Also, the world on a knifes edge. Any minute now, President Biden will convene his national Security Team in the Situation Room as fears escalate over a larger war in the middle east, and the horrific Newllance Vide the Hyatt Hotel depicting the moments to leading up to the death of devonte mitchell, the emotional words from his family could come any day now. Our Nbc News reporters are following the latest developments. Debby made landfall as a hurricane. How is it looking where you are. The water seems to be moving very fast. Reporter the Water Levels seem to be changing quite fast. This is the second location. We were on the dock, the water was rising so high we had to evacuate ourselves because that dock ended up getting flooded. This street another example of a place that was flooded. We have seen a lot of changes here even just in the last half hour. What you are seeing is a combination o. River along with the gulf of mexico, and that is spilling over on to these streets here. It
Consequential decision she will have made so far in her short Whirlwind Campaign for president. With just 92 days until the election, and 14 days until the democratic national convention. So who is on the even shorter Short List . We have learned Vice President harris met Face To face with at least three top contenders over the weekend. Arizona senator mark kelly, Pennsylvania Governor Josh shapiro, and minnesota governor, Tim Walz all sat down for interviews at her d. C. Home. Whos the best Fit Chemistry wise. How would each square up to j. D. Vance, and arguably, most importantly, what could voters see in harriss right Hand Man that they dont necessarily see in harris herself. A former Astronaut And Combat veteran, strong on the border and immigration, a popular governor of a must win Battle Ground State who haS Proven to be great at Riling Up Crowds on the Campaign Trail or a second term Mid Western governor with a proven record of progressive policy wins. They all have strengths an
And several other countries underway right now. We dont yet have the official list of the americans released as part of this deal. According to the senior Administration Official who we have been in contact with, we can expect them to be in u. S. Custody soon. We do know that russia has been holding several high profile americans, and among them, Wall Street Journal reporter, Evan Gershkovich, and former u. S. Marine, Paul Whelan. Join us now, white House Correspondent gabe gutierrez. Also with us, david rhodes, Senior Executive Editor on National Security for Nbc News, and former u. S. Ambassador to ukraine, bill taylor. Thank you all for joining us. Gabe, what are we hearing from the White House this morning, as this Prisoner Swap is underway. Hi there, ana, good morning. Potentially a momentous day at the White House, and as you said, we are awaiting details of what this Prisoner Swap entails and we are awaiting word to hear that these prisoners are safely in u. S. Custody. We canno
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, thats 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 a
Americans being detain instead russia are now in u. S. Custody, following the biggest Prisoner Exchange since the cold war. Among them, Evan Gershkovich arrested in March Of 2023 and just sentenced last month to 16 years in a penal colony on espionage charges. Also freed former marine, Paul Whelan hes been jailed since 2018 on what the u. S. Says is baseless charges. And Alsu Kurmasheva, accused of spreading false information about the russian army, and russian activist, vladimir karamurza. And we got this video from russian State Media, claim to go show the freed prisoners in transit right now, and this photo from the White House of them on the plane showing the sheer relief just painted on their faces there. What happens next . We have the latest on where all four are right now in their journey home. Plus we have reporting on the effort it took from several nations to get this deal off the ground, and what Vladimir Putin just got in return. Lets get started. Joining us now, Nbc News