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For both trump and president biden. How voters feel about a potential rematch in 2024. Were following these major developing stories and many more, all coming in right here to cnn news central. Theyre on their way home, right now, Five Americans who were wrongfully detained in iran for years are in the air en route to the United States. Its the result of a rare deal between washington and tehran. On the other end of it, the United States released five iranian nationals and freed up billions of dollars in iranian funds strictly for humanitarian use. But the white house is very quick to note that this deal does not mark a cooling of tensions between the two adversaries. In fact, the Biden Administration Just Announced a new round of sanctions on tehran. Cnns Natasha Bertrand has been tracking all of the latest details. Natasha, this was the result of a complicated multiyear long effort. Yeah, boris, the Biden Administration has been trying to get these Prisoners Released from iran for the better part of two years. The deal started to take shape in about six months when the iranian negotiations gee ban in qatar, using qataris as intermediary in change for the release of five iranians who are in u. S. Prisons as well, agency the release of billion in previously restricted in iranian funds that will now be able to be used by iran for humanitarian goods. Like medicine, medical supplies, agricultural and food. This is already coming under fire from republicans who say this is essentially a Ransom Payment and that it will only encourage iran to take more americans hostage and it will basically encourage bad behavior. But Secretary Of State antony blinken, he said earlier in remarks, that, look, this is not money that was ever prohibited from being used for humanitarian purposes. The u. S. Does not issue sanctions that are designed to hurt the people. 9 public, the population of the countries governments that they are targeting. Heres what he said. From day one, our sanctions have clearly and indeed always exempt the use of resources for humanitarian purposes. Because our aim is not to harm the iranian people. Our problem, our profound problem, is with the Iranian Regime. The funds were moved to another bank where we have absolutely oversight of how theyre used. And they can only use for humanitarian purposes. Now, as we said, boris, the administration has emphasized that this will not result in a cooling of tensions between the u. S. And iran. And officials have said, dont expect further talks at least not this week, between the u. S. And iranian officials here. In fact as we noted earlier the u. S. Has actually issued more sanctions on irans intelligence and mahmoud ahmadinejad. Natasha bertrand, thank you for the update. Jim. Well, our next guest was wrongfully imprisoned himself. Hes a Washington Post contributor and good friend jason rezaian. Good to have you on, jason. Thanks. This is a personal story. Set aside the politics, you were released after 475 days. Some of the prisoners are there for five years or lauonger. What are the first days or weeks of freedom . Its the most unbelievable mixed bag of emotion. There is relief, theres joy, elation. But also confusion, being in captivity, having choice, free will stripped from you for so long, its a very jarring thing to come back to. And then, of course, reuniting with ones family, that youve been envisioning for years. In the case of three of these americans, you know, its always more complicated than in your dreams. But at the end of the day, its wonderful that these five families will be reunited. There are two other u. S. Nationals held in iran, its heartbreaking. So its just a huge mixed bag for everybody. Im sure. A little bit of survivors guilt if thats the right term. It was referred to in a statement for those still left behind. Any hostage deal like this, and they are, in effect, hostages as you were involved in an exchange. This one involves not just releasing iranians from u. S. Imprisoned but 6 billion. You spoke to brett mcgurk, the state Department Official responsible for these. He said in these, funds are used to may vendors for humanitarian goods. No funds whatsoever are going to iran specifically. Are you confident the u. S. Can enforce the restrictions around the money involved in this trade . I think so. And i think the truth is, accounts like the ones that was housed in south korea has been moved to qatar today. Have existed for several years, during the trump administration, with very little oversight, one of those accounts was spent down to zero. So mechanisms that are in place now are actually a lot stronger than the ones that had existed previously. At the same time, this idea of concessions for hostagetaking, i understand that its a controversial one. And i think something that many people question. I would caution folks to think about it in those terms. We shouldnt be thinking about this terms of what will the u. S. Government, what are our allies doing to prevent this kind of behavior. I dont think iran, russia china need any more incentives than they already have to take hostages. The truth is theres really nothing standing in their way. Its becoming more common, Siamak Namazi referred to that in his statement. In the past 40 years the Iranian Regime has engaged in the nasty game of commercizing their freedom. In the evin prison, the notorious prison where you and others were held is dystopian of hostages. Given the fact that this is be ing more common. And the perception is, with evidence, that iran, russia and china take prisoners so that they can set up an exchange like 00 this, get something in return, what is to stop it . What is to stop it . What Policy Changes are necessary . I think you have to look at the motivations for each of the governments that do this. And some of the hostagetakings, even by a government, you know, like iran, whether its u. S. National, british national, canadian some other european national, they take them for different reasons. You really have to look at the motivations and develop the mechanisms that respond to the motivations. Making it costlier than beneficial for them. Youre driving up the costs of doing this but targeting the officials involved in what is really organized crime. Thats why the Biden Administration imposed new sanctions in the wake of this deal including on the former president mahmoud ahmadinejad. Jason rezaian, were glad youve been free for some sometime. Thanks for joining us today. Good to see you, jim, thanks. Boris. The legal drama continues in the Georgia Election subversion case. A judge will soon decide whether Jeffrey Clark can move his case to federal court. The doj official was indicted on his efforts to help then donald trump overturn the election in the peach state. His legal team said he was acting on behalf of the federal government. Lets go to atlanta where Katelyn Polantz is outside the courthouse. This is the same judge that rejected mark meadows bid to get to federal government court. So whats different about Jeffrey Clarks case . Reporter well, boris, he is looking at a different question here today, one that has a lot of importance for the protection around the federal government. Or the ability of the state to bring this case against someone like Jeffrey Clark or even against donald trump himself. His question is can a State Prosecutor reach inside the federal government and determine that there were things that may have happened inside one of those agencies, in this case, with clark. The Justice Department, that the state says was illegal. And they say that what Jeffrey Clark was doing, it was not part of his job at all. He wanted to use the Justice Department to make false statements to the state of georgia. And within seconds of voicing this interest was told, no, youre not allowed to do that and kept bringing it up. So, that is the big question here. Were these even actions of the federal government that Jeffrey Clark was taking after the election on behalf of donald trump when he was working within that department to try to give air to these ideas of election fraud. Now Jeffrey Clark, he wasnt here in court, but his lawyer Harry Mcdougal was arguing to the judge quite extensively about this, one of the things there wasnt even yoda of his actions would be possible if he wasnt a federal official. Everything that clark did after the election, his lawyer said was part of his job, under his duties. But he also said that trump was the person that gave him some authority to be able to do these sorts of things. Now, prosecutors say there wasnt any authority that trump had there. And so if the judge comes back when he does rule on this, if he comes in and weighs in on that, trumps authority here, too, thats going to be a big piece in this case for donald trump as well as Jeffrey Clark. Katelyn polantz, live outside the federal courthouse in georgia. Boris brianna. Abortion is front and center on the Campaign Trail after former President Trump credited for creating the Supreme Court that overturned roe v. Wade criticized ron desantis for the sixweek abortion ban that he signed as floridas governor. De sanctis is willing to sign a five week and sixweek ban. Do you support that . I think what he did is a terrible thing and terrible mistake. So, as trump takes a huge lead over all other republicans in the polls and makes a play for The General Election audience former Vice President mike spence slamming him for not being conservative enough on abortion. I think weve come to a republican time for choosing. And when donald trump ran for president in 2016, he promised to govern as a conservative. For four years we did govern as conservatives. But today, donald trump makes no such promise. Hes embracing the politics of appeasement only the world stage, walking away from the worldless leader in the free world. And he wants to marginalize the right to life. Joining us now is cnn political director david chalian. David, trumps support in 2016 from conservatives from evangelical voters really focused on gaining a conservative majority on the Supreme Court to overturn roe. He got that, that court then overturned roe during the Biden Administration. Can he approach this issue with a general election strategy, without turning off the Republican Base . What do the polls tell us . Well, were going to find out is the answer to your question. Youll recall right after the 2022 midterms, brianna, donald trump sort of played political analyst and believed some of his partys problems in not achieving some of the expected gains was because of their stance on Abortion Rights or lack thereof, in a postwar world. Heed mely got backlashed from the prolife community, activist part of the base inside the Republican Party. And what youve seen since is donald trump trying to navigate his way through. Agency you noted, sort of focus more on a general election message which he hasnt really landed on here, versus just playing primary politics. If you look at a poll in the summer, the New York Times Siena College had on his issue, you see that republicans are supportive of a federal 15week ban. 58 of likely primary voting republicans supported a sixweek ban in a state, as ron desantis did, which donald trump just said was a terrible mistake yesterday. 60 of republican primary voters, there support that. So it is trying to clearly, you see in the former president , you see with nikki haley perhaps, navigating a position that is more about having longevity in a general election context then just the shortterm appeal to the base in a republican primary. I do like to go down memory lane with you. Considering what trump is saying here, lets rewinds a little to 2016, when he was speaking about abortion law and whether women who get them should be punished. This president ial election is going to be very important because when you say whats the law, nobody knows what the law is going to be depends on who gets elected. Somebody is going to appoint conservative judges and liberal judges. Do you believe in punishment for abortion, yes or no . The answer is there has to be some form of punishment. For the woman . Yeah, there has to be some form. He backpedalled on that thats not the consi servative antiapproach there. He do talk about punishing doctors or accomplices. But trump, again, he weathered that fine. He seems to wiggle out of these moments that maybe tick some people off, david. You are right. He walked that back really l rather quickly after there was a lot of sound and fury in that answer in that town hall back in 2016. You also note that in the Meet The Press interview he did this weekend, he, again, very firmly stood in support of exceptions, in the cases of rape. Incest, life of the mother. Wanting he believes you must have exceptions in place. And that has not always been the republican platform. The Republican Party platform. And yet, that is where donald trump is here. And many republicans are, for including those exceptions. But he understands, as he did at that time, in the immediate aftermath of the 2016 town hall. This is an issue, after you wipe away 50 years of precedent of roe versus wade, you now have to grapple with how you move forward in a postroe world. And not able to go down that way as he sees the path forward issue. I want to ask you about a new poll, a Bleak Outlook on how voters look at president biden. 54 think hell finish a second term reelected. 34 here. Thats got to be alarming for folks in his campaign. Yeah, i mean i feel like every day now theres another poll about concerns that voters are expressing about joe bidens stamina or fortitude to finish out a second term. Hes already the oldest person serving in the job. We see the real concern, unprompted, just asking people open ended what is your greatest concern over his candidacy. Overwhelmingly people say his age. And a. , they say experience and wisdom comes with age. B. , theyre doing this Advertising Campaign trying to show him on these foreign trips like the trip to ukraine, what have you, that he does have the stamina and fortitude. But this is something hes going to have to show every day from now through election next year. One thing we know is absolutely true, he wont be getting younger during that process, berg berg brianna. That absolutely true no matter how hard we try. Congress is running outside of time to reach a deal to fund the government, yet, republicans are struggling to reach a deal even among themselves. Were live on capitol hill with the pressure that Kevin Mccarthy is now facing. Plus, day four of the auto workers strike, are they any closer to a deal . Later, as covid cases go up, some are fed up with home test kits. 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That has become a major challenge for Speaker Mccarthy because of revolt on the right flank. Members that do not like the deal that a handful of republican matters have cut to try to avoid a Government Shutdown by the end of the month. One wants more demands, deeper Spending Cuts and the investigation into donald trump. A lot of those issues are on the table and Kevin Mccarthy simply has a math problem. He cant get the votes to get republicans in line. Democrats dont like how far hes going on this. And they want it to come towards them. And if it does, a vote could be pushed on the far right to oust him from the speakership. A threat that is very real at this moment. In speaking to mccarthy, just m moments ago, he downplayed all of those concerns. And hes not worried about the speakership. And he said he believes the votes could come within his conference. Is it trying to work with democrats on this, given that they have all of this opposition from the right flank on this c. R. , to zeal with democrats together on this . Ive been this isnt the 30th. Weve got a long ways to go. Weve got a lot of different ideas. I credit our members over the weekend working together from the Freedom Caucus to main street, they put up with the idea. Put forward a lot of different ideas. Whatever gets this to get through, ill continue to put more ideas on the floor. Reporter but with a razorthin republican majority, he can only afford to use four republican votes assuming all democrats vote against him. The same goes with maintaining the speakership. If there are more than four republicans that vote against him, to oust him, he is out of a job. And one member, Victoria Sparks wrote a scathing statement about the leader. Saying unfortunately really leadership takes courage, not for power or a picture on a wall. Its a shame that our weak speaker cannot Even Committee to having a commission to discuss our looming fiscal catastrophe. Mccarthy was just asked about those comments and downplayed it and contended hell be able to fight the people trying to battle him and get a bill to avoid a shutdown by the end of the month, boris. Difficult math there for mccarthy. Manu raju, thank you so much. Brianna. Today is the fourth day of the historic united autoworkers selected strike. For the first time Union Members are picketing all of the big three u. S. Carmakers at the same time. But theres just 12,700 members who are picketing right now. And the uaw says if the strike goes on, the rest of the full force of the 145,000 members could join them. Today, moodys economist mark zandi said a prolonged Work Stoppage like that would bring Economic Growth to a virtual standstill. Cnns dave cohen is in toledo, where you see striking workers behind you. Dave, how long are people intending to be on the picket lines . Reporter well, brianna, i hear from worker after worker, over the past few days ive been talking to them, theyre ready to strike. With the National Economy the 5800 workers here in toledo to nearly 13,000 across the country. Theyre getting strike pay, 500 a week. Far less than they would be making. They dont have a salary right now. Theyre making that money from the union. Right now, were on the picket line outside of this stellantis jeep factory. One of the biggest issues for Stellantis Uaw Workers is tiered pay, people on the same line doing basically the same job are making different amounts of money. I want to bring in one of the workers, tim, if i can bring you in here. This is tim. Tim, we were talking to you before, you were saying youre one of those temporary workers youre capped at 19 an hour, is that right . 19. 28 yes. What are the biggest issues and what are you feeling . One of the biggest issues is just full time. Right now im capped out theres no promise for them to hire me im stuck in limbo kind of being grateful i have a job with no real level of improvement to go up at any level. You were telling me you actually started a business to supplement your income. Its your detailing business, is that right . Thats your truck over there . Yeah. I want to get close to the strike line, just to let people all businesses are behind this because all of this affects all businesses. Why did you start that business . One day, basically its 70 hours, next hour, 20. One day we have to come in seven days a week. Next day, they tell us, youre only allowed to work one day next week. How prepared are you for potentially the next weeks . Im uniquely prepared because i did start my own business and i do have another job to go to. But a lot of people are not as unique as me. They rely on jeep to give them the entire income. About a year ago, i realized this is not where this is going because of the economy and with jeep, the hours are still unregulated. Well, tim, thank you so much for your time. Thank you so much. Good luck out here. And, brianna, we know again, thousands of these workers on strike, these picket lines going 24 7 right now. Interesting tim saw this coming deciding to make a decision there for himself. Great report. Jim. A Los Angeles County sheriffs deputy killed in his patrol car in what Officials Say was an only bush. What were learning about an arrest in the case. Ththats coming up. Now subways slicing their ham fresh. Like on the new grand slam ham. Piled high with double the cheese and more meat. Id like to tackle one of these after a game. Quarterbacks cant tackle anything upbeat music awww. Awww. Awww. Nope. Constant Contact delivers the Marketing Tools your Small Business needs to keep up, excel, and grow. Constant contact. Helping the small stand tall. 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He said after 36 hours he is confident that they have the right person. He says he doesnt believe there are any other suspects in this case. He said, hes proud of the men and women of this department who put the person, or is putting the person behind bars who killed deputy clinkunbroomer. What the sheriff said here, thanks to a Community Member who called and identified the car that he was driving, that kay toyota corolla, and also identify the suspect. As you mentioned they served the Search Warrant. He barricaded himself for several hours. And the sheriff here saying that they essentially waited for hours and brought in Hostage Negotiators and eventually had to use chemical agents, thats when that suspect surrendered. Again, he called it peaceful. I want you to listen to how the sheriff described it. Those special Enforcement Deputies took the time to try to deescalate this. And take this individual peacefully into custody. When they knew that our deputy was not afforded the same opportunity. He never gave our deputy a chance. The arrest is only one part of this. We have to get this individual prosecuted now. To the full extent of the law. Reporter and the sheriff also set that the d. A. Promised an aggressive prosecution in this case. They also said they found several firearms when they arrested the shooter. And they say that motive is unknown at the time. They did not want to answer a lot of questions on whether or not the two knew each other or had any interactions before the shooting. They say all of this will likely be revealed in court. But, of course, this is a community in grieving. This was a deputy only 30 years old and had just gotten engaged. Its a family of service, father and grandfather served in this department in the community. Grateful they got the right person as well. Camila bernal in palmdale, california. That awkward moment when you know you have covid but your covid test doesnt. 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The gator was missing the top part of his jaw after a trapper, if you want to name the rescued gator, head over to gator lands facebook page. My contribution, jim, would be jawbone singular. This is a response youve heard from friends. They feel sick, absolutely and the covid tests are negative. Are the tests still effective particularly with new variants. Medical correspondent meg tirrell is here. Meg, weve had vaccines updated, of course, for the many new variants of covid. Are the tests updated . Do they need to be . Yeah, jim, experts say they dont need to be updated specifically because the procedure teens targeted by the antigen home test are actually different than the ones targeted by the vaccine. The Spike Protein of the coronavirus thats where they test it to be recognized they go after different proteins and typically dont tend to change as much as the Spike Proteins. Although our reporter Brenda Goodwin talked to the folks with potential changes that theyre aware and potentially could update the tests if needed. But experts say to test too early or if you dont have symptoms. If you have symptoms, test right away, but if youre negative test again 48 hours later because that will give you a more confident result essentially that you really are negative. They say if youve been exposed you should wait five days to test. If youre negative then, wait another 48 hours. If youre still negative, wait another 48 hours and test a third time. And thats because they have data showing that you really do Get Bet Results and more detention if you test repeatedly over a few days. They looked at a study both with people with symptoms and without. With symptoms testing on day one, you get about 60 detection, if you test a few days later that goes up to 90 . If you look at people without symptoms, its 9 on day one. And on the thirds day, up to 75 . Thats why you keep testing. Just quickly, thats a lot of tests. Some of these tests are not cheap if you buy them at your local pharmacy. Are they Still Available for free somewhere . Theyre Still Available, theyre not as easy to get for free. They start at 8 if you get the overlythecounter antigen test. Some insurance still covers them, that really has changed. You have to check with your insurance provider, if youre uninsured you can still get free tests. Thank you so much. Boris. This week, were showing champions for change. For my champion, shes making an impact on an issue thats personal for me. That storys next. Plus, theyre e free. Really . Healthier is getting a flu shotot on your schedule. Cvs. Healthier happens together. Were not writers, but we help you shape your financial story. Wee not an airline, but our network connectslobal businesses across nearly 160 marks. Were not a startup, but our Innovation Labs use new technologies to help keep your information secure. 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Ultimately, his Desire For Freedom and Free Expression led him to a sentence of 20 years in prison. His story inspired me as a kid to do what im doing right now, to work in a free press. Like my family, people all over the world are fleeing repressive regimes, seeking asylum in the United States for the same reason. That why my champion for change is moody aserksanz. What brought my family to the United States was a Desire For Freedom. Translator theres something very basic, very important that the human being needs. That is freedom. My grandfather watched many of his friends get beat up in the streets, incarcerated or disappear, simply for wanting to bring democracy to cuba. So he took up arms and went into the mountains and became a guerilla fighter. Soon after the revolution he realized that it wasnt headed in that direction. Translator it was the complete opposite. A very repressive government. It is he is very painful. So he would speak out against it and for that he was punished, being sentenced to 20 years in prison. Translator many companions were put to death for the same. Just like my grandfather, there are to this day so many people around the world who are seeking refuge, that are being persecuted and Muriel Sceaenz i helping those folks. When i left nicaragua i was 14. I was adopted into this country. It has been a very good life here. Until april 201 . Yes, april 2018 changed my life fleet kpli. In 2018, the government in nicaragua made a series of controversial decisions that led to an outpouring of protests and demonstrations in the streets. The government hundreds were killed. All of these flashbacks of what happened when i was little started coming to me and they diagnosed me with moderate to severe ptsz. I did live through the revolution in nicaragua, i was 10 years old. I went to therapy but the therapy wasnt helping me. I started helping other people and i got on twitter and facebook, and i started receiving pictures of people that had been shot, people asking for me for help. Muriel quit her job as an okay Occupational Therapist to focus on this full time. I help them take down their reasons for asylum. It is ahard on them, saying how they were attacked or brutalized. It was call after call, all while sitting there in the span of ten minutes. Translator lawyers are really expensive and these people have fled their countries with the clothes they have. They have no money, so thats where i come in, translating their documents and then later on helping them with the work permit. She tells them where Food Pantries are, where they can find medical services, where their kids can get medical supplies. She has given assistance to over 1,000 Asylum Seekers. Translator never in my life, never, ever have i thought of leaving nicaragua and living in another country. We went out to protest and there were kilometers of people. We thought by protesting we would be able to solve it. They ambushed me, shot at me, stoned me. I made 60, 70, 80 calls every day looking for an organization that would help me. They gave me muriels phone number. Muriel was an angel. I have been here for years. They gave me a work permit. She did everything they needed to take my case to immigration. If i can make it a little better and have that pain not be there, then i want to be part of that. Muriel saenz is a champion for change because she is changing lives. She is opening a door for people who are incredibly desperate for freedom and giving them an opportunity. So muriel says the Panic Attacks tied to her ptsd are now a thing of her past. She went back to school to become a Court Representative so she can open an Immigration Clinic and help some of the Asylum Seekers in court. What strikes me are the similarities between her local story, my own familys story. It is one story. It is the story of this country since its birth and it is a story i hope we never stop telling in it is also a story, the challenge that your grandfather faced and your father fleeing the country thats still very present, certainly if cuba to this day, but certainly like nicaragua, takes struggle for so many people. Why do they want to come to the states . Perhaps to get the freedom you have been able to enjoy. In the case of muriel, so many times she is never meeting the people she is helping, right . She has helped about 1,000 or so people and never met any of them. We were fortunate to have her come to miami and meet one for the first time and it was funny because he didnt know she had that background, her father was actually a political prisoner in nicaragua and was tortured. When he found out that it hit him, theres a person who has been through it and is helping others to do the same. And you got to interview your dad. That was pretty cool. How was that . 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