Send back an unconfirmed number of iranian prisoners and unfreeze about 6 billion of frozen iranian oil revenue. Sandra we are learning the details right now. The move comes amid growing tensions over Irans Nuclear program and terrorist activities. Mark meredith has the breaking details. What are we learning about this deal . Sandra, good afternoon to you. News of this broke just in the last 30 minutes or so after a letter was published by a lawyer based here in the United States who was representing three of these five people who are apparently moved to house arrest in iran today after serving time in prison, at least for the last several years. Earliest dating back to 2015. We dont know exactly where these now, i dont want to say freed at this point, but the prisoners put under house arrest have been moved to in iran but the lawyer representing the families say they got direct visual confirmation the people were moved out of a prison and moved into what you have to imagine a more comfortable place in iran as they are waiting their next steps. No official reaction yet either from the white house or the State Department but indications that Something Like this could be in the works now for the last several weeks, if not months. There has kind of been a talk on the sidelines what might be happening behind the scenes. Iran is likely to have to wait to decide what they want to say about this exchange, about who they have been able to retrieve back as a result of this. I believe the last time we saw a Prisoner Swap like this would date back to 2016. And also imagine we will hear a lot from Congressional Republicans who have warned in recent months any potential deal with iran would want to have Congress Weigh in on, an official check and balance here. Obviously a lot of talk about what u. S. And iranian relationships would look like under the Biden Administration, of course it was during the Trump Administration back in 2018 that we saw the Iran Nuclear Deal reached by then president obama thrown out and a lot of questions about what the relationship would look like. We know Secretary Of StateAntony Blinken will have a few different events on his schedule, not tied necessarily to what was happening with iran but certainly possible he could weigh in on these latest developments at those events this afternoon over at the State Department. I believe we will have cameras in there and able to likely shout a few questions at that. But the news coming from the lawyer representing three of these five Iranian Americans who have been detained for the last several years now claiming they have been transferred to house arrest in iran and part of a Prisoner Swap. We have not gotten any confirmation what the terms or conditions would be. The president is out west in utah, and a private Campaign Fundraiser this evening before flying to washington. I would imagine an official white house reaction with the next little bit here. A lot of worldwide reaction to this as well, and sandra, well let you know what the official word is from the lawmakers once we get it. You can imagine it will start pouring in, mark meredith, jump back when you have more news on that. Morgan ortagus is joining us on the phone. Thank you for joining us here. Reportedly if the deal does indeed completely go through iran would be able to access these funds only to buy food, medicine and other humanitarian purposes, Qatar Central Bank overseeing the funds. What do you believe are the implications of this deal . This is taking hostages for ransom. World State Sponsor of terrorism. Talking about possibly reportedly 6 to 7 billion in ransom from these frozen funds that are actually in south korean banks. Again, to put this in context, this is the value of irans entire Military Budget Last Year in 2021. Also to put it in context a little bit more when obama did the deal, president obama did the deal mark was referring to he gave the iranians 1. 7 billion for five hostages. During the Trump Administration, under mike pompeo, we were able to get two american hostages out of iran for 0. In the Trump Administration, we would never pay off the worlds leading sponsor of terrorism, number one. Number two, the standards of Obama Administration, get five hostages out for 1. 7. This is not only 6 to 7 billion in frozen ransom funds for these hostages, they are also reportedly doing an exchange. So we are also going to have to give them five iranian prisoners in addition to the 6 to 7 billion. I cant stress enough how poorly negotiated this is and i would say sandra, top iranian officials have said publicly they think they should take american hostages in order to balance their budget. And so President Biden is giving them the win that they are looking for. Gillian morgan, this is gillian. Jump in and clarify. We dont know yet how many prisoners the United States is going to release in exchange, its unconfirmed. As soon as word breaks we will bring it to you. It may be less than five. Talk to us about the dangers, enumerated the dangers inherit in as you call it funding the iranian regime, freeing up 6 billion that has been frozen up until now. What are they liable to do with that . Well, none of this has been confirmed yet. Well have to see. I have my suspicious its leaked in august so congress is out of session so the white house has less scrutiny over it. According to the letter of the law, this deal, they are only going to be able to use it for food and medicine and those sorts of things. Thats pretty easy to get around. In the Obama Administration when they did the jcpoa, there were 90 billion of sanctions released given them and Spoiler Alert for the audience, the money was not used as iran said it would be, for infrastructure, new schools or hospitals or anything of the like. Instead, it went to Funding Terrorism around the region. I mean, again, this has been certified by multiple republican and democratic administrations, its not a partisan issue, we are giving 6 billion to the worlds lead State Sponsor of terrorism. Sandra Morgan Ortagus jumping on the Breaking News for us as we continue to learn more on the breaking details. When we get new information and Additional Details we will bring that straight to our audience. Morgan, thank you. And now this. This is not a safe place to be. There is nothing left. We feel very sorry for the people. They lost their houses. Those people dont deserve it. They are hard working, im very emotional. I just helped everybody i could along the way. Got to know when you can. Lahaina, we have a house. The dogs are stuck in the house. We dont know if our house is burned and animals are alive. I wont even have any pictures of my kids growing up. Gillian Tropical Paradise reduced in a matter of hours, the death toll is rising. One of the deadliest fires in years. They are searching for survivors where the massive flames wiped neighborhoods off the map on wednesday. More than 100 hawaiians jumped into the pacific. They were rescued by coast guard. Sandra they are scrambling to find shelter for thousands, and tourists are fleeing. Dan springer has the latest, are the fires still burning, dan . Yes, but they have really made a lot of progress on them, sandra. This was really a windwhipped fire that began on tuesday, the story took a grim turn overnight as the death toll on the Island Of Maui jumped from 6 to 36 and fears it will be higher than that. Hospitals have been overreturn by burn and Smoke Inhalation victims. More than 270 structures have been destroyed, many of them homes and businesses in the popular tourist town of lahaina, which has been devastated. People reported were escaping the flames by Running Into The Ocean or getting into boats. Thousands have been taken to shelter. Woke up this morning and got on our phones, took pictures of our house, just down to the slab. Nothing but smoke. Cinders. We came with the clothes we have on and dog and two kids. The fire started tuesday night and was fanned by ferocious winds from hurricane dora. The Eye Of The Hurricane was several hundred miles away but gusts on maui reached up to 75 miles an hour, absolutely no way of fighting a wildfire in those conditions. Maui has also been experiencing a drought with very little rain since may. When the winds died down later yesterday, the National Guard was able to fly their planes and start dropping water on the flames and progress has been made. One of the big concerns is getting tourists off the island. All the Major Airlines pitched in getting their biggest planes there to fly tourists home. Officials say they were able to get more than 11,000 visitors out of maui yesterday, and those efforts are continuing today. And for people who have been to maui, the 150yearold banion tree is a mustsee. It appears the tree, planted here in 1873, has been damaged, trunks and branches are charred but it is still standing. Anyone who has a trip to maui is asked to postpone it. They have other things going on, they cannot take more people on the island now. Sandra. Sandra keep us posted on all of that. Jeff hickman is joining us now, Public Affairs officers for the National Guard. What has the guard been tasked with doing, how are you stepping in to help . First of all, thanks for having me. The tree is a big deal. Asked by hawaii and maui county to assist with fires on both islands. It took a little more precedence for lahaina. 30 personnel assisting Maui County Police with Traffic Control because there are still about 16 roads that are closed on that island. Also have another 30 that is assisting with Search And Rescue in wide area search and their work has probably helped get a more accurate number on the number of fatalities there. Direct impact. We also have two c47 chinook, you had some footage of the ch47 helicopters doing Fire Suppression with the water buckets. They made 58 runs yesterday and dropped over 100,000 gallons on the fire. And when speaking to the pilots after the mission, they did say it made a difference and the winds being lowered, big help. We know tragically 36 americans have been lost during the wildfire. Dont know how many more are injured. This is still Search And Rescue for you. How is the Hospital System coping with all of this . I just came from a briefing that maui county gave to the Hawaii State Emergency Management Agency and the hospitals are treating a lot of burn victims and Smoke Inhalation. Right now they dont seem like they are overwhelmed and there might be even more people coming in today. Its still going to affect a lot of people. It is completely ongoing and information is really hard to get on maui with the communications down on the lahaina side. Theyll have briefings all throughout the day and im sure updates about that exact thing in hospitals. We have had people from the mainland contact my office saying hey, im a doctor, i would like to help and we are letting them know thank you so much for their showing their aloha to assist our state and maui really needs help but at this time the hospitals are taking care of those who need care. Sandra amazing to hear stories like that where Everyday Americans rise up, heroes, they step in to help when they are needed most. Thank you so much, jeff, for joining us with the update. Thank you both. Aloha. Gillian thank you. Lets take a look at this now. A lot of gop candidates are on the way to the iowa state fair, will meet with voters today. Among those attending are the current frontrunners, donald trump and ron desantis, and doug burgum and mike pence will speak on the stage today. Governor kim reynolds will join us to break it down, but first aishah hasnie. This is really, you know, what the politicos call a make it or break it week for a lot of these candidates. Oh, yes. Good afternoon to you, gillian. This is a very, very, very important state, even for Florida Governor ron desantis who is a runnerup in the polling right now, and everyone is going to be watching whether or not he could impress iowans after a series of staffing shakeups and struggles to close in on the frontrunner, former President Trump. What iowa voters think about him day one of the state fair. Im going to pass on him. Im hearing some negative things that he really doesnt relate to people that much. I still think very favorably of him. He seems to be lagging somewhat in the polls. Yeah, he is. Take a look at this. Former President Donald Trump leading desantis by 30 points among iowa gop caucus goers, according to a recent fox news poll and get this, trump is bringing nine Florida Republicans with him to the fair. Folks who chose him over their governor. Thats probably why hes also snubbing Iowa Governor kim reynolds fair site chats. The rest of the pack will take part in that over the next four days. In between all the corn dogs and cattle judging, this is going to be a make or break week for some folks, like miami mayor francis suarez, still has not qualified for the big debate saying he might drop out if he cant make it. If you dont get on that stage, you are not going to have the money or the volunteers, cut number one. Cut number two is iowa. If the candidates cannot get competitive with President Trump you are going to have cut number two. Former new Jersey Governor Chris Christie is going rogue, skipping the fair, Hunkering Down InNew Hampshire instead. So he will miss Governor Reynolds chat. Sandra lets bring in Iowa Governor kim reynolds live from the state fair. Thank you so much for joining us. No doubt a busy fair behind you. Nice to be with you. Lots going on, its the opening day, a lot of iowans and people from outside the state and around the country that are here partaking in the iowa state fair. Sandra very interesting. What are you hearing from folks around there as we are approaching an election season . Well, we are doing the fair side chats, we had our first one today, with larry elder. We had a great turnout and i had a lot of people say thank you very much for hosting these. It gives us an opportunity to hear from candidates, a little bit of a different interview. We ask some fun questions, things about policy and so its a great mix and there will continue to be a great turnout as ive noticed and traveled the state and participated in a lot of events, iowans are engaged, they are turning out in record numbers. They are kicking the tires with all the candidates. They are listening, they are asking questions. So, i really dont believe the national polls. I know iowans and ive had them come up to me, and today, and say hey, most importantly we want to get a candidate that has a vision and can execute on day one, and bottom line, we want the candidate that we believe can win in 2024 and put a republican in the white house. And thats the mindset of iowans, and im seeing it reflected at the events that im going to. Sandra very interesting. We know that ron desantis speaking today, hes nationally polling still double digits behind trump, this is a live picture of him speaking there in iowa. But simultaneously he seems to be gaining traction there in your state in iowa. Will he use attendance there at the fair to his advantage . Will this help him in this race . I think so. Well, hes doing and i think some of the other candidates are, too. So, but i know that he is doing the 99 county tour and hes showing up in rural iowa, hes talking to voters, hes listening to voters, hes talking about his vision, and thats a really good thing to do. Rick santorum did it, he was successful in that caucus. So it matters because iowans will show up and they want to talk to the candidates. They want to ask the questions and so its a great thing to do. Sandra you know who is not showing up is the former president , donald trump. Put up on the screen here, this is your fireside chats, you said you spoke with larry elder already. Youve got pence and burgum, suarez coming up tomorrow, saturday is another big with ramaswamy and nikki haley and desantis and august 18th. You have them all there except former President Trump. He said that you shirked your commitment to remain neutral in the campaign and claim responsibility. He thinks he helped you and you are not helping him and he doesnt need to sit down. What is your reaction to that . Well, thats his choice. I would love to have t