but watching these two americans who have been detained overseas britteny griner and mr. whalen.nd. henry, have you had any communication with them on working with the administration? >> we're part of bring our families home campaign and collectively we're trying to do everything in our possible situation to bring the administration to move more quickly and with aggression to get our family members home. >> we have been in touch with -- >> sandra: i was going to ask you finally how is he doing in the last communication you had with him? >> he is struggling. i mean, he is, you know, he sees the other detainees on the verge of daily mental health breakdowns. he is locked in a cell for 23 hours a day with no sunlight. it is taking its toll. it is an intended consequence by his captors. and time is of the essence. we keep stressing that to the state department and the white house. and we've seen this, you know, historically with other americans who have been detained like james foley and robert leavenson where this time is of the essence. the administration needs to act now to bring

have just learned about a meeting there tomorrow between president biden and the families of britteny griner and paul whelan, both of them behind bars in russia. >> sandra: the administration has been negotiating the release, we have been told for months now. so far no breakthroughs. the so what do tomorrow's meetings mean with these families? we could find out when the briefing begins moments from now. >> john: also sure to be a hot topic, busses carrying migrants from texas straight to the vice president's house. she has taken heat for months. >> sandra: v.p. frustrating texas officials when she said over the weekend the border is secure. will today's bus arrivals make her see things differently? we'll ask tom homan. he'll be here next. >> you talk about being tone deaf and out of touch. kamala harris over the weekend said the border is secure. maybe she says that because she has not been to the border to see how out of control it is. this is john. he never gives up—no matter what life throws his way. high cholesterol. heart disease. 17 fad diets... 5 kids... 3 grandkids... 1 heart attack.

. >> sandra: president biden set to meet at the white house with family members of wnba star britteny griner paul whelan. the two are being held prisoners in russia. it comes as the administration holds talks with the kremlin. griner was in jail since january for cannabis oil, and whelan was convicted on espionage charges which he denies. >> john: scenes of horror from newly liberated parts of ukraine. izyum digging up a mass grave with more than 400 bodies days after ukraine took back the town after a successful counter offensive. jeff paul is live in kyiv with the latest for us. jeff, this is not the first time that ukraine has discovered atrocities after russia has retreated. >> completely right, john. a few months ago it was bucha, and now izyum. you have russian forces who occupy a town or village, they are then drawn out and driven out by ukrainian forces but it's what they leave behind that is a devastating reminder of the brutality of this war. officials in izyum say they are just the latest sight of a discovered mass burial site. more than 400 bodies were discovered buried in a fore

. >> meetings tomorrow with the families of paul whelan and britteny griner, happen simultaneously orarately, and updates to bring the loved ones home? >> don't have specifics on how the meetings are going to be executed, we'll have more tomorrow for sure, but wanted to let you know the meetings were happening and confirm that for all of you. so while i would love to say that the purpose of this meeting is to inform the families that the russians have accepted our offer and we are bringing their loved ones home, that is not what we are seeing in these negotiations at this time. look, as we have said, the russians should accept our offer, they should accept our offer today. we will keep working diligently until the day we get to share that good news. but again, the president wanted to make sure that their families understood that they were front of mind and that his team was working tirelessly every day to get britney and paul home safely. >> should not expect an update on a substantive way. >> again, we would love to be saying today that we have news about britney and paul coming home