Again, like they should have been all again, all along. Tonight in the us, the lead with Jake Tapper starts right now welcome to the lead. Im Phil Mattingly in for Jake Tapper and we start with the Breaking News in our World Lead right now, detained americans Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan are just hours away from landing in the united states where the President And Vice president will greet them as they walked off the plane and back onto american soil. Their Freedom Results of the largest Swap Prisoners since the Cold War, 24 people in seven countries the dramatic exchange unfolding on a tarmac in turkey. Today, you take a look at this image of six plates and the countries involved in the deal lined Up Next to one another, ready To Trade. In some cases, innocence for a convicted murderer. President biden met with the families of the released american hostages before addressing the country. In this momentous deal the deal that made this possible was a feat of diplomacy. And Friendshi
The crowds in paris. Frances most senior diplomat says relations with australia and the united states are in crisis because of what he called their duplicity and lies over a new security alliance. The pact resulted in australia cancelling a multi billion Dollar Contract to buy french submarines. Hugh schofield reports. For the americans, the australians and the british, its a new alliance to ensure stability in the pacific and thwart the strategic ambitions of china. But Australias Decision to buy nuclear submarines from the us has left the french feeling stunned and humiliated. Their contract with australia has been simply binned. Ordered back home by President Macron, the french ambassador to canberra was as polite as he could be about the reasons for frances anger. I think this has been a huge mistake, a very, very bad handling of a partnership because it was not a contract, it was a partnership. This evening the Foreign Minister, jean yves Le Drian, spoke again on national televisi
Im your host pete hegseth. I never thought it would host an award show. But here we are in the real hollywood, hollywood, florida. Live from the beautiful Hard Rock Hotel and casino in the free state of florida. Right . Come on. You see, in the other hollywood, Nauseating Award Shows Honor Pompous Actors who are famous because they pretends to be she rees on the big screen. Tonight we thonnor the real heroes. In the other hollywood, diva actors, they like to walk the red carpet. At the Patriot Awards we walk the red, white and blue carpet. In the other hollywood, fawning reporters ask, kaleeating celebrities, who are you wearing this evening. Right . At the Patriot Awards we show them. Tonight we honor ordinary americans who did extraordinary things. Which has always been the story of our american republic. We are the United States of america. United, amen. United around our flag, our love of freedom under god. And guard by those wearing badges or camouflage who put their lives to defe
Congress is heading towards an october 18th deadline before the federal government is expected to run out of money. Concern is growing tonight as President Biden hints at taking away the Filibuster Option from republicans who dont want to go along with the trillion dollar spending plan. And you details tonight about the manhunt for brian laundry. Still considered a Person Of Interest in the death of gabby. His sister now speaking out with harsh words for her brother and her own parents. We begin tonight with a heated debate over the justice departments new plan to look into what it calls threats and intimidation against School Officials across the country. Digging into the story. Good evening, matt. Good evening. Many of us have seen those viral videos over the past couple of months of outraged parents and School Employees trying to take a stand against School Boards and polarizing topics like Mask Mandates, pronouns, and Critical Race Theory. Now a memo from Attorney General Merrick G
Marjorie taylor greenes. That is explain exchanged at least 80 to text with sean hannity, many of which involved Coordinating Messages on election day. Even jimmy thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence thomas, has been exposed in this batch of new Text Messages. In multiple Text Messages thomas raised the issue with meadows of various efforts of Conspiracy Theories that involved overturning the results of the election. And these are only the Text Messages that meadows willingly provided to the Committee Last year, before he stopped cooperating. And is still locked in a legal battle with the january Six Committee, by the way. In a court filing this just yesterday, Meadows Lawyers a cool used to the january Six Committee of leaking the Text Messages, to quote, vilified him publicly. It is against his attempts to compel him against this investigation. There is a good chance that the communications between trump allies may become key exhibits of the january Six Committee will p