Here's the five.

Hello everyone, I'm Judge Janine Piero,

along with Harold Ford Jr.

Jesse Waters, Dana Perino, and Brian Kill Me. It's five o'clock in New York City. Day

Niparino and Brian Kill Me. It's 5 o'clock in New York City and this is the five. This is a Fox News Alert. Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gerskovich and

former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan had been released along with other Americans to the

U.S. from Russian custody in a historic multi-country prisoner swap.

Jackie Heinrich is at the White House with more.

Good evening, Judge.

We just learned both President Biden and Vice President Harris will be at joint-based

Andrews tonight around 1130 when the plane lands to greet those wrongfully detained

Americans when they step safely onto US soil once again and that's saying

something because earlier today the president said it was his own longstanding friendships with US allies that made

this historic release happen.

Today is a powerful example of why it's vital to have friends in this world.

Friends you can trust, work with, and depend upon.

Especially on matters of great consequence and sensitivity like this.

A senior official told Fox that Russia was blocking this trade unless they got back notorious

FSB hitman, Vadim Krasikov, who was imprisoned in Germany and getting Germany to okay his release was no

small feat.

We are told that German Chancellor Scholes told President Biden, I'll do it for you.

And the National Security Advisor in trying to give the president

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