the release includes infamous former defence contractor leonard glenn francis known as fat leonard. he s at the center of one of the us navy s largest corruption cases. in exchange the us has freed alex saab, an aide and top ally to venezuela s president nicolas maduro, accused of laundering money on behalf of the maduro government, which he denies. mr maduro is also releasing 20 venezuelan political prisoners. it s all part of the biden administration s efforts to improve relations with venezuela, and push mr maduro to hold fair elections next year. earlier, i spoke with our reporter mimi swaby about the deal. president byers was emphasising that this was all about encouraging venezuela to hold free and fair elections. how much leveraged you think the biden administration has in that regard? this is yet another sign of significant flowing between relations between the us and venezuela after months of really high level negotiations. this comes as biden is grappling with a
applies we ll let the supreme court make that decision but he supported an insurrection, no question about it, none, zero. good morning, poppy is off today. erica hill is with us. that was president biden on donald trump being left off the colorado ballot for the primary. the supreme court could soon take up the matter. u.s. and venezuela agreeing to a key prisoner exchange. the ally that venezuela got back. one wrongfully detained american says he feels abandoned. the israeli military said it uncovered a substantial and elaborate network of tunnels used by hamas in gaza. cnn this morning starts right now. good morning, this is morning there is a clear reality, the supreme court facing huge decisions that could determine the fate of the 2024 election and donald trump a former president is adding to the chaos with his lawyers asking the supreme court to layoff the decision on whether or not trump is immune from prosecution. jack smith has been pushing for a quick answer.
middlesbrough will play chelsea. the semi finals take place across two legs next month. we ll have more football results for you in a moment but let s stay in england because a day after the club sacked steve cooper, nuno espirito santo has his feet under the desk at nottingham forest, the portuguese takes charge of his third premier league club after spells at wolves and spurs asjoe lynskey reports. they are five points above the drop zone. the man in charge hauled them up from the depths of the second tier. this week at forest, things have changed quickly. steve cooper has been sacked and within 2a hours nuno s comes in. forest wants him to take them up a level. big chance. very honoured, it is a pleasure to be here at forest and be able to manage such a great club with such great history. what i expect is to help. try to transmit my knowledge and work ethic to the players so they can become a better team. this is what we want. he arrives with reputation but with points to
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pelosi leaves taiwan as beijing respond on multiple fronts military drills and economics sanctions. monkeypox outbreak. cases in the u.s. are doubling every 5-7 days and now a major u.s. city will run out of vaccines by the end of the day. liv golfers teeing off on the p.g.a. tour. phil mickelson and 10 other players file an antitrust lawsuit for being banned from joining a saudi-backed league. grape fruit-sized golf balls smash vehicles in canada. high fly ball into rightfieln w r called some of the greatest moments in sports history. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. garrett: good evening, everyone. thank you for joining us. i m major garrett in for norah. we begin tonight with a resounding victory for abortion rights in kansas, where voters there rejected a ballot measure that would have eliminated state constitutional protections for the procedure. voters turned out in droves with numbers on par with a general