Biden calls on Putin to release journalists Gershkovich, Kurmasheva jailed in Russia

Host Colin Jost, left, and President Joe Biden applaud as an image of Austin Tice, an American journalist detained in Syria, appears on screen at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner, April 27, 2024, in Washington. Wall Street Journal reporter Nancy Youssef calls for the release of her colleague, reporter Evan Gershkovich, as she arrives for the annual White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner in Washington, April 27, 2024.

U.S. President Joe Biden called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to release American journalists Evan Gershkovich and Alsu Kurmasheva from Russian prisons, during the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner Saturday in Washington.