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
mariupol. just a moment, we ll talk to former u.s. ambassador to ukraine, bill taylor. it s been 27 months since the first confirmed case of covid in this country. now, the u.s. has passed a stunning 1 million deaths from the virus. 1 million people. we ll discuss how we got there and where we go from here. willie, there s so much to talk about here. of course, we re going to start with the story about the russian generals. it s certainly consequential. but it does seem like we ve all just sort of breezed past that 1 million mark. we all remember back in the spring of 2020 when we had officials saying maybe 70,000 people would die. maybe 100,000 people would die. i remember there was a british maybe it was kings college, but there was a british research institution, university, that said up to 1 million people would die. my god, the chuckling from the maga freaks, the disregard from the maga freaks, the same people who worshipped donald trump for saying it was two or th
when we left you, reports were that 10 people were wounded in that attack, today, rescuers removed a body from the rubble of a high rise apartment hit, a woman named vera hirich, ukrainian journalist with radio liberty, was 54 years old and 23rd member of the media to be killed since the invasion began. russia says the missiles aimed a the a nearby defense plant, near where secretary guiterrez was at the same time, kyiv called it vladimir putin s raised middle finger to the secretary-general, you ll hear more from a conversation with the mayor in the program and more details today in the death of american and former marine joseph william cancel, killed fighting alongside ukrainian troops, offering condolences and white house warning against americans going to fight. his mother spoke to cnn. he believes in what they were fighting for. he it just was something that hit to his heart and, you know, he knew they needed help. and it was just something he had felt that he could
and welcome to way too early. it s friday, april 15th, i m jonathan lemire. a huge setback for russia as its flag ship vessel in the black sea has sunk. russia s defense ministry says it was being towed to port after suffering heavy damages and then it sank in a storm. a day earlier, ukrainian officials said their forces hit the ship with two anti-ship missiles, causing significant damage. moscow denied the claim. instead, saying a fire began on board, that caused ammunition to detonate. the story is not much better for them. u.s. officials say they cannot confirm what caused the explosion on the vessel. the missile cruiser was a symbol of russia s naval power. experts say it is a massive blow to the kremlin and could undermine the country s operations in that region. following the announcement of a new weapons package to ukraine, russia is again warning the united states about its involvement in the war. in a two-page letter obtained by the washington post earlier this w
so this video shows ukrainian forces training here on flatter ground. this is in luhansk. this will be different than the urban warfare in the kyiv area where russian troops retreated. today cia director bill burns warned it is possible that rush should could use low-yield nuclear weapons inside ukraine if putin continues to suffer setbacks on the battlefield. given the potential devastation by putin and the russian troops, none of us can take lightly the threat posed by a potential resort to tactical nuclear weapons. but director burns added that right now the u.s. has not seen any evidence of that kind of deploy m. ukrainians are scoring some victories, they made major headway in the battle at sea. the flagship of rub ssia s blac sea fleet is still burning. ukrainian forces say they hit the warship with a missile. russians admit to only a fire on board that forced the evacuation. let s bring in matt rivers in lviv, western ukraine, along with matthew chance. matthew