that's all, but for biden freedom britnygreiner this grandiose victory analyze home after a few monthsconditions brit will not soon return to the arms of her loved ones with whom she should have been all this time the point is that for many millions of black quarters, greiner, an existing icon for her freedom, drowned nba superstars, and for baidin before the upcoming elections - this is a great argument , so you can safely laugh in the face of family members who brought something there, a drug addict , a black lesbian , a narcozavisimaya, who suffered from some kind of vape with a basket, and then a little time will pass, and they will hire the whole company , they say, how is it again? purely to cheer up the grandmothers from putin's detachment before going to bed, the prison in our country is open, the real problem of this scheme is that it is possible to use deception to inflate and deflate an obvious soap bubble. sooner or later, it will definitely burst. loved to replace the real affairs of the empire with lies and demagogues, the foundations of the foundation always crumble and

he traded mostly soviet samples that were used by kushaig and the company, that’s all, but for biden, freedom months , not his conclusions in russia in unbearable conditions, she will not soon return to the arms of her loved ones, with whom she should have been all this time. freedom was drowned by nba superstars, and for baidin before the future elections, this is a great argument, therefore, you can safely laugh in the face of the imanyan who got lucky with a drug addict , a black lesbian, a narcozavisimaya victim of some kind of vape, and then a little time will pass and they will zanoyat the whole company they say, how is it again, trump’s wife has merged, it’s just that someone plays chess, and someone plays with chapaev so cleanly that grandmothers from putin’s squad will wake up before going to bed, our prison is open and think of schemes in that itself it is possible to engage in deceptions, inflate and inflate an obvious soap bubble , that's all. studies, everything is supposedly not bad, only it is a curse, the habit of being late, what else, anu, sports, as they say , a coach, ther

exceeded three years by next summer has provided significant benefits for borrowers, but even if biden's freedominancial hardship when that pause is lifted. the effects of student loan debt are the subject of the new msnbc documentary, lone wolf, switch premiers tonight right here on msnbc, after the show at ten p.m.. >> most of my salary is going into pain off by a student loans right now. but even with that, after four years of residency, i'm gonna basically mean $50,000 more debt. >> when it gets to like 45 million people, it's like this is systemic, maybe this isn't just a couple of people who made bad decisions. maybe this is actually an orchestrated scam. >> all right, let's bring back my sunday night panel, michelle goldberg and elena beverley, is could have both of you with us on this. michelle, do you see any scenario in which the supreme court upholds president biden's forgiveness program? >> i would be stunned if they did. i say that, really, based not on any kind of legal theory or legal analysis. i think this is a supreme court -- and maximal constraints ahead are democrats in the w

government, i am proud of president biden how he has been an enabler of being respectful and ask not what america can do for you but working together for the freedom of mankind. so president biden has done that beautifully. but it was of the highest priority. it's about democracy. it's about freedom and about the people of ukraine have taught us a lesson in courage and determination and i think we will be just fine. thank you all very much. maybe i won't see you. happy holidays whatever you celebrate and pretty soon you will be home doing that. pretty soon. [indiscernible question] ♪ host: from pressing a year-long process into a frenzy of one week. the senate passed a short-term bill

government, i am proud of president biden how he has been an enabler of being respectful and ask not what america can do for you but working together for the freedom of mankind. so president biden has done that beautifully. but it was of the highest priority. it's about democracy. it's about freedom and about the people of ukraine have taught us a lesson in courage and determination and i think we will be just fine. thank you all very much. maybe i won't see you. happy holidays whatever you celebrate and pretty soon you will be home doing that. pretty soon. [indiscernible question] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2022] captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org. >> 118th congress convenes on january 3 at noon eastern, will return to washington as a divided government. republicans will control the house of representatives and democrats keep control of the senate. average age of 47 compared to 58 in the previous session. the new congress will be more diverse with a number of more women serving. 118th congress gavels into session and new mem

biden had hoped to secure the freedom of two americans, griner and former u.s. marine paul whelan, who has been imprisoned on espionage charges for four years. but russia rejected the proposal, making it clear whelan's release was not on the table. >> today, my family is whole, but as you all are aware, there's so many other families who are not whole, and so, b.g.'s not here to say this, but i will gladly speak on her behalf and say that b.g. and i will remain committed to the work of getting every american home, including paul. >> reporter: in a statement, whelan's family saying, "the biden administration made the right decision to bring ms. griner home and to make the deal that was possible, rather than waiting for one that wasn't going to happen." but paul whelan himself speaking to cnn from russia. >> i'm happy that brittney is going home today. but i don't understand why i'm still sitting here. my bags were packed. i'm ready to go home. i just need an airplane to come and get me. >> reporter: secretary of state antony blinken insisting the u.s. made every

. >> reporter: president biden announcing griner's freedom after a prisoner exchange with convicted arms dealer viktor bout, dubbed the merchant of death for the countless weapons he supplied to terrorists. the smiling man seen here passing griner on the tarmac on his way to moscow. but former marine, paul whelan, imprisoned for four years on espionage charges that the u.s. said are a sham, was not part of the exchange, telling cnn -- >> i was arrested for a crime that never occurred. >> reporter: the white house saying they will continue to fight for whelan's freedom, but say it was not possible this time. >> i think president putin stepped in, and he said, one for one, and that's it. i don't think president putin wanted to give president biden a victory. >> reporter: former u.n. ambassador bill richardson played a key role in securing griner's release. >> well, almost for sure it's going to be another prisoner, a russian prisoner in an american jail. the russians don't do these for free, and they're tough negotiators. >> reporter: reports suggest russia was interested in freeing a russ

to the american administration zelensky needs the white house as witnesses praising biden and his support for freedom democracy. he didn’t even demand that he come; those to whom this financial assistance as a result will drop those to whom this money will drip, then return to a conditional base both militarily and figuratively. they dragged him out like a doll, showed him everything, put everything back on the planes and sent him away. questionable it may turn out that bratislava will continue to support kiev; the result of a prolonged crisis in slovakia was the government’s rate, protesters and desperate citizens are dispersed with water cannons in the country, mass actions with demands to stop supplying kiev with weapons under slogans do not subside. let's provide for ourselves, not for ukraine and the european union suicide union. what does the western policy of market confrontation with russia lead to, promoted under the pretext of caring for ukraine not a day without protest, this has become a slogan for residents in almost every eu country, for example, in paris today there is a strike of work

biden has been in apparently some trouble with the feds. they've been looking at his taxes and gun purchase and things like that and now a freedom of informations about to reveal a number of documents and also some images that were made during the obama/biden administration and a freedom of information request has been apparently granted by the national archives, and on february 28th just a couple of months from right now, national archives is going to release hundreds of documents from that era about hunter biden and his relationship with burisma when his father was vice-president. that will be very telling, what did did the obama officials know and write about at that time that we don't know now. >> steve: the white house isn't saying anything. they're just staying silent about whether or not they're going to invoke executive privilege to stop those papers from becoming public. >> brian: oh, they'll try. >> steve: and if they do become public they will be published february 28th. >> brian: right. let's not hope they're not in mar-a-lago. actually, they're obama era ones so maybe they're at the obama library. >> steve: could be. >> brian: the

choice glit was either no american or one american. >> reporter: but president biden vowing the fight for whelan's freedom will continue. >> we're not giving up. >> reporter: all of this happening with the backdrop of russia's brutal assault on ukraine. this week, the donbas city destroyed. russians surrounding the city on three sides according to andrew wilburn of the mozart group. >> here to bring the last civilian -- >> reporter: putin admitting this way that ukraine's infrastructure is a major target. without water, heat or power the dead of winter kyiv's mayor says it's like the apocalypse, but ukraine is fighting back. drones attacking deep inside russia itself. shown here in videos circulating online, this week vladimir putin saying the war might be a long process asking for hundreds more ballistic missiles from iran where that nation's months of protests have prompted brutal crackdown. iran's government announced the execution by hanging of a 23-year-old iranian convicted of blocking a street and attacking a member of the militia during a protest, hundreds more are facing charges that carry the de

while her freedom has been celebrated across the country, president biden is facing fierce blowback over the deal. former marine paul whelan still in a russian prison. while a notorious russian arms dealer jailed for conspiring to kill americans is now free. for wnba star brittney griner, her ten months of detention finally over. while the release itself was widely welcomed, that dramatic prisoner exchange, griner's swapped for one of the world's most notorious arms traffickers, viktor bout, became a wave of bipartisan criticism. >> the more we engage in exchanges, the more americans are at risk of being scooped up and held as leverage. >> think about the exchange here, the merchant of death for a wnba star who's picked up for marijuana, what a victory for putin. >> reporter: add to that the american left behind, paul whelan, now four years in a russian prison. >> having an evening to process it privately gave us a real grace to be able to, you know, be angry at russia. >> reporter: the administration saying it had no choice. >> it was either no american or one american. >> reporter: but

the american administration zelensky is needed by the white house, as witnesses praising biden support for freedomhe didn’t even demand that he come; those to whom this financial assistance as a result will drop those to whom this money will drip, then return to a conditional base both militarily and figuratively. they dragged him out like a doll, showed him everything, put everything back on the planes and sent him away. and finally, what the collective west, led by the united states, sees ukraine on the future world map, obviously revealed this ostentatious visit of the kiev puppet. washington the media drew attention to the publication of ukraine's permanent representative to the un in social networks. this is the flag that flaunts on twitter on his page after zelensky’s trip to the states, for sure, he does not mind making ukraine the fifty-first american state, but does washington need a ruined operation? who in ukraine has a good life is this very question. recently, us congressmen have been worried about money for the existence of the ukrainian regime. to the deficit of the military-industr

sources say the prisoner swap came together and just the last few days, president biden hoped to also secure the freedom. a former u. s marine paul whelan, imprisoned in russia on espionage charges for four years , but russia rejected the proposal, making it clear wieland's release was not on the table. wheelan spoke to cnn from russia. i'm happy that britney is going home today, but i don't understand why i'm still sitting here. my bags are packed. i'm ready to go home. i just need an airplane to come and get me the president, insisting the administration is determined to bring will and home we have not yet succeeded in securing policy release. we are not giving up. we will never give up. and guys. secretary of state antony blinken insists the u. s made every possible offer in an effort to get well and hope. back to you like faith. thank you to the war in ukraine. russian president putin admits his forces are targeting ukraine's critical civilian infrastructure, putin saying quote yes, we are doing it. the targets include ukraine's power facilities, which have left millions in the dark and cold. ukrain

together, charted a course toward a world of greater freedom, greater opportunity, greater dignity, and greater peace. [speaking french] pres. bidenl, france and the united states will meet the future just as we always have, confident in our shared capacity, sustained by the strength of our shared values, and undaunted by any challenge that lies ahead. and the connections we're building today between our students, our businesses, our trailblazers, will see our alliance continue to prosper and grow stronger for decades to come. mr. president, welcome again and welcome to the french delegation. i'm honored to have you here and looking forward to a wonderful day together. god bless both our nations, and may god protect our troops. mr. president. [speaking french] [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, distinguished guests, the president of the french republic. [applause] president macron: [speaking french] >> thank you so much, mr. president, dear joe, madam, dear jil, ladies and gentlemen -- dear jill, ladies and gentlemen, distinguished guests. president macron: [speaking french] >> we are both honored and moved, mr. president, to be

administration we will look to us for moral certitude in the look to us for inspiration for freedom sue and joe biden not to stand up and unequivocally said the people china and say that they deserve to be free this white house want to do that soon we will continue to ensure that china knows we will stand up for human rights is it with people were expressing themselves. brian: that's a tough talk i'm just about, except the white house about the unrest exploding in the streets of china but ensuring the screen with right now, prime minister justin trudeau, not known for strength, anything that admiral was a leader, showing how to say it in biden is saying, he sing news right now about china's - zero covid-19 mark instilling is what we already know from his week on china. [inaudible conversations]. brian: yes thanks people risking their lives to stand up for freedom the leader of the free world, walks away, silently these protests lead to any freedom communist china can we really do anything from the sidelines is now the senior fellow director of the hudson institute, china center miles you, mis can we

the biden administration secured her freedom in an exchange for viktor bout, the merchant of death.ner posted her first words since she went free on instagram. the last ten months have been a battle at every turn. i dug deep to keep my faith. from the bottom of my heart i thank you to everyone for your help. she also said that she intends to play basketball for the phoenix mercury this season. we'll be watching. parents in chesapeake, virginia are in an uproar over the after school satan club. yes, that's true. they meet at an elementary school. chesapeake public schools issued a statement defending the club's right to meet. but stresses the club is not approved by the district. organizers say the club is non-religious and aims to let children think for themselves. parents say they are at their wit's end. lucas tomlinson now live for us in washington with details. so satan gets a say at the table. how are they getting the voices of parents in here? >> a spokesman from satanic temple defended the right of his organization to start an after school satan club saying it was necessary to

even as brittney griner reacclimated to freedom, the biden administration is headed back to the drawingican wrongly detained in russia. >> we're meeting today to go through next steps in the strategy, but paul, we haven't forgotten you. >> and the biden administration met virtually today with whelan's sister, elizabeth. jake sullivan said today the next engagement between the u.s. and russia to secure his release would take place later in week. >> the conversations with paul whelan's family have been substantive. they have had a number of very good questions and also a number of suggestions that they've put forward. >> meanwhile, greiner reportedly making progress. reacclimating at an army hospital in san antonio, texas, where she's been having medical tests and she strapped on her sneakers to play basketball for the first time in almost ten months. her first act was a dunk. >> i'm understanding it's going to be a few more days before she gets out. you know, right now, a lot of hostages have come back, they want to reunite first with family. >> but by all accounts, greiner is doing extr

she thanked president biden for securing her freedom and vowed to play in the upcoming wnba season. >the thursday night massacre. elon musk suspends ten journalists covering his nefarious exploits, demonstrating once and for all how his twisted ideas about free speech really work. one of those journalists joins me next. for back pain, i've always been a take two and call in the morning guy. but my new doctor recommended salonpas. without another pill upsetting my stomach, i get powerful, effective and safe relief. salonpas. it's good medicine. ( ♪♪ ) (snorting) (clattering) (frustrated grunt) i need some sleep. (groaning) (growling) (silence) (sigh, chuckle) if you struggle with cpap, you should check out inspire. inspire. sleep apnea innovation. learn more and view important safety information at inspiresleep.com. ♪ ♪ well would you look at that? ♪ ♪ jerry, you've got to see this. seen it. trust me, after 15 walks it gets a little old. i really should be retired by now. wish i'd invested when i had the chance... to the moon! [golf ball bounces off rover] unbelievable. ugh. [ding] >>>

rectinwald's, author of google archipelago, the digital google like the simulation of freedom both suggest the biden laptop story demonstrates deep ties between social networks in the u. s. on the political establishment, think that it's not just happening on twitter, happens on facebook and instagram, and all the social platforms. what i find more disturbing is that they just seem to go to the same gas lighting the american people walk past, didn't say nothing to see here. and then they repeatedly lie 1st, they have not told the truth to the people about anything in the 100 biden story. the laptops for by itself is one piece of evidence. but if you look at tony bob lensky and the other people that came forward, that said that joe biden was actively involved in these, these, the associations overseas. and to see some of the things the laws that were broken that were put any american in handcuffs within minutes at to see him living in a $30000000.00 mansion have secret service all round him. i think it just flies in the face of, of what america is supposed to be about. it's just a, it's become a lawl

they're towing the biden administration's line that ukraine is a freedom loving and freedom fighting a pro western democracy that is fighting right wing fascism coming from moscow. that's, you know, you hear that every single day in the american media. and it's gotten to the point where many americans believe it. well, the republicans at least, and i'm not even a republican, i'm just saying this as an observer. the republicans at least are saying, look, we don't care who the good guys are or the bad guys are in this conflict. the point is we're sending billions and billions of dollars to a country that has consistently been at the top of the united nations list of the most corrupt countries on earth. and we really need to give this policy a 2nd thought. whistleblowers house john kerry alco. thank you, john. thank you. on the very same day, the e u. targeted russian media, the german foreign ministry, that freedom of the press cannot be switched off, commenting on the suspension of the twitter accounts of several us journalists. freedom of the press must not be switched on and off at

her freedom follows months of tense negotiations. president biden making the announcement this morning griner's release was secured in a high-profile prisoner swap for a russian arms dealer. but in a bittersweet twist, the u.s. failed to secure the freedom of fellow american detainees. >> paul whelan, our kron 4 correspondent kellie meyer has more now on the prisoner swap. that right griner, home. >> today, wnba star brittney griner, smiling and she is released from a russian penal colony. this video from the kremlin showing the moment griner was swapped with the tories arms dealer. viktor boot on the tarmac and brought home to the u.s. she's safe. >> he's on a plane. she's on her way home. president joe biden alongside griner's wife, cherelle, celebrating her release after months of what the white house calls. >> painstaking negotiations. this work is not easy and it has not been. there's been so many hands involved, griner detained in russia on alleged drug charges since february was released by russia in a one for one prisoner swap with food, wid

it doesn't seem the biden administration has the back of the chinese people who are fighting for their freedom, fighting for their voice, the military in china seems bent on doing some true damage to these people. >> the cowardice comes from lack of action. this is a trend for the biden administration, he said nothing. what are the chances human protesters would do this, they never heard anything from him, same with venezuela and the iranians, he's not a fighter for freedom. is not showing or leading america to the best of ourselves, the shining city on the hill, where people look to us for moral certitude, inspiration, freedom, their fight. they are not asking much, just some recognition and moral support. you can't do that with china, our major adversary. this administration undermined the speaker of the house when she went to taiwan. the administration said we don't think that's a good idea. don't know why they have a soft spot for china but this has something to hold accountable when we retake the majority. cheryl: that was my question. why is the biden administration so weak when it comes

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well, he thinks so, and biden thinks something else, so let them talk. freedom my god, i have few questions and we will have a lot of time to thank mykola did you celebrate mykola in your childhood or were you friends with santa claus or do you prepare gifts for your loved ones on this holiday no i don't i'm not preparing any gifts. i'm waiting for gifts from someone else because i'm nicholas, but in galicia, everyone, yes, everyone should give nicholas. we didn't celebrate saint nicholas. we didn't celebrate saint nicholas at all in kyiv. and we didn't have such galician and maybe volyn sentiments that were here. i know that they were always quite active and went to church and celebrated the 19th and malanka for the old new year and vasyl and so on and so on and so on, all this here somehow survived , but there in most of ukraine i think that it was not there and now it’s just renaissance i was even more surprised, moreover, i think that even after independence, the first years there were 91-92-93 somehow. also, if you told someone that we have mykolaiv, that i

against women and critical assistance for ukraine, we expect more in 2023 wrote biden under the blue-and-yellow flag of freedom in the capital, they summarized the results of 2022, what exactly inspired ukrainians this year , the analysts of the democratic initiatives fund together with the razumkov sociological center , according to the results of the survey, the main event was a full-scale invasion, 79% gave this answer. 93% of ukrainians believe in victory and only three have doubts the most important military event of the year for 39% of respondents was the defense of mariupol almost half of the respondents consider joining nato as the best option for guaranteeing security also 79% of ukrainian citizens support joining the eu, this humorous question about the dishes that ukrainians would like to see at their new year's table, and there were such options as kiev cutlet, melitopol cherries , azov crayfish, what did we see that 43% chose kyiv-style cutlet 38% kherson watermelon and it is very interesting that 32% said about mentioned crimean peaches the world football star died after a long illness the legend

american administration zelensky is needed by the white house, as witnesses, praising biden for his support of freedom democracy. he didn’t even demand to come, he was brought by those to whom this financial assistance, as a result, those to whom this money will drip, then conditionally return to the base both in the military sense and in the figurative sense. they pulled him out like a doll and showed it back to everyone. or on a plane and sent and finally. what the collective west, led by the united states, sees ukraine on the future map of the world, the obvious was revealed by this ostentatious business card of the kiev puppet. washington the media drew attention to the publication of the permanent representative of ukraine to the un in social networks. this is the flag that flaunts on twitter on his page after zelensky's trip to the states, for sure, he did not ask to make ukraine fifty-first the american states, but is the ruined operation necessary until the last ukrainian, the country is washington, however, like zelensky himself, when he loses his role as a politician. who in ukraine has a go

, those who voted against joe biden hung ukrainian flags, many to is this some kind of world war ii good war battle against tyranny from the ocean for democracy and freedom here in america well, almost a year later you find it harder and harder to believe whatever you think about the war in ukraine it's pretty obvious that vladimir zelensky is not interested in freedom and democracy, in fact zelensky is much closer to lenin than to george washington, he is a dictator he is a dangerous car thief who spent billions of american taxpayer dollars to turn ukraine into a police station a state ruled by one party. this is not an exaggeration over the past year, zelensky banned the opposition parties of the force closed critical media arrests from his political opponents confused tucker of course, not klinin, he is closer to hitler he is closer to lenin then created ukraine. and zelensky ruined ukraine. well, here you can continue this list. and now we

antonio where brittney griner is expected to arrive tonight, more now on the price the biden administration paid for her freedom arms dealer viktor bout who is back in moscow as we speak. the last western journalist to speak with him joins us from london. you interviewed bout in 2009. what should we know about him? >> this is a man known by the book about his exploits as an arms dealer, as the merchant of death, his life fictionalized in a nicolas cage movie "the lord of war". a very prominent individual and russia's influence in smaller conflicts in the 1990s, thousand dealing arms, yet a man who denies all of that publicly, despite the fact that russia has gone through extraordinary lengths diplomatically to get him home today and over the past weeks. here is more of what we know about him. >> reporter: he is the lord of war, according to this fictional movie starring nicolas cage. >> say what you want about war lords and dictators, they always pay their bills on time. >> reporter: or the merchant of death, about his alleged life. despite much evidence, viktor bout has always denied being one of the biggest a

biden hung ukrainian flags. many feel that it's not like world war ii a good war a battle against tyranny from the ocean for democracy and freedom here in america well, almost a year later it's getting harder and harder to believe, whatever you think about the war in ukraine it's pretty obvious that vladimir zelensky is not interested in freedom and democracy, in fact zelensky much closer to lenin than to george washington, he is a dictator he is a dangerous autocrat who spent billions of american taxpayer dollars to turn ukraine into a police a state ruled by one party. it's no exaggeration over the past year zelenskiy has banned opposition parties to force shut down critical media arrests of his political opponents. tucker swims a little, of course, in history it is at least incorrect to compare zelensky with lenin, because lenin created ukraine and zelensky destroyed it. now attention to the screen

what president biden should do is proudly and loudly support the brave iranians who are yearning for freedomnd risking their lives to protest the dictatorship in that country and we should put an end to the farce of the negotiations with iran's nuclear program and reimpose the sanctions that would stop iran from getting the billions of dollars to spread terrorism or to provide the drones that russia is now using to attack innocent civilians in ukraine. iran is an outlaw rogue regime. we can never trust it and we should do everything we can to support the brave iranians protesting it. >> bill: last topic later today president goes to arizona and he talked about the possibility of an immigration deal coming together between republicans and democrats. they need 12 republicans in the senate to go for it. do you see it happening during the lame duck session? >> no, absolutely not, bill. certainly not during the lame duck session. before we have any other kind of immigration reform we have to get control of the border. you hear about dreamers and we need to give them legal status. right now joe bi

freedom unlimited. ♪ >>> president biden recently celebrated his 80th birthday, quietly, likely because his age is an lady jill biden told french president macron that she and the president are ready for his re-election campaign. here to talk about it, paul bigala, and abby phillip. i should say the state dinner was last week. if the president does run in 2024 and wins re-election, he would be 82 when he takes the oath for his second term. how much, in your view, should voters be concerned about his age? >> well, if they are, they are. he can't change that. he -- i think -- has done a very good job. he's done more in two years than somebody his age could do in four. just look at the scoreboard. how did i do? david brook, ronald reagan, everybody thought he was too old. before his midterm, 60% of americans thought reagan shouldn't run. chuck grassley just got re-elected in iowa who's 89. and he won by 12 points. i don't think people see age as disqualifying right now. >> what do you think of that? >> i think a lot of americans do see it as disqualifying and they're worried about it. i think paul is ri

he didn't hide how he felt but then biden who espouses his support for freedom of press yet he's beeninaccessible president to the press and then he doesn't actually, he's not transparent as to why they were not invited. maybe trump was brass and people didn't like his confrontational ways but at least he was honest. >> you never saw a media that was so well fed. everywhere he went, they were just all over him. i thought he didn't even have one but you're right. you corrected me, he did and he made the decision, if you're not going to be fair -- >> i remember bumping into people there, people at fox, people at other outlets. however, i didn't like the idea that donald trump did not come down and take pictures with everybody, because it was white house protocol. >> there was breaking news that night. >> contentious. >> i remember, a lot of stuff was happening. joe biden, this is a symptom of the press corps also. come on. being invited to joe biden's christmas party, first -- >> john legend was invited. >> they went to the state dinner the other night. i mean, oh, my goodness. enough s

reporter: but huge a step towards meeting bidens goal of achieving commercial free -- freedom within. >> this is what it looks like for america to lead. we are just getting started. reporter: they have to figure out how to channel enough of that energy on a widespread level to create fusion powered plants. it will not happen overnight but still this is a significant first step. kristen: different from vision. they are opposites. vision is the -- nuclear energy created at a power plant, harnessing the power of atoms by letting them apart. fusion is the process of combining two or more light atoms, both releasing incredible amounts of energy. fusion is cleaner and creates several times more energy than fission. larry: where do we go from here? can you scale this up? dan ashley is here with a look to the future. dan: those are key questions. it is a remarkable and exciting breakthrough. experts agree we may not see fusion energy for some time. we may see an impact in the bay area and silicon valley sooner. the breakthrough in fusion research at the bay area's largest livermore lab has be

freedom. big win for joe biden, whose administration brokered the release.ounced the news with this tweet: "moments ago, i spoke to brittney griner. she is safe. she is on a plane. she is on her way home." ( cheers and applause ) that is simple. simply stated. ( cheers and applause ) christmas miracle. that's just beautiful. i'm sure she got on the plane, and they said, "brittney, you can finally rest easy, after you take this 20-minute call about the rise and fall of scranton's historic taffy factories." ( laughter ) griner was detained back-- when was this? february? back in february, she was detained, and sentenced to nine years in prison after airport security found vape cartridges with 0.7 grams of cannabis oil in her luggage. they gave her hard time for seven-tenths of one gram. that's the amount of weed willie nelson scrapes out of his belly button. ( laughter ) he just secretes it. it's like a tap. just-- there you go. thanks. hold still, willie. but now griner's heading home, after the white house agreed to a one-for-one prisoner swap for russian ar

on thursday, paul whelan's brother david told cnn he supported biden's decision to secure brittney griner's freedom >> i am absolutely supportive of it. i think to prolong the punishment of one american in a foreign hostage situation, the hope you might be able to bring home two, is absolutely -- an american in that situation who has the possibility of coming home, i think the president has to bring him home. unfortunately for my family, it is not our family member but from the perspective of americans, that is the right decision. amy: we begin today's show with dave zirin, a sports editor for the nation magazine and host of the edge of sports podcast. his latest article is headlined "a vindication for agitation: brittney griner is coming home." brittney griner is free, dave zirin. were you surprised by the news yesterday and the speed with which she has come home to san antonio, texas? she grew up in houston. talk about the significance of how you believe she was freed. >> thank you so much for having me. when i heard brittney griner was going to be freed, i was floored. i had tears in my eyes. my

fighting and everyone knows that you will win now for your freedom and for our freedom as yermak thanked the united states president bidenistration state department upper and lower house of congress, both american parties and was honored with a hot embrace nuland came to kiev secretly meetings with activist politicians, even a reception at the embassy was held in secret with the condition of non-disclosure until the end of the visit, well, he is considered one of the main specialists of the state department on the post-soviet space and eurasia what are its main functions were shown by the events of the fourteenth year, which ultimately led to this. from monuments to lenin to russians, to poets of tsars and monuments to soldiers of liberation, this one was tumbled down in in the lviv region, under the hooting of vandals , it is significant that just today, ukrainian president zelensky, who encourages such antics , receives the title of person of the year and a laudatory ode as a gift from the authoritative finational times. he raised the banner of liberal democracy in a global fight against authoritarianism that could def

freedom and independence. i have good news returning home. president biden announced a new package of defense support, about $2 billion u.s. dollars and the strongest elements of this package is the patriot battery system, something that will strengthen our air defense. significantly. this is a very important step. to create secure air space for ukraine. that's the only way we would be able to deprive the terrorists country and their terror attacks to strike our energy sector, our people, and our infrastructure. we had a very good negotiation and talk about our strategic steps which we discussed with president biden and what we expect next year and for what we are preparing. this is very important for all ukrainians. i am hopeful once again, thank you, mr. president, for $45 billion. because this is a big assistance and i hope that the congress will approve this financial assistance for our country. this is almost $45 billion. thank you very much for the support. every dollar of this investment for the united states is going to be strengthening of global sec

the us congress in washington that his nation's struggle for freedom is for the future of the whole world. at the white house, president biden of further military aid for ukraine, including patriot missile defence systems. the world health organization says it's concerned over the evolving covid situation in china. the who's chief, dr tedros adanom gabreysus, told a news conference in geneva that the number of severe cases was on the rise. it comes as china reversed its zero—covid policy and stopped most testing and tracing. hospitals, pharmacies and crematoriums in the country all say they are busier than usual. dr tedros called on beijing to provide more data and to urgently step up its vaccination programme. in order to make a comprehensive risk assessment of the situation on the ground, who needs more detailed information on the severity, hospital admissions, and requirements for icu support. who is supporting china to focus its efforts on vaccinating people at the highest risk across the country. the founder of the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange, ftx, is in custody of the fbi, and being flown to the us. authorities i

, marriages are more secure and joe biden is our president -- [cheers and applause] >> a president who elevated lgbtqi + leaders who fights for the safety and freedomgle day. and so with pride let us welcome the president of the united states, joe biden! [cheers and applause] president biden: bide d -- hello, hello, hello! today is a good day! america takes a vital step towards equality for liberty and justice, not just for some but for everyone, everyone, toward creating a nation towards decency, dignity and honor protected. today, i sign the respect for marriage act into law. deciding whether to marry, who to marry is one of those profound decisions a person can make. as i said before, and some of you might remember, on a certain tv show 10 years ago, i got in trouble. [laughter] president biden: marriage, i mean this with all my heart, imagine a simple proposition, who do you love and we are going to be loyal to that person you love. it's not more complicated than that. and the law recognizes that everyone issue everyone should have to answer that for themselves without government interference. [cheers and applause] president biden: secures the

freedom and independence. i've good news returning home, president biden announced new package of defense support about 2 billion u.s. dollars engine the strongest element of this package is the patriot batteries . it is something that will strengthen our air defense. significantly. this is an important step to create secure ace -- airspace for ukraine and it is the only way we will deprive the terrorist and their attack to strike hours -- our energy sector and infrastructure. we had a very good negotiation and talk about our strategic steps which we discussed with president biden. what we expect next year and what we are preparing. this is important for ukrainians. i am hopeful -- once again thank you mr. president for 45 billion. this is a big assistance, and i hope congress will approve the financial assistance for our country. this is almost 45 billion. thank you for the support. every dollar of this investment, from the united states is going to be strengthening global security. i know the american leadership will be strong and will play important roles in global scope, and the united states will help us to

thank you time now for running the pressure is growing for the biden administration to help gain freedom for an american held in a russian prison up next with us officials now say about bringing us marine paul whalen back home to the us and lawmakers in washington have until the end of this week to agree on a new budget. the conflict that's holding up congress from preventing a government shutdown. dad: every day, thousands of kids start vaping. and i can't let this happen to my kid. so, if you want to talk to your kids, you have to get it trending. ♪ to the left ♪ ♪ to the right ♪ daughter: no, you're doing it wrong. ♪ to the left ♪ ♪ to the right ♪ ♪ let's go! ♪ ♪ hey! ♪ dad: can we talk? daughter: yeah, what's up? narrator: visit talkaboutvaping.org for tips on when and how to have the vape talk. be spokesman for the state department says the u. s is doing what it can to bring american paul whalen, home from russia after he spent almost four years in a russian jail on spy charges. the state department proposed several options to the russian government, but those options failed. we are