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D.c. on wednesday. what were learning. the biden administration firing back after the supreme court temporarily blocked it from lifting a trump era policy that allows asylum seekers to be turned away. our team reporting from the border. the taliban releasing two detained americans on the same day that it deals a major blow to womens rights in afghanistan. the abandoned car found in oregon. is it linked to the investigation into the murders of four idaho college students? and the young te...

Message that can come out is that the united states and our allies are strongly unified in support of ukraine. this is -- this is a moment in time that truly is going to test whether or not we are willing to unify the democracies of the world, unify in support of zelenskyy and i think providing the necessary aid that he needs, providing the support that he absolutely has to have to conduct this war, i think that if we can have a message at the end of this day that says the united states and our ...

Being held without bail, david. >> all right, mola, thank you. we turn now to the war in ukraine, and tonight, the abc news exclusive here. this evening, our team reporting on a dramatic rescue mission. an american freed in a prisoner swap after being held in russian- russian-occupied territory. the ma describing what the minnt russians did to him. abcs tom soufi burridge in ukraine again tonight. >> reporter: american suedi murekezi walking out of russian-controlled territory, with just a sma...

Global consequences, the pentagon and white house team reporting today that russia is giving an unprecedented level of military and technical support to iran. according to senior biden administration officials, the support for moscow is in exchange for weapons to use in their war with ukraine. what does that look like? lets get the specifics here. for more on this, iran might be getting things like helicopters and air defense systems. while the kremlin gets iranian made drones to be used to deva...

>> reporter: you know, it was extraordinary. and ill put it like this. if i was screaming, i wouldnt have been able to hear my own voice because i had a wall of sound to my left. i sat right next to the iranian supporters. from the whistle until pretty much the end, they just didnt stop. drums, horns, it was all noise. the only time it stopped was when pulisic scored that incredible goal. the usa will to win this game. one goal from iran and it would have been a completely different story. the a...

Don, as i was saying, i was screaming the whole time watching the game. what was the atmosphere like actually being there? >> you know, it was extraordinary. ill put it like this, if i was screaming, i wouldnt have been able to hear my own voice because i just had a wall of sound to my left. i was sat right next to the iranian supporters. from the whistle until pretty much the end, they didnt stop. horns, vuvuzelas, drums, it was all noise. the only time it stopped was when pulisic scored that i...

The 2020 election and whether those efforts can be tied to that riot on capitol hill. >> were going to walk down to the capitol! >> reporter: the special counsel will also investigate whether trump committed any crimes with classified documents taken from the white house and found at mar-a-lago. and later reports that some of those documents were moved after authorities had requested they be returned -- allegations of obstruction of justice. tonight, former president trump slamming the move as p...

Update from lviv this morning. we have new cnn reporting, u.s. intelligence officials believe that any change in russian public opinion even a dramatic one which honestly is unlikely would not be enough to make vladimir putin give up on the war. despite all thats happening in ukraine, this reporting says that putin is likely to remain it power. katie, you are part of the team reporting on this and i think there is really important stuff in here. what have you learned? >> john, putin has establ...

I also think it is going to become less about case counts and more about hospitalizations. if it is the case, right now i have ten or 12 friends who have covid right now. that feels like new york city right now. positive cases are everywhere. and that is true in other major cities as well. so in that environment, in this dynamic, it is going to be different than it was a year ago with covid-19. >> the washington team reporting that the white house may be shifting toward counting severe cases not...

Little bit for time before they can clear off all the roads. were seeing some of the roads in the charlotte area get cleared off quickly but thats not the case across the state and poppy, the biggest issue with the ice as well is the heaviness and what that might mean for trees and power lines, at one point there were more than 90,000 power outages across the strate. just because theyre not seeing the same weather doesnt mean power outages may not increase overnight. >> diane, thank you very muc...