>>> TONIGHT, BREAKING NEWS, ON AN HISTORIC DAY. THREE AMERICAN PRISONERS, INCLUDING PAUL WHELAN AND EVAN GERSHKOVICH, SOON TO BE REUNITED WITH THEIR FAMILIES. PART OF A MULTI-COUNTRY SWAP WITH RUSSIA INVOLVING TWO DOZEN PRISONERS. THE BIGGEST DEAL OF ITS KIND SINCE THE COLD WAR. WHELAN AND GERSHKOVICH AND ANOTHER AMERICAN JOURNALIST DETAINED BY RUSSIA TAKING OFF FROM TURKEY, HEADING TO THE UNITED STATES.
SMILES ALL AROUND ON THE PLANE. THEIR FAMILIES SPEAKING TO THEM FROM THE OVAL OFFICE WITH PRESIDENT BIDEN. THE PRESIDENT CALLING IT A FEAT OF DIPLOMACY, AND THANKING AMERICA’S ALLIES WHO HELPED MAKE IT ALL POSSIBLE. GERSHKOVICH, “THE WALL STREET JOURNAL” REPORTER, DETAINED FOR NEARLY A YEAR AND A HALF, RECENTLY CONVICTED OF SPYING IN WHAT THE U.S.
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