face to bring brittney griner home. seven months in a penal colony in russia, known for its harsh conditions, brittney griner such contemplated suicide and has recently shared more details on the harrowing days . being left outside the frigid russian winter for hours, having to get permission to cut her frozen locks in prison. she was finally released on the tarmac in the united arab emirates in exchange for a russian arms dealer. it has been 17 months since her detention in russia. and her first cable television interview, we get to hear about the story from tran 27 herself. thank you for being here. >> thank you. >> i appreciate you being here to talk to me. your book is so good. it is so potent. it is important you told the story because it strikes me that only you could have been in the situation that you were in for a lot of reasons. we will get into those. i polled some quotes from your book i want to read to you. this is the first one that struck me, struck all of us on the team and it says "fear takes many forms

back in february 2022, brittney griner, a wnba all-star and two-time olympic gold medalist was stopped at a security checkpoint at a moscow airport. officials said they found vape canisters containing cannabis oil in her luggage. griner played basketball in russia during her offseason, something many wnba players do to supplement their league salaries. after being found guilty of drug smuggling and possession charges, griner was sentenced to nine years in a russian penal colony. many feared how griner would be treated in russia as a black queer woman, and high profile american. especially during a time when russia was invading ukraine. in the u.s., griner's wife cherelle griner lived a different nightmare in a perpetual state of waiting while becoming the public face to bring brittney known to her family and friends as bg, home. seven months in apenal colony in russia, known for its harsh conditions, griner said she contemplated suicide, and has recently shared more details on the harrowing days. being left outside in the frigid russian winter for hours, having to get permission to cut

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griner lived a different nightmare. in a perpetual state of waiting while becoming the public face to bring brittney known to her family nds as bg, home. seven months in a penal colony in russia known for its harsh conditions. griner said she contemplated suicide and has recently shared more details on the harrowing days, left outside in the frigid russian winter for hours, having to get permission to cut her frozen locs in prison. she was released in exchange for a russian arms dealer. it's ben 17 months since her detention in russia, and life isn't what it once was. in her first cable television interview, we get to hear about the story from brittney griner herself. >> brittney, thank you for being here. >> thank you. >> i appreciate you being here to talk to me. your book is so good. it's so poignant. it might have given me a nightmare or two, but it's important i think that you told this story. because it strikes me that only you could have been in the situation that you were in for a lot of reasons. we're going to get into some of those. i pulled some quotes from your book. i'm going to read you to you. this is the

an exclusive interview with wnba star brittney griner about her time in a russian prison. among the topics the americans still held in russia and griner's work now with hostage focused nonprofits. >> you wrote that you were hoping to see someone else on that plane. you were hoping to see paul whelan. >> when i walked on and i didn't see him, i was like, okay, maybe i'm early, maybe, you know, maybe he's next, maybe they're going to bring him next and when they closed the door i was like, are you serious. you're not going to let this man come home? >> while griner is home, there are still dozens of americans wrongfully detained or being held as so-called publicly disclosed hostages in other countries. many of their families went to capitol hill this week to demand that more be done. abc seven news reporter j.r stone has their stories. >> this round table house foreign affairs committee meeting might not get the same attention as wnba star brittney griner, describing her time in a russian prison. but similar topics are being discussed. you see, these families have loved ones

you write that progressives at the time called out, quote, "american indifference to brittney griner because she's a woman, black, and a lesbian." so, why was this grievance overwrought? - listen, it was horrific what happened to her and what was happening to her in russia. it was unacceptable, and we needed to pay great attention to getting her out of russia because that was just, you know, there's no argument there. so many of today's grievance entrepreneurs, is what i would call them, they decided, "okay, so my cause is racism. my cause is homophobia. my cause is sexism. i'm gonna see in brittney griner's fate and the fact that she hasn't been brought home yet, i'm gonna see ignorance of her and aloofness to her because she's a woman, because she's black, and because she's a lesbian." however, brittney griner was getting more attention than any political prisoner i can remember- - paul whelan. - in the last decade, maybe in my lifetime. paul whelan, another political prisoner in russia who's still there and been languishing for a while, nobodynew his name until the discussion abou

an exclusive interview with wnba star brittney griner about her time in a russian prison. he topics the americans still held in russia and griner's work now with hostage focused nonprofits. >> you wrote that you were hoping to see someone else on that plane. you were hoping to see paul whelan. >> when i walked on and i didn't see him, i was like, okay, maybe i'm early, maybe, you know, maybe he's next, maybe they're going to bring him next and when they closed the door i was like, are you serious. you're not going to let this man come home? >> while griner is home, there are still dozens of americans wrongfully detained or being held as so-called publicly disclosed hostages in other countries. many of their families went to capitol hill this week to demand that more be done. abc seven news reporter j.r stone has their stories. >> this round table house foreign affairs committee meeting might not get the same attention as wnba star brittney griner, describing her time in a russian prison. but similar topics are being discussed. you see, these families have loved ones that ar

robin roberts, one-on-one with wnba star brittney griner. speaking out for the first time about her ten months behind bars in russia, and the mistake that changed her life. tonight here, what she revealed to robin. >> reporter: at the moscow airport, this is russian customs service footage of brittney griner putting her carry-on bags through the scanner. unaware that life as she knows it is about to end. as the agent tells her to search her backpack. so, you reach down, because you've been told to go through your bag. >> yep. >> reporter: and you felt -- >> felt the cartridge. >> reporter: cartridge. >> and i'm just like, oh, my god, like, how did i make this mistake? >> reporter: did they ask you what was in it? >> they asked. i looked at them, i was just like, i don't know, i just -- cbd. >> reporter: but it wasn't cbd. russian authorities determined that between the two cartridges is actually 0.7 grams of cannabis oil containing thc, the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana. you know there are those who say, come on, how did you not know

. >>> robin roberts' exclusive with brittney griner.nba star opening up about her imprisonment in russia. what she says shocked her just after her release. >> you wrote you were hoping to see someone else on that plane? join the millions who're feeling the power of osteo bi-flex®, the #1 pharmacist recommended joint care supplement. (♪) find our coupons in sunday's paper. ♪ >> juju: thanks for joining us. tonight, breaking news as we come on the air. college protests reaching a boiling point. at columbia university a short time ago, nypd forcibly removing and arresting students and some outsiders who had broken into and barricaded themselves in an academic building after days of protests at an encampment on campus. abc's stephanie ramos is on the ground at columbia. what can you tell us? >> reporter: at columbia university, over 100 nypd officers positioned themselves outside of the campus, many of them moving onto campus to remove student demonstrators. s.w.a.t. team members moving into hamilton hall where demonstrators broke in monday

we've obviously seen it applied much master in brittney griner' case. >> reporter: wnba star and goldgfully detained for ten months after traveling to russia in early 2022 to play in the country's women's basketball league. she sat down recently with robin roberts to talk about her arrest and imprisonment, which began when russian customs found cartridges in her carry-on bag. >> in the midst of them going through my bags, there's two cartridges. and i'm just like, oh my god, how did i make this mistake? like, i could just visualize everything i worked so hard for just crumbling and going away. >> byron: russian authorities determined between the two cartridges was actually .7 grams of cannabis oil containing tmc, the psycho active ingredient in marijuana, which is illegal in russia. >> do you know there are those who say, come on, how did you not know that you have cartridges in you what do you you say? >> i would say, have you ever forgot your keys in your car, left your car running? it's so easy to have a mental lapse. >> byron: she was sentenced to nine years in prison, known to be

. >>> plus, more of my exclusive interview with wnba star brittney griner including how she survives a russian gulag. the letter she wrote to putin, how trump turned on her, and her joyful homecoming. >>> but we begin on the day that probably most trump trial watchers have been anticipating. and one donald trump has likely been dreading. today was the day that stephanie clifford, aka stormy daniels, took the witness stand in trump's hush money election interference trial. trump was dreading this day so much that even before daniels entered the courtroom, he tweeted and then quickly deleted a social media post ranting about her impending testimony without explicitly naming her. he also made his lawyers argue that she should not be allowed to speak about the alleged sexual encounter at all. it is clear that trump not only did not want the story to come out before the 2016 presidential election, he didn't want it to come out today before the jury. when daniels took the stand, she appeared nervous and was asked multiple times to slow down in her responses. she spoke about the events of j

. >> in case you missed it, the abc exclusive interview with wnba star brittney griner about her time prison prison is now streaming live on hulu. among the topics discussed was the american still held in russia and griner's work now with hostage focused nonprofits. >> you wrote that you were hoping to see someone else on that plane. you were hoping to see paul whelan. >> when i walked on and i didn't see him, i was like, okay, maybe i'm early, maybe, you know, maybe he's next, maybe they're going to bring him next. and when they closed the door i was like, are you serious. you're not going to let this man come home. >> while griner is home, there are still dozens of americans wrongfully detained or being held as so-called publicly disclosed hostages. in other countries many of their families want. capitol hill went to capitol hill, i should say, this week, to demand more be done. abc seven news reporter j.r stone has their stories. >> this round table house foreign affairs committee meeting might not get the same attention as wnba star brittney griner describing her time in a russian

and so part of it is about race because if you think about the brittney griners of the world, you knowia, because they wouldn't pay her. >> dana: oh, my word. >> judge jeanine: but thankfully basketball legends like lebron james and charles barkley are dunking on caitlin's detractors. >> caitlin clark is the reason why a lot of great things is going to happen for the wnba. i'm going to root for caitlin because i have been in that seat before. i walked that road before. i hope she kills. >> lebron, you are 100% on these girls hating caitlin clark? >> we are in the most insecure group in the world. y'all should be thanking that girl for getting y'all [bleep] private charters, all the money and visibility she bringing to the wnba. >> judge jeanine: you know, greg, it is so sad that it is women who are dumping on the woman who has the number one, as far as i know, the number one scoring in college, and brittney griner didn't have come although they were each the wnba number one draft, but after all these years of losing money, the wnba, this woman that you are looking right there at the sc

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two years after she was first detained in russia, brittney griner is sharing new details about her time the fight to free her. it is all in her new book, "coming home," out tomorrow. amna nawaz recently caught up with griner for a rare tv interview. amna: for basketball superstar brittney griner, better known as bg, the court has always been a safe space. brittney: even walking in, the smell of the of the floor and the hardwood, it was just -- it just felt natural. it felt home. it felt like the beginning of basketball for me. amna: born and raised in houston, texas, griner was a breakout star at baylor university. dunking her way to fame, and a pro career with the phoenix mercury, six wnba all-star appearances, and two olympic gold medals. but for griner, standing tall at 6'8", meant standing out. you talk so openly, so honestly in your book about what it took to get you comfortable in your own skin. you wrote, when you're born in a body like mine, a part of you dies every day. with every mean comment and lingering stare. you're the biggest person in the room. but you're also the lonel

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wnba star brittney griner. one on one with our robin roberts breaking her silence about her time behind bars in russia, the conditions there and just how low she got during her long ordeal. griner told robin about the moment she was arrested at the airport in moscow. >> i'm just like, oh my god, how like, how did i how did i make this mistake? >> in february 2022, griner was detained for carrying vape cartridges with cannabis oil. she pleaded guilty, saying the cartridges were in her luggage unintentionally. >> have you ever for forgot your keys in your car? left your car running? have you ever, you know, where's my glasses? they're on top of your head. where's my phone? oh, it's in my pocket. it's just so easy to have a mental lapse. >> griner was sentenced to nine years in prison. she says she thought about taking her life during the ordeal. >> just. i didn't think i could get through what i needed to get through. >> griner, who is now releasing her memoir coming home, also describes the conditions in the pri

be sure to stick around for our second hour and my full interview with wnba star brittney griner on how she surviveed in a russian gulag. and bonus content that has never aired before. you do not want to miss it. >>> we begin with donald trump's preoccupation with crowd size which continued in an unhinged bronx rally where he boasted huge crowds of 25,000 plus. take a look. do you see 25,000 people? based on the police department as well as math, the laws of physics and the existence of eyeballs, you can see that trump once again is lying. it is the lie that launched a thousand memes. with folks comparing this paltry with what actually constitutes a touchdown of 25,000. like the crowd andrea bocelli drew. or this rally for obama. if anything triggers donald trump, it's the obama factor. remember back in 2017 on that awful day for american history when trump was inaugurated president, he predicted huge crowds for his ceremony. bigger than obama's. but then, these photos famously showed a view of the crowd on the national mall at the inauguration of obama on the left and trump on the righ

issue -- and basketball star brittney griner talks about her release from russian prison and re-adjusting to life back in the united states. >> once i'm on the soil and we pull up to that hangar, and i saw my wife and i saw that u.s. flag hanging in that hangar. then i finally could relax. >> major funding for the pbs newshour been provided by -- >> these are people who are trying to change the world. startups have this energy that energizes me. i'm thriving by helping others, every day. people who know, know bdo. ♪ >> the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions, and friends of the newshour, including kathy and paul anderson and camilla and george smith. >> certified planner professionals are proud to support the pbs newshour. or information at let's make a plan.org. >> the john s and jas l night foundation, fostering informed, engaged communities. >> and with the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions. ♪ this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. amna: we

. >> jacqui: we saw that play out with brittney griner.o get her back but with the end goal russia already has aaron gursky about chen paul wheeling. more concessions? >> yes well vladimir putin has a list of his own citizens he would like return. one of them committed murder in germany against a chechen. he would like to get him back on the germans thus far are refusing and he might think, vladimir putin might think this might tip the balance that the united states may put enough pressure on germany so putin can get his way. it is nasty asymmetric warfare, and i'm extremely disappointed. i think all americans should be that our military in south korea didn't do a good enough job of tracking their own personnel or warning them of these potential dangers. russia is a major threat and this is a tried and true as mentioned it's a honey trap. i am quite sure she was reporting to russian intelligence in her relationship with sergeant black. >> jacqui: let's play for you what sergeant black's mom said it sounds like there were people other than

. >>> and stick around for our second hour and my full interview with brittney griner an how she survived in a russian gulag. her home coming and much more, including bonus content that has never aired before. you do not want to miss it. >>> but we begin tonight with donald trump's preoccupation with crowd size. which continued in an unhinged bronx rally where he boasted of huge crowds of 25,000 plus. is that what you see here? 25,000 people. well based on the police department and the maps and the existence of eyeballs, you could see that trump once again is lying. it is a lie that launched a thousand memes with folks comparing this paltry scene with what constitutes a crowd of 20,000. like the crowd andrea bocelli drew at the barkley center but this rally for barack obama in iowa, ouch, that has got to hurt. because if anything triggered donald trump, it is the obama factor. remember back there 2017 on that awful day for american history when trump was inaugurated president. he predicted huge crowds for his ceremony. bigger than obama's. but then these photos famously showed a view of t

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we should not have a celebrity like brittney griner being brought out by poorly will and left behindnd i do give the administration some credit, but i also want to raise issues. >> for instance, we traded victor boot, one of the world's most notorious arms dealers, called the merchant of death, for brittney griner, a basketball player who had a vape pipe. if we're going to do trades, i think the trade should be a fair trade. >> there are family members are among the 49 americans wrongfully detained in places like afghanistan, syria and russia. griner's exclusive interview with robin roberts aired last night right here on abc seven, and it's available to stream today on hulu. >> the family of a 15 year old pittsburgh girl who was found dead in san francisco is desperately trying to put together a timeline of events leading up to when her body was found. jasmine pellegrini's family says she went for a walk in april 17th in pittsburgh and never came back. the teen had been struggling with depression, anxiety, ptsd and self-harm. there were some sightings, including the pittsburgh baypoi

robin's interview with brittney griner.r the first time since she was released in that prisoner swap with russia. >> robin: it all started february of 2022. she was on her way back to russia to finish what was going to be her last basketball season there in russia. she talks about the mistakes she made that changed her life. brittney has been home for more than a year, but she's finally ready to tell her story, an experience she said often made her feel less than human. this morning wnba star brittney griner detailing her arrest and nearly ten month detainment in russia, telling us exclusively about that fateful day. you said the whole day felt strange. how? >> i was late getting up. never late getting up. finally got up, literally running around the house stressing. like, i go into straight panic mode. >> reporter: brittney said her wife usually packed for her, but this time she did it herself. >> my packing at that moment was just throwing all my stuff in there and saying, okay, i'm ready. >> robin: at the moscow airport,

but first, brittney griner breaking her silence on her ten months in a russian prison.e wnba star is revealing about her darkest mo nts new at 630, a former auditor who raised concerns about alleged defects in boeing's 737 max jets has died. family members say. 45 year old joshua dean died tuesday morning as after his health rapidly declined due to a bacterial infection. dean was one of the first to flag potentially dangerous defects with the 737 max jets at a major boeing supplier. he is the second boeing whistleblower to die this year. 62 year old john arnett died in march from what investigators say appeared to be a, quote, self-inflicted gunshot wound. >> wnba star brittney griner now speaking out about her months long detention inside a russian prison on drug related charges. >> elevator dropped from underneath my feet and i'm just like, man, my life is over. right here. >> in her first televised interview on abc's 20 over 20, griner spoke about how extremely difficult her ten months were in prison. she said despite having suicidal thoughts, she decided against it

wnba superstar brittney griner joins me in her first cable interview.we talked about so many things, including the frightening moment she realized she might be heading to prison for possession of cannabis vape cartridges. talk to me about that moment when you realized that those cartridges had accidentally remained in your bag, in the airport, in russia. >> it was definitely a freefall. like have you ever been so scared her, -- so scared, to the core? i'm talking about a loved one endangered type fear. that feeling is what went through my whole body. i literally saw my life flash before my eyes. i was like it is over. i was deathly afraid. >> we also talked about donald trump attacking the prisoner exchange deal that freed her, what she wrote in a letter to vladimir putin and how much awareness she had about the massive campaign back home to free her. be sure to join us monday night for my exclusive interview with brittney griner and that is tonight's "the reidout". inside with jen psaki starts now. >>> good evfr

. >> american basketball all star brittney griner speaks about her arrest in moscow. meanwhile, the us sanctions hundreds of targets in russia. in london. i'm alex hogan, i'll have more on this story coming up and coming up at 6:00. >> new numbers suggest violent crime in oakland is trending down. a closer look at that data as residents share whether they actually feel safer in their city. >> and just a reminder here that you can now stream ktvu news on your smart tv. you can watch live newscasts and stories on demand on your amazon fire tv, roku, apple tv, or android tv. just search for that fox local app and select ktvu ♪ stay ahead of your moderate—to—severe eczema, and show off clearer skin and less itch with dupixent. the number one prescribed biologic by dermatologists and allergists, that helps heal your skin from within. serious allergic reactions can occur that can be severe. tell your doctor about new or worsening eye problems such as eye pain or vision changes including blurred vision, joint aches and pain, or a parasitic infection. don't change or stop ast

brittney griner you mentioned and two others paul whelan and evan gershkovich so the state departmentls at the pentagon are concerned despite no matter whether he actually carried out these alleged criminal acts or not they're concerned this soldier could be used as a political pawn, kate. >> courtney kube at the pentagon for us, thank you, courtney. >>> coming up, rappers drake and kendrick lamar drop this track after this track. what's reignited the long-standing beef between the two? we'll break it down. >>> we're streaming for free 24/7 on "nbc news now." watch us wherever you stream live including all the places you see on your screen or go to our website, nbcnews.com and click watch live. that is the easiest way to find us. >> we're so easy to find. >> we're so you'll find them in cities, towns and suburbs all across america. millions of americans who have medicare and medicaid but may be missing benefits they could really use. extra benefits they may be eligible to receive at no extra cost. and if you have medicare and medicaid, you may be able to get extra benefits, too, throu

more than a year after being released from a russian prison, wnba star brittney griner is speaking out about her months long detention on drug related charges in a new sit down interview, the 33 year old reveals that she considered killing herself in the weeks after her arrest. >> elevator dropped from underneath my feet and i'm just like, man, my life is over right here. griner was sentenced to nine years in a labor camp, but was freed in december of 2022, in exchange for a convicted arms dealer. though some, including griner, thought that former marine paul whelan would be included in the deal if it was left up to me in that trade, i would have went and got paul and brought him home. >> but any time that we can bring home an american, that is a win for americans. >> since then, tensions continue to build between the us and russia. on wednesday, the biden administration announced sanctions against hundreds of companies and individuals tied to russia's weapons development, as well as chinese targets accused of supporting moscow. officials say the actions will disrupt russias war on ukr

. >> when star brittney griner opening up to robin roberts about her nearly ten months in russian detentionere are those who say, come on, how did you not know that you had cartridges in your in your luggage? >> in her new book, coming home, griner details her arrest after russian authorities found cannabis oil in her bag and the chilling reality of being sentenced to nine years of hard labor. >> and where are you heading to? it's called ic2. ic2, known as one of the worst prisons in russia. yeah. what were the conditions like there? >> really cold, it's a work camp. you go there to work. >> there's no rest this morning on gma, and tonight on a special edition of 2020, we'll have much more of robin's interview with brittney griner with your gma first look. i'm andrew dymburt, abc news, new york. >> millions of americans are set to lose home internet access. that's because federal funding for a pandemic era internet subsidy program is about to run out. amanda. digital advocates are warning of serious consequences if we let this program run out of money. >> now, reggie, april was the last mon

they used brittney griner. her deliberately, she was a pawn. she was a pawn in that politics, in vladimir putin's politics. i think that what, you know, she took from that was, number one, of course, as she said, her own strength and resilience, more than 200 days spent, much of it in a gulag, freezing, having to cut off her hair, her long dreads because they were freezing. she was freezing. having to navigate a world in which she did not speak the language and only really knew the country as a celebrity, not as somebody who really understood the culture. i think this was, for her, it was hell. she still shows the visible trauma. one of the things that really broke my heart in talking to her, she still blames herself and still, i think, has not given herself the grace that i think she deserves. >> joy, good morning. extraordinary interview. in there, an extraordinary moment when brittney talks about the moment she learned she'd finally be released. >> eventually, you did get liberation, you got freedom. talk ab

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wnba star brittney griner was sentenced to nine years after marijuana was found in her luggage. she was released in a trade for a notorious russian arms dealer. this evening, cbs news spoke with sergeant black's mother, who says he told the family he was going to russia to visit a girlfriend. the mother has spoken to her son, and while he was in russia, and says that the girlfriend claimed he had stolen money from her. norah. >> that's an interesting story. more is going to come on this no doubt. david martin, thank you. >>> testimony in the trial of the people of the state of new york versus donald j. trump entered its third week today. prosecutors tried to lay out their case, giving jurors their first look at crucial documents they say prove the former president falsified records related to payments to porn star stormy daniels. and in more fireworks, the judge held the former president in contempt for the second time for repeatedly violating a gag order. cbs's robert costa is back at the courthouse for us. bob, i understand the judge had some very harsh words for donald trump.

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should have a celebrity like brittney griner being brought out and fall the length left behind. we should let celebrities not get equal rites over here. also with every member of congress can do is what i was one of norma torres has done, speak on the house floor and bring up the names of everybody. when we get ignored, but when you are out there and ask the same questions and bring them up, they can't ignore you. they have to answer those questions. if that helps us a lot from the resolutions of velocity of bipartisan working matters, doing something. it doesn't matter if you are republican, democrat, this affects all of us. hostage-taking affects all of us. what i would also like to see, maybe above and beyond, we have hostages in iran right now from europe, from australia, from canada. we have hostages in gaza from one of the world food this seems to be a global problem. if it is a global problem, wife are we not working together with -- why are we not working together as allies to put pressure on these regimes to release those hostages and fed a solution to stop hostage to p

have routinely flown commercial, and there was an incident last season with someone confronting brittney grinerrt in dallas. interest the wnba is at an all time high thanks to a strong influx of young talent, including caitlin clark. and check it out. after a dismal season, the san jose sharks have something to celebrate tonight. the social media team was on its game and shark ified the las vegas sphere after the team won the nhl draft lottery, landing the number one pick in the draft will be held at the end of june in vegas, and thus the team teal themed sphere. all right, for themed sphere. all right, for more i am obsessed with olay's retinol body wash. with olay retinol body wash, 95% of women had visibly renewed skin. it makes my skin feel so smooth and moisturized. see the difference with olay. sometimes jonah wrestles with falling asleep... ...so he takes zzzquil. the world's #1 sleep aid brand. and wakes up feeling like himself. get the rest to be your best with non-habit forming zzzquil. ♪ ♪ i love that my daughter still needs me. but sometimes i can't help due to burning and stabbing

we traded victor boot, one of the world's for brittney griner. a basketball player with a vape pipe. if we are going to do trades the trade should be a fair trade not a lopsided trade. that encourages more hostage taking. another miscalculation in my judgment was trading five iranian spies and giving iran access to $6 billion for the exchange of five innocent americans. iranian spies for innocent americans? and sir, your wife was left behind in that trade? this is just encouraging more ransom, hostage taking. we saw hamas take 241 hostages from israel including many americans and we know that many of them have not survived in the tunnels in gaza. we should be projecting power as reagan talked about, levying sanctions, punishing bad behavior. not rewarding it. i have five kids. and if i if there are no consequences to bad behavior, guess what? bad behavior continues. and the it just encourages more of that. we need to hold them accountable for their human rights abuses and negotiate from a position of strength not weakness. today is all about you.