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iran are freed and a years long nightmare is over. right now, the group son its way back home after the u.s. made a rare deal with iran. we're going to have more on the terms of that deal just ahead. and house speaker kevin mccarthy has a question for hard liners opposing his spending bill. have they read it? a government shutdown isn't just on the line here. so is mccarthy's speakership. we're following the latest from capitol hill. and who hasn't lost their wallet, their keys, their phone? but an f-35 jet? the military needs your jet finding this multimillion dollar stealth fighter. we're following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to "cnn news central." ♪ today, five americans are free after they were wrongfully detained in iran, some for

years. there you can see the relief, as they got off that plane in doha, qatar, just a few hours ago. that's where they are calling family members, undergoing medical checks as well. soon they're going to depart for the u.s., for washington. a short time ago we heard from an emotional secretary of state antony blinken. >> it was, for them, for me, an emotional conversation. it's easy in the work that we do every day sometimes to get lost in the abstractions of foreign policy and relations with other countries and forgetting the human element that's at the heart of everything we do. >> three dual u.s. iranian citizens who were imprisoned for more than five years each were released as well as two americans who have not been publicly identified. the u.s. released five iranian

nationals, also made billions of dollars in iranian funds available, but solely for humanitarian purposes. cnn national security reporter natasha bertrand is here. natasha, how did this negotiation come together? >> it came together over the last two to three years and started to kcrystallize over th last six months, when the americans started to negotiate with the iranians in qatar with qataris serves as intermediaries. finally we saw last month the real movement began on this prisoner release with iran releasing four out of the five of those american prisoners to house arrest. and of course we saw secretary of state antony blinken then issue a waiver allowing those $6 billion worth of iranian funds to be released to a bank in qatar, which will be dispersed to iranians for humanitarian goods. all of this really was the

product of really intensive diplomacy that involved several u.s. allies, including the qataris, the swiss. secretary of state antony blinken thanking all of them today in his comments at the state department. and he said, look, we, the biden administration, have been able to free over 30 americans at this point, and we are not going to stop now. here's what he said. >> to date, under this administration, we have now brought 30 americans home from places around the world where they were being unjustly detained. that work will continue. at the same time, we're going to be working every single day to take steps to make this practice more and more difficult and more and more of a burden on those countries that engage in it. >> it's a sad fact that we're seeing more of what's known as hostage diplomacy to some degree, not just from iran,

russia, china, ongoing negotiations with a number of them. thanks so much. let's dig deeper with global affairs analyst and manager editor of "the military times," kimberly dozier. the biden administration is pairing this release with sanctions, so it's hard to say this is a warming of relations. how do you put this move in the context of the broader relationship? >> well, in terms of iran and the biden administration, this was very transactional. iran gets access to $6 billion that it desperately needs. it's in dire economic straits. and the biden administration gets another win, gets the dual irani american citizens out. and it's out in front of the u.n. general assembly. in terms of putting the sanctions in place, that is a signal as much domestically to the republicans, to those independents who might vote for

a biden administration ticket next year that, look, we are not going easy on iran, even though administration officials acknowledge privately up on capitol hill, yes, we understand that if they get $6 billion of their own money back to spend on humanitarian stuff, they can then use money that's inside iran for nefarious purposes. >> let's talk about those finances. $6 billion. it's being held in qatar. this is iranian oil money that was essentially frozen, right? how does the united states ensure that it's used for humanitarian aid and not something nefarious? >> well, administration officials told a bunch of us reporters in a briefing that they are going to be keeping a watch on how this money is spent. but just like any sanctions enforcement, iran has been at this game for a long time. when sanctions are initially imposed, they hurt. but, like water finding its way,

markets find a way to circumvent these locks. so, iran's sanctions evading regime or schemes have gotten more sophisticated over time. that's why you see them doing business more with russia, possible with china, with north korea. there's a nexus happening of a larger ever-growing black market that means, you know, yes sanctions hurt for a time until they don't. >> so, we have just learned that president biden has actually reached out to the families of those detainees who have been freed, and he's spoken with all of them. freeing imprisoned american overseas, whether in iran aura wanda or russia seems to be a priority for this administration. it's still being attacked by critics, people like lindsey graham has said that this emboldens states like russia to capture more americans or mike pence who argued that the price of prisoners overseas, americans

detained overseas, has gone up. what do you make of that criticism? is there validity there? >> i have to say, there's partisan criticism. whichever president makes the deal to release americans held overseas, you can find someone in the opposing party who picks it apart. but the fact of the matter is, these people were being held for a long time. some of them in dire health conditions. it is a win for the biden administration. and for their side of the voting electorate, they're paying attention and they're glad to see these americans home. >> so, you mentioned president biden headed to unga, the united nations general assembly later this week. could this potentially set the table for a revisiting of the iran nuclear deal? if though the administration says the tour is separate, it seemed to have had a transactional deal. >> what the u.s. and europe have done, the u.s. stepped up

sanctions. uk, germany, and france have all signalled that they're going to keep sanctions in place. even though some of them are expiring -- if those three keep them in place, that means eu sanctions have to stay in place. so, they have put the screws on iran writ large. so, iran, according to a u.n. report, stopped enriching its nuclear weapon material as high as it had or at the rate it had before. this news was released just a few weeks ago. so, maybe iran is trying to signal that we see you're keeping the pressure on and we want to talk. >> and we should point out, we are just getting this into cnn that all of the detained prisoners have left doha on their way to the united states. the washington, d.c. area, where they're going to be reunited with their families. we'll of course keep you updated with the latest as we get it. kim dozier, thanks so much for the expertise. to capitol hill now, the house speaker's fight to avoid a

government shutdown appears to be getting shut down by members of his own party. the deadline for a deal is less than two weeks away now. we have cnn's lauren fox following this for us. lauren, we have a tentative agreement, but realistically, does this deal have legs? >> reporter: yeah, brianna, that is quickly as this deal came together between two factions of the republican conference, it fell apart last night. that is after there was an hour-long, conference-wide phone call, where multiple house republicans pushed back against the contours of this deal, arguing it didn't go far enough, some of them wanting more votes on individual spending bills. but the bottom line here is that kevin mccarthy and gop leaders have a problem. they had hoped to vote on this proposal by the end of the week. usually they would hope to vote on this by thursday. but what happens now is anyone's guess. that is because they are probably going to have to go back to the drawing board to win back some votes because right now they have more than a dozen conservatives saying that they

will either vote against this plan or they are leaning this is only a short-term spending fix that republicans would support. it's important to remind people back home that this is just one part of the government, and this is not doing anything really to avert a government shutdown because the house republicans are going to try and push through a plan that would never pass muster in the democratic-controlled senate. therefore, even if they can find a way to wrangle their members, which right now it looks like they are not able to do, it would never pass the u.s. senate and it wouldn't be passed or signed by the white house. so, brianna, a lot of moving pieces here. and it's important to keep in context that kevin mccarthy says he still thinks that he can get there. here's what he said about his members. >> have they read it? one thing i always note is sometimes they haven't read all the way through it. let's let them understand what it is and see where they are.

>> reporter: and lawmakers are going to be back in washington for notes tonight. that will give us a sense of whether or not they have read the bill. so many members coming out opposed to the plan, brianna. you can see leadership has an uphill climb ahead of them. >> they sure do. lauren fox live for us from the hill. thank you. jim? just days after hunter biden was indicted on three felony gun charges, biden is suing the internal revenue service. his lawsuit alleges the irs agents targeted and sought to embarrass him by releasing confidential tax information. the filing is centered around two agents who went public, claiming that the justice department mishandled the biden case. let's go to cnn's kara scannell. this is part of a broader, more aggressive pushback from biden and his lawyers against a whole host of charges. tell us what this lawsuit claims beyond this. >> reporter: yeah, jim, that's right. this is part of a more aggressive legal strategy by the biden team. what they're alleging in this lawsuit is that those two irs

agents turned whistleblower, gary shapley and joe feoff ziegler, went beyond what is normally allowed for whistleblowers. they're alleging in multiple television interviews, including some on cnn, they said things that went beyond what is protected, specifically getting into the details of what was on hunter biden's tax returns. here is gary shapley during a cbs interview in july -- excuse me, in june -- that hunter biden's lawyers have focused on in this lawsuit. take a listen. >> there were personal expenses that were taken as business expenses, prostitutes, sex club memberships, hotel rooms for purported drug dealers. >> reporter: those are some of the details they say went beyond what is permissible, including saying hunter biden had more than $2 million in unpaid taxes and along with broader allegations about how agents

allege they were impeded from taking certain steps as part of their investigation. i have a statement from gary shap lee's attorney in which he says, this suit against the irs is just another frivolous smear by biden family attorneys trying to turn people's attention away from hunter biden's own legal problems and intimidate any current and future whistleblowers. he maintains they did not go beyond what was permissible. we also have a statement from the attorney for joseph ziegler, the other irs agent. he says the efforts by the biden family lawyers to silence mr. ziegler and other irs employees will not succeed. the irs told us they do not comment on pending litigation, jim. >> kara scannell, that's so much. boris? back at the bargaining table. talks restarting in the auto workers strike, and one of the demands is getting serious attention, the four-day work week. what are the potential impacts? the uk just did a major test run. we're going to you can at that about it. plus an f-35 fighter jet goes missing after the pilot

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the historic auto workers strike against all big three u.s. carmakers at once is now in its fourth day. right now nearly 13,000 uaw members are walking the picket lines, as union leaders are expecting to talk with negotiators for stellantis tonight, the conglomerate behind the chrysler and dodge brands. ford is feeling more pressure to the north. its union workers in canada may go on strike tonight. let's take you live to to lyda, ohio, where gabe is live with

the picketers. bring us up to date on the negotiations. has there been any movement? >> reporter: boris, really not much. we saw this small sign of progress on saturday, when the union told us that they had had reasonably productive conversations with ford, just one of the big three auto makers. reasonably productive, certainly no deal. it was a step in the right direction. but, again, we have seen a big divide between the sides. we know that today the union was set to meet with officials from stellantis. that's the factory we're outside of, this stellantis jeep factory in toledo. until a deal is reached, we're going to continue to see these picket lines 24/7 outside factories like the one here in toledo. there are nearly 6,000 workers here in this part of ohio, who are on strike, 13,000 as you said across the country. they're making about $500 a week in strike pay because they're not making a sallary.

that's pay bid the union. there are different issues being fought for right now. we talked about the divide in salary and expectation, that the union wants a 40% raise. the big three have only offered around 20 kt approximate. one of the issues at stellantis at this factory is the idea that workers working on the same line could make drastically different amounts of money. erica, if i can grab you guys fair second. erica, you two work on the same line. you're classified as full-time. you make about $32 an hour. and taja, you're a temporary worker making how much? >> $19. >> how many hours do you work? >> normally 50 to 60 hours a week. some of us are grateful to only work 30 hours, but that comes and goes. >> so, to make such drastically different amounts of money, taja, how do you process it, as

you're standing on the picket line? >> you know, we're out here and trying to fight and get what we want. it's hard coming to work every day. i work next to erica every day. i do the same job. i put the same wear and tear on my body. why don't i deserve the same benefits and pay and everything they get. we're out here, we're trying to make a difference for us and everybody else that comes along the way. >> thank you both so much. we so appreciate your time and good luck out here. boris, again, we're going to continue to see these lines and we're hoping to get an update on those negotiations in the hours ahead. >> please keep us posted. gabe cohen, live from toledo, ohio. among the demands from auto workers is a 32-hour four-day work week with no pay cuts. it's a job schedule that's been put to test overseas, including in the united kingdom. a pilot study last year involved 2,900 workers who were following a four-day schedule. and companies ran the gamut from

construction to marketing to enginee education services. joe, really interesting findings here because 92% of the companies who tried this for six months decided to stay with the four-day work week after the trial was over. they loved it. why? >> i mean, yeah, it was overwhelmingly successful. we saw -- the results showed it was a win/win for both workers and employers. so, you know, the well being of the workers went up, workers worked more efficiently as well. and those kind of benefits come back to the employee in terms of better productivity. it was a win/win all around. even revenue has been up for companies that took part. they were making more money than working five day weeks. it was a fantastic result. it's encouraging to see that the demand is being made in america. it was the auto workers in america who won the five-day working week 100 years ago. we moved from a six-day week to a five-day week. there's really important history

there and lessons. 100 years later it's the same workers and it was ford motor company that led that. it really does feel like the conversation is really taking off now all over the world. >> that's why so many people are looking at this selective strike here because this isn't just about auto workers, right? labor all over the u.s. and maybe even around the world is looking at what's going on in detroit. okay. so, talk to us about some of the other findings. 65% drop in sick days. i think i understand why employers would like that. but you also had this 71% drop in burnout, according to workers. company revenue up a little bit, as you mentioned there. why should employers care that burnout of their workers is down? is that just related directly to sick days and turnover? >> well, you can't really work very effectively as a worker if you're burnt out, stressed, overworked. it doesn't tend to produce good

results in the workplace. what we've seen is when workers have that four day week, 32 hours, no loss of pay, they come back into the workplace working much more efficiently, effectively, and they're more creative. it has been a win/win so far. if you look back at the last few decades, all the productivity gains we've seen in the economy is not imparted back to workers yet. all these long hours, workers aren't benefitting. people are saying we've done this five-day work week for 100 years. surely it's time for change. surely the economy has changed since then. surely we can give employees a better work/life balance. what have we got to lose? >> joe, tell us how this works. how do employees work four days per week but then employers, you know, still get the productivity that they need, especially in some seven-day-a-week industries. we're thinking about emergency rooms, thinking about newsrooms,

for instance. how does that work? >> so, essentially, it's about working smarter rather than harder. there's various methods that can be utilized to improve business performance. if we think about all the automation, technology, also artificial intelligence coming in now, then that, again, is making us more productive in the workplace and for the economy. if we're more productive, we should be at work less. we don't need to be at work as many hours. if this can be done in a way which frees us up to live happier and more fulfilled lives, surely it's something we need to look at. it feels like 9:00 to 5:00 work week is not fit for purpose, and it's time for change. >> it's a fascinating discussion, and it's so interesting to see the experience there in the uk. joe ryle, thanks for taking us through it.

jim? a major shakeup in ukraine. several of the nation's top defense officials are dismissed. what this means about the state of the ongoing counteroffensive there. and the national championship air races sadly turned deadly. two expert pilots were killed in a crash. what happened exactly? we'll keep you up to day. you're watching "cnn news central." that's my boy. ♪ stay off the freeways! only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪

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the military is now asking for the public's help in trying to find what? an f-35 fighter jet that went missing on sunday near charleston, south carolina. military describes it as a mishap. so, how exactly did this happen? the military is not offering too many details, only that a pilot was able to eject safely, then taken to a local hospital. the plane's location, however, is unknown. and joint base charleston says anyone with information about that missing plane should reach out. cnn pentagon correspondent oren liebermann, he's been following the story. oren, i wonder what possible explanations they're looking into now. a basic question i have is wouldn't be there a tracker on something like this? it's a pretty valuable jet. >> it certainly is. there should be a way to track these flights, a transponder.

was the transponder working? if not, why wasn't it working? why had it been switched off maybe? what was the mission it was on. all of this is under investigation or a question we haven't gotten an answer to yet. this plane, an f-35b was flying a mission sunday afternoon when something happened and the pilot ejected. the pilot ejected safely. he was take ton a local hospital, where he is stable. the hard part now is finding the jet. they're looking north/northwest of charleston near a couple of lakes in that area. but they've called in the public to help them out. in a second here, we'll get to a list of the agencies that are helping at this point and the organizations. the key here is finding this and finding what went wrong that led to this. the lockheed martin f-35b is a $100 million fighter jet. it is supersonic, can go about mach 1.6. it costs about $42,000 an hour

to operate. not exactly a piece of equipment you lose quickly or easily or frankly should lose at all. congresswoman nancy mace tweeted what a lot of us were thinking. we know the f-35 is stealth, but this is ridiculous. how is there not a tracking device? and we're asking the public to, what, find a jet and turn it in? the question that's running through everyone's mind at this point, in terms of the list of organizations and agencies trying to help with this search, joint base charleston, marine corp. air station bow fort, the civil air patrol, the faa, navy region southeast. this is an all-out effort to find a missing fighter jet. >> that's serious stealth technology, unintended as it may be. thanks so much. boris? a major shakeup to tell you about today in ukraine. all but one of the country's deputy defense ministers have

been fired. it comes weeks after president zelenskyy fired the defense minister saying new approaches were needed. it comes ahead of a busy week for the ukrainian president. he's set to address the united nations general assembly and meet with president biden and senators, as he makes another plea for aid. all of this as officials claim that ukraine's forces have captured a key village near bakhmut, an area critical to the counteroffensive. let's take you live to ukraine with fred pleitgen. fred, what more are you learning about this shakeup? >> reporter: well, first of all, one of the things we're learning, boris, is that the remaining deputy defense minister is probably going to get fired as well pretty soon because the actual defense minister is out of the country, trying to get more arms for ukraine. once he comes back, we expect the last deputy defense minister is also going to get sacked, which is a complete shakeup of the top echelons of ukraine's defense ministry. one of the things we need to say is that there have been allegations of graft and

corruption for quite a long time. and president zelenskyy was seeing that the defense minister who was in his office before, really wasn't coming to terms with that. there were allegations, for instance, of too much being paid for food for the troops, of corruption in that sector. then also recruitment and the draft here in ukraine as well, phony health certificates. a lot of that was out there. and there's several elements to this. on the one hand, the public here was simply fed up with it. you have a lot of people in ukraine who are sacrificing a lot, a lot of people being wounded on the front lines and killed on the front lines, so the public was very angry that something like that could being going on in the ranks of the defense ministry. also ukraine is a country that wants to join the european union, wants to join nato down the line, needs to show transparency in a battle against corruption. and you have president volodymyr zelenskyy coming to the u.s., coming to meet president biden, obviously looking for another weapons package. and the ukrainians are trying to show, look, those weapons are

going to be in good hands and the defense ministry is being run in a different way. all of that is going to be a transparent process, boris. >> yeah, a visit coming at a time where public polling shows a majority of americans are weary of sending more aid to ukraine. fred pleitgen from zaporizhzhia. thanks so much. rescue teams in libya are calling for more help, as they face the grim task of retrieving bodies of people killed in catastrophic flooding there. we're going to take you inside the country just ahead. and one nfl player turns his grief off the field into a moment of triumph on the field. his story is next on "cnn news central." story. ♪ we're not an airliline, but our network connects globabal businesses across nearly 160 markets.s. ♪ we're not a startup, but our innovavation labs use new technologies to help keep your information secure. ♪ we're not architects, but we help build stronger communities. ♪ we're not just any bank. we are citi. ♪

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so, just moments ago, los angeles county officials gave an update on the ambush-style killing of a sheriff's deputy. we want to play you comments from sheriff robert luna. here they are. >> 36 hours after the murder of our deputy, the men and women of our department arrested him early this morning. i'm very proud -- [ applause ] -- very proud of the work that our men and women have done. you'll see, as i lay this out, their professionalism, their dedication, their discipline, just absolutely off the charts and shows just what an amazing department the los angeles county sheriff's department is. yesterday after 4:00 p.m., we had a press conference at that time.

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deputies, basically our s.w.a.t team, were out there for several hours trying to de-escalate the situation using different techniques, including using hostage negotiators. eventually, they were deployed -- they deployed chemical agents and the suspect ultimately surrendered. and i want to take a pause here for a second when i talk about how proud i am of this department after a significant tragedy that we shared with all of you. because those special enforcement deputies took the time to try to de-escalate this and take this individual peacefully into custody when they knew that our deputy was not afforded the same opportunity. he never gave our deputy a

chance. but yet our men and women gave this individual a chance to take him into custody peacefully. that's the difference between professionals and individuals out there who are targeting not only community members but more importantly law enforcement out on the street. investigators recovered numerous firearms and the vehicle of interest that was depicted in the flier that we put out yesterday in our press conference. i want to stress that our investigators are still actively working this case. there's more information that we probably don't know at this time. every piece of evidence, everything we have, will be analyzed. and i do want to stress to our community that although we are extremely confident we have the right person in custody, i am still asking people to come forward and give us any piece of

information that they believe that they have. why? because the arrest is only one part of this. we have to get this individual prosecuted now to the full extent of the law. and we need the public's continued help and support in doing that. the suspect was arrested and transported here to the palm dale sheriff's station, pending further investigation. the suspect has been identified as 29-year-old kevin katiano salazar of palm dale. i would also like to emphasize that ryan's partners, the deputies that served this community here out of the palmdale sheriff's station, were involved in this investigation, leading to the arrest of the suspect. and we believe at this time there are no other suspects involved in this incident.

homicide investigators will be presenting this case to the los angeles county district attorney's office for their filing consideration. i have personally spoken to the district attorney this morning, and he assures me that they will aggressively pursue this case based on the factors that you know of today. i want to take a second to thank our community members here in palm dale. you have been with us from the very beginning. and honestly, based on our pleas yesterday, we wouldn't be here today announcing the arrest if it wasn't for courageous community members who came forward and were so offended by what happened they had to do something about it. i thank them. i thank them.

the entire antelope valley community played an instrumental role in leading to information, leading to identification of this suspect. and, again, we're extremely grateful. but here's the thing. the arrest, the work that needs to be done for the prosecution, i ask all of you, specifically in the antelope valley, to continue to support our deputies here at the palmdale station, lancaster station right next door, and really all of law enforcement. i think this taught a lot of people a lot of valuable lessons. our deputy left the station in uniform to serve, and he was shot and killed. why? we don't know yet. but we intend to find out. but at the end of the day, he was in a marked black and white,

right here in front of the station, and he was murdered, ambushed, by a coward. our officers, our deputies, go out and serve this community every day, putting their lives on the line. so, we have a lot to be thankful for that we have men and women who volunteer to do this and families who kiss them good-bye and just pray that they come back home. and in this case, ryan's family will never see him again. excuse me. i want to thank our homicide investigators, who work tirelessly to coordinate many detective division team members throughout the duration of this investigation. we told you all we left nothing on the shelf. all of our resources were

entirely committed for this investigation. and as i stated earlier, 36 hours later, with the help of our community, in collaboration with our community, we have the person that we believe is responsible for the tragic murder of ryan. i also want to thank the city of palmdale, the city of supervisor kathryn barger who has been with us from the very beginning. and as you know, offered significant amount of reward, along with our officials from palmdale. and like i said, yesterday, we had many others offering rewards. it was a $250,000, a quarter of a million dollars, it tells you how much love, respect and support we have in our community for our deputies. and we had thousands others coming in, and in reserve, ready to roll that out if we needed to.

i also want to thank alabs, and the president who is going to be speaking today for their support from the very beginning. and every local, state and federal partner who called and offered their assistance, director wray just calling me before coming up here. the governor, the attorney general. it just goes on and on. i know there's many people standing behind me. but i want to acknowledge fbi assistant director don elway from the fbi who has been supportive from the very beginning. i'm going to, next, read a statement from the family. and after that, i'll turn it over to the other speakers. and then i will come back to answer any questions that you may have. before i start reading the statement, though, i want to emphasize to our partners in the media, you are partner, we wouldn't be here announcing this

arrest if it wasn't for your assistance. but i respectfully ask that you give the family privacy. they have asked for it. we have had people trying to contact them at home. they need privacy. they need time to grieve. and they're grieving. this is a statement from the family. our son ryan was a dedicated, hard-working deputy sheriff who enjoyed working here at the palmdale station. he was proud to work along the side of his partners that he considered brothers and sisters, as he sacrificed daly to better the community that he served. ryan made the ultimate sacrifice in doing so. ryan was recently engaged to the love of his life, as our first born son, ryan will be greatly missed by his family.

friends and the sheriff's department as a whole. please keep ryan's family, friends and colleagues in your prayers. and respect everyone's privacy during our time of mourning. thank you from the bottom of my heart. the clinkunbroomer family. thank you very much. and with that, i'm going to turn it over to the next speaker, our supervisor. who i thank a whole lot for her support. thank you. >> thank you, sheriff luna. and what i will say, what a difference a day makes. first off, i want to congratulate the sheriff's department for apprehending a person of interest quickly. we have the best and the brightest working. and last night, i had the honor of meeting some of them and i knew. >> we've just been listening to

officials in los angeles, speaking about the arrest of a suspect in the murder of an l.a. county deputy over the weekend. let's bring you up to speed and put what you just heard into context. on saturday, near the sheriff's station in palmdale, deputy ryan clinkunbroomer was in his vehicle when he was apparently shot. he was in uniform, on duty, and was shot. a civilian saw him. he was later taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. and within 36 hours officials in l.a. county apprehended a suspect by the name of kevin c cataneo. they went to his home earlier this morning, officially, the suspect barricaded himself for several hours. there were ongoing negotiations with officials in a s.w.a.t. team moved in deploying chemical

agents. the suspect eventually surrendered. the sheriff of l.a. county dr. robert luna said the motive is still unknown. he believes the suspect was behind the death of a 30-year-old deputy. he also read a statement from clinkunbroomer's family saying that they are thankful for the efforts of the sheriff's department and those who assisted in the capture of this suspect. they're asking for privacy right now. they do say that the deputy was recently engaged and that they will greatly miss him. you're watching "cnn news central," we'll stay on top of this story and many others and be back in just a few minutes. before and bath fitter. before and bath fitter. if you he a before bath, now's the time to call bath fitter

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