right now on "andrea mitchell reports," brittney griner arriving at an air base in texas. now at a military hospital after a harrowing 300 days in russian

custody. on her flight out of moscow, being questioned for russian state media. >> what about the arms dealer president biden sent back to moscow? i will talk to john brennan about the man known as the merchant of death. could he help russia find weapons it needs to fight in ukraine? whether there's any hope to free businessman paul whelan along with another american jailed in russia whom you might not have heard about. this hour, a surprise for senate democrats. as they celebrate winning the 51st seat in georgia, kyrsten sinema is leaving. the first lady, dr. fauci

and dr. ashish warning of a spike in covid. good day. i'm andrea mitchell in washington. brittney griner is being evaluated at a military hospital after nearly ten months in russian custody. most recently in a penal colony. a fight continues for the whelan family with the white house facing criticism for failing to bring paul whelan home and for sending a notorious arms dealer back to moscow. karrie -- kerry sanders is in san antonio. what can you tell us? >> reporter: over my shoulder is where she is. she arrived here around 5:15

a.m. local time. the state department plane touched down at kelly field adjacent to the air force base around 4:28 this morning. our came are cameras were able e a spot of her. striding off the plane, walking to a hangar with a fair amount of energy. the state department has been telling us about this process and detailing how things have been going. many of the sources giving you details, andrea. now we were into the quiet period, i think, of what happens when somebody goes into a medical facility. the u.s. government is focused on ensuring brittney griner and her family's well-being are prioritized and that all assistance available be offered in an appropriate manner. due to privacy reasons and out of respect to the family, we do

not have anything additional to provide. what we know is that brittney griner, from the time that she was on that tarmac there and the russia state media cameras showed pictures of that swap, the prisoner swap, that it took about 21 1/2 hours from the abu dhabi airport to finally make her way here to texas. the reason she's here is because they have experience working with people who have been held by foreign governments or held hostage and working with them not only through the physical response of what's needed in terms of medical care but also that psychological trauma. we have brittney griner who was in that penal colony, notorious for harsh conditions, for the last month. for ten months, in captivity. there's a lot for her to work through.

they have the experts here to help her. >> it's a good thing. those people know what they're doing. they have done a great job for returning soldiers. thanks so much, karrie sanders, in texas. joining us is terry jackson. it's good to see you again. let's start by playing what we heard last night from steph curry as he received sports person of the year honors. >> we need to stay engaged in the fight to protect american citizens at home and abroad who are wrongfully detained. we continue to be engaged in that fight. bg, we love you. thank you for your sacrifice and your continued perseverance and patience to get through this process. hope you enjoy reuniting with your family. we are always with you, bg. >> how great is that? now that she's home, can you

describe the joy you are feeling? what you have been hearing throughout the wnba and the nba community. >> yes. thank you, andrea, first of all. thank you for playing that clip. it's nice to hear our brothers are standing with us as we continue our work with the to bring our families home campaign. we are filled with joy. it's beautiful to wake up today and say, yesterday was not a dream. this is really real. she's here. her feet are on u.s. soil. we are overjoyed. overjoyed. our prayers have been answered. yet, we do understand that so many families that are part of the bring our families home campaign, they are connected to us for forever. we understand their sadness right now. we understand that they are feeling joy for us, but there's

sadness, frustration. we totally understand that, particularly with paul whelan's family, we do. >> what can you do to keep up the pressure for negotiations for trying to bring paul whelan home? we will speak to the sister of another american in prison who has gotten less attention than that. >> that's a great question. what we recognize is that everything matters. every little thing matters. every tweet, signatures on petitions, retweets, shares, likes, t-shirts, writing letters. we understand that paul whelan's family reached out and would like us to contribute to letter writing and particularly now around the holidays. we will stand up to meet that challenge. we are going to do everything, because everything matters. we know that everything we did for bg and paul whelan, too, kept them top of mind, kept them front and center, had americans

and others all around the world understanding what was happening with their story. we will continue to do that. >> are there hopes within the wnba community that she could return to the court in the future after ten months in prison without good nutrition, without exercise, without physical fitness? >> you know, we had a hash tag that said we are not the 144 without bg. she's a part of us. it feels like the 144 is now complete. will she play? will she be there? you know, at the start of the 2023 season, i don't know. i really don't know. i hope this doesn't sound harsh. i hope you and listeners understand, i don't know that i care. i wanted her back. i want her to be whole. i want her to be taken care of inside and out, top to bottom. i want her physical fitness and mental wellness and fitness to

be where it needs to be. if basketball brings her joy still, we are welcoming her back to the fold, of course. but this is a journey. we want her to take it one step at a time, one day at a time. we will be there wrapping our resources and wrapping our arms around her as she goes along on this journey. will she return to basketball? of course, we're all hopeful. but first and foremost, what's important is that she's feeling good and that she's back with her family. that other stuff, i can wait. >> that's such an important perspective. now that her ordeal, at least the first stage of it, is over and she's home for recovery, what message do you have for other players going forward about potential threats overseas? a lot of your members do play overseas in the off season. where they can do very well

financially. >> yes, yes. from the very year i started in 2016, i have seen players go over in great numbers. what we have said all the time is, register with the state department. know the embassy, the consulate resources wherever you are going. understand perhaps the political climate, the geopolitical climate of the country that you are thinking about signing with or the team that you are signing with in that country. understand the landscape. understand this is an opportunity to learn a new language, to learn and understand a new culture. but recognize that you are not going to be in the united states. it's going to be very different there. be mindful. i have to do the work here at home. have the honest conversations about their salaries, pay equity, have those conversations, opportunities for investment in this league, in them. so that perhaps the opportunities overseas don't

look as -- so as appealing and they are more likely to stay home. we have to work on that. we have to be open to having the honest conversations about that. >> it's a pleasure to speak with you again on a bright day when brittney griner is home and you can look forward with her and your friends and family. thank you. >> absolutely. thank you for standing with us. i really appreciate the coverage. >> you bet. joining me now is john brennan former cia director during the obama administration. i want to talk about paul whelan. vladimir putin told the russian press that other prisoner swaps are possible. we have been told by white house that it was a dead end, they wouldn't deal for paul whelan so that it was brittney griner or no one else. do you think he is opening the door to more negotiations? >> well, i think, as john kirby

has said publically, they have pull paul whelan in a different category. i do believe it's because they take these allegations made against him very seriously. i think there is the potential for continued discussions and negotiations with the russians about what might be involved in the release of paul whelan. i do believe the russians are probably going to try to extract from the united states some concession in terms of releasing somebody that they feel is of a sufficient interest to them as well as importance to us in exchange for mr. whelan. >> let's give our viewers a better sense of viktor bout's history. you had experience with him over

the years. he was called one of the world's most prolific arms dealers. he was convicted for selling arms to columbias who were expected it use them to kill americans. how would you quantify whether he could still be a threat to the u.s. and an assistance to putin, who needs weapons for ukraine, for instance, because of his connections? >> certainly, viktor bout for many years was an international arms merchant who was able to move weapons around the globe to a variety of customers. fortunately, as a result of the good work done in thailand by u.s. law enforcement entities, he has been off of the playing field, so to speak, for the last 15 years.

i think probably some of his contacts and other things, means of his work and interactions globally, have atrophied. that said, i do believe that the russians and putin in particular feel a particular allegiance to individuals who are working on behalf of the russian motherland. despite the denials, bout did have quite a bit of a relationship with russian intelligence services during his years of activity. so, therefore, i do believe that putin and the russians are hoping that mr. bout is going to be able to restart some of these activities. i'm is some of his contacts are still alive and operational as well as some of his methods of trying to move these weapons around the globe. that they might be able to tap into that capability in order to support their unfortunate efforts that are still ongoing in ukraine. >> i want to point out, we were showing pictures that were russian state tv of him

reuniting with his mother and wife back in moscow when he got home. this was the homecoming. he is quite the celebrity there. he is very close to putin. putin needs help right now on weapons. couldn't viktor bout be a danger to the united states? >> i do think this is something that u.s. intelligence agencies really need to keep a very close watch on. i do believe again that the russians will try to reactivate, maybe some of his activities and his contacts. the russians have faced increasing challenges as far as trying to develop relationships around the globe as a result of sanctions and other actions that have been put in place since its invasion of ukraine. we see they are able to make some headway, for example, with iran. there are reports out that the iranian/russian military relationship is continuing to accelerate and expand. i do believe that viktor bout's

experience, expertise and knowledge of the international arms market is something that the russians will try to leverage as they continue to look far and wide for any type of weapon systems, weaponry and different types of missiles they need. >> nbc's carol lee is reporting russia is providing military support to iran in exchange for drones. >> i think the russians are going to try to do whatever they can in order to enhance their capabilities and look for different types of niche weapon systems, such as drones, that they need from iran. they're going toitary expertise capabilities in exchange. i don't think the russians are giving up at all on the ukrainian war that they have launched. they are going to continue to look for the wherewithal that

they need in order to prosecute their war effort, including against, unfortunately, the civilians who have been targeted by russian missile systems. >> former cia director john brennan, thank you very much. good to see you. later this hour, i will speak with the sister of an american teacher serving 14 years in russia. what makes his case different in the eyes of the state department? senator sinema leaving the democratic party. why she's doing that and what it means for the democrats' slim hold on the majority coming up next. this is "andrea mitchell reports" on msnbc. s" on msnbc. 'tis the season to switch to verizon. they'll give you the new iphone 14 pro. (scrooge) amazing phone! (vo) this holiday season verizon gives you the new iphone 14 pro. plus an apple gift, like apple watch se, ipad and beats fit pro. all on us. that's a value of up to $1900. (scrooge) wow! (vo) and there are unlimited plans for everyone

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arizona senator sinema is causing a stir by announcing she's switching her party affiliation to become an independent, just days after democrats increased their senate majority to 51. she insists she will not caucus

with republicans and nothing will change, not in terms of her committees and votes. the white house says it doesn't change their calculus in terms of the votes in the senate. the move could allow her to avoid a potential democratic challenger in 2024. >> registering as an independent and showing up to work with the title of independent is a reflection of who i've always been. nothing is going to change for me. i don't think anything is going to change for arizona. >> joining me now garrett haake, michael steele, jim azina, who is advising president biden, and former u.s. attorney joyce vance. garrett, what's different here? she says this is just who she is. does it make a difference within the caucus and within committees and critically the 51 votes? >> reporter: the short answer is probably not. one part of that statement from

sinema's video that i think most democrats would agree with, this is kind of who she's been. she's in many cases had closer relationships with some republicans than she has with some democrats. she's been her own independent figure. she's been involved in a lot of these key negotiations on things like the infrastructure bill, for example. but she cuts her own path. i don't see that changing. it doesn't functionally change democrats' math here, even if she acts as a caucus of one and less like one of the independents who caucused with the democrats. they have a vote to spare on anything with a 50-vote threshold. they will have the advantage in committees. it doesn't change anything there. what it changes is the forecast for her 2024 re-election chances if she chooses to pursue re-election. something she hasn't committed to doing one way or the other. by being an independent, if she's able to get on the ballot as an independent, she avoids a democratic primary.

the democratic member from arizona saying this is a decision that puts her first. it makes his path more difficult should he want to be the democratic nominee in what could be a three-way race. >> i was wondering about that. if he gets the democratic nomination, theoretically, that could -- would that make it more difficult for him? could it advantage him where sinema and the republicans would split the vote? >> reporter: arizona is a state with a republican registration advantage, then independents. democrats are third. if you divide the left leaning independents and the democrats between two challengers, it opens the door for a republican to win with the plurality. i suspect that's the argument that candidate sinema might make to keep someone like him or another progressive out of the

race. >> good point. thanks. jim, how are the democrats reacting to the announcement? >> i agree with garrett. i don't think it changes anything in the senate. this is about her political calculus. she said, i can't win a democratic primary. it's been too difficult to deal. i will probably lose. i will run as an independent. it's a high stakes gamble. it's betting that the party can get someone like him out of the race. right now, if you look at them splitting the vote, you could elect a republican. her argument next year is going to be, hey, i need to consolidate the independents and democrats. it's high stakes, but it's proof of how tenuous her position was in the democratic primary. >> yeah. if you are chuck schumer, you have to do a lot of work to make sure you don't lose the state to a republican. michael, how does this impact the republican strategy on

capitol hill or 2024? >> happy day. the democrats were already in a very difficult spot going into the '24 cycle given the number of seats they had on the line in red states, by the way. this now just makes this a little bit more of a check in the box for republicans in terms of picking up a democratic seat that's currently held by the democratic party. it means to the calculation that sinema is making that there may be the hope that the republicans put someone on who is an election denier, who is a maga figure, and that helps her pull those center right, especially independent voters, towards her and makes the case to democrats that, i'm the only way you are going to safeguard this seat.

to jim and garrett's points, there's some high stakes calculations here that could benefit her should the nominee of the republican party be anything near to what we saw nominated in this election cycle. >> joyce vance, i want to switch gears to a report that "the washington post" had that nbc news has confirmed, that the justice department is asking a judge to hold donald trump's office or his legal team in contempt for handling classified documents. the doj saying that they can't get anyone in the trump world to be a custodian of records, to sign a document affirming everything has been turned over. a source telling nbc the hearing is this afternoon at 2:00. what does this mean for the trump team, for trump and his lawyers? >> it's a serious matter. it means that the justice department continues to believe that there are classified

materials, government records in the former president's possession that he has failed to turn over. of course, only this week two more documents surfaced in a trump storage facility. because the reporting suggests that this contempt proceeding is against the office of the former president, not against him personally, the judge doesn't have the option of putting someone in jail in order to force them to cure the contempt. she can craft fines that will be persuasive. the interesting issue is doj would have to have probable cause to execute an additional search warrant. this request suggests that while they believe documents are still missing, they don't know precisely where they are located. but it also seems likely doj is continuing to drive toward getting probable cause to execute additional searches.

>> that would be potentially in new jersey or trump tower? >> you know, it could -- those are likely places. any place he has office space. there was reporting throughout his presidency that he liked to carry classified materials with him. it's a little bit difficult for prosecutors, because to get that search warrant, you've got to have evidence that suggests documents will be found in a specific place. now they are trying to sort through what they know and places that they know the former president is likely to have been to figure out where missing items are. >> amazing. thanks to all of you. a triple threat. respiratory cases spiking, critical medications in short supply and hospitals stretched to the max. how do you protect your family from covid, rsv and the flu all at the same time? this is "andrea mitchell reports" on msnbc.

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welcome both. the first lady may be suffering from some sort of seasonal congestion. the fda has just cleared an updated covid vaccine for kids under 5. the white house is trying to get ahead of the curve, right? >> reporter: they are, andrea. part of the concern is that overall, if you go back to this past summer, covid deaths have started to decline. but they are still up over more than 2,000 a week. there's a concern though about fatigue from covid and now, of course, the country is facing this tripledemic. so the first lady was there really urging americans to go out and get this latest covid vaccine, which will face off against the latest variant, this latest strain.

the first lady saying in addition to what you heard, i know you are busy, but this is important. i just got mine, too. so join me because your president and i care about you and we want to make sure you stay healthy. that's the message from the first lady revealing for the first time that she did get this updated vaccine. again, it comes against the backdrop of those covid deaths. also the fact that vaccines are down overall when it comes to covid and the flu. a concern americans are fatigued dealing with covid, dealing with illness. the message from the white house today as we approach the holiday season, it's important to stay vigilant and active and to get your vaccines. >> dr. patel, masks are still the best defense. we certainly see far fewer people wearing them on public transit and other places. what is your top concern right now? >> the biggest concern is that we are depleting hospital and health system capacities.

even if you come in for nothing related to the three viruses in circulation and you are having heart pain or any signs and symptoms of another infection, your chances of getting seen in a timely fashion just decreased because of all the other people that are inside of our nation's hospitals and emergency rooms. that doesn't mean that doctors and nurses aren't ready to take care of you. but there's only so much time and there are only so many people that can see you in a timely fashion. that's why i'm urging everybody, try to not just make sure you are up to date on all vaccines, including your flu shot and covid booster, and the fda just cleared the way for six months to five years to have access to the updated booster as well. look into that. make sure you wash your hands. flu and rsv can sit on surfaces. make sure you pay attention to what you are touching, including your face. having a mask on can help, too. >> dr. patel, only 34%, a third of americans over 65, got the

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if you had the new vaccine in august or september, do you get it again as we head into the winter? >> no, unfortunately. what he was referencing was people who had the covid infection. i think there were a lot of people that in our previous waves have gotten infected. i have told my own patients, if you have been infected, wait two to three months to get the updated booster. once you have had the updated booster, you can't get it again until the fda clears that. that is probably going to be a while. if you are like me, several months, you need to go back to basics. the mask, hand hygiene. know that just being updated on your vaccines, even if it's several months, that you are preventing hospitalization and death. that's always what we care about. >> final question about the flu shot. far fewer people have gotten the flu shot this year than in the past. maybe we haven't had bad flu

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with all the reporting about brittney griner's happy return and controversy over the decision to leave paul whelan behind, very little has been reported about another american in a russian jail, mark fogle, who taught many children of diplomats in moscow and was arrested a year ago and sentenced for 14 years. joining me now is his sister and former u.s. ambassador to russia, michael mcfaul who is a friend. he taught your children. i know you know him well. first of all, we have been speaking and talking to mike for months about your brother. tell me about your reaction to brittney griner's release. >> of course, i'm delighted that she got home. of course, i wish that mark had been on the plane, too, as well.

it seemed like he should have been on the plane for who they got in exchange. >> have you heard anything from the biden administration, you or his wife, other family members? >> no. we did talk to jake sullivan in october as well as wendy sherman. >> what did they tell you about why -- why your brother has not been considered wrongfully detained. i don't understand that. i've been trying to get answers. >> we don't understand it either. they have not given a lot of satisfying answers. there's a quota on how many people can be wrongfully detained or they believe he is lawfully imprison and they believe 14 years is an

appropriate sentence for 17 grams of medical cannabis. it's hard to imagine that. that is what we have come down to. >> ambassador mcfaul, you know the way the state department works. the understand the legal distinctions. you can explain why he is not on the radar to be negotiated for a prisoner swap? >> he is on the radar. i spoke to senior white house officials about his situation. i can't explain why he does not have that designation. he is most certainly wrongfully detained. the 14 year sentence he got, nobody believes that was legitimate in any way. i have never spoken to anybody in the u.s. government that thinks that's legitimate. i do not understand the definitional reason why he's not on the list. i hope we don't have to worry about that list and we don't

have to worry about that designation. he, like everybody else, including paul whelan, should be out of russia. i hope our government will do everything to get them out of the jail. >> ambassador, people are asking, did we get outmaneuvered in the negotiations? why did we turn over someone as valuable to them as viktor bout, who could harm the united states, if he resumes his career of illegal arms sales to terror groups and the like, or helping putin in ukraine? why would we turn over viktor bout for a star basketball player what we all wanted back but she has no foreign policy or national security importance to russia? >> well, without question, the best deal would have been three innocent americans for one real

criminal. there's no doubt in my mind. i have had that conversation for months. everybody agrees with that in the united states. the problem is, putin didn't agree. my understanding of what happened is they negotiated, they negotiated, they got to the end of the negotiations and it was either take the deal on the table or no deal. that's the tragic way that diplomacy works. there are a lot of other negotiations that work this way. you get to that moment, sometimes you walk away and we did in the obama administration, walked away sometimes. sometimes you think, we are better off as a nation to take this deal in hand, even though it most certainly was not the deal that we wanted. >> tell me about your brother and how he is doing. is he in a penal colony? >> yes, he is in a town north of

moscow. i just spoke with him this morning. it was -- he is hanging on. i think it was a bit -- he is trying to stay hopeful. he is doing his back stretching. he is an extremely adaptable person. he is trying to adapt to the situation. he is an incredible individual, really. if there were a hall of fame for history teachers, he would be in it. >> he is learning the sad facts of his own history here. how do you feel about the u.s. government? >> i have to thank them and the administration, of course. i'm a bit disenchanted with them at times.

i feel like they have not given us a straight story on the wrongful detainment designation. but we're hopeful he still gets it. >> ambassador mcfaul, what concerns would you have? you know everything about viktor bout from your work in national security, about what he could still do against the united states now that he is a free man. >> to be perfectly clear, we arrested him. that was a great day when he was convicted. i remember it well. he is a dangerous, bad man that has done very bad things for his entire career. that said, he is also a diminishing asset to vladimir putin. i think we shouldn't overestimate what he is going to give to their team. they got a lot of other bad guys already on the team. they are on the field in ukraine. i don't think they need viktor

bout to do the damage they are doing right now. >> tragically, that's probably true. we will stay in touch and make sure that your brother is part of this continuing saga. because that's the only way that they will pay attention. thank you. >> thank you. ready for reentry. artemis is wrapping up. stay with us. this is "andrea mitchell reports" on msnbc. a mitchell reports" on msnbc. 'tis the season to switch to verizon. they'll give you the new iphone 14 pro. (scrooge) amazing phone! (vo) this holiday season verizon gives you the new iphone 14 pro. plus an apple gift, like apple watch se, ipad and beats fit pro. all on us. that's a value of up to $1900. (scrooge) wow! (vo) and there are unlimited plans for everyone starting at just $35 a line. it's our best deal of the year. get the network you deserve and the savings you want.

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hostilities? >> you would think so, but the irony is that ever since 1975 in the midst of the soviet union cold war, we have had cooperation with the soviets, now the russians in civilian says. we built this huge space station together. we operate it together. we have to both operate it. the relationship between us is professional and good. and i see that continuing in a very professional way all the way through the end of the decade, when we we will finally deorbit the space station. >> it's always a pleasure. especially with such great news. nasa anyone straiter bill nelson, thank you very much. >> thanks. that's it for this edition

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