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🗓️ 2 August 2024

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Guests: Carol Lee, Julia Ioffe, Alexander Vindman, Symone Sanders-Townsend, Zerlina Maxwell, Sen. Chris Murphy Three American citizens wrongfully imprisoned in Russia—some for years—now finally on a plane home. Tonight: the massive effort by the Biden administration, and the role of the vice president in the negotiations. Plus: The release of Vladimir Kara-Murza more than two years after we last spoke to him the day before he was arrested by Vladimir Putin.

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0:00.0	Tonight on All In.
0:02.0	The brutal ordeal is over, and they're free.
0:07.0	An extraordinary effort and an historic day.
0:11.0	There's nothing that matters more to me
0:14.0	of protecting Americans at home and abroad.
0:18.0	Three American citizens wrongfully imprisoned in Russia,
0:21.0	some for years, now finally on a plane and heading home.
0:27.0	Today, excuse me.
0:32.0	Today was a very good day.
0:34.0	Tonight, the massive effort by the Biden administration.
0:38.0	We never stopped fighting for their release.
0:41.0	And the role of the vice president in the negotiations plus I'm a Russian
0:46.3	politician Russia is my country Russia is my home and this is where I have to be the
0:51.1	release of Vladimir Karamursa more than two years after I last spoke to him
0:55.9	and he was arrested by Vladimir Putin. When all-in starts right now. Good evening from New York, I'm Ali Velshi in for Chris Hayes.
1:09.0	Tonight we're watching Joint Base Andrews in Maryland awaiting the arrival of three U.S. citizens finally returning
1:15.2	home to American soil after being wrongly imprisoned in Russia.
1:19.4	They include Evan Gerskovic, a 32-year-old reporter, the son of Russian immigrants who fled the Soviet Union in 1979.
1:27.0	Gerskovic dreamed of being a foreign correspondent.
1:29.7	In 2017, he moved to Russia to write for the Moscow Times before joining the Wall Street Journal in
1:35.0	2022.
1:36.6	Nearly a year and a half ago, Gerskovich was arrested while trying to interview factory
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