Certain more than liebermann at the pentagon at this cnn this is cnn breaking News Welcome to all you watching us here in the United States, canada, and Around The World, im Kim Brunhuber. Were following Breaking News this our a dramatic and emotional scene playing out in just the past few hours outside of washington, Three Americans held in russia are now back in the u. S. AS Part of the biggest Prisoner Exchange since the cold War President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris joined a crowd at Joint Base Andrews in maryland, where they first welcome home marine veteran Paul Whelan. He spent the past six years in a russian prison also returning were journalists, Evan Gershkovich and also kurmasheva, who were amongst 16 people set free by moscow negotiators have been working on the deal in secret for more than a year. It involves 24 people in total and cooperation from seven countries why did you have to face the Three Americans and their Family Members welcome home and beyond t
California, so youre asking well, what about me . But it is the first eve of the first big political test of the post Trump Era. Because elections one year into a new president term, they are often an early indicator of which way the wind is blowing, which way politics are forming, of a new administration in the White House. You may remember during President Barack obamas first year of office, the last time we had a first term democratic president , even that fall of that year we saw this huge surprise offset. A race from governor New Jersey was chris christie. You know for told some troubles ahead for democrats. So there was a huge political states in tomorrow selection, and new substantive ones. California voters are choosing who will lead the fifth largest economy in the entire world. The most popular state in the union, theyre choosing whether or not among other things to continue the battle that suppress the covid virus. Or to essentially wave the white flag as some Pro Trump demo
gallagher. it s midnight now on the east coast. 9:00 here in los angeles. and this is america s late news. the extended version of fox news at night and breaking right now. the first primary votes for president are being cast as we speak in a place called dixville notch. a small number of new hampshire residents. we re talking about six votes. we ll kind of decide that s the beginning. at least decide if nikki haley will have enough support throughout the day tomorrow to stick around. and new hampshire is also a race that president biden could lose because he is not on the ballot . mark meredith is live in dixville notch as those six votes are coming in. mark, what s the status? and then when do we find out the results ? trace we re going to find out the results in just a few moments for now. and voting is underway here in the 2024 presidential primary. right here in new hampshire. it all starts in dixville notch, the very room that i m in right now, a tradition that dates ba
good morning, so glad you are with us. the nation s first presidential primary, it is here. we are live at a diner in manchester, new hampshire. today it is likely now or never for republicans trying to topple donald trump as nikki haley works to pull off a strong finish in the state, her last best chance. we re just one hour away from the first big round of polls opening, first ballots have already been cast just after midnight in the tiny but important town of dixville notch. haley won all six votes there. in her final sprint across the state, nikki haley has been pushing back on the naysayers. america doesn t do coronations. we believe in choices. we believe in democracy. and we believe in freedom. let s show the country what we can do. in the final hours before the primary, voters actually head to the polls, trump has been raking in endorsements from republicans on capitol hill both the house and senate gop campaign chairs have called for the party to unite behind tru
until the last poll closes. then we are headed to my sweet state of south carolina. we will make the case there as well. if i may, six weeks ago, none of you predicted nikki haley would be the only candidate standing. she exceeded expectations, had a strong showing here. the sky is the limit. to go into her home state with that momentum, that s an amazing opportunity. will you ramp up your attacks on donald trump? do you think he is mentally fit to hold the presidency? i think he is mentally fit. the problem is, do you want two 80-year-olds running for president? seriously. in the military, you have to retire at 65. you don t have surgeons doing surgery at 80. there s multiple things. it s just a fact that people start to decline. when you have a country in disarray and a world on fire the way we do, you need someone at the top of their game that can put in eight years, that can go and get things back on track. that s what this is about. making sure we have the best per