And now multiple sources this is are telling cnn that Vice President harris has trained her focus on two of those three, we will tell you which two and bring you the latest on where her decision stands as of this hour meanwhile, we are also keeping an eye on a Lifethreatening Situation in the United States as tropical Storm Debby churns towards georgia and florida The Storm has already unloaded huge amounts of rain over florida and its about to get much worse. We is expected to slow down dramatically. Leaning to potentially historic and catastrophic rainfall two cities already prone to flooding, savannah, georgia, and charleston, South Carolina are preparing for the possibility of 20 to 30 inches of rain in the span and ive just a few days, the city Of Savannah is warning residents of a once in a thousandyear potential Rainfall Event as a curfew goes into effect in that ty. Tonight at 10 00 p. M. Eastern. Plus, we also have to lead exclusives in the wake of the dramatic Prisoner Swap a
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
Extraordinarily complex and fraught negotiations going back nearly two years, and ultimately involving seven different countries and two dozen prisoners. Justice a short time ago, President Biden was joined by the families of those now former prisoners to celebrate this moment. Today were bringing home paul, evan, alsu, vladimir, Three American Citizens And One american green Card Holder. All four have been imprisoned unjustly in russia, and now their brutal ordeal is over, and theyre free. Moments ago their families and i were able to speak on the telephone from the Oval Office. They are out of russia, they were flown to turkey, and soon they will be wheels up on their way home to see their families. The personal role in the long and complicated negotiations draws a fascinating contrast to what we have heard from Donald Trump, who said it would have been easy to get the prisoners home. The president was reminded of that and heres what he said. President trump has said repeatedly that
Unemployment fell 5. 8 . It was an improvement from an April Report that was a major disappointment. Bill maria bartiromo. Line it up. How is the economy doing . What does it mean for the Biden Agenda . Thank you so much. I think this report is very indicative of where we are in the labor force. This number could have been a lot better but because of policy and all this money were throwing at people, whether the extended Unemployment Benefits, the child credit, the food stamps expanding, etc. , etc. , people are still not going back to the office. Going back to work. These are not lazy people. These are practical people saying you know what . I can have a gig here, a second gig there and still get the 300 from the government. A much more accurate picture of where we are in terms of jobs happens next month when we get a true reflection of the 25 states that have stopped these extended Unemployment Benefits. Having said all that, this was a good number, bill you have more than half A Mil
vaccinations is down roughly 20% to less than 2.8 million yesterday. some states are starting to turn down shipments of the vaccine because they have more supply than demand. some mass vaccination locations are actually shutting down due to lack of customers. all of this comes amid new reports that more than 5 million americans or about % who got the first shot of either pfizer or moderna vaccine missed getting the second shot. the biden administration said the headline sounds a lot worse than it is, insisting 92% of those who got the first dose also got the second dose, and that is very high by historical standards. there s also a piece of good news for us who are vaccinated and want to go on vacation. an eu official telling the new york times we should be able to travel to europe this summer. i want to go first to nbc s sam brock. he s at a fema evacuation site in miami. sam, where you are people can choose which vaccination they want to take. i m guessing it s going to