evan gershkovitch spent 16 months behind bars. paul whelan was arrested in 2018. >> bill: what we don't know is what putin gets. we are waiting for more information on that. britteny griner the high-profile case when she was taken prisoner and resulted in the swap of victor boots. a russian arms dealer and they busted him in southeast asia and considered a major prize. he went back to russia when griner came back home here. >> dana: there was criticism at the time because nobody could really understand why britteny griner would be the only one released at the time. gershkovitch wasn't in custody at that point but paul whelan was. his family has been stalwart and recognize them if you saw them. they've been on our air and evan's family, brave sister and wonderful friends who has kept his name in the news and also say this. from the moment he was taken, the "wall street journal" has been absolutely on the case. they had people dedicated 24/seven to making sure that he could come home and nobody forgot and we did that piece recognizi

"wall street journal" reporter evan gershkovitch is free.ed to be able to say those words. i said out of the gate let's keep our faith. we were backing off because we knew the deal had not been done. sometimes i understand, brent, when we are told as wider media, it sensitive. if you put too much out, can you back off a little bit for the lives, for the sakes of these people being returned and also the people helping them. it's not like they were delivered in u.s. custody in the united states. they are still on foreign soil. your initial thoughts of seeing this picture on the front page of the "wall street journal." >> well, good news and finally the right action was taken and he was released back into -- returned to his family and his co-workers at the "wall street journal." the issue still stands. this is just a trickle. there are still other americans still held there and so putin will play this game again. really need to put an end to it so he can't use our own politics and basically turn this into a political victory for himself and mos

here come evan gershkovitch and paul willan.hat our special services employees helped foreigners carry their heavy things. and the farthest bus with red stickers was most likely intended for russians. and the most prominent participant in this exchange was introduced into it. korena. he was accused of murdering the executioner from the caucasian underground, zelemkhan khangashvili. khangashvili shot in august 2019, at the same time a russian was detained. the investigation believed that while waiting for the bandits, he fired an e-magazine clip into khangashvili, and then fled on a bicycle. the russian was sentenced to life. here is a unique chronicle in the footage of the same, as he was called in germany, peaceful and friendly zelemkhan khangashvili, hugging with terrorists, listening to the orders of abukuteib, ali taziev, abudzeid, involved in the seizure of a school in beslan, here is shamil basayev, the fanatic who organized the hostage-taking in dubrovka. in may and august 2003, zelimkhan khangashvili personally shot the

americans gershkovitch and whelan are said to be part of it. welcome to a new hour of "america's newsroom." i'm dana perino. we've had some big days in the last month. >> bill: i'm bill hemmer. good morning everybody. we're trying to track this story as best we can from washington, d.c. to moscow and possibly to turkey as well. berlin popped up on our radar and a possible russia citizen jailed in berlin wanted for a murder that might be involved also. steve harrigan lived in moscow and has studied vladimir putin. michael allen, an expert on all things international and mark meredith with news from the white house. let's kick it off with you again as we begin a new hour. i don't know if you've heard from the administration. is joe biden at the white house today? let's start there, mark, good morning. >> good morning. yes, president biden is here at the white house. we anticipate that he will have something public to say about this prisoner swap given it is one of the biggest priorities this administration has had since president biden took offic

three us citizens, paul willan, evan gershkovitch.merica without incident, and these are the very first shots after their transfer to the american side, in ankara with the stars and stripes flag and already in on the plane on the way home. at this moment, the white house is already convening the press for an emergency statement from the president, next to biden are relatives of us citizens released as part of the exchange deal. transactions like these come with requirements, and that never happens. the biden administration itself has already made the current big deal with russia a major factor in the election campaign, presenting the exchange as the release of americans, germans and russians from captivity. the american press does not even mention the reasons why these people were detained and convicted in russia. for example, not a word about the fact that wall street journal reporter evan gershkovich was detained in march 23 in yekaterinburg, when he was collecting information about the work of russians on instructions from the cia.

an exchange in russia, these are former marine paul willan, wall street journal reporter evan gershkovitch kolsu kurmashev, who has us citizenship. they were met at the airport by the head of the white house, joe biden, vice president hamala haris and relatives. on other topics, the death toll in nizhny tagil, where a house partially collapsed, has risen to four, 20 injured, almost half of them children, one child in serious condition will be sent for treatment to yekaterinburg. the search operation at the site continues. in the morning , another person was rescued from under the rubble, the rescuer has to work extremely carefully, there is a risk of another collapse, from the place of the chupe, report by andrey goldarev, in these shots a rescuer is pulling a man out from under the rubble, he spent more than 15 hours under the rubble, it also became known that the ministry of emergency situations employees were able to save a woman, rescuers worked all night at the site of the collapse of an apartment building, it is still preserved here the risk of collapse of survivors... children, it’s

gershkovitch's trial, called a sham by washington, was conducted in secret, and russian authorities havelicly released any evidence to support their claims. so here they are, the evidence: secret documents in the hands of gershkovich, the one whom he considered his source at the defense enterprise realized that the american, in quotes, journalist needed information classified as secret, brought the papers to meet them, notifying the fsb, when the operatives arrived, gershkovich, this is clearly visible, wanted... to hide the documents somewhere under the table, shove them between the sofa and the wall, in as a result, he was taken sleeping, like the former us marine paul willan, here he is on december 28 , 2018, during a secret meeting in the toilet room of one of the rooms of the metropol hotel, his contact, as the intelligence services say, gives wheelon a flash drive with secret information about the personnel of the fsb of russia, well, then willan was caught in the act, his room was searched, and now he was already pensive in the fsb reception area. lies, because you can’t argue wit

here come eion gershkovitch and paul willan.s that our special services employees helped foreigners carry their heavy things. and now the farthest bus with red stickers, most likely intended for russians, was taken to the most prominent participant in this exchange. a stocky man in red pants, a blue jacket with his hands cuffed and opaque to light. no visitors, 75 minutes, access to the yard, no contact with other prisoners, surrounded by barbed wire, communication only through bullets, impenetrable glass, minimum contacts, the russians considered the german authorities to be especially dangerous, but khengashvili was especially dangerous, here is a unique chronicle in the footage, the same one, as he was called in germany, peaceful. and the friendly zelimkhan khangashvili hugs the terrorists, listens to the orders of abukuteib, ali taziev, abudzeid, who were involved in the seizure of the school in beslan, and here is shamil basayev, the fanatic who organized the hostage-taking at dubrovka. in may and august 2003 zelimkhan khan

just a reminder, the news is apparently evan gershkovitch, the "wall street journal" reporter, and paulted back in 2018, are on the way home. it is part of a -- sounds like what could be a sweeping prisoner transfer between the united states and russia and perhaps others as well. >> dana: evan only 32 years old slated to stay in prison until his mid 40s. that's great news. then paul whelan and he is a u.s. marine and they are coming home. >> brian: "new york post" and we have it here and covering it. >> ainsley: i'm heading to go interview usha vance. first interview since her husband became the vice presidential candidate. everyone have a great weekend. >> steve: "america's newsroom" starts now. >> bill: good morning. we'll pick up the coverage from here. there appears to be good news this morning. it appears that evan and paul apparently are coming home. a major prisoner exchange between the u.s. and russia in the works as we speak that would free the jailed american

here come evan gershkovitch and paul willan.urious. phone, just radio reading skills, none per day in a cell without television, internet, contacts with other prisoners, no visitors, 75 minutes, exit to... as his unique chronicle in the footage is the same, they called in germany, peaceful and friendly zelemkhan khangashvili, hugging terrorists, listening to the orders of abukuteib, ali taziev, abudzeid, those involved to the seizure of a school in beslan, here is shamil basayev, the fanatic who organized the hostage-taking at dubrovka, in may and... in august 2003, zelimkhan khangashvili personally shot the amonovites, in june 2004, with basayev, he attacked the city of nazran. according to russian intelligence services, he is involved in killing more than 200 people. vladimir putin also spoke about the fact that khengashvili, a cruel executioner, spoke for the first time, back in 2019, and for the second time in an interview with american journalist tucker carlson. carlson was interested in the possibilities of exchange. he me

moscow correspondent wall street journal bureau evan gershkovitch. arranged a meeting with a representativesignment, asked to provide him with information about the activities of the defense enterprise in the context of the northern military district, to disclose state secrets, well, what is the best way to do this, he asked for all this, i did it with me, yeah , the only thing that ’s good, please be very clear, because there’s very specific, secret information there, we won’t even write that we saw the documents, we’ll just keep it anonymous.

here evan gershkovitch and paul willan are coming.used of murdering the executioner from the caucasian underground, zelemkhan khangashvili. khangashvili was shot dead in august 2019, and a russian was detained at the same time. the investigation believed that he had ambushed the bandit, fired a clip from a glock at khangashvili, and then fled on a bicycle. here is a unique chronicle on the footage of the very same one, as he was called in germany, the peaceful and friendly zelimkhan khangashvili, hugs with terrorists, listens to the orders of abu kuteib, ali taziev, abudzeid, involved in the seizure of the school in beslan, here is shamil basayev, the fanatic who organized the hostage taking at dubrovka, in may and august 2003 zelimkhan khangashvili personally shot the amonovites, and in june 2004, with basayev, he attacked the city of nazran. according to russian intelligence services, he was involved in the murder of more than 200 people, and vladimir also said that khengashvili was a cruel executioner putin, for the first time back

evan gershkovitch, who was also mentioned during that interview, returned.y , a court in russia sentenced him to sixteen years in a maximum security colony in a case of espionage at a military enterprise. anna and artyom dultsev, arrested in slovenia on charges of espionage for russia, returned to russia. the son of state duma deputy from the ldpr valery seleznev, roman seleznev, accused of cyber fraud, was kidnapped by american intelligence services in the maldives. vladislav klyushin, convicted on charges of obtaining insider information about work. computer networks in the usa. vadim konoschonok, whom the americans accused of trying to circumvent sanctions regarding dual -use technology and gave the order to detain him in estonia. mikhail mikushin, detained in norway on suspicion of espionage. political scientist and journalist pavel rubtsov, detained in poland for what, according to the intelligence services, he was collecting classified information. the white house press service, in turn , confirmed that two people went to the united states, in addition

we have any idea if the families will be allowed to travel from here down to san antonio with gershkovitch and paul whelan and also komazawa? generally? that is not allowed, because what they will usually do in a circumstance like this, they'll get them out there for observation and for any medical attention they may need. but as you can well imagine, having covered, news in this town for quite some time, you also know, trace, that there is a debriefing process, so it is unlikely family members would travel. it would likely just be the three individuals. yeah so the plane is kind of revving up. now. you have the jet engines revving up and you have the plane. apparently that took them here. it appears to be the plane that will take them down to san antonio, texas. and i'm wondering, as we see on the bottom right hand side of the screen, maybe we do this there will be some kind of gathering when they get to texas as well with with more people there to support them. elizabeth pipko, do you i mean, it's kind of hard to really put this in words when you're on the other side. kevin corke was the

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gershkovitch was also welcomed by his family, who have waited 491 days for his release. he was detained since march last year on charges of espionage, which he had always denied. the white house says the us negotiated the trade with russia, germany and three other countries. it involved 24 prisoners, including 16 moving from russian to the west and eight prisoners held in the west being sent back to russia . and those are the latest russia. and those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm tatiana sanchez. more in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . forward slash alerts. >> hello. welcome back. thanks, tatiana. >> this is britain's newsroom live across the united kingdom on gb news with ben leo. and this morning sophie reaper. >> yes, here we are . >> yes, here we are. >> yeah. you've had a busy couple of weeks haven't you. >> a very busy couple of weeks. olympics. olympics southport and now down to london. >> well we'll chat about that in the