reed's family and what they are thinking about, what trevor reed is thinking about today. >> it's a huge moment for so many and it is not over yet, of course, absolutely not. so. thank you so much, jonathan, for being here really appreciate you coming in so quickly and joining us. and thank you all so much for being with us. stay with us. our breaking news coverage of what is a history storch day in this prisoner swap underway between the united states and russia continues after a quick break 1968, sunday at nine on cnn shortly other courts right to symptoms can be unpredictable. >> one day their joints hurt. >> next, that's on your skin i got co cosine. >> feels good to move. >> feel less joint pain, swelling, and tenderness, back pain, and clear your skin and helps stop further joint damage with cosine six, don't use if you're allergic to go sentence before starting, get checked for tuberculosis, an increased risk of infections and lowered ability to fight them may occur. some are fatal. it's tell your doctor if you have an infection or symptoms like fevers, sweats, chills, muscle

trevor reed says she didn't make her decision lightly. in addition to her duties for east oakland, reed has been the primary caretaker for her ailing mother. reed sat down today with nbc's velena jones. the reality is that to give my mom the level of care and resources and support that she needs, i'm leading the city in 24/7 crisis working to recover and caring for her at that same level. day in and day out. it may not be sustainable for her health or my own special. there's never been, to my knowledge, in this city. anyone that has served following their parent. i felt the weight of that accountability and leading with that level of passion and integrity and deep knowledge and experience. while i have been connected with city hall all my life, i hope that i've honored our neighbors with that love, with that integrity, with that respect to value, empower and amplify their voice, to make sure that every decision that i made was to prioritize them over politics. in addition to the three city council spots that are now up for grabs, three mo

oakland city council member trevor reed says she will not seek reelection. this means for the first time in more than three decades, oakland will not have a member of the reed family in office. here's nbc bay area's velena jones. it's a decision councilwoman trevor reed says she didn't take lightly, but she ultimately decided her family needs to be her priority. reed, who represents district seven, is also the primary caregiver for her ailing mother. the reality is that to give my mom the level of care and resources and support that she needs, i'm leading the city in 24/7 crisis, working to recover and caring for her at that same level day in and day out. it may not be sustainable for her health or my own. in her almost four years in office, the east oakland council member has co-chaired a regional safety task force, advocated for equitable service across the city, and authored over 100 pieces of legislation, including the ebony alert that now triggers when a black teen or woman goes missing. she admits that safety along the hegenberger corridor in her distr

yeah. >> trevor reed it's always great to talk to you, but especially on a night like tonight. thank you. >> thank you. kaitlan i want to get more perspective now as we are waiting for this plane to touch down outside of washington from mikhail zygar, who is an exiled russian journalist and also beth sanner cnn's national security analyst and former deputy director of national intelligence, beth just to take a step back and look at how complex this deal was. >> and all of the complicated moves that had to happen to get to this moment. what stands out to you the most? >> i think the number of countries involved in the relationships and the trust that the united states has to have with those countries in order to get them to give up people that they've arrested and the other part of it i think is that the inclusion of russian political activists and dissidents really makes this not just an exchange about spy for innocent americans, but it also is about values it is about what we got back is we are rescuing these political activists and dissidents from basically no, no future, no

how agonizing was it when trevor reed, a fellow marine, got out and then brittney griner, who had --and now mark fogel and others are left behind. >> paul realizes that this was part of the russian playbook all the while. had there never been a paul whelan there wouldn't have been a trevor reed, a brittney griner, an evan gershkovich, alsu kermashena. paul has an understanding as he's trying to understand what was happening on this side of the atlantic that he was just exploited and reexploited as were, i believe, all the american public by what's happened to paul. so obviously something has to be done in the coming years about hostage diplomacy. it's no way to run foreign relations policy between countries. so hopefully this is something that the government will focus on to ensure there's never a paul whelan again. >> clearly a policy of vladimir putin's. what -- the secret steps behind the scenes that got him out? was it enlarging the deal to include more people in the trade? >> yeah. ultimately, look, the white house was very firmly committed to getting this done. across all of go

arguably trevor reed was the same way.ian police officer decided to make him famous buyer arresting an american. quite frankly, i think travis meets the criteria for wrongfully detained and that is the discussion we will have with the government in the coming days. >> good luck with all of that. jonathan franks, thanks for joining us. >> the sparkle for gold for team usa in the city of lights. the big highlights from paris coming up. coming up. chase freedom unlimited. so, if you're off the racking... ...or crab cracking, you're cashbacking. cashback on flapjacks, baby backs, or tacos at the taco shack. nah, i'm working on my six pack. switch to a king suite- or book a silent retreat. silent retreat? hold up - yeeerp? i can't talk right now, i'm at a silent retreat. cashback on everything you buy with chase freedom unlimited with no annual fee. how do you cashback? chase. make more of what's yours. detect this: living with hiv, craig learned he can stay undetectable with fewer medicines. that's why he switched to dovato. d

in return, the united states received its own marine trevor reed, convicted of attacking russian policeember 2019, moscow and kiev carried out an exchange using the 35 to 35 formula. in particular, journalist kirill vyshinsky returned to russia. among those transferred to ukraine. oleg sentsov, convicted of terrorism and espionage. in may 2016, russia returned yevgeny erofeev and alexander alexandrov, who were serving time in ukraine for participating in hostilities in the donbass. they were exchanged for ukrainian pilot nadezhda savchenko, who was sentenced in russia to 22 years for involvement in the death of our colleagues, journalists igor kornelyuk and anton voloshin in the lugansk region. in july 2010 , a prisoner exchange took place at vienna airport . russia and the usa, washington extradited ten russian agents to moscow, including anna chapman. russia pardoned and released four russian citizens, including those convicted of spying for western intelligence services, former gru colonel sergei skripal and scientist igor sutyagin. alfabank is the best bank for... we give businesses

former marine trevor reed, and months later, wnba star, brittney griner, currently playing in the olympicsonight saying she is head over heels for the families. she sat down with robin roberts last year to talk about her arrest and imprisonment, which all began when russian customs found cannabis cartridges in her carry-on bag. >> you know there are those who say, come on, how did you not know that you had cartridges in your luggage? what do you say to the skeptics? >> i would say, have you ever forgot your keys in your car, left your car running? it's so easy to have a mental lapse. >> juju: the prison where griner was sent known to be one of the worst in russia. >> what were conditions like in that particular jail? >> really cold. you go there to work. there's no rest. >> juju: today, the white house sharing photos of the newly freed americans en route with the stars and stripes. from russia, they were led across the tarmac by soldiers and onto a waiting plane. gershkovich appearing to crack a smile in his seat. russian defense ministry video showing they were released in turkey. >> unti

council member trevor reed posted a statement on her decision not to run on friday night, hours after the deadline for paperwork had passed. longtime council members rebecca kaplan and dan kalb are also not running to hold their places on city council. the city is now extending the deadline for candidates to file plans to run in those council races. >> all right, still ahead here, we're tracking the latest on the campaign trail as donald trump returns to x and democrats get ready for their national convention. >> plus, we'll introduce you to a woman in the north bay who is combining her support for the harris walz ticket with her jam. business details. when abc seven news at the democratic national convention, kicking off in one week. president biden is expected to speak along with former presidents obama and clinton. tonight, former president donald trump is making a play for the spotlight, returning to an old haunt of his. trump posted on x for the first time in nearly a year today, ahead of a live stream with owner elon musk. musk has broken with heads of other social media compani

. >> following his arrest and detention, trevor reed was arrested. brittney griner was arrested, and the two of them came home. each of them were exchanged for a single russian in the russian the us judicial system. and he was essentially left behind our colleague jennifer hansler spoke to him repeatedly and he expressed his sadness at not being exchanged, not being freed, but at the same time, he expressed his happiness that others got to, got to be releasing, got to go home. trevor reed said upon his release that he felt bad that paul whelan we're still in captivity and that he would continue to work for his release. so we're so happy for all of these prisoners who were released today. but i'm thinking specifically of paul whelan who has had such an an arduous and horrific ordeal over the past, almost six years. >> they were names being shouted out from some of the press about some who have been left behind as well. and there has been criticism of, or at least concern for those who still remain in particular, someone named marc fogel so there are h

trevor reed, brittney, griner, where the prisoners descend from these these planes walk across the tarmacsuch a sort of cinematic way, board the planes and then come home. and it is in that moment that there is such a feeling of relief from all sides. what we do now know is rather limited, but the good news is coming from the biden ministration that evan gershkovich, the wall street journal reporter, who was just convicted last month to 16 years in a penal colony on what are believed to be trumped up. charges will be among those released by russia today, alongside him is another american who has been held for much longer. paul whelan, the former us marine, first arrested in 2018 and then convicted in 2020, also to 16 years. he's been serving in a penal colony and in horrible conditions about eight hours outside moscow whelan has seen other americans released in his time there and has said that he didn't understand why others we're getting the chance to go home, although he was certainly happy for them another name aaron, i want to mention is vadim krasikov. he is believed to be the russia

one of thursday's shootings happened in council member trevor reed's district.n a statement, she says these violent incidents underscore the urgent need for increased violence prevention. community and public safety resources and support in our community, which i've continued to fight for. at the same time, police are investigating a fatal hit and run monday that killed a 17 year old. that suspect was arrested after witnesses detained him. but we've learned the suspect has now been released. the da says police never presented them with a case. the recent crime comes as opd says they're focused on their ceasefire strategy. chief mitchell and city officials will meet tonight at their first of multiple community safety town halls with this message. we are going to do the best we can with what we have. we all know the situation that the city is in, and we're going to be in this situation for the unforeseeable future, so we're going to continue to work hard. in a statement, the mayor's office says the meetings are meant to provide a detail of oakland's public safety

reed, the one that brought home brittney griner. he was not included, which was extremely painful for his family. and nancy, as we wait here for the president to make his way to the podium, i wonder what you made of in his statement, the president said, this is a powerful example of why it's vital to have friends in the world whom you can trust and depend on our alliances make americans safer. that is a core belief of this president. correct and what he's talking about specifically, there john, is the fact that the russians insisted for months, if not years, that any prisoner swap that would bring home these individuals would have to include vadim krasikov, who is being held in germany, and nancy here now, president biden not everybody well, good afternoon. and this is a very good afternoon. a very good afternoon today we're bringing home paul, evan also, vladimir three american citizens and one american green card holder all four have been imprisoned unjustly in russia paul, for nearly six years. vladimir since 2022. evans since ma

oakland city councilwoman trevor reed says she will not seek reelection. so for the first time in over three decades, the city won't have a member of the reed family in office. councilwoman reed, who represents oakland's district seven, says she didn't make her decision lightly. but her family needs to be her priority right now. reed has been the primary caregiver of her ailing mother. she served one term on council, following the footsteps of her father, larry reed. he served 24 years as a as a council member of the same district and eight years as deputy mayor. i hope that i've honored our neighbors with that love, with that integrity, with that respect, to value, empower and amplify their voice. i hope they would remember how much we love and cared about the people that elected us to office and cared about the about the love that we demonstrated for what is an incredible city. reed is the third council member to announce she will not seek reelection, joining dan kalb and rebecca kaplan. two other council members are running for reelection this year. a t

reed and brittney griner, were released before him. >> today -- excuse me.ep breath] >> reporter: national security advisor jake sullivan grew emotional today as he describes the delicate, months-long negotiations. >> today was a very good day, and we are going to build on it. >> reporter: the entire deal hinged on the release of vadim krasikov, a suspected russian spy serving a life-sentence in germany for murder. the u.s. released three russians the u.s. released three cybercrimes. >> so thankfully we got some out and they got a few thugs in return. >> reporter: members of congress hailed the swap today, but former president trump did not. writing, "we never made good deals at anything, but especially hostage swaps." he has claimed he could get a better deal, prompting this reaction from biden. >> why didn't he do it when he was president? >> norah: and nancy cordes joins us now from the white house. we saw the families with president biden. they must be ecstatic, waiting for this moment for years. what are you hearing from the families? >> reporter: norah

my trevor reed and brittney griner were released before him. >> today, excuse me. >> reporter: nationalurity advisor jake sullivan grew emotional today as he describes the delegate, month-long negotiations. >> today was a very good day, and we are going to on that. >> reporter: the entire deal hinged on the release of speech when he five, a russian spy serving time in germany for murder. the u.s. released three russians accused of fraud and cyber crime spirit >> thankful we got some out and we got a few dogs in return. >> reporter: mappers of congress hailed the swap today but former president trump did not. writing "we never made good deals at anything, but especially hostage swaps. he has claimed he could get a better deal, prompting this reaction from biden. >> why didn't he do it when he was president? >> norah: nancy cordes deals at norma joins us from the white house. we saw them with president biden, they must be ecstatic waiting for this moment for years what are you hearing from the families? >> reporter: norah, this between you and family says they are deeply grateful to every

marine trevor reed. >> sometime some harsh words with the government, having to keep them accountable taking care of us, but in the end, you know, here i am. >> reporter: at least five americans remain imprisoned in russia, including 61-year-old marc fogel, a teacher from pennsylvania. two years ago, vogel was sentencd to 14 years in a penaln medical marijuana. in a statement to cbs news, his family said "we are complete the heartbroken and outraged that mark has been left behind while the u.s. government brought other americans home." president biden vowed to fight for fogel. >> we are not giving up -- we are not giving up on that. >> reporter: the agreement led to the release of 24 prisoners by seven different countries. among the freed russians, a convicted murderer, several spies and hackers. on "cbs mornings," national security advisor jake sullivan justified the trade. >> at the end of the day, the president looked at this deal, and he said, what we are getting, the value of human life, the value of putting families back together, the value of standing up for freedom of the pres

marine trevor reed. >> sometime some harsh words with the government, having to keep them accountable taking care of us, but, in the end, you know, here i am. >> reporter: at least five americans remain imprisoned in russia, including 63-year-old marc fogel, a teacher from pennsylvania. two years ago, fogel was sentenced to 14 years in a penal colony for possessing medical marijuana. in a statement to cbs news, his family said, "we are completely heartbroken and outraged that marc has been left behind while the u.s. government brought other americans home." president biden vowed to fight for fogel. >> we are not giving up -- we are not giving up on tha. >> reporter: the agreement led to the release of 24 prisoners by seven different countries. among the freed russians, a convicted murderer, several spies, and hackers. on "cbs mornings," national security advisor jake sullivan justified the trade. >> at the end of the day, the president looked at this deal, and he said, what we are getting, the value of human life, the value of putting families back together, the value of standing up f

watching trevor reed and brittney griner, all these twists and turns. paul whelan used over and over as a political pawn. he is home now. it's something to celebrate and it's a reminder we have to continue with deterrence. we need to make sure this doesn't happen again in russia, iran, syria, across the globe. there's still wrongful detainees and hostages in gaza as well. we are marking 300 days of the hostage nightmare. we are hard at work and i'm doing this with a task force i helped to run in congress alongside my colleague to support these families and wrongful detainees and hostages across the world. >> thank you so much for all you have done. thank you for joining us tonight. i want to point out to our audience, the shot we just showed up president biden on the screen. he was speaking to reporters after he met with evan gershkovich and paul whelan. you can see on his jacket he's not wearing that american flag pin that he wears every day. it is on the jacket now of paul whelan and i suspect he will keep it for the rest of his life. thank you for be

you had to deal most memorably with paul whelan and trevor reed. how was it to visit them?years, we have seen the excitement, the thrill of whelan's return just two weeks ago at joint base andrews and his reuniting with his family. what was it like? we see him with the president. what was it like to have to -- >> that was hard for paul. it was hard for his family. he at that point had been detained for years before -- had been arrested long before -- >> both former marines. >> both former marines. trevor was released. trevor was upset when he learned on the plane that paul wasn't going to be coming with him. paul whelan had to serve almost six years, about five and a half years as an innocent american. it used to infuriate me as the u.s. ambassador and u.s. citizen that the russian government would target americans, would target us based on who we are, our citizenship. then i would stop and think, you know, they often treat their own people just as badly. they are equal opportunity abusers of civil rights. >> we have marc fogel left behind, among others. >> thank you for me

watching what happened with trevor reed and brittany griner. paul whelan being used over and over again as a political pawn. he is home now. this is something to celebrate and it is also a reminder that we have to continue with with deterrence and make sure this doesn't happen again. in russia, iran, syria, across the globe, there are still wrongful detainees in gaza as well where we are marking 300 days of that hostage nightmare. so we are hard at work. and i'm doing this with the task force. a task force to support these families and support wrongful detainees and hostages. >> thank you so much for all that you have done. thank you for joining us tonight. i want to point out to our audience again, the shot we showed of president biden on the screen. he was speaking to reporters after he met with evan gershkovich and paul whelan. he is not wearing that american flag anymore. it is now on the jacket of paul whelan and i suspect he will keep it for the rest of his life. thank you for being here with me tonight. this has been an extraordinary exp

council member trevor reed posted a statement on her decision not to run friday night, hours after the deadline for paperwork had passed. longtime council members rebecca kaplan and dan cobb also not running to hold their seats. the city is now extending the deadline for candidates to file to run in those council races. >> new at six. one bay area county is considering a plan to cut down on people who hog electric vehicle chargers. today, the solano county board of supervisors will discuss possibly implementing idle fees at charges owned by the county. that's when your car stays connected to the charger after it's finished charging, preventing others from using it. it's unclear when this would take effect. if it's approved and how much those fees could cost. >> good morning, walnut creek. a live picture this morning showing you clear conditions. good visibility out there. current numbers over there 59 degrees right now. high humidity and the winds have been breezy this morning. out of the west right now. 15mph. and they'll likely pick up as we head into the afternoon. now look at the f

trevor reed was held by russia, released in 2022, and went through this specialized program when you're actually go through that, it's much more difficult than then even you yourself can imagine it to be in that situation. so it does take awhile and san antonio, there at the army base there very effective at helping you to readjust earlier tearful reunions unfolded on the tarmac at joint base andrews just before midnight, president biden gave whelan the american flag pin off his jacket. >> gershkovich walked over to the press area where a group of his wall street journal colleagues were waiting, who spent the past 16 months advocating for his release i it was a good play what about the shelf support overwhelming the stories and emotions from the released prisoners are starting to spill out in germany today, three russian dissidents released, spoke with reporters, vladimir kara-murza, a us resident, said he thought he was going to die in prison, but vowed to return to russia promising it will one day be free i know that i'll be back in my home country and it'll be much quicker than you t

trevor reed was held by russia, released in 2022, and went through this specialized program when you actually go through that, it's much more difficult than the neva you yourself can imagine it to be. in that situation. so it does take awhile and san antonio, there the army base, they're very effective at helping you to readjust earlier tearful reunions unfolded on the tarmac at joint base andrews just before midnight, president biden gave whelan the american flag pin off his jacket. >> gershkovich walked over to the press area where a group of his wall street journal colleagues were waiting, who spent the past 16 months advocating for his release was a good play what about the shelf support overwhelming? the stories and emotions from the released prisoners are starting to spill out in germany today, three russian dissidents released, spoke with reporters of vladimir kara-murza, a us resident, said he thought he was going to die in prison, but vowed to return to russia, promising it will one day be free i know that i'll be back in my home country and it'll be much quicker than you th

and former us marine trevor reed was released during another major prisoner exchange with russia in 2020 so here he is addressing criticism of thursday's swap earlier on cnn i don't think anyone wants to see hardened criminals released from american prisons, especially if the victims of those crimes have been americans or the united states and some white bud i think it's important to remember that the first priority of the united states should be to get american citizens home and i think that the biden administration has shown that they've made that a priority. >> i think in other priority that the united states needs to have is that it needs to impose costs on countries, on governments that forced the united states into this situations that argument that, well, you shouldn't let these guys go to get americans back as frankly pretty ridiculous. every president that we have in the united states pardons dozens to hundreds of americans who have been convicted in us courts and they released them without the united states receiving anything in exchange. and to release a few russian criminals

. >> city council member trevor reed said, quote, these violent incidents underscore the urgent need for increased violence prevention, community and public safety resources, and support in our community. police say they did hold a cease fire meeting thursday night to try and reduce group and gang violence. i asked oakland police for some data and they tell me there are 12 investigators for the entire city handling some 209 open homicide cases, 61 of those are from just this year to date. reporting from oakland jana katsuyama, ktvu, fox two news. >> the chp says it's recovered more than $450,000 worth of stolen goods from an alleged criminal network. the agency shared pictures on facebook saying these items were found in an oakland home, two vehicles and a storage unit. the bust follows a month long investigation into a string of bay area retail thefts. investigators arrested 35 year old claudia cruz of oakland for her alleged involvement in the fencing operation. she's charged with organized retail crimes, possession of stolen property and conspiracy. >> in santa clara county, exper

. >> city council member trevor reed said, quote, these violent incidents underscore the urgent need for increased violence prevention, community and public safety resources and support in our community. police say they did hold a cease fire meeting thursday night to try and reduce group and gang violence. and today i asked oakland police for some data. they tell me that there are 12 investigators for the entire city who are handling some 209 open homicide cases, 61 of those are just from this year to date. christian. >> jenna. a lot to keep track of there in oakland. thank you very much. as jenna mentioned, the first of many town hall meetings kicks off tonight in oakland. it's an opportunity for residents to come face to face with the city's public safety leadership team. police chief floyd mitchell, along with the city administrator, the fire chief and the head of the department of violence prevention, will all be in attendance to discuss the latest strategies to fight crime. oakland mayor xiang tao is also scheduled to be in attendance. in all, there are five community meetings s

reed came home and we'd been working every day to bring paul home sense. it was great to see evan walk down so competently and having spent some time last week without sues, husband pobble, and their two daughters getting to see her come down the steps and getting to see her daughter's hugger for the first time was made it all worthwhile. >> no question about it. and the families and all of this, of course they've been wrongfully detained and stuck in these russian prisons, which is awful. the families in kind of a prison of their own well, with their loved ones stuck there and not knowing when they're coming back. this has been really difficult for them as well. they have to be feeling tremendous relief this morning i have to say pobble and his daughters yesterday looked like the way of the world had been taken off them compared to when i saw them last week. and it was great to see and i think the president is right to sense is, you know, this is who we are as americans and the shouldn't be now whether or not the former president's on board with it or not

reed was offered. and so oftentimes we will see people landing in san antonio, texas. i think that the obviously, the family reunions are going to be their biggest priority. we saw some of the family members there with president biden and so after that, they will be given all of the necessary very things that they will that they may need to adjust and get back on their feet. so this is a tremendously happy moment, obviously paul whelan's family waiting for almost six years since he was arrested in 2018, evan gershkovich, his family having to deal with his conviction last month to 16 years there's no russian penal colony. thankfully, just over a month later, he and the other three are coming back to the u.s us. >> and the details of just the scope of this in the secrecy of it. kim fascinating is the wall street journal has reported this in the wake of alexey navalny's death, there was this shuttle diplomacy of paper only proposals that were being handled. severed between nsa, jake sullivan's office in h

reed or brittney griner they have told cnn and other outlets about the incredibly arduous journey of being in the russian penal system of the uncertainty the, of the treatment and not knowing what was going to eventually happen. but i can tell you guys that in speaking with us officials, there are furious negotiations that happened behind the scenes. in this case, a lot of it was in this case of what's happening today. we believe that a lot of it was carried out between the intelligence communities so that would be the cia director bill burns, who used to be based in russia as a diplomat engaging with the fsb on the russian side. but it's also been taking place at a political level. i reported several months ago that alexei navalny, the most famous russian opposition leader, was expected to be part of a trade that could have included paul whelan and evan gershkovich, as well as vadim krasikov, the fsb killer. and that fell apart after navalny was killed. so this is an extremely delicate, extremely complicated months, if not years long process to get all these puzzle pieces into place

as for the previous comment pence by the previous president trevor reed was taken in the previous administration'sime in office mr. biden got him home paula whelan was taken in the previous administration's time in office, president biden gut paul home and i would stress that $0 or exchanged in this deal that brought these people home last night, it was all about people that people exchanges. >> and the last thing i'll say, kate, is that the previous administration also conducted prisoner exchanges. the previous administration also had to make tough decisions to get americans home and i can't dispute mr. trump's numbers there, 59, but just talking president biden has gotten more than 70 americans home. that's what you have to do when you have people in harm's way over there, you've got to make these tough decisions it's not easy but sometimes it's gut wrenching and sometimes you have to look the other way while some, somebody really bad like krasikov becomes a free man. but in the balance, in the end, better to bring innocent two people home and not let them rot in a russian jail. than to take the

reed was released from captivity in russia during another major prisoner exchange in 2022. here he is addressing criticism thursday's swap earlier on cnn i don't think anyone wants to see hardened criminals released from american prisons, especially if the victims of those crimes have been americans or the united states in some way. >> but i think it's important to remember that the first priority of the united states should be to get american citizens home. and i think that the biden administration has shown that they've made that a priority i think in other priority that the united states needs to have is that it needs to impose costs on countries on governments that forced the united states into this situations that argument that, well, you shouldn't let these guys go to get americans back as frankly pretty ridiculous every president that we have in the united states pardons dozens to hundreds of americans who have been convicted in us courts and they released them without the united states receiving anything in exchange. and to release a few russian criminals to get inn

trevor reed was held by russia, released in 2022, and went through this specialized program when youy go through that, it's much more difficult than the even you yourself can imagine it to be in that situation. so it does take awhile and san antonio, there at the army base there very effective at helping you to readjust earlier tearful reunions unfolded on the tarmac? >> joint base andrews just before midnight president biden gave whelan the american flag pin off his jacket. gershkovich walked over to the press area where a group of his wall street journal colleagues were waiting, who spent the past 16 months advocating for his release all right. >> it was a good play what about the shelf support overwhelming the stories and emotions from the released prisoners are starting to spill out in germany today, three russian dissidents released smoke with reporters of vladimir kara-murza, a us resident, said he thought he was going to die in prison, but vowed to return to russia, promising it will one day be free. >> i know then i'll be back in my home country and it'll be much quicker than

reed great, who was released in 2022. it's great to have you here, jonathan okay. >> the politics of a prisoner swap. >> i mean, this is historic and unprecedented in all the things on, in any year. the fact that it's happening in 2024, it's like one of those things that yet again was not on my bingo card and it just landed on it. >> but what are the politics of prisoner swap in the middle of an election year, you add it up and it becomes what kind of a soup? i think if you had a normal nominee and i just mean conventional nominee, there wouldn't be politics around a prisoner swap this was an incredible day for these people. it was a great day very sad for some others are left behind, but it's a great day. and donald trump had to inject himself and his politics and his ego into it, saying, i would have gotten a better deal as if you were talking about one of his buildings and not people. so i think there shouldn't be election politics around what happened today and i don't know that there would be unless donald trump deci

council member trevor reed represents district seven in east oakland, the bay area news group reportsk by yesterday's deadline to seek reelection at large. council member rebecca kaplan, district one dan cobb have already announced they will not run again come november. election agencies and five bay area cities are giving some political candidates some extra time now to turn in those nominating papers. that's because the current office holders are not running again in the november election. the deadlines have been extended until next week for some of the races in san francisco, santa rosa, novato, foster city and union city. california's election code requires an extension when an incumbent fails to file the proper paperwork. the deadline to file was yesterday. >> a moderate california lawmaker switched her affiliation this week, joining the republican party criticizing democratic leadership. state senator marie alvarado gil was elected to represent part of the central valley in 2022 and announced her party switch on thursday, saying democrat policies are hurting california's middle

i worked onto bring home britney griner and trevor reed. to make sure our folks knew this was going to be an unfair swap, that this wasn't going to be like for like, but it's one of our values as americans that we will bring home our people as long as it takes. i do hope when the details are released that we can keep in mind that what we're doing is showing our values by bringing home americans. the russians are also showing their values by being determined to bring home the type of people they want to bring home. that says a lot about us and a lot about them. >> congressman colin allred, thank you for joining us this morning. ambassador michael mcfaul, let's return to you. let's talk about vladimir putin. president biden had to okay this from the u.s. end, that's true. give us your best estimate as someone who knows him well in terms of his thought process in terms of, first, collecting these prisoners and, second, using them as part of a deal. why did he say yes now? >> those are great questions. i don't have great answers. if you asked m