All right tonight, there is new reaction from to Top Democrats to House Republicans impeachment inquiries. The inquiry that was launched, with no formal vote, no outstanding evidence of wrongdoing. And, no hope of being taken seriously by the American People. Here is former House Speaker nancy clark pelosi, on msnbc earlier. Impeachment is deadly serious. This is a remedy that our founders put in the constitution, to for a rogue official. They could foresee would have a rogue president of the United States they, couldnt foresee that we would have a rogue president , and a rogue senate, a rogue congress. But nonetheless, for them to use this in a frivolous way and that they are, its really a disservice to our country, into our constitution. All right, lets recall what that robe president was, was actually doing back in 2019. Donald trump, using American Taxpayer funded military aid, as leverage, tried to get the president of ukraine, volodymyr zelenskyy, to dig up dirt on his opponent,
Survival of their nation. Its also about the survival of their identity. Their language, their culture. A big part of that culture is ballet. Some dancers stayed in ukraine and continued to perform even with limited audiences and constant Air Raid Sirens. But others made the hard choice to leave and continue with their training. A group of about 60 dancers found their way to the netherlands, where they joined the United Ukrainian Ballet. Every dancer in that company is a refugee. They perform nonrussian ballets all over the world, and they plan to keep on doing that, showing the world the power and beauty of ukrainian ballet and why their culture is worth protecting. Cnns Christiane Amanpour traveled to the netherlands and to ukraine to meet with this Extraordinary Group of dancers and watch them as they fight the war in their own way. Im rolling. Yeah, thats great. Okay, guys, lets go. From the beginning of the war i began to think should i go to military to protect my country. I actu
Freedom as Five Americans released by iran are now on their way home to the United States. Well discuss the terms of the deal that ended their wrongful imprisonment with the Top National Security adviser to President Biden, jonathan finer. Also tonight, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is now in the United States for critical meetings over at the United Nations and here in washington. Well preview his plea for more Global Support as ukraines Counter Offensive against russia drags on. And another trump codefendant attempts to move the Georgia Election interference case to Federal Court. This as the former president is taking credit for efforts to try to overturn the 2020 president ial election declaring it was his decision. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the Situation Room. We begin this hour with the release of Five Americans wrongfully imprisoned in iran, and the deal that made it possible. Cnns Becky Anderson is
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
American Prisoners Released from iran and almost home. The lead starts right now. A nightmare almost over. For Five Americans who spent years behind bars in brutal iranian prisons. One was a father locked up when he was tried to visit his jailed son. Coming up, inside of the negotiations to get The Americans released which some critics are calling Hostage Diplom diplomacy. Plus annoyed on the bench. A judge expressing irritation with Jeffrey Clark who trump almost appointed as Attorney General and who didnt bother showing up for todays hearing. And cnn undercover. Looking into what the Mercenary Wagner group is up to in africa. After Yevgeny Prigozhin was killed on suspicious circumstances. Welcome to the lead, the jake tapper. We start with Five Americans who the u. S. Has been wrongfully detained in iran headed home. We saw them for the first time today stepping off a plane in qatar after leaving iran. They are back on a plane headed to the United States. Theyre expected to arrive at