Irans Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Five Americans who would be imprisoneded in iran are expected to be leased today as part of a wider u. S. u. U. S. iran deal. The u. S. Government designate all Five Americans as being wrongfully detained. Joining me now is International Diplomatic editor nic robertson. Its a complex deal, isnt it, nic . Reporter it is a very complex deal. And it seems to be open to a variety of interpretations that weve heard from the iranian Prime Minister over the last week. What were hearing from the Iranian Foreign minister today as he says, we wilhopefully and what hes referring to there is 6 billion of frozen iran accounts that are being currently under the control of south korea. And that money would arrive in an account. Now, the Foreign Minister says, in a regional state. But we understand that account, that new account that iran would have access to would be in qatar, but the implications are here that this expected arrangement that would allow for these Five Americans being held, one of them has been held in jail since october 2015. So almost eight years. But would expect to allow them to be freed. And this money prorch assets, if you will, would be put in an account, but iran would not have free and complete access to. There would be controls over that account. The account would be for iran to use for humanitarian goods, medicines, for the population, that sort of thing. And this is what brought the contention from irans president last week speaking about it, saying iran essentially in essence would have access to that account. The iranians are expecting five iranian prisoners to be released from a u. S. Jail as well. So, the headline from the Foreign Minister, the iranians now expecting that money to end up in the account, apparently in qatar. And they would, therefore, have controlled access to it. Just setting out some of the sort of language around what the process thats been happening over the past week. And the United States wrote a waiver, the white house wrote a waiver, allowing access to these accounts a week ago today. Lets listen to john kirby, a National Security spokesman in the United States who laid out some of the framework. Well, i cant tell you everything that were doing and everything that this is, i can certainly tell you what its not. Theres not going to a ransom payment. Theres not going to be sanctions relief. Theres no u. S. Dollars applied to getting these americans home. The 6 billion without getting into the details of the negotiations, i think theres a little confusion what this account is all about. This is part of a system of accounts that were set up in the Previous Administration that allowed some countries to import iranian goods, nonsanctionable goods. And that the iranians could pull on those accounts, those payments, through a special system only used for humanitarian purposes. And thats what were talking about here. Its a preexisting account that was set up in the Previous Administration which they allowed other countries to set up, that has not been made accessible to the iranians. Theyd be able to have access to it, but only for humanitarian purposes. Reporter so, i think you get a sense there from john kirby about how contentious the political decision it is for the white house, for iran to get access to these the cans. But it does seem to indicate from the Foreign Minister, if this goes ahead, that the Five Americans detained in iran could well be on their way to freedom. If we could just drill down a bit on that, you know, youve addressed this, and kirbys slightly addressing it as well or trying to address it there. Obviously, the money in the account isnt american money, but they did have some control over it. Theyre calling the prisoners wrongly detained. Others calling them hostages. And other people saying that this is iran payments which would allow the hostages abdomen more hostages to be taken. Reporter i think its for americans and others detained by iran that it is financial inducements, access to what iran considers and Many International community their finances that have been frozen, because of sanctions on the country. So, it is a contentious issue. But i think if you look more broadly, beyond the release of prisoners from iran, that iran has detained on accusations, some of these five essentially have been attained on accusations and convicted on about indications alleged on espionage. Of working with foreign governments. And the idea that iran gets a financial reward for Better InternationalGood BehaviorGoes Beyonded that. I mean, we can look at the recent situation, between iran and saudi arabia that was broken by china has led to the houthis in yemen who would being supplied with weapons and Cruise Missiles from iran, abating their war with saudi arabia. So, part of that deal sees better economic ties between saudi arabia and iran in the future development, you know, Business Connections between the two countries. So, i think you get the sense here, more broadly, that what iran wants as a price to do what the International Communitys been asking it to do, whether its sort of stop terrorist activities around the world. Or release people that theyve wrongfully detained. It always seems to have a financial inducement, max. If theres one thing that isnt disputed today, this is wonderful news for the families of people being released. You get a sense of that today, its been an incredibly hard time for them. Repter well, i think they wi, look, one of the detained, his father went to iran to try to get him released. And he was detained too. Its the families of the those detained in iran who had done the heaviest lifting. These are people whose families could be four square behind them, trying to get their loved ones released. Theyre people that the United States has been publicly working to get released. And the mechanism to deliver it has been in public view over the past weeks, max. Nic robertson, well get more detail as the story unfolds. U. S. President joe biden will kick off a busy week ahead. The main event will be this weeks United NationsGeneral Assembly, hell be meeting with World Leaders including Benjamin Netanyahu. Later in the week, he will sit down with ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy who will be attending the General Assembly and pushing for more support with ukraine. On the international stage, mr. Biden is facing a number of challenges in washington. That includes the possibility of a Government Shutdown later this month. And an Impeachment Inquiry launched by house republicans. Cnns Arlette Saenz has more from washington. Reporter President Biden will put his diplomatic skills to the test this week as he attends the United NationsGeneral Assembly meetings in new york city. He arrives there sunday and on monday, hes going to have fundraisers whether diving into it on tuesday. And Officials Say he will talk about americas visit for leadership in the world and make the case that countries need to Work Together in order to solve of the worlds biggest problems. This is coming as the president is trying to highlight his Alliance Building come into the 2024 election. But theres also a lot of Attention Eye who will president will be meeting hell meet with lou lula desilva. And it does come at a time when there have been questions about whether such a meeting would even can you after the white house has expressed criticism and frustration with netanyahus government moving to make some judicial reforms in that country. Now, the president wraps up in new york city, he will head back here to washington. And on thursday, here at the white house, he will host ukraine wran president Volodymyr Zelenskyy who also will be making the rounds up on capitol hill. This will give the men a chance to speak in person about the counteroffensive thats under way against russia. But the meeting also comes at a time when biden is pushing congress to pass more aid for ukraine. That that is meeting significant resistance from republicans in the house. Arlette saenz, cnn, the white house. Ukraine wran president Volodymyr Zelenskyy will be attending for the first time on tuesday, that far he will head to washington to meet with u. S. President joe biden and other leaders on capitol hill. Mr. Zhelenskyy is pushing for more support with longrange military and artillery and making gains on the battlefield. On sunday, ukraine liberated a key city south of the city of bakhmut. This is really around the fact that there are u. S. Politicians who think the progress isnt good enough. And what theyre spending on the war isnt going far enough . Youre absolutely right, max nap is one of the key things that president zelensky is worried about. While the Biden Administration may be supportive of this funding for ukraine, there may be those on the other side of the house that are not. That is why hes also meeting with senators at capitol hill. To really explain why u. S. Funding is so key. Weve been seeing a lot of announcement. Really recently about ukraine recapturing areas as part of this counteroffensive. Part of that messaging is showing they are making progress and where the u. S. Money is going. This money theyre putting in, this military equipment, this training, all of this is worth is what zelenskyy wants to demonstrates. Weve seen theyve captured another village on the eastern area of the front line and even before that another area. These areas arent big. Theyre just villages, arent they . Exactly. These arent big areas, but what theyre trying to demonstrate, there are still progress, this isnt still a front line. Theyre making progress. And what they need is more weaponry, more ammunition, more support from the United States. This is why weve been seeing this referencing of long range weapons, longrange missiles. Particularly this kind of weaponry can get behind key lines, infantry and structures. Areas not just the front line, repairing ships like they targeted last week in the crimea. These areas are key for russias war effort. What zelenskyy wants to show, if they give more weaponry, this counteroffensive may go faster. It may speed it up and a breakthrough which is all of them want and they desperately need. Particularly as we head into the winter months where the fighting will get even more challenging. In terms of zelenskyy, in terms of his smartness, shes expecting them to say its going to slowly and he is going to counter that. He flips it around saying we are making more progress, but really its on the United States. Thank you, katie. Benjamin netanyahu is expected to address the General Assembly on friday but before that, hes set to sit down with u. S. President joe biden and elon musk. Its interesting when we talk about ukraine, it does take a lot of the headlines, doesnt it, but theres the likes of netanyahu who also made headlines . Yeah, this is not going to be the type of trip, i think, to the United States that Benjamin Netanyahu would have really wanted to play up. Lets start according to the schedule, hes actually still in the air right now. Hes on his way to San Francisco where he will land and meet witha amongst others elon musk. With musk hes going to discuss Artificial Intelligence as well as trying to convince him to invest more in israel. Interestingly, theyre going to sit down on what is deemed to be a live conversation on live twitter today at 12 00 p. M. Eastern. There is expectation, especially here in israel, that Benjamin Netanyahu will address that hes allowed elon musk to flourish on the platform. Especially in recent years Benjamin Netanyahu has really branded himself as sort of this crusader of Andy Semitism around the world. Next, he will fly to new york where on wednesday hell be meeting with u. S. President joe biden. This will be the first facetoface meeting since netanyahu took back power late last year. That has been a Long Time Coming because usually an israeli Prime Minister meets with the u. S. President , theyre supposed to be great allies, they meet pretty quickly. But this will be the first facetoface meeting since netanyahu took power. And notably, its not at the white house, its going to be on the sideline of the u. N. Thats a clear message from the white house, especially how joe biden has viewed the Benjamin Netanyahu with the far right government and the massive protests against the judicial overhaul going on here for nine months, President Biden had been very clear about how his government feels about the judicial overhaul that is still pushing forward, despite the protests not only from israelis here in israel but also from allies. The protesters are actually planned to be at every single stop that netanyahu will be at in San Francisco and in new york as well. Actualically right before netanyahu got on his plane late last night, he actually accused the demonstrators of joining forces with iran and plo. And very interestingly actually that was conveniently not in the remarks just released to the media, sort of the Press Release about the remarks before getting on the plane. Those sentences have been taken out, thats a notable omission. That has riled up the protesters, they say they will be at every single stop and that Benjamin Netanyahu will be able to hear them. Hadas in jerusalem, thank you for that. Well have more after the break including the latest on the u. S. iran prisoner swap. Good thing theres resolve. Love the love. Resolve the mess. female announcer attention medicare has expanded dexcom coverage for people with diabetes. If you have diabetes, getting on dexcom g7 is the single most important thing you can do. It eliminates painful fingersticks, helps lower a1c, and is covered by medicare. Before using the dexcom g7, i was really frustrated. 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A source briefed on details the matter sell cnn a qatari jet is on standby in iran to bring five u. S. Citizens and two relatives to doha. Theyve been negotiating this. Stay with cnn for details as they become available. Cleanup continues in libya from deadly flooding that went through the city of derna just over a week ago. Still unknown how many people died but the United Nations has revised a previous death toll of 11,000. Theyve cited 4,000 lives lost. Some 9,000 people are still considered missing. And treacherous conditions have been made search conditions difficult. And cnns Jomana Karadsheh is on the ground. Reporter libya and International Teams have been working tirelessly out at sea, trying to recover the bodies of thousands of victims of last weeks catastrophic event that hit the city of derna. We have seen libyan teams here trying their best to try to get out to sea to try and reach the bodies of those victims. But what were hearing from the International Teams that have been working on this for days now is that this has become a near impossible mission. One team told us that they were able to recover more than 60 bodies since they got here. But right now they are not able