Its 4 00 in New York. A feat of diplomacy and friendship. Thats how President Biden described the largest Prisoner Swap since the cold war. It was a massive effort resulting in four u. S. Residents, Wall Street Journal Report E Paul whelan, finally heading home. Heres President Biden surrounded by the families of the detainees. It feels like this one come with tough calls and there are never any guarantees. Theres nothing that matters more to me than protecting americans at home and abroad. So well continue to work for the release of all wrongful detained americans around the world. In total, russia is releasing 16 prisoners in exchange. Nbc news reports the u. S. Released three russian prisoners, including an Intelligence Operative including Smuggling Ammunition to the russian military, slovenia released two russian prisoners, Norway And Poland each released one. The swap is the result of nearly two years of persistence after Brittney Griner was released in december of 2022. Now the e
Recognise the all male government announced by the taliban. The home secretary will hold discussions with her french counterpart about the surge in the number of people crossing the english channel to the uk. Over 1,000 migrants have made the journey so far this week. Britney spears father has filed court documents seeking to end an arrangement that gave him control over her finances. Hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. Mps will vote later today on the uk prime minister s plans for a national insurance rise, to pay for the nhs and social care. Yesterday borisjohnson announced what he called the biggest catch up programme in the history of the nhs. £36 billion, raised over three years, to deal with the backlog caused by the pandemic. More than £5 billion of that will go towards changes to social care in england. Scotland, wales and northern ireland will also receive an additional £2. 2 billion to spend on their services. The money will also be used to
Pledging blanket amnesty for all in afghanistan while vowing that no death will be caused to anyone outside of afghanistan by the taliban and that there will be no violence against women. Already we re seeing some violations of that. In turn, the taliban is calling on the international community to respect its core values. Of course, that is a tough sell considering the scenes what we have been seeing outside of the kabul airport. We do want to warn you, this these are disturbing images, but this is what is going on. A photo journal ist for the los angeles times capturing wounded pictures of wounded afghans after taliban fighters used lethal weapons for crowd control. Photographer marcus llam telling cnn s anderson cooper that this violence was indiscriminate and one taliban fighter fired his weapon into the crowd while smiling at another taliban fighter as if it were a game. Let s go live to kabul and to cnn s chief international correspondent clarissa ward. I think what we re startin
From boston. Eventually they ruled in his favor. But that boston accent is later in the hour. I always watch rachel s show and you are showing my sweatpants with my mommy water, and i have to, obviously, get through this show in a different way. But i m racing upstairs to change into sweatpants and watch your show with my mommy water in hand, all those box in boston accents. Thank you nikole. Thank you. Senate majority leader chuck schumer just told the senate that he would be working on saturday to pass the bipartisan infrastructure bill. There remains a slight possibility that senator schumer will be able to get unanimous consent, to vote on final passage of the bill as early as tonight. But that would require mitch mcconnell s full cooperation and last night on the floor of the senate, rob portman, usually closely aligned with mcconnell, put public pressure on mcconnell on an important bridge that joins their two states, ohio and kentucky. The bryant s pence bridge, it crosses the o
Mayor of boston now labor secretary is going to join us tonight and i might slip a little. My boston accent might crack. There s another very special boston accent we ll hear later in the hour and that is my father, who i wish was still with us to hear this. A 1963 recording of him arguing a case, an important case in the united states supreme court. When i was listening to it today trying to find something the audience would understand because of his boston accent i felt so bad for chief justice earl warren and william o douglas and all of those people sitting up there trying to understand this guy from boston. Eventually they ruled in his favor but that boston accent is later in the hour. I always watch rachel s show and your show in my sweat pants with my mommy water and i had to obviously get through this show in a different way but i am racing upstairs to change into sweat pants and watch your show and all the boston accents with my mommy water in hand. I can t wait. Great. Thank