And we had standards of what he would accept and not. And that process intensified. We had very intense negotiations in doha. And were grateful to qatar and oman for helping in this. And when the arrangement came together on terms that we could accept, the president made the difficult but right decision to move ahead. One of the we had an activist on earlier in the show who expressed concern that this only incentivizes Hostage Taking by governments such as irans. There is no question that President Biden with a statement just three days ago on the anniversary of the death of mahsa amini about the support for the rafrn why not people. And at the height of the protests last year, about one this three were using anticensorship stools stools United States. And we see an opportunity to bring home five american citizens and as you said, in the case of simak namazi, he was in prison for five years. Sharghi the same amount of time. And iran really gain no benefit. There are no funds. Iranian h
Hello, everyone, thank you for joining me. Im fredricka whitfield. There is a new town of talks between striking auto workers and representatives from two of the big three carmakers. The strike is now entering the third full day. Todays talks are expected to be with ford and General Motors. The uaw said it had, quoting now, reasonably productive talks end quote, when it met with ford yesterday. And for the first time ever, workers are striking at plants from gm, ford and stellantis all at the same time. Workers want big pay raises and other benefits after years of concessions during rough times for the industry. The carmakers say despite big profits in recent years, the raises being demanded would drive them out of business. Cnns Vanessa Yurkevich is at a ford plant in wayne, michigan. Vanessa, what are we learning about the talks and whether anyone there on the picket line is optimistic . Reporter so ford and General Motors back at the Negotiating Table with the uaw in detroit. Stel y
Newsroom. Im jim acosta in washington. We begin with the breaking news and the surprise outcome of a republican versus republican political fight in the State Of Texas. Attorney general ken paxton is thanking his supporters and slamming what he calls the sham impeachment proceeding against him. Just a few hours ago the state senate voted to acquit paxton on 16 charges of abusing his office to help a donor. The Attorney General says now that the, quote, truth has prevailed he will get back to work defending the Constitutional Rights of texans, so he says. Ed lavandera joins me from the texas state house in austin. Ed, tell us more. Reporter hey, jim. The last few hours as reaction has been pouring in reacting to the acquittal of Attorney General ken paxton, it is exposing what can probably only be described as an allout civil war between various factions of the Republican Party here in texas. As weve mentioned just a short while ago, ken paxton was acquitted by the majority of republica
Situation, a key event is happening this evening. What do you expect to hear from the candidates tonight . Reporter we have a few thousand Iowa Republican activists who are here to see their field of candidates with the exception of the front runner, donald trump. You mentioned his legal woes. That has become part of the campaign. At least for a night, this will be a trumpfree evening in the sense that he will not be here. His rivals will be. When you talk to some Republican Voters here, some of his supporters are very much with him, of course. We know that his core base is strong. But several are saying that they are willing to turn the page, in fact, interested in turning the page. And the candidates are now trying to seize upon that. There is a sense of urgency among many of his rivals. Particularly ron desantis. Hes been trying to hit all 99 counties across iowa. Hes up to 56 counties. He was campaigning in the western part of the state before coming here to des moines. One thing i
You are live in the cnn newsroom. Im in washington. We begin this hour with news that the Florida Republican party has scrapped its own loyalty oath requiring candidates to pledge support for the partys eventual nominee. It is a promise donald trump has flatly refused to make all along. It is seen as a major defeat for trumps closest rival in his own state, Florida Governor ron desantis, and a big win for donald trump. Meanwhile, as trumps legal woes consider to pile up, the judge has been asked to place a limited gag order on trump. They want to continue to block his ability to make continuing attacks in the federal case. Trump still leads the republican pac by more than 40 Percentage Points in the lowest cnn polls. Jeff, were about four months from the iowa caucuses. Youre at a key event tonight in des moines. What do you think well hear tonight . Reporter jim, the rest of the republican rivals will be gathered here on stage one by one reaching out to evangelical voters. A key consti