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white house is crediting steve wykoff for securing marc fogel's release. he was highest ranking official to visit russia since 2021. john fetterman is among those praising efforts to get the man released. he said i know all of pennsylvania will welcome marc fogel home, thanks to the president and steve witkoff. a kremlin spokesperson refused to talk about it. trump said he hopes russia relations will improve. there are still questions what is next with ukraine including new airstrikes by russia in keefe. >> trace: in bring in -- marc fogel was not included in multiple prisoner swaps. trump said he would get him out and lived up to his promise. a big victory for marc fogel and this administration. >> it's a huge victory. it shows lethargic leadership of biden and active leadership of trump. i think it is no accident marc fogel was taken on august 15th, 2021. what happened on that date? fall of kabul, fiasco in afghanistan signalling weakness of the prior president and putin took note of that and took marc fogel as bargaining chip for future bargaining. >> t

what a day for marc fogel. >> what a day for marc fogel. what a very long three years. jeff zeleny, thank you very much for that reporting. i'm going to bring it back in this room. this is also a pivotal moment for, as jeff has been talking about, russia, u.s. relations. one of the biggest questions here is what did russia get? now i'm just going to fill you in. and also our audience, what we've learned over the last couple of hours, you heard the president there saying it was fair. we also heard his envoy for hostage affairs, adam boehler, earlier tonight with kaitlan collins saying it may not be 1 to 1 exchange. it may not be anyone at all. there's no way putin is not going to get anything out of this deal. he wants something. >> yeah, i'm sure there was an exchange. i look forward to hearing the details. and i hope president trump is right that this leads to a further set of conversations about how to bring peace to the region. i mean, what an amazing and emotional thing to hear this guy describe his feelings as he goes into the white house. he described donald trump

mark, marc fogel, welcome home. that is all the time we have this evening, thank you for staying with fox news channel, we have continuing coverage, let not your heart be troubled, trace gallagher will take it from here, set your dvr say never miss an episode of "hannity" and stay tuned for folks continued coverage right here. >> trace: good evening i'm trace gallagher it is 11:00 on the east coast, this is america's late news, "fox news @ night". >> so much to so many, that this super organism, will that have come to my support... the love that i was a given, sustained me for 3.5 years in prison, they had me in hospitals for more than 100 days. i was given more than 400 injections in that time. and knowing i had the support of my fellow pennsylvanians, a family, my friends... it was so overwhelming... a brought me to my knees and it brought me to tears. >> trace: breaking into nights, we showed it to you live for moments ago, american teacher marc fogel arriving back on a u.s. soil after being wrongfully detained i

middle east, incredibly impressive to me that on top of that he was able to secure the release of marc fogeland remember that marc was arrested in august of 2021 for carrying 0.6 ounces of medical marijuana into the country. now the question is what we had to give the russians in return. i don't think those details have been shared yet or how this fits into the larger picture, remember this weekend at the munich security conference there will be discussions about the future of ukraine, and typically with russia everything is intertwined. there were hostage release with the war in ukraine, even arms-control negotiation. >> john: so, when fogel was taken, right around the way same time that brittney griner was taken, as well, and she had a quantity of marijuana on her, as well. she was immediately labeled as wrongfully detained. fogel wasn't. and there was a great cry, why are you treating brittney griner one way and marc fogel a different way? as sandra mentioned, he eventually did get that wrongfully detained designation, but can you speak to us about -- what were the differences here? it se

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marc fogel has been detained in russia since august 2021, when he was accused of large scale drug smuggling. fogel was released in what the white house is calling an exchange, though there is not much clarity on what the united states, if anything, gave in return. cnn's jeff zeleny joins us now live from the white house with more. jeff zeleny take us behind the scenes of this exchange came as a bit of a surprise today. >> abby. it did, but it's actually been in the works for quite some time, and the president is going to meet marc fogel in the diplomatic reception room once they make their way here to the white house. it's a snowy night in washington. he'll be coming from joint base andrews. you can see right there he's walking off the steps of the plane before he steps foot on american soil there, wearing an american flag. it says marc fogel is back. promises made, promises kept. those promises, i'm told, were made directly between the president and marc fogel, mother. they met, actually, back in pennsylvania at that butler, pennsylvania rally. that, of course, was the assassination attemp

release of another hostage. >> this is expected to happen, just one day after american teacher marc fogelturned to the u.s. 2021. >> steve: president trump welcomed him home at the white house, as you can see the southport co-right there with light snow coming down. mr. fogel with an american flag around his neck. all after working a deal with moscow for his release. >> lawrence: last year spoke with steve witkoff who helped secure fogel's freedom. watch. >> the outcome was that marc fogel came home. i met him at the airport. he was -- it's hard for me to describe his -- what it was like to meet him. what it was like to see him. what it was like when we put him on the plane. what it was like when we rode on the plane in and spent nine hours together. and, most importantly, what it was like when we touched down at andrews air force base. i turned to him and said you are on u.s. soil now. the tears he had. it was an amazing moment. >> i felt blessed. >> brian: i get the sense in talking to him that there is so much -- there is so many more shoes to drop. and he said notice, he brought me to

marc fogel has been held for three years, six months and 27 days. and i heard his mom on with john and sandra at america reports this afternoon. and she was just so ecstatic. and i think that that feeling every american can feel as her son is coming home. and the picture of him landing at joint base andrews with the fist in the air is quite something. a couple of points that just to follow up on what you were talking about with dan, which i thought was really insightful, really insightful, and that is that steve witkoff, first of all, is very trusted. as you know, sean, with president trump, he is, you know, obviously middle east envoy. but i think that this entree into russia happened through the middle east. and i've talked to people over in the middle east who have been very impressed with his ability to negotiate and to deal with everyone individually. and i think that led this entree into russia and the meeting that he had with putin, that's number one. number two is your point about not getting anything in return? i think this is the beginning

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adam boehler, who helped negotiate the release of marc fogel. and i should note, he is also with the secretary of state, marco rubio. and it's great to have you both joining us. obviously, this is such an exciting moment for for marc fogel his family, for his mother, i know. and adam, you posted that photo of him on the plane back home earlier today that everyone saw really the first scene of him outside of russia that we have seen. can you just walk us through how this happened and how quickly this came together? we're trying to get adam boehler back on the line, as you can hear there. what they're doing right now is they are at joint base andrews. they are waiting on the plane that is carrying marc fogel to land back. it is a plane, i should note that belongs to steve witkoff, trump's middle east envoy, who has been such a big part of dealing with the middle east and then was meeting with the king of jordan here in washington just earlier this week. and then we heard word that he was in russia. there was questions over why. and then it was ann

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. >> bill: welcome home, marc fogel. president trump secured his release three years in a russian jail and his story was really not out there. now he is home and that was not the only big moment we saw at the white house yesterday. yesterday afternoon around 12:50 sandra smith walked out of her office and she said a bit of a slow day right now. that changed in a moment yesterday. big events. we'll go through them together. i'm bill hemmer. good morning. >> dana: in the marc fogel story, a wonderful one for him and his family and fascinating as well. before we do that talk about this. elon musk made a surprise appearance in the oval office yesterday standing alongside president trump and for the first time answered questions on his efforts to root out government waste. >> we are talking about adding common sense controls that should be present that haven't been present. it is really just saying let's look at each of these expenses and say is this actually in the best interest of the people? if it is, it's proven. >> bill:

. >> brooke: marc fogel, an american teacher, is home after three years in a russian prison. he was welcomed home draped in an american flag. he was welcomed by president and lawmakers. >> i feel like the luckiest man on earth right now. i want you to know i am not a hero in this at all. and president trump is the her hero. knowing i had the support of my fellow pennsylvanians, my family, my friends, it was so o overwhelming that it brought me to my knees and brought me to tears. >> brooke: marc fogel was wrongfully detained in 2021 for drug possession and sentenced to 14 years in prison. president trump made an exchange with russia. >> president trump: he's got a great mother. i saw his mother at a rally, she said, will you get my son out. she's 95 years old. i said, we'll get him out and got him out pretty quickly. >> brooke: details are unknown, the president says it was fair and reasonable. he says another hostage will be released today. >> carley: bring in dan hofman, what a joyous moment to see marc fogel standing alongside donald trump draped in an american flag. biden

it was announced by trump's national security advisor, mike waltz, earlier today, who said that marc fogel was indeed going to be coming home after this negotiation. such an exciting moment for his family, who was very upset when mark fogel was not included in the last release by russia, the prisoner swap that happened when evan gershkovich the wall street journal reporter, came home. and, adam, i think you're back on the phone with me. the question i had for you in this, in this moment was, just walk us through how this happened and how quickly this came together. >> well, you know, it was a major effort on behalf of secretary rubio here with me, with steve witkoff and others. and it came together very quickly. but that's because the president leaned in. >> secretary rubio, can you just give us your thoughts on this and what we know about how marc fogel is doing, how his health is right now? >> well, we'll find out soon enough. from all the reports, he's he's doing fine. he's doing well. obviously, he's been in prison for three years. that's never good for anyone. but but he seems to be i

marc fogel was wrongfully detained at a russian airport in 2021 for carrying medical marijuana.e arrived at the white house wearing an american flag draped around him, he was welcome home by president trump. he called trump a hero. president trump said he did a deal with russia and it could help in the war in ukraine. here's what he said about the exchange. watch. >> what were the terms of the deal. >> very fair, very fair, very reasonable not like deals you've seen over the years. they were very fair and somebody else is being released tomorrow that you will know of but we wanted to get this done very important and steve wanted to fly over and get marc fogel and get him home properly because it can be a tough trip. >> as you heard president trump said we should expect another american hostage to be released today, fox news contributor former cia station chief who served in moscow, iraq and pakistan daniel hoffman, thank you for being here. give us your reaction and what you expect this to me in terms of president trump's efforts to end the war in ukraine. >> it's an extraordina

president trump's incredible national security team helped negotiate the exchange that secured marc fogel's release. this event shows a good-faith effort from russia and it's a sign, as i just said, that we are moving in the right direction to end this brutal war. malphine fogel, marc's mother, was understand of the upset she would never see her son. slated to join president trump on stage at the july 13th butler, pennsylvania, rally to speak out for marc and then the infamous assassination attempt against president trump took place but that day before the rally, president trump promised mark's mother that when he returned to the white house, he would bring her son home. god save president trump's on that day in butler, pennsylvania, and now marc fogey with his family as a result. god is good. the president also continues to bring back common sense to our government. this week he signed an eeo to end the procurement and forced use of paper straws, taxpayer dollars wasted on these nonfunctional and massively unpopular products for no other reason that it made radical activists feel good abou

envoy for the middle east, steve witkoff wittkopf himself flew to russia yesterday to retrieve marc fogel. but in terms of the details of who or what russia is getting in this exchange, we don't really know at this point. president trump was repeatedly asked last night when he welcomed fogel to the white house. he indicated he would give more details today, but was mostly tight lipped on on what exactly happened here. his pick for special envoy for hostage affairs. adam boehler told cnn last night that this was a nonviolent person, but he again didn't give many details. take a listen here. >> this was a unilateral decision. >> it means. >> for us we make and give thoughts to other people that are nonviolent from a russia perspective. and so it means the president is open to things now because this was a first step. one way or the other. >> and sara, we heard from the kremlin this morning saying they are expecting a russian citizen who had been held in u.s. custody to be released in the coming days. they also would not divulge the identity until this person is back on russian soil. but of

marc fogel, um, had taught history at an international school here.id doctors had prescribed that his punishment um, suddenly today, donald trump's middle east envoy flies to moscow to secure marc fogel�*s release, manages to do so. and then later, donald trump's national security adviser issues a statement. two interesting things about that. this talk about an exchange. we have no details at all. for whom orfor what? mark fogel was exchanged. —— for whom orfor what mark fogel was exchanged. prisoner and the war in ukraine are mentioned in the same paragraph. about a show of good faith from the russians and moving in the right direction to end the war. and wondering whether moving in the right direction potential future negotiations. speaking to the guardian newspaper, president which ukraine has held for six months — could be returned occupied by russia. vice presidentjd vance at the munich security conference later this week. egypt says it will present a "comprehensive vision" arab countries. here's our north america correspondent peter bowes. close

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putin did release the american marc fogel, who had spent nearly 400 days in a russian prison. and he didn't do that until trump was president. the biden administration was unable to secure fogel's freedom. do you give trump the full credit for that? >> well, i think it's always good when our hostages are coming home. the question is, you know, why did that happen? i think what you're seeing is, is trump signaling to putin that he's going to give putin what he needs in ukraine? and so perhaps putin is trying to give trump a few things that he needs. i want our hostages home. i think ultimately, if ukraine gets handed to russia, there will be a lot more americans killed. >> but you think this may be in some way. >> related captivity? >> sorry, i you think this may be related to what's happening in ukraine? >> well, i don't know. the reality is trump has signaled over and over again that he's going to cut ukraine off and hand ukraine to russia. and if that's the deal and that's been communicated to russia, then of course russia may be doing some small things to help donald trump b

we are so thankful that marc fogel's home and we are happy for his family.esident trump and his administration for getting it done. >> trace: i want to switch to russia if i can quickly. trump talked with both boudin and zelenskyy today and had this to say. >> we had a great call. it lasted a long time, over an hour. this morning, i also had with president zelenskyy a very good call after that. i think we're on the way to getting peace. i think president putin once peace, and president zelenskyy once peace and i want peace. >> trace: rarely does a president talk to leaders that are at odds on the same day. they may not be anything, but it sure sounds like optimistic. >> i certainly hope that it's the first of many steps toward peace, like the president said. every single one of us is completely sick and tired of the bloodshed, whether its russia-ukraine or in israel. we've just had it. enough is enough. so many innocent lives lost. women, children. we hope this is the first of many steps towards that. >> trace: i know you know russia. what do you think about

and president trump and freed american hostage marc fogel. well, live from the white house just hours after fogel's release from a russian prison, something that harris and biden could not get de. when that happens, we'll bring it to you live. >> i have sworn to put. >> this man away. >> somebody messes with me. i'm going to mess with him. >> i believe in the. small of a. >> woman's back. >> the hanging curve ball. >> you haven't. >> told me everything. >> do you realize. >> the magnitude of this scandal? >> i've always wanted to see the frontier before it's gone. who are you? i'm the player to be named later. >> get the lights back. okay. >> go again. >> he's breathing. >> okay. >> when i saw that ethan was not breathing, i determined that i needed to use something to remove the obstruction from his airway. it's very important for every household to have a life vest. everyone should have one in their home. anything can happen at any moment. i want my friends and family and people that i serve to know that we have this device to potentially sa

two interesting things about that in exchange we have no details at all about whom or for what marc fogelave to see about that. what do you think was involved here, president putin is a very strategic operator and the statement from the white house that they thought this release was a signal and i read that general kellogg it was the negotiator an agreement because i think there is still very substantial i read articles today where the russian motivation may have been to try and improve the preparation for peace negotiations to stop the war in ukraine and wejust have to see about that. what do you think was involved here, president putin is a very strategic operator and the statement from the white house that they thought this release was a signal that they are moving in the right direction to ending the brutal and terrible war in ukraine. i think we are starting to see a number of things happen and this weekend is the security conference and the vice president is going to be meeting this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. in which offensive messages were shared. m

marc fogel described what he had endured in but instead paid tribute to donald trump and his efforts to secure his release. on earth right now, and and president trump is a hero. because he said that he believed and his mother been doing enough to secure his freedom. by russian authorities in 2021. it wasn't until 2024 that the biden administration declared his detention as wrongful. take a listen to what president trump had to say and i promise... of the day that another american hostage would be released on wednesday without giving further details us ties and relations with russia. in exchange for the release of marc fogel. donald trump did say with donald desire to a swift end to the war they could face pressure to make territorial concessions that they don't want to make. our russia editor, steve rosenberg, explains more about the events that led up to the surprise release marc fogel, um, had taught history at an he'd been arrested in 2021 at moscow airport. was ill—year prison sentence. manages to do so. issues a statement. administration had negotiated an exchange that served w

marc fogel up was certainly extraordinary. but take a listen to one more extraordinary moment in the diplomatic reception room as marc fogel saw the president. >> i am in awe of what is very difficult to articulate how proud i am of you and how proud i am and what you've done. and you've been tracking my every. >> so certainly that was standing right outside of the white house as he arrived here on a very snow covered night in washington. and laura, this really also ends a chapter of a very long family dialog as well. marc fogel 95 year old mother in pennsylvania made a personal appeal to donald trump at a campaign rally. the one that we all know so well in butler, pennsylvania. moments before that assassination attempt on his life, she asked him to repeat her son's name so he would remember. and he certainly had that in mind here. so this is something that he's been working on. and the president said, there will be one more prisoner release tomorrow, not giving any more details of that. the question we don't have an answer to

my son went to stanford university because of marc fogel. and he instilled in my son.ally, but i know it's true for many because i've been in touch with many of his former students since his arrest. he was just an incredibly enthusiastic teacher that that, you know, it's tough to go to school in moscow, by the way, for kids, even for the ambassador's kids. it's a hard place. you spend an hour in a car, two hours back in traffic, going out to where marc taught. and yet his classroom was known as a place of joy about learning. but it's more than that. he was part of our community. our kids played basketball together. we were in uncle sam's bar watching the americans beat the russians during the sochi olympic games. these are the kinds of people that our communities abroad absolutely depend on. and you are right, you don't go to teach at the anglo-american school in moscow to get rich. you do it because you're committed to learning, and you're committed to the american people that are living there. >> none of us, mark, can know what this is like for a marc fogel, for a br

we saw marc fogel come out. we saw the secretary of defense this morning in europe say, there's no way that ukraine is going to join nato. that enabled this call to occur here. and i just think you're going to begin to see more and more movement meetings and really serious negotiations about what to do next. >> well, even as the president says in this statement, they want to work together very closely. they want to visit each other's nations. garrett, i want to bring you in here. what's the white house saying about this and the latest iteration of the trump-putin relationship? >> well, look, i think there are people at the white house who are probably discovering this in real time, as we are today. it was pretty closely held how all of this was going on with russia over the last 24 hours or so, and i want to step back a little bit and relate these things, because you cannot possibly overstate the enormity of the shift that this conversation that this truth social post represents and how the u.s. is treating russ

the first images of american teacher marc fogel on a plane carrying him home. president trump is asked what the white house offered russia in return. >>> the new images now emerging tonight. that deadly collision. two planes, the dramatic video showing the learjet owned by motley crue's vince neil, going off the runway. there are reports tonight the person who died might have been the pilot. authorities so far confirming only that it was a member of the flight crew. >>> president trump with the king of jordan at his side, saying the u.s. is going to take gaza. having said the palestinians would leave, he has suggested jordan and egypt would take in palestinians. how king abdullah responded. >>> the two young american women who survived that shark attack. they had just jumped into the water in the bahamas. what they describe tonight happening moments later. >>> we also have that major recall on canned tuna tonight. the rising cost of chocolate. >>> and america strong here, the 11-year-old who fell through the ice. he was saved. and he was choked up as he thanks

american marc fogel is back on u.s. soil, and this morning he is heading to texas to be reunited with his family and also begin the government's re-acclimation program, which we have seen in the past. fogel was, you could tell, clearly overwhelmed and overcome by emotion as he returned home. president trump welcomed him home last night and also to the white house more than three years after. after more than three years of wrongful detention in russia. >> this super organism of people that came to my. >> support. >> and the love that i was given sustained, sustained. me for three. >> and. >> a half. >> years. >> this morning we are also standing by to learn more about another american. the white house says the president said will be released today, and also learn more about the details of this deal, how they were able to get marc fogel home just moments ago. the white house official, who flew to moscow yesterday to bring fogel home, told us this. >> we had some reach out several days ago. people approached us, me and me,

we're also waiting to find out how this deal to free marc fogel came together. who or what russia is getting in return? the kremlin says a russian citizen is being released as part of the exchange. but as you can see, there are a lot of questions still this morning. let's get right to jennifer hansler. she's got much more on this covering it all. what are you learning about? what more are you learning about the terms of this deal to bring marc fogel home? well. >> kate, both sides of this deal being incredibly tight lipped on the details here. we know broadly, based on a statement from the white house yesterday that this exchange, as they called it, was negotiated by president trump as well as his special envoy for the middle east. steve witkoff steve witkoff was the one who actually flew to russia to retrieve marc fogel yesterday. but in terms of who or what was exchanged, both sides have really given very few answers. president trump was asked about this last night repeatedly, and he did not give much indication about what was involved in this deal, and he tea

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after 3.5 years in russian captivity, american marc fogel is back on u.s. soil. >> i feel like the luckiest man on earth right now. >> reporter: president trump welcomed the pennsylvania schoolteacher to the white house last night. >> great to have you back. you're going to have a great life. >> reporter: in 2021 he was arrested at a moscow airport for carrying a small amount of marijuana for back pain. the white house hasn't offered deals on what it gave up in exchange but said it was a sign of goodwill in dealings with ukraine. >> not like deals you've seen over the years. they were very fair. >> reporter: during a meet with king abdullah trump doubled down on the proposal for the u.s. to take over and redevelop gaza, a plan that calls for palestinians to be removed with the no right to return. >> we're going hold it. we're going to cherish it. >> reporter: king abdullah posted on social media, rebuilding gaza without displacing the palestinians and addressing the dire humanitarian situation should be the priority for all. meanwhile, in the oval office, e

days that he flew over to russia before they even had confirmed, had finalized any deal to get marc fogel he said he got there, he received a call, wouldn't identify from whom, saying that fogel would be at the airport, that he told the president, who said to rush there, picked up fogel, brought him home. the plane deiced got out of russian airspace, made the calls home with family members, including his mom, who you can see was clearly ecstatic at his return. i do want to get to some of that new reporting that nbc news has, as it relates specifically to who was given back to the russians in return. here, as you note, his name is alexander vinnik. he is a convicted money launderer. and as i read some of the notes shared by my colleague garrett garrett hake, who first broke this reporting for us at nbc news, he did plead guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering last year. he leaves behind in the u.s, according to a u.s. official, $100 million worth of digital assets as part of this agreement as well. he remains in u.s. custody and is awaiting transport back to russia. we're told tha

. >> in exchange for getting marc fogel home, white house officials say the u.s. is releasing a russian criminal alexander vinik. he was arrested for cryptocurrency fraud and convicted of money laundering as marc fogel stepped back on american soil. feel like the luckiest man on earth right now. the white house says his release is a step forward in ending the russia-ukraine war. and it's a sign, as i just said, that we are moving in the right direction. president trump greeted the american teacher at the white house late tuesday after fogle spent about 3 years jailed in russia for having medical marijuana. it could be a big, important part of getting the war with ukraine. the prisoner swap comes amid new talks to end the russia-ukraine war. >> president trump said he had a phone call with russian president vladimir putin today saying on truth, social quote, we agreed to work together very closely, including visiting each other's nations. the president also spoke to ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky who posted on x that the 2 talked about, quote, opportunities

and it was earlier this morning by telephone, of course, coming in the wake of the release of marc fogel, which we witnessed last night here at the white house. and the. president at that point did not answer questions about if he had spoken to putin. clearly knowing the phone call was on the schedule this morning. and this is indeed significant. both leaders vowed to visit one another's country the first time that of the trump administration. um, i recall the leaders meeting five times, of course, that helsinki summit, which was such a major moment where trump essentially threw the u.s. intelligence agencies under the bus and aligned himself with vladimir putin. so, so much has changed since that relationship, of course, but the war in ukraine has fractured relations with the u.s. that president biden did not speak with vladimir putin for about three years or so. if my memory serves. so this is a thawing of relations. there's no doubt about it. the prisoner exchange is is one sign of that. but this phone call is another side of that. so we will see how this goes forward. of course, russ

overseas in russia when he received a call, he said. >> that marc. >> fogel would. ort there. >> he called donald trump, the president, who said. >> to. >> rush over there to. >> be there. >> for that. >> greeting, which is. where it. >> took. >> place. >> that fogel. >> was then invited. >> on to. >> witkoff plane. >> they deiced. >> they quickly took off. >> got out of russian airspace. called to loved ones, including his own. >> mother. >> marc fogel's own mom, who clearly. >> was stunned. >> to. >> receive that phone call that her. >> son was. >> free before. >> returning back. >> to the. >> united states, as. >> you saw overnight. >> and so that's. >> a quick turn of events as they came. >> together over the course of the last several hours. >> so the administration describing negotiations behind this release differently than russia and all sides are being a bit vague. peter. do we know did the white house make any concessions to russia? >> it's a good question. we're reporting that out right now. >> it appears that the u.s. may have, whether it's a direct. >> t

less than 24 hours after trump's team secured the release of marc fogel. 2021, and in an emotional moment, fogel literally kissing the u.s. oil on his return to the good old u.s. of a. jesse, he was not returned, even though six months before brittney griner, he took medical marijuana into the country. that was allowed, and the russians were looking for someone to go after on this. they knew he was going to be on the plane. they knew he was likely going to have medical marijuana because he had taught at the school for a long time. that was six months before brittney griner. when she came home, the administration, we look back, sorry, we don't have any more details on that, refer you to the state department. >> jesse: yeah, so they both had grass, she came home and he didn't and everybody knows why. biden thought that would help him politically and it didn't, at all. and so trump is despite what people say about him a true humanitarian pier he places such a priority on human life. you got the gaza hostages, the russia hostages, the venezuelan hostages. almo

marc fogel. and today, by the way, an unnamed american citizen was released from prison in belarus, a country hit hard by u.s. sanctions for its support of russia's war against ukraine and its crackdown on civil society. let's bring in cnn's jeff zeleny, who is at the white house for us, and fred pleitgen, who is in moscow for us. jeff. tell us more about trump's phone call with putin. what are we learning about the negotiations? how might this all shake out for ukraine? >> well, jake, russia began the invasion of ukraine, as you said, and president trump is eager to end it. the unanswered question here today is what role or what say, will ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy have to do with this? the fact that he received his telephone call after the president talked with vladimir putin this morning tells you a lot what you need to know in terms of the priority that this administration is placing on trying to resume relations with with russia. you were looking at those images last night. we w

lassman, of >> we're going take you live to the white house where president trump is receiving marc fogel who was released from russia after four years. >> i want you to know that i'm not a hero in this at all. president trump is a hero. and these men just came from the diplomatic service are heroes. the senators and representatives that passed legislation in my honor to get me home are the heroes. i'm in awe of what they all did. my family has been a force. i think my 95-year-old mother is probably the most dynamic 95-year-old on earth right now. and i am so indebted to so many people. i think i remember a churchill quote that he said, when the r.a.f. was fighting the luftwaffe, he said that never have so many owed so much to so few. and i put myself fortunately and unfortunately into that category and i said never has one owed so much to so many that this super organism of people that came to my support, and the love that i was given to sustain me for three and a half years in prison, that had me in hospitals for more than 100 days. i was given more than 400 injections in that time and

we will have more on that marc fogel later this hour. and also right now we have learned that president trump will sign new executive orders at the white house where indeed we are seeing snow across that camera. basically the goal of this executive order is to say that anything going on with doge in an effort to shrink the federal workforce is indeed the executive order of the president of the united states. democrats have been protesting, reacting forcefully to everything that has been happening with regard to trying to cut some of the spending, $36 trillion in debt remember and now they are threatening that if this continues they will consider shutting down the government. watch. >> i am from jersey so i look a little differently. i say [bleep] trump. >> i don't swear in public very well but we have to [bleep] trump. >> what they meant to say. [bleep] donald trump and elon musk. >> martha: wow. classy. senator ted cruz is standing by but first to kellyanne conway former senior councillor to president trump. leslie marshall, democratic