Unjustly in russia. Paul, nearly six years. Vladimir since 2022. Evan since march 2023. Alsu since october 2023. They were convicted in show trials and sentenced to long prison terms with absolutely no legitimate reason whatsoever, none. Now, their brutal ordeal is over and they re free. Joe biden speaking at the white house yesterday about the most substantial prisoner swap since the cold war. We ll have more of the president s comments and the emotional reunions for the wrongly detained americans in just a moment. Plus, donald trump is doubling down on his racebased attacks on vice president kamala harris after falsely claiming this week that she only recently decided to become a black person. Good morning. Welcome to morning joe. It is friday, august 2nd. I m jonathan lemire along with the bbc s katty kay. Joe and mika will be back on monday. Willie continues his hard assignment at the paris olympics. This story unfolded while we were on air yesterday, we were talking. We knew a pri
Good morning. 11:00 a. M. Eastern. 8:00 a. M. Pacific. I m jose diazbalart. We begin with major breaking news. Sources tell nbc news a multination prisoner swap including the united states, russia and other countries is currently under way. Sources say the americans being released can be expected to be in u. S. Custody soon. The kremlin spokesperson said he had no comment on the reports of the exchange. The turkish government is confirming the exchange is going to take place at the ankara airport in turkey. We do not know if what we re showing you right now on your screen, which is the live shot from one of our cameras at ankara international airport are the planes that are involved, but from what we can see in these live pictures, at ankara international airport, there are those two planes that you see on the screen. Again, no information on what these planes are, what they re doing there. But one of them, as you can see, has on its tail the russian flag. This is live pictures from an
We locked eyes there just for a split second. He was frightened. He had no idea. I knew that we had him. He was untouchable, ruthless, lawless, murderous. He was willing to kill whoever he needed to kill. The drug lord, l chapel. He said no one will ever catch him. He and his team did it in the most astonishing way. I couldn t believe it. The american agent who called capture el chapo comes out of the shadows. Exclusive details of this white knuckle manhunt. Pictures seen here for the first time. Secret drug dens, hidden escape routes. Is like harry houdini. It was beyond imagination. To catch the bad guy, we have to become the bad guy. We are inside this reallife thriller. It was like living a movie. He was the infamous kingpin who inspired fear among criminals and law enforcement hello, and welcome h to dateline. He was the infamous kingpin who inspired fear among criminals and law enforcement on both sides of the border. His name was el chapo. For over a decade, he avoided authoriti
Interviews. They say this is what she s been doing the entire time. Yeah. They don t understand why americans haven t seen it until now. All right, eliana plot color, calabria. Thank you very much for joining us. And thank you for watching newsnight tonight. Laura coates live starts right now well, breaking tonight, president biden s doctor releases a letter to try to quiet spectrum collection of any parkinson s diagnosis this is biden himself tries to end all speculation that he will not be the nominee also tonight does the debate change? in true? trump might pick as his vp, the new case being made against one of the top contenders tonight on laura coates live all right? so it s been what, 12 days now since the debate that launched, 1,000 skeptics well, trump s been laying pretty low hoping that this spotlight that s been over biden won t reveal what maybe he s working on in the shadows. Now, voters, they may have the same questions about both candidates but with only one visible, onl
In response to the committee asking telecom companies to preserve the phone records of at least 11pro trump lawmakers like marjorie taylor greene, kevin mccarthy released a statement warning the companies if they comply, quote, they are in violation of federal law and subject to losing their ability to operate in the united states if companies choose to violate federal law a republican majority will not forget and will stand with americans to hold them fully accountable under the law. Dadada. A fact check here, companies are not breaking the law by complying with a congressional request for records. The january 6 committee responded to mccarthy s attempt to bully private companies by saying this. Quote, the select committee is investigating the violent attack on the capitol and attempts to overturn the results of last year s election. We have asked companies not to destroy records that may help answer questions for the american people. The committee s efforts won t be deterred by those