and cnn tonight. jake? thanks, anderson. welcome to cnn tonight, i m jake tapper in washington. tonight we are bringing you a cnn exclusive. brand-new video you will see right here for the very first time in just a few moments. it is really, i have to tell you, an incredible story, one that only cnn s clarissa ward can tell. it s taking place during a rare cease-fire in putin s brutal war, giving two hours of cover for this traumatic scene. cnn crews shuttled by ukrainian intelligence as russia returned the body of an american, an american killed in ukraine while fighting for ukraine. his name was joshua jones. he was 24 years old, a u.s. army veteran from tennessee. he was killed in august 12 fighting putin s forces alongside the ukrainian military. this handover happened after months of negotiations in a dangerous area known as no-man s-land. it s in the zaporizhzhia region between ukrainian-controlled ukraine and russian-controlled ukraine. and jones s body will now head
the intense desire to see and speak to him is all consuming, not only mentally, but emotionally as well. when you look back on the last conversation you had with joshua, what was that like, what was the conversation about? it was, it was a fun conversation. he sent me a picture, it was three days before he died. he sent me a picture with his long beard and his long ponytail, and i said, apparently there is no barbershops open. then i said well, look at the red in that beard. his whole life he has looked like his dad, but i saw mama in that red beard. and he said, i look good, don t die? i said, you look great.