we were exnecting this _ friend of evan gershkovich.end of evan gershkovich. we were expecting this outcome, we - friend of evan gershkovich. we were expecting this outcome, we will- expecting this outcome, we will appeal it. as you and i discussed before, the court system in russia, 99% of cases and in conviction. it’s 99% of cases and in conviction. it's a non—transparent process. there was a non—transparent process. there was a glimmer of hope a few weeks ago when we saw the us ambassador in russia to visit him, he said he was in good health and his spirits were high. we've since heard from his parents as well. have there been any further attempts by officials and authorities to see him? the further attempts by officials and authorities to see him?- further attempts by officials and authorities to see him? the us has made two additional _ authorities to see him? the us has made two additional attempts - authorities to see him? the us has made two additional attempts to i authorities to see him? the us has i made two additional attemp

officials pushing to have access to evan gershkovich.d in russia he spoke earlier this week on the phone with cnn and he said he's confident that u.s. officials are pushing for his release but he is really asking them to push along more quickly because he wants a deal to secure his release and of course evan gershkovich's release as well. >> until he has these consular visits, i mean, there's no good sign really until he starts having at least this very minimal thing -- >> basic requirements. >> obligation if you are being held that they have left to do. good to see you. thanks for being here. >>> is a 20-year reign about to come to an end? lebron james dangles the possibility of retirement after getting swept out of the playoffs. what we are hearing this morning. encer... hey, i thought you were on vacation? it's too expensive. use priceline, they've got deals no one else has. what about work? i got you. looking great you guys! ♪ go to your happy price ♪ ♪ priceline ♪ wake up, achievers. you're making the most of every hour of your life

is being held again today. >> and now, evan gershkovich's parents came to the united states and settledst of the family, and they went to the court today for this pretrial hearing. we will learn what made the decision for them to go to this court hearing. you don't normally see the americans go to the country to see them in-country, because it can be potentially dangerous. one other thing to note, we do have the ruling of the predetention trial, and what it did is that the court extended the time that he is going to be in pretrial detention from the end of this month through the end of august at least. so essentially, that means that the russian investigators who are trying to know there is more time in prison, and so it will be the end of october before we hear more details. >> and we will have more details of how did he look and seem. >> they didn't allow the reporter in, so it is tough to know. >> the parents went, and jewish soviet dissidents coming to the united states in the 1970s and generally speaking not the type of people who feel comfortable going back when their son has been

today >> so the way out for evan gershkovich in all of this is a prisoner swap.d with britney griner, she was swapped for viktor bout, who was the merchant of death, what that's what they mix nicknamed him, international arms dealer basketball player for an international basketball -- >> is there anybody of that caliber, for lack of a better word, that can be swapped for evan gershkovich. >> we talked about this yesterday. the u.s. says russian cyber criminals in custody. a lot of them. but the criminal and doesn't really care about them. because the sort of a diamond as. you can develop cybercriminal very quickly in there are many of them and russia and what the united states doesn't have in our custody right now are russian spies. and that is what russia wants in return for paul whelan, who is also charged with espionage, and evan gershkovich, so that's why they are going to allies around the world and trying to see if there are allies who have russian spies in their custody who they could offer up to the u.s. to be part of some sort of prisoner swap down the r

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is heavily involved in efforts to get evan gershkovich back.istic about those efforts? >> first, i'm shocked by that. sometimes i think i can't be more shocked by what mr. putin will do, especially with his barbaric war where he just slaughtering civilianize, including today in ukraine. and yet the arrest of evan gershkovich was shocking to me. i did not anticipate this. this is outrageous. and i'm not optimistic that it will be easy to get them out. it wasn't just that they needed to get another american to pick up. they have other americans already rested, as we know. mark fogle, paul whelan, they're just looking to do a trade, that's one thing. but it wasn't just that. he wants to scare away western journalists, independent journalist from working in russia and evan was doing his job. he is a really fantastic reporting who i have been reading for years. this that is what scares putin and that's why he arrested him. >> michael mcfaul, thank you. >> thanks for having me. >> coming up, members -- meet the newest members of the rock and roll hal

the world is closely watching the wrongful detention of general reporter evan gershkovich. it's essential that all of us that stay -- stand for freedom stand for evan and don't rest until he is safely home. president biden indicated his support this past weekend and it's important that he and his administration follow through on their promise. we will hear from several journalists about the risks of reporting the truth today. the conversation will include reporters from belarus and nigeria living and working in exile that will talk with the washington post. then our colleague david ignatius will sit down with secretary of state antony blinken to discuss the state of press freedom around the world today. as you will see one we release the 2023 world press freedom index, in many places press freedom is under greater threat than ever. attacks on the media by desperate sand dictators have emboldened others to do the same. russia has been brutal in attacking press freedom there and in the areas they occupy in ukraine. china's ongoing oppressive tactics put fresh freedom there in

commemorated >>> ron desantis is set to announce his run for the presidency >>> and the detainment of evan gershkovich. >>> and an actress joins a rare club with less than two dozen other actors of asian descent. >>> it's wednesday, may 24th "early today" starts right now >> good morning, i'm cori coffin >> i'm frances rivera. today marks one year since the horrific day in yew auvalde, te. they are going to hold a moment of silence and state flags will be lowered the time coincides with the moment a gunman began his n beg p rampage, killing 19 students and two teachers >> it is something we live with every second just imagine everything you love getting ripped from you. >> there's no moving on. i'm stuck on that day, and i will forever be stuck on that day. >> 12 months later, and the victims of families are still seeking accountability and action many have been pleading with lawmakers to raise the age to buy the type of weapon the 18-year-old shooter used but that measure appears stalled at the texas capital >>> we are learning more about the scare at the white house when a u-haul truck slammed into

secretary, to ask you about evan gershkovich and your efforts to get him free. sec. blinken: first, it is good to be here with you. this is an important day. it is a somber day for the reasons my alter ego cited a few minutes ago. we know journalists around the world are increasingly under siege. under siege in variety of ways. that has manifested itself very powerfully. in evans detention and incarceration. profoundly unjustly for doing his job. we are intensely engaged with the russians to seek his freedom, to seek his immediate release. short of that, to get what russia is obligated to provide which is consular access which they have done once but have yet to repeat, our ambassador had a chance to be with evan about 10 days ago. found him of incredibly strong bind and spirit which is a powerful thing in this situation. but we have a country in the case of russia that like a handful of other countries around the world is wrongfully detaining people, using them as political ponds, using them as leverage and a practice that is absolutely unacceptable and we are worki

the wall streetjournal�*s world coverage chief gordon fairclough gave an update on evan gershkovich�* colleagues and friends have been sending letters in and he is sending letters out. his sense of humour seems to be very intact, which is great. you know, he seems to be doing pretty well, all things considered. and his health is fine? he can get access to medical help if he needs it? i mean, luckily he is young and in good shape. i know he's been doing push—ups in his cell, and taking advantage of getting his steps in when he is allowed outside for exercise. he's been reading a lot. so he is trying to keep himself strong. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. padel is the tennis/squash hybrid that's becoming the must—play sport of 2023. anyone can play it and then you sort of get addicted — it's a very social sport, so it's a lot of fun. it's a cross between squash and tennis. it's tennis scoring, but you can play off the backboard like you can with squash. well, it couldn't be simpler — bats instead of rackets, and the rest is pretty obvious. i mean, it is a sign ofju

so the case of evan gershkovich is outrageous, but it's being replicated thousands of times around theas left the country. well, on that point, you yourself are on russia's latest sanctions list. what does that mean for you, and what's your response? well, first of all, the things that i'm facing are much less serious than the people who are actually inside russia. russia faced us sanctions for their activities, and so they kind of... retaliated by throwing the book at a whole group of people, which included me, but also people at the rand corporation, president barack obama. it was really kind of a weird assemblage of people that they put together. i don't think there's any actual practical impact on any of us, except that we can't go to russia any more. all right, michael abramowitz, president of freedom house, thank you so much for being with us. thanks for having me. the queen of rock and roll, tina turner, has died at the age of 83. she rose to fame in the 19605 with songs including proud mary and river deep, mountain high. she spent the last few years of her life in switzerland a

it's now five weeks that evan gershkovich has been in jail and accused of spying. no consular contact for the last couple weeks. >> very tragic. it's horrible what's happened to him. and the other americans wrongly imprisoned in russia as hostages. evan gershkovich was arrested not just to trade for some russian criminal here in the united states or in a european country. he was arrested to deter independent reporting inside russia. that's the enemy of vladimir putin, the truth is the enemy of vladimir putin. so i think this had the double affect of picking up another american, but two, making it more difficult for americans and russians, for that matter, journalists to think about the kind of reporting they do inside of russia. >> yeah. i should point out the week before last i think there was a visit from the ambassador, but it's been -- they have been requesting it and it's been denied in the last couple of days at least. richard engel, admiral james stavridis and ambassador mike mcfaul, thank you. >>> up next, the price you pay. more moves from the federal rese

a russian court has extended the detention of "wall street journal" reporter evan gershkovich for at gershkovich was arrested in march on espionage charges that the u.s. says are fabricated. >>> target is pulling some items from its pride theme line of products, saying they've led to confrontations from customers and threats to employee safety. target's pride collection features more than 2,000 lgbtq dprendly items and was rolled out in may. >>> and bills coach sean mcdermott says damar hamlin is not practicing yesterday though he is working with the team. hamlin was cleared to resume football activities last month. for more download the cbs news app on your cell dpoen o connected tv i'm shanelle kaul, cbs news, new york. >>> tonight, a teen is accused of threatening to kill president biden after ramming a 26-foot truck into a white house barricade. here are tonight's headlines. the new details about the 19-year-old who flew from st. louis to the nation's capital, accused of crashing a rented box truck and carrying a nazi flag. >>> a twist in the 2024 race for president. how florida g

the wall streetjournalists evan gershkovich who is being held in custody in russia.e. at the white house correspondents dinner on saturday presidentjoe biden said we're working every day to secure his release. i'm joined now by gerchkovich's colleague — gordon fairclough, world coverage chief at the wall streetjournal. where are we on efforts to get him released? it's been a struggle for washington to even get access to evan for that was denied last week in an effort by diplomats to go and meet him. we're hoping that that becomes more of an established routine. but certainly we're trying to keep his case front and centre and it certainly does seem to be a priority for the us government now. i think it was april 18 evan appeared in a russian court. how did he seem to you? he appeared in a russian court. how did he seem to you?— he seem to you? he looked like he lots a bit of — he seem to you? he looked like he lots a bit of did _ he seem to you? he looked like he lots a bit of did seem _ he seem to you? he looked like he lots a bit of did seem to _ he seem to you? he

staying in russia, a court has extended the detention wall streetjournal reporter evan gershkovich byce. the journalist was arrested in march on espionage charges, which he denies. mr gershkovich's detention had been set to expire on may 29, but he will now remain there until at least august 30. the wall streetjournal�*s world coverage chief gordon fairclough gave an update on evan gershovich's condition. he spoke to my colleague yalda hakim on the bbc earlier. he is writing a lot of letters. a lot of his colleagues and friends have been sending letters in and he is sending letters in and he is sending letters out. his sense of humour seems to be very intact, which is great. you know, he seems to be doing pretty well, all things considered. but! seems to be doing pretty well, all things considered.- all things considered. and his health is fine? _ all things considered. and his health is fine? he _ all things considered. and his health is fine? he can - all things considered. and his health is fine? he can get - health is fine? he can get access to medical help if he needsit? access t

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i also want to thank you for bringing up the plate of evan gershkovich.is a tragic situation and i appreciate you raising the issue. today u.s. agm is requesting a hundred $44 million. that is a 59 million dollars increase for fiscal year 2024. as a lifelong businessperson, i've always had to justify any requests for investment. demonstrate that is a good investment, that we are meeting stated goals and objectives and we are going to deliver value for shareholders. i think u.s. agm owes accountability to the american taxpayers in congress. i wanted to put you in the shoes i have been in a number of times before and to ask you for the wegman elevator pitch about how u.s. agm is a good american taxpayers. >> it is, senator. i am very much in line with your way of thinking the first half of my life was spent at the wall street journal and i have a lot of respect for thinking about way of thanks. we are in an information war and as we have seen ticket literally in ukraine and watching how that enrolled in the beginning information may be as powerful as tanks.

the 53-year-old says he's been told the release of both he and detained journalist evan gershkovich are is on top of the pga again, winning his third pga champions p and fifth major for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm matt piper, cbs news, new york. >>> center stage. ukrainian president zelenskyy finds solidarity at the g7 summit in japan, stockpiling pledges of military hardware ahead of a spring counteroffensive against russian forces. from the u.s., another $375 million. >>> i'm elizabeth palmer in hiroshima. president biden is on his way home from this summit having renewed his commitment to support president volodymyr zelenskyy and the people of ukraine. >> we will not waver. >> even so, moscow claims victory in the longest and bloodiest battle of the war. >>> also tonight, debt deadline. the president says he might go it alone and invoke untested constitutional powers to avoid a government default. >> i'm willie james inman in washington where leaders of both parties are set to restart in-person negotiations. >>> plus, spacebound. she's a fo

what about evan gershkovich? >> we are in initial conversations trying to get the russians to agree to release him. i wouldn't go in more detail at this early stage. we have not, obviously, forgotten evan. we have certainly not forgotten paul. we are trying to get these gentlemen home to their families where they belong. >> finally, austin tice, we heard secretary of state antony blinken speaking about him as well yesterday and he said the united states is engaged with syria, with third countries as well. we both in weekend at the white house correspondents' dinner talk to austin's mom. for her sake does that indicate she should have more hope her son will come home after 11 years. >> the united states has not forgotten him either and we are trying to get the best information we can about austin. we want to see this issue resolved. we want to see him home as well. i hope that debra can understand how seriously we are taking his detention as well and trying to get this resolved as quickly as we can. >>> hopefully,

evan gershkovich is the first one everyone thinks to go.ll give resources to reporters around the world interacting with these authoritarian governments. how will that work? what to it have done to potentially help someone like evan gershkovich? >> around the world there are more than 500 journalists in detention of some kind and just in the last year, 67 journalists have been killed doing their work. this is a growing phenomenon, a growing problem. as crease are more oppressive, as corrupt actors want to hide what they are doing they lash out at journalists. we realized lately the tactic is to bankrupt journalists as well as detain them. what we are launching today is reporters shield, an insurance fund to allow journalist ds who may not have the means to compete with an oppressive government or oligarch to have the insurance and legal protection to stay in the bids of holding accountable those actors trying to steal and prepress their people. >> what about in a place like mexico? so many reporters have been murdered. "the nethe new yorker

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gershkovich as wrongfully detained. more like a hostage than a prisoner. president biden delivering a message to his family this weekend. >> we all stand with you. evanat you all escaped from years ago. >> reporter: at the wall street's london office, gershkovich's boss says he's a victim of plummeting relations between russia and the united states. >> he was a journalist doing his job and journalism should not be a crime. >> reporter: other journalists describe feeling completely alone held at the prison. the monotony only broken by reading and the joy of mail. richard engel, nbc news. >> russia's deputy foreign affairs minister said russia may consider a possible prisoner swap a possible prisoner swap for gershkovich after a court orders in his place. >> the surgeon general about the public health crisis that comes with isolation. you're watching "chris jansing reports" only on msnbc. s" only c i don't live here, so i'm taking this and whatever's in the back. it's already sold in the us. but i'm not taking any chances. the uk's #1 skincare has crossed the pond. (vo) verizon small business days are back. april 27th through may 3rd. the uk's #1 skinc

efforts to free evan gershkovich when russia is baselessly accusing him of spying?ybook, as a kgb agent to basically use this kind of arrest to try and embarrass the united states, claiming that somehow this "wall street journal" reporter is a spy, which we know not to be true. and so he's going to basically leverage this kind of containment by gershkovich in order to try to use him as either someone he can trade for somebody else or he's going to use it as leverage in dealing with the united states on other matters. so it's clearly putin's playbook that is working right now. >> let's turn to the latest attacks inside russia while i have you, mr. secretary. these were apparently carried out by russian citizens, but is ukraine giving thatacit approva here, and is this a concern for ukraine's allies? >> there's no question that tensions are increasing with russia. what they did in intercepting those bombers in the baltic sea is typical provocation by russia when they're trying to send a message, and the fact that there were anti-putin russian militias who conducted an

. >>> a new setback tonight for evan gershkovich, the "wall street journal" reporter jailed in russia on spying charges. a court in moscow extended his pretrial detention for at least three more months to the end of august. the u.s. government has declared him wrongfully detained and has demanded his immediate release. >>> tonight the nation's airlines and airports are gearing up for a breakneck memorial day holiday after a year of travel meltdowns. it's the first test in what's expected to be a summer of record travel with the tsa chief saying passenger volume is back to prepandemic levels here is tom costello >> you have a boarding pass. >> reporter: countdown to the getaway, with 10 million air travelers expected through tsa checkpoints this long weekend. 2.6 million on friday alone. >> you've got to be flexible. >> you've got to roll with it. what else can you do >> reporter: the nation's airlines promising no repeat of last summer's travel chaos that began a year ago this weekend when several airlines didn't have the crews to fly the flights they'd sold. stranded passengers and m

. >> staying in russia, the moscow court this week ordered evan gershkovich to be jailed through august there anything, any hope, anything new on consular visits? there have been two requests for the ambassador or others to come. both have be denied. >> in fact, there have been three requests in the last few hours. the russians denied our latest request, the third we made for consular access to evan gershkovich since april. we had officials in court to see him at his hearing. we have had one consular visit with him. our ambassador was able to visit him in april. since then, they have denied visits. they are required that they agreed to provide us with access. they refused to do so. i would say that their actions with respect to consular access are keeping with their lawless actions. the charges are trumped up. he is not a spy. he is a journalist. we will continue to press for his release as we will press for the release of another wrongfully detained american, paul whelan. i would just say quickly and more broadly, there is no higher priority for this administration than the return of w

evan gershkovich was an employee for "the wall street journal" when he was taken into custody.sians have been given permission to hold him for a further three months. no media were allowed to attend the hearing where the extension was granted. he and his newspaper have dismissed any suggestion he was involved in spying. in the u.s., there is still a standoff when it comes to the u.s. debt ceiling. neither side wants a default, but neither side is backing down either. speaking to reporters at the capital today, u.s. house speaker kevin mccarthy once again blamed the white house for not coming to the table sooner. the republican leader said that the day's discussions have been good but insisted the government needs to spend less for any deal to be reached. democrats have long argued that wealthy americans and businesses should pay more taxes to help raise government revenues. the white house press secretary says a deal both sides can be pleased with is possible. >> negotiations are very hard. they are very difficult. both sides have to understand they will not get everything they

president focusing much of his remarks on press freedom and wrongfully detained americans, like evan gershkovich, austin tice, and paul whelan >> i promise you i am working like hell to get them home. >> a glimmer of hope for the families as wnba superstar brittney griner, freed from russia at the end of last year, received an extended standing ovation. >> love you, brittney. >> reporter: monica alba, nbc news, the white house. >>> still ahead is hollywood about to go on strike? the negotiations going down to the wire will your favorite show be shut down? and the machines versus the musicians we are in the studio for the creation of a new song was it written by katy perry or ai? ♪ >>> it is a real life hollywood suspense story going down to the wire members of the writers guild of america are threatening to go on strike as early as tomorrow night marissa parra reports on the last-minute negotiations and what a writer's strike could mean for your favorite shows >> reporter: hollywood is holding its breath as signs of a writers' strike are written across tinsel town. >> we are really prepared to d

they're in no hurry to free evan gershkovich. they want to get as much out of this as they can.nd it also makes the situation, let's face it, politically for biden difficult, and that's another thing that president putin obviously would probably like. so the -- it is being dragged out, there's no question. and there's really no guarantee in any case with gershkovich or with paul whelan of how this ultimately will end because as you know the war in ukraine and the situation between the united states and russia, every day is changing. and in most cases, getting worse. >> jill dougherty, thank you very much, as always, for those insights. we appreciate it. >>> senator tim scott of south carolina will jump into the race for the white house tomorrow. he's getting a high-profile endorsement. >>> t-minus 20 minutes until four private astronauts blast off for the international space station. we'll bring you the launch when it happens. there you see the launch pad. we'll have that coming up in just a few moments here in the cnn newsroom. ...everyday produc. ...designed smarter. like a sm

this would have been evan gershkovich and paul whelan. do you think putin wants to make a deal? >> putin took gershkovich as a hostage as basically as a trading chip for after brittney griner was swapped for viktor bout, putin got a taste for the value of hostages. so they took a "wall street journal" reporter that's high-value hostage-taking. so putin wants to do one of these deals. but he wants to humiliate us with one of these deals. he wants to get unreasonable terms for these deals. we've to be careful about all this stuff because the moment you do a deal like what was done with brittney griner, it kind of opens up the flood gates for them to take more hostages. >> once brittney griner went home, was go get evan gershkovich. >> what we don't want to do is give them the sense that every time they want something, they take a hostage. and, so, it's a very delicate game. >> bill, thank you very much, always good to see you. >>> and, next, 10,000 migrants right now waiting on the mexican side of the border with the u.s. southern border. and that's just at one city. we're going t

he cited evan gershkovich, the wall street journal reporter in a russian prison since march and austinwho disappeared in syria in 2012. >> journalism is not a crime. evan and austin should be released immediately along with every other american held hostage or wrongfully detained abroad. >> mr. biden also acknowledged marine corps veteran paul whelan who has been in russian prison sinc 2018. still to come, the understudy and under treatment of menopause. and elevating the work of female and non-binary photographers. >> this is pbs news weekend from w eta studios in washington, home of the pbs newshour weeknights on pbs. >> the migrant crisis has made its way north to chicago. more than 8000 migrants have arrived since last august. that is when texas governor greg abbott began bussing asylum-seekers to so-called sanctuary cities as a protest against immigration policies. chicago officials say the daily arrivals have increased tenfold over the last two weeks and there is no place for all of them to go. while they wait for of beds in city shelters to become available, some are sleeping on

a closed door hearing, a russian court extended the arrest of "wall street journal" reporter evan gershkovich by three months. the 31-year-old american citizen was arrested in march on espionage charges. the court ordered him held until august 30th. the "wall street journal" and the u.s. government have denied the charges. the state department says he's being wrongfully detained. >> the claims against evan are baseless. we continue to call for his immediate release as well as the immediate release of paul whelan. >> whelan, a u.s. marine veteran, is serving a 16-year sentence in russia on spying charges that he and washington deny. >>> today marks one year since a teenaged gunman opened fire at roob elementary school in uvalde, texas killing 19 students and two teachers. memorial service at the now-closed school and around the city remain standing. public and private events to remember the victims are scheduled for today. a criminal investigation into why police waited outside for more than an h confronting the shooter continues. survivors, families, and the mayor remain frustrated by the del

. >>> a russian court is extending the arrest of evan gershkovich, who was arrested back in march on suspicion of spying. both the journal and the government have denied those claims. today a russian court ruled the journalist will be held in prison until august 30th. the u.s. has declared that gershkovich has been wrongfully arrested. >>> let's take a live look outside. oh, wow. look at all the traffic on the bay bridge approach this morning. we'll check in with mike. i don't think there's any problems out there right now. >> there are a lot of people out there for this hour. >> i guess it did surprise me. usually we see that about 6:00 in the morning. >> we're seeing the sky clearing, though, and there were a lot of clouds across the bay area. some spots are getting some peeks of sunshine. but we are seeing some peeks in walnut creek, and the temperature at 64 degrees. we're headed for the low 70s this afternoon. you're going to notice that it is much cooler today compared to yesterday. we're going to keep this weather even as we head into the weekend. so take a look at our high te

pharmacists can sell without prescription >>> a court in moscow has extended the pre--ttrial detent of evan gershkovich by three months he could face up to 20 years in prison, charged with espionage chapman, what's been the immediate reaction to this decision >> reporter: well, frances, upon hearing that his pretrial detention had been extended now until the end of august, an immediate outpouring of support for gershkovich. the state department calling the claims against him baseless and once again calling for the immediate release of evan gesh can vich as well as fellow american paul whelan his employer, the "wall street journal" exoingchoing these cla also saying while they expect no change to his wrongful detention they're still deeply disappointed we also heard from several colleagues, one of them tweet ago moretweeting a horribly disappointing development. another colleague simply saying "release evan now" we saw his parents were in court. apparently, they didn't have any state department assistance in getting there, but they were there to support him as well as the u.s. ambassador. but there has

the status of your colleague, evan gershkovich, where do we stand? guest: a lot. he will head to detention this week. we are trying to do every thing we can to talk about him so thank you for that. he has a court date scheduled. it is not expected to be one where he will be released. it is expected to go to trial. it is important to talk about how he is unfairly and unreasonably detained. he was doing his job in russia and working very hard. he loved doing his job as we all do. this element of journalism takes love and he loved being in russia, telling stories of the people. he was doing that and unfairly detained and captured by russian authorities. host: has a wall street journal been told by the president, white house or state department as to efforts of his release? guest: no. we know they are working on it. there is a public facing effort to get paul whelan out. and there are things behind the scenes happening as well. we are all thinking of evan. the wall street journal is a place where as a cover congress, i get emails from around the world, asking me to as

well as struggles they faced in recent years at the start of his speech, biden talked about evan gershkovich saying his administration is working every day to secure the release of gershkovich while declaring journalism is not a crime. biden took time to honor wnba star brittney griner who received a standing ovation from the crowd. this comes after her release from being wrongfully detained in russia at the end of 2022. >>> in israel, house speaker kevin mccarthy is set to make history as the second u.s. speaker to address a full session of israel's parliament nbc's raf sanchez joins us now from tel aviv. what can you tell us about mccarthy's visit that's been there so far >> well, jessica, speaker mccarthy arrived here in israel yesterday. he is at the head of a bipartisan delegation, both republicans and democrats. and they're here to mark israel's 75th independence day this is speaker mccarthy's first trip overseas since taking office back in january there was a reception in his honor last night, and his opposite number, the speaker of israel's parliament actually played hotel california

biden commemorated "wall street journal" reporter evan gershkovich, who has been detained by russian authorities since the end of march biden said his administration is working every day to secure his release while declaring that journalism is not a crime. biden also took time to honor special guests in attendance wnba star brittney griner, who received a standing ovation for the crowd. now this comes after her release from being wrongfully detained in russia after the end of 2022. now despite all the good-natured ribbing of the night, the chimminess between the president and the press corps may not last very long as president biden ramps up his reelection campaign in the coming months back to you, jessica >> all right, brie jackson in washington, thank you so much for that >>> now to the recent supreme court controversies dominating the headlines. it will be in focus on capitol hill this week the senate judiciary committee is set to hold a hearing tomorrow to discuss possible ethics reforms from the nation's highest court. the supreme court does not adhere to an official code of eth

the war can get you killed or jailed on false spying charges like "the wall street journal's" evan gershkovichack around the world. according to the committee to protect journalists, 363 journalists were imprisoned as of last year. 43 in china, 62 in iran, and 67 journalists and media workers were killed, 13 in mexico alone. >> being a journalist means being a target, and it's just the reality of modern warfare, i think. >> reporter: yet they stayed. how do you have the courage to stay and do this job in the middle of the war? >> war just came to my home, and i really wanted to give words to the people. >> reporter: and to make sure their stories are never forgotten. andrea mitchell, nbc news, new york. >> the important work goes on. that's "nightly news" for this wednesday. thank you for watching. i'm lester holt, please take care of yourself and each other. good night. >>> leaving the bay area. we have the new numbers today showing how many people have moved out of here and the reasons they took off. good afternoon. i'm audrey asistio. welcome to ""nbc bay area news" at 4:30." ian cull is di

at the start of his speech biden commemorated wall street reporter evan gershkovich detained by russian authorities since the end of march biden said his administration ask working every day to secure his release while declaring that journalism is not a crime. biden took time to honor special guest in attendants wnba star brittney griner who received a standing ovation from the crowd. now, this comes after her release from being wrongfully detained in russia at the end of 2022 now, despite all the good-natured ribbing of the night the chumminess between the president and the press corps may not last much longer as president biden ramps up his reelection campaign in the coming months. >>> a lot of family faces including your familiar face as well along with two other veryf >> it was an awesome opportunity to meet celebrities, lawmake a whole bunch of people coming together for a great cause scholarships were handed out to journalists, judge journalists at this event and journalists were recognized for the hard work that they do. it was a great opportunity to mix and mingle, but also, you

the wnba stade americans wrongfully detained abroad, including "wall street journal" reporter evan gershkovichwho's also detained in russia. the president also poked a bit of fun at himself and the media's coverage of his age. at 80, he's currently the oldest sitting president in u.s. history and looking to run for four more years. >> and, look, i get that age is completely reasonable issue. you might think i don't like rupert murdoch. that's simply not true. how can i dislike a guy who makes me look like harry styles? [ laughter ] >> reporter: and the president insists he should be judged on his record, not his age. jericka? >> skyler henry for us at the white house, thank you. >>> today the army identified the three soldiers killed when two helicopters collided in alaska during a training mission. they're 39-year-old christopher eramo of oneonta, new york, kyle mckenna of colorado springs, and 32-year-old stewart wayment of north logan, utah. >>> switching to weather, april is going out like a lion. a severe storm swept through the south. today people in palm beach gardens, florida, are asse

the war can get you killed or jailed on false spying charges like "the wall street journal's" evan gershkovicher attack around the world. according to the committee to protect journalists, 363 journalists were imprisoned as of last year, 43 in china, 62 in iran, and 67 journalists and media workers were killed, 13 in mexico alone >> being a journalist means being a target, and it's just the reality of modern warfare, i think >> reporter: yet they stayed how do you have the courage to stay and do this job in the middle of the war >> war just came to my home, and i really wanted to give words to these people. >> reporter: and to make sure their stories are never forgotten. andrea mitchell, nbc news, new york >> the important work goes on. that's "nightly news" for this wednesday thank you for watching i'm lester holt, please take care of yourself and each other. good night ♪ ♪ ♪ the room is hot and the pool is cold ♪ ♪ the tv ain't got hbo ♪ ♪ and the water pressure's always low ♪ ♪ and the minibar is empty ♪ ♪ and good luck gettin' a good night's sleep ♪ ♪ right between the honeymoon suite ♪ ♪

the arrest of evan gershkovich has been extended by a moscow court, you will remember he is a reporterforaring in advance, and were not allowed inside court. this line hasjust advance, and were not allowed inside court. this line has just coming to us now, saying that his arrest has been extended for three months until the 30th of august. an bbc investigation has found vapes confiscated from school pupils in the uk contained high levels of lead and other metals. scientists are warning of serious health risks, with lab tests showing nickel levels nine times higher than what's considered safe. most of the vapes found on children were illegal, and hadn't been registered with regulators. we can now speak to marcus saxton, chariman of the independent british vape trade association. thanks forjoining us. can we start with your reaction to these findings by the bbc that the babes did get into the hands of children and not only that, they contain some very dangerous components? —— that vapes got into the hands of children. thanks for having me today full service usually concern, as you outlined a