let's go to alex marquardt first and washington. , the historical significance of this day can't be understated as far as i know that a lot of the reporting coming in, this could be the biggest exchange of prisoners between the u.s. and russia since the end of the cold war it could be absolutely historic. were talking about a multi-country exchange of as many as 20 or more prisoners possibly a lot of these details are being speculated about aaron right now. we expect to get more details as the exchanges underway. we believe that right now in the beginning stages, if indeed turkish intelligence is saying that they are our facilitating this exchange, then that adds a very important detail to what we're going to see unfold today. there's been a lot of speculation about where this exchange would take place. if the turks are saying is taking their in their capital ankara. and i saw that shot right there. there. you also had a russian plane. they're on the tarmac then what we're going to see in the coming hours is going to be incredibly dr

alex marquardt in washington in washington, jeremy diamond and haifa for us, guys. thank you very, very much joining us now, the deputy pentagon press secretary, sabrina singh sabrina, thank you so much for joining us on this very important day on the ceasefire and hostage release talks. the washington post is writing this and i'm quoting the u.s finds itself in an unenviable position, relying on the goodwill of israel and hamas which have resisted a deal for months. does the u.s. sabrina believes sinwar in a time you are actually involved in want a deal look thanks for having me on today, wolf really appreciated this is a deal that's complex and it's something that the state department and the nsc are there and working on it as we speak as you and your colleagues have been reporting on, it is complex, but we believe that the best way forward for gaza and for a sustained peace is to see the ceasefire deal come through. and also we want to see our hostages returned home. so that's what the team is working on there. of course, at the state department, the nsc, there r

journalist joining us now with more on what went into this remarkable deal will joined by cnn's alex marquardt and alex, what a complicated web of diplomacy that brought this over the finish line. all the countries involved how exactly the this deal come together. >> so many parties involved, so many countries involved, you mentioned jake sullivan, of course he the white house, the president intimately involved with this process roger carstens, the hostages goes here at the state department, would have laid out the basic framework, the landscape of the deal. but i'm told that the middlemen, essentially the people doing the shuttle negotiating that was the the cia director and bill burns. and if we look back on this timeline, about 18 months after brittney griner was exchanged for the merchant of death, death victor boot, the u.s. got back to work trying to get paul whelan out and i'm told that right after that the cia offered russia a two for one deal to russian spy as in slovenia, for paul whelan, they rejected that a couple of months later, evan gershkovich was detained the cia then went bac

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wolf alex marquardt and clarissa ward, to both of you. thanks very much. we're going to stay on top of this story. obviously the stakes are enormous back in the united states. meanwhile, both the democratic and republican ticket's are taking their messages straight to the voters right now, it's an all-out swing states sprint with just what 90 days to go. oh, until election day in the united states, camila harris that are newly announced running mate, tim walz, are headed to the midwest right now stumping today in both wisconsin and michigan. that's where the gop jd vance is holding campaign event in michigan and will then head straight to wisconsin later this afternoon democrats embrace the minnesota governor in his debut last night in philadelphia, we all watched it live right here on cnn. and while harris is eager for voters to get to know walls, trump and his allies are already on the attack. painting the democrat, as quote, dangerously liberal. they're also slamming his response to the civil unrest following the murder of george floyd back in minnesota

as this is happening, as we are speaking, i want to go straight to alex marquardt and alex, you've beenhe details today, and i know you have some new information at this moment about the cia's involvement. what are you learning? >> new era and this was obviously a multipronged effort by the biden administration to get these americans home but leading the charge i'm told at least in a very big way was the cia and the cia director bill burns years ago they established what they're calling an intelligence channel between us intelligence and russian intelligence. and this is the channel through which these negotiations it's happened. this is according to a us official now sometimes that could take place physically in person meetings between us and russian intelligence officers that could also take place on the phone. i'm told that for what we're seeing unfold today that in late june, there was a meeting and a third country but this us official declined to tell me and that meeting was between russian and us intelligence officials, at which point the u.s. put forward this latest proposal it w

foiled that's a nation bloc that may have been targeting donald trump let's get right to cnn's alex marquardt alex, what do we know about this alleged plot? and i thought i had read that this pakistani national at ties to iran, that's what the doj is alleging him of jake. and these are disturbing new details about a murder for hire plot in details revealed in court documents in brooklyn today that say that this pakistani man with these ties to the iranian government wanted to carry out political assassinations here in the united states. and that caused the us government, according to our sources, to raise the security level around donald trump and other officials. so the fbi did include that those people on his list could have included donald trump and other officials. that's according to us, a us official speaking with our colleagues now jake, we should note that according to the doj, this did not have any connection to that july 3, teenth plot when thomas matthew crooks tried to assassinate donald trump instead. this was a man named asif merchant who was arrested the day before he had come

also kurmasheva so let's bring in our experts now cnn's chief national security correspondent, alex marquardt. we also have steve hall or national security analyst and washington post columnist, josh rogin. alright, alex, talk to us a little about how this came together and also, we have to be clear how this is going to play out once these three make it back to us soil this really just came together in the past few weeks who it was accepted. >> finally, this proposal by the russians, i'm told in mid-july that was conveyed to the u.s. intelligence community. just a few weeks ago. and this took so many twists and turns earns boris and brianna. what was made clear, i was told in november of 2023, so almost a year ago, was that the russians would not accept any deal without vadim krasikov, that fsb colonel who carried out that assassination of a chechen in berlin the u.s. i. tried all different kinds of combinations to have a deal in which they would in which russia would get back a couple of their spies from other countries, the u.s. would get it back. gershkovich and paul whelan, that wasn't go

residents there to evacuate let's get the latest now with cnn chief national security correspondent alex marquardtso alex, take us through these back-and-forth drone attacks. >> yeah, the past 24 hours, boris has really underscored what an intense drone war this is really the first of its kind in modern warfare. so we saw these waves of drones launched by each side at the there some 45 ukrainian drones were taken by taken down by the russians. according to russia, 11 of them in the moscow region alone. that means those ukrainian drones managed to fly some 280 miles from the ukrainian border, which i really does speak to the advances that the ukrainians have made in their own drone technology to moscow mayor said that this is one of the largest attempts he said to attack moscow with drones of all time. and then on the russian side, they launched some 69 drones towards ukraine, including towards the ukrainian capital, combined with missiles, most of those were shot down according to, you training officials. but this really does come amid a major spike in activity on the battlefield inside both russi

cnn's alex marquardt has the latest from washington here goes last three. that's us. >> paul whelan, evan gershkovich, and alsu kurmasheva holding a flag that flies over the white house commemorating detainees and hostages were brought home. their places. now on the flag, the message from us officials to the three american now former prisoners and their families as they arrived overnight texas. your ordeal is over. but quote, the next phase of your journey begins now, as we came over england and i looked down that's when it became whelan, a former marine who was held in russia for over 5.5 years was in good spirits, getting off the plane and seeing the president, the vice president, that was nice. it was a good homecoming so looking forward to seeing my family down here and just recuperating from five years, seven months, and five days of just absolute nonsense by the russian government. >> the three are now being evaluated and treated at the brooke army medical center where a program has offered to help those recover physically and psychologically from bei

. >> that's why i have we have more now from cnn's alex marquardt an extraordinary moment as a small private jet carrying the three americans freed from russian custody, touch down at a military base just outside washington, dc first down the steps was paul whelan so when held by russia for almost six years, then greeted by president joe biden and vice president kamala harris before being reunited with his sister elizabeth, then evan gershkovich, the wall street journal reporter, who like whelan, had been convicted of espionage by russia and sentenced to 16 years in prison. >> finally, russian-american journalist alsu kurmasheva, who's two daughters and husband rushed across the tarmac to hug her and emotional moment for all on a truly historic day that saw 24 prisoners in total exchanged seven different countries involved president biden spoke with reporters at joint base andrews and emphasize the partnerships with other countries that made this moment happen asked him to do some things against her immediate self-interest very difficult for me. >> germany, slovenia really came into

as well as other current and former us officials cnn's alex marquardt has more there is disturbing new information of a murder for hire plot that could have included former president donald trump, a pakistani man is accused of having ties to the iranian government. >> he was charged on tuesday by the justice department for looking to carry out political assassinations here during the united states. according to an american official, fbi investigators believe that trump and other current as well as former us government officials, were the intended targets of the plot and security by the u.s. government was increased around them the man's name is asif merchant. he's 46-years-old and was arrested on july 12, trying to leave the united states. there's no evidence that this pakistani man had any connection to the shooter, thomas matthew crooks, who did try to assassinate trump on july 13. he was then killed by secret service merchant was allegedly looking to carry out killings in late august and in september. that's according to the court documents that just came out on tuesday after arrivi

let me get back over to alex marquardt. there's more breaking news, more detailed comments alex, what are you learning yeah. >> kate, what we can report according to a senior administration official, that among those being released by russia today are paul whelan and evan gershkovich fitch they are being released by russia. they are going to be on their way home. if not already, then in short order, this is such wonderful news. these are the biggest names of those who are expected to be part of this exchange. it has been such a battle to try to get these two men are released from russian custody paul whelan arrested first in 2018 and held for the past six years, convicted on espionage charges. back in 2020, evan gershkovich simply doing his job as an american reporter in russia arrested last march very quickly accused of espionage. and then finally convicted last month in july of on those charges and sentenced to 16 years in a penal colony. now, that sentence last month came really as not as a shock, but certainly a realizat

start this hour once again with alex marquardt, who first brought us this breaking news. what's the very latest alex well, kate, omar, we may be at the beginning of what is truly a historic and very emotional they, not just for the families of the people coming home, but of course for this entire country that has been wrapped with this saga of these wrongfully detained americans in russia for several years, we are learning more from the biden administration. >> they said just moments ago that a spot that a prisoner exchange is underway and they have confirmed that at least two of the people being released by russian authorities are former marine paul whelan and wall street journal reporter evan gershkovich. these are two of the highest profile political prisoners being held by russia, who american officials have been trying to negotiate their released for a very long time. today would be the culmination of years of hard work to try to get not just these two men home, but many others as well. we're trying to understand the contours of what could be a historic deal and when

cnn's alex marquardt has new reporting on this. he joins us now. alex, could we finally see a deal? kate finally really is the tone of this statement. these three countries signed by the leaders of these three countries in this statement, saying that it's finally time to get this ceasefire across the finish line. and the suffering in gaza and the suffering for the hostages. and their families. so what they're proposing is a no other meeting next week either in the qatari capital doha or the egyptian capital of cairo to hammer out the final details. this is part of that statement that was signed by president biden and the two other leaders. it is time to bring immediate relief to both the long suffering people of gaza, as well as the long-suffering hostages. and their families the leaders go on to talk about putting forward a final bridging proposal if needed, to essentially close the gaps. and there i think you see a bit of the frustration with the proposals and counterproposals between hamas and israel that haven't gotten the ceasefire across. the finish shine so we could see this

northern israel, not that far from lebanon and see it as chief national security correspondent, alex marquardt is watching all of this unfold in washington. alex so what would be the significance? first of all, the significance if hezbollah were to strike israel first? >> well wolf, it would show that hezbollah is willing to hit israel independently without the support or the recognition of iran. it would mean that they're not doing it in conjunction. but of course that could just be the first wave of an attack and iran could follow what we're being told by sources is that hezbollah appears ready to act independently, that they're farther, farther along in their planning process. they're targeting process of, of israel while iran still appears to be making up its mind about what is going to do. one us military official told my colleague katie bo lillis that ron is moving pieces around but that's the, that right now the preparations are not where they would need to be for a greater operation against israel. of course, hezbollah is just to the north of israel and lebanon. it would be much easier

and that's why we're working so hard on this cnn chief national security correspondent alex marquardt is with us now. >> what are the hopes for these discussions? alex? >> well, john, that really is the question we've heard a lot of optimism from u.s. officials lately, we heard secretary of state antony blinken a couple of weeks ago saying that were inside the ten yard line. i've been speaking with sources today one in particular telling me that there is no breakthrough expected this is seen as you've been saying as a make-or-break moment but it's not like those involved in the conversations believed that anything is necessarily imminent, but this comes of course, after ten months of a horrible war that as of today, we hear from the gaza health ministry some 40,000 people have been killed. so now you have the main mediators at the table alongside the israelis, hamas notably is not there. so what's going to happen today is you're going to hear we're going to see rather the cia director bill burns, his egyptian counterpart, the qatari prime minister, engaging with the mossad director da

. >> i want to bring in cnn's jeremy diamond is joining us from haifa here in israel, and alex marquardtshington. i'll start with you, alex. so what do we know about next week's proposed ceasefire talks? they're supposed to take place what either in cairo or qatar next thursday, right? >> yeah. wolf, these discussions are moving again. so that is a positive sign, but by no means, is this a done deal? the u.s. is operating under the assumption that there will be another ceasefire meeting next week, next thursday on the 15th, and either doha or cairo the israelis have said that they will be sending a delegation. there is no confirmation yet from the hamas side, but it is believed that qatar will be able to convince them to go. this follows that remarkable we'll statement that was released by the leaders of the three mediating countries, the u.s. qatar and egypt, in which they really highlight the urgency of a cease-fire. now, an express, a bit of exasperations. i want to read you part of this statement, wolf, they say that there is quote, a framework agreement that is now on the table with

i'm alex marquardt and you're in the situation room we begin this hour with the race for the white house to trump and harris campaigns feuding over debate, details as the former president and then throws a wrench into negotiations cnn's kristen holmes is on the campaign trail with trump in detroit. cnn's eva mckend is tracking the harris campaign here in washington kristen, i want to first what is trump now saying about the debate? and then what is his campaign saying okay, this is essentially now a new debate. >> over the debate both sides had agreed that they would show up and where this abc debate on september 10, and now they seem to be at an impasse. originally when donald trump had agreed to this debate with president joe biden, they had agreed to these same rules that cnn debate, which was when the other candidate is talking the mics are muted. now interestingly, at that point, donald trump's team didn't like that a rule, but as it got closer to the debate, i spoke to a number of advisers who thought it might be helpful to donald trump. well, donald trump's team thinks that debate

we also have alex marquardt, who is standing by in washington dc you see. and so alice for getting this information, the idf again, just just to remind everyone, it's very sparse information at this point, but the idf saying that only that it's found both bodies in gaza. of course, this is coming as these talks continue as the u.s. continues to try to pressure both sides to come to a ceasefire and hostage deal. what more are you tracking right now? >> well, this is just obviously extremely difficult situation for the families to be in because they start to hear these rumblings and they start to wonder who it is who has been found. now you can be certain that the idf is going to be telling the hostage families first who it is that they have found out just this comes on the heels of an israeli bedouin hostage who was rescued alive just a few days ago. he was the eighth israeli hostage to have been rescued since october 7, alive in the past ten months of this war. but there have been more than that, who have been recovered, who have passed away either because

. >> alex marquardt explains he's been called the mark zuckerberg of russia tech billionaire pavel durov, the creator of the globally popular messaging app telegram. 12 billion messages delivered now in custody in france after french police arrested him and a paris airport, french authorities say that durov's arrest is part of an investigation of charges that telegram was allegedly complicit and aiding money laundering, drug trafficking, and distributing child pornography french prosecutors also say that you're off refuse to comply with demands to help intercept potentially elicit communications in a statement, the company said durov has nothing to hide. >> it is absurd to claim that a platform or its owner are responsible for abuse of that platform. i truly believe that privacy of our youth there is and what they had trust to us in our responsibility for them is the most important thing in our business. giraffe was flying to paris from azerbaijan, where russian president vladimir putin also visited last week. the kremlin has denied that putin and durov met. durov had also created the ru

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in some cases, in years, my colleague alex marquardt, you have a question as well for bill bill, it was over a decade ago, i believe in 2010 when your colleague sergei magnitsky was killed in a russian prison. >> and as we await these three americans hurricanes to land back on american soil has wondering if you could describe for us the conditions in which magnitsky found himself in those russian prisons what paul whelan would have gone through as well as alexei navalny, who i believe was in torreon asli horrible russian prison in the arctic circle when he died back in february so my my lawyer, sergei magnitsky, was arrested after uncovering a massive government corruption scheme. >> he was put in pretrial detention and then he was viciously tortured in pretrial detention for three hundred and 58 days. they put them in cells with 14 inmates and eight beds. and let's lights on 24 hours a day. they put them in sales with no heat and no window panes and moscow, they put them in cells with no toilet, just a hole in the floor and sewage would bubble up. they moving from cell to cell to cell

i'm alex marquardt in you're in the situation room our top story tonight, donald trump, back on campaign trail and taking aim at the democratic blue wall amid new questions over his upcoming debate with vice president kamala harris. cnn's kristen holmes it's his traveling with the former president in detroit so kristen, what is all the back-and-forth over these debate rules about well alex two campaign seem to have come to an impasse over whether or not they are going to mute or unmute the mics when the other candidate is talking. >> so just to go back in time i'm here when the donald trump's campaign agree to the first debate with president joe biden on cnn. the rule was both sides agreed to mute the mic while the other person was talking. now, the harris campaign and this debate on september 10 on abc says they don't want those mics muted. donald trump's campaign is saying, well, that's what we agreed to, and they do seem to be at somewhat of a standstill at this time. now interesting point here in all of this is that this is all just a little bit of flexing as they tried to figure out

i'm alex marquardt and you're in the situation room the scheme is cnn breaking news but first to some other breaking news in the presidential race, we are learning that cnn will hold an exclusive interview with kamala harris are first since becoming the democratic party presidential nominee for running mate tim walz will join as well for the first interview. >> this is also their first interview together as the democratic ticket we and are seeing in football record, david chalian's david, what are we learning? >> yeah. i mean, we have been waiting to see this next sort of important hurdle for kamala harris and her campaign to jump, which is after a very successful six weeks here since she became the democratic nominee, coalesce the party behind her raised a ton of money injected enthusiasm, got a running mate pulled off a convention. all of that though alex, very scripted. now, a couple other things coming up. they said they were going to schedule an interview of sit-down interview and extensive interview before the end of the month that now is happening on cnn with our colleague dana

alex marquardt, cnn, washington russian citizens, including convicted assassin vadim krasikov, returned to russia as part the massive exchange. but a top us national security official tells cnn that washington and moscow are still very much at odds. take a listen i would caution anybody against reading anything into the relationship between the u.s. >> and russia other than that, it's in a very difficult place and it's in a very difficult place. because russia has chosen to commit some unconscionable acts in the world. first and foremost, its war of aggression on ukraine. nothing that's happened today, changes that we are fundamentally still at odds but on the other hand, we did a find a target of opportunity through very hard no's diplomacy with russia close collaboration with our partners and allies, including some very difficult questions we had to ask if some of our friends to help us here, and then very careful execution of what was a logistically it diplomatically and politically complicated exchange to execute today that went off without a hitch well, us republican presidential n

i'm alex marquardt and you're in this situation? and we begin our coverage tonight with the presidential campaign. the democratic ticket it's setting their sights on georgia has 16 electoral votes as donald trump tries to mend fences with the state's republican governor, brian kemp men's journalists are covering both the campaigns from every angle versus cnn's priscilla alvarez, who is live in savannah, georgia so priscilla harris and walz are about to arrive at there the first campaign bus stop there in georgia and this is their first time campaigning in the critical battleground state together, since they've become the presidential and vice presidential nominees. >> now, alex, of course, a visit here is notable, but where they're going is significant this time around hitting south georgia. a region that typically leans republicans. but they're trying to pull off something that democrats did in 2022. look back to the senator warnock runoff in december of 2022, where what he did was win big in atlanta, but also shave off those votes

we're joined now by cnn, chief national security correspondent alex marquardt. this is truly extraordinary the way this deal came together involving 24 prisoners, seven countries, and much of this was driven by us intelligence it's alex, how did it all come together? >> and pam, one more person that you're going to see on the tarmac at joint base andrews when the president with the president and the vice president is the cia director bill burns. that really does highlight the role of us intelligence to get this deal done today. now of course, this was a multipronged effort to the state department playing vital role. roger carstens, the hostage negotiator the white house, and the national security council. but really quite in the middle doing the shuttle negotiating and discussions was the cia. if we go back a year-and-a-half in this timeline after brittney griner was released, the u.s. was continuing efforts to try to get paul whelan out in a month later in january of last year i'm told that the cia met with the russians in an unspecified third country and offere

clarissa ward, who is here with me in television and cnn's chief national security correspondent, alex marquardt, who is in washington. alex first to you, where do things stand now on these possible negotiations? i know the mediators have been trying to bring these parties together to try to reach which is ceasefire deal. >> yet wolf, we have this very notable new statement, not just from the mediators, but from the leaders of these three countries, the u.s. qatar, and egypt, that they put out just last night, really highlighting the urgency that they feel a ceasefire needs to be reached. there is a little bit of exasperations. if you read behind the lines there essentially police saying that after ten months of this horrific war, that the suffering needs to end, i want to read you part of this statement from these three heads of state. they say the three of us and our teams have worked tirelessly over many months to forge a framework. and that is now on the table with only the details of implementation left to conclude, there is no further time to waste nor excuses from any party for further de

i'm alex marquardt and you're in the situation room the is cnn breaking news. let's get right to it. the breaking news on cnn's exclusive interview with kamala harris and tim walz are rolling out a brand new excerpt right now, cnn anchor and chief political correspondent dana bash, is joining us live from savannah, georgia, where she sat down with vice president harris and governor walz a short while ago, dana, so what stood out to you about harris is answers hi alex. well, we talked about a range of issues including what is happening here domestically particularly with the crisis of people not feeling that they can afford basic things groceries, housing and also the idea of what is happening abroad and in addition to that, i asked her about one of the main themes from her convention, which was just last week and she discussed there the desire to be the president for all americans obviously, that includes not just her party, not just potentially swing voters who vote for her, but republicans who don't vote for her so i wanted to know how that would translate in

we have cnn's chief national security correspondent, alex marquardt. required cnn chief national security analyst jim sciutto, and julia yaffa, who was a founding partner and washington correspondent for puck. jim just to you first here on the timing of what we are seeing, how are you seeing this with this exchange? >> it took a long time to get here, right? given the number of players involved, we know the administration was working to get the merits hurricane is released virtually from the day that they were taken right in this goes back years in the case of paul whelan, evan gershkovich concerns along the way about kara-murza's life, right? because they weren't just concerned that he would stay in prison. they were concerned he might die in prison. his wife certainly was, and of course, you have the case of alexey navalny. this is not an unfounded fear and caramel murza was twice poisoned before. so they're fighting not just for freedom, they're fighting to save lives here and they were really efforting this. and the number of countries involved spe

perspective from our experts now, we're joined by cnn, chief national security correspondent alex marquardt, alongside cnn global affairs analyst kim i'm really dozier and we're also joined by nato as former supreme allied commander general wesley clark. thank you all for being with us. alex, take us through how the next few hours are going to play out when these prisoners finally get to the united states. so thankfully, we're past the hardest part. >> the exchange has taken place the prisoners are heading home to their respective countries when it comes to the united states they are going to be coming home and then offered medical and psychological services. now, mj mentioned there that president biden is expected to go out to andrews joint base. andrews so we could see these for the three americans plus vladimir kara-murza, who's a green card holder coming to the east coast, but they will be offered the opportunity to go out to san antonio, texas, the brooke army medical center is part of the biggest defense department complex in their system, and they have a special program called pisa.

. >> i'm alex marquardt part in this weekend for fredricka whitfield, we begin with breaking news. president biden has been briefed on the raid which injured seven u.s. troops and killed 15 members of the radical group isis. the raid happened thursday in iraq two of the seven u.s. troops were evacuated from the area for further treatment, u.s. central command manages operations in the middle east. they said that the operation targeted i.s.i.s. leaders in order to disrupt the group's ability to plan further attacks from where we have cnn's chief international purity correspondent, nick paton walsh, joining us from london. nick, what do we know about this american operation yeah, alex more details from the iraqi military he referred to the two months that was spent gathering intelligence ahead of this operation. >> and the four hideouts were targeted that appeared to be consumed camouflage of some description which would suggest yes a sort of camp of some description. this is an bar province, desert, very sparsely populated. the most of times. so we're still looking, i think possibly

i'm alex marquardt in the situation room. a reminder that cnn's exclusive interview with calmly right now outfront. next breaking news, our exclusive interview with kamala harris and tim walz, who she plans to put in her cabinet and how she defends her changing policy positions and trump just speaking out, defending his photo-op at arlington national cemetery is the army issued a stark rebuke plus the price of admission. trump's mar-a-lago is turning an astonishing profits since he left the white house and is set to make even more as it will soon cost 1 million to get your foot in the door. let's go outfront good evening. >> i'm brianna keilar in for erin burnett outfront tonight, breaking news, our exclusive interview with kamala harris dana bash sat down with the democratic presidential nominee today in her first interview since accepting the nomination, harris making news on multiple fronts, including this one you had a lot of republican speakers at the convention. >> will you appoint a republican to your cabinet yes, i wo

i'm alex marquardt and you're in the situation room the is cnn breaking news we begin this hour with breaking news on the presidential race. >> vice president kamala harris giving her first formal interview as the democrats presidential nominee talking exclusively with cnn along with her running mate governor tim walz. cnn's priscilla alvarez joins us live from savannah, georgia, where harris has been rallying voters shortly after sitting down for that highly anticipated interview. so priscilla, what did harris tell cnn's dana bash that rally just ending here in savannah? alex now, the vice president, offered her most expansive explanation to date about her shifting policy decision, saying that her time as vice president has offered her new perspective. perspectives. now, some of those positions that have come under questioning as now the democratic nominee is fracking when she was running in 2019. she says she would ban fracking. of course, that is a key issue in the crucial state of pennsylvania. so that is an issue where she said or talked about changing her perspectives. there. b

. >> i'm alex marquardt in this weekend for fredricka whitfield, and we begin with breaking news. we are learning that seven us troops were injured in a raid that killed 15 members of the islamic extremist group, i.s.i.s. that raid happening on thursday in iraq two of the seven were evacuated from the area for further medical treatment u.s. central command says that the operation was targeting i.s.i.s. leaders in order to disrupt the group's ability to plan for their attacks. cnn's chief international security correspondent, nick paton walsh is joining me now. live from london. so nick, what do we know about this operation? >> yeah alex, quite extraordinary development here. essentially, because of the number of u.s troops injured in this instance, seven 75 of whom apparently during the operation to it seems from a fall separately related to that one of whom requiring follow-on care outside of theatre. now we're getting a statement to iraqi military high command that talks, as you say, about 4:00 in the morning, thursday raids and airstrikes against hideouts of i.s.i.s. group foll

i'm alex marquardt in the situation room. thank you so much for watching. erin burnett outfront now, georgia looking very good for vice president kamala harris. she is hitting the trail in the state right now, new polling, just breaking showing massive surge for harris can democrats, when the battleground state and a russia style oligarchies of famer, former trump adviser says the former president wants to establish one here in the u.s and then he'll use project 2025 to do it. he'll be outfront and an outfront investigation tonight. dozens of pro trump social media accounts are using stolen in photos of social media influencers, female ones is that the work of state actors pushing trump? let's go outfront and good evening. >> i'm erin burnett, outfront tonight on the ground in georgia, a massive gamble by vice president harris and new polling released just moments ago, show that that gamble may be paying off a new poll coming out from fox just moments ago shows that harris is ahead in the state of georgia margin of error three points. her lead is to sow rig

freedom of expression and communication, and that the arrest is in no way a political decision i'm alex marquardt in the situation room. thank you very much for watching erin burnett up front next, trolling trump the harris campaign tonight, taking on the former president as he threatens to drop out of the upcoming debate, we have some new reporting this hour on what's happening inside the trump campaign. plus carver phil and begala together again, outfront why they both insist trump is still going to go fast. but tonight, they actually have an idea for me be replacement for vance would be breaking news this hour, two major developments on the trump legal front tonight is doj is trying to revive the trump classified docs case. let's go outfront and good evening. >> i'm erin burnett and outfront tonight, trump threatening to drop out of the upcoming debate. the former president casting doubt about whether he will in fact debate vice president harris that is scheduled to take place on september 10, and the abc's. of aid, would you watch this weekend and it's the worst of all networks. when i looked

liquid ladder, grabbed liquid labs and walmart vitamin aisle today i'm alex marquardt but in washington and this is cnn closed captioning brought to you by meso mesobook.com if you or a loved one have nice with helium, up, we'll send you a free book to answer questions you may have called now and we will come to you 808 to 14000 in just moments you're going to see the americans who were freed today as part of that massive prisoner exchange touched down on us soil for the first time, joining me now, live from where they are going to be arriving shortly is a joint base andrews. >> as cnn's senior white house correspondent, mj bailey and mj, just where you are, tell us what we're going to see on that tarmac behind you once that plane does actually touch down tonight yeah kaitlan what, we are about to see later tonight, of course, comes after months of painstaking negotiations that require the u.s. to convince a number of other countries to release russian nationals in their custody. we saw the president talking about sort of the gravity of this moment and this significance of this deal com

i'm alex marquardt in this weekend for fredricka whitfield. we begin this hour with the legal showdown in former president trump's election subversion case, he new late-night filing last night, setting the stage for a potentially contentious hearing. next week in d.c.'s federal court, where a judge will decide how and when the case will move forward. the standoff comes as special counsel, jack smith resurrected the january 6 case against trump with a new superseding indictment this week, both trump's lawyers and the special counsel are at odds about how this this case should now proceed. trump's team is pushing for his schedule that would carry the pretrial disputes through the beginning of next year long after the 2024 election, cnn's holmes lybrand is covering these legal developments and joins me now. so homes, where do things stand now? >> that's right. so i kind of want to rewind a little bit to july when the supreme court granted trump this sweeping immunity on presidential actions. and because of that, as you mentioned jack smith, this,

i'm alex marquardt in you're in the situation room the skis cnn breaking news. >> first up this hour, the breaking news in the race for the white house cnn's exclusive interview with kamala harris and iraq coming mate tim walz, the new democratic nominees, sitting down to answer questions for the first time since, since president joe biden stepped aside from the ticket. let's bring and cnn's eva mckend. so eva, tell us about this interview now, this is the first time that the vice president and her running mate will sit down for an in-depth interview. >> she did at the dnc meet with content creators different social media influencers. well, that is, of course not the same of sitting with an in-depth in for an in-depth interview like she will with our dana bash later this week in the battleground, state of georgia, to answer some pretty serious policy questions. she of course, might be asked about her position now on fracking because the critical state of pennsylvania is in play and also her position on immigration, which has changed dramatically over the years that is what she might b

fingerprints we leave behind show how determined we are to give the world a piece of ourselves etsy i'm alex marquardt in washington, and this is cnn republican vice presidential candidate j.d. >> vance, made the sunday show rounds. this weekend, trying to help seize back the narrative from the harris-walz campaign. i sat down with him in his home state of ohio for a wide ranging interview. here's part of our conversation i want to move on to something that governor walz has called you and donald trump, and that is weird. sure. and it is taken off the new york times reports then went, donald trump was asked about it. he said, not me, they're talking about jd well, certainly they've levied that charge against me more than anybody else, but i think that it drives home how they're trying to do distract from their own policy failures. >> i mean, look, this is fundamentally schoolyard bully stuff. they can accuse me of whatever they want to accuse me of as harry s. truman once said, if you can't take the heat, stay out of the kitchen and i'm doing this because i think that me being vice president will help

taylor.com i'm alex marquardt in washington. >> and this is cnn democrats are facing an uphill battle to keep control of the united states senate with multiple sitting senators at risk of losing their seats in red and purple states. >> the big question as kamala harris at the top of the tickets made things easier or harder, i would do ohio this week to dig into one of the nation's nations marquee races between democratic senator sherrod brown and his gop opponent, bernie moreno as democrats, rallied behind kamala harris in red states. it's more complicated. like in ohio, were democratic senator sherrod brown faces stiff challenge from trump-backed republican bernie moreno how race central to the fight for the senate majority are you able to defend kamala harris's record? my job is to fight for ohio workers you can talk about the presidential race that's your job. my job. >> an impact on what your opinion. >> i know that what will matter is people vote for me because i stand up for workers and will continue to fight for workers. >> ohio has become a gop stronghold. with trump carried t

i'm alex marquardt and you're in the situation these skis, cnn breaking he knew. >> and we begin with that breaking news, donald trump's sending a very different message tonight about florida's six-week abortion ban than he did just 24 hours ago. cnn, steve contorno is covering the trump campaign and joins us now steve trump just publicly shared how he's going to vote in november on that florida ballot measure, which could overturn florida's strict ban. what did he say? >> alex trump just moments ago saying he will vote against that ballot referendum in his home state of florida. and if that ballot referendum does not pass, it means that the state's existing six-week abortion ban will remain in place. now, trump yesterday, just yesterday, was asked about this referendum in his answers seem to suggest that he was open to voting for the referendum. in fact, his response so, so confounding that anti-abortion advocates were believed that he was scaring up to vote for it. but today's speaking out again he sought to clarify his answer this is what he said are you voting yes or no on amendme

. >> what does he have called rocket money i'm alex marquardt in washington and this is cnn closed captioning. >> he is brought to you by skechers, hands-free slip-ins stephen, the future like i did when new hands-free skechers slip is the secret is slip ends have an invisible built shoehorn, so your foot slides into place to try skechers slip in the emotional return of three americans and the largest prisoner swap between the west and russia since the cold war is also serving as a brutal reminder of the other americans that are still being held in prisons abroad. >> that includes marc fogel, a school teacher who was arrested on drug charges three years ago after he entered russia with a small amount of marijuana, his family says that he had it for medical reasons and they are heartbroken after he was not included in yesterday's historic release president biden was asked today about us efforts to bring him home as well we're not given up on that. you had to get out man said source tonight hostage negotiator and nobel peace prize nominee mickey bergman, who is the co-author of in the shadows t