in a school and met olena zelensky and met 0lena zelenska the wife of the ukrainian president. the actor dennis waterman, the star of minder, the sweeney and new tricks has died at the age of 7a. also this afternoon.. stars are gathering on the red carpet for the bafta television awards in london. the channel 4 drama it s a sin leads the nominations. and actor ncuti gatwa has been announced as the new doctor who. he ll take over from jodie whittaker next year. it feels really amazing. it s a true honour, this role is an institution. it s so iconic and it means a lot to so many people, including myself. hello. the northern ireland secretary brandon lewis says he ll be at stormont tomorrow to meet party leaders, to urge them to get a power sharing government back up and running. results from the northern ireland assembly elections made sinn fein the largest party the first time that has been the case for a nationalist party. but the second largest party, the democratic
experiencing the wrath of hurricane ian not hurricane gutfeld. what a mess i ve left behind. brian williams, i am taunting karma, aren t i? i am. i ve been fired many times. they cut brian williams, he got don lemon, samantha bee, and no trevor. i would say seth meyers is next but i like her work. she s a keeper. as for all of our friends down south in all seriousness dealin with the hurricane, our hearts are with you. especially with this guy. there he is. if that doesn t reflect the spirit of america, when times get tough, i don t know what does. we are with you, florida flag guy, wherever you ended up read. this week former president trum suggested he could meet at team to broker peace between ukraine and russia. someone finally mentioned peace. he did it on his own app where he wrote u.s. leadership should remain cool, calm, and dry on the sabotage of the pipelines. this is a big event that should not entail a big solution. these strategic, be smart. get a negotiating dea
states and all around the world. just ahead on cnn newsroom, a long awaited return. five americans who spent years behind bars in iran, are expected to arrive in the u.s. soon. the deal the u.s. struck to get them home is drawing controversy. ukraine cleans house, as president zelensky comes to the u.s. and he announces the dismissal of officials. and a week after the devastating flooding that killed thousands, residents are demanding accountability from officials. it is 3:00 a.m. in the washington, d.c. area, where five americans are about to take their first steps on u.s. soil in years. they ve been held prisoner in iran. the u.s. government saying they were wrongfully detained. they were released as part of a deal mediated by qatar. only three have been identified publicly, include ing the man w has been held in riran since 2015. the others were arrested on espionage charges in 2018. the two others haven t been named. the deal includes five iranians in the u.s. an un
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 didn t bother showing up for today s 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. they
on their way to the u.s. right now five americans held hostage in iran are free after the biden administration unfreezes $6 billion of iranian oil money, but the u.s. is imposing new sanctions on iranian agencies and officials with connections to another detained american. we have details. hunter biden now suing the irs. the president s son says agents illegally released his personal information. he claims the agency failed to protect his private records. plus, a former department of justice official and donald trump ally asking a federal judge to move his georgia election subversion case to federal court. how the judge is now reacting. we are following thinks major developing stories and more coming in here to cnn news central. here in a few hours five americans who were wrongfully detained in iran will be back on u.s. soil for the first time in years. their plane in the air as we speak. it left from qatar a bit ago and president biden has spoken to each of