so thankful for his return. they have all made it a mission now to raise awareness of the scores of other americans being unjustly detained around the world. so you were in a russian prison for 985 days? yup. and it s now been three weeks since you ve within back in the united states. how are you doing? i m doing well. i feel better every day that i m here. have you been able to fully grasp that you re free? no, so, you know, the last couple of days it s been been more real to me, but there s a time there where you you just don t accept at all that you re back, you can t understand that you re actually free. free, a reality that was almost unthinkable to this american son, brother and former marine just a short time ago, but today after enduring a hell few have lived to tell about trevor rowdy reed is back on u.s. soil, unafraid and sharing his story for the first time. you re a marine. one of your jobs literally in the past was to guard and protect th
see more cases in the upcoming days. i m pamela brown in washington. you are live in cnn newsroom. following several mayor stories this hour including new concerns over monkey pox after another suspected case in the united states. also tonight, baby formula given a military escort into the united states. how long will it last? and the nypd is searching for a suspect after a man was shot dead on the subway this morning. plus voters in four more states are set to head to the polls on tuesday. could they be on a midnight train to georgia? and pope frances says president biden should receive communion but other catholic leaders push back. the mixed message from the church coming up. while many states deal with a rise in covid-19 infections there s another possible case of monkey pox in the united states. a broward county person is in isolation. monkey pox is mostly found in west and central africa. earlier this week a case was reported in massachusetts. that patient recentl
media outlet to gain access to southern gaza without a military escort. we ll bring you that report ahead as the defense minister says the war in gaza will last several more months. and exonerated. a man in illinois spent 35 years behind bars for a murder he did not commit. and now his conviction has been vacated and he is a free man at least. he will join us live just ahead. we re following these major developing stories and many more coming in to cnn news central. thanks for joining us this afternoon. it s the top of the hour, and we re tracking a set of counterterror operations in europe. multiple suspects were arrested in germany, denmark and the netherlands today. german officials arrested 3 hamas members for allegedly planning to attack jewish institutions. authorities in denmark made several terror arrests that are unrelated to the germany case. israeli officials claim the suspects were also acting on behalf of ha mast. alex, all of this is confusing as you try t
presidency, i didn t say i would be effective. i didn t say i could sway anybody. i don t know that anybody listens or heeds my advice. i m just telling you i know him pretty well. and what he did post election was so outrageous, it was so unpatriotic, it was so anti-american, it was so selfish, so narcissistic that i believe that he has forfeited the right to be president. he is not fit character wise to be president of the united states. why do yothk the other gop hopefuls aret getting as much traction? i don t know. ron desantis, you know, who would want to hang out with him? i was just thinking that when i was watching him with jake tap areas interview. it was a great interview. desantis is like the bully guy in school going after disneyland and trans people. come on, shut up. woke, woke, woke. i m so sick of desantis saying woke. i don t even know what woke
mississippi s republican governor, under questioning by cnn anchor jake tap ther weekend, he would not rule out that mississippi republicans after they get abortion ban, they might move on to banning contraception. it might be. don t want to talk about it yet. and in arizona, a republican u.s. senate candidate backed up by billionaire trump pal peter thiel says if he is elected senator, he will vote to confirm judges who will not just vote to overturn roe, he said he will only vote for judicial nominees who pledge to overturn the ruling that guarantees access to contraception. that s a litmus test. marcia black burn denounced that supreme court ruling protecting access to contraception. as did all of the republican candidates for attorney general in michigan this year. they all apparently think that the government should be able to ban contraception and we need to get rid of the supreme court precedent that prevents the government from being able it do