but i am bracing for the long haul. >> danielle gilbert rotate piece in usa today that you can read. you can follow her twitter as well. danielle, thank you very much for the conversation this morning. danielle: thank you for having me. announcer: c-span's washington journal. every day we take your calls live on the air on the news of the day, and we discussed policy issues that impact you. wednesday morning, a member of the atlantic council will discuss biden's trip to the middle east.

diplomat academy danielle gilbert. and later, jason kander talks about his battle with ptsd and his new book invisible storm. as always, be sure to join the conversation with her calls, text messages, and tweets. ♪ host: good morning, everyone on this friday july. we begin with a conversation what media sources you trust for your news. you can dial in this morning. democrats, (202) 748-8000. republicans you can answer the question by dialing in at (202) 748-8001. independents, you can call in to (202) 748-8002. you can text to (202) 748-8003. during the conversation on facebook.com/cspan. or send a post with the handle @cspanwj. international breaking news morning. the former prime minister of japan, shinzo abe, was shot and killed yesterday when he was campaigning for his political party. he was shot by a handmade gun in his country and was reported to this morning. more on that coming up in our last hour. we can talk about that and get international reaction as well. turning now to our conversation about trusted medi

joining me right now to talk more about it is daniel gilbert. a fellow in u.s. onal security at dartmouth college. danielle, good to see you. so in a recent article, you wrote that hostage diplomacy will likely be a more prevalent threat to the security of western countries. what do you mean by that? >> hostage diplomacy is when foreign governments use their criminal justice system to take hostages. essentially, they arrest foreigners under the color and guise of law, but the intension is always to use them for foreign policy leverage. so when we look at the case of brittney griner and other americans held in russia, if venezuela, in iran, all over the world right now, we have our adversaries who are pretending that they have made these legitimate arrests when they're just trying to make the u.s. government make political concessions. >> wow, and so those political concessions like we just heard in the piece, that it is more likely russia would want sanction relief rather than a prisoner swap. are you seeing that that potentially really could be the equation here

discussion i so appreciate you joining us my pleasure [applause] >> coming up this morning, danielle gilbert talks about wnba start brittney griner's detainment by the russian government. then jason kander on his new book, "invisible storm." watch "washington journal" this morning on c-span. join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages, and tweets. >> congress returns next week after their july 4 holiday break. the senate is back on monday at 3:00 p.m. eastern. they will vote on president biden's nominee to serve as president of the bureau of tobacco, firearms and explosives. legislative work resumes on tuesday. members will spend most of next week on 2023 defense department programs. watch live coverage of the house on c-span and also watch on the free video app c-span now or online at c-span.org. now, president biden awards the presidential medal of freedom. among the recipients, senator john mccain, gabby giffords, and gymnast simone biles, among others. this is about one hour.

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. >> danielle gilbert rotate piece in usa today that you can read. you can follow her twitter as well. danielle, thank you very much for the conversation this morning. danielle: thank you for having me. announcer: c-span's washington journal. every day we take your calls live on the air on the news of the day, and we discussed policy issues that impact you. wednesday morning, a member of the atlantic council will discuss biden's trip to the middle east. then i discussion on the biden administration handling of the economy. watch live wednesday morning on c-span, or c-span now, our free mobile app. announcer: the january 6 committee held another hearing on advance leading up to the u.s. capitol attack, and any connection between extremist groups and the trump white house. it included portions of the recent taped deposition with former white house counsel pat cipollone, and in person testimony from a former oath keepers spokesperson who called the group a violent militia. and a man who pled guilty to breaching the u.s. capitol. this runs about two and a

danielle gilbert described hiding in her ap psychology classroom that day she said the gunman shot into through a window in te door he killed one and hurt three others as she salt feet away she pulled out her phone and started recording. a warning, this is difficult to listen to. >> that's what she was hearing gilbert broke down in tears as the recording played out families of some of the victims sat inside the courtroom one mother cried and covered her ears as the video played out screams and whispers of teenagers afraid for their lives. her daughter jamie died in the shooting others got up and quickly left the courtroom. nikolas cruz, though, sat with his head in his hands most of the time during most of the hearing today, kept his head down, scribbling on some paper david henderson now, former prosecutor, civil rights attorney, and cnbc contributor what does the prosecution need to prove here and what does the jury need to consider? >> you know, shep, basically he's already convicted and he's sentenced to life, that is automatic. the prosecution has to prove that in addition to recei

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