this is the scene at andrews air force base where president biden has come to greet them.he body of the hamas political leader ismail haniyeh, who was assassinated in iran on wednesday, is now in qatar where he'll be buried later. more questions for the bbc over its handling of the huw edwards scandal. the culture secretary asks the corporation to see it can recoup any of his pay. hello. i'm mark lobel. let's start with breaking news — and within the past few minutes the us citizens who were part of the largest prisoner swap between russia, the us and other western nations since the cold war have arrived back in the us. this is the scene live at andrews air force base in maryland, where wall streetjournal reporter evan gershkovich, former us marine paul whelan, radio free europe journalist alsu kurmasheva and leading kremlin critic, vladimir kara—murza arrived. let us listen into president biden. , ., , biden. never show up anywhere in the middle — biden. never show up anywhere in the middle east, _ biden. never show up anywhere in the middle east, wouldn't - in the middle

air force one left andrews 50 years ago. i actually left on a plane the night before from andrews air force base and frank. they're probably would have been some room on that plane for you. it was a c-141 cargo plane and we were part of the white house advanced communications team that covered the refuel stop of air force one. returning from from china to anchorage, alaska we actually left before the presidential party left. and it was about a six-hour stopover in anchorage. so we actually were the traveling white house and we answered the switchboard the anchorage white house once air force one touched down at elmendorf in anchorage. i just thought i'd throw that in as a side light. i i would like to mentioned something today march 17th is the day that richard nixon walked out of the diplomatic entrance of the white house? all of the members of the leadership of the bipartisan congress were there to wish him well, and he goes out to andrews air force base. we get on our plane we go to our various staff tables. and the stewards had taken and put a little tv on one of the tables. and on that table was the p

air force one left andrews 50 years ago. i actually left on the plane the night before from andrews air force base and frank probably will put it been some room on there for you. it was a t. 141 cargo plane and part of the communications team that covered the refueling stop of air force one returning from china to anchorage, alaska. we actually left before the presidential party left and it was about a six-hour stopover in anchorage so we were the traveling white house and we answered thehe switchboard once air force one touchdown at elmendorf. i just thought i'd throw that into the pipeline. >> i would like to mention something. today march 17 is the day that richard nixon walked out at the white house and all of the members and leadership of the bipartisan congress were there to wish him well and he goes out to andrews air force base. we get on the plane and go to our various staff tables and the steward had taken and put a little tv on one of the tables. on that table was the picture of the plane that we were on. you see it taxiing down and turning and get it ready to take off. it was so heavy because it had to go all the

andrews air force base in maryland.happier to see him healthy, to see him with his trademark smile, and we already know that he's retained a good sense of humor, and i'm sure at some point he'll be able to share all that and his story himself, and we can't wait for that day where we no longer have to speak for him. he can speak for himself, and share the ordeal that he has gone through and the significance it has for journalism, and for the free world, really. >> and just to say, again, what the "wall street journal" has meant to all of us, to all of us journalists, to evan's friends and families, i'm thinking of danielle, his sister, and of course his father and the incredible courage and resilience and optimism that they have shown and largely because of the support from the journal from dow jones. and so thanks again. >> thank you, andrea. we were together with the family this morning, and it was a truly special moment, and i'm sure you'll hear much more from them in days to come. >> certainly home so. almar latour,

how did your castro reports from andrews air force base and maryland with the americans? landers, home at last 3 americans released from russian prisons as part of the largest multi country prisoner swap of its kind. finally set foot on us soil late thursday evening. us president joe biden and vice president comma harris were the 1st to greet them. my job is to make sure we get a good day before wayland is a former marine reed after 6 years in russian prison. how did you get through it? i'm resilience, it's my irish background. so you have to be a little tenacious with these people, but it's uh, you know, you do it day by day. are you um, every day i sun, the national anthems, my 4 countries. and i just, i did it one step at a time. and what, what is your words to the negotiators, the americans and all the other allies who worked for months for years, for this moment, for you to be home. thank you very much. thank you. oh, sue commercial is an editor with radio free europe. and evan goose cool, rich, a reporter for the wall street journal. they were among the 16 prisoners

deal to get krasikov home and we're going to see a similar scene play out later today at andrews air force base here, joint base andrews near washington, dc, when the americans come home, the president is going to be there. some of his top officials from the biden administration. i understand the cia director is going to be there as well. so this is this is a historic day. it's a very important day, but it is taking place as you say, against these respective political backdrops. putin, they're trying to play this up for his domestic audience, but also, we in the united states are obviously in the middle of campaign season this is a very important political win for president biden as well yeah. >> and steve, can you just speak a little bit about what we've seen a lot of exchanges. this one is huge, but can you also speak a little bit about your observations? on cia director bill burns is role in this because it really was pretty clutch in as many figures played a role in this. but his was certainly essential now, we've seen this over the years round of the russians have a strong preference with

i think it was at andrews air force base, and there was a reporter waiting for her, you know , with one question. when are you going to do an interview, she said, i've got the team set up one, it was the third of august, and i do, you know, seven or eight interviews a day, that says a lot, and you know, i'm not bragging, i'm just saying that's what you do if you're a public figure, and what's the point of being a public figure if you don't want to push your vision, so i saw kamala harris... in her convention speech talking about voting access, i know, i was in court in new york trying to get on the ballot while she was, you know, talking, the john lewis voting rights act, we're going to pass it, everybody has a vote, yeah, except their opponents, i think that's obviously a big political story, you support trump. that's a big change in your life, you were a democrat, you're still a democrat, but i also think, like, you said at the beginning, i'm an independent, i registered as an independent when i was running, when i talked to president trump, we talked about, you know, we were going to

on the tarmac at andrews air force base after a meeting of three compatriots, she tried to give a coherentech, but without a cheat sheet it turned out poorly. this is a tremendous testament to the importance of having a president who understands the power of diplomacy, who understands the power that comes from understanding. the importance of diplomacy and strengthening alliances. this is incredible. just after this joint speech, joe biden turns around on autopilot and heads towards the plane, which the arriving passengers have long since abandoned. stumbling slightly, he climbs the ladder. is anybody home? - biden asks, entering the salon. where he was going to fly, everyone wondered, from journalists to kamela haris, hoping that he would be exchanged to russia, social media users speculated. kharis exchanges glances with the personal photographer, both do not understand. what happens, later the white house press service will explain that biden simply came to thank the crew of the plane. the campaign theater of the historic exchange clearly did not go according to plan, and those returnin

nixon departed andrew's air force base on their way to china. and that ensuing week would become known as that which changed the world. dwight chapin was on that plane, air force one, 50 years ago today. and was experiencing perhaps the apex of his more than 11 year career working with richard nixon. dwight was born in kansas, attended the university ofa southern california and joined the nixon for governor team in 1962 at 21 years old. he caught the political bug, and his hard work and uncanny ability which take him to nixon's side throughout the entirety of the extort 1968 campaign and into the white house on january 20, 1969. dwight has dwight has written a terrific new memoir, "the president's man" which can see it to my left, but you would use with his work with president nixon. "the president's man" is without a doubt one of the most important contributions to the understanding of the nixon presidency andn. president nixon as a person that is yet been written. dwight will speak this evening with frank gannon. frank joined the nixon white h

a plane carrying us citizens pardoned by russia landed at andrews air force base near washington aroundnight, president. biden, to whom the american media attributes a key role in organizing the exchange, together with vice president kamela harris, personally came to meet the liberated people to the airfield, despite the late hour. for the biden administration, the return to america of paul willan, evan gershkovich and alsou kurmasheva is not just a historical deal, as it has already been dubbed here. an incredible diplomatic success is still a success. details emerged, allegedly haris was also personally involved in the deal and even discussed some of its details with european partners. but the ex-president criticized the exchange, not yet knowing the nuances, trump wrote on the social network, so when are they going to publish the details of the prisoner exchange with russia, how many people will we get and how much will they get, do we pay them money or do they pay us? trump, apparently, is hurt; he insisted at almost every rally that if he wins the election, he will do so immediatel

congresswoman sheila jackson lee passed away recently harris now boarding her plane air force two to head back to andrews air force baseed to join president biden this evening to welcome home the americans release east as part of that hostage deal. i want to straight to arlette sines, who is traveling with the vice president in houston. arlette, vice president heading back to dc. now, i was struck by her mention of the private call that she had with alexey navalny's wife, yulia navalnya, and kind of her role in all this. what was it? >> yeah. vice president kamala harris speaking there for the first time about these the release of these americans said that she finds comfort in the fact that they are now ending, that horrible ordeal where they had been held in russia. now she's specific typically noted in her comments that both she and president biden engaged in months and years of different diplomatic engagements to really try to push this deal forward earlier today, a white house official told us that two key meetings that she had were actually with the german chancellor olaf scholtz, as well as the slovenian prime mi

. >> reporter: president biden and vice president harris greeting them on the tarmac at andrews air force baseh their relieved families. also landing on u.s. soil, russian american journalist ilsu kumarshava. >> we haven't seen anything like this. this is a huge exchange. >> juju: they and others unjustly detained in russia returned today. u.s. green cardholder vladimir karamurva zoops now in germany. in explain the u.s. and allies released eight rigs, includes hitman hadeen krashnikov, serving a life sentence in germany for murder. >> it's an extremely moral question about when to make these deals. there's also the lesson, unfortunately, it's become very dangerous for americans to be in russia right now. absolutely, you will become a target. >> juju: the last major swaps were in 2022. former marine trevor reed, and months later, wnba star, brittney griner, currently playing in the olympics. griner tonight saying she is head over heels for the families. she sat down with robin roberts last year to talk about her arrest and imprisonment, which all began when russian customs found cannabis cartr

our north america correspondent will grant sent this report from the andrews air force base. sidential embrace. after more days behind bars than they'd care to remember, finally a night they'll neverforget. the arrival of the three americans at andrews air base marks the end of their ordeal in russia, and the defining image of the biggest prisoner swap since the cold war. this is a historic moment, however you look at it — politically, diplomatically or, for the families involved, just emotionally. some of the most high—profile us prisoners of modern times back on us soil. on the tarmac to meet them, president biden and vice president harris. one soon to leave office, the other hoping to take over. myjob is to make sure, number one, they don't get them. and if they do, we get them back. i don't buy this idea that you're going to let these people rot injail. reached against the backdrop of a full—scale war in ukraine, this prisoner swap was uniquely complex. it involved 26 people in seven different nations. as well as wall streetjournal reporter evan gershkovich and ex—marine p

our north america correspondent will grant sent this report from the andrews air force base. . greeted by a presidential embrace. after more days behind bars than they'd care to remember, finally a night they'll neverforget. the arrival of the three americans at andrews air base marks the end of their ordeal in russia, and the defining image of the biggest prisoner swap since the cold war. this is a historic moment, however you look at it — politically, diplomatically or, for the families involved, just emotionally. some of the most high—profile us prisoners of modern times back on us soil. on the tarmac to meet them, president biden and vice president harris. one soon to leave office, the other hoping to take over. myjob is to make sure, number one, they don't get them. and if they do, we get them back. i don't buy this idea that you're going to let these people rot injail. reached against the backdrop of a full—scale war in ukraine, this prisoner swap was uniquely complex. it involved 26 people in seven different nations. as well as wall streetjournal reporter evan gershkovi

>> well, she made a point, as you saw in her comments at andrew's air force base, consistently, everyack and referring to president biden. and flicking everything back to president biden who, truth be told, had -- was the one behind all of this. president biden, in fact, was making phone calls to both to the slovenia prime minister right at the -- on the the very same day that he came down with covid. so this was going on just as he was -- he was involved in these negotiations and kind of staring a lot of this at the same time that he was also bowing out and accepting that he was not going to be -- and then eventually announcing that he was not going to be the democratic nominee. so i think kamala harris had a moment at andrew's air force base this morning where she could have attempted or tried to ex pound more on her own role here and she chose not to take it. she instead decided to deflect to president biden and to -- to give him that win. which i thought was kind of interesting. >> rev, you know, all people of a good will and of right mind applaud this deal. which means that donal

a plane carrying us citizens pardoned by russia landed at andrews air force base near washington aroundidnight. president biden, to whom the american media attributes a key role in organizing the exchange, together with vice president kamela harris, personally came to meet the liberated people at the airfield, despite the late hour. for the biden administration, the return to america of paul willan, evan gershkovich and alsou kurmasoy is not just a historic deal, as it has already been dubbed here, an incredible diplomatic success, it is also a success pre-election, a trump card for kamela haris in the fight against trump. she emphasized it in her usual manner. it's an incredible testament to the importance of having a president who understands the power of diplomacy, who understands. the importance of diplomacy and strengthening alliances, it is an incredible day to see these families, their eyes, tears. details immediately appeared in the press, allegedly haris also personally participated in the deal and even discussed some of its details with european partners, but the ex-president

a plane carrying free us citizens landed at andrews air force base in washington. the board was met by us president joe biden, vice president kamala harris and relatives of those released. in particular , they returned home. the wall street journal reporter evan hershkovich and radio svoboda journalist alsu kurmashova, as well as former marine paul whelan. let me remind you that yesterday in turkey, the west and russia exchanged prisoners. moscow released 16 people, including americans, five germans and seven its citizens. instead , eight murderers and spies returned to russia, including the killer vadim krasikov, who was serving a life sentence. for the murder of the chechen commander in germany, on the part of moscow, this was the main condition of the exchange. another 1,100 invaders permanently demobilized the armed forces of ukraine, and in general, since the beginning of the full-scale russian invasion, the enemy army has decreased by more than 580 thousand soldiers. zagarbnyk's military equipment park also suffered losses per day, minus three tanks and eight

our north america correspondent will grant sent this report from the andrews air force base. d by a presidential embrace. after more days behind bars than they'd care to remember, finally a night they'll neverforget. the arrival of the three americans at andrews air base marks the end of their ordeal in russia, and the defining image of the biggest prisoner swap since the cold war. this is a historic moment, however you look at it — politically, diplomatically or, for the families involved, just emotionally. some of the most high—profile us prisoners of modern times back on us soil. on the tarmac to meet them, president biden and vice president harris. one soon to leave office, the other hoping to take over. myjob is to make sure, number one, they don't get them. and if they do, we get them back. i don't buy this idea that you're going to let these people rot injail. reached against the backdrop of a full—scale war in ukraine, this prisoner swap was uniquely complex. it involved 26 people in seven different nations. as well as wall streetjournal reporter evan gershkovich and e

a plane with freed us citizens landed at andrews air force base in washington. the board was met by us president joe biden, vice president kamala harris and family members dismissed in particular, the reporter from... evan hershkovich and the journalist of radio svoboda elsa alsush kurmashova, as well as the former marine paul whelan, returned home. let me remind you that yesterday in turkey, the west and russia exchanged prisoners. moscow released 16 people, including americans, five germans and seven of its citizens. instead , eight murderers and spies returned to russia, including killer vadim krasikov, who was serving a life sentence for murder. of the chechen commander in germany, on the part of moscow, this was the main condition of the exchange. and till operational information from the general staff of the armed forces of ukraine: 98 combat clashes took place at the front during the day. the hottest was in the pokrovsky direction, where the russians stormed the positions of our troops 43 times. fierce fighting continues in the area of ​​the village of pr

only one single unscripted moment thursday at andrews air force base welcoming the hoinls b hostagesnd she served up the word salad for which she's become famous. when she has to encounter the media, i'm sure you're going to insist she does, she has to answer for things why she wants to eliminate oil and gas production in this country, why she wants to ban gas powered cars, confiscate private firearms. we knew this race was going to be close all along, whoever the democrats want to put up against president trump, but kamala harris has only been the nominee two weeks and hasn't answered a single question. when the american people get a better look at her and her radical positions i think you're going to see that they don't want her to continue the biden-harris legacy. >> i appreciate you're critical of her not doing interviews and engaging in more unscripted events. you've done a decent job there of explaining the potential policy differences between the former president and the vice president. but trump doesn't do that himself? >> no. i dispute that. >> what earned him the most atten

say not a sign of warming relations between the us and russia. heidi to castro, outta zara andrews air force base usage up above his move from the russian capital . most good retreat, pest cold has been talking about this prison the exchange. uh, i mean yes. today was pretty harsh, saying that, oh, the enemies should be left outside russia and so he's who are no enemies should come back to russia. so today he was probably a bit, you know, no dots category, but says he has said, he's wrote some interesting facts about the jim krauss, because end of the russians he, uh, actually returned home to russia. he said that i didn't cross because actually is an active f as be asians. and he served in the f as v and i liked him in period 2. i came to look at the airport yesterday evening. no, just to learn, but sat with his um come to costs because crossteck used to sub in the also security service. and let me repeat the rule of his colleagues with him to meet and greets crossteck of. so trust gift continues to be a very important agents, copeland, team and patient. and for russia, you know, the coast guard

this is the scene at andrews air force base where president biden has come to greet them.re he'll be buried later. more questions for the bbc over its handling of the huw edwards scandal. the culture secretary asks the corporation to see it can recoup any of his pay.

of course, i've been in and out of andrews air force base so many times, i can't think of a better day on the tarmac at andrews air force base, which has seen more than its share of dignified transfers. the new arrival of various heads of state. really marvelous moment to see this, and you're showing spectacular photos right now. point two that struck me, you know, we think of nato, correctly, as a war fighting alliance. we go to war. we are in afghanistan, the balkans, syria, iraq, counter piracy. we fight alongside each other. here is an example of an alliance practiing diplomacy together, and doing it at scale across all these nations that pulled together, but also doing it retail. making sure we bring out these americans. and i loved the point the president made, that these are also russian dissidents who are being taken out. that's standing up. that's walking the walk for america. and third and finally, you know, you kind of ask the question, why now? why did this all come together? there's never a specific answer to that. i think that putin probably heard the election coming. i t

question by the media and she's only had one single unscripted moment, thursday night at andrew's air force base hostages back and she served up the kind of increated henceable word salad for which she's become famous and has encountered the media and going to assist she does, she'll have to answer for things like eliminating oil and gas production in the country and wanting to ban gas powered cars. why she wants to confiscate product firearms. liz: mark, she only became a senator in 2017 and missed two-thirds of the votes in 2019 in the senate. there's no policy positions on her website and now she's a democrat nominee without getting one single democrat primary vote. >> yeah and not looking presidential. but look what's going on with the chicago today. where shah gilani sensorineural on this. should be out addressing the public looking presidential and speaking and reassuring people and iran and israel and talking about this publicly. where is she acting like a president? liz: okay, mark simone, great to see you. getting to this. government watch dog for afghanistan released a new report that

. >> she has only had one single unscripted moment thursday night at andrews air force base welcoming and she sender up the incomprehensible word salad for which she has become famous. when she has to encountered the media and america sees her radical positions i think you will see they don't want her to continue the biden-harris legacy. >> joey: what does she do? does she come out, carley, and have more question/answer opportunity. >> carley: good question. >> joey: or keep this campaign loght others define her biden did that. >> carley: i don't think you can run a presidential campaign without the unscripted moments, without the news conference or the interview. even if it's from a favorable media source and i bet you that's the answer. i'm sure that's what they're going to say. >> joey: joe biden had nearly 50 years of a political background in history to be parceled through in 2020. and he held some drive-in rallies. he campaigned from the basement. he didn't have any question and answers. >> carley: yeah. joe concha fox news contributor and author of the new book "progressively w

. >> quite remarkable across the board and i have been in and out of andrews air force base so many timesmore than its share of dignified transfers and new arrival of various heads of state. a marvelous moment to see this and you are showing some spectacular photos right now. and a point that hit me, we think of nato, correctly as a war fighting alliance and we go to war and we are in afghanistan, syria, iraq, and we fight alongside each other. here is an example of an alliance practicing diplomacy together. and doing it both at scale across all of these nations to pulled together, but also doing it retail. making sure we bring out these americans and i love the point the president made that these are also russian dissidents, who are being taken out. that is standing up and walking the walk for america. and third and finally, you kind of asked the question, why now? why did this all come together? there is never a specific answer to that, i think that vladimir putin heard the election coming and i think secondly there is a sense of all of us coming together in the west at the moment becau

to see elizabeth is one of my personal heroes hug her brother tonight at andrews air force base, we can all be proud. it is as you said, it's a very proud day for this country. >> it certainly was extraordinary to see elizabeth and paul embrace. have you spoken to anyone in his family today? >> i will let the families speak for themselves. we have been in regular touch. i was very touched by personal statement that they released which was so full of grace, thinking this administration. recalling the work we have been through. i told elizabeth early on in the process, let my office be your soft landing. i will say this because a lot of times, members of congress want to own everything. we have staff and we have people who have been working in my office on foreign-policy who have spoken to elizabeth and her family day in and day out, regular communication. communication across the advocacy groups in the foley foundation and the levinson family. just a remarkable and unique set of individuals who come together. you need to know this. in the defense authorization last year, we passed the ho

meeting with biden on a plane full of liberated americans at andrews air force base, haris gave out suche of having a president who understands the power of diplomacy. understanding the power in understanding the importance of diplomacy and strengthening alliances, it is an incredible day to see these families, these eyes, these tears. even biden, judging by the expression on his face, also did not immediately understand what his running mate , republican vice president, j.d. vance, was talking about, commenting: “kamala haris was like a third grader talking about a book she had not read.” haris obviously hadn't prepared her speech yet on the morning of that day , they announced that this was a very difficult deal, usually this is a way of saying, we made a bad deal, and we did it on purpose. they made it complicated so that no one would understand anything. trump is angry. in recent months, he has repeatedly said that only he is able to come to an agreement with the kremlin and bring american citizens home, but now his trump card has been knocked out of his hands. biden laughs openly. w

so, for example, the president gets off of marine one at andrews air force base and starts to walk over air force one. we are all questions at him. he comes, speaks to us and then goes up the the the steps the engines of already are on and they start rubbing up and we go up the back stairs and before takeoff, i try to feed off of all the audio that i've got the on the old 740 sevens there are more there's more than one air force one that's explained the book, too. but there are these planes that are. and once you get inside the fuselage, even though you have no cell phone. so i would be standing on the back trying to, you know, get the wi fi signal to feed this audio to the the the npr cloud that we use. and you know the flight attendants like trying to grab me and get me on the plane because you don't keep the president waiting or the pilot of air force one. so a lot of one thing goes wrong and. you've really ruined your day and the day of a lot of other people because have hourly newscasts waiting to get this material, especially the president said something significant. so that's a t

oil soil see tm and andrew air force base.re that three face well a challenging road to reintroduction into regular life that journey begins at the brooke army medical center in san antonio, texas mike tobin is there alive the three will undergo medical psychological evaluation. mike, wonderful to have them back they are going to be undergoing some of where you are. >> yes it's a sensitive process the three americans were liberated from the russian prison spent the first night on american soil at the medical center see behind me at the brooke army medical center inside a forte of sam he is in the first set foot on american soil with the planet caring thm from turkey tou touchup joint be andrews on the east coast they were met by the president of the vice president. now evan gershkovich showed spirit before he left russia is required to write a request for clemency. in that request he included another request that was a request for sit down in tribute with vladimir putin for it once he got here on american soil, the first publi

she has only had one single and script unscripted moment thursday night at andrews air force base walkingat the kind of incomprehensible word salad for which she has become famous. >> here's the vice president on that rampant to its sender what senatorcotton was referrin. >> this is just extraordinary testament to the importance of having a president who understands the power of diplomacy. and understands the strength that rests in understanding significance of diplomacy and strengthening alliances it. >> addition to interviewing potential candidates to be her running mate, the vice presidents also likely to receive intelligence and briefing as well as u.s. assets are rolling into theater in the middle east. eric: will have more on that with general jack keane and a moment thank you. arthel: meanwhile former president trump doubling down on his criticism of the biggest prisoner exchange between the u.s. and russia since the cold war. as the three wrongly detained americans work toward integrating themselves back into regular life. mike tobin is alive at the brooke army medical center in s

. >> john: they will touch down at andrews air force base later on this evening video shows thinkable moment "the wall street journal"'s newsroom learned of the swamp the publisher reacting in our last hour. >> putting the spotlight on press freedom making sure that we are or we were talking to policymakers, decision-makers to advance evan 'has cause and press freedom around the world particularly in places that is very difficult. so this is a joyous historic d day. >> john: robert o'brien forming semi-formal national security advisor joins us on with don mike this historic day. >> sandra: but let's get to jennifer griffin life of the pentagon of what else we are learning about this right now. jennifer? >> sandra, jake sullivan the national security advisor got emotional at the podium moments ago. and "the wall street journal" newsroom as she showed here in washington, d.c., burst into applause after receiving the news that it's a reporter evan gershkovich had landed in turkey and exited a russian military plane. he was 1 of 4 americans including paul whalen who had been passed over i

to see elizabeth who is one of my personal heros hug her brother tonight at andrews air force base. we can all be so proud. this is a very proud day for this country. >> have you spoken to anyone of his family today? >> i will let the family speak for themselves. we have always been in regular touch. i was very touched by a personal statement they released which was so full of grace, thanks this administration. recalling the work we have been through. i told elizabeth very early. i said let's just let my office be your soft landing and i'm going to say this because a lot of times members of congress, they want to own everything. we have staffs and we have people who have been working in my office on foreign policy who have spoken to elizabeth and her hafamily. day ein and day out. regular communication. communication across the advocacy groups. just a remarkable unique set of individuals who have come together and stephanie, you need to know this. we passed the hostage and wrongful detainee day. march 9. the flag flew over the white house today. we also got money for families like t

she has only had one single unscripted moment thursday night at andrews air force base welcoming the hostages back. she served up the kind of income present henceible word salad that she is famous. when she has to encounter the media, kamala harris has been a nominee for two weeks and not answered a single question. >> harris: ari. >> yeah, that is the heart of the issue. the american people deserve to see where this new candidate stands and what she is capable of. she is trying to run out the clock. one of the reasons she is trying to run out the clock. she and her staff knows the american press corps will let her do so. could you imagine if the white house press corps went into a rebellion and demanded where is she? how come she won't? if all the stories about harris won't take questions and hiding as opposed to what they wants them to cover that would mean the press corps is taking donald trump's side. they will never do that? the american media broke down. the press used to pressure both parties to do their job for the american people. the last thing the american press corps will

there was only one single unscripted moment thursday night at andrews air force base walking the hostagesy, and she served up an income principle word salad. when she has encountered the media, she will have to answer for things like why she wants to eliminate oil and gas production in this country, why she wants to ban gas powered cars, why she wants to confiscate private firearms. we knew this race was going to be close all along, whoever democrats wanted to put up against donald trump. but kamala harris has not answered a single question. when the american people get a better look at her and heretical positions, they will see that they do not -- and her radical positions, they will say they do not want her to continue. host: one of the people advising the vice president on her decisions is her brother-in-law, also served as the chief legal officer at uber. here are some of the analysis from the new york times, saying he is serving as an unpaid advisor, though he made a mark on her campaign, he recommended ringing on eric holder, former attorney general, to handle the vetting process fo

. >> it'll be closer to midnight by the time they get to andrews air force base and reunited with theirut i imagine they have been seen him, he's been in prison for six some odd years. if no contact with his family. it'll be huge. it's a big and emotional nights and i think a very important one, not just for him and their families, but for united states of america. >> bret: we are seeing the video of them in turkey. the criticism, it marks a success for putin. russia's exchange for political prisoners marks the largest swap since the end of the cold war held as a success for vladimir putin. russia's handed eight spies including political assassin. obviously we are happy that evan gershkovich our home but what about the criticism directly? >> nobody's delighted, doing back flips over here because he is now a free man. that's when negotiations are about. and they require tough decisions, calls. if the president was willing to make the tough call in order to get all the individuals, not just the americans, released and it took tough calls by allies and partners. now it took a lot of moral