brittney griner's news conference comes as the u.s. and iran that are accused of taking americans hostage or wrongfully detaining them. the sanctions target russia's federal security service and the intelligence branch of iran's revolutionary guard corps. >> thank you. joining us now, the sports broadcaster and cnn contributor, thank you for joining us. how are you reflecting? i'm hearing brittney griner in her own words today. >> it was relieving for me. i remember when she came home, a lot of us talked about what will be next for her and there were questions about her deciding so early on that she start playing again. i was worried about her mental state. as mentioned, there is been nothing said about what she actually experienced. she was very vague. we knew what we could and couldn't ask. seeing her, i got emotional which made brittney emotional. i was emotional because she still had a brightness in her eyes, a smile on her face. and i thought to mix, her experience didn't change her spirit. >> did you notice any changes in grinl t

neuriva: think bigger. >>> four months after being released from russian custody, wnba star brittney grinerek. she was jovial and emotional, saying she will never travel overseas again, unless it is to represent the u.s. in the olympics. griner was asked about how she has bounced back from such an ordeal. >> how have you found the resilience personally to be here with us? >> you know, i'm no stranger to hard times. so you cry, you made me cry. just digging deep, honestly, you know, you're going to be faced with adversities throughout your life. this was a pretty big one, but i just kind of relied on my hard work, getting through it, and i would say to everyone that is wrongfully detained right now across the world, stay strong, keep fighting, don't give up. just keep waking up, find a little routine and stick to that routine the best you can. i know that's what helped me, just finding little things, if it was just whatever it was, just keep pushing. because we're not going to stop. we're not going to stop fighting. we're not going to stop bringing awareness to everyone that's left behind ri

>> reporter: brittney griner's news conference comes as the u.s. imposed new sanctions on groups in russia and iran that are accused of taking americans hostage or wrongfully detaining them. the sanctions target russia's federal security service and the intelligence branch of iran's revolutionary guard corps. bianna? >> brian todd, thank you. >>> a direct appeal for russia to release evan gershkovich. three american newspapers took out these full-page ads today, which read in part -- "we are united in calling for his immediate release. reporting is not a crime." over the past month, we have watched our industry rally around evan, but stand up for journalism and the importance of a free press. we encourage support from the u.s. government, including joe biden and the white house. journalists and close friend of evan gershkovich joins us now. helena, it's good to see you again. the last time we saw evan was at last tuesday's appeals hearing, where he was sadly, and unsurprisingly, denied bail. there he was, in this picture smiling. he was not allowed

it's good medicine. >>> well, an emotional scene in arizona as wnba star brittney griner returns to training camp with the phoenix mercury. >> griner if you remember was detained nearly 10 months in russia. now she says she is grateful, hopeful, and ready to play basketball again. danya bacchus has that story. >> reporter: brittney griner says she feels abundant joy ahead of her return to the wnba. >> it is hard to really realize it is happening you know. it's like, i'm really here. like this is really my teammate. >> reporter: the basketball star fought back tears when asked about resilience during her first news conference after returning to the u.s. after ten months of detainment in russia. >> just digging deep, honestly. you will be faced with adversities throughout your life. this was a pretty big one. >> reporter: griner was taken into custody at a russian airport in february, 2022 after she was found with vape cartridges containing hash oil in her luggage. she was wrongfully detained as they negotiated for her release. >> i was aware of the effort and everything that was going on. it

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niala, what did we hear overall from brittney griner today? >> reporter: well, brittney griner got emotional at time, sometimes tearing up but she spent a lot of time talking about hope. while she was in prison it was the hope that she would be one day reunited with her family, one day able to play again here at the footprint center with her team that got her through her darkest days but now she's bringing attention back to the americans that are still being wrongfully detained abroad, at least 53 of them outside of the stadium here where she plays, now a mural dedicated to them with her in the center. this has at least 13 people that are being detained abroad. the one person, though, not pictured here evan. she wants to bring attention back to them. she credits a lot of the attention around her to helping her get back home. kate. >> and i understand that brittney griner spoke a bit about how she's changed. about what the detainment did to her. can you talk about that. >> reporter: she didn't get into the specifics of what she went through whi

shannon: richard were talking about it during the commercial, glad to get brittney griner back in.t was leveraged and exploited by the putin administration. but we came update merchant of death for her. what bargaining chips we have now? that was a pretty powerful gap for the russians regrets i get that we know merchant or sedan of his term it's worth pointing out and biting getting brittney griner back we have as a present that's willing to use all back channels to make sure americans come home safely. i think in this case have a journalist over there because we can all agree journalism is not a crime is part of chronicling history. i think it's really important the bite administration uses same type of pressure but if you are questioning where the bided she's pressure to bring them back all you have to look to is how the brought brittney griner back and also the outrage of folks in america to ensure the biting magician did it. expose still there. >> still there at all respect to richard i feel like i applaud the bite administration for the cmt grading people. it emboldened rush o

. >>> brittney griner speaking for the first time since her release from a russian prison as she rejoins her wnba team. >>> shocking allegations in the government's case against the air national guardsman accused of leaking classified documents, as prosecutors prepare to tell the court that he could be a flight risk and a danger to the public if he gets out on bail. >>> good day, everyone i'm andrea mitchell in washington house speaker kevin mccarthy's ability to overcome political obstacles and keep his conference united squeaked by and passed a debt limit legislation with budget cuts on top. it's putting democrats on notice as well as increasing the pressure on mccarthy/biden debt ceiling negotiation talks. perhaps one step closer to reality. >> right now, this is the only place that has lifted the debt limit. democrats are putting the country in jeopardy. the president, by ignoring to even negotiate, the majority of americans overwhelmingly, want us to sit down and negotiate no one in america believes there's not one place that you can't find a place that could you have savings in wha

i thought what brittney griner said yesterday was beautiful.en. i think russia needs to pay a price for detaining evan. there are 53 americans wrongfully detained around the world by various groups and most of them are autocratic regimes, so these sanctions are a step forward. there has to be a price for the agencies who do this, the agencies who are taking innocent americans captive around the world. >> and certainly evan gerschkovich will be front of mind at the white house correspondent's dinner. and the president's family going to be attendance. certainly we all hope he's out-and-out soon. the administration also announced sanctions in iran and russia in response to these exact kind of detentions. do we think this will have any sort of impact, and if not what other levers does the u.s. have to play? >> i don't think they'll have an immediate impact. these are individuals and espionage agencies that have been sanctioned before, so i don't think that will dramatically change their calculus. i do think in the long-term economically if there's

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oh, did we free brittney griner? free brittney griner. at the feet of our madame vice president. the scandal of, what does kamala do? which is a disrespectful question. because nobody ever asks that question of the vice president until a woman got the job. nobody asked. i don't know what mike pence did. the only thing i know about mike pence is that he's really good at playing hide and seek at the c capitol. you got to be crafty to catch mike pence in that capitol. he know all the nooks and crannies. don't put the camera on her on a mike pence joke. don't do that. don't be -- they trying to set you up. you see what they doing? at the end of the day, as a vice president, the only thing you got to do is just be better than dick cheney. that's the bar. just be better than dick cheney. they made a documentary about dick cheney. now, i don't know much about the job of vice president, but i do know if they can make a documentary about your time as vice president, you vice presidented incorrectly. and if a vp's job is really just waiting to step

. >>> and more than four months after her release from a russian prison camp, brittney griner is for the first time revealing details about the darkest period in her life. we'll bring you more on that in just a minute. >>> but, we start with florida governor ron desantis poised to pray his political trump card, so to speak, and officially announce his candidacy in an attempt to defy the polls and his critics and knock off the prohibitive favorite in an exclusive nbc news report, four republican operatives familiar with the conversations say desantis could jump into the race by the middle of next month, but the governor asked about it during a trip to jerusalem this morning said not so fast. >> there's not been anything said, i've beenfocused on this mission that we've been doing. we're going to end up making it pretty much around the world by the time we're done, and if there's any announcements, those will come at the appropriate time, but it's not -- if anyone's telling you that somehow they know this or they know that, that's just inaccurate because there's not been any decision m

it is what we saw with brittney griner and what whave seen with other cases where the russians engagedthis kind of practice. it is one biden and his team need to add additional costs to. biden needs to tell putin to knock this off otherwise there will be additional sanctions, additional constraints put on putin and the kremlin. if not, it is going to be another american or swiss or britt who is held hostage. >> you say he needs to tell putin to knock this off. how do you do that? >> there are points of leverage. one is that we can expose some of the inner workings of the kremlin, the corruption, mismanagement. putin is in a difficult spot right now with the military, other politicians, and the russian public. that is leverage provided. >> presumably for the biden administration and other members of the media at the moment, how concerned would you be at the moment if you are a member of the media that might potentially be targeted? >> i would heed the advice of the u.s. state department which is to get out. i don't think it is responsible at this stage for foreign media organizations to

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details on his home arsenal, and the evidence prosecutors said he tried to destroy >>> wnba star brittney griner speaking out for the first time since her release from a russian jail how she says she stayed strong and her advice to americans still being held >>> the growing flood emergency. the mississippi river cresting but many towns not out of the clear. barge traffic halted a train derailed cars spilling into the river with the worst yet to come. >>> tucker carlson breaking his silence after his dismissal by fox news >>> the nenew findingsgs about a diabetes drug that could be a game changer for weight loss >>>>> the chananging face e of hollywood how prododuction is s being trtransformed by artificial intelligence >>> and remembering jerry springer, beloved ringmaster of his hit talk show circus >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt >> good evening and welcome. we begin tonight with breaking news. sources familiar with the matter tell nbc news that former vice president mike pence appeared before a federal grand jury this afternoon as part of a special counsel investigat

among those in the audience was the phoenix wnba player mercury brittney griner.ust four months after being detaund against her will for ten months in russia. >> brittney griner is here with her wife, cheryl. where are you, kid? stand up. come on. [ cheers and applause ] i love this woman. love you, brittney. this time last year we were praying for you, hoping you knew how hard all of us were fighting for your release. it's great to have you home. and, boy, i can hardly wait to see you back on the court, kid. remember you promise i get to bring my daughter, my all-state girl, right? >> everyone looks forward to her playing in this season. and of course this also comes after earlier in the week brittney griner for the first time having a press conference addressing all things and making it all clear that she is forever committed to trying to make sure that anyone who is detained illegally gets a voice and finds freedom. >>> all right. tonight on searching for mexico, eva longoria explores a coastal city and walks in the foot steps of her ancestors who arrived there

you know the cases of evan and brittney griner.hey're they're celebrities, and i think the wall street journal is doing a good job in the media of showing off the case of evan , in other words, giving it a lot of attention. there was street journalists had almost every day. a story. human story political story about evan. i think that's what needs to happen to bring international pressure to have. it's going to be a prisoner exchange, but we can't forget paul wheelan and the russians. they're slowing the process down right now. and relations between the us and russia are extremely low point since the start of the war in ukraine, and of course with these ah, these detentions that russia has been orchestrating. uh i mean, what do you think it's going to take to get gerster vich out. um and if not , what will that you know? impact be on the shreds of diplomacy left between the us and russia. i mean, it just seems the russians are taking steps doing things that are just continuing to poison any kind of hope for a diplomatic relationshi

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in the crowd will be one of those americans who was wrongfully detained by russia and that's brittney grinere's going to be in attendance with her wife, according to a cnn spokesperson. this is also the first time that he'll be attending after launching his re-election campaign. so we can expect that he'll talk about his re-election campaign priorities, as well as the other issues he usually talks about. the economy and the ongoing war in ukraine. this is also a time when the president tends to flex his comedic muscles so we'll hear a little of that. >> we should note to our viewers, we did see brittney griner show up on the red carpet so she's there as well. that certainly appears to be a theme that we'll be seeing playing out later tonight. thanks very much to both of you. in just a few moments, you'll want to stay tuned for this. comedian and former u.s. senator al franken joins us. he'll talk about how he provided the entertainment during the clinton years. so stay tuned for that. you will sigh the white house correspondents dinner right here. president biden and roy was on earlier. roy

could we listen to what brittney griner said.we've heard from her in this press conference yesterday. here she is. >> i can say for me, i'm never going overseas to play again unless i'm representing my country at the olympics. you know, if i make that team, that will be the only time i would leave the u.s. soil. >> you point out how meaningful it was to hear from her, talk about her love of the game. >> yeah. of course. that was the part that affected me the most emotionally. she started talking about how she missed, like, the exercise and training. she missed doing planks. if you have ever done a plank, no one misses doing planks. but that shows how much was robbed from her in, you know, being incarcerated in russia. i can't -- that gets me. i'm so glad she is speaking out and speaking forcefully about what it means to be detained. what prison, what jails do to you. because there are so many people, not just those wrongfully detained in russia who are also struggling to maintain that kind of hope that they can, you know, that sh

brittney griner was detained in russia for 10 months and explain her great concern for the reporter.bc's lama hasan. in 1800 the white house keeping the pressure on the kremlin. antony blinken in a rare phone call with his counterpart sergei lavrov demanding the immediate release of janice evan gershkovich, arrested in russia accused of spying. calling it "an unacceptable detention." worship security agency the fsp arresting the wall street journal reporter while working on a jury. entered milds outside of moscow. pleading not guilty. the editor-in-chief vehemently denied the allegations. >> it is incomplete outreach that he was arrested like this. what the russian authorities are saying is utter nonsense. >> lama: joining the course of voices, wnba star brittney griner asking the biden administration to do everything possible to bring him home saying every american who is taking his hours to fight for and every american return is a win for us all. also shine a light on his case, 1436 global news organizations writing to russia's investor to the west saying gershkovich is a journalis

brittney griner, an athlete, whoever it is.re we need to be right now is to talk about, did we learn anything from now? is that case going to help us with the next one? paul whelan is still there, now we have another one, are these cases capable, what is the white house doing to build upon these cases because it is that what you do inquire? >> emily: their defenses they are not building upon each other, they are separate. so the state department spokesman said we been working on paul whelan through the appropriate channels, so somehow it's making it sound like this is going through proper procedure but somehow brittney griner's case -- >> harris: former military. >> emily: perhaps because of the attention after phone call and agreement to let loose the minister of death. i don't know why these cases should be treated differently but not someone's prior service. all we know is what the administration says is that they are totally different and i can't explain why. >> kayleigh: 30 americans detained abroad without distinction of

it is worth noting that an important member of the audience will be brittney griner herself, who juste back to america recently after being detained in russia. lindsey? >> just incredible. britney griner doing the press conference this week getting so emotional. the first time addressing everything that has happened. but she gears up for the upcoming season, we can't wait for that for her. you also caught up with the daily show, the roast could get pretty brutal with these things. they are pretty legendary. did he give you any sneak peeks? >> yes, lindsey. i chatted with him earlier and he has been doing interviews all week. teasing jokes, possibly, about clarence thomas and ron desantis. but the key here is that anything goes. he alluded to that in our conversation. here is what he told me. >> you said that you feel this as a type of event where nothing is off limits. is anything off limits for you tonight? >> dead people. i think that said. other than that, i think it is an opportunity to crack jokes but also shine a light on whatever is going on in this country. this is not an even

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free brittney griner. [laughter] i think the most insulting scandal involves the biden administration placed at the feet of the vice president. the scandal of, what does kamla do? nobody asked that question of a vice president until the woman -- until a woman got the job. i don't know what mac -- what mike pence did, all i know is that he's good at playing hide and seek in the capital -- capitol. you have to be crafty to catch mike pence in the capitol he knows all of the corrects. don't put the camera on her during a mike pence joke. they're trying -- just be better than dick cheney. they made documentaries about dick cheney. i don't know much about the job of vice president. but i do know if they make a documentary about you being the vice president, you have vice president did incorrectly. and if the vps job is just waiting to step in and save the country in case of emergency, then it is a perfect job for a black woman. it shouldn't be, but it is. whatever you accomplish, they will give a man credit for

i am glad brittney griner is going, i think it is perfectly appropriate.m of the wall streetjournal�*s reporter, and unfairly and inhumanely detained in russia, so those are all good things. it is not like you know, my feelings about the dinner are vehement and i want it shut down. it isjust that at a certain point i didn't think it was the most appropriate way to... ..to showboat the strengths, the independents, and the freedom of the press. we are looking at life pictures of the washington hilton hotel by people are gathering for the annual white house correspondents dinner. on the carpet we had seen politicians with journalists coming together, including the wife earthly kremlin critic alexis navalny who remains in russia in a penal colony. along with kim kardashian and the us secretary of state antony blinken. we will bring you more from that dinner in the address from that dinner in the address from the us presidentjoe biden here on bbc news. i'm helena humphrey, thanks for your company, see you soon. hello. on saturday, the temperature reached 20 deg

he demonstrated he can get that with brittney griner.o i assume is trying to set this up for something he wants. but as a prisoner exchange or some other policy concession. molly: set the best case scenario scenario for heaven content or should we expect a person exchange? what's robert got a lot of people out who were political hostages without trading high level prisoners who were legitimately imprisoned and that was the case with victor he was in prison here, traded brittney griner. that probably created an incentive for vladimir putin and the russian government to grab americans. this is why we have an official policy of not paying hostage takers generally, sometimes family to it i dealt us a little different on north korea with americans held there. but russia is going to want something. it's also going to take time. they're going to go to the process likely of convicting evan first and in finishing their version of due process before a trade if possible. the flipside we have very little influence over russia because of what is goin

i am glad brittney griner is going, i think it is perfectly appropriate.d the officials at the dinner will demand the freedom of the wall streetjournal�*s reporter, and iron fairly and inhumanely detained in russia, so those are all good things. it is not like you know, my feelings about the dinner are vehement and i want it shut down. it is just that at a certain point i didn't think it was the most appropriate way to... to showboat the strengths, the independents, and the freedom of the press. jill. independents, and the freedom of the pres— of the press. jill, you mentioned _ of the press. jill, you mentioned there - of the press. jill, you | mentioned there evan gershkovich who is still in prison in russia as we know and often these white house dinners and speeches are very closely watched, they often produce viable moments, isn't that then an opportunity to draw even more attention to the plight of journalists like gershkovich? it might be, but i predict the viral moment will not be what is said about him but will be coming in now, humorous lines from

and of course we all remember wnba star brittney griner held for nearly a year in russia after being arrested towards the start of the ukraine war in iran, there are three u.s. citizens being held. they are all in evin prison, a notorious prison in the north of tehran and we are hearing from their families they are praising this new wave of sanctions, but they hope the u.s. will go further. and they say they hope president biden will find time to meet with them. >> when diplomacy turns to action in the form of sanctions. raf, thank you >>> let's turn now to virginia the school district where a teacher was shot by a 6-year-old is now trying to get that teacher's $40 million lawsuit dismissed. the school board says because abigail zwerner was clearly injured at work, her injuries fall under the state's workers compensation act but they say the 25-year-old who was shot in the hand and chest by a first grader has refused to accept comp. zwerner accuses the school of ignoring multiple warnings the day of the shooting. the school says in a perfect world, no teacher would ever be injured by

can't wait to hear from brittney griner that does it for us today.til then, i'm reporting from new york, ana cabrera and jose diaz-balart picks up our coverage right now >> and good morning, it is 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific. i'm jose diaz-balart any minute now, south korea's press is due to address a joint meeting of congress. why this moment is so important for its relationship with the u.s. >

. >>> wnba superstar brittney griner held an emotional news conference in phoenix today.peaking to reporters for the first time since her release from a russian penal colony in december. the 32-year-old all-star held back tears talking about her resilience. she's returning to the game but vows to never again play overseas unless she's representing the u.s. at the olympics. >> i'll say this. you know, the whole reason a lot of us go over, you know, is the pay gap. you know, a lot of us go over there to make an income to support our families. >> griner says she hopes as many people who covered her ordeal will cover the wnba and bring exposure to the league. >>> talk show titan jerry springer has died. we'll look back on his colorful career next. >>> former cincinnati mayor and tabloid talk show host jerry springer died today after a brief illness. >> jerry! jerry! jerry! >> the jerry springer show was a guilty pleasure for millions of viewers from 1991 to 2018. his program featured outrageous topics and fiery confrontations, which often resulted in bleeped out arguments and

unlike brittney griner trevor reid, who were accused of lesser charges, other charges, but now, evanowitz, the wall street journal reporter, is also being baseless. li accused of being a spy. do you think this puts both of their cases on the same level in terms of how russia is going to negotiate? i think that's correct. i think that they have applied the label of espionage to both of the americans, paul and evan, and, uh, we'll probably be trying to get concessions that are in their view equivalent to those charges we interviewed last week, nicholas davidoff davidoff. rather, he was a journalist. i believe he was with us news and world report. he was unfairly detained and on trumped up charges of espionage during the soviet union days. gorbachev was the premier. he said that they didn't even present evidence of this so called espionage. it was just a crack to begin with. but then again, he was only detained for a couple weeks. have they have the russians presented any evidence against your brother that is even remotely credible. i think even talking about it is playing the playing i

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the match resumes at 9am gmt on friday american basketball player brittney griner has spoken for theentre was arrested at moscow airport last year on drug—related charges and detained for nearly 10 months. she was freed in exchange for a russian arms dealer viktor bout. the phoenix mercury player had flown to moscow to rejoin a russian women's team she plays for in the off—season. griner broke down while speaking to the media. thank y'all for covering the end all the exposure that you gave me, my family to get me home. i really appreciate it. that coverage was much needed. the whole entire season, i expect to see the same coverage, because we have a great product. you know, i'm no stranger to hard times, so... just dig in deep, honestly. you are going to be faced with adversity throughout your life. this was a pretty big one, but ijust kind of relied on my hard work, getting through it. you find a way to grind it out. just put your head down and just keep going, just keep moving forward. you can never stand still. that was my thing. just never be still, never get too focused on the n

and it's spread now brittney griner and, and paul whale and other americans. so when i was taken captive, it was by the taliban, i went to interview a taliban commander and was held for seven months. i was able to escape with the help of afghan journalist who was kidnapped with me. the majority of groups that were taking americans captive overseas were extremist organizations, terrorist groups or, or militants that has changed. now, the majority of captors are governments. jason coined the phrase state hostage taking and there are 54 americans according to the james foley foundation. it's the foundation i'm on the board of, it was started by jim foley's family and they do an annual report. it's just like the c p j annual report that tracks how many americans are being held overseas and what countries who are the captors. and we're trying to be like c p j to consistently look at these trends and see, you know, who are the worst actors. and so, um the majority of the 54 are held by governments. it's russia, it was venezuela. there has been some releases from ven

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brittney griner is here with her wife cheryl. brittany, where are you, kid, stand up, come on.e love this woman. >> meanwhile, the daughter of jailed russian opposition leader alexei navalny is reiterating her father's health is deteriorating. she described his condition as incredibly difficult and the guards at the prison facility were taking away his food, listen to this. >> his health is deteriorating, and we are doing everything we can to get him the attention that he needs and being at an event like this and representing my father and the movement is what's most important right now, america as a country represents freedom of speech, freedom of political expression. and this is what my dad and the foundation are fighting for. we want freedom of election. we want freedom to all local prisoners, especially alexei navalny, my dad. and we want freedom to political prisoners like foreign journalists. >> navalny, a critic of russian president vladimir putin is served a nine-year jail term at a maximum security prison near moscow. >>> all right. first, the good news, most of the w

call now 800-710-0020. >>> brittney griner says she will never play basketball overseas again unless it is for team usa at the olympics. she spoke with the immedia for first time since being detained in russia. griner became emotional while speaking about her experience and how she survived. >> i'm no stranger to hard times, so -- you cried and you made me cry. just digging deep, honestly. you're going to be faced with adversities throughout your life. this was a pretty big one. but i just kind of relied on my hard work, getting through it. i know this sounds so small, but, you know, dying in practice and just hard workouts, you find a way to just grind it out. just put your head down and just keep going. just keep moving forward. you know, you can never stand still and that was my thing. just never be still. never get too focused on the now and just looking forward to what is to come. >> she's writing a memoir about her time in tee tensidetention . >>> celtics beat the hawks 128-120 in a game on the road in atlanta. atlanta didn't go down without a fight though. trae young led the ha

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>> yeah, just as you l laid oute are glad that brittney griner was brought home.people are going to be looking at now. is the biden administration going to be aggressive as possible in brig home reporter but not only that showing putin that we are not messing around and we are not going to take games lightly. that's what everybody is going to clue in on and that's what the administration needs to show that they are going to negotiate through a position of strength. griff: you're right, cassie, this is about handling putin and what it feels like he's essentially doing hostage take to go get something out of this administration. are you worried that this puts the biden administration in a difficult spot? >> the difficult spot for any white house in negotiating with russia in a such as like this we don't as americans and we never have made it a habit of taking high-profile prisoners or celebrities or journalists for leverage in political negotiations for prisoner swap. that's always the difficult position. we heard from the white house. they've condemned this as ridi

and then there was a brittney griner, the basketball player who, thankfully was able to get returnedand to me and maybe it's not a coincidence that they just had their summit with china. okay that they're russia's doubling down on basically being excommunicated from the rest of the western world. essentially and this is highly troubling because you don't see any way that this is going to stop. they're just they're going to keep doing stuff like this. as long as there are people and we were just discussing in the break like they're actually reporters going there who would go there now realized these people are trying to do their job. pretty scary. i mean, it is scary, of course, but reporters, often as we all know, put themselves in harm's way because we need the story from what's going on inside of russia, particularly because they're taking ukrainian children and their doing all sorts of things so they're doing, you know, incredible work, herculean work. but it's really dangerous. it feels like it's getting more dangerous than it is obviously for journalists. i'm curious to know wha