With lester holt good evening, and welcome. What began last summer with an american soldiers daring sprint across the heavily armed north korean border ended relatively quietly today with his release and return to american custody. Private first class travis king returning to the United States after being expelled by north korea his freedom the result of delicate diplomacy involving several nations including china. I was at the pentagon when the news broke this morning and caught up with joint chiefs chairman mark milley well, general, can you tell us details of how travis king was released and turned over to u. S. Custody . Details, no, but i can tell you that right now he is in u. S. Officials hands in china and making his way back to the United States. The important thing, of course, is hes safe well get him reunited with his family and bring him back to the United States. Were there negotiations that you could tell us about that led up to this . Sure. Obviously theres negotiations
What officials are saying about his condition, and will he now face disciplinary action . Plus, my conversation with outgoing joint chiefs chair mark milley. What he told me about the secret negotiations. Also tonight, senator bob menendez and his wife pleading not guilty to Bribery Charges as Pressure Mounts from his own party. The powerful democrat joining calls for him to resign. Seven gop president ial hopefuls facing off in tonights second debate without frontrunner donald trump. Can they score any hits while hes off in michigan speaking to autoworkers . The Looting Rampage in philadelphia. A massive crowd swarming stores, stealing merchandise. At least 50 arrests. The growing retail theft crisis. The urgent manhunt for an Armed And Dangerous suspect in the murder of a young tech ceo. What police have now revealed about the other recent Violent Crimes hes wanted for and his mothers plea. With the Government Shutdown fast approaching, growing pressure on speaker Kevin Mccarthy to c
Compared to the plan that existed before that. They literally paid, many ukrainians did not wait for this help and during this time territories were also lost. Thank you very much. Mykhailo samus, director of the new Geopolitical Research network, we talked about american aid, what it will affect and when to expect it. Thank you. So, the United States is ready to send weapons to ukraine within a few days after. The signing of the bill on aid for 60 billion dollars, so far the American Press writes, but military support in 2025 remains questionable, as reuters writes, analysts interviewed by journalists believe that ukraine should use the year 2024 to restore its strength for a long time war, and europe, in its turn, must fill the gap that may be left by the United States. Earlier, let me remind you, the director of the cia, William Byrne , stated that the us military aid. The possibility for ukraine to hold out in 2024, at the same time in political circles, primarily european, there i
Look at how decisions are made in the president s office, then there is a fair where ambassadors go, there is a fair where they go ministers, representatives of our Law Enforcement agencies , intelligence agencies, the military, well, there are ermaks, around whom there are advisers, fulltime, freelance, we looked into these advisers, and not only us, but also several other organizations, more than 50 advisers , he had at a certain point, most of the freelancers, it is not known who they are pays, that is, the state. They dont pay, they dont submit declarations, they didnt pass special inspections, but they, together with yermak , go to negotiations with World Leaders at the most important moments, as in november they went to negotiations with blinken, and this is very dangerous for the country, because people without authority, without responsibility, it is not known who pays them, decide the fate of the country. I think that now a logical question may arise in our viewers, yes, what
A hole formed in the house at the place of impact. Information about the victims is still being clarified. One person died, another was injured as a result of enemy shelling in kharkiv oblast. This was reported by the head of the Regional Military administration oleg syneguv. Russians attacked the chuguyiv kharkiv and kupyan districts, damaged multiapartment and private residential buildings. By no. Cheny economic buildings. An elderly man was blown up by an enemy mine in the village of martove man, he was hospitalized with serious injuries. Three people were injured due to enemy shelling in the kherson region. The occupiers targeted the residential quarters of several settlements. Three highrise buildings and 15 private houses were damaged, oleksandr prokudin, head of the Regional Military administration, said. Also. The russians hit the object of critical infrastructure, as well as the gas burners, the gas leak has now been eliminated. A woman was killed by russian shelling in the va