This is cnn Breaking News. Breaking news here on cnn. Iran set to release five american prisoners at any moment. Right now, a jet is on stand by to bring them from teheran to qatar. Under this deal, the u. S. Has unfrozen 6 billion in iranian money that is supposed to only be used for humanitarian purposes. The u. S. Is also releasing five iranians from prison, two of them are planning to stay in america. Becky, this has been months of negotiations to lead to this point. Where do things stand right now as you sit . Reporter well, it should be the end of what has been a years long nightmare for these five iranianamerican citizens who have been held in iran, and are due for release today, expected to be delivered to the airport at any time, mediating this deal over months, being a friendly nation between the u. S. And iran. No direct negotiations between washington and teheran. Once those hostages are on the flight and wheels are up, it is about a twohour flight to doha, here in qatar, and they will land on the tarmac here to be met by the american negotiation team. Nothing is a done deal until it is a done deal. Of course we have been through these negotiations, these swaps, these exchanges in the past, and any small thing can really hold things up. Lets just consider what this deal is all about. As you rightly said, these hostages, these wrongfully Detained American Citizens will be swapped out for five iranians in u. S. Prisons, although two of them have said they want to stay in the u. S. Someone going to a third country. Only two of them will be returned to iran, and the exchange, the unfreezing of 6 billion worth of iranian cash, which under u. S. Sanctions has been frozen in a south korean bank account until now. The negotiation has been that that money will be wired effectively, sanctions free to the Qatar Central Bank who will act as a guarantor as the iranians are giving it to spend. That is what they have been doing in all of what is a very complex and complicated deal. Who are these prisoners . Well, we know three of five of them namazi is an americaniranian businessman. He was 51 years old, originally detained in 2015, and charged with acting with a hostile state. That being the u. S. In 2016 and imprisoned for ten years. Amat, who is also a businessman actually went home with his wife to iran. Hes a duel citizen. Went home with his wife in 2017, arrested and charged in 2018 on Espionage Charges, and tabas who is an environmentalist and also detained and charged on Espionage Charges in 2018. Has been inside the prison for eight years, through an unprecedented live interview on cnn just this year appealed to the Biden Administration to get him and the others out and said he felt like he had been left behind in what had been a series of exchanges over the years for the obama and trump administration. Bottom line, those prisoners, those hostages have not left teheran as of yet. We are expecting to see them be told that they will be on that flight, the qatar jet on the ground very soon from which it is about a twohour flight here to doha, back to you guys. Becky anderson with all the reporting on the ground with the plane that has not taken off. Joining us cnns chief international an chor christian a amanpour. We were hoping this would be further along, the plane would have left to iran and come to do ha. We have to ask what exactly is going on. It could just be bureaucracy. This all hinges on the money. Has the money got there yet . Has it not. We have to wait and see and not count our chickens before they actually hatch, but overall, the deal is to give the iranians the money they say they are owed by south korea for selling 6 billion worth of oil many years ago. Then there will be a Prisoner Swap. The iranians told me that will involve five iranians imprisoned here, four americans imprisoned in iran. They said all the charges against the americans will be dropped. As you know, the charges were completely specious, completely made up. They were business people, they were environmentalists. Its complete nonsense and just because they were american citizens, and yes, i talked to siamak, many times he had been left behind in previous u. S. Prisoner swaps. Lets have everyone listen to part of that interview. Here it is. I think the very fact that ive chosen to take this risk and appear on cnn from prison, it should just tell you how dire my situation has become by in point. Ive been a hostage for seven and a half years now. Thats six times the duration of the hostage crisis. I keep getting told that im going to be rescued, and deals fall apart or i get left abandoned. Honestly, the other hostages and i desperately need President Biden to finally hear us out, to finally hear our cry for help and bring us home, and i suppose desperate times call for desperate measures, so this is a desperate measure. Eight years. Yes, he was arrested in october of 2015, you know, during one of his Business Trips to iran, but i think very importantly also, you know, other administrations, many administrations have done these deals to get back wrongfully detained americans, and for siamak himself, its hard to imagine, and he will have to process this and ask questions when he gets out, why was he left behind during the obama administration, why was he left behind twice by President Trump when he did Prisoner Swap deals, was it too hard . Why . Thats why he took this incredible risk of calling me from prison. Its never happened before. What were the repercussions . That was the open question when this aired. We dont realize whats going to happen for him. For me, that caused me to think about whether i should do this, what was my responsibility for an imprisoned person who wasnt in control of his own environment. Fortunately, he did not get, you know, badly reprimanded. He did have actual Phone Privileges at that time because of the length of time he had spent in prison. He was able to talk to family and certainly his lawyer, and he talked to me. And, you know, obviously he was begging to get out. He was talking about, you know, wanting a deal to be done, so i guess the iranians thought, well, thats good for us too. But part of this deal is not only the release of those five iranians, which is fascinating that two are going to stay in the United States, but 6 billion of iranian money in this transfer, switzerland and qatar, notable that irans president said last week to nbc humanitarian means whatever the iranians need. The u. S. Is saying this will only go toward humanitarian purposes in iran. What do you say to the iranian president s remarks. Hes in new york. And people will explain what the deal is if he doesnt get it yet. Its going into an Escrow Account in qatar, as far as we know, as they have told us, and they will be able to determine what exactly iran gets to use, medicine, food and the like. And the United States will have an eyes on by the treasury secretary, treasury department, so its very important, if the president of iran thinks he can use this stuff for other, he needs to be reminded of not. Its important when he gets there, so these actual hostages who have been there for eight years or so can actually leave iran. Its a critical point. The Puzzle Pieces have to go together. And lets not forget that every administration has done this. This is not just a democratic administration. Republicans and the democrats and the brits and the french and the belgians, because that is what iran does. It takes the citizens and then says we want our money back. Stay close, were going to keep going back to you throughout the course of the hour as we continue to follow this. A big story, and we are waiting for the plane to be weelheels u and us to get our first look of the Five Americans that will be transferred back home to the United States today. Negotiations are set to resume today. Other major news as auto makers continue their historic strike against all three auto makers, what the union is demanding. 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This morning, negotiations will resume as the United Auto Workers unions unprecedented strike against all three big auto makers at the same time enters day four, the union, and the auto makers are going to return to the Bargaining Table. They did over the weekend. Still no resolution chaachieved. The strike involves less than 9 of union workers. More workers could go on strike any moment. Vanessa yurkevich is live. You have been on top of this before the strike, the day of the strike. Now its day four. What are we expecting . Reporter yeah, well, here this morning, we are seeing a group of uaw members on strike walking the picket line in a circle. They are out here at the direction of union leadership, but now what you have is folks on the picket line. Then you have folks trying to come to work, but not able to get in to the facility. So you have some cars lined up. You have some trucks lined up and then you have cops, Police Officers who just actually moved a huge group of cars and trucks to another entrance to try to get them into the ford facility. We heard this may be happening in previous days, but were seeing it play out live today. Just to update you on negotiations, guys. We had ford at the main Bargaining Table on saturday. General motors yesterday, and stellantis will be at the main Bargaining Table today. Negotiations are ongoing. That is certainly good news, but no deal in sight yet. The sides are pretty far apart, especially on those key wages. We also know that President Biden has directed acting labor secretary julie su and senior white house adviser Gene Spurling to come to town, to come to detroit, to move the negotiations forward toward a deal. Uaw shawn fain does not want the administration involved in these negotiations. Also on our radar, poppy is across the border in canada, the union, which represents 5,000 ford workers could head on strike as soon as tonight if they do not reach a deal with ford. That could obviously exacerbate the situation for ford who has three plants in canada that is producing quite a few of their vehicles. So were dealing with a strike on the u. S. Side of the border, and possibly by 11 59 this evening, if they dont reach a deal with ford, another strike that ford will be dealing with. Are the demands from the union in canada the same as what the uaw is asking ford for . Or is it a whole different set of asks in. Certainly. We actually dont know what the demands are. We have asked both the union and ford what the demands are in canada. Theyre not really revealing what theyre asking for, but we have heard that it is along the same lines, higher wages, better benefits, sort of the same thing in the same vein as what the uaw here is asking. No specifics just yet. Understood, Vanessa Yurkevich live in wayne, michigan, thank you so much. Thanks, 12 days and 18 hours to go until a potential Government Shutdown. The big question as it always is in these moments, is congress any closer to a deal, there were rumblings of a house agreement last night, after an International Call between the conference members, that deal appears to be Dead On Arrival. Meanwhile, the house also tried to pass a stand alone defense Spending Bill. It was paused last week before it made it to the floor. Kevin mccarthy is trying to stand up to hard line republicans saying its getting a vote either way. Well bring it to the floor, win or lose and show the American Public whos for the department of defense, whos for military, whos for giving them a pay raise and making sure we can take the wokism out. Some people say you should shut down. Think about this, i have been through shut downs, and i have never seen somebody win a shut down. When you shut down, you give all of your power to the administration. Cnns lauren fox joins us now. Lauren, to that point, you have been through several shut downs, i think Speaker Mccarthys assessment of things, analysis is pretty accurate based on historic precedent. Theres a lot of talk about a potential deal this weekend for House Republicans. What happened . Yeah, that deal was very short lived, phil, it was a deal that negotiated by members of the House Freedom caucus and the main street caucus. It was a deal that didnt have broad republican support, and you started to see that on the republican conference call, as member after member started to raise concerns, and then you saw on twitter, while the call was going on a number of members came out opposed to it straight up. That shows you the challenge that Kevin Mccarthy has. They were hoping to put that Spending Bill, that shortterm Spending Bill, we should clarify, phil, on the floor as soon as thursday. But it is going to be an extremely heavy lift to get the votes needed. Right now, you have more than a dozen conservatives that say they are either opposed or leaning against voting for that measure, and that is just a shortterm solution from one part of the congress, one chamber, one party, phil, that is not going to avoid a Government Shutdown. Whatever the House Republicans came up with on the shortterm Spending Bill was never going to pass muster in the United States senate. Theres a huge question right now of how Kevin Mccarthy threads this needle but also how republicans and democrats in congress are going to come together to avoid a shut down. There really doesnt seem to be at this moment a path forward. I have covered many show downs in the past, and one of the differences is you have so many members in mccarthys conference who dont seem that afraid of a government shut down. If youre not afraid of a Government Shutdown, whats the motivation to come to the table, phil . If you cant pass your own partisan beal, that would be problematic. Lauren fox, staying on it as always. Ahead, former President Trump says republican speak in his words inaccurately about abortion as he singled out one of his main competitors abortion policies. And Five Americans about to be released, well have the latest from iranan. Stay with us. Ackup qb. And if we proffer it, we know youll proffer it too. Have you been behind me this whole time . Yep. [coughing] when caroline has a cough she takes robitussin. So, she can have those one on ones again. Hey jim hey can we talk about your yoga breaks . Sure. Get fast, powerful cough relief with robitussin, and find your voe. Obitussin the first time you conneed your godaddy website and your sre was also the first time you realized. Well, we can do anything. Cheesecake cookies . The chookie manage all your sales from one place with a partner that always puts you first. we did it start today at godaddy. Com this is my coffee shop. 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