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Washington Today (8-1-24): Large prisoner swap with Russia includes Evan Gershkovich & Paul Whelan
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48:17Now PlayingPresident Joe Biden announces that three U.S. citizens - Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, former Marine Paul Whelan, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reporter Alsu Kurmasheva - and dissident Vladimir Kara-Murza, dual Russian-British national and U.S. green card holder, are being released from Russian prisons as part of a large prisoner exchange between the U.S., Russia, Germany and other western nations.
President says, "Their brutal ordeal is over and they're free" and the exchange shows the importance of the U.S. having international allies.
The White House says it was not involved in a Defense Department plea deal with three September 11th terror attack masterminds that will reportedly take the death penalty off the table.
Sen. JD Vance (R-OH), Republican vice-presidential nominee, gets a briefing at the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona and criticizes the Biden-Harris Administration record on immigration and borders security.
Vice President Kamala Harris, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, gives the eulogy at the memorial service in North Houston for the late Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX).
Senate Republicans block a tax package that already passed in the House that would have temporarily expanded the child tax credit and restored some business tax benefits.
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