'Momentous moment': See Americans freed from Iran get off plane
Five Americans held in Iran were able to board a flight to Qatar's capital after $6B of Iranian funds held in South Korea were released by the U.S. government. The Biden administration also agreed to release five Iranian prisoners as part of the swap.
Hear freed American break silence on 'torment' in Iran, 'gratitude' to Biden
Five Americans were just freed from Iran in a prisoner swap deal.
Moments after they touched down in Qatar, hostage Siamak Namazi released a statement. José Díaz-Balart instantly reports the news, with Namazi thanking President Biden and revealing the “torment” he endured stole “what should have been the best days of my life” and adding, "the greatest fear of any political prisoner is to be forgotten."
Who should get the new Covid booster?
The CDC will likely recommend that "the booster should be prioritized for people who are immunocompromised, people who have comorbid medical conditions... pregnant women," Dr. Natalie Azar says.
UNC shooting victim identified
The UNC Chapel-Hill shooter killed Associate Professor Zijie Yan, Ali Vitali reports.
"You could see the terror in those students' eyes... this has really become a reminder of something that has become an all-too-familiar story."
What does 'woke' mean?
"Before it was a pejorative, 'woke' was about Black safety and empowerment," Trymaine Lee says.
"Today, 'woke' has become an ideological lightning rod and dividing line, a warhead in the latest culture wars," Lee explains, saying that the term has been "hijacked, weaponized."
Republicans court Black voters in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Shaquille Brewster explores a Milwaukee Republican office geared towards winning over Black voters.
"Last November, top Republicans earned just about 18 of more than 370 votes cast in this ward— the same one that hosts this Republican office."
Worse than a 'new normal': Bill Nye on tropical storm Hilary, climate change
"People like to throw around the expression 'new normal.' It's not going to be normal, it's going to get worse and worse, probably," Bill Nye says of landmark tropical storm Hilary.
Extreme weather events are "connected because the world is getting warmer, and most of that heat ends up in the ocean... what enables a hurricane or cyclonic storm is heat."
‘Gender apartheid’ in Afghanistan, two years after Taliban takeover
Women "are not accepted as being parts of the citizens of Afghanistan,” says human rights activist Pashtana Dorani.
They "cannot go to parks, they cannot go to schools, they cannot go to a job, they don't have any opportunity you might have taken for granted.”
Who is Fani Willis, the Fulton County prosecutor who indicted Trump over the 2020 election?
Fulton County DA Fani Willis "is out to win,” Wall Street Journal reporter Cameron McWhirter says.
During the high-profile Atlanta cheating scandal, "people were cornering" Fani Willis "every time she went to the grocery store…[but] she stuck to her guns," McWhirter adds.
"She doesn't get ruffled."
How does Georgia's anti-racketeering RICO law apply to Trump?
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“Georgia’s RICO statue is very favorable to prosecutors. It allows the DA to be able to reach either crimes or acts that occurred outside her jurisdiction,” fmr. DeKalb County DA Gwen Keyes Fleming explains.
Relief efforts underway after Maui wildfires devastate Lahaina, Hawaii
Relief efforts after the #MauiFires in Lahaina, Hawaii are "all hands on deck," says Nicholas Winfrey, president of Maui United Way.
"This is something that Hawaii has never dealt with, the U.S. has never dealt with, and in all honesty I don't think the world has seen."
Illinois State Police investigate migrant child death
Illinois State Police are investigating the death of a toddler who traveled on a migrant bus from Texas to Chicago.
"We don't know exactly what the conditions [on the bus] may have been," Julia Ainsley says.
"Many have said there are squalid conditions on those buses."
Masih Alinejad: Iran prisoner swap deal 'a betrayal to Americans and Iranians'
"This is a betrayal to Americans and Iranians, that the U.S. government was trying to get a deal with... such a barbaric regime," says Iranian journalist and activist Masih Alinejad.
American money sent to Iran goes to "drones to Putin to kill innocent Ukrainians... to morality police."
More U.S. workers with disabilities getting hired
"While the unemployment rate overall has held steady over the last year, for people with disabilities, the unemployment rate has fallen."
Sharon Epperson takes a look at Bitty & Beau's Coffee, a company that prioritizes hiring employing workers with disabilities.
Space Command to remain in Colorado
Space Command headquarters will remain in Colorado.
Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville "has held up hundreds of military flag officers and senior Pentagon officials over the Defense Department's abortion policy," Jake Sherman explains.
Some "wonder if Tuberville's blockade played a role in losing that Space Command for Alabama."
American nurse and child kidnapped in Haiti
U.S. officials are racing to rescue kidnapped American nurse Alix Dorsainvil and her child, who went missing in Haiti according to the nonprofit she and her husband work for.
"Conditions are deteriorating in Haiti. Many cities are in control of gangs," Kristen Dahlgren reports.
Do 'inhumane' Rio Grande river buoys prevent migrants from crossing?
The Rio Grande river buoys "extend about a foot underwater, so that you can't swim under them," Priscilla Thompson explains.
"There are also spikes in between."
TX Gov. Abbott defiant against DOJ threat of lawsuit over river buoys
The Justice Dept. has challenged Texas' use of river barriers to prevent migrants from crossing the Rio Grande.
The DOJ says "these buoys are not only illegal but inhumane and could also pose an environmental risk," Priscilla Thompson reports.
Migrant moms tie themselves to their children
Migrant moms waiting in Mexico for U.S. asylum are using wire "to tie their children around themselves by the waist" for protection, Christina Asencio of Human Rights First says.
"They are at risk of being sexually violated, of their children being taken from them."
Harvard student reacts to Supreme Court ending affirmative action
"Affirmative action provided access to students from all backgrounds to apply."
Harvard student Agustín León-Sáenz reacts to the SCOTUS ruling against Affirmative Action in college admissions.
"I hope that Harvard... can ramp up recruitment of underrepresented minorities."
