The families of evan and paul and alsu, and most of the time, as you can imagine, those are tough conversations. But not today. Today excuse me today was a very good day. But the elation, the freed americans and their families must be feeling today is matched by sadness for the americans who will remain in russian prison. Many on bogus charges. Gabe gutierrez is at the white house. What is the white house saying, and i understand that we have yet another photograph that is very telling about what is happening today? reporter: yeah, that s right, chris. Those photographs just within the past few moments if we can put it up, that the white house just put up a picture of those americans heading back to the u. S. Look at that picture, chris, and see on the left side of the screen, evan gershkovich, just look at his smile and how different he looks from just last month when he was part of that sham trial in russia, looking so gaunt with his haircut short. He is smiling there. And there was
Candidacy for 2028. You re like, no, stop. Stop, please. Latenight laughs to start us off. Vice president harris is calling out donald trump after his campaign refused to commit to the upcoming presidential debate. Meanwhile, her campaign also continues to highlight jd vance s comments about childless politicians. We ll show you how they trolled trump s running mate. And we ll bring you the latest on the hush money verdict appeal from trump s legal team. Lisa rubin will join us with expert legal analysis. Good morning. Welcome to morning joe. It is friday, july 26th. I m jonathan lemire. Thanks for being with us. With us, we have a great, great group. Pulitzer prize winning columnist and associate editor of the washington post, eugene robinson. Managing editor at the bulwark, sam stein. And former white house director of communications to president obama, jennifer palmieri. And the weekend is starting early, we have former chairman of the republican national committee, michael steele,
Good morning. You are live in the cnn newsroom. I m jim acosta in washington. We begin with president biden just hours away from what may be one of the most important moments of his political career later today, the president will face the white house press corps, holding a lengthy news conference for the first time since his shaky debate performance here on cnn. And this afternoon, top campaign officials are set to meet with senate democrats as some senators are hitting the panic button, worried that biden will lose to donald trump in november and possibly take the rest of the party with him. Now another democrat on the senate side is speaking out, senator peter welch saying president biden should step aside for the good of the country. These sudden erosion of support comes amid a torrent of bruising headlines marking a brutal 24 hours for the president s campaign. One donor telling cnn, quote, everything is frozen top chicago donors in the meantime, halting a fundraiser using launche
This. It s simply about saving lives and getting people back up and running. And making a judgment on covid vaccines for children britain says there ll be no mass roll out ofjabs for healthy 12 to 15 year olds for now. Hello and welcome. The taliban appears set to announce a new government for afghanistan within days, but the european union and britain have said they won t be recognising it. Speaking on a visit to pakistan, the uk foreign secretary, dominic raab, said he did want the country to be stable, and aid could be provided via charities. It comes as the taliban claim progress in their battle to eliminate the final resistance to their rule in the panjshir valley. More on that in a moment, first our correspondent secunder kermani reports on how the taliban are already changing life in kabul. Side by side, taliban fighters and local residents. This is friday prayers in kabul. A cleric from the group tells the congregation theirjihad is changing from a military campaign to on
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