amy: the united states is denouncing russia for detaining "wall street journal" reporter evan gershkovich on espionage charges. we will speak to the head of reporters without borders and a close friend and reporting college. reporters without borders was nied the ability to visit julian assange. we wilspeak that the head of reporters without boers. >> we te the oprtunity of being here today in front of this jail to call for his release. julian assange has made a crucial contribion to journalism. he made possible the revelations of war crimes. amy: then "the underto scenes from a slow civil war." we will eak with dartmouth profesr jeff sharlet about his new book about rising fascism in the united states. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. israeli police raided the al-aqsa mosque compound in occupied east jerusalem for a second straight night, attacking and forcibly removing palestinians who were praying during the holy month of ramadan. police deployed stun grenades and fired rubber-coated steel bullets at w

"the wall street journal" is describing her linked social media accounts as a prominent online voiceing russia's war in ukraine describing it among the most widely followed english language media outlets promoting russia's views all run by an american woman pretending to be a russian and with "the wall street journal" is reporting now is amazing on a few different levels you know the classified documents that were allegedly posted online on that gaming server, that discord gaming server by that 21-year-old massachusetts air national guardsman who's now been arrested, part of the myster around that story has not just been how did a kid who looks like he's 11 get access to documents that secret? another part of the logistical mystery has been the timing of it all because this young man allegedly posted all these documents, classified documents, he posted them online starting in december and january. but they didn't come to public attention until much later, until this month well, according to "the wall street journal" part of the reason that happened the way it did, part of the reason

so i set myself out to go work at the wall street journal. i did have one day of war correspondents. that was on september 11th. the wall street office at, the time in 2001 was across the street from the world trade center. so i sadly got see combat right the street. but i spent most of my time i've spent the rest of my career really at the front lines of a different kind of upheaval and turbulence and that's what i would call economic and financial upheaval. and what i've seen is that economic and financial upheaval that i've been writing about. has ryan consequences for for humans in ways i didn't quite get when i was sleeping through my economics classes as a as a freshman at duke? so pretty much everywhere gone over the course of my career, i've been at the front lines of of some crises. i started with the journal in hong kong in 1997 and the week i started on the job. the currency of thailand crashed the thai baht and what unfolded was this cascading crisis that flowed through and eventually affected the united states. it helped to bring

host: our guest is a senior reporter for the wall street journal. her regular beat is national security, the fbi, the justice department. we are specifically focusing on the criminal investigation into hunter biden. her reporting in the wall street journal is on the whistleblower letter to congress. we welcome your calls. guest: is --(202) 748-8001 is the line for republicans. (202) 748-8000 for democrats. independents, (202) 748-8002. it is worth it to hear what merrick garland had to say about the whistleblower report. >> recent lawfully protected whistleblower disclosures to my office indicate that the justice department and the fbi had at one time over a dozen sources that provided potentially criminal information relating to hunter biden. the alleged volume and similarity of this information would band if the justice department investigates the truth and accuracy of the information. what steps has the justice department taken to determine the truth and accuracy of information provided? congress and the american people have a right to know. >> as

since the soviet era, the wall street journal reporter has been charged with spying. following his arrest late last month of it, and his employer denied any wrong doing and washington is calling for his immediate release. the 1st time you esther analyst has been detained on espionage charges by russia since the end of the cold war. and we can now speak to william courtney. he's a senior fellow at the rand corporation in washington, d. c. he's also a former us ambassador to kazakhstan and george, i'm mr. courtney. thank you so much for joining us now. evan gorski, which is the latest only, and a series of foreigners facing what many observers are saying are trumped up or even fake charges. what is your take on what the russian authorities are doing here? it certainly is affect charge, but in the ocean. so certain players from times when the russians warm to trade of spar. oh, so for example, their dental oscars would like to search the previous one or what your journal is. susan rose was born to go over your gym of training material 1st bar. so you expect to see a pris

the wall street journal journal, the wall street journal reporter has been charged with spying following his rest late last month. eskoville shared his employer deny any wrong doing with washington calling for his immediate release. it's the 1st time a u. s. journalist has been detained on espionage charges by russia since the end of the cold war dw former moscow bureau chief, your re, re, shatteau, has been following the story for us. i asked him what we can expect now that there's good, which is appeal has been denied. yes, the court rejected the appeal against the arrest of gosh, given officials from the us embassy in moscow, we saw it included combat the de leon. tracy attended the call to the meeting, was behind closed doors on march, just remind you, the 13th as a cold sand gasket to jail on charges of espionage. and the journalist was detained at the aunt of martinique, and herein broken, the euros. the f as be claimed for that he collected secret information about a large military factory in the euros in connection with the investigations, by the way, against gaskets to russians,

also the wall street journal being held in moscow, wall street journal reporter who's being held in moscow and church on charges of sp. nagy. we saw the reporter today in a courtroom behind. well, basically in a glass box. we'll talk to you about his future. what happens next when we return? check that pretty good. yes crying. are you taking that? and what was that? that no, don't worry about that. here we go. the right question can greatly impact your future qualified to do this. what specially when it comes to your finances. do you have a question? are you a certified financial planner? yes i am a cfp. professional professionals are committed to acting in your best interest. that's why it's got to be a cft. find youcfp professional it. let's maka plan .org booking .com i'm going to somewhere where beach house a treehouse. honestly, i don't care. find the perfect vacation rental for you booking .com looking dot yeah, mom, what's that? nothing just get in the car. let's go. come on that get in right now. painting or something? hi, mr toady. despite can have 100 names. 100 faces. under iden

also the wall street journal being held in moscow, wall street journal reporter who has been held in moscow and on charges of espionage. we saw the reporter today in the courtroom behind well, basically in a glass box. we'll talk to you about his future. what happens next when we return? welcome to stormy heights. where the windows are always peller glass is the strongest material for windows and patio doors. fiberglass frame is even scratch and dent resistant windows replacement windows by pellet. now this is our latest hearing aid pact with 20th century technology. why beige blend in your behind your ear, you know, so it's almost invisible. you mean like this? how did you do that? i have a surprise for you . i have a surprise for you. what let's say that the same time 321 cabin in vermont cancelation on most days .com booking. done. yeah. i saw what you've been posting. hitler was right. i didn't teach you that. you hide behind your screen and you're spewing all this hatred. you got something you wanna say? get out of the truck and say it to their faces. double check that it's pret

president biden made his first public comments today about the 31 year old wall street journal reportervan gersh covic, who was detained by russia wednesday on allegations of espionage charges, the journal says it vehemently denies. we asked president biden about it. for right now, as they're detaining the to russia as they're detaining this wall street journal reporter here we go, diplomats or journalist. and that's not the plan right now. administration says u. s diplomats have been unable to meet with the girls. covic the first american journalists detained by russia in charge of spying since 1986 i'm joined now for an exclusive interview by the editor in chief of the wall street journal. emma tucker. i'm so sorry that we're talking under these circumstances have you been able to be in touch with him. ah no, we haven't and i also just want to say thank you for having me on and thank you too, for showing the clip. you just did. um it's very, very reassuring for us to know that the us government is taking this assault on our journalists as seriously as it is right up to the top. but as

he loved livings there in russia and reporting on it for the "wall street journal." lks at the "wall street journal" said he was accredited, he was, you know, well respected journalist over there and a young guy. is he very young. his parents, i believe, live in new jersey? was it new jersey or pennsylvania? >> steve: one or the other, here in the northeast. ultimately, he was just doing his job. he was there to tell people here in the united states and around the world through the circulation of the "wall street journal," what it's like in russia. russia didn't like that. >> problem is the whole free press thing is not really a russian thing. >> steve: it is not. so they grabbed him. killed two birds with one stone. get him off the street. he can't tell the truth. at the same time now, they will be able to use him as leverage to get one of their other guys out of the hoosegow. >> shows how dangerous it is when you see him in the video in the courtroom behind the glass. >> pete: paul whelan also being held. >> steve: no kidding. we will keep you posted on evan. meanti

they sat down for an interview with "the wall street journal." like it was his duty to report, and he loves russian people, you know. >> he still does? >> he still does, yes. >> reporter: they reminisced about his childhood in new jersey and said they're trying to stay positive. >> it's one of the american qualities that we absorbed. be optimistic. believe in happy ending. that's where we stand right now. >> reporter: even if the u.s. government can negotiate evan gershkovich's release, it may not be quick. basketball star brittney griner was held by russia for nearly ten months. also today, russian media has released new video of vladimir putin that purportedly shows him visiting russian forces inside ukraine. it appears to show the russian leader in an area occupied by the russian military during its invasion. >>> that was holly williams in ukraine. >>> closer to home, the justice department has launched a crackdown on alleged chinese agents in the u.s., accused of intimidating critics of china's communist government. two men are under arrest t

what the wall street journal another sort of online sleuths fall in the stuff have discovered, is placed very heavily followed pro russian account, allegedly operated, i network that allegedly includes this navy veteran. they posted them on their well followed telegram channe another protocol in brooklyn from there in circulated them. given what we know about the nature of the documents, and what we have seen about wher they circulated, and who circulated them, what do you think of the damage that's bee caused by this lead. >> for so many documents eve beyond the ones posted o russian social media the cover such a wide variet of areas that's really concerning is ho resented is. i've been a little bit surprised in some ways, abou some of the reporting that doe get into the details as some o these documents, because sometimes when the governmen is really, really worried abou the harm from certai classified documents, that hav leaked, they'll reach out to the media and asked to kee certain things quiet for a tim period other times they may think look, it's out there, there' gonna be less re

jon bussey of the wall street journal on that. he is up next. rking. in the kind of work that i do, you are surrounded by people who are all younger than you. i had to get help somewhere along the line to stay competitive. i discovered prevagen. i started taking it and after a period of time, my memory improved. it was a game-changer for me. prevagen. at stores everywhere without a prescription. [ music playing ] when we first arrived at st. jude, it was just claire and i. she was still recovering from her brain surgery. and side effects of that surgery meant that she had to relearn how to walk and how to speak. ♪ [ male announcer ] you can join the battle to save lives by supporting st. jude children's research hospital. two months after we arrived, my three-year-old came to visit, and claire lit up. she was quiet before. and i thought it was just because cancer's hard, but she was really missing her siblings, and i didn't realize how much. all right, young lady. we're going to see how much you weigh, and how tall you are real quick. ♪ mama. hey, clai

the loser caused an uproar from his employer quoting the wall street journal is deeply concerned aboutafety. mr. gershkovich was also informed in the material that the journalist writes about russia as part of the moscow bureau of the journal and is accredited to work in the country by the ministries of foreign affairs. true, the russian foreign ministry clarified it the detention has nothing to do with journalism. but his activities, and in particular what happened in yekaterinburg, did not correspond to the declared status of a journalist. it was an activity that cannot be called journalism. this is not journalism, respectively. uh, in relation to these deeds of his deeds and uh, hmm, claims were made by our uh, our uh, the federal security service confirms non-journalistic motives for the detention of gershkovich and the words of the deputy of the legislative assembly of sverdlovskaya areas. vyacheslav vector met with the correspondent earlier. and during the conversation, he was interested in not at all peaceful topics. they really are. after that, they immediately started asking q

on the wall street journal reporter, i am deeply concerned over russia's detention of him. this is something the president, the secretary of state have condemned and i certainly want to join with them in condemning in the strongest possible terms his wrongful detention. more generally targeting american citizens, russia's continued attempts to intimidate, repress, and punish independent journalists and civil society voices is a matter of great concern. my own thoughts are with his family, friends, and his colleagues at the wall street journal. we are thinking and the country is thinking of him and hoping for his release very soon. >> i had a question about debt. you said you were going to talk about the issue of debt overhang this week. i wonder how optimistic you are that there is going to be meaningful process in these discussions this week and more broadly, disagreements with china have been a big issue in making headway and debt relief for these countries. are you having any discussions with chinese officials this week and how important is it for you to intensify your d

he's a reporter for "the wall street journal." to explain to the world what's happening in russia. he had just published a story in the journal, he had co-authored it with another journal correspondent on how the economy in russia is getting damaged by the sanctions and by the war. who knows, maybe that got some attention in the security apparatus the, and they didn't like it. we just don't know. but we've gotten quite a bit of support from the administration. we are waiting for the determination of wrongful detention. that's a bit of a bureaucratic process. it's already been proclaimed thus by the secretary of state, antony blinken, and once that status is acknowledged within the administration, again, it's a procedural matter, that will open up opportunity for the administration to negotiate even more forthrightly with moscow over the detention and seek evan's release. eric: it's been suggested that evan, totally fluent in russian, and that means that sometimes folks when you go on foreign assignment, the government gives you a f

the breakthrough interview with the wall street journal he thinks that the marshal did a good job and evidence was lacking to reveal somebody. he said i personally have a pretty good idea who is responsible, but different than the level of proof needed to name somebody. as for motivation, he said, quote, it was part of an effort to prevent the dobbs draft from becoming the decision of the court. and that is how it was used for the six weeks by people on the outside as part of the campaign to try to intimidate the court. well, justice alito's draft opinion on dobbs v jackson's women's health did turn into a final ruling despite protests of advocates including outside of the homes of justices. an armed man who showed up outside of justice kavanaugh's home charged with plotting to murder him. alito added to the wall street journal, those of us thought to be in the majority, thought to have approved my draft opinion were really targets of assassination. former tennessee congressman democrat harold ford, jr. gave his reaction to this interview on special report. >> i'm a little disappointe

as farmer dmitro in the upper corner of the frame, the inscription actor on december 1 , the wall street journalblish another sensational material in documents submitted to the us department of justice written by the wall street journal team jared maslen anna hirtenstein and alistair mcdonald while writing articles collaborated closely with the russian piracy research initiative and its investigators. whether this cooperation was for money is not clear, none of the authors of the article responded to our request at the time of editing the story . about every contact with representatives. the media only transfer takes 20 pages from the description of these contacts it becomes clear from the first days of the russian special operation by the correspondent leading american publications actively offered characters for interviews in ukraine in kiev. here is a turnkey service for the lazy. just imagine the possibilities of media manipulation if you select people for interviews, if you control these people on the spot, if people are talking. what you need, by the way, in whose interests did ridge act i

that's according to the "wall street journal." epa is expected to make the announcement of new tailpipe recommendations in detroit. the journal reports new standards will apply to model year 2027 vehicles and gradually increase through model year 2032 vehicles. the white house hasn't confirmed the rules yet. they aren't final. an epa spokesperson says as directed by the president in an executive order the epa is developing new standards to accelerate the transition to a 0 emissions transportation future. republican lawmakers point out these new rules and electric vehicles in general could do more to help china than the environment. >> we can do so much better. if we want electric cars we can do that. we knowed to find the critical min nails -- minerals. china is a proxy for us engaging in slave labor, child labor in african mines with no safety or no worker safety standards. no one is producing a fair trade electric car. >> for perspective evs make up 5% of all new vehicles sold. >> dana: a beautiful day at the white house. >> bill

and — themselves's well, the wall street journal and the _ themselves'sind of spying activity in russia. he is a journalist. of spying activity in russia. he is ajournalist. he of spying activity in russia. he is a journalist. he has a dedicated and passionate professional. and was out on reports on assignment. it is really unfortunate that he was not granted bail or grant of house arrest or allowed to leave detention under certain restrictions, which is what the lawyers also requested. so, for example, be able to be outside of prison, but not be able to drive or to do other activities. so, we are obviously very disappointed that he still remains in pretrial detention, but we are still confident that he will get through this. i confident that he will get through this. ., . ~ confident that he will get through this. ., a , ., confident that he will get through this. ., ., this. i will ask you about the timeline and _ this. i will ask you about the timeline and a _ this. i will ask you about the timeline and a second - this. i will ask you about the timelin

documents allegedly leaked by a young air national guardsman in massachusetts, according to the wall street journal on april 5th, a social media account with the name translating to the donbass girl posted four of the allegedly leaked classified documents to its 65,000 followers. the wall street journal says that social media account is overseen by a former u. s. navy officer in washington state, whose actions reportedly prompted several large russian social media accounts to pick up on the documents. abc news has not confirmed the journal's reporting. some of the documents appear to show casualty numbers in ukraine, weapons deliveries and a battle map to a key ukrainian city. the 21 year old massachusettswaits a detention hearing this wednesday . authorities say jack to share a had top secret clearance as a part of his job as an it specialist in the air national guard. lawmakers from both sides of the aisle say to share a should never have had access to the documents. was a captain in a major. i would be surprised if i had that kind of information. yes, the system failed. this is a major failure.

"the wall street journal" reporting a former navy technician appearing to be a potent supporter working to spread top secret materials online. martha raddatz on what she learned. >> breaking news in a deadly police shooting of jalen walker. a police officer shot walker more than 45 times after running from a traffic stop. a grand jury now deciding not to charge the officers. >> the 11th hour delay in the case against fox news. dominion's $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against fox news pointing to famous hosts among other things and what they said in private versus what they said on the air. aaron katersky on the sudden delay and what it could mean tonight. >> deadly chaos in sudan. deadly fighting in the capital. hospitals bombed and evacuated. more than 180 people dead, including three u.n. aid workers with the world food program. we were with the world food program in south sudan when they learned of the news. what we witnessed and what this means as they try to get aid to millions of risk of starvation. >> here in the u.s., the major health headline, an experimental skin cancer vacc

they are of somebody named evan, a journalist for the wall street journal. he is locked up in russia . this is a new video behind me showing him standing before a judge today in a moscow court room. according to u.s. officials, he is being wrongfully detained in russia. you have been tracking the latest on this case from washington, d.c. good morning. what can you tell us? >> we all saw him receive smiling in court today. he looked healthy and relaxed but meanwhile, president biden continues to call his arrest unlawful and says they are doing everything they can in their power to bring him back home. >> wall street journal reporter evan gershkovich watched the court proceedings as a russian judge denied bail , pending an investigation and trial. the 31-year-old was arrested in march, accused of trying to obtain classified information about a russian arms factory. >> the charges against evan are baseless and we call on the russian federation to immediately release him. >> reporter: on monday, the u.s. ambassador to russia was finally allowed to visit evan ger

the "wall street journal" said private lawyers got to see him. the u.s. ambassador in moscow had a meeting with the deputy minister. not much movement came from the meeting. gershkovich is the "wall street journal" reporter taken into custody and accused of trying to obtain classified information about a russian arms factory at the direction of u.s. officials allegedly. he was taken to moscow where he's being held in prison. denied access, u.s. officials don't have good insight to his condition. >> i wish we did. we still haven't been able to get consular access. that's an issue that we bring up through our embassy in moscow. i wish i had a good answer for that. it's inexcusable. >> the "wall street journal" has called the charge of espionage nonsense. the president said "let him go." gershkovich was caught red-handed but didn't offer detailed about what he allegedly says russia. the industry says the u.s. is fanning the hype about this case intending to put pressure on russia. they called that effort hopeless and senseless. trace? back to you. >> trace: t

on the wall street journal reporter, i am deeply concerned over russia's detention of him. this is something the president, thsecretary of state have condemned and i certainly want to join with them in condemning in the strongest possible terms his wrongful detention. more generally targeting american citizens, russia's continued attempts to inmidate, repress, and punish independent journalists and civil society voices is a matter of great concern. my own thoughts are with his family, friends, andis colleagues at the wall street journal. we are thinking and the country is thinking of him and hoping for his release very soon. reporter: i had a question about debt you said you we going to talk about the issue of debt overhang this week. i wonder how optimistic yoare that there is going to be meaningfulrocess in these discussions this week and more broadly, disagreements with china have been a big issue in making headway and debt relief for thescountries. are you having any discussions with chinese officials this week and how importanis i for y to intensify your dialogue with

the wall street journal reporter was arrested last month by russia security services on espionage charges. washington says he's being wrongfully detained. dorothy jibari reports from moscow. the 31 year old made a court appearance here in the capital earlier on tuesday, and his attorneys were hoping that he would be able to be released on bail. but so the judge denied that request. now he's been taken back to the force of o detention facility where he will remain until his trial proceedings begin. the lawyer for every girl coverage pointed out that they will continue to fight, to try and get him released on some kind of a bail. even a house arrest would be something they were willing to consider as well. they say that keys maintaining his optimism wall in prison, and that he will continue to fight and maintain that he's innocent and he's pleading not guilty to the charges he could face up to 20 years in prison. here, if he is found to be guilty as good, our white house correspondent, kimberly how could she's in washington? kimberly gross coverage, of course a u. s. citizen his case of hig

i have other major newspapers, new york times, wall streetjournal, and wall street journal, and murdocheetjournal, and murdoch entity itself, have given it really, really saturation coverage and it deserve that. the irony was that during the coverage that dominion sued about was that fox news was creating a closed loop with its viewers about election claims. basically it was trying to goose, orjuice up was trying to goose, orjuice up the coverage, so that it would sort of like appease or appeal to the fox news viewer so it basically tried to promote the election live. it never had to come clean. now, here we are again, and a settlement doesn't require it to do that either. fox news could keep this closed loop with viewers where they don't ever really see outside their own bubble.— own bubble. our business journals — own bubble. our business journals was _ own bubble. our business journals was outside - own bubble. our business journals was outside the l journals was outside the courtroom in delaware and we will hear from courtroom in delaware and we will hearfrom her courtroom in delawa

{lit the interview with the wall street journal. .., , , the interview with the wall street journal. of course, they have history with the soviet - journal. of course, they have history with the soviet union| journal. of course, they have - history with the soviet union having fled, and immigrated to the united states and they were reintroduced to russia by evan, who had grown up speaking russian and hearing out it's about russia and went and became fascinated with the country while reporting on it so it was a whole new introduction to the family to the country the flight. . whole new introduction to the family to the country the flight.— to the country the flight. , and today this _ to the country the flight. , and today this letter _ to the country the flight. , and today this letter or _ to the country the flight. , and today this letter or tweet - to the country the flight. , and today this letter or tweet from j to the country the flight. , and - today this letter or tweet from the ambassador, telus, did you guys hear about it beforehand that the ambassador was going to meet and

s. government and the wall street journal also, vehemently can i see legation suggestion? i think we've seen a real creeping criminalization of journalism over the past year in russia, which is, which is frightening, frankly, for the folks they are trying to do their jobs. journalists are routinely followed and surveilled on one recent assignment, when, as i was reporting from a town near the russian ukraine border, multiple security officers were following him and, and then would speak to people that evan spoke with. we think in an effort to intimidate in other world news, at least 80 people have been kidnapped in northwest and i, jerry m gunmen targeted mostly women and children in a village in some far a state. police say they're working with the military to rescue the victims. the government just blamed criminal gangs for abducting hundreds of people in north and central nigeria for ransom. i mean, the dream has more from kind of the security forces still insisted they own a trail of these gunmen who abducted women and children who went old to do far morgan. also for th

i'll be back next week here on "the wall street journal at large."er and is a very happy easter weekend. thanks for joining us. - [narrator] it's 1877, and cornelius vanderbilt, the richest man in america, has died, leaving the majority of his fortune to one son, (axe slams) william.

the family of wall street journal reporter evan girsky speaking out for the first time publicly since russian authorities arrested their son evan, and accused him of espionage charge that the us government calls baseless. the wall street journal has released clips of its exclusive interview with his family and as cnn's alex marquardt reports for us now in moscow court. is set to hear an appeal against girsky detention next week. feeling both pride and pain. the parents of ivan gorshkov itch are speaking publicly about their son languishing in a russian jail and facing a possible sentence of 20 years in prison. feel that i've failed and somewhere father crushing that experience all came back from the soviet union. parents are soviet jewish immigrants who came to the u. s in 1979. evan and his sister grew up speaking russian when hershkovitz decided to move there as a journalist. his parents knew there was little they could do. i couldn't have stopped him when he was 15 let alone little or no. covic bounced around different media outlets landing at the wall street journal just before ru

i'll be back next week here on "the wall street journal at large."sed passover and is a very happy easter weekend. thanks for joining us. >>

i'll be back next week here on "the wall street journal at large."over and is a very happy easter weekend. thanks for joining us. >> "barron's roundtable" sponsored by global x etfs. jack otter: welcome to

"the wall street journal" and the u.s. government deny the allegations of spying. >>> an ohio grand jury voted to not indict eight akron police officers in the shooting death of jayland walker. officers fired 29 shot at the black man during a chase after a traffic stop. he was shot 46 times after he jumped out of a moving car and ran. he said walker fired at least one round at officers. >> the law allows officers to use deadly force to defend themselves or others against a deadly threat. >> and for any state official to stand up there and justify what was done to jayland, shame on you. >> the attorney general said walker ignored commands to stop and show his hands and reached toward his waistband and raised his hand as officers chased him. he said police did not know walker had left his gun in the car. >>> the defamation trial between dominion voting systems and fox news is set to begin today. a delaware judge delayed yesterday's scheduled opening but did not cite a reason. dominion claims fox news knowingly spread false i

jacqui: american wall street journal evan gershkovich could face 20 years in prison after detained inspying. marks first foreign journalist to be charged with espionage by russia since the end of the cold war. our reporter ryan based in moscow, reporter for 12 years has more on the story. we were talking in the break after reporters left the country after russia invaded ukraine but recently a number have gone back and this looks concerning for evan. >> that's right, because a number of news organizations decided that it looked kind of safe, obviously that all changed. it's been just over 78 hours since evan gershkovich, colleagues at the wall street journal last heard from him as he was walking into a stake -- steakhouse in russian city, he was arrested by the federal security service, brought back to moscow and charged with espionage for allegedly seeking secret information about a weapon's factory in the city. gershkovich is being in notorious prison in the capital. as you point out first american to be jailed for espionage since reporter at u.s. news and world report and was arrest

look at the "wall street journal" headline to comment as well. what's missing in the trump indictment? for the charges to be felonies, alvin bragg needs a second crime. what is that? can you answer that? or maybe you can't, because there is none. also talk about why december 4th. why does it have to take that long to get this going? >> dana, indictments are not supposed to be mystery novels. they're supposed to put you on notice of exactly what the state says you have done. so here we are, 34 counts later, and the three of us certainly don't know what that additional crime is. so there's a legal problem with this indictment. i think there's also a factual problem. even if this were just a misdemeanor, you still have to have the intent to defraud. even if it's a misdemeanor. so you have michael cohen, who to quote dierks bentley, who i know you like, dana, did time in the slammer. you got michael cohen. you got a guy that used to run "the national enquirer." if you're trying to figure out which hollywood star had a baby with an alien, he's exactly

but "the wall street journal"'s been detained. , what is your message to the family and colleagues of "the wall street journal"? m >> my message i think is that they should be and i think they are proud of their son or husband or partner and because just a couplee of days ago i spoke to a few journalists who interviewed me from russia. they were journalists representing different mediaia about who decided and chose to stay in russia even after the arrest a and because they told e that they believed it was their duty to report about the situation from the ground because theysi said that everything that is being said about russia from the outside is always slightly warped. being on the ground they see how the situation develops. being on thede ground they see what is actually going on in the country. they see how harshly and fiercely they authorities are fighting any kind of dissent and they believe it is their duty to remain in the country for as long as they can to report on that. and i was in all by this. i could not even express

i sure hope and the wall street journal hopes that are wall street journal colleague evan gerstner , which is freed immediately. we hope that americans rise and let their voices be known that freedom of the press is important and keep the pressure on our government and other governments to work with the russians to free evan, who is right now in a kgb prison and fsb prison for gathering information in an important country so that we in america can better understand the world. amen. to all of that. thank you for being here. thank you, michael. still to come more of your best and worst social media comments and the final result. have you voted on today's provocative poll? question that smerconish .com by the way, when you get to the website register for the newsletter, you'll love it and it's free with donald trump have been indicted by alvin bragg if trump were not currently running for president, go vote. the majority of my patients with sensitivity. i see irritated gums and weak enamel sensodyne, sensitivity gum and enamel relief sensitivity helps restore gum health and re hardens e