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Mar 2024
15m 40s

The Fight to Free Evan Gershkovich

The Wall Street Journal
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A.M. Edition for March 29. It’s been a year since Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was wrongfully detained in Russia. His friend and colleague Eliot Brown looks back on a year of stolen stories, stolen joys and stolen memories, and WSJ Assistant Editor Paul Beckett discusses the efforts under way to secure Evan’s release. Plus, President Biden tops up his campaign war chest with a star-studded fundraiser in New York. And major health insurers will start covering weight-loss drug Wegovy. Luke Vargas hosts. 


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