Good morning. You are live in the cnn newsroom. Im Paula Reid in washington. Jim acosta is off and we start this morning with three Words Everyone was waiting to hear. Theyre finally home. Former us marine Paul Whelan, Wall Street Journal reporter, Evan Gershkovich and Russian American Journalist Alsu Kurmasheva are now back on us soil, arriving to a Heros Welcome overnight take a look theyre long nightmare. Finally over as they hug to their families for the first time since being freed, President Biden and Vice President harris, also on hand to welcome them home the historic Prisoner Swap was the largest since the Cold War involving 24 detainees and said of in countries biden posted this photo showing the trio on their way home earlier this morning, they touched down in texas for medical evaluations with their families in tow. But even with the gravity of the last 24 hours still sinking in gershkovich was quick to point out that the nightmare is far from but over for other detainees w
So now they can focus on doing what they do best for the next five years. Thats a lot of bread. You got this. The Comcast Business 5year Price Lock guarantee. Switch today for a limited tim. Good morning. It is saturday, july 20, and you are watching velshi on msnbc. I am Charles Coleman junior, filling in for my friend this morning. We come On The Air with sad news that brooke overnight, democratic Congresswoman Sheila Jackson lee has died after a battle with cancer. She was 74 years old. In june, she had announced that she had been diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer and was undergoing treatment. Jackson lee, who was born in texas, serve the public for more than 20 years, beginning in Cindy Council and in House Of Representatives since 1995. Throughout her tenure, she served on several committees, including judiciary, homeland security, and budget. She was also a fierce and outspoken advocate for the interests of black americans. For more on this, i am joined by congressional correspond
Played herk leases, an exsecure adviser, expresident of the united states and who can forget, for one year there were even nuclear secrets stashed away. Brandnew reporting from New York times swings open the doors to the private club maralago, fuel by proximity to the expresident , now presumptive republican president ial nominee. It gives us a glimpse into the ideologues, the conspiracy theorists, the outright crackpots and weirdos that Donald Trump spends free time with, as he makes a third run for the White House. As New York times reports, maralago is the epicenter. It helps us understand how grave and high the stakes are of Novembers President ial election. Donald trump manages to make the Oval Office the, quote, seat of criminality, the supreme Court Tketa Ji brown jackson has dozens of members of congress have made the trip to kiss the ring, including mike johnson. New york times also reports, since he left office and increasingly aligned with the fringe, photos of people and ev
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I am ari melber, we are also working hard here. We have a lot of stories we track here. Including a bombshell of Donald Trump. Donald trump demanding the doj to overturn the election in ways that experts and people with Government Experience are calling it, quote coup attempt. We see how far the campaign got because it went deep inside the Justice Department. These emails newly released by abc showing Doj Officials rejected Colleagues Request to intervene in the certification of georgias election. A top official tried to draft the letter and this is truly damming. I will use my words carefully here. This is not something we have seen before at this high level inside the doj. I will read to you what you see here. It is very clear. They want it to do trumps bidding and say the governor of georgia should have called a Special Session to consider the important and urgent matter of trying to overturn what the voters there decided to overturn georgias results and to have a staterun coup out