normally see at an but games in the gymnastics hall. but bob's worryingly for her as she said, well, i've now got just the three individual events to come and this is where the funds stars so who knows what we're going to see from her? we also, of course vary from the greatest, most decorated us gymnasts of all time to the

greatest, most decorated us athlete of all time that is katie ledecky. she took another medal in the pool last night after storming to that incredible in pick record victory in the 1,500, the event that she's made her own last night, she linked up with her teammates and they took the silver medal in two other for by 200 freestyle, they were beaten by an olympic record from the australian team, but she's now got a gold. she's got a silver up, and she's got bronze since she was saying she was disappointed with that bronze, of course, you might remember from the 400, but the big one is still to come. that is the 800 meters freestyle later. on friday, she's going head to head with a young canadian sensation 17 summer mcintosh. you might remember, was the swimmer who earlier this year broke katie

ledecky's dominance. she was the first person to beat ledecky in this distance. in 13 years absolutely amazing. >> so let's turn it today. i mean, the first big day of track actions. what are we expecting? who you have your eye on? >> chakar a time, i was brilliant actually saying that that picture of chakar is really, really interesting, isn't it? she's got a nail. she's got the bright colors, but she's made a point. she's not got the bright colored she's going much more low key heading into this olympic games than we've seen from her before. she's saying, i'm not back. i'm better. the first look, the hundred meters women's athletes. on the track. this, despite the fact she's world champion, her first olympic games, having missed out in tokyo, can she break the jamaican dominance, the favorites on here? but of course, shelly-ann fraser-pryce

is and you can't write her out in fifth olympic games all right. >> we'll have to leave it there. amanda davis in paris, so much excitement really appreciate having you on. thanks so much was he writes, founder spent two years is a political prisoner in a russian jail when we come back, her advice for those who've just been released, stay with us it's really been a gift having mom live with us but as a nurse, my training told me she needed more help than i could provide. so i connected with the place for mom, my senior living adviser understood our unique situation she quickly recommended communities and instead of tours, a place for mom helped us get to a decision and now mom is so well cared for. >> talk to an expert senior living adviser today at no cost to your family, did you know sling has your favorite news progress for just $40 a month my favorite news for just $40 a

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