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and cnn tonight. jake? >> thanks, anderson. welcome to cnn tonight, i'm jake tapper in washington. tonight we are bringing you a cnn exclusive. brand-new video you will see right here for the very first time in just a few moments. it is really, i have to tell you, an incredible story, one that only cnn's clarissa ward can tell. it's taking place during a rare cease-fire in putin's brutal war, giving two hours of cover for this traumatic scene. cnn crews shuttled by ukrainian intelligence as russia returned the body of an american, an american killed in ukraine while fighting for ukraine. his name was joshua jones. he was 24 years old, a u.s. army veteran from tennessee. he was killed in august 12 fighting putin's forces alongside the ukrainian military. this handover happened after months of negotiations in a dangerous area known as no-man's-land.

it's in the zaporizhzhia region between ukrainian-controlled ukraine and russian-controlled ukraine. and jones's body will now head back here to the united states to his family, who have who have been lying for his remains to return to his final resting place, to home. this rare moment of détente takes place during an incredibly tumultuous time in this war. today, russian president vladimir putin led military training drills, which the kremlin says include practice missile watches. and then putin said this earlier today. >> [interpreter] risk of conflict in the world as a whole, as well as at the regional level, remains very high. [end of translation] >> risk of conflict in the world as a whole new remains very high, he said. the risk for a new world war, according to putin. and russian officials are continuing to push the totally unfounded claims that ukraine is preparing to use a dirty bomb.

a dirty bomb is a traditional explosive that can also contain radioactive material. to be clear, we know of absolutely no evidence that ukraine is developing or planning to use one of these weapons. if the russians did, they should turn it over to the united nations. but western and ukrainian officials worry that this could be a false flag operation by the kremlin, that putin is just trying to distract from his own plans to use a nuclear device, though he's ambassador to the uk denied that to cnn's christiane amanpour earlier today. >> russia is not going to use nukes. it is out of the question. >> but this is really important what you have just told me. that russia will not use nuclear weapons. now, tomorrow, in a month, in a year? no matter what happens? >> i cannot say about -- the next generation -- >> in a conventional scenario, are you saying that your country has pledged, your defense minister, has pledged

not to use nuclear weapons? >> yes, this is what i am saying. >> reassurances from the russians, who also told the world there was no way they were going to invade ukraine until, of course, the moment they invaded ukraine. if you are wondering why russia could be inching closer do you think-able, using a nuclear device, well, think about this. russian president vladimir putin's brutal war has not gone according to plan. ukraine did not fall, let alone, within a few days. this has also surprise the world. even some of ukraine's allies were surprised by ukraine's resolve. and now by ukraine's counteroffensive that continues to take back the country. ukrainian forces are now set to make a big move to try to reclaim the strategically important city of kherson. this was the first major city taken by the russians and now one of the only ones still under kremlin control. an adviser to ukrainian president zelenskyy's warning, quote, the heaviest of battles

are still to come, while russian installed authorities in that part of the country are stepping up pressure on residents to leave. this comes as ukraine already reclaim territory in the kharkiv region. -- the kremlin pr machine tried to spin the exodus a regrouping. and reality, that's called losing. you can also call it -- as officials discovered that the russian army left behind evidence of 22 suspected torture chambers and bodies of more than 500 civilians. cnn has been there to document the brutality. >> so, this here is where the first strike hit. and then you can see the second one just smashed in to the top of that building. >> cnn was there even moments before the bombs fell in kherson. >> it's not safe, he screams. >> we have to get out of here as fast as possible because the russians might target this position.

>> they in lies the paradox putin losing. western looters want putin to fail but the more he fails, the more desperate he becomes. that, so far, has led to an influx of brutal attacks against innocent ukrainian civilians, and increased attacks on critical infrastructure, into taking out power and water, things needed to live. one of the latest such attacks in the eastern ukrainian city dnipro, where a gas station caught on fire after a russian missile attack overnight. local officials saying two people were killed. the car wash operator and a pregnant woman, who was trapped in her car and burned a alive. and a different example of putin's desperation, he's turning to another brutal regime for help today. ukrainian president zelenskyy claimed that russia has these 400 iranian drones to specifically attack ukrainian civilians, escalating attacks on innocent, innocent who have been targeted by putin since

this war began. all of that is what is fueling these fears that the nuclear option is not off the table. considering russia's despicable, inhumane actions against the ukrainian people, it is hard to imagine any form of civility between the two sides. but this war has seen at least some brief moments of cooperation when it comes to prisoners changes. to american veterans who are fighting in ukraine in june were released last month, part of a prisoner swap partly brokered by saudi arabia. they were recently reunited with their families back here in the united states. >> there were a lot of beatings. there was a lot of physical torture. but i think some of the worst stuff here was that there was a lot of psychological torture. >> i just remember thinking, prolong suffering, prolonged pain. me personally, i just remember wanting to die, actually.

i wanted to end. >> the story of those two americans who bravely tried to help ukrainian people brings us back to the story of joshua jones, the fallen american whose body is now in ukraine in custody. in just a few minutes, joshua's mother will join us for her first live interview since this news broke. let's start with cnn's clarissa ward, who witnessed the handoff of josh with jones remains today. clarissa, thanks so much for joining us. it has obviously been months since joshua was killed. when we started today, did you think this exchange was going to happen? >> honestly, jake, i really wasn't sure that it would happen. there were so many different components that had to come together. it was such a narrow window of time that both sides had agreed

to stop hostilities just two hours. and during that time, we had to get right to that no-man's-land area. they had to get the ambulance ready, move forward to the transfer. there is just a lot of moving parts. and because there had been these sporadic attacks in the past from the russian side, particularly on civilian convoys, for example, trying to escape through the checkpoint in zaporizhzhia, which is very close to where we witnessed this sort of handover earlier today, it just seemed like there were so many different things that could go wrong. and i think all of us in the team did not want to get our hopes up too much that it would actually come off. >> yeah, i certainly understand that. given where things stand right now with russia's war against ukraine, what do you make of the timing of this exchange? it seems extraordinary. >> it is extraordinary in the sense that the war is just grinding into such a grim

chapter now where, i think for russia, in the face of humiliation, the gloves have laid bare -- civilians at the target and civilian infrastructure is the target and let's make sure that people in ukraine cannot really survive this next winter, that they are forced to flee their homes, that they will not have electricity, that they will not have heating. at the same time, though, there seems to be this sort of pragmatic recognition that has set in on both sides, that this war is not going to end and the time in the very near future, and that therefore, there do need to be some areas where they can come together and come up with deals. and we have seen, i would say, in the last few weeks, really, a number of prisoner swaps, some of them really large in scale and some of them with foreign nationals, all of them incredibly sensitive, incredibly difficult to pull off.

and so it does seem that there is some willingness on both sides to try to be this work. and then after today, where the remains of josh would jones were successfully moved back into ukrainian territory and can now begin their journey to his family in tennessee, i think there is hope that this could continue and we could see at least more cooperation in this one very narrow sphere, jake. >> clarissa, stick around, because we are going to show our viewers a powerful moment and your story about joshua jones remains when they were handed over. and later, i'm going to speak live with joshua jones's mom on this important and somber day. we will be right back. stay with us. you can be the difference. ♪ capella university sees education differently. our flexpath learning format helps you control the pace and cost of your master's degree. all across the country, people are working hard to build a better future.

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the tennessee native, killed in ukraine back in august. >> on the frontlines in ukraine, he was known to his fellow fighters as tactical jesus, on account of his long hair and deep knowledge of the bible. to his mom, he was known simply as joshy. tennessee native joshua jones was killed fighting in ukraine back in august. his passport and ukrainian military i. d. showed up on russian social media channels showed up soon after. but his body was never recovered. since then, ukrainian lawmakers -- have worked tirelessly to get his body back. and today it is finally happening. >> why is important to recover the body of joshua jones? >> -- he's the same one, hero for me, like our soldiers. so, we should make everything

possible to give his body back to his family. >> we are driving to the front line in zaporizhzhia. we stop along the way to link up with military intelligence. in another car, a russian soldier sits slumped over. he is being released today as part of a larger swap in which ten ukrainians were freed. the lawmakers talk with the officers to go over the plan once more, a makeshift white flag is put together for the moment of transfer. and his they are off again, this time to no-man's-land, a where two-hour cease-fire has been agreed two by both sides. and time is of the essence. >> we have just arrived at the meeting point. they're waiting now for the russians to arrive with the body. >> a team of forensic investigators get ready for the task ahead. this is as far as we are allowed to go. actual handover will happen

just beyond the hill. waiting for their return, it is eerily quiet. waiting for their return it's eerily quiet and -- there come out in these parts. one of the transfer team captures the moment that -- brought back into ukrainian territory. as russian forces look on. for the russian ukrainian lawmakers it's a moment they've been waiting for. jones is now one step closer to being returned to his family. back in the car, it shows his personal effects. -- >> this is his personal body cross, which he was wearing. he was a religious guy. >> what is your feeling in this moment? you have been working towards this for a long time to try to get joshua jones back to his family. >> our feeling is we are proud of our country, of our team, we

are proud of the president. and we are proud that we are saving lives. because, even when somebody is dying, his family continue to live. and they cannot live normally if they know that they don't have a place where to come for their son. >> thanks to their efforts, joshua's mother, misty gossett, in tennessee, will soon have the chance to say goodbye to their son. >> he was a soldier, he was a born soldier. he was named after the battle of jericho and he proved he lived up to his name. and so valiantly. i feel like the weight of the world has been lifted off of me. >> a name in the life that will be remembered even half a world away. jake, at least five americans have been killed fighting here in ukraine.

those two lawmakers who we spent the day with said there are at least two americans who are still alive who are being held by russian forces. they very much hope that what you saw today could be a prelude to negotiating their release, and also the release of many of the other nationalities to have come to ukraine to join the ukrainian foreign legion to participate and play a role in this war, jake. >> clarissa, first of all, just extraordinarily impactful and emotional journalism. so, thank you for bringing it to us. take me back to the moment where you first saw josh was body being brought to ukrainian oratory, during this rare, to hour-long cease-fire. how tense was it? >> it was very tense, jake. it was tense from the moment we arrived. the military intelligence people that we were with were quite nervous. they were concerned about our presence just because of the

situation on the ground being so tenuous. and nobody, i think, was really convinced that the two-hour cease-fire was going to hold and and everyone was concerned that the timings were very precise. and in fact, by the way, the cease-fire ended at three. and at 3:10, the air raid sirens started going off once again. so, i think there was a lot of concern about the fact that there were so many moving parts, so many things that could go wrong, and the fact that you had us as journalists along, obviously, added a different layer of responsibility for them. it was definitely tense. but then there was that moment of relief when they were able to put the body into the ambulance and then quickly ushered us in the car to get out of no-man's-land as soon as possible. >> all right, clarissa ward in ukraine, thank you so much. and the mother of joshua jones will join us when we come back. it will be her first interview since she learned of her sons body finally will be coming

home to her. what emotions could she possibly be feeling there today? what does she want the world to know about joshua? we will talk to her next.

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>> for too long months, the parents of joshua jones have had to live with an unimaginable pain, the loss of their 24-year-old son and a fear that it might never get his remains back from russian soldiers who are currently attacking ukraine. but tonight, joshua jones is finally on his way home to his final resting place. joining us now to discuss is his mother, misty gossett. misty, let me start by just saying my deepest condolences, i know everybody watching is sending you love and prayers, and support. i want to ask you about the moment you first learned that the ukrainians have finally been able to negotiate to get your son back. what was not

like for you? because it was earlier today, or last night, right? >> it was this morning, around 7:00. once a week, angie, who has been helping me out with everything, we spend one night a week staying up late, making the contacts to russia, ukraine, every contact we could find. so, i went to bed at 4:00 this morning. and at 7:00 my husband is telling me they have him, and i don't know if i just -- if i didn't believe it, it didn't hit me until around 2:00 today. >> i want to read part of a post that he wrote a couple days ago about the pain you have been through. he said, quote, nothing on this earth will satisfy my maternal desire to hold my son in my arms, and knowing it will never be possible kills me inside.

the intense desire to see and speak to him is all consuming, not only mentally, but emotionally as well. when you look back on the last conversation you had with joshua, what was that like, what was the conversation about? >> it was, it was a fun conversation. he sent me a picture, it was three days before he died. he sent me a picture with his long beard and his long ponytail, and i said, apparently there is no barbershops open. then i said well, look at the red in that beard. his whole life he has looked like his dad, but i saw mama in that red beard. and he said, i look good, don't die? i said, you look great.

>> he was such a handsome man. it must have frustrated you as a mom, just because he has such a handsome face. >> right. i was not a fan of facial hair, personally, but apparently there wasn't a barbershop on the front line. so, that is where we went with the conversation. >> well. it is nice that it was a happy conversation. so, joshua first left for ukraine on march 30th just a day before he turned 24, just weeks after putin ordered this invasion. what was his reasoning, why did he want to go to ukraine, why did he want to go fight? >> he said that he had to. of course, as his mom, i said, no you don't. adamantly. he said he had to. he said no one else is helping, and i am good at this stuff, mom, i'm going to do it.

>> and he was a veteran. where did he serve? >> and he did. he was in the army, the united states army. he was out of fort bending, immediately stationed to hawaii. he did some different training in thailand -- was south korea or north korea where they had the olympics? he was there for that. >> -- >> yes, as they were preparing for the olympics. he loved every bit of it. he loved everything except being told what to do, and except duty station time. but he loved the infantry, he loved to fight, and he was apparently very good at it. >> his fellow fighters in ukraine, as you heard in clarissa's piece, often

referred to him as tactical jesus. jesus because of the beard, and long hair. but also because of his devout faith. some soldiers have even taken to wearing a patch with josh was image on it. when you hear how beloved he was by his comrades, and how he is seen by ukrainians as a hero, just as much as any ukrainian soldier, what goes through your mind? >> i'm just proud. they have shared the stencils and the patches. there are stencil-ing everything but they take over from russian territory with the stencil for my kid. and his faith was amazing. and he preached without preaching, you

know? a lot of times they say that, you know, it is not what you do in public, it is what you do in private. and his actions showed who he was. as parents, his dad and i, we were hard on him. but we raised him to be who he was, who he is. and he was strong, he was resilient, he was hilarious. i have gotten hundreds of messages of soldiers who were in trenches with him, that they were in the worst of times with shelling around them, and weather issues, and joshua made light of it. he would make them sing abba. he could make the worst situation

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mayor of los angeles. she is a democrat, she's in the middle of a tight runoff with developer, rick caruso, and congresswoman bass joins us now. congresswoman, thank you so much for joining us. why have things gotten worse, why is crime and homelessness worsened worse in los angeles now? >> let me just tell you, homelessness really exploded a couple of years ago right before the pandemic and certainly through the pandemic. but you know what? i just don't even imagine, i can't even imagine what l. a. would have been like if we did not have the american rescue plan, so all of the resources around covid allowed us to do an experiment that i hope we keep, which is doing master leasing of hotels and motels release out all the rooms and you put people who in the hotels and motels and we have been able to get thousands of people off the streets and this needs to be expanded tremendously. >> what is the percentage of

individuals who are on the street because they were evicted, they lost their jobs, versus those who are battling emotional, psychological, and mental issues? is there any breakdown? >> yeah. there is a breakdown. i think if you include substance abuse and mental illness you are talking about 40% of the population. but jake, one thing that is really sad is that there are people in tents who actually work full-time. they just can't afford the rent because l. a. has become extremely unaffordable and in terms of evictions, that was something that was certainly a big issue before the pandemic. we knew what took place during the pandemic, even though there was an eviction moratorium. so i am actually worried that homelessness is going to spike again at the end of the first quarter of next year because the eviction moratorium will go away, and some of the resources that were for covid will go away. so we are going to need to appeal to the state that has

100 billion dollars surplus to extend the contract so people can stay in the hotels, and motels for several more months. >> i want to get the crime in a second, but already very good comment by ezra klein in the new york times. the column is called the way los angeles is trying to solve homelessness is absolutely insane. that is the title of it. in it, the city controller is quoted saying, let's stop making them good or good enough, we are trying to get people off the streets, you need to make sure that the focus is on putting a roof over their heads as quickly as possible, with micro units, shared units, dorm style units, shared kitchen, shelter beds, interim housing, the government says they are not perfect approaches, with so many people dying every day there has to be a sense of urgency. the problem seems to be the communities and activists for the homeless do not want those solutions. can you explain why? >> yes, first of all i could not agree with him more. we need to have all of the above

solutions. so we need to get people off the streets immediately. but jake, you also have to address why they were on the streets. if you only deal with the substance abuse and mental illness, they will be right back on. so you have temporary housing, but you also have permanent supportive housing, i did a press conference yesterday with carpenters on a vacant lot that is owned by the city. and they can build housing there in a matter of months, and it is significantly cheaper. so there are solutions, but what golf berlin was talking about is that when you pass propositions, you load everything in. everything that we wanted to see. that is the perfect, we cannot do that anymore. we have got to get people off of the streets as soon as possible. you know, three or four of them died on the streets every single day. it is a humanitarian crisis in los angeles. >> so, on the crime issue, you and your opponent both have resisted calls to cut the lapd's nearly three billion dollar budget. you both pushed

for more gang intervention, workers sending unarmed professionals to calls involving mentally ill people instead of sending police. you both want to hire hundreds of more police officers. so how would you be different? >> well, we actually are significantly different. because i believe that in certain neighborhoods, they want to see an increased police present, you can get officers off of desk duty and have them on the streets. at the same time, we do need to hire, because we have got a number of officers retire, but i call for a very serious investment in crime prevention, and intervention strategies. my opponent calls for hiring 1500 police officers, and makes a commitment to do that when he knows that we can't even fill a class now. if we were to hire 1500 police officers the city would go bankrupt, so what he is proposing our programs and examples of things that he absolutely knows are an achievable. i think that is disingenuous. it's just a way

of conning people. i don't think that is the right thing to do right now when the city is in a crisis at all. >> all right congresswoman karen bass, thank you so much, it is good to see you again. our invitation to mr. caruso to talk about the same issues on the same program is being made right now. please join us, we would love to have you. our election countdown continues with a high stakes senate race in pennsylvania. did john fetterman's team make the right call putting him out there last night to verbally duel with dr. mehmet oz while fetterman is still going through a difficult recovery from a stroke? did oz do damage to his campaign with his controversial answer on a question about abortion rights? we are going to talk about the debate, next. medium latte, half-caff, no foam. quite the personalized order.

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>> doing that debate wasn't exactly easy. you know? . in fact, i don't think that's ever been done before in american political history before. after that stroke, i got knocked down, but i got back up. >> that is pennsylvania democratic u. s. senate

candidate, lieutenant governor john fetterman, addressing the fallout and concerns about his performance during the first and only debate in his u. s. senate race against republican candidate dr. mehmet oz. you will recall that lieutenant governor that man suffered a stroke on may 13th just a few days before the primary. since then, some of his health struggles have been on full display in the campaign trail at times. the candidate has jumbled words, he has avoided taking questions from reporters sometimes, last night's debate, fetterman stress trust that he is on the road to recovery. they were still notice some lapses in his speech. >> i do support fracking, and i don't -- i don't. i support fracking. i stand and i do support fracking. i do not believe in supporting the supreme court. >> joining me now to discuss, cnn medical analyst and professor of medicine, cardiologist jonathan reiner. dr. reiner, what is going on with john veterans health.

he said you think this is more than just an issue with auditory processing, which is what some reporters and the campaign seem to be suggesting, that he just hears words but he is just having trouble computing what they mean, it takes him a couple of seconds. you are saying he also has expressing expressive aphasia. what is that? >> yeah. he has had an injury to his brain in the area that help someone process speech. most people have thought that mr. fetterman's injury was how he processed, how he processed sound, which is why they gave him the prompter. but what was really apparent last night is that he has expressive aphasia. it is a very common injury in people who have had a stroke. it is estimated about 30% of people who survive a stroke will have some difficulty with speech. but the particular problem that mr. fetterman has is expressive aphasia from an injury to a part of the brain, most people on the left side towards the front of the brain in the temporal lobe, probably

probably called broca's area people with expressive aphasia have difficulty putting together complex sentences. they have difficulty processing spoken word in complex sentences. >> what is the prognosis? does it get better, can it get better? >> it can get better. it takes a lot of speech therapy, a lot of work. i take care of people, like mr. fetterman, who have had atrial fibrillation, which is where we think is joe came from, how it originated. and i admire his courage to go on that debate last night. he had to know that he was facing, basically a fast talking tv doctor, who at times seemed to be talking almost intentionally faster in the face of mr. fetterman's difficulties speaking, sometimes it appeared almost cruelly faster. he had

to know that he would get the kind of perception that he got from that, and being the son of a man who had a stroke, and atrial fibrillation, i know how much work it takes to recover. and i admire mr. fetterman's determination to do that. but he is obviously having a pretty significant neurological injury. >> do you think that, in a year from now, this will all be in the rearview mirror if he does the work he needs to do. >> it is hard to know. part of the problem is that the campaign was opaque at the very beginning. they didn't really disclose the degree of his illness. we don't really know how sick he was. in fact, he's treating physicians were never made available to the press, or the public. we don't really know how much mr. fetterman has actually recovered. it might --

>> at the debate he was asked if he would release his medical records and he basically said no. >> he might have had a massive event, and if people who have seen him originally might now say oh my god, he looks remarkably better. and i bet he does. but not knowing how far he has come, it is very difficult to know how far he can go. and it would be good for the people who cared for him to be made available to the press. there is no sun in having a stroke. there is a lot of honor in the don good determination it takes to recover, i admire that. what i don't admire is the way the campaign has handled its disclosure. >> you think they should have been more upfront and transparent about it? >> absolutely. >> so lieutenant governor fetterman is spending a lot of time talking about a different moment in the debate, not his struggles, but a comment that doctor oz made about when he talked about who should be behind the decision about whether or not a woman should

be able to terminate a pregnancy. let's watch. >> as a physician, i have been in the room when there are difficult conversations happening. i don't want the federal government involved with that at all. i want women, doctors, local, political leaders, they are always allowing our nation to thrive to put the best ideas forward so states can decide for themselves. >> i saw you tweeted about that, what are you -- he says he thinks the decision should be between women, doctors and political leaders. >> the only people in the room with me when i am talking to a patient to other treatment plan or their prognosis is the patient and their family. and there is no rule for local, political leaders in the decision relating to a woman's reproductive health. no physician believes that in these kinds of very personal, life changing decisions, should be filtered through the lens of a local political official. that is just pandering to his base.

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>> i flew to new hampshire this morning, or i tried to fly to new hampshire this morning to speak at a memorial service. at my alma mater. weather delays prevented me from getting there in time, so if you will generously permit me a moment now to say goodbye to a mentor, and an old marine. jim wright, my first history professor, and the former president of dartmouth college. professor wright became my history professor in march 1988, and he never stopped being my professor. the class was, if memory serves, history number two, history of the american west, and it was a joy. and it sent me on a course to become a history major, and history became a lifelong passion.

professor wright, president wright, jim, was along with me the whole time. guiding me, encouraging me, sending me cheers, and compliments, and articles he has written, and books. jim wright was a marine veteran, he was a lover of students, and teachers, and democracy, and his family, and dartmouth college. he was an intellect and never an elitist. he was a friend to us all. he taught me history, he taught me reverence for service, he talked me empathy for veterans and their wounds, he taught me friendship, and he taught me fellowship, and i will miss him deeply. in judaism, mourners say [speaking non-english] if you translate it from the ever make aramaic -- off our price. when interpretation of why we do this is the belief --

so special can be achieved in viewing the death as part of a hole that we cannot fathom. and while academics like jim, journalists like me, require proof, and evidence, we can all acknowledge that we do not know that that theory is wrong, perhaps it is fantastical, perhaps it is an illusion, but perhaps it is right. we can only know what a special soul james wright was, and wonder -- acceptance of his smile on the gravitas of his baritone, that perhaps if there was something we cannot comprehend that gifted him to us, maybe there is also something we can't comprehend that took him from us as well. goodbye jim. -- thank you so much for joining me tonight. you can follow me on facebook, instagram, twitter, and tiktok at jake tapper.