home. the biden white house announcing this deal this morning. russian state tv showing what it says is reed being escorted to a plane outside moscow. they sent him back to moscow in exchange for reed, a former u.s. marine. he s been held in russia for 985 days, that after being arrested and sentenced to prison for nine years there. his family on cnn earlier today calling his release an answer to their prayers. listen here to reed s father, joey. he quickly told us that the american plane pulled up next to the russian plane and they walked both prisoners across at the same time like you see in the movies. this exchange is extraordinary because, of course, the timing. the swap happening just one day after tf united states announced to the world its goal in the ukraine war is to significantly weaken russian military and as ukraine acknowledges, it is losing ground to russian forces in that country. let s go straight to the white