just a quick last thought from you, i'm going to speak to ann fogel, the center of marc fogel who istill being held in russia right now. your message to her and the families of those still being held in russia and elsewhere. >> yeah, look, our line remains open and certainly for the fogel family and their ties to their member of congress and with our task force that's here to support as well as some of the bureaucracy that's going on. i know that they haven't received the full wrongful detention case, but mr. fogel has lived a remarkable life in and of himself, educating in russia, and we want him to have justice and a fair and due process, which they are not pursuing in russia. >> haley stevens, democratic congresswoman from the state of michigan, congresswoman, we really appreciate your maing time to speak with us. thank you so much. >>> in stark contrast to those moments of just relief that we have seen from the families reunited in yesterday's prisoner exchange in russia, we are also seeing the heartbreak from those families of loved ones still in captivity. president biden talke

state department over its failure to declare mark fogel as wrongfully detained.ink he hasn't received that designation, and how has it complicated efforts, in your view, to secure his release? anne: i don't think he's been designated because i don't think he's important enough. as i said, we just don't have the notoriety, the celebrity status. and believe me, the worst part of this process is being pitted against other americans. i don't want that. no one wants that. mark doesn't want that. geoff: when we started our conversation, you said you wanted to get your brother's story out. what do you want folks to know about your brother, marc? anne: i want you to know that marc has had an outsized impact on the world, essentially because he has taught internationally for so many years. he has thousands of students that he has taught, and he is -- there's not a hall of fame for teaching, but he is the best of the best. and you have one of his students in your newsroom as we speak. he has students all over the world, writing to him, praying for him, making movies about

also saying there are people still including marc fogel.oint out not to beat a dead horse. one of those released, she was a reporter for the radio liberty. it was that entity that had reported extensively after he was murdered on the commonalities between that. there are repercussions here for free journalism's and repercussions for those reporting freely on the atrocities occurring within russia that they then react to seemingly impunity. >> you wonder about the future of journalism. how are we going -- >> i think benjamin hall has one of the most important voices here. if you read his book, not only do you hear what happened to him in ukraine but the other war zones and dangerous places that he traveled throughout the world and how critically important that is. if we don't hear the message, if we don't get a full picture of that story painted for us as americans, who can get lost in our comfortable lives, then we lose sight of people who are still held over there like marc fogel and others whose names we have never even lea learned. it is

any word of mark fogel?est on earlier formerly of the trump administration, national senior advisor, security advisor victoria coates from pennsylvania, one of her citizens from 2022, mark fogel. they were hoping that he was in the mix. his family was engaged today. any word of that name or any other americans at this point being held inside russia? >> yes, so we do have some other names. mark fogel is not among the people being released. we are told that there were efforts to get mark fogel returned and that was just not going to happen. those efforts are continuing. however, along with the three u.s. citizens and one legal permanent resident there were 12 german nationals russian political prisoners returning to germany and they included a list here. [names are >> this is all coming in rapid fire now. the families are in the oval office and any moment calling their relatives on the plane now. >> harris: this is such a big moment for the entire country. we need to bring all americans more importantly we hav

one of those families is the family of marc fogel.ican serving a 14 year prison sentence in russia facing charges of smuggling drugs, his family says, however, that he was carrying marijuana into the country for medical purposes and they came out with a statement after the news of this prisoner swap and the fact that he wasn't included in it saying, quote, marc is not rich, a celebrity, or connected to powerful patrons. all he has is his family. this glaring injustice and indifference are unacceptable. it's wrong, unfair not the america. we know and love essentially making the case that there has been a double standard applied to different americans who have been detained in russia. we should note, however, that national security adviser jake sullivan did mention marc fogel's name on talking about ongoing efforts to bring home americans detained around the world. kylie atwood, cnn, the state department wall street journal says, gershkovich had one final request for russia's president just before his release in the paperwork yet to fil

what do we know about efforts to get fogel free? >> yeah, there was a point where they thought the u.s. officials hoped that fogel would be included in this current deal. he wasn't, obviously. officials say they are continuing to work, they're literally starting again today to try to negotiate his release. this one is tough because he was a long time teacher in russia, and many current and former state department officials who he taught their children have written letters to the biden administration, to the state department, and imploring him to help get him out. in a strange coincidence, fogel's mother actually was at the rally in butler, pennsylvania, where there was an assassination attempt on former president donald trump, she actually met with him right before the rally. and so donald trump has also spoken a little bit about the need to release him and she went and did media on that afterwards. he happens to be from butler, pennsylvania, but officials insist they are working feverishly to try to release him as well, jose. >> je

fogel out throughout the course of his detention including working to get marc fogel out throughout the course of his detention, including trying to get marc fogel included in this deal. >> and we're continuing right now in real time to try to work toward the release of marc fogel beyond that, i don't have much to say other than to reiterate what has been a priority for the president, which is a whether those american detainees or in russia, or in a country like afghanistan or in iran, or in syria, or anywhere else. we're going to make it a priority to try to bring them home. and we showed that last week jon finer. >> thank you so much for being here this morning. i appreciate it thank you in georgia last night, donald trump had harsh words for this dates, popular but republican governor is former lieutenant governor is voting for harris and he joins my panel next when you're the leader is asked clean up and restoration. how do you make like it never even happened happened whatever comes your way there's a pro for that. serve pro, like it never even happened. >> i have moderate to s

and mr. fogel, mark folk well does not. so why do you think that the double standards, the why, why we're russian political figures, even though they have us citizenship favorite over ordinary american citizens with no political backgrounds like market photo, it doesn't have anything to do with the fact that this is an election year and, and they're trying to get in political points perhaps, you know, they're definitely trying to gain political points and they don't care about people that represent the main stream of american society. like a white male, for example, who was merely a teacher who had a certain percent certain amount of medical marijuana. whereas brittany grinds, for example, in black female basketball star. i probably have more marijuana and did not have it wasn't medical marijuana, it was recreational marijuana. so it just, it just proves that this administration is playing politics with these people. it is using them as political ponds in order to score points when they can and to totally disregard the thos

mr fogel�*s family said in a statement..., saying the white house will continue to pressure russia on his release, but did not give any details. friday was a day of records at the paris olympics. great britain continued their most successful start to a summer olympics as they collected three gold medals on day seven. they came first in trampolining, showjumping and rowing, meaning team gb have nine golds after seven days at the games — the most successful start at a summer olympics. french swimmer leon marchand won his fourth gold medal friday, setting an olympic record in the 200—meter individual medley. his time beat the previous record set by michael phelps at the beijing olympics. and team usa sprinters set a new world record in the 4x400 metres mixed relay during the race's opening heats. aerosmith are officially retiring from touring, as frontman steve tyler struggles to recover from a vocal injury he suffered last year. the band, known for hits including dream on and walk this way, cancelled dates on their farewell tou

. >> i want to ask you before you go about marc fogel, he is a us school teacher sure. arrested in russia in 2021 sentenced to 14 years in prison for allegedly having a small amount of medical marijuana he wasn't included in this deal. his family says they received no explanation from the administration and they're not happy about it his mother and fogel told my colleague jim sciutto that she has not heard from the white house so here here's what i'd say, dana, which is that marc fogel is on all of our minds, every single day, we have been working to get marc fogel out throughout the course of his detention including trying to get marc fogel included in this deal. >> and we are continuing right now in real time to try to work toward the release of marc fogel beyond that, i don't have much to say other than to reiterate what has been a priority for the president, which is a whether those american detainees or in russia, or in a country like afghanistan or in iran, or in syria, or anywhere else. we're going to make it a priority to try to bring them home and we showed tha

and mr. fogel, mark focal does not. so why do you think that the double standards, the why, why were russian political figures, even though they have us citizenship favorite over ordinary american citizens with no political backgrounds like.

they said they feel mr fogel has been "abandoned" to die in prison.l landed in the us late thursday night — meeting theirfamilies, along with presidentjoe biden and vice president kamala harris. evan gershkovich, paul whelan and alsu kurmasheva were then flown to san antonio, texas for medical and psychological evaluations. our chief international editor jeremy bowen reports on the moments leading up to their homecoming. president biden invited the families of the released americans to the oval office and they were counting the minutes to their return. they are all standing around the oval office here. this was a good day for president biden. he hasn't had many lately. and an even better one for the families. the wall street journal reporter hadn't forgotten the prisoners he left behind in russia. ijust spent a i just spent a month ijust spent a month in prison and there is a whole... everybody i sat with hazard been approved political prisoner. paul whelan was held for spying, which he denies, during a two—week trip to russia. i feel great, it is a l

one of them is marc fogel. marc fogel has missed in three years.om pennsylvania was detained in 2021 on smuggling charges. you can see him here on the right, at a russian airport, where he was found to be carrying a small amount of medical marijuana. his family has urged the biden administration to do more to bring him home. earlier i spoke to his sister ann fogel, who told me about hopeful she is about his chance to come home. i am clinging to whatever hope i can, so, yes, to a certain degree, and the administration pulled off a masterful, incredible swap, and they should be congratulated, and i'm very happy for the return of paul and evan and alsu. ijust wish my brother was among them. when you speak to your brother, do you get a sense of his condition there? you mentioned he is able to follow the news, you're able to talk with him. how is he doing? this is especially difficult because it comes on the heels of 21 days in a prison hospitalfor him. he was released on the 21st of which ironically is the day that they, i guess, formalised the list of

two years ago, fogel was sentenced to 14 years in a penal colony for possessing medical marijuana.a statement to cbs news, his family said, "we are completely heartbroken and outraged that marc has been left behind while the u.s. government brought other americans home." president biden vowed to fight for fogel. >> we are not giving up -- we are not giving up on tha. >> reporter: the agreement led to the release of 24 prisoners by seven different countries. among the freed russians, a convicted murderer, several spies, and hackers. on "cbs mornings," national security advisor jake sullivan justified the trade. >> at the end of the day, the president looked at this deal, and he said, what we are getting, the value of human life, the value of putting families back together, the value of standing up for freedom of the press, far exceeds what we are giving up by sending a few more criminals back to russia. >> reporter: in his formal request for clemency, evan gershkovich asked if vladimir putin would sit down with him for an interview. tonight, the kremlin said it is ready to consider

don't have anything at this time to read out with marc fogel specifically.e top when he was delivering his remarks to getting americans home. with each of these exchanges, it is our goal to secure release of of as many as americans as we can. that is the goal every time we get into these negotiations. and we're always very careful. we do not do these in public, obviously. and at every step in this process, starting all the way back when we sought the release of paul whelan and brittney griner, we also sought to release marc fogel as well, as you heard from jake sullivan. we are actively continuing to do so and are engaged in active discussion on how we can get to that, how can we get to a path to get him home. don't have anything to read out on a recent conversation with his family. reporter: the federal reserve yesterday signaled that it could cut interest rates for the first time since the pandemic. does the white house believe that's a good idea? ms. jean-pierre: i'm not going to comment on any monetary policy decisions or potential decisions by the feder

questions around other american nationals who were not released as part of this agreement, namely marc fogelo is in detention in russia on drug related charges. the u.s officials, biden administration have now described him as being wrongfully detained. they say that it's simply wasn't going to happen in this exchange with it, they will continue can you to work for the release of other american nationals wrongfully detained? we heard from the u.s. national security adviser, jake sullivan, given quite an emotional statement yesterday, saying that this had been a long road for the biden administration and the families of those now released back on american soil, but also said that this was a foundation that they could build on you have to continue to work towards securing the release of other american nationals that will certainly continue to be a focus for the biden administration while he remains in office appreciate that update now that bashir in london. >> thanks so much washington's now walking free include a former colonel convicted of murder, as well as several alleged or convicted spie

this, of course, would apply to somebody like marc fogel, who us officials had said they want it to be a part of this historic massive deal. they made that push and the same way that they did for paul whelan in that brittney griner deal. mark was not a part of this deal and us officials have really said that they are going to double their efforts to, at some point, get him out and get him home as well. laura mj, we have some sound of what evan gershkovich, who came off the plane. we held his hands up for a moment as if to say, i'm home. here's we had to say as he's walking towards the press evan out of the home not bad. >> it feels good. pretty unbelievable to think about that. the split-screen, as you've mentioned, brittney griner, mj lee, i mean the olympics are going on. she is participating, playing on behalf of the united states of america, only made possible by her release through the concerted effort of diplomatic negotiations to get her home. and tonight she's also expressing her joy that they are able to be home as well it's pretty extraordinary. mj absolutely. >> and you can'

the people left behind -- marc fogel, he is the schoolteacher. he taught your kids.has not been declared wrongfully detained, which puts him in a tougher category for the beginning of the legal process to negotiate for him. the state department says they are negotiating for him to be released open humanitarian grounds. he has been held since 2021. >> yeah. it was a bittersweet day for the family. i talked to his sister yesterday. again, just to emphasize, the families that are involved in this, evan's family, all the other families, that helps to keep the pressure on. it was such a roller coaster ride for them. they got indications that he might be on the list. there was a russian press report that said he was, then he wasn't. i'm cautiously optimistic given what the state department has said, what jake sullivan said this morning, that there might be a way to release him on humanitarian grounds. his health is not well. he has serious health problems. it would be a horrible tragedy if he died in jail. i hope that this now creates the permissive conditions for successf

marc fogel is another one. the ballerina whose name i can't remember, and there's several other people serving sentences in russia. i would like to see us go back and clear the decks. that does not take away from the incredible accomplishment that the administration has pulled off today. >> i was also thinking, at one what point, did you believe, when you take hostage training, to not trust anything, don't say anything that you don't want to have overheard, et cetera. was there a point at which you realized, yes, this is finally at. >> i was lucky, an afghan journalist helped me escape. i didn't feel free until we landed at bag ram air force base in afghanistan. i couldn't sleep. i had another former hostage said he would go to restaurants and couldn't figure out what to order. he wasn't used to that. and i kept thinking i was going to wake up and it would all be a dream, but, i, you know, was home. it was real. >> how long did that take? >> weeks. but they will recover, there's this thing about not wanting to

people like marc fogel, who is a teacher was a teacher at the anglo american school in moscow. he brought cannabis into the country he's serving a 14 year prison sentence gordon black is an american soldier still there. i cosine karelina, she's a mutation from la, she's not part of this deal either. so there are still people with us connections in russian prisons. and i think they must be feeling, i don't know what they're feeling tonight. it must be pretty bleak for them. >> yeah i'm one of them. their families released a statement talking about just that and i'm going to be interviewing white house official coming up in the show and that of course will be part of that discussion. thanks to you all we appreciate it and up next, we're going to go back live to the white house with president biden's deputy national security advisor, john finer side. >> are you on singleton to feel me house of the dragon streaming exclusively on max mokri thanks buddy someone needs to customize and save hundreds of liberty mutual wait there's an elevator. only pay for what you need labor day you k

be i'll hold came to jason carroll, cnn, manchester, michigan the family of american teacher marc fogel was outraged that he was not included in thursday's prisoner swap photo. fogel was charged with smuggling drugs after a small amount of medical marijuana was found in his luggage, he is currently sentenced to 14 years of hard labor in russia his family says the drugs were recommended by a doctor to treat severe spinal pain while president biden says the administration is not giving up on foegele's release. he has not been deemed yet as wrongfully detained as several of the other detainees held in russia are. i spoke to mark's sister, anne fogel who has been pushing for his release for months as the state department explained to you, why he has not been designated as such yet they we've never received an explanation. >> they issued a report to congress in june and frankly, they had a they had a lot of the facts wrong about marks case to be so it was it was it's been hard to be trusting we met with jake, saw over of 2022 in the white house and he told us you told my sister-in-law and i

one of those still detained is marc fogel.he 63—year—old school teacher was arrested in 2021 on smuggling charges and is serving a iii—year sentence. you can see him here on the right, at a russian airport, where he was found to be carrying a small amount of medical marijuana. his sister, anne fogel, says she is hopeful about his chances of coming home. you know, i am clinging to whatever hope i can so, yes, to a certain degree, and, you know, the administration pulled off a masterful, incredible swap. they should be congratulated, and i am very happy for the return of them but ijust wish my brother was among them. this is especially difficult because it comes on the heels of 21 days in a prison hospitalfor him. he was released on the 21st, which ironically is the day that they, i guess, formalised the list of who was coming home, but marc was in a prison hospital, which is not actually... i'm not certain it is really a hospital at all. but he was given many, many, many shots, injections and drugs, and they did an ultrasound o

at least a dozen americans remain jailed in russia, including marc fogel, a teacher serving 14 yearssession of marijuana that had been prescribed by an american doctor. his 95-year-old mother shocked that marc didn't come home. >> i thought when they were releasing that many prisoners, one of them would surely be marc. but it wasn't. >> reporter: today president biden saying he is determined to keep working on fogel's case. >> we're not giving up. we're not giving up on that. >> reporter: the families also travelled here to san antonio and are staying at hotels near brooke army medical center, the facility you see right behind me. that way, they can visit their loved ones whenever they want, also so they can participate in some of the therapy that these former prisoners are going to go through in that reintegration process. whit? >> whit: an emotional 24 hours for those families. mireya, thank you. >>> news tonight about the u.s. economy and a sharp drop in the stock market fueled by lower than expected jobs numbers. and now growing concerns the fed may have waited too long to lower

american schoolteacher marc fogel has been detained in russia since 2021. his sister says he's been left behind. >> it's really one of the most incredible betrayals that i have lived through. i hope that they make it right. >> reporter: today the president promised he's not giving up on bringing fogel home. >> and, gabe, what's next for the americans who were released? >> reporter: well, lester, they'll now receive post-isolation treatment at brooke army medical center in san antonio. that's the same facility that has helped reintegrate other prisoners such as brittney griner. there are still more than 40 americans wrongfully detained or held hostage around the world, lester. >> all right. gabe, thank you. >>> and a milestone for vice president harris today securing the democratic nomination for president as she closes in on choosing a running mate. dasha burns is following it all for us. >> reporter: tonight, vice president harris making it nearly official, the dnc saying she's won enough delegate votes to secure the democratic nomination in a virtual roll

in 2021, fogel was detained at an airport in moscow after marijuana was found in his bag. his family says he was prescribed the drug to manage a severe, decades long spinal disease. he was sentenced to 14 years in prison. president biden was asked about him today. >> we're not giving up. we're not giving up on that. >> in a statement, fogel's family says they are completely heartbroken and outraged that he was left behind in yesterday's deal. >> i am personally working on that case and i'm going to do everything in my power to see mark get home. >> also still in prison, russian american ksenia karelina arrested in february. the former ballerina is accused of raising money to support the ukrainian military. her boyfriend says she made a donation of about $50 to a ukrainian organization. her trial starts in a few days. >> i'm happy for them. i'm happy for the for the hostages. but at the same time i'm very heartbroken and sad because mike has said he is not on that list. >> karolina's boyfriend says he believes there's a process where detainees are first convicted before bei

they have been advocating, as you know, to get marc fogel out. he was in a separate category, because he was not technically innocent of any crime under russian law. there was a drug issue. it was medically prescribed. they raised it. they convicted him of it. >> yeah. i've unfortunately been part of these prisoner release deals in the past where my constituent was not on that initial list. that happened in an iranian prisoner release deal that left one of my connecticut constituents behind. we don't give up. we do not give up. this administration doesn't give up. the biden administration eventually finally freed my constituent from the clutches of the iranian regime. in this case, we have not gotten everyone out. but as you point out, this deal is made possible because we have allies. i haven't gotten briefed on the details yet. that will happen after -- >> here comes the president, senator. >> thanks. >> the president is coming in with the families. thank you so much. here is the president of the united states on a signature day. >> got everybo

they said they feel mark fogel�*s been abandoned to die in prison.ies along with president joe biden and vice president kamala harris. evan gershkovich, paul whelan and they were then flown to san antonio, texas for medical and psychological evaluations. our chief international editor jeremy bowen leads up to their homecoming. president biden invited the families of the released americans to the oval office and they were counting the minutes to their return. miss you so much. when they landed just outside washington, evan gershkovich appeared when vice president harris was distracted. this was a good day for president biden. he hasn't had many lately. and an even better one for the families. the wall street journal reporter hadn't forgotten the prisoners he left behind in russia. ijust spent a i just spent a month ijust spent a month in prison and basically everybody i sat with... inaudible. paul whelan was held for spying, which he denies, during a two—week trip to russia in 2018. feel good, it is a long time coming. glad to be back. alsu kurmasheva

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finally, before we let you go, john, the president's in active talks to bring marc fogel home. has he reached out to marc's family this week? have they spoken? i don't have a conversation specifically between the president and the fogel family, but the state department i know has been in touch with the fogel family in the wake of this deal, and i can assure them, as we have assured them, marc, was we were trying to get marc to be a part of this deal, try to uncouple occasions, and the russians just weren't biting. doesn't mean we're giving up. and every time you do one of these deals, jackie, you learn, you get a little knowledge of the perspective of the other side. we're going to use that knowledge to see what we can do to get marc home where he belongs. john, thank you so much for being here. admiral john kirby, appreciate it a pleasure. thanks. joining us now is south carolina senator lindsey graham. senator, thank you so much for being here. senator. thank you. president trump reacted to this prisoner exchange at his rally last night. listen to this. i'd like to congratula

family members were hoping all along that fogel would be included in the swap, but its sister told cnn earlier, it took a phone call from a russian prison to find out that he wasn't we really hoped that they were going to get mark on the plane. >> we do that it was going to be happening very quickly. >> but mark called me yesterday morning and when i realized that he was in rybinsk, i knew that things were not going well because he should have been gone and it's it's been it's been a roller coaster well, a senior us official says the white house tried to include fogel in the swap, but it was unsuccessful. >> the official also said the administration will keep redoubling efforts to get him out of prison from a us marine, trevor reed was released from captivity in russia during another major prisoner exchange in 2022. here he is addressing criticism thursday's swap earlier on cnn i don't think anyone wants to see hardened criminals released from american prisons, especially if the victims of those crimes have been americans or the united states in some way. >> but i think it's important

i mean, what can you tell us about the marc fogel case? >> i would never want to speak for the president of the united states, but i would say that we've made calls on the russians to release more fogel on humanitarian grounds. we've brought back people that were not wrongful detainees i think for and venezuela, we've brought back one on this recent efforts. so just because someone's not necessarily designated grumble doesn't mean that we're not also trying to work behind the scenes to bring them home as well and the president is working hard to get those five americans being kept in captivity by hamas and gaza is so absolutely that's a full-court press by the entire united states government. >> cia director bill burns, my boss, tony blinken and jake sullivan the president. everyone is pushing hard to try to bring those americans home. >> well, i know how much joy you brought to so many people and we cover these stories. we don't often get to cover the good news stories on this show. but when we do often, you're at the other end of the tab

, an american still jailed in russia. >> of course, fogel not included in yesterday's prisoner swap. biden told reporters, quote we're not giving up and with back-channel phone calls, clandestine meetings, covert discussions between world leaders yesterday's outcome reads like something out of a spy novel. and this morning we are learning the intricate details that went into the planning of this prisoner swap. for more, we're joined by cnn's priscilla alvarez. priscilla, what else are you learning? >> well, look, president biden described yesterday as a quote feat of diplomacy and what we have learned over about what happened over the last several weeks months certainly demonstrates that as you mentioned, there there were multiple meetings and discussions underway over the last several months about what they could offer russia to secure the release of these american and it is the reason why it was so important for the united states to work with other countries, especially for example germany, germany, for example, had a russian assassin and a close ally of russian president vladimir

there's also marc fogel. he he is an american teacher who had been teaching in moscow for many years diplomats here at the state department actually know marc fogel pretty well because he is selling i'm one who taught their children while they were serving in russia. now the school that he was working at has since closed. and when he was returning to russia in 20 21, he was going there for his final year of teaching and he was arrested. he was charged with smuggling of drugs. the same charge that we saw against britain and the griner who was then of course released in a falling prisoner swap. he hasn't been deemed wrongfully obtain detained, but he's someone who's family. we've been talking to has been worried about him has been worried about his health. so there are many individuals that we have been keeping an eye on. we'll watch to see if they are included and then of course, as you guys have been discussing, who else from around the globe, us officials have been able to secure as part of this overall deal

and second, they of course, did not get everything that they wanted that includes marc fogel, an american that was sentenced to 14 years of labor camp in russia. this is a history teacher who had been teaching in moscow though us officials are making clear that they are going to redouble their efforts to try to get him out. they were unsuccessful in doing that this time around. and this deal also us officials are stressing does not mean that there is now some breakthrough or even a detente of sorts. and us, russian relations there, us officials making very clear that even despite this deal, there are going to be no major policy changes when it comes to how this administration views vladimir putin or the ongoing war in europe train and we also to get a briefing at the white house in just moments, we'll of course, bring that to live. >> mj, the white house is also touting how vice president kamala harris was in vault in this prisoner swap. break that down for us yeah, there are two meetings that we are now learning about that vice president harris had privately lee when she was attending th

and mickie, it's great to have you back on because you've got to feel for marc fogel's family. one of them was speaking to erin burnett last night and just a tearful interview about how this felt and they did try to get them out. russia refuse to allow him to be part of this plea deal. and you heard president biden there, but i think the question is, how much harder is it to get people like him out when the biggest bargaining chips these russian assassins that we saw, traded his part as the deal yesterday were already a part of a swap well, thank you. >> kaitlan first of all, let me say it. look, today and yesterday were good days and this was an operation that was run by the u.s. government and negotiated and executed by the u.s. government. and i commend the president for going ahead and being able to pull it off, his team at the white house. the cia, the state department, everybody does. it been involved. it's incredible. but as you said at the same time, and i wrote about it i have failed full time full times to bring paul whelan back home, and i was extremely delighted to

>> my point is connected. >> and mark fogel? >> but my point is that that is not a responsible statement about the -- what the biden administration is doing every day to get more than 70 americans out of prison or out of hostage-taking situations around the world. i have personally worked on the mark fogel case. i am still working on that case. i am determined to get him home, and i will do everything in my power to see to it that he's freed. but paul whelan, we weren't able to get him in a couple previous deals. we got him in this one. i look forward to the day i call mark fogel's family and tell them he's coming home. >> it was a late night, so thanks for getting up. appreciate it. >> thanks a lot. >>> all right, guys. let's turn to the 2024 race. donald trump facing pushback from members of his own party in the wake of controversial comments about vice president harris' personal identity, but the former president, he's not backing down. nbc's garrett haake's in d.c. with that story. garrett, good morning. >> yeah. those comme

. >> american schoolteacher, marc fogel is behind bars in russia, his family is calling it a glaringustice. take a listen to what his sister, anne fogel said just a couple of hours ago. >> asking russia for humanitarian relief, that's never happened in history that they have done that. there's no reason for it to happen now. it's almost laughable and insulting. marc needs to be designated as wrongfully detained today. >> senator, what's your reaction? could more have been done for him, and do you know anything about the ongoing efforts related to his detainment? >> we know that it is a priority for us to get all americans home. it's absolutely a priority. every day we have specialist in the state department. that's all they do is to work on every unlawfully detained and american that's being mistreat bid another country. keeping in touch with the families, and looking for opportunities, so absolutely we want to get him home. and i agree, we should do everything in our power to bring him back to the united states. >> you said in a press release, we need to collectively work to deter r

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