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
One didnt. If you havent watched it, its a will kane recommendation. Its great to be here in studio f. Right, dave . Studio f. Out of studio h, into studio f. Good to see you. Good to see you. I get the studios mixed up in the fox building. Theres so many of them. Were so lucky. We get to come in when its dark out and we bring the light. [ laughter ] so great to see you both. I was liking studio h. I like that one as well. So big show today and great to see you guys bright and early. Theres a lot to get to today. Several big stories, starting with President Trump. He says hes me medicationfreed a feeling great in the first on camera interview since being diagnosed with covid19. With the next debate now canceled, the president is preparing for a white house event today. Rich edson is live in washington with more on the president s schedule. Reporter this will be his first inperson event since he tested positive for covid19. The president in his first on camera interview says hes feeling
fire, there s no time to wait. we don t know what is going to happen to them today, tomorrow, he could ve died, and their lives are not just sitting around until it is politically convenient for the white house to make this decision. it needs to happen urgently, and i would really reemphasize that the president. i know that he sympathetic, an amazing person. he s a father, a son, a husband as well. he understands our pain. i would love to say that to him in person. well, and of course, it is a notorious prison. are all of your father s in the same prison? yes. well, hannah, ariana, tara, we re so grateful to you to have come and shared this situation. thank you for having us on the show. we will stay on this story. commitment. thank you so much. thank you. and dozens more americans are being wrongfully detained overseas. ahead, i ll speak with ambassador roger karsten sooner
we will have an engagement with them this week. i won t say more about it because we are trying to keep that in sensitive channels, but that is the timetable. we have had regular engagement of course along the way. if u.s. officials are going to put a firm offer on the table, in that meeting later this week with russian officials or if they are going to start floating ideas to get paul whelan out, but we did hear from the special envoy roger carson who said that the united states still has cards to play. we are just watching to see which car they put forward and which car the russians agreed to. appreciate. it more perspective now from prostate presidential envoy roger karsten. roger a pre-show you being with us. when i ask you now about this amazing moment on the tarmac that you took part in when the actual exchange took place. this is something that we have seen in cold worse by movies, and john locke hurray novels, what was it like in that moment? anderson, thanks for havi
kevin mccarthy called it a weakness from the biden administration. you said the biden administration is giving priority to a celebrity over a veteran. elizabeth whelan, paul whelan s sister said a few minutes ago nobody should be sniping like that, people should rejoice an american is freed and the white house has made it clear that the offer from russia was bout for griner or no deal. yeah. the guy who negotiates these deals is roger karsten. i m sure you know him. retired army lieutenant colonel. holdover from the trump administration. we all wish paul whelan was coming home, but why was your reaction the why it was? look, jake, a tactical victory. i m glad she s coming home but it s a strategic loss and national security council and the commander-in-chief need to be looking at our policy. the reason the iranian regime, taliban, putin himself, continues to take americans hostage is we continue to make concessions. and our approach to getting