The families of evan and paul and alsu, and most of the time, as you can imagine, those are tough conversations. But not today. Today excuse me today was a very good day. But the elation, the freed americans and their families must be feeling today is matched by sadness for the americans who will remain in russian prison. Many on bogus charges. Gabe gutierrez is at the white house. What is the white house saying, and i understand that we have yet another photograph that is very telling about what is happening today? reporter: yeah, that s right, chris. Those photographs just within the past few moments if we can put it up, that the white house just put up a picture of those americans heading back to the u. S. Look at that picture, chris, and see on the left side of the screen, evan gershkovich, just look at his smile and how different he looks from just last month when he was part of that sham trial in russia, looking so gaunt with his haircut short. He is smiling there. And there was
Is cnn breaking news well good morning, to you you, are live in. The cnn newsroom. I m pamela brown in washington, jim acosta is off and we begin this hour with breaking news out of the middle east the world is watching as the region inches closer to the very real possibility of a widening war. This morning, hamas accuses israel of assassinating it s political politer, it s smile hugged me airstrike, taking place during a visit to tehran. And now iran supreme leader is vowing to avenge the killing, quote, you killed our dear guest in our house and now have paved the way for your harsh punishment. We consider it our duty to ask for the blood of our dear guest when asked israel s military said it is not responding to reports about the attack which would not be unexpected the us says it will defend israel if attack, but hopes at the sky high tensions in the region can be defused i don t think war is inevitable. We re going to work hard to make sure that we re doing things to help take the
Kamala harris. We will talk to senator brian shots who is a picture of him climbing a coconut tree. We will talk to former obama speech writer john favreau who knows what it s like to be on a campaign writing a wave of momentum. First, it s important to note the excitement isn t just my own personal taker the take of anyone on the show tonight. It s about the response in the country to vice president kamala harris. The last seven days have surprised me a little, not because she isn t a smart, qualified former prosecutor whose candidacy is historic but she s all of those things. Her candidacy in the last week have been so unifying and so uplifting at times that it has become a bit of a social media and pulp pop culture phenomenon. This resurgence of enthusiasm inside the democratic party and beyond that is very real. It s also measurable. In poll from abc news found among democrats commedia percent are excited to vote for the candidate. That s up from 62% in february. She has erased the
Hi, everyone. It is 4:00 in new york. I m michael steele in for nicolle wallace. Vice president kamala harris s run for the white house is about ten days old. And the big question for team harris in their second week, how do they keep the momentum going after raising $200 million, signing up hundreds of thousands of volunteers, and shaking up the race by firing up democratic voters. Well, the answer to that in part is a $50 million ad buy. The campaign s first television ad and it issen titled fearless and highlights her career as a prosecutor. The one thing that kamala harris has always been, fearless. As a prosecutor, she put murderers and abusers behind bars. As california s attorney general, she went after the big banks and won $20 billion for homeowners. And as vice president, she took on the big drug companies to cap the cost of insulin for seniors. Because kamala harris has always known who she represents. This campaign is about who we fight for. We believe in a future where eve
Inside with jen psaki starts now. Okay. We spend a lot of time on this show grabbing the threat of a second trump term, and we do that because it is extremely important to understand what could be coming and what the stakes are. But i know that at times, that can all feel kind of dark. And really depressing. Are we all just trudging through the mud of politics together with no end or light insight? but i have to say, lately i haven t felt that way at all. Not because trump has gone away. But because there is just this kind of new energy in the air. And i feel more excited about politics right now that i have in a very long time. We are going to spend some time tonight talking about all the reasons to be excited right now with some of the people who are just as excited as i am. Were going to talk to minnesota governor tim walz, who is being mentioned as a possible running mate. Were going to talk to senator brian shots who endorsed the vice president with a picture of himself climbing u