Morning. A very busy monday morning. Lets start with five things to know for september 18th. This breaking news. Five americans wrongfully detained in iran about to be free this morning. Right now theyre on their way to a plane that will take them to qatar and back to the United States by tonight, hopefully. And this just into cnn. Nine Juvenile Teenagers who esc a juvenile Detention Center are back in custody. And former President Donald Trump said, quote, it was my decision to try overturn the 2020 Election Results and legal Election Results say that could impact his defense with the special counsel. And hunter biden is suing the irs, alleging its agents illegally released his Tax Information. And the clock is still ticking towards a republican shutdown. It is likely dead on arrival. Well have more. Cnn this morning starts right now. Five prisoners who are citizens of the Islamic Republic will be freed from the prisons of the United States and in exchange, five prisoners who used to be in the Islamic Republic will be handed over to them based on their request to the american side. All right. You heard it right there. Right now, iran in the process of releasing those five american prisoners, as part of this deal with the United States. In the last hour, a source told cnn the detainees were being transported to a plane in tehran that will be transferred to qatar. They have already transferred 1 billion for what the u. S. Says will be for humanitarian purposes only. And five iranis detained in the u. S. Will also be released. Cnn chief international anchor, Christiane Amanpour, who has been with us all morning is back with us still. First to becky. Becky, weve been kind of waiting. We had a timeline about what we thought might happen and when. Its been a little delayed. Whats happening right now . Reporter the deal does seem to be moving, albeit at a slightly slower pace than sources had told us it would, but confirming that sources briefed on the situation and in tehran today telling us that the u. S. Detainees are now on their way to a jet, which is sitting on the tarmac in tehran, ready to fly those five wrongfully detained american citizens here to qatar, at some point today. Now, when i say that deal appears to be going to plan, to the extent that it can. The other part of that deal, of course, is a very important complex and complicated transfer of funds from a south korean from a south korean bank via switzerland into two doha accounts. Two banks here in doha. Six iranian banks have opened Bank Accounts at these two doha banks. And we have heard from the source both here on the ground and from the iranian side that that money has now arrived in that in those two doha Bank Accounts. So the iranians, this is iranian money that was frozen in accounts in south korea, does now, it seems, confirmed to have arrived in these doha accounts. Which is all important, because as i say, this was a complicated and complex deal. Perhaps nobody really expected it to go completely to plan. But as things stand at present, certainly, it does appear that those u. S. Dectainees are on their way to the flight. And once that takes off from te tehran, its about a twohour flight from here to doha where they will be met by the american negotiators. Becky, thank you. Stand by as we wait for that plan to take off. Christiane, just to you, reminding people of who has been held and for how long. Siamak namazi, but also, emad shargi and morad tahbaz and two others who have not wanted to be named. Thats right. Two others that have not wanted to be named and everyone has respected that. And siamak has been held since october 2015, thats nearly eight years, only because hes american. The same with The Other Two who have been held more or less for the two and a half and two years each. They have been held as part of the ongoing iranian strategy of trying to get its money back that has been frozen in many, many countries after the Islamic Revolution of 1979. And so this has just been going on. And at the heart of it, though, really, is a human story. At the heart of it are people who have been just swept up, you know, some sham trial, some completely irrelevant charges, some completely nonsensical sentences. And put into deep suffering in evine, which eall know to be such a hard, terrible place, where they have a whole set of different kinds of prisoners there, especially, they have political prisoners. You know, there are a lot of the protesters from, you know, this year of womens protests who are still there. And when i spoke to siamak in march, you know, he took a lastditch Desperation Move to risk calling out of prison. He did have phone privileges, but not necessarily to call cnn. But nonetheless, he called cnn and laid it out. How terrible life was, it had gotten better after he was out of the harshest two years of solitary confinement, and how desperate he was that the u. S. Administration, the president , all the others to hear their plea and to get them out. I picked up i was at the white house at the time. There was a Shift In Tempo after that interview and i think he had been on a Hunger Strike before that, as well. He had started to draw attention. The process after that interview, did you pick up any sense of if negotiations had picked up, how they had picked up, how did they get to this point that we were at today . No. To be honest, im interested to hear from you that you noticed a Shift In Tempo. Im glad as a news organization, we were able to play that role. All we did was report the story and it was a story that i guess potentially the administration could hide behind the idea that it wasnt in the spotlight. It wasnt in the spotlight. Until it was. Until it was. And im very proud that cnn put it into sfopotlight. This is a human story. And every other administration has had to deal with these kind of unsavory, unpalatable, maybe, to many people, deals with iran. You know, its terribly upsetting that a very decent arms control agreement, called the iran nuclear deal, was just trashed by President Trump. And now were in a terrible, terrible situation. Because we have all of that going on, as well. Having said that. President trump, president obama, previous president s did enter deals to release wrongfully held americans in iranian jails who were only there for the single reason of being america, as siamak told me. Christiane, thank you. Youll be with us throughout the day as this plane takes off and hopefully comes to the United States. And this just in. Nine teens who escaped a juvenile Detention Center in pennsylvania after a riot there are back in custody. Police say the teens worked together to overpower two female employees and take their keys. Cnns Danny Freeman is live for us in philadelphia with more. Danny, youre no stranger to prisoner escapes at this point in time. What where did the Police Actually find this this seems to have been resolved fairly quickly. Yeah, phil, weve got to stop meeting like this. That is the good news. Unlike the Danelo Cavalcante case, which lasted for about 14 days, this one lasted less than 12 hours. But let me tell you a little bit about what we know and how they got to this point of capturing all nine of those escaped inmates. It all started around 9 00 p. M. Last night at the abraxas can academy, its a juvenile Detention Center, but its only 15 miles west of where cavalcante was captured late last week. So a similar area, similarly on edge after learning last night that nine teens basically in this facility had escaped. Theyre all between the ages of 15 and 17. And as you said, we learned this morning, they overpowered two female security guards, they stole their keys, were able to get out of the facility that way, and then crawled under exterior fences, to ultimately escape. The escape was much shorter than afterwards. They were spotted between midnight and 1 00, trying to steal a car. Homeowners turn on the light, they got scared off. And at 5 47 a. M. , they were able to catch 4 00 of the inmates and less than hour later, after successfully stealing a pickup truck and trailer, police were able to capture the remaining five. As we started, the comparisons to cavalcante were brought up in a Press Conference with Pennsylvania State police just recently. Take a listen to what they said. I figured we would catch these kids, because theyre probably not as resilient as a 30someyearold, however old he was, who knows hes going to jail for the rest of his life. I dont know if 15 to 17yearolds have the resiliency to want to not have to go back, right . The four of them got cold and banged on a door, they were done. Reporter so certainly a frightening evening as we got word of another escape, but the good news is that this one actually concluded within less than 12 hours. Phil . Danny freeman for us, thank you. So this just into cnn. Hunter biden has sued the irs alleging the agents of the irs illegally released his Tax Information and failed to protect his privacy. Our senior crime and justice reporter Kaitlan Polantz joins us now. This is a really fascinating turn after the plea deal that was in part about taxes fell apart. Does he have a case here . Reporter phil and poppy, hes certainly on the offensive. Hunter biden is going into court against the irs. There were two Special Agents within the irs who became whistleblowers for Congress Earlier this year. And he says that those two irs agents who had been working on his Tax Investigation over many years, that did ultimately result in him trying to make a guilty plea to a misdemeanor and that plea deal falling apart, hes saying those two agents essentially went out and did interviews at a point in time when they shouldnt have been talking about his tax returns, and his lawyers and Hunter Bidens lawyers are alleging that they disclosed quite a lot about Hunter Bidens tax returns, what he had not been paying, the tax years that were under investigation, also liability he had, some deductions he may have needed to pay. Theres a lot in here based on what those two whistleblowers were doing publicly around the time that they became whistleblowers, while also working for the irs, complaining about the handling of that investigation. And so now this is in the court system with judges going to look at it. Hunter biden wants about 1,000 in damages for every time something about his tax returns was disclosed. When he says that it was unlawfully disclosed and that his records werent appropriately protected by the irs, because tax returns are confidential, by law, we havent gotten a statement from the attorneys for these whistleblowers yet, these two Special Agents with the irs, but there are some questions about what exactly they did disclose, because at the time they werent using his name, but it was very clear to everyone when they became whistleblowers about this investigation, that it was, indeed about hunter biden. Going to be really interesting to see where it goes. Certainly an aggressive legal kaitlin, thanks for the update. A new poll shows only one third of voters thinks that President Biden would make it through a second term if reelected. What that means for the 2024 race. And California Governor Gavin Newsom says he would sign a climate bill that would require companies to report all of their climatewarming emissions. Well discuss that, ahead. Unlike some others, it supports 7 brain health indicators, including Mental Alertness from one serving. To help keep me shararp. Try new neuriva ultra. Think bigger. Mashed potato lovers. Your day has come. Indulge in the rich, Creamy Classic bob evans mashed potatoes. Farm Fresh Potatoes blended wi real milk and butter for that homemade taste. With the Delicious Taste bob evans known for. Bring home the warm comfort of Masd Potatoes today. The subway series menu is getting a new lineup of sandwiches the deli heroes. Theres fresh sliced turkey on the titan turkey. Fresh sliced ham on the grand slam ham. Five meats on the beast and look at that double cheese try subways tastiest refresh yet. The sleep number climate360 smart bed is the only smart bed in the world that actively cools, warms and effortlessly responds to both of you for up to 44 minutes more restful sleep per night. Save 1500 on the sleep number climate360 smart bed. Shop now at sleep number. Com. [narrator] we just shipped our millionth monthly Coffee Subscription Box so were sending custom thank you gifts to our team. Our custom ink rep is just as excited as we are and knows what great quality products to get. Celebrate your milestones with custom gear. Get started today at customink. Com. Type 2 diabetes . Discover the ozempic® trizone. I got the power of 3. I lowered my a1c, cv risk, and lost some weight. In studies, the majority of people reached an a1c under 7 and maintained it. Im under 7. Ozempic® lowers the risk of major cardiovascular events such as stroke, heart attack, or death in adults also with known heart disease. Im lowering my risk. Adults lost up to 14 pounds. I lost some weight. Ca can. The concerns about President Bidens age, at least among the electorate, theyre going away. According to a new cbs poll, only 43 of voters think that President Biden would make it through a second term if reelected joining us now, cnn anchor, cnn political commentator for spectrum news, errol louis. And elissa griffin. You and i will litigate something at the end of this, that were going at it over break. But on this issue itself, look, to this point, also during break, ill put all of that on the record, whether you guys like it or not, the president is still old. Thats not going to change. So i think the question becomes, is there something that the white house can do to mitigate this, his campaign can do to mitigate, but its not something top of mind for voters when you actually get into the details. Its clearly something top of mind with voters. The white house job is to say, what, its compared to what. Look at all the things hes done and try to turn that age into an advantage. He deftly defanged it in a debate with walter mondale, with a little bit of humor. Always a good underutilized things in our Politics Today and folks got over it. But youre not going to wish this away. Its baked in the cake. Over the weekend, some Top Democrats coming out in support of a biden harris ticket. This is, of course, after the pelosi interview With Anderson and Jamie Accurraskin as well, hesitated in terms of a fullthroated endorsement of harris on the ticket as well. Lets just listen to this. This is biden harris, a record of accomplishment up there with Franklin Roosevelt and lyndon johnson, kamala harris, the Vice President. This is our ticket, were proud of it. Were all behind the biden harris administration, which has delivered spectacular, remarkable victories. We have been making tremendous progress under biden harris, and were all for the ticket. Vice president harris has been a great Vice President. Shell be a great running mate. Shes been a tremendous partner in the things that President Biden has been able to accomplish, which have been phenomenal. Coincidence, errol . No, not a coincidence. Somebody got a memo. Somebody got a couple of phone calls. A biden harris ticket memo. This draumbeat, this idea tht came from the republicans that a vote for biden is a vote for harris so lets attack harris. And the democrats were slow to pick up on that and were actually giving ate little bit of oxygen by not forcefully push back. What you saw over the weekend was them finally realizing, if we dont protect the black woman on the ticket, then the base of the Democratic Party and black women vote for women, were going to create a bunch of problems for ourselves, as well as with asian americans, which she happens to be. Collegeeducated women, which she happens to be. Younger voters like Vice President harris. You can sort of dissolve the whole Democratic Coalition by not speaking up for your sitting Vice President. Wouldnt want to do that but last remarkable is obviously, the age issue is an issue. 73 of americans are concerned about it. But the best inoculation against is for democrats to remind folks that donald trump is 77 years old. Hes no spring chicken, hes not significantly younger than President Biden. Where things get complicated, im going to go with john avlon, the race is not over yet, if it ends up being someone like a nikki haley, thats a huge problem fo