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The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown

WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich detained in Russia for one full year

The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown

CNN

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3.2865 Ratings

🗓️ 30 March 2024

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

American journalist Evan Gershkovich is marking one full year of imprisonment in Russia. The U.S. is condemning his wrongful detention while offering hope for his release. Two of his friends join to share how Evan is doing right now. Plus, Donald Trump just appealed a judge’s ruling allowing district attorney Fani Willis to remain on the election subversion case in Georgia. Also, an in-depth look at the migrant crisis at the border where families live in makeshift camps and often face dire and dangerous conditions.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Happening now, American journalist Evan Gerskovic is marking one full year of imprisonment in Russia.

0:09.0

The U.S. condemning his

0:13.7

release this hour.

0:14.7

Two of Gerschkovich's closest friends join us to share new details on how he's

0:19.7

enduring and their own raw motions right now.

0:23.0

Also tonight breaking news,

0:25.0

Donald Trump just appealed the judge's ruling

0:27.0

allowing District Attorney Fawnee Willis

0:30.0

to remain on the Georgia election subversion case.

0:33.2

His lawyers are now arguing that Willis's entire office

0:36.6

should be disqualified.

0:37.8

Plus, an in-depth look at the unfolding crisis

0:40.9

at the busiest migrant crossing at the southern border, where families, including

0:45.2

children, are living in makeshift camps and facing often dire and dangerous conditions.

0:52.1

Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world.

0:56.0

I'm Wolf Blitzer, you're in the situation room. Our top story this hour, the year-long detention of Wall Street Journal Evan Gerskovich,

1:10.4

jailed by Russia while doing his job as a journalist.

1:14.0

The Wall Street Journal leaving most of its front page blank today

1:18.0

to honor Gerskovich and mark a year of what it calls

1:21.0

as stolen stories, stolen joys, and stolen memories.

1:25.9

Tonight President Biden is vowing to continue working every day to secure a Gerskovich's release

1:32.3

and the release of all Americans held hostage or wrongfully detained abroad.

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