incredible family of writing a resolution, h.r. 552, calling on the russian federation to free paul whelan. worked with my colleagues across the michigan delegation, mr. tim wahlberg was at the time representing manchester, michigan, and that is where paul's family lives. and was in regular communication with them. and we were stare do you think the face of putin. because it was putin's game to take paul whelan a former marine, a hometown son of michigan, and attempt to disappear his life. and attempt to play games of politics and embarrassment to the united states. and of course with the ultimate goal of getting a swap. now, h.r. 552, the resolution calling on the russian federation to free paul whelan, produce the evidence or free paul whelan, they had no evidence, there was nothing he'd done wrong. he was an american citizen, on his own time, visiting russia. that resolution was voted on unanimously. everyone who voted that day, they voted yes. they voted to support the resolution. same thing happened in the senate. we had three terms and we voted on the same resolution each time. and o

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. >> former detainee paul whelan is thanking the people who helped get him out of russia. whelan was on capitol hill making his first public comments since being released last month. he said his five and a half year detention ended with solitary confinement, and he had a message for those americans who were still being held on hostile soil. >> we're coming for you. yeah the united states is not going to let people like me, mark trevor, and brittney languish in foreign prisons. it might take time, but we're coming for him and everybody else. >> on a lighter note, whelan said he's now trying to adjust to new technology like electric cars. >> happy he is home. firefighters and a marine rescue team on cape cod have saved a group of beached dolphins. 11 of them got stranded on the shore. the group used hoses to keep them cool while they were moved back to the ocean. more than 140 dolphins got stranded in the same area in june. >> it is time now for your wednesday weather. well, these kids were enjoying the fun swinging in the rain in north carolina after coastal areas got more

evan gershkovich, paul whelan. the other is like i covered that as well for for this for this network as well at very creative in finding a solution to that problem. at their calling on the u.s authorities the candidates, the biden administration, to do the same redouble our efforts and get those americans back home job understandable. >> matthew chance. thank you so much for sharing your reporting there. all right. ahead. donald trump faces a different opponent in tonight's presidential debate. can we expect some different lines of attacks from him? and how will kamala harris respond? explosions in moscow overnight, hundreds of drones swarmed moscow and other russian cities in ukraine's largest drone attack. yet the fallout from there saturday's syscall, cnn is taking a break from breaking news to air. have i got news for you? >> breaking news. i'm getting a sandwich. >> we need to talk about what constitutes breaking news. >> provide guards news for you. ramir saturday at nine on cnn and streaming next day on mac

. >> he faces a life sentence paul whelan speaking out after his release from a russian prison, whelan was held by russia for more than five-and-a-half years and was recently least in a prisoner exchange. he spent the last five days of his ordeal in solitary confinement whelan visited the hiv years whelan visited the capital this week, talking to about what he faced while in russia and his relief to be home for the russian said, the poor conditions were part of the punishment and coming back to see this one florida thing now is a bit of a shock, but it's a good shock the house set to vote on a six-month government funding bill today that seemingly already joon speaker mike johnson putting it up for a vote anyway, just to demonstrate that it will fail before he moves to a backup plan. >> that plan b, however, is unclear and government funding runs out at the end of the month are time now for weather after 113 days, phoenix finally sees temperatures below 100 degrees that same cold front row that's a cold front, but it is set to bring cooler temperatures across the west. let's get to our

administration, you did not have leverage over russia when it comes to the release of evan gershkovich and paul whelan. but you manage to do a deal anyway because you managed to find leverage. you went to germany, you went to slovenia. i went to other countries. you found a way to square that circle and get a deal. so do the same thing here for the seven americans that are still in captivity. >> you know, it's an interesting proposal. barak ravid. thank you so much for joining us this morning. appreciate you okay. >> so we are standing by for an important hearing in the election subversion case against donald trump. new reporting on how jack smith plans to keep the case alive. and also, there is new video of the joey chestnut moments after she shattered his own hot dog eating record kamala harris donald trump, the debate. >> everyone's been waiting for follows cnn for complete coverage and exclusive pre and post-debate analysis a cnn special event the abc news presidential debate simulcast next tuesday at nine eastern on cnn and streaming on max these bills are crazy she's no idea. she sitting on a go

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