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sorry. >> president trump greeting mark fogel. that is steve witkoff, who flew to russia today, met with vladimir putin and the president meeting him outside the white house where it is snowing in washington as we speak. and obviously a very happy moment for him. he's draped with an american flag. our own bret baer is with us. bret, this is a sight to see. and, you know, without getting too overtly political, which is a little bit hard for me, as you might know, but, you know, you have to wonder. i mean, why wasn't biden able to pull off deals like this? you know, how did donald trump get colombia and venezuela and canada and mexico and seemingly now we're on the verge of a big deal with panama and the panama canal. and greenland is certainly on the table. and you spoke to the president in your interview for the super bowl and on special report. i mean, all of this seems very wide open and very possible. >> i agree with you, sean, and i think it's also to dan hoffman's point earlier, power, strength. secretary rubio referenced tha

mark fogel. >> thank you very much. it's a beautiful it's a nice view. i'll be careful. yeah. mr. president. >> mr. america. >> is. >> coming home tomorrow. >> you're good. >> he's gonna get somebody else very special. very special. but even russia for fogel very clear, very, very fair. i've been a russian prisoner. we're gonna announce it tomorrow. it's very big all right. mr. president, why didn't you not do it? the government claims. it will save the government money. i've come a to save the government a lot of money. are you concerned about safety? if russia passed the plane? mr. president? sorry. marc fogel. good. thank you. gentlemen. right. next. 95 year old mother had to move fast. hey, how? this is very difficult to articulate. how proud i am. of you and how proud i am and what you've done. and being back in my country. gershon baskin. claudia sheinbaum. she's in shock, but i think she's probably. going to do it. well, um. um, and i and, uh, you know. i thank you for you and your administration and everything.

american teacher m mark fogel ws released from being held hostage in rush three years.irst stop the white house where he thanked president trump and his team. >> i feel like the luckiest man on earth right now. [clearing throat] and i want you to know that i'm not a hero in this at all. and president trump is a hero. these men that came from the diplomatic service are heroes. >> mark: obviously a very emotional fogel there. he was detained in russia 2021. sentenced to 14 years in prison after being caught with what his family described as medically prescribed marijuana. the secretary of state marco rubio spoke last night about his release. >> none of this is possible without president trump. this is the tenth american that's come home after being detained somewhere overseas in just three weeks in the white house. it's an extraordinary achievement. >> i can't release until the person is release. obviously could endanger a hostage release and that, i can't could do. i can say that we expect another one tomorrow. and hopefully a lot more through that because the president

s. embassy employee, mark fogel, who had been sent those 214 years for drug smuggling. alexander, the next attorney confirmed with a swap to our team. mister vondik is a computer programmer, arrested in greece in 2017. on washington's request. he was charged with money laundering and through illegal kept the current seat schemes. all right, let's cross now to let him hear baran, mayor of smell, know, you and the u. n. p. submission veteran. i'm ever on. good to have you on the program with us. uh, the us secretary of defense is admitting that a return to you cranes, pre 2014 borders is unrealistic. now this is despite us officials repeatedly calling for crimea to be returned to key. yeah. why are we seeing this change in rhetoric now? good evening. thank you for having me. uh well, uh those uh can those, uh, bases or states. uh like, don't bother you have skin. uh try me out for sure. well, be returns to paying uh, you know, those uh, lots that are more dedicated for that's a little ration of the my russian minority ukraine is never gonna happen to those bases will be bother recreatin

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that's mark fogel beautiful. about to be home on u.s. soil. >> for the first time. >> yeah, absolutely. um, roger carson, it's great to have you. thank you very much. >> good seeing you. >> thank you. and up next, as we are waiting for mark fogel to be returned, we will be bringing that to you live here. so you'll be able to watch all of it. meanwhile, also today at the white house, he is known as a special government employee. he might be the most powerful one in history. elon musk took questions for the first time since trump took office. we're going to take you inside that oval office moment. what it was like next. >> i've got good news and i've got bad news. what do you want first? the bad the news is newsy even more than ever. >> what's the good news? >> we're doing another season of have i got news for you. >> have i got news for you returns saturday at 9:00 on cnn. >> how do you sleep at night. >> on a mattress from mattress firm? so i sleep. >> at the presidents day sale. save up to $700 on sealy. get matched at mattress firm, sl

russian authorities that negotiate this a prisoner swap that has seen the former school teacher, mark fogel returned to the united states, and this deal really looks like it's a chief more progress towards any sort of piece deal being cut between the united states and russia than anything we've seen over the past 4 years. because you've been, trump said, i mean this is a moments that is going to perhaps present the 1st step into building that sort of report between the united states and russia. it's going to be needed to cut any sort of peace deal. very fair, very, very fair, very risk not like deals you've seen over the years. they were very fair. that's going to lead and would have somebody else is being released tomorrow that you will know. but we wanted to get this done very important and see what it actually fly over and get mark and get them on properly because that could be a pretty tough trip. goodwill. in terms of the work, i think this could be the very important element. you could be a big part of it actually because it could be a big, important part of getting the water over wit

anne fogel mark fogel's sister coming up. steve witkoff coming up. and maybe details about this other hostage we could hear going to be coming out. we have no confirmation. adam boehler yesterday coordinating all hostage releases around the world, he says something is coming down today. >> lawrence: one thing we are learning about and we have been to the border with the secretary of defense last week as well as homeland security secretary kristi noem and the border is closed. it is locked down and we are learning that 93 -- it's down the crossings, i think the got away numbers are down by 93%. that just shows you the efforts that the administration is making is working. >> steve: right. this is trump versus biden, as can you see the top 2 numbers. biden administration in fiscal year 2023. 1800 a day right now it is at 132. that is down. >> lawrence: unheard of. >> steve: tom homan yesterday said interior enforcement, in other words, the number of people who are being apprehended here within the interior of the united states, is three times higher tha

the conversations come one day after russia released a schoolteacher from pennsylvania, mark fogel. he is now back on u.s. soil. fogel was arrested at the airport in moscow back in 2021 for having marijuana. his family said it was for medical reasons. mark fogel celebrated his release at the white house, saying love and support sustained him for three and a half years in that russian prison. >>>>i feel like the luckiest man on earth right now, knowing i had the support of my fellow pennsylvanians, my family, my friends. it was so overwhelming. i will forever be indebted. president trump. >>>>president trump said he believes fogel's release could help play a role in advancing cooperation with russia to end the war in ukraine. recent immigration policies under the trump administration are sparking protests across the bay area. demonstrators are speaking out against nationwide ice raids and advocating for immigrant rights and immigrant owned businesses tell us they're already seeing the economic impacts of deportation threats. our veronica macias talked with a south san francisco flori

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speaker, mark fogel is now back on american soil. and reunited with his family. promises made, promises kept. thank you to all those involved in bringing mark home. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman from california is recognized for one minute mr. desaulnier: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, immediately after taking office, the current president granted sweeping pardons and commutations to over 1,500 insurrectionists who stormed the capitol on january 6, 2021. at least 174 police officers were injured while protecting the capitol that day, and five officers who responded later died. one of the people the president deemed fit to be release interested prison shot a gun directly into the neck of an officer, causing him to suffer a heart attack and sustain traumatic brain injury. another attacked office

american school teacher mark fogel. he is released from russia. a surprising exchange on his way about to land back here in the united states. how is he? tonight. his sister. many of you know her from many times she spoke about her brother. here will be out front. let's go out front. and good evening. i'm erin burnett. outfront tonight, the breaking news, the mosque show. president trump tonight appearing with elon musk in the oval office, the first time the two have taken questions together. and who was the one standing? taking most of the questions. having the president in this odd, odd, jarring setting looking up to him. well, it was elon. this was musk's first press conference since trump's election, and he took over trump literally. you know, in all these images, kind of looked like he'd been pushed off to the side because elon was the center of it. i mean, at times trump seemed annoyed. i mean, it wasn't just that musk dominated. he did speak for about 20 of the 32 minutes, so about 63.5%. if you're counting of the time. it was that musk phy

in terms of getting closer to that goal and in terms of this actual exchange with mark fogel and whoever this russian citizen ends up being the russian foreign minister. i recently gave a press conference actually where he gave his own thoughts on that. so let's take a listen to what he said, that you use the haven't been contacts and the contacts continue. it is better and the results especially, i mean, it goes to, could you get a results or american counts have positively told me to do it decided just to the state of public, but to make them public we have a different product. just the felt was this cause of product, the products of one of the channels a social on which those contacts for the taking place to shift, which is what's emphasized once again here. even the decides for diplomacy to the official looked at which time somebody that we prefer the most to observe confidence of confidentiality agreements. us now as we heard from the criminal spokes person, demetrius has called as well. i mean, he says that this could really be a precursor to improvements and the level of trust bet

alexander vinnik back to russia as part of the terms of the exchange that freed american teacher mark fogel comes hours after president trump welcomed fogel to the white house after he was released from a russian prison, where he served for nearly four years. fogel got emotional as he thanked president trump for bringing him home. >> i feel like the luckiest man on earth right now and. i want you to know that i am not a hero in this at all, and president trump is a hero. these men that came from the diplomatic service are heroes. >> after the news was announced, his 95 year old mother told nbc's pittsburgh station his family prayed all the time for his release. >> my entire family, i said, god is tired of hearing from us. he is. we have prayed rosaries every night at 930, my sisters and i, and i think it helps mentally. it helps. and i think that i think god listened to us. >> nbc news chief white house correspondent peter alexander is outside the white house this morning. peter, good to see you also. pretty extraordinary images out of the white house last night. tell us a little bit more a

gave to russia in exchange for mark fogel's freedom.een in russian custody for almost four years now, was arrested back in 2021 for bringing medical marijuana into russia and convicted there as well. we just had at the end of last year, the biden administration designated him as wrongfully detained. and now we're learning again that at least in the last several days, there have been discussions that eventually led to mark fogel's freedom. and now he's on his way back to the united states. the statement saying he should be on u.s. soil tonight. chris. >> aaron gilchrist, thank you so much for that, ambassador. you worked hard. you wanted to see your friend mr. fogel released. you know him. you know his family. i cannot imagine the relief that you and of course, a lot of people who love him are feeling right now. tell us what you are feeling. >> hallelujah. >> fantastic news. praise be to donald. president donald trump. that's not a phrase i get to say. >> very often. >> i don't know the circumstances. i don't know the deal. we'll learn t

mark fogel. >> thank you very much. so beautiful. look at that. be careful. yeah, all of the. mr. president, with america is coming home tomorrow. you're good, you're good get somebody else very special. very special. but even just russia for covid, it's very clear. very, very clear. to a russian prisoner. we're gonna announce it tomorrow. it's very clear. all right. okay. michael, why did you not do what the government planned? to save the government money. how much you want to save the government? a lot of money. are you concerned about safety? if russia passed the plan mr. president, sorry. good. night five year old mother passed. you know, very difficult to articulate how proud i am of you and how proud i am and what you've done. and being back in my country and. i used to. she's a little shocked that i think she's probably, you know, when you're going to do it. well, i'm, um. and tell and, uh, you know. no taxes for you and your ministration and everything. brought me home. and i just maamau that to you and the country, and i'm so excited. so. blessed. i got about ten car

now this all comes, chris, as you said, mark fogel released yesterday, we learned that the u.s.hanged that russian cyber criminal alexander vinnik. and we're also learning just within the past hour or so, that three detainees have now also now been released from belarus, including an american citizen. so certainly a lot of fast moving developments here, as the white house tries to make the case that president trump is furthering the cause for peace here. now, the president also saying in that social media post that he called it a productive talk with vladimir putin and saying that he is beginning to start renegotiations for this war to end. so certainly a significant movement here with regards to the war in ukraine. of course, president trump had said that he would end the war within 24 hours or so of taking office. that has not happened. but now we are seeing these fast moving developments today that seem to suggest at least some movement that we hadn't heard about for quite some time. chris. >> thank you so much for that. i do want to tell you that we have live pictures right

the breaking news this morning, american teacher mark fogel is back in the united states.elcome home by president trump at the white house overnight i feel like the luckiest. >> man on earth. >> right now. >> and. >> uh. >> i want you to know that i am not a hero in this. >> at all. >> and president trump. is a. >> hero. >> u.s. special envoy for the middle east. steve witkoff traveled to moscow to help negotiate fogel's release. and he joins us now. thank you for being with us, mr. witkoff. how did it come to pass that you were on your jet to moscow to secure the release of marc fogel? >> well. >> thank you for. >> having me, john. we, um, we had some reach. >> out several days. >> ago. >> people approached. >> us, me and, uh, me, and this case, and said that there might be an opportunity to get marc fogel out. >> i talked. >> to the president, his national security advisor, his chief of staff, susie wiles and john ratcliffe, and the president directed me to go over there and completed if we could. and that's. that's what happened. we ended up, thank god, with a good resu

relieved and overwhelmed that after more than three years of detention, our father, husband and son, mark fogelnally coming home. this has been the darkest and most painful period of our lives, but today we begin to heal. so obviously the fogel is very grateful again as this long ordeal finally for them comes to an end. boris. yeah, a really significant development. fred pleitgen, live from moscow. thank you so much. president trump has vowed to make greenland great again next. what do greenlanders think of trump's interest in buying their land? >> sure. vistaprint prints business cards, but we also print. these and. >> those and engrave that. we print your brand on everything so customers can notice you, remember you, and fall in love with you if you need it. we print it with 25% off for new customers at vistaprint. >> you on guard tonight? >> oh no, they. >> just. got simplisafe. it protects. >> the whole home. >> inside and out. >> stop. this is simply safe. >> whoa. >> that was impressive. >> there's no safe. >> like, simply safe. >> if you take or have taken humira for moderate to severe c

have you both here tonight and breaking news, as we talked about at the beginning of the show, mark fogelhite house tweeting this moment, just this picture just moments ago. as you can see, that is the american marc fogel he just landed back on u.s. soil. he has been held in russia, wrongfully detained for more than three years. and what is expected tonight is for him to not only go from getting off that plane. as you can see him there with, i believe that is the national security adviser mike waltz on your left and adam boehler, who we just spoke with at the top of the show. the president's hostage envoy on your right. he is now expected to go to the white house. he is going to be meeting with president trump. our cameras are there, and a ceremony any minute now, we'll bring that to you. live when it happens. up next here at the white house, a moment that happened inside the oval office today, where a reporter was blocked from entering an event. why and why? that's a concerning precedent. >> very nice. >> very nice. >> lockerbie premieres. >> sunday at 9:00 on cnn. >> what's up, castle n

we see this with mark fogel, and this is what leadership looks like.difference in the president of the united states tells the mother of mark fogel i'm going to do this and he gets in office and does if. that's what the american people are looking for and that's what this is all about you are in in office. very tough campaign. in position. what are you working on most pressingly for you and what are you hoping to accomplish? >> well, there is clear promises that president trump made and i made during the campaign, it was close the border. it was stop the flow of fentanyl in our communities that killed 4,000 americans. it's make it easier for working class families by bringing down prices. it's unlock energy. because pennsylvania is a huge energy state. those are the kitchen table issues that i ran on. that's what i'm focused on. the president put a lot of executive orders in place and moving in that direction we will need good legislation to close the deal. a real opportunity in the coming months to make a huge difference for pennsylvania and the count

fogel's release. >> the u.s., give anything in return. >> not much. no, they were very nice. we were treated very nicely by russia, actually. >> i want to go straight to mark's sister, ann fogel. if you watched the show, you know her well because she has been on this show countless times, tirelessly and never looking like this, never with a smile like this. because you you spoke about your brother and made sure that nobody was able to forget in the u.s. government. and now here you are. your brother is under two hours away from landing on u.s. soil. well, out of russian airspace, right over the atlantic. now. does this feel real no. >> not exactly. it kind of does. like i've gotten i've gotten some texts from him, and. wow. he sent me some photographs. and so it's it's feeling better. i get my phone has absolutely exploded. so i guess it's sort of it's it's it's a little bit of both. i'm really, really excited and happy. >> well. >> especially for my mom. my mom's going to be 96 in a couple of weeks. and, and and i just didn't think she didn't think that she was going to make it to this day. so we are really jubilant and we are celebrating. >> jubilant is a

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plus, just hours after russia released american teacher mark fogel, he's expected to be at the white house later tonight. the trump administration saying there was some kind of. unspecified exchange with moscow to bring fogel home. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in the situation room. >> this is cnn breaking news. >> we begin with the breaking news over at the white house. elon musk taking center stage with president trump for an extended q&a with reporters as their extreme government makeover is under intense scrutiny. cnn's jeff zeleny is following all of these developments for us. jeff, the optics of the oval office moment were with musk were unprecedented. >> well, if it was an extraordinary sight, seeing president trump sitting at the resolute desk and elon musk standing just a few feet away, going on at great length about the work he's been doing over the last three weeks or so inside the government. of course, it was also part of a public relations campaign as judges across the country, even some members of congr

mark fogel was convicted by russia of carrying medical marijuana. he was not included in multiple prisoner exchanges.orning, markl this morning, he's finally home. this morning, mark fogel free. >> i feel like the luckiest man on earth right now. >> reporter: after three and a half years, wrongfully detained, the u.s. said, in a russian prison, the american teacher calling president trump a hero and thanking supporters. >> 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. >> reporter: his mother talking to nbc news overnight. >> it just didn't quite sink in right away. >> reporter: fogel flown out on a private jet from moscow belonging to president trump's middle east envoy, punching the air as he stepped off the plane. this morning the kremlin says it is an exchange for a russian prisoner. earlier, the president not sharing details. >> very fair. very, very fair, very reasonable, not like deals you have seen over the years. and somebody else is being released tomorrow. >> reporter

today, mark fogel, an american teacher, detained by russia, was returned to american soil and met with the president here at the white house last night. special envoy, steve woodcock, and the rest of president trump incredible national security team helped to negotiate the exchange that secured mark mobiles release. this event shows a good faith effort from russia and it's a sign as i just said, that we're moving in the right direction to end this brutal war. you know, i find it quite fascinating that it was a, as a result of the cooperation of security services of the 2 countries. because for many, it seemed that diplomatic channels already failed in this relationship. but as we saw during the summer when this massive exchange of prisoners between which and the western specifically the united states happens, we've heard from many analysts that these channels communication channel is between the security services are always open and we're seeing, we're looking at it right now again, and it's remarkable how often you now are mines, the security services are supposed to be working agains

i'm elated that mark fogel is out of jail, and i'm a little more worried about what this might mean for ukraine, because what i'm hearing about some comments that have been made today about concessions we're giving the russians, including pressuring the ukrainians to give territory and not allowing them to join nato. that seems far more consequential in terms of a bad deal than whether or not we release this crypto criminal or not. >> well, we know that the administration, though, has been less than transparent about what kind of dealing went on behind the scenes in order to release fogel. like you said, though, everyone can celebrate he's been released. let me play part of what president trump said about this release. >> as a. potential step toward. >> ending the war in ukraine. watch. >> it could be a big, important part of getting the war over with ukraine, and we appreciate president putin's what he what he did. he was able to pull it off for you, right? he was able to pull it off. and we think, and you're here, i'll be here. so it was great. we'll tell you a little bit more about i

he is being freed in exchange for american teacher mark fogel, who arrived at the white house last night fogel had been held in russia since he was arrested on drug charges in 2021. >> well, pet owners are understandably worried after a microchip company suddenly closed up shop. texas based microchip and registration company save this life served pets all across the country may be one that you know. it shut down this week without notice. now, vets say if the microchips from save this life are scanned, the pet owners information will not show up. and of course, that can be a problem if your cat or dog goes missing. >> now that i'm aware of it, i'm probably going to go home and look at it and see if it's my company or if it's a, you know, some company that owns all the other companies. and then if it happens to something happens to him, god forbid. not if that's going to affect me trying to find out where he's at. of course that's concerning. >> now, what to do if your pet's chip is from. save this life. you can reregister it with a new company. to find out, you can contact the vet or clin

that's mark fogel arriving in dc tonight, taking to the white house where president trump welcomed himcold, snowy night. once inside, fogel talked about what it feels like to finally be home. i feel like the luckiest man on earth right now. and. i want you to know that i am not a hero in this at all. and president trump is a hero. russia sentenced the 63 year old pennsylvania native to 14 years in prison for having a small amount of medical cannabis, which is illegal in russia. the u.s, though, considered him wrongly detained. also at the white house, quite a scene inside the oval office today, the president hosting a fascinating q&a session with elon musk. the two answering questions together for the first time at the white house. and there you see musk, six year old son, snding near him as well. the president started by praising musk and his cost cutting measures. then musk took over. he defended his actions of cutting government waste and overspending. he said it's what voters want. it's not optional for us to sit to reduce the federal expenses. it's essential. people voted for majo

the next release comes after american school teacher, mark fogel was freed from a russian prison and arrived home on tuesday. this 63 year olds was met by donald trump at the white house photo was serving a 14 year sentence for possession of marijuana. he said was for medical purposes and us citizen audrey cosmetic, was among 3 people released from prison by the bel air russian government. the journalist was reunited with his family after being held for 3 and a half years. he'd been sentenced to 6 years for creating an extreme, a screw charges that us officials and human rights groups have called politically motivated. serious transitional president has announced the creation of a committee to shape the country's political future. syria has been under the control of an interim government led by us to shut off since the fall of a shot. a said in december, several armed factions have agreed to this band with their members being integrated into a future national force. it's not clear if general elections will be help as a solid binge of aid reports from the capital, damascus. the intern

grinder and start basically conscripting them into it we heard from the lawyer who represented the mark fogel. he says his client was very grateful for the unexpected release. we weren't surprised, but we had, let's see, an assumption that he is going to be exchanged. last tuesday, i received the information dixie was detained and move from russian colony to moscow. basically, this is she had no other reasons to be moved. so basically when this to this something is going to be happening uh, yesterday, uh, we see an information that it blaine from the us of ministration is fine to moscow. and we made some assumption that this also can come to the exchange situation. as i know, he really grateful for this fiction. i see was always uh say thank you to ration government all the way. uh, because on a we speech, we apply it for the exchange in embassy. everybody in russian going told us that there are no particular object shows or obstacles to do so. and russian government always shown uh its uh, awareness and readiness to help mark oh professor at the institute of european studies in bel grades to

mark fogel was freed from a russian prison and arrived on home soil. on tuesday, the 63 year old was met by donald trump, with the white house full was serving a 14 year sentence for possession of medically prescribed marijuana us and us citizen andre cause metric was among 3 people released from prison by the bel origin government. the journalist was reunited with his family after being held for 3 and a half years. he had been sentenced to 6 years for creating an extreme. his group charges the us officials and human rights groups have called politically motivated . the egypt and the thought are stepping up efforts to salvage the gauze. a cease fire, deal mediators are urging israel and how much to commit to the agreement as a how much delegation arrives in cairo for talks is really prime minister. benjamin netanyahu has threatened to resume the war if how much does not release more captives on saturday. at the same time, you as president, donald trump, is standing by his plan to take control of gaza and forcibly relocate its entire population. but the

he is being freed in exchange for american teacher mark fogel, who arrived at the white house last nightfogel had been held in russia since he was arrested on drug charges in 2021. >> well, pet owners are understandably worried after a microchip company suddenly closed up shop. texas based microchip and registration company save this life served pets all across the country may be one that you know. it shut down this week without notice. now, vets say if the microchips from save this life are scanned, the pet owners information will not show up. and of course, that can be a problem if your cat or dog goes missing. >> now that i'm aware of it, i'm probably going to go home and look at it and see if it's my company or if it's a, you know, some company that owns all the other companies. and then if it happens to something happens to him, god forbid. not if that's going to affect me trying to find out where he's at. of course that's concerning. >> now, what to do if your pet's chip is from. save this life. you can reregister it with a new company. to find out, you can contact the vet or clini

the white house says it's helped secure the release of us citizen, mark fogel from a russian jail. the school teacher was arrested while entering the country in 2021 and given a 14 year sentence for possessing medical marijuana, full will join us special envoy, steve woodcock, won a flight out of russia and is expected home in the coming hours. national security advisor mike wald says the deal is assign, it's moving in the right direction to end the war and ukraine as the leaders of canada. and you say they'll take a firm stand against us president donald trump's plan to raise tariffs on imported steel and aluminum. the 25 percent trade taxes are due to take effect from march to 12th. president trump says he signed the executive order to help american manufacturers. the okay says it's engaging with the us to work through the details . prime minister justin true dose is canada will strongly resist. trump's tariffs, which he describes as entirely unjustified canada, is the largest supplier of steel and aluminum to the us. to do, says ottawa will work with the us to highlight the nega

for the next release comes after americans. schoolteacher mark fogel was freed from a russian prison, and he rides holmes on home soil. on tuesdays, the 63 year old was met by donald trump at the white house. fogel was serving a 14 year sentence for possession of medically prescribed marijuana. lucky of the age of 10 katara stuffing up efforts to salvage the gaza cease. fire deal, mediators are urging israel on time us to commit to the agreement with reports, a high level how much delegation is in cairo is really prime minister. benjamin netanyahu has threatened to resume the war if how mazda does not release more captives on saturday. at the same time, us president donald trump is standing by his plan to take control of gaza and forcibly relocate its entire population. but the egyptian president and jordan's king say the strip should be rebuilt without displacing palestinians. israel's defense minister, israel costs is now saying the words should resume, so fulfilled trump's plan to take over garza. he says if how much does not release the is really hostages by saturday, then the gat

today, mark fogel, an american teacher, detained by russia, was returned to american soil and met with the president here at the white house last night. special on voice, the woodcock, and the rest of the president. trump incredible, national security team helped to negotiate the exchange that secured mark mobiles release. this event shows a good faith effort from russia and it's a sign as i just said, that we're moving in the right direction to end this brutal war. i think it's quite interesting that all of this is happening. i mean the context of these prisoner exchange is because like last time we saw this huge prisoner exchange between washer and the united states in august and we've heard from minneapolis. so we're saying that when the official diplomacy isn't very successful, these channels and between the security services of 2 countries, they're always open and they're always working together. and even being 16 security services and secret services, they end up sort of bringing the 2 countries together. that is an amazing, i think yeah, cautious often isn't. right. it's read. i

where we talents, how does 0 of the white house says it's helped secure the release of us citizen, mark fogel from a russian jail? the school teacher was arrested well entering the country in 2021 and given a 14 year sentence for possessing medical marijuana for will joined us. special envoy, steve woodcock, on a flight out of russia and is expected home in the coming hours. national security advisor mike waltz says the deals assign, it's moving in the right direction in the war and ukraine bodies because there are plenty of the leaders of canada and you say they'll take a firm stand against us president donald trump's plan to raise tariff on imported steel and aluminum. 25 percent trait taxes are due to take effect from march. the 12th president trump says he signed to the executive order to help american manufacturers. few cases. it's engaging with us to work through the details. prime minister just introduce as canada, will strongly resist trumps terrace, which he describes as entirely unjustified speaking on the sidelines of the artificial intelligence summit in france, trudeau said otto

malphine fogel marks 95 year old mother was understandably very worried that she would never see her son again after his arrest in 2021. mrs. fogel was actually slated to join president trump on stage at the july 13th butler, pennsylvania, rally to speak out for mark 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 saved president. life's on that. president trump's life on that day in butler, pennsylvania. and now mark fogel is back home safely 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 eo to end the procurement and forced use of paper straws. taxpayer dollars were wasted on these nonfunctional and massively unpopular products for no other reason than it made radical activists feel good about themselves and on trade. president trump continues to take bold action to protect. >> we will continue to monitor the white

morning, cnn has learned some of the details surrounding the exchange for freed american teacher mark fogel from russia. fogel held prisoner in russia for three years. the kremlin has just confirmed a russian citizen held in the u.s. was released as part of that exchange. it gave no other details, nor did president trump. trump did say another american held abroad could be released today. >> what were the terms of this deal, mr. president? >> very fair, very, very fair, very reasonable. not like deals you've seen over the years. they were very fair. and i think that's going to lead. and where somebody else is being released tomorrow that you will know of. >> joining me now is paul whelan. he himself was wrongfully detained in russia, held there for five and a half years. paul, thanks so much for joining this morning. >> yeah. good morning. my pleasure. thank you for having me. >> first, let me ask you your sense of what it feels like to wake up on your first day of freedom after years as a prisoner in russia. what do you think eric fogel is feeling this morning? >> well, he's waking up in t

american teacher mark fogel, who the u.s.