getting mark fogle released? >> i don't know that answer. >> did we exchange anyone in release?s well as [indistinct] before. >> [indistinct]. >> i think the venezuelan government should. i think they took a big step forward in releasing those to rick ronel and should release the rest. i will tell you this administration and president are not going to forget about any americans so it will be down to the last one. i think it would be very smart of venezuela to release the rest of the hostages that they have. >> [indistinct] do you have any tease for us now? >> no teases now. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> we wanted to give that just a moment to breathe was you heard that reporter ask a final question and he did turn but didn't have anything else to say. this is coming in and now you know only what we know. so the number one question i was asking adam bohler special envoy to the united states hostages bringing them home, he was asked are they all american? are there other countries? what's happening and where and he couldn't give much detail but as these things come together, as w

or is bringing back mark fogle, flying from moscow. t, the national security adviser, mike waltz, said this is a mark of good faith, an act of good faith, or a gesture, as we approach the attempt to try to negotiate a cease-fire deal in ukraine. and so the timing is very auspicious because it's this week on thursday that top u.s. officials, the national security adviser, the secretary of state are all, the vice president, are all going to be in munich. i'm going to be attending the security forum. zelenskyy is going to be there and giving a speech. all of these officials are together, again, at the annual forum which is expected to be totally focused on how donald trump is going to handle these negotiations between vladimir putin and zelenskyy, that zelenskyy says he's willing to accept now, but moscow has not yet accepted. pivotal time. moscow is making a major gesture. mark fogle was the american school teacher from pittsburgh. we have been asking questions about him for years. he was passed over when others were released. trevor reed

tell us about this deal. >> well, katie, you just showed that photo of mark fogle.that we've seen. as we understand, he is currently on an airplane in the air headed back to the united states. that photo being posted on x by the special presidential envoy on hostage affairs, saying that it is a real time image of mark fogle as he is on his way back to the united states. the statement that we got unexpectedly, quite frankly, from the national security adviser earlier today was that president trump had authorized and started negotiations for an exchange that the white house and the national security adviser see as a show of good faith from the russians, and a sign that they're moving in the right direction to end the war in ukraine. we, as you noted, mark fogle, had been held in a russian prison since he was charged back in 2021 and sentenced to 14 years for possession of marijuana. essentially, drug smuggling was the charge that the russians had put on him. and in that time, we know there have been health concerns from his family about mark fogle while he was being h

however, i am grateful that he allowed mark fogle and his release. i am grateful that he and president zelensky simultaneously now seem to be opening the door to ending war in europe. i mean, there certainly seems to be maybe light at the end of the tunnel, am i am i misreading it? >> no, i don't think so, sean. i think president trump, in fact, alluded to that numerous times in that, in that q&a there, saying that this could be the beginning and that mark fogle could be the catalyst to get the war to an end. i think that was significant. i mean, that was the biggest moment there, obviously very emotional. and, you know, you heard mark fogle asked by somebody, you know, can you tell us about your captivity? and he said he needed time to absorb it. listening to his mom today on our air, she said, you know, he would call. and the first thing he'd say is buongiorno. that's how they he called her all the time when he could, but he he really was worried about his time in the hospital. he spent more than 100 days in the hospital. and you heard he was shot

mark fogle, the american teacher who has been wrongfully detained in russia for the past three and a, has been released and is on his way back to the united states. i want to bring back nbc's aaron gilchrist covering the white house, former cia operations officer marc polymeropoulos is back with me and former u.s. ambassador to russia michael mcfaul, who is an msnbc international analyst. erin, tell us about the circumstances surrounding fogle's release. >> so. >> chris, we're still trying to learn more about how exactly this all came to be. we know from the statement that was released from the national security adviser that it seems as though mark fogle is in the air now, along with steve witkoff, president biden. president trump's special envoy to the middle east, who has been empowered, obviously, to operate beyond the middle east. he, of course, we know, has spoken about some of the work that he's been doing as it relates to. sort of earning the freedom of americans around the country. and so now we've learned that today, this via this statement that the president's special envoy

we just learned that fogle was exchanged for a russian prisoner. mark us more about that. who was the person exchanged for fogle? >> reporter: david, good morning. the information is coming realtime, and it's not to coming from the russian government, they're not saying much about this deal. the kremlin spokesperson only saying it was going to be a russian citizen released, and now fox learning service the -- it was a russian cyber criminal who's been held in u.s. custody since 2017. he was responsible for stealing at least $100 million from crypto. basically, it was a cyber crime. fogle, though, was all a smiles as he arrived at the white house last night. he was arrested at the moscow airport back in 2021. he was carrying a small amount of medicinal marijuana. those who fought for fogle's release are glad he's out of harm's way. >> he's got some infirmities, but he's going to get through them. he's got a great attitude x i think the president is thrilled he could reach out and do this for the family. and so hopefully, it's an a inspiration for everybo

school teacher mark fogle, wrongfully detained in russia but russia just released mark after talks with the trump white house. coming up president trump is now saying about a possible peace deal between russia and ukraine. what he's getting in a new deal with ukraine in return for america, giving at least 175 billion bucks in military aid to ukraine. also we have this story for you. >> we ran a presidential election. if we would plan a superbowl we started our seventh string quarterback. we have not had an inspirational presidential candidate since 2012. liz: that was top democrat james carvelle calling his party for being increasingly out of touch with america and also slamming democrats for circling the wagons to protect government waste and corruption. so are david axlerod and ram emmanuel. joe concha is here with his take on why this is no longer the democrat party. it is an extremist radical far left party plus this years superbowl commercials pretty wild but one type of super bowl commercial that took off under joe biden but went mia, awol, didn't see it. can you guess which comme

meantime, the white house is celebrating the return of mark fogle from a russian prison. the president calling this a positive signal from russia about the direction that we are headed as efforts to end the war in ukraine continue, bret. >> bret: jacqui heinrich live on a snowy white house lawn. jacqui, thanks. as congressional republicans work to finalize a budget, those in the senate want additional funding for border security now. it comes as democrats criticize the executive branch's spending power. senior congressional correspondent chad pergram explains the battle over the power of the purse. >> we're not building a wall, folks, we are hitting a wall. they need the money and they need it now. >> a white house plea for border security. new budget director russ vought and tom homan demanding $157 billion to bolster the border. >> if the republican party cannot provide the money to the trump administration, to do all the things they need to do to do to make us safe, we have nobody to blame but ourselves. >> the senate leapfrogging the house's plan which only cuts taxes

afirmÓ trump, quien horas antes saliÓ personalmente a darle la bienvenida a casa al profesor escolar mark fogles at all. and presidente trump is a hero. >> en cuanto a la liberaciÓn, el kremlin aclarÓ que no fue algo aislado, que fogo fue liberado a cambio del ruso alexander winnick, quien se declarÓ culpable el aÑo pasado de conspiraciÓn para lavar dinero. refiriÉndose a las negociaciones para ponerle fin a la guerra de ucrania, trump asegurÓ que ambos lados tendrÍan que ceder, pero no descartÓ la posibilidad de que rusia devuelva territorio. en washington, cristina londoÑo noticias telemundo. >> y en una noticia de Última hora esta tarde, un juez federal dio luz verde al plan de la administraciÓn trump para ofrecer indemnizaciones a empleados federales que renuncien. esta tarde, en la conferencia de prensa de la casa blanca, la secretaria de prensa respondiÓ hoy a los cuestionamientos por impedir el ingreso de reporteros de la agencia de noticias associated press o prensa asociada a la oficina oval. si la agencia de noticias se mantiene en su decisiÓn editorial de utilizar el nombre golfo de

and mesh mark folk ifing just -- fogle just got released from russia. calling president trump a hero. >> i feel like the luckiest man on earth right now. and i want you to know that i am not a hero in this at all. president trump is a hero. david: former state department official christian whiton responds coming next. if. ♪ ♪ god bless america, my home sweet home ♪ i'm thinking of updating my kitchen... —yeah? —yes! ...this year, we are finally updating our kitchen... ...doing subway tile in an ivory, or eggshell... —cream?... —maybe bone?... don't get me started on quartz. a big big island... you ever heard of a waterfall counter?... for everyone who talks about doing that thing, and, over there. but never does that thing... a sweet little breakfast nook. chase has financial guidance. let's see how you can start saving to make this happen. —really? —really? really. at home or in-person. you could also check out a chase money skills workshop. that's guidance from chase. make more of what's yours. morikawa on 18. he is really boxed in here. not a good sp

mark fogle had been held in russia since he was arrested on drug charges in 2021. he was caught carrying 17g of cannabis, which his lawyers said was prescribed for back pain. fogle's family is now celebrating his release. >> he just said, i'm in the moscow airport and of course he usually calls from the prison. and i said, well, what are you doing there? he says, i'm waiting for a plane to take me to washington, d.c, which was unbelievable. unbelievable. i actually got dizzy. >> you can understand fogle taught history at the anglo-american school of moscow for nearly a decade. the king of jordan met with president trump at the white house today. among the topics they discussed, trump's plan to take over the gaza strip. abc news reporter christiane cordero has the details from washington. >> reporter today, two world leaders with conflicting views of the war in the middle east met behind closed doors in the oval office. president trump again said the u.s. would take over the gaza strip, uproot the palestinian population, even proposing jordan and egypt parcel off la

[applause] mark fogle, greeted by president trump tonight outside of the white house.le was serving a 14 year sentence in a russian prison after being wrongfully detained in 2021 on charges of bringing medical marijuana into that country. the exchange to release fogle was negotiated by president trump's special envoy to the middle east. president trump says the terms of the exchange were very fair, but did not provide further details. >> very fair. very, very fair. very reasonable. not like deals you've seen over the years. they were very fair. and i think that's going to lead. and somebody else is being released tomorrow that you will know of. but we wanted to get this done. very important. steve wanted to actually. >> it's unclear which prisoner is set to be released tomorrow. >> tonight, a cease fire between israel and hamas is in jeopardy. hamas reiterating it plans to delay the release of hostages, accusing israel of failing to meet the terms of the cease fire agreement. this includes not allowing aid into gaza. in return, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu

. >> russia, mark fogle. >> he'd been. >> held in. >> russia on charges. >> of marijuana possession.w being released. by the russian government, the white house announcing that he is in the company of special envoys. >> steve. >> witkoff. >> who is leaving russian airspace. they said just within the past couple of minutes with mr. fogle, president trump, steve witkoff and the president's advisors, they say, negotiated an exchange that serves as what they're calling a show of good faith from the russians and a sign that we are moving forward in the right direction to end the brutal. >> and terrible. >> war in ukraine. so, kelly, a couple of items coming together here to indicate some tectonic plates kind of shifting under the surface here. one is this prisoner release. the other is the fact that we now see that vice president jd vance will be meeting with the ukrainian leader, volodymyr zelensky, at the munich security conference. and also now we see that the treasury secretary, scott bessent, is going to be going to ukraine as well. so a lot of high level diplomatic back and forth be