Out front next, breaking news Americans Evan Griskovich and Paul Weillan are about to land back on American soil after an historic prisoner swap with Putin's Russia.

And we are live at Andrews Air Force Base and in Paul Weelan's hometown tonight.

Plus investigative journalist Christo Grozev. He played a critical role in this exchange and he'll be out front tonight. Plus investigative journalist Christo Grosev. He played a critical role in this

exchange and he'll be out front tonight. You'll hear how a cocktail napkin set this entire deal

into motion. And Trump tripling down on attacking Harris and questioning her race, Charlemagne the

God has something to say about that. He's my guest. Let's go out front. And good evening, I'm Erin Burnett. Outfront

tonight, the breaking news. Countdown to touchdown. Right now, we are monitoring a private plane

that, as I speak, is flying over the Atlantic, the mid-Atlantic approaching the United States.

And at this very moment, Wall Street Journal reporter

Evan Gerskovich, former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan and Russian-American journalist Al-Su Kershameva

are on that private plane after the biggest prisoner swap since the end of the Cold War.

And we'll show you live pictures from Joint Base Andrews. That is where that private plane is going

to be landing within the next few hours.

President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will be there to greet them at Joint Base Andrews when they arrive.

In fact, Kamala Harris is expected to touch down at Joint Base Andrews at any moment where she will wait to welcome Gorskovich, Weelan, and Kermasheva.

Just before she boarded Air Force 2 in Texas,

she spoke out for the first time about the historic prisoner swap.

We never stopped fighting for their release.

And today, in spite of all of their suffering,

it gives me great comfort to know that their horrible ordeal is

finally over.

Their horrible ordeal is finally over. And this is a victory for Biden, and he is taking a victory

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