Now, Breaking News Freed Americans, Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan Palin are on their way back to the u. S after their lengthy and for this event, and russia, theyre released part of a whole story, Prisoner Swap between moscow and the west bigger than any exchange since the Cold War. Vladimir putin personally welcoming back russians returned as part of the deal, including a roster of convicted and accused criminals from an assassin, spies. We are breaking down every angle of this sweeping deal. President bidens role in it. And what happens next this hour, ill talk with the principal deputy national Security Adviser, john finer live. Welcome to our viewers in the united states and Around The World. But blitzer is off today. Im Pamela Brown and youre in the Situation Room skis. Cnn Breaking News and lets get right to the major Breaking Story. Americans deemed wrongfully it held by russia now on their way back to us soil, the result of a Landmark Prisoner Exchange that has been years in
and legacy later in this hour. meanwhile, so much of the nation s attention is focused on walter mondale s home state of minnesota where there is great tension tonight, now that the fate of former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin is in the hands of the jur y. almost a year ago, it forced the country to and protestored started gathering in minneapolis. the 12 majors spent about hour hours deliberating. they sequestered. they will resume in the morning. city and state law enforcement in place. they are joined by members of the national guard which tonight is also activated in d.c. derek chauvin is charged with second degree untingsal murder, third degree murder, second degree manslaughter. after 14 days of testimony, the prosecution and defense made their statement to the jury. this is not a prosecution of the police. it s a prosecution of the defendant. what the defendant did was not policing. what the defendant did was an assault. believe your eyes, what you saw
this was an attack on the city of new york. after the omicron wave, what experts say could come next this year. i do think that if we do it right, we are going to have a 2022 in which covid doesn t dominate our lives so much. reporter: also tonight, a virginia mom charged after threatening a school board with violence if her children were forced to wear masks. i will bring every single gun loaded and ready and finally, what we know about arnold schwarzenegger s multi-vehicle crash friday in los angeles. i m pamela brown in washington. you are in the cnn newsroom on this saturday. we begin tonight with breaking news out of the uk. s that where a new government report says vladimir putin is looking to install a pro-russian government in ukraine as the kremlin considers whether to invade and possibly occupy that country. a memo from the british foreign office says moscow may be considering a former ukrainian politician as a candidate to lead the puppet government
now, santos was completely denying the allegations. he also was making a reference to the fact that this prospective staffer who is a former reporter made some audiotapes, recorded conversations with santos and then leaked them. but this is just the latest serious allegation in a long string of allegations against the embattled congressman. a long string that keeps on getting longer. melanie, thank you. it is the top of the hour. just a short time ago the pentagon defended the president s choice to delay shooting town a suspected spy balloon from china. a fight jet brought it down saturday. after the balloon crossed the continental united states, multiple republicans have criticized it calling it a weak response. but commander at norad says the intelligence gathered will be of value. there was a potential opportunity for us to collect intel where we had gaps on prior balloons. this gave us the opportunity to assess what they were actually doing, what kind of capabilit
our politics nation. i will host keisha lance bottoms, senior white house adviser, as well as martin with the king the third, congresswoman terri sewell and the reverend jesse jackson. american voices with alicia menendez starts right now on msnbc. thank you so much, reverend sharpton. hello, everyone, i am alicia menendez. we begin this hour with breaking news, showing donald trump s stronghold on the republican party on full display at the conservative political action conference, also known as cpac. in the last hour, he won the cpac straw poll with 62% of the vote. florida governor ron desantis with only 20% of the vote. at this hour, trump speaking to the crowded cpac, who want former years of trump in the white house. we are not going to show you trump s comments live, but our producers are listening so you don t have to. you are welcome. for the past four years, trump s turned the must anticipated conservative conference into the trump show, focused on his divisive po