evan also immersed himself in.talked about that knowledge truly allowed him to hit the ground running when he arrived in moscow to work as a reporter five or so years ago and allowed him to penetrate very quickly and deeply russian society, gain sources, navigate very difficult reporting environment in russia even before the war. it was not the easiest place to show up and begin to work as a journalist, but evan was able to develop sources relatively quickly and deeply. at the time of his arrest, evan was one of a handful of american reporters left in moscow. manyeparted moscow after the start of the war last march. russia passed a series of wartime censorship laws that affected to criminalize any honest or factual reporting about the war. it has not been used against western or american journalists and that led all of us come evan himself, continue to think there was a particular niche or safe space for foreign journalists to operate in moscow that we were free from the kind of repressive laws and pressures that r

that's the best thing for evan. you know, the longer term thing for a policy maker is less clear, but i don't know what you think? i mean, putin would let him go without a trade. >> everybody always wants to know what putin thinks. this is like the first question and i'm very bad at, at seeing his brain but, but i will say that the bloomberg, just when we were on our way here with anton, we saw that bloomberg has a story that putin, you know, approved, this was approved at the very highest level. um and i think it's, you know, that we all really thought that but, you know, it seems, it seems very clear. i do think all the pressure, i don't think pressure on the russian government will achieve anything. i think it all is going to be on the americans. but max is a better one. >> i will claim to any, any inside knowledge. i don't want to speculate about case, but one thing from reporting on the on the wheel and the griner, the trevor reed cases and other other such issues also on instances when various people in the ru

eta�*dfli the safe release of evan? evan is actually _ the safe release of evan?fe release of evan? evan is actually a graduate of - the safe release of evan? evan is actually a graduate of my . is actually a graduate of my alma materjust down the street here so we�*ve been on the horn quite a bit in the days since his detention and very concerned obviously. i think it is a good thing that he has been brought back to moscow. you heard tony blank in antony blinken being very careful there, to couch his phrasing such that he doesn�*t trip any wires with the russians and make things more difficult to try to negotiate evan�*s release, i think. try to negotiate evan�*s release, ithink. it�*s try to negotiate evan�*s release, i think. it�*s going to be very difficult to expedite the russian process, as we saw with previous wrongful detention situations like that of britney greiner, so i would expect that this would take some time and unfortunately, they are going to be negotiating i�*m sure to try to get him out with the russians but it is not going to be easy in the cu

to evan? well, hang in there, i give? to evan? world love and support you and we will get you out as soon as we can. one of the world's biggest online criminal marketplaces has been taken down in a global sting operation. genesis market sold stolen login details that allowed fraudsters to access bank and shopping accounts. around a 120 people were arrested in australia, the united states, canada, the eu and uk. here in the uk, 24 people have been arrested. daniel sandford has more. come to the door! police! come to the door! an early morning raid in grimsby yesterday. the beginning of the uk contribution to an international operation against online fraud. officers from the national crime agency and the police arrested a man in his 30s on suspicion of fraud and computer misuse. one of 24 people arrested in the uk. the target of the raids was the genesis market website, a one—stop shop for hackers who could log in and buy stolen passwords for bank accounts, paypal accounts and accounts for services like amazon, uber and netflix. wha

evan -- evan is a very talented, experienced reporter.e's accredited to report from russia, and he was on an assignment doing what he always does. he was gathering information. he was reporting from the ground to provide our readers with eyewitness accounts of what it's like to be in russia at the moment. he -- it's a complete outrage that he was arrested like this, and i, you know, i really don't understand. none of us -- what the russian authorities are saying is utter nonsense. >> there was some russian reporting he was working on a story about the military, and others potentially about a mercenary group known as the wagner group. was that true? >> evan was doing what he always does. he wasover all sorts of ienced stories. he was on a mission over in the east, writing about -- i don't -- he was just doing he was news-gathering, and talking to his contacts out there. >> i know that -- i've read you pulled your moscow viewer chief from her post. how important is it to be able to continue to report from russia, and do you plan to be able

evan, evan reported the truth. clearly he wrote stuff that they didn't want him to write >> reporter: but a spy? evan >> he would be a terrible spy he would tell everybody how cool it is to be a spy, and then everyone would know about it. he's the last person i would choose to be a spy. >> reporter: the legal system, such as it is in russia, moves glacially. for sam and jeremy, their purpose now is to keep evan's story alive. >> thought about doing everything you can do today. it's about how do you create a process and a system to sustain your effort >> reporter: it's a marathon then, not a sprint harry smith, nbc news, new york >>> a michigan seventh grader is being called a hero for jumping into action when his school bus driver passed out the heart-pounding moments all caught on camera here's kristen dahlgren >> reporter: it could have easily been disaster surveillance video capturing the moment a michigan bus driver radios in that she's not feeling well. she starts to slow down, but passes out as the bus rolls

to provide continued consular access to evan.ll on the russian federation to immediately release him. paul has been held more than four years in russia. we also call for the immediate release of paul whelan. paul has been held more than four years in russia. both men deserve to go home to theirfamilies now. the wall streetjournal�*s russian bureau chief — ann simmons, spoke to me earlier. i asked her in terms of her assessment of seen her colleague for the first time in three weeks since his arrest and what she made of that. he was very upbeat. we saw the evan that we all know joking with his lawyers, having contact with the the us ambassador to russia. and so, yes, we understand that he's in really high spirits and really confident that he's going to get through this. they rejected, as expected, any attempt to release him before trial. what did you make of the nature of the charges, though, themselves? well, the wall streetjournal and the us government obviously vehemently deny that evan kerkovich is involved in any kind of spyi

for evan who are working under difficult circumstances. team is in touch with evan's family. this is devastating to see a loved one treated like this. amna: evan stands accused of espionage. the conviction carries up to 20 years in prison. do you believe this is a legal fight? >>m our focusi is on evant's release, and weretenber -- >> our focus is on evan's release. we will achieve that by any means possible, any means at our disposal. the legal process, we suspect, will play out, and we expect to work through every channel to make sure evan is released. amna: is this a weeks long, month-long or years long effort? >> we want this to end as quickly as possible. we think it is important for evan and his family, his colleagues, but also for a free press. the world is watching how the u.s. and western democracies respond to this kind of affront to free press, and therefore, it is more important to get evan out quickly. the precedent is the last time a reporter was accused of espionage was during the cold war. autocracies have a bad track recor

to provide continued consular access to evan. call for the immediate release of paul whalen, paul has been held more than four mages in russia. both men deserved to go home to theirfamilies now. thank russia. both men deserved to go home to their families now. thank you. that was a very brief statement from the us ambassador to moscow, but crucially she was inside the court in moscow where us journalists evan gershkovich has just appeared and had his appeal turned down and rejected, but she was able to tell us that evan is well, he is very strong, there are pictures of him that you can see right now, standing in the glass enclosure. the judges against him she said are baseless and she once again reiterated calls to release him. the us ambassador to moscow saying the charges are baseless and called for russia to release him. stay with us on bbc news. hello again. yesterday we reached temperatures of 21.2 celsius in kinlochewe in the north of scotland. today the north of scotland, or the north—west, certainly favoured for some high

evans, which continues to remain behind bars, was wait for the trial to begin. the court here in moscow denied his request and authority. one year old was taken back to the force of detention facility, 42, his attorney. he remains the spirits in good health is pending his days that reading the russian politics. he's currently making way to full stories, war and peace, and is attorney said they will continue to fight to get him any kind of avail that could be possible. during this time, the russian foreign ministry has already said that evan was taught read turn to. he was rested on july 29th in about 1800 kilometers each of the capital that is known as the term bird. the russian foreign minister of your law office said that as they caught him read transit and that he was using the cover of journalism to carry out espionage activities in russia, sources of r e l 0. moscow. the warehouse says the release of evan girth coverage is a top priority and the charges against him are baseless. at a white house briefing press secretary korea, john pear said once again, the

evan is passionate about russia _ he's absolutely.te about russia and russians. as - he's absolutely. evan is passionate about russia and russians. as you| about russia and russians. as you have mentioned, here's from a russian background. his parents are soviet immigrates to the united states. they are now obviously russian—americans. and evan is always very particular about telling certain stories. he was able to understand the nuances of certain stories because he is absolutely bilingual russian english. able to be in a room and understand everything going on around him. really had kind of an intimate understanding, and still does, of course, an intimate understanding of russian culture and literature, history, which is so important for covering the story. it's understanding russia and russians. and certainly, evan has shown that throughout his career. i and certainly, evan has shown that throughout his career.— throughout his career. i mentioned the timeline- _ throughout his career. i mentioned the timeline. you _ throughout his

now, today, we heard the date for evan's next court hearing.ing, and even then, unfortunately, we may not find out much, because evan's entire case has been classified as top secret by the russian authoritieses. natan sharansky is a former soviet prisoner he spent nine years as a political prisoner, including time in lefortovo prison. he decribes what conditions are like inside. first of all, by far the most isolated system, this block system in soviet russia. for example, i spent more than one yearin example, i spent more than one year in interrogations and i didn't get one word, i didn't know at all anything what was happening in the free world. i could imagine, buti happening in the free world. i could imagine, but i didn't know. and the world didn't know anything. there was no access of the lawyers of the relatives of the lawyers of the relatives of anybody. so it's a good place to isolate a person from the world totally. secondly, of course, there is a lot of psychological pressure explaining that, with such a serious accusation, you can b

evan was doing the his job., colleague of evan's at the "wall street journal", john, thank you. and, of course, we here at fox news, we call on evan to be freed. journalism is not a crime. we'll be right back. works hard at hour one and twice as hard when you take it again the next day. so betty can be the... barcode beat conductor. ♪ go betty! ♪ let's be more than our allergies! zeize the day. with zyrtec. hi, i'm jason and i've lost 202 pounds on golo. so when i first started golo, i was expecting to lose around 40 pounds and then i just kept losing weight, and moving and moving and moving in a better direction. with golo and release, you're gonna lose the weight. ♪ sfx: [text notification] ♪ your prescription for... staying right where you are. ♪ ♪ your prescription for... the blue or white pill. ♪ out here, you're more than just a landowner. you're a gardener. a landscaper. a hunter. because you didn't settle for ordinary. same goes for your equipment. versatile, powerful, durable kubota equipment. more goes

therefore it is even more important to get evan out.s the report is accused of espionage -- the last time it happened to a u.s. reporter was during the cold war. obviously, autocracies have a bad track record of treating journalists in these cases, so we are prepared to do what it takes for as long as it takes, but we have our eye and hopes on getting him home as quickly as possible. amna: russia has long not been a safe place for journalists. we should note that evan was accredited with the foreign ministry. would you be advising news organizations to pull their reporters? >> every news organization has to make their own judgment. we asked some of our staff to return. we have extricated some from russia. bottom line is that it has become significantly more difficult to report from russia in any form. it is more dangerous if an accredited reporter can be picked up. those are unsafe circumstances. it is a loss for the free world, for the u.s. and policymakers. it is a tremendous loss for the people in russia stand what is actually happen

evan gershkovich? it's a hostage exercise and _ evan gershkovich?ey both sleep --| exercise and they both sleep —— basically plucked evan gershkovich out of thin air because he was in russia. he was a wall streetjournal reporter and they wanted a high—value hostage. i wouldn't even waste time looking at the mechanics of the court case because there is no court case, there is nojustice. this is clearly a kidnapping exercise where they put on this window dressing to make it look legal. window dressing to make it look leual. .,, , window dressing to make it look leual. , ., , legal. positive news from his la er, legal. positive news from his lawyer. who _ legal. positive news from his lawyer, who said _ legal. positive news from his lawyer, who said that - legal. positive news from his lawyer, who said that he's i legal. positive news from his lawyer, who said that he's a | lawyer, who said that he's a fighting spirit, he's working out and those people are supporting him, so positive in the sense that he looked physically well.- looked physically well.

of course, i'm concerned as many of other evans friends and colleagues, david.rbing for all people who worked in russia or who are covering russia in foreign media and russian media as well. this is the first time since the cold war when a western journalist is put in russian prison for accusations of espionage and in case of evan, he's now facing 20 years in prison with those charges. they were some hopes before this day that the fsb, russia's security service, would drop the charges or would reclassify them. or send evan out of the country after all this media outcry and pressure on the russian authorities to release the journalists. but for now, as we see, they are going full scale. so they are going to bring him on trial maybe, which is also is going to take a lot of time. so it seems like evan could spend up to 17 months in russia, the fort of a detention centre. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. reporting for duty after clocking up more than 500,000 miles, most recently in dorset. its patients, not passengers, who will be looking out fo

evan and i spoke a little under three weeks ago. now we were just joking back and forth about attending a mutual friend's bachelor party this weekend, and we were, you know, gossiping about about former classmates and you know other people we know in our network, you know, it was very regular, normal conversation that we have a lot. you know, we're in very close contact. parents are former soviet jews who fled the soviet union to come to the united states. their son went back. by all accounts. he loved his job. he loved his life in russia. now he's wrongfully detained in a russian prison. um what is this, like for your friend to be going through this nightmare? yeah, one can only imagine what is going through evans head and what he's thinking right now. this is a horrible, awful situation. and not only that is evan is one of the most extroverted, gregarious , friendly people. i know. and you hit the nail on the head, jake. he he really loved his life in russia. he loved the russian people, and he went back there to both explorers ro

evan gershkovich. evan gershkovich.ave a look at these images of evan gershkovich appearing in court. the russian authorities accuse him of spying, charges which he and his employer, the wall streetjournal, strongly deny. he appeared at the same court where yesterday an opponent of president putin was convicted of treason and sentenced to 25 years in prison. here's our russia editor, steve rosenberg. this was the first time evan gershkovich had been seen in public since being arrested. the wall streetjournal reporter was appealing his detention. the appeal was rejected. he's the first western journalist here to be charged with spying since the cold war, a charge that he, his newspaper and his government categorically reject. the charges against evan are baseless, and we call on the russian federation to immediately release him. a rare glimpse inside the prison where the american journalist is being held. a russian tv documentary went inside the jail 20 years ago. it's notorious for the sense of isolation. evan gershkovi

and we expect russian authorities to provide continued consular access to evan, the charges against evan, or baseless, and we call on the russian federation to immediately release him. nobody is former moscow purity if you're ever shadow has been following the story for us. and i asked him what we can expect now that grocery which is appeal has been denied. yes, the court rejected the appeal against the arrest of gas cabbage officials from the u. s embassy in moscow resorts including ambassadors, interest, he attended the call to the meeting, was behind closed doors on march, just remind you, 13th as a cold ascent. gotta give it to jail on charges of espionage. the journalist was detained at the aunt of martin. you've got to read, broken the euros, the f as be claimed for that he collected secret information about a large military factory and the euros in connection with the investigations, by the way, against, gosh, coverage to russians will also rest to allegedly contributed to alleged crime. the s t a department has declared that both of wrongfully detained paving the pay was a way fo

government can negotiate evan gershkovich's release, it may not be quick.ussia for nearly ten months. also today, russian media has released new video of vladimir putin that purportedly shows him visiting russian forces inside ukraine. it appears to show the russian leader in an area occupied by the russian military during its invasion. >>> that was holly williams in ukraine. >>> closer to home, the justice department has launched a crackdown on alleged chinese agents in the u.s., accused of intimidating critics of china's communist government. two men are under arrest this morning, accused of opening and running a secret chinese police station in new york city. jeff pegues has the story. >> reporter: the secret police station took up an entire floor of this chinatown building in new york city. according to investigators, it was run by the chinese government to track and even harass dissidents living here in the u.s. >> this case is a further example of audacious activities that the government of china has carried out right here on american soil. >> reporte

they are of somebody named evan, a journalist for the wall street journal. he is locked up in russia . this is a new video behind me showing him standing before a judge today in a moscow court room. according to u.s. officials, he is being wrongfully detained in russia. you have been tracking the latest on this case from washington, d.c. good morning. what can you tell us? >> we all saw him receive smiling in court today. he looked healthy and relaxed but meanwhile, president biden continues to call his arrest unlawful and says they are doing everything they can in their power to bring him back home. >> wall street journal reporter evan gershkovich watched the court proceedings as a russian judge denied bail , pending an investigation and trial. the 31-year-old was arrested in march, accused of trying to obtain classified information about a russian arms factory. >> the charges against evan are baseless and we call on the russian federation to immediately release him. >> reporter: on monday, the u.s. ambassador to russia was finally allowed to visit evan ger

you know evan gershkovich well. how concerned are you for him now?gei: was i as concerned as many of other of david's friends and colleagues. these are really difficult situations. this is disturbing for all people who worked in russia or are covering russia in the russian media. this is the first time since the cold war that a western journalist was put in russian prison for declarations of espionage. in the case of evan gershkovich, he is now facing 20 years in prison with those charges. there were may some hopes before this date that the fsb russian security service would drop the charges or reclassify them. to send evan out of the country out of all of the media outcry and pressure on russian authorities to release the journalists. for now, we see they are going full scale. so they will bring him on trial may be. that will also take a lot of time. it seems like evan could spend up to 17 months in a russian prison center. david: it is important to make the point that this is unusual. westerners have been detained in russia. most notably, of course

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it was evan girth coverage. his 1st public appearance since his detention 3 weeks ago at a court in moscow in front of many of us journalist piers who have worked alongside him for years. the wall street journal reporter was denied pre trial bail. he will have to spend the time until his next hearing and the notorious left for tow prison, a symbol of state sponsored repression. since the soviet era, the wall street journal reporter has been charged with spying. following his arrest late last month, rskovich and his employer denied any wrong doing and washington is calling for his immediate release. the 1st time, are you esther analyst has been detained on espionage charges by russia since the end of the cold war. and we can now speak to william courtney. he's a senior fellow at the rand corporation in washington, d. c. he's also a former u as in basset to kazakhstan and george, i'm mr. courtney. thank you so much for joining us now. evan gorski, which is the latest only, and a series of foreigners facing what ma

you and evan are close friends. we have been exchanging messages.w that you have been in touch with him through letters. how is he doing right now? >> evan is writing letters. every time we receive one, it's really a joy. and it's so meaningful. he's also in his first letter to us, he wrote about how important it is for him to receive these letters. he's reported on stories about political prisoners. he's spoken to political prisoners before. they told him how much joy it brings to receive letters. and in his first note to us, he spoke about how, you know, it's just a next level happiness, to know that the world is watching, to know that people are following his case. he is -- he's doing well. he has built himself a routine to deal with the conditions. obviously, the conditionsare tough. he's reading a lot. he's exercising a lot. he meditates in the mornings. he's written out this routine for us, explaining how he spends his days with only an hour a day for exercise in a small, open space. but yeah, in the evenings, he writes letters, he writes in h

s. journalist evan gosh, coverage has lost an appeal against his pre trial detention. the wall street journal reporter was arrested last month by russia security services on spying charges. washington says he's being wrongfully detained. our white house correspondent, kimberly how can has the reaction from the united states? the white house says the release of evan girth coverage is a top priority, and the charges against him are baseless. at a white house briefing press secretary korea, john pear said once again, the white house is calling on the russian federation to release the wall street journal reporter as well as the former us marine paul wheeling currently serving a 16 year sentence in a russian prison where we are deeply concerned by the news that russia will continue to flee, detained evan, following a sham, judicial proceeding. today, the bi harris administration is engaging with russia through every available channel to bring evan and fellow american poll wheeling home, the charges against evan or baseless, and we call and russia for russian federation to i

and again, evan has been in that country for years doing reporting.d his reports, most recent report was published on march 28th, which i think is days before his arrest. so, there is nothing to these allegations. the russian government has provided allegations that kept him hidden away in a prison in moscow without providing information about his condition or what it is he is up against. >> ashley: what did you make of the state department demanding the release of not only evan but paul from prison? do you think the united states carries any weight with this? >> i think the united states is going to have to open up whatever avenues it has to communicate with the russian government to try to negotiate the release of both evan and paul, which i know they have been trying to do for years now. and if you will recall, there was another case of a basketball player brittney griner from earlier last year and her release was negotiated. so unfortunately, we see this repeat itself again in russia with the russian government seizing americans and use them to a

and where evan and his sister were born. and tell us something about that, about the, the security protocol. it how you, how journalists up a being tracked, how difficult it is to work in russia right now. yeah, i think we've seen a real creeping criminalization of journalism over the past year in russia, which is just frightening, frankly, for the folks they are trying to do their jobs. journalists are routinely followed and surveilled on one recent assignment, when evan was reporting from a town near the russian ukraine border, multiple security officers were following him and, and then would speak to people that evan spoke with. we think in an effort to intimidate what are your legal team's next steps, gordon? well, we're going to continue to fight this every way that we possibly can hope that the us diplomats can, can get cancer, access to him as soon as possible. one final question going had, how did you find out that gordon, that evan, i'm sorry, had had been arrested? well, we got a call from our security folks that w

that was mr evans speaking to me a - mr evans speaking to me a little earlier.his morning, a federal jury for you this morning, a federal jury in the us state of san francisco has ordered ev manufacture at tesla to pay $2.2 million to a former employee. it was found to have failed to prevent severe racial harassment at its flagship plant in california. hollywood actor leonardo dicaprio made his appearance in a us court on monday to testify in a trial of a member of a monday to testify in a trial of a member ofa hip—hop monday to testify in a trial of a member of a hip—hop group, the fujis. he is facing criminal charges for funnelling money to influence us politics. mr lowe is accused of looting billions of dollars from malaysia's sovereign wealth fund. and the french cosmetics group loreal has stuck a deal with a brazilian brand to buy its australian luxury brand. the $2.5 billion deal will expand loreal�*s footprint in the luxury skincare market. it operates nearly 400 stores worldwide and reported double—digit growth last year. well, the french president emanu

he says he accusations against evan girth cove, a char, simply untrue. our lawyers were able to meet with him during this past week, and they report that he is in good spirits and good health. we certainly hope that's true. as you are noting earlier, the state department continues to say it's been denied, constantly access to evan, which is certainly worrying to us. evans, a journalist, and we've been trying to say this is loudly and forcefully as we can. he was out there reporting. that's what he does. he was very passionate about the russia story . thought it was very important for the outside world to be able to hear the voices of russian people and to no one understand what's going on in russia at this moment . and, you know, you'll have seen probably the white house press secretary last night tweeted evan, girl of which is not a spine. he has never been a spy. yes, never worked for the u. s. government and the wall street journal also, vehemently can i see legation suggestion? i think we've seen a real creeping criminalization of journalism over the

evan gershkovich, brittney griner, paul whelan.think, wean these prisoners and vladimir? >> so i think that there is no doubt that -- [inaudible] is a political prisoner in and there is no doubt that it's an extension of his political activities. at the same time, he is also ukraine citizen but, unfortunately, the russian authorities do not concern to this -- is an appeal possible? >> yes. they claim that from their point of view that -- [inaudible] and, in fact, he's a real russian politician and i can say he's historian -- [inaudible] and one of his favorite periods in the history of our country, there's a period of the '70s and '80s of soviet dissidents. and the lives of some prominent listeners have been saved by the international exchange. ful for example, our friend, vladimir's friend of who was a prominent dissident was changed in questions of -- in december, there was a change between -- [inaudible] communist party -- [inaudible] peak speakun tongue -- [speaking in native tongue] so there are several examples of this, of th

locked away here, all evan gershkovich can do is wait and hope for freedom.d installation of prepayment energy meters has intensified. new rules — which limit the practice — have been criticised by campaigners, who say they don't go far enough. the regulator 0fgem says customers must be given more chance to clear their debts and thay forced meter installation will be banned in homes where the residents are over 85. charities say the measures are not enough because as things stand there's no legal obligation on energy firms to follow them, as our cost of living correspondent colletta smith explains. a warrant had been executed. they'd come in my house, opened the door, gone in, and changed the gas meter to a pre—payment meter. the first thing tarique knew about his pre—payment meter was coming back to his house in leeds to find it in place. i've been burgled in the past. it felt like that. it felt like an intrusion. i kept it from my children for a couple of days, but i did tell them and they were terrified. it was because of a previous tenant who hadn't paid

russian journalists are reportedly demanding the release of detained wall street journal reporter evan some 200 russian journalists and activists have signed an open letter expressing deep skepticism by the charges against gerschkovich calling them, quote, preposterous and unjust "the post" notes many of the people who signed the letter were independent journalists working for russian news organizations based outside their homeland meanwhile "the new york times" editorial board is out with a new piece titled, quote, the arrest of evan gerschkovich is further evidence of putin's brutality. the board writes in part this, quote, russia has a rich history imprisoning people on bogus charges other than to help keep a dictator in power. once again people are being arrested and imprisoned not because they committed a crime but because they got in mr. putin's hair or he needed a hostage or he wanted to send a signal an accomplished and widely respected journalist mr. gerschkovich was seized by the fsb on march 29th and been accused with no evidence provided of espionage. the kremlin's readines

so evan is being held in. ah. prison in moscow.still has not had access to his lawyer, nor have us diplomats been allowed to visit him. so we are quite concerned about his situation. yeah, i can imagine. i you know, i think it's important to give to make evan known as the person and the journalists and not let him become a quote russian prisoner and the journal did publish a terrific piece about him and his love of russia. tell tell us a bit about evan, the man we did his really is an incredible young journalist, i would say one of the top american journalists of his generation. really his. his parents were soviet emigres and he grew up speaking russian, and i think that really gave him a lifelong fascination with russia and the russian people and made him really determined to go and cover that story. i'm sure you or others at the journal have spoken with his family. how they reacted. how are they doing? ah you know, i think as you would expect, it's awfully frightening when one of your loved ones is arrested simply for doing his j

and frankly, i brought up evan's case. i told paul what was going on gave him a sense of what was happening and told him that he was now wrongfully determined to be wrongfully detained. we're not taking our foot off the gas, we're going to find a way to bring paul and evan home, but i want you to know that evan and paul and i'm going to say paul because i've been working on this case for so long there front and center in our minds. we are going to find a way to get this done. the chinese government announced yesterday several it's upholding a death sentence for american mark, sweden. who has been detained in china for more than a decade on drug trafficking charges. sweden has just had a two year reprieve before he's executed. um what's going on to stop this? we were disappointed in that ruling. we were hopeful that the chinese would perhaps relent and allow mark to come home. as you said he's been held for 10 years now in pre trial detention, some pretty tough conditions. i've had a chance to fly down to see his mother on

and here's what he writes about evan quote. he left a comfortable job at the new york times to fulfill his longtime dream of working as a reporter in moscow. he wanted to be on the ground. he told me later where the action happens. and curator sour joins me now. thank you so much for being here. i'm so glad because, you know, evan, we just saw videos of him and we read his remarkable reporting, and we know his passion for russia. but can you just tell us about him? the man yeah. i just want the world to know what kind of guy avenues you know, and he is the nicest, smartest, most honest guy i've probably ever met, you know, and it's really shocking was going on right now with him. and what is the rest? we don't know a lot about the conditions he's under. we do know the jail he's at which is the lefortovo prison, and that's where paul wheelan was held. an official at that prison described him as being cheerful and making a lot of jokes. even in these conditions. does that sound like your friend? i know that sounds exactly cabin,

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and insisted that evan be released immediately.ut i want to make sure that as always, because there is a formal process that we go through it and we will and i expect that to be complete soon. more broadly, when it comes to paul whelan, there is a proposal that has been on the table for some months. with foreign minister lavrov i reiterated russia should move on the proposal so we can bring paul home. in any of these instances, there is a balance to be struck between trying to bring home people unjustly detained in one way or another, and what it takes to do that. so, i believe that because we have demonstrated this in the past, and as a result, as well, of legislation and other tools we have, that even as we engage in efforts to bring people home we can also increase the pressure and penalties on those that would engage in the practice of unlawful and arbitrary detention of our citizens. that is what we have been doing including, for example, in permitting the robert doesn't enact -- robert levinson act and other tools. >> next we

i know you have known evan for many years. you were roommates in college, and you shared some pictures of view. and he and some of your friends who everyone can understand. you know what he's like. it's got to be incredibly difficult to hear russian state media describing his detainment. i mean, how does it even make you feel to hear this and to be in this situation? yeah it's really it's really hard. um it's confusing honestly, because looking at these photos of getting really happy. he's my. he's my best friend. he's he's my favorite friend. he's a best friend. a guy could ask for, um and so i'm looking at these photos and he's stuck in prison. ah ah ah, and so it's really confusing. it feels surreal. ah! it almost hasn't set in yet, but we need to really kind of dig into that feeling because it's real. he could be there for 20 years, and that's terrifying. absolutely terrifying and again. right now , the only source of anything we have is russian state media, so we do know solitary confinement and then they're you know, act

ah, i can only say how troubling it was to see evan. an innocent journalist held in these circumstances. i can speak to heaven as a reporter. i want to very, very closely with him. and i know how seriously questioning his world the charges against evan or baseless how much thought he gave to her, and partial reporting from russia. we continue to call for his immediate release from this on just and i think david rex really showed how incredibly dangerous it is because kevin was simply doing his job and also on the day is the west abiding by sanctions imposed on russia over its invasion of ukraine, there have been questions whether switzerland is doing what had promised. this was president came to berlin to say he is fully committed to cave b. it also alicia we had, we are all struggling with this situation which developed brutally a little over a year ago. is right up to switzerland has fully accepted the sanctions. switzerland has been very active on the side of ukraine for the reconstruction of ukraine. these are all small. a welcome t

we pray for evan, we thank you, dan, and we call on the authorities in russia to let evan out. dan hoffman. thank you. molly. >> all right. molly: deadly tornadoes rips through parts of the south and midwest, at least 18 now reportedly killed and the grim number has been rising steadily in the past hour or so. homes and businesses in arkansas completely destroyed and in illinois a roof crashing down on a packed theater during a sold-out concert leaving at least one person dead and dozens injured. fox news team coverage in the weather center, adam klotz tracking the storms but first we go to on the ground, fox weather mitty hicks bel live in belvide, illinois. reporter: just being on the scene is a sad situation this afternoon and really shows you when severe weather comes through a city how it can wreak havoc on a community. last night people were enjoying concert and when the severe line when we talked about all afternoon long, it came through, caused the roof to collapse and now one person has died. at least 28 others are injuries. we just learned that at least two of those i

they came, evan was born and grew up in new jersey.his parents now live in philadelphia, and it was there. heritage and evans heritage that really attracted him to russia. he speaks excellent russian as a result, and he wanted to tell russia's story to the world and then unfortunately, he has become the story of how appallingly russia treats journalists. what do we know about his condition? very little. it's completely opaque process. we've had lawyers in to see him a