and i think this is also a message like i like what olaf scholtz said, that he would do this for biden, but would he have done this for 20? so that is the doubt way into vladimir putin's calculus. in this, we don't know but i would speculate that absolutely. >> i think what i've been hearing over the last few months for moscow, from sources close to the kremlin is that there's deep frustration and bitterness toward trump on one hand, they would love trump to win because as one former adviser to president medvedev told me once that they see donald trump as our wrecking ball. so he is invaluable to them and that sense that he's, they're wrecking ball from the inside. on the other hand, he talks a big game about sanctions, relief for the russians but then his administration rolls out more sanctions. he talks about no more aid for ukraine, no more blank checks to ukraine. but then he doesn't do anything in moscow's view to lean on speaker mike johnson and keep the ukraine supplemental from coming to a vote on the floor and people are still very bitter about that in moscow so it's kind of l

and vice president kamala harris is private conversations with german chancellor olaf scholtz on the sidelines of a february conference in munich for white us officials. tell cnn, she pressed the importance of germany releasing crescent took off in exchange for the others. here at the lead, we are sending our deepest and most heartfelt congratulations to the families of evan paul, and alsu all of whom jake has interviewed here on this show. we're bring in assistant editor at the wall street journal, paul beckett, who joins us now paul note of personal privilege. my thanks and appreciation for jake, who was constantly over the course of the last ten months refusing to let anyone including myself forget about evan, my colleague jenny hansler, who's done the same with paul whelan with her reporting. but it was your team, your operation, you personally who refused to let people forget? that this was happening, that evan was still there i guess i would start have you spoken with evan or his family yet today thanks very much, phil and really right back at you guys. >> cnn, along with so ma

but when president biden met with olaf scholtz in the white house in the middle of january. we're told according to a senior administration official that a love shack both said to biden for you. i will do that do this, and that's what really set off. the next eight months of trying to put together a deal that included that krasikov, but there were fits and starts. it was not exactly easy when alexei navalny died in the middle of february, he was someone that they were thinking about, including as part of this deal. so they had to go back to the drawing board. it was by late march that us officials came up with a full list that could be included in this massive swap, including krasikov, president biden actually wrote a letter at that time to olaf scholtz on this topic. and then it was in early june. i want to bring you to the south more time months here, kate, we're germany agreed to include krasikov, then this list was presented to russian intelligence officers in a third country, a middle eastern country, by cia officials. and it wasn't until about two weeks before this swa

she of course, did have a meeting with the german chancellor olaf scholtz. we knew about that meeting at the time. but what the white house official tells cnn is that as that meeting was wrapping up, she actually asked all of the south in the room to vacate the room so that it was really just her the chancellor, and two aides left remaining and it was in that private conversation that the vice president really pressed the chancellor on the importance of vadim krasikov. this of course, is the russian assassin who was being held in germany that us officials have now said was the biggest fish that the russians had wanted as a part of this deal. so that was the pressure that she was putting on her german, the german chancellor at the time, going back again a number of months, it was also at the munich security conference. we've learned that the vice president asked for a meeting with the prime minister of slovenia she wanted to press him in that setting about two russian nationals that were in fubini's in custody and the of those two russian nationals as a part

. >> in the coming hours, german chancellor olaf scholtz plans to visit a community trying to recover from a deadly stabbing attack. police in the western city of solingen say a syrian in man is in custody after confessing to the attack that left three people dead at a music festival on friday, several others were wounded prosecutors accused the 26-year-old man of being a member of i.s.i.s. the terrorist group claimed responsibility for the attack, but order offered no proof to back up its claim the suspect turned himself in after a major manhunt following the attack at the festival of diversity, the assault is already prompting cause for a crackdown on knife crime and for title rules on immigration still to come, israel and hezbollah exchange the heaviest fires since the start of the war in gaza. what it means for the already volatile region. i'll speak to an expert that's next. >> plus wall street journal reporter, evan gershkovich is home after being released from a russian prison, how the community is celebrating his return. that's next the polls for have i got news for you are pr

>> and that was kimberly dozier speaking to cnn earlier in the coming hours, german chancellor olaf scholtz plans to visit a community trying to recover from a deadly stabbing attack, believes in the western city of solingen, say a syrian man is in custody after confessing to the attack that left three three people dead at a music feivn fridayseveral others were wounded prosecutors accused the 26ear-old man being a mber of i.s the terrorist group claimed responsibility for the attk, but offered no proof to back up its claim. theuspect turned himself in after a major manhunt following the attack at the the festival of diversity. the assault is already prompting calls for a crackdown on knife crime and for tighter rules on immigration middle east is on edge after israel and hezbollah exchange fire the most since the start of the war in gaza. we'll have the details after a short break, stay the pros for head i got news for you are pretty yeah. what are the kinds we could run on the news before then? >> i would never happen if i got news for you. the mere saturday, september 14th at nine on cnn

prison terms in order to make the deal happen, president biden personally lobbied german chancellor olaf scholtzrelease russian assassin that him krasikov, in the exchange with russia, krasikov is a former colonel in the russian security service serving a life sentence in germany for murdering a former chechen fighter in broad daylight in berlin in 2019, the kremlin has pushed to get krasikov back to russia, even pushing to have him released in 2022. >> but the death of russian opposition leader alexei navalny in prison in february setback negotiations since the german government wanted navalny in exchange for krasikov on the very day that he died, i saw evan's parents and i told them that the president was determined to get this done even in light of that tragic news, two weeks ago, russia finally agreed to the deal. years of intense efforts finally paying off. now this massive prisoner swap is incredibly joyful for the families of the americans who have been released from russia but for the families of americans who are still detained in russia, it has been an emotional, incredibly challenging

prison terms in order to make the deal happen, president biden personally lobbied german chancellor olaf scholtz to release russian assassin that him krasikov in the exchange with russia, krasikov is a former colonel in the russian security service, serving a life sentence and germany for murdering a former chechen fighter in broad daylight in berlin in 2019, the kremlin has pushed to get krasikov back to russia, even pushing to have him released in 2022. but the death of russian opposition leader alexei navalny in prison in february set back negotiations since the german government wanted navalny in exchange for krasikov on the very day that he died, i saw evan's parents and i told them that the president was determined to get this done even in light of that tragic news, two weeks ago, russia finally agreed to the deal years of intense effort finally paying off. now, obviously, pam, a joyful day for the families that you saw in our peace there, but for the families of americans and so we're still detained in russia. this is an emotional and challenging day. marc fogel, an american teacher at th

prison terms in order to make the deal happen, president biden personally lobbied german chancellor olaf scholtzssian assassin that him krasikov, in the exchange with russia, krasikov is a former colonel in the russian security service serving a life sentence in germany for murdering a former chechen fighter in broad daylight in berlin in 2019, the kremlin has pushed to get krasikov back to russia, even pushing to have him released in 2022. >> but the death of russian opposition leader alexei navalny in prison in february setback negotiations since the german government wanted navalny in exchange for krasikov on the very day that he died, i saw evan's parents and i told them that the president was determined to get this done even in light of that tragic news two weeks ago, russia finally agreed to the deal. years of intense efforts finally paying off. now this massive prisoner swap is incredibly joyful for the families of the americans who have been released from russia but for the families of americans who are still detained in russia, it has been an emotional incredibly challenging time for th

outside the couple's year-old daughter is in the custody of social services german chancellor, olaf scholtz is condemning friday's deadly knife attack at a music festival as a terrible event by an assassin, he promised the perpetrator would be caught and punished. we say three people were killed and eight others were injured. five of them seriously special police forces in zoning and germany are on the hunt for a male suspect who got away after the deadly stabbing attack, the city's mayor says police are experiencing, people are experiencing shock, horror, and great sadness. authorities have backed away from an initial assessment that it was terror-related. they say the knife attack was deliberate and they're asking the public's help about china. >> but of course we have not been informed of any motives. and we are of course still in urgent need of witnesses and videos, photos will take anything port-au the white house says, gaza ceasefire talks are moving forward. israel has offered a new plan for some of its troops, but major obstacles remain labile latest in a live report from the region

across the finish line in particular, present then biden's relationship with german chancellor olaf scholtz has been in focus with the administration confirming that when president biden asked schultz to release one of russia's hit men as part of this deal, the main bargaining chip that putin wanted, that schultz replied for you, i will do this. president and biden in what appear to be a veiled overture to former president donald trump, who has tried to downplay some of these alliances earlier today, said, having friends around the world matters running water questions. was allies matter they do they matter. >> today as a powerful example of why it's vital that fringes world french, you can trust, work with and depend upon especially on matters of great consequences, sensitivity like this our alliances make our people safer following the news that the release of those four americans and one american, three americans and one american green card holder had been released. president biden, celebrate grading with those families on hand here at the white house and then spending the afternoon call

the russians wanted him that was part of the deal ultimately, olaf scholtz had to do something tough and biden president biden had to appeal to the germans, please do this so we can get our people home is, i mean, is he still a dangerous guy? >> yeah. it's hard to determine what he's going to do in the future. >> i mean, obviously we hope he goes back and does nothing. there a phrase that the moral imperative out ways the moral hazard. we knew, we knew that trait in trading him, we would get x number of people back and that was a good thing provable that day. what happens in the future with him? we don't know. we can hope we can take different mitigation steps to hopefully make sure that he behaves himself as life goes forward. but you always assume a risk in these situations and the president has been willing to and make these hard decisions. the prime minister of of course, germany was willing to make that, and we just have to push on. we got the bottom line is it was a good day we have russian dissidents returning vladimir kara murza and three americans coming home to america. i t

and vice president harris played big roles in privately up putting pressure on german chancellor olaf scholtz to release a man named vadim krasikov. this is a russian assassin that we have been talking think about all day, who had been detained in germany and we know that when schultz finally told president biden that he was going to get to a yes on this. he said, quote, for you, i will do this another key country, of course, is slovenia, who also had some key russian nationals in their custody. and we now know that president biden, on the day that he announced that he was going to be dropping out of the 2024 race. actually moments before that public announcement placed an important phone call well, to the prime minister of slovenia to push them and urge them on those two. russia nationals that are, that were released as a part of this deal, which means kaitlan remarkably on the day that the president announced that he was going to be dropping out, he knew that it was very likely that this huge prisoner swap was going to be probably cemented into his one term legacy. now, where we are right n

wall street journal recounted how ella directly pled with president biden, with german chancellor olaf scholtz, and even traveled to moscow to be interviewed by russia interrogator in the hopes of attesting to her son's character, despite warnings from the fbi that she's it could be arrested while doing so. she also wrote weekly letters toto her son, quote, recounting the history of a family that had survived the russian civil war, world war ii, soviet anti-semitism. and now this is our term. she wrote, joining us now is jeremy berke evans a good friend and former roommate? i can't imagine what you're feeling in this moment. but i was struck last night. and, you wrote an amazing piece last year. i think the wall street journal that really kind of gave such a great personal insight into who evan was as a person and what was hilarious about last night, maybe not the word i would have thought i would be using right now is when he walked off the plane and there was this weird pause because president biden was talking to a family member and hadn't come over yet and you've tweeted about this where h