trump insulted griner which opens the door for his minions to do the same.on camp for nine years the outrage would become unholy. i am just going to let you talk about this case. >> it hurts to talk about this case. because brittney griner is i mean, if people out there are concerned about the prison system, i mean you have to be concerned about it in the global context. if you are concerned about the war on drugs, the war on cannabis, people in prison for nonviolent, nonviolent drug offenses, and brittney griner needs to be your cause, as well. i am seeing too many people say, well, we have those problems here, so why should i care about brittney griner over there? when i think, caring about brittney griner is actually a part of caring about the problems here at home. so, that's what i am dealing with in terms of like these articles and these ideas, on one side of the political spectrum. on the other, we have what you just write, like i have actually been shock. and i've got some calloused, join, but i've got shocked by the rights response to brittney grine

i want to ask you about brittney griner. she has been moved to a penal colony and hasn't been seen for six days. what can you tell us about her position? what is your level of optimism that now we are past the midterm, president putin will be more serious about negotiating her release? >> i have to protect the confidentiality of our dealings with her family and some of our dealings with russian officials. on a daily basis, our embassy in moscow is ensuring that they are on top of brittney griner's condition, location and how the russian government is treating her. she is being held unjustly. she should be released immediately. we have made that clear to our russian counterparts. we have put forward a series of proposals over the last several months of for how we can resolve her case as well as the case for paul whelan. so far the russians have not shown a willingness to engage in that back-and-forth, to produce a result. as president biden said yesterday, we're hopeful we can renew the dialogue and find a way to get these ca

as they report, griner is being transferred to a russian labor camp. some are worried her time is running out. >> reporter: brittney griner seen here earlier this year at her trial in a moscow court has been transferred to a labor camp. the 32-year-old will serve the remainder of her 9-year sentence for drug smuggling in a place where according to a u.s. state department report last year, authorities systematically tortured inmates and some cases resulting in death or suicide. it's a familiar world for a member of the feminist protest group who spent nearly two years in a labor camp for protesting against president vladimir putin. >> i've never seen anyone who doesn't speak russian inside the system. i have no idea how she will be. it is quite a tough experience. she shouldn't go through it alone. >> griner told cbs gayle king last month she fears her wife is losing hope. >> she's like, you know, saying things to me like my life doesn't matter anymore. >> reporter: in august a judge found the two-time gold medalist guilty of deliberately bringing vape

and a lot of people are like heck with brittney griner, she broke the law.ection for russia. and at the end of the day, it's like brittney griner becomes the casualty of our domestic wars instead of uniting to try to bring her home. >> dave, thank you for being on here. >> such an important issue. >> and i hope everyone reads your reporting. thanks very much. >>> protests widening in china, the people demanding an end to this covid zero policy. these ridge of restrictions. and there are signs that president xi jinping may be losing his grip on power. >>> plus this -- ♪ fame ♪ ♪ i'm gonna live forever ♪ >> remembering the grammy winning star behind "fame" and "flash dance" irene cara. ♪ i'm going to make it to heaven ♪ ♪ light up the sky ♪ for a mattreress that feels as good as it looks. during the black friday event, save up to $800 on select stearns & fofoster® adjustable mattress sets. nicorette knows, quitting smoking is freaking hard. you get advice like: just stop. go for a run. go for 10 runs! run a marathon. instead, start small. with nicorette w star

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star brittney griner.ent officials saw firsthand griner's tenacity and perseverance. the white house says griner is doing as well as can be expected under the circumstances, and is exploring new proposals to get griner released. she's been detained in russia since february, is now serving a nine-year sentence for drug possession. all right, tonight, a chinese space rocket is hurtling towards earth. what you need to know, that's next.now, with one firm push, small spaces gives you 45 days of continuous freshness. easily tackle odors anywhere. febreze small spaces. you ok, man? the internet is telling me a million different ways i should be trading. look! what's up my trade dogs? you should be listening to me. you nt to trust me what'son this one. dogs? [inaudible] wow! yeah! it's time to take control of your investing education. cut through the noise with best-in-class education resources that match your preferred style of learning. learn your way. not theirs. td ameritrade. where smart investors get smarte

her wife cherelle griner responding to the fact that brittney griner remains detained in russia, earlier this week on "the view" take a listen. >> you know, i keep waking up, some say i'm blessed, but it's hard. so bg's my person. we do absolutely everything together. and so it has been really hard trying to adjust how to live every day without your favorite person. >> so it is not going to be through the justice system, then u.s. officials say the most likely way of bringing her home hallie remains through some type of prisoner swap but it has been months sin the u.s. put forward an offer to the russians to trade a convicted arms dealer victor bout and a step in the right direction, but there is no indication that the russians have responded to that offer but today, the white house is saying they are looking for alternative ways to potentially bring her home, which could mean they are looking at -- >> what does that mean? >> well, no one actually knows and they wee have asked the white house, they don't don't want to say a lot about this because the russians have said explicitly if they

. >>> wnba star brittney griner moved to a penal colony in russia how the u.s. is responding >>> facebook's parent company meta laying off thousands. why mark zuckerberg is slashing jobs on the heels of cuts at twitter. >>> and those who serve, the veterans answering a new call in the classroom. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt >> good evening, everyone, again tonight from our election headquarters in new york it was a good day for democracy. president biden's first public reaction to yesterday's midterm elections in which democrats defied the gravity of broad voter dissatisfaction and history itself to avoid massive losses in that widely predicted republican wave. let me tell you from the start tonight, much of our reporting this evening is framed by what we don't know, and that is which party will control congress. at this hour, control of the senate is still up for grabs with some races too close to call, while the georgia senate contest is headed toward a december runoff election and the house still in play for both sides, though rep

in a statement, griner's attorney said they don't know where she is or what her condition is.r their lack of hygiene and access to medical care and inmates are often subjected to manual labor. i want to bring in now amy bass, professor of sports studies at manhattanville college and the author of "one goal: a coach, a team, and the game that brought a divided town together." amy, so good to see you. >> thanks for having me. >> i mean, the whole status of what we know the status of brittney griner to be in russia, it just hurts the heart, doesn't it? what were your thoughts when you learned of this reported now transfer to a russian penal colony? >> well, i think that there's so many different levels on which we have to think about things. you know, the fact that there are penal colonies still on this planet is something that's kind of hard to wrap our head around. and the little that we do know of them and how horrible they are, that this story, which has had this trajectory that could have landed us here is now in such an unknown spot where she will be out of communication wi

. >>> there's also news coming in tonight on wnba star brittney griner. where russia has now taken her. >>> facebook's layoffs tonight. a staggering 11,000 employees losing their jobs. mark zuckerberg saying he's story. >>> and they were fishing when suddenly, watch this. a shark jumping onto the front of their boat. >>> good evening and it's great to have you with us here on this wednesday night. and we begin tonight with several developing stories. that growing storm nicole just upgraded tonight to a hurricane now, set to make landfall in florida this evening, potentially the latest in the season for a hurricane of this size to make landfall there. then moving right up the east coast. take a look tonight. the satellite at this hour. hurricane nicole now a category 1. sustained winds of 75 miles an hour. ginger and rob both live in florida with the track and the timing. and we'll go to them in a moment. >>> but we begin here with the midterm election results. several key races we still cannot project tonight and control of the senate still up in the air.

if you could, what would you tell brittany griner? know how you begin to think about survival. is it minute to minute, day to day? >> pretty much minute to minute. because you never know when you're going to get attacked. i was just thrown to places just for the sake of them, without them asking me if i want to go places. so what gives me hope is that normally prisoners who have some media attention they're not getting tortured. they used physical force against me to move me places, but they didn't beat me. they didn't rape me. unfortunately, rapes happen as well. and i heard of an instance of a few prisoners trying to run away from this colony because they just couldn't handle it anymore being raped on a daily basis. but they were found and brought back to even mortar cher. so what gave me strength is understanding it's going to finish at some point. always realizing you have a level of protection. you have lawyers, media attention, something other prisoners do not have. what i would suggest if i could to do not work at the sweat sho

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what will brittany griner be expected to do?'s yes, inmates in -- >> yes, inmates in these facilities have to work in russia. the number of jobs they can do is limited. for men, usually would work. for women, usually sewing. so, they have to produce clothes. usually, uniforms for the army, for example. as we know from further inmates, unfortunately, working conditions are quite bad. e machines they have to work on are usually old. the bigger problem is they have high normatives. so, they have to work sometimes 12 or 16 hours a day. also, we have reports that inmates that were not producing enough clothes in the day could be beaten up. >> what have human rights groups within russia said about the conditions in these penal colonies where brittney griner will now be? >> it does not have a very good reputation. but, i would say that it is hard to find a colony in russia tt really has a good reputation. because, i would say that before the war, violence and treason was one of the main topics that -- violence in prison was one of the

new unsettling information tonight on brittney griner's whereabouts.aying in a statement to cnn she is serving her center at the ik-2 penal colony of moldova, it's remote, south of moscow and bleak. >> it's known to be one of the hardest areas of russia. they say you haven't been to russian prison unless you've been to moldova. >> formally the russian administration has failed to provide any official information for such a move of a u.s. citizen, which we strongly protest. >> reporter: she lost her appeal for a nine-year drug smuggling. for what might seem like a minor arrest of cannabis oil and a vape cartridge, she's been sent to a place that human monitors say is horrific. >> conditions are not good. there is abuse both for women and men. this is the last place on earth you want to be. >> reporter: griner's lawyers tell cnn she's doing as well as she can be expected. this woman said she spent nearly two years in a russian penal colony for protesting against putin. women are kept in cold barracks with unsanitary conditions and little access to health

we're speaking to brittney griner's legal team just last night when they put out this information.hey say that they were actually able to visit with brittney griner earlier this week and they say considering the circumstances, the difficult circumstances that she's in rate now that she is doing quite well and she is obviously very happy about all of the support that she's getting from the united states but, indeed, from people around the world. she's aware of that support as far as it reaches her. the conditions in the penal colonies, i get asked this a lot. there are some that are extremely difficult. there have been reports of abuses in these places. there have been reports of people being put in solitary confinement and the like but none of these places are pleasant at all. all of them are extremely difficult. the entire day is regimented there. it's often very cold in the places and obviously you are literally in the middle of nowhere in a lot of these places. if you look at the penal colony brittney griner is in, you're right to point out it is 300 miles away from moscow. it's

the human rights report says according to griner, sorry, according to griner's agents primary concernambassador to ukraine, william taylor. ambassador taylor, good to see you again. thank you for joining us. how likely is this idea of a prisoner swap, the possibility that we could see brittney griner's relatives some negotiations now that she has been transferred to this penal colony. >> i think their chances are pretty good. the question is when, how long will it take. the proposal has been out there for sometime. the russians have not been forthcoming. they have not been ready to move. maybe they are ready now. maybe it will take another period of time. we will have to see. >> from what you know, do you believe the biden administration is doing enough to advocate for her release? i'm sure stuff is happening behind the scenes. should they also be signaling more or showing more of that effort to the american public? >> they know how to do this. they have been successful in previous negotiations. i'm confident that they're doing everything they can. they've made proposals. they made pr

i want to ask you about brittney griner. she has been moved to a penal colony and hasn't been seen for six days. what can you tell us about her position? what is your level of optimism that now we are past the midterm, president putin will be more serious about negotiating her release? >> i have to protect the confidentiality of our dealings with her family and some of our dealings with russian officials. on a daily basis, our embassy in moscow is ensuring that they are on top of brittney griner's condition, location and how the russian government is treating her. she is being held unjustly. she should be released immediately. we have made that clear to our russian counterparts. we have put forward a series of proposals over the last several months of for how we can resolve her case as well as the case for paul whelan. so far the russians have not shown a willingness to engage in that back-and-forth, to produce a result. as president biden said yesterday, we're hopeful we can renew the dialogue and find a way to get these ca

new proposals to get griner released.detained in russia since february, is now serving a nine-year sentence for drug possession. >>> all right. tonight a chinese space rocket is jim mansfield: my job was more important to me than my family, and i started drinking a lot, staying out of town. it took a toll on me. dr. charles stanley: you may be as low as the prodigal, but you are not hopelessly, helplessly lost if you will listen to what i'm about to say. jim: sitting on that couch, watching that sermon, something had happened to us. i'm talking about the joy and love in our hearts. i want more of that. >>> well, this is terrifying. a 46,000-pound chunk of chinese space junk is expected to hurtle into earth's atmosphere on friday. it's china's most powerful rocket, the long march 5b that was used on money to launch part of china's new space station. now it's flying back towards earth at about 5 miles per second. it's expected to mostly burn up when it hits the atmosphere, so scientists say your chances of getting struck by

so that is extremely concerning for brittney griner's family, and all of our loved ones in the unitedstates. now the state department are said that they have not received official confirmation from russian authorities that britney griner has been moved, they strongly protest the fact that russia has not giving them an update. all of this comes after president biden just last week said that he was hopeful that, after the midterm elections here in the united states, that there could be some forward progress on trying to get britney hammer home. there are russia may engage more seriously in discussions for a prisoner swap and for britney griner and paul whelan. so far, we have not heard any updates on that front. kylie atwood, cnn, the state department. >> still ahead, world leaders are meeting in thailand for the apec summit, but the focus has turned to north korea after another provocation from kim jong-un. stay with us. if your moderate to severe crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis symptoms are stopping you in your tracks... choose stelara® from the start... and move toward relief a

the white house saying griner griner is, quote, doing is doing well as can be expected under the circumstances. the white house adding that it remains a top priority to griner's release. thursday was the first time officials in the moscow embassy have been able to visit griner since august. she was detained in february and sentenced to 9 years in prison on accusations of drug smuggling. russia denied griner's request for an appeal. they say she arrived in the country with vape canisters containing cannabis oil in her luggage. coming up here on the kron, 4 news at 3 fueling change with higher taxes were going through the propositions on the midterm ballot. ♪music playing♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ nothing brings the pack together like a trip to great wolf lodge. now open in northern california. like a trip to great wolf lodge. softening its guidelines for prescribing opioids like oxycodone. >> the agency says it no longer suggest doctors limit opioid treatment for acute pain to 3 days. the cdc urging doctors to taper patients off of higher doses of opioids rather than halting treatment abruptly unless there's li

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but then you have to look at the psychological effect on brittney griner right now. nine and a half years in prison, she's obviously served some time already. so the prospect of that must be soul crushing. her lawyers saying she's doing as well as she could be right now. but they say if there's any sort of possibility they're hoping a prisoner exchange could take place. >> foreignrederik pleitgen than very much. >>> the liberal district attorney of philadelphia impeached by pennsylvania's republican led house. what they're accusing him of doing. >>> plus this. >> the words are in my brain, i just can't get them out. >> ahead a new cnn film goes inside the healing process for former congresswoman gabby g gif giffords. how speech therapy and music are helping her find her voice again. and up to 32320 miles of range on a full charge. evs for everyone, everywhere. chevrolelet. ♪3, 4♪ ♪ ♪hey♪ ♪ ♪are you ready for me♪ ♪are you ready♪ ♪are yoready♪ moderate tsevere eczema still disrupts my skin. despite treatment it dis. it disrupts my skin with rash. but now, i can disrupt

griner's lawyer tells cnn that griner's doing as well as can be expected and trying to stay strong.nba star has been in russian custody since mid-february. >> cnn's kylie atwood joins us. what have you learned? >> reporter: what we're learning from her lawyers is they actually visited her at this penal colony which is as you said, hundreds of miles away from moscow earlier this week, and they said she's doing as well as can be expected, adapting, trying to stay strong in her new environment, and we really don't know much about the specifics of what her new environment is, but penal colonies in russia are known for very harshly treating the prisoners there. they can face torture, according to the state department report on human rights. they can face torture sometimes that leads to death. they can face hard work in those camps, and there are instances where the authorities are getting certain prisoners to go after and to bully other prisoners. it is not a great environment, so we don't know the specifics here, but what we do know is that the stories, the reports from people who have

verizon. >>> so we've got new developments into us on the brittney griner case.egal team in the last couple of minutes, i'm looking at a statement here is confirming reports that she has been moved to a women's prison 300 miles outside of moscow. remember there was uncertainty where specifically, where exactly griner was being held, with the state department telling nbc news today that russia has not updated the u.s. on her location in nearly two weeks. white house correspondent monica alba is joining us now. talk to us more about what we're learning. i'm seeing statement from her team saying she is trying to stay strong through all of it. >> exactly, her legal team and of course her agent. and it is important here, there have been a lot of questions about brittney griner's condition and how she has been doing, now that she has been moved of course after being sentenced to nine months, nine years, excuse me and what we're learning from the team, considering is this is challenging she is doing as well as can be expected and staying strong as she quote adapts to a

that goes for paul whelan, brittney griner and others in russia.americans in a number of other countries who are being imprisoned for political reasons, used as pawns. we have been very focused with russia on trying to get paul whelan home, trying to get brittney griner home. part of that goes to making sure we have the ability to have access to them, to have contact with them, which is a requirement under basic international law, basic diplomatic convention. >> do we know how he is? >> the last time our own team has had an opportunity to see paul was, i believe, november 16th when we had a visit with him. we spoke on the phone with him, i think around the same time. we have not had contact since then. we have asked for it. >> we don't know where or how he is? could he be hospitalized? >> i can't speak to his situation now. we are working every day to make sure that we have contact with him, that we understand what the exact situation is, even as we work to bring him home, to bring brittney griner home. this is what we see russia doing in terms of

wnba superstar brittney griner started serving her 9 year sentence for drug possession. >> at a russian penal colony, jail officials transferred griner to a penal colony about 200 miles east of moscow after a russian court rejected her appeal last month. her lawyers say she's doing as well as she can be expected and trying to stay strong. moscow police arrested griner in february after customs agents say they found vape canisters containing cannabis oil in her luggage. president biden is hoping russian president vladimir putin. we'll talk seriously about a prisoner exchange. >> and now kron 4 sports. >> the niners win were. the niners went to colorado springs to get ready for the elevation of mexico city. but >> what they got today at practice was 26 degrees and slight snow fall. football is not for the weak of heart. and fred warner, he thinks the team so just be fine. come monday night. >> i wasn't too you feel mostly starts like string place together and series. just doesn't come down as quickly. so. it's good that we're out here doing it now so that we get to monday. it's not just l

we should all pray for brittney griner she is our fellow american.fortunately being used right now by the russians as a negotiating chip. a typical statecraft of moscow. eric: she has that nine-year sentence could she spend the next nine years and that? or can vladimir putin -- mike does he have the power in their system to release her? >> putin has all the power to release her, eric pretty could release her tomorrow if you wanted too. but it is my assessment that unfortunately brittney is likely to spend the rest of her sentence they are and russia. because the relations between moscow and washington right now are at the lowest. the lowest in history basically. moscow and washington on the opposite sides of the ongoing war. and putin is acutely aware of how much the release of brittney griner means to president biden. and in my assessment it is unlikely he will hand that victory to our president for a car speaking of victory, great victory for the ukrainians getting kherson back part was the significance of that and the significance to putin that he

. >>> meanwhile, lawyers for brittney griner say she's being moved to a russian penal colony to serve her nine-year state. she was arrested at a moscow airport in february after russian authorities said they found cannabis oil in her luggage. yesterday president biden said he hopes russia will now negotiate for griner's release. >> my intention is to get her home, and we've had a number of discussions so far. and i'm hopeful that now that our election is over there's a willingness to negotiate more specifically with us. >> the biden administration has proposed a prisoner swap with russia to bring griner and fellow jailed american paul whelan home. >>> coming up, an update on a radioactive contamination investigation at a missouri school. what the latest tests found. >>> and a messy meet and greet. eggs were thrown at britain's king charles. >>> this is the "cbs morning news." ng news." there's nothing like volunteering at the fire department. there's nothing like hitting the waves. but with my moderate-to-severe eczema it hasn't always been easy,... ...since my skin was so irritated a

ep>> an update now with wnba star brittney griner and her battle for freedom. her lawyers say she he's been sent to a forced labor camp to serve her 9 year sentence. griner has been held in the country since february on drug possession charges. skrine are appealed her 9 year sentence last month. that was denied the u.s. state department reports that conditions in forced labor camps in russia. are usually harsh can be life threatening. the white house says it continues to work tirelessly to secure griner's release. our tropical storm nicole strengthening to a category one hurricane as it bears down on florida. >> this is video of the damage in hutchison island, which is just north of west palm beach, the center of the storm has reported wind gusts of up to 70 miles per hour. the national hurricane center is warning of a dangerous storm surge for much of florida's eastern shore lines. it portions of coastal georgia after it makes landfall in florida. and cole is expected to weaken as it moves across the southern. portion of the u.s. tomorrow and friday. >> lawren

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embassy officials based in moscow visited britney griner today.w firsthand her tenacity and perseverance, despite her present circumstances. we continue to press for the immediate release of britney griner and paul whelan in fair treatment for every detained american. this was the first time u.s. diplomats were allowed to see griner since august, she lost her appeal last week, and is facing nine years in appeal colony. remember, she was arrested in february after russian authorities said vape canisters with cannabis oil or found in her luggage. officials tell nbc news, the russians are unlikely to agree to any kind of deal until after the midterms. not wanting to hand to president biden any kind of win. brittani's wife cherelle told the host of the view, about the toll this is taking on both her and britney. >> you know, i keep waking up wanting to say i'm blessed for that, but it's hard. she's my person, we do absolutely everything together, so, it is been really hard trying to adjust. how to live every day without your favorite person. we spoke

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embassy in moscow met with griner today.ng she is doing well under the circumstances. she was arrested in february, of course, at an airport in moscow on drug charges and sentenced to nine years in a russian penal colony. she's maintained that she accidentally put the cannabis videotape charges in her sui suitcase. the white house continues to press for her immediate release along with that of paul whelan who has been detained in russia for three years on espionage charges which he denies. thank you so much for joining us. "ac 360" starts now. >>> good evening. a lot to get to tonight. just short of a week since he was attacked by an intruder who was tr

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officials met thursday with detained basketball star brittney griner in russia.he white house says she's doing is well as can be expected. this is the first time that officials in the embassy in moscow have been able to visit her since early august griner was detained back in february. you might remember and sentenced to 9 years in prison on drug smuggling charges. she had a vape pen that had thc in her back. now, russia detained or denied her appeal. and during the hearing, griner apologize for bringing that small amount of cannabis into russia where she played basketball with the wnba it during the wnba offseason just to stay in shape. the white house says the u.s. continues to follow up on its negotiations with moscow to try and win her freedom. >> it's 6.26. and coming up next on the kron, 4 morning news. >> we're hearing from one of 3 people who were attacked by a man who beat up somebody outside the 7.11, and temperatures go so badly that one person died. vo: climate change is fueling a wildfire crisis. destroying our forests. threatening our communities. p

. >> free griner!ing to -- by the way, i've been talking to brittany's wife and we're in constant contact. we're not giving up. >> it's been nearly ten months now since detained at a moscow airport. she said she packed them by mistake. in august, she was convicted of smuggling narcotics into the country and sentenced to nine years in prison. >> meanwhile, a bipartisan pair of lawmakers wrapping up a trip to ukraine. rob portman traveled to kyiv to underscore the broad support that is in congress for the ukrainian people. the trip comes amid concerns about a possible fracturing congress over additional aid to ukraine. gop house minority leader said that there will be no other blank dhekz. the senators met with ukraine's foreign minister, the prosecutor general and president zelenskyy. the senators also visited the headquarters of a ukrainian energy company damaged by russian missile strikes. russia has been targeting key infrastructure facilities throughout the country for weeks now. which is forced ukr

embassy officials visited wnba star brittney griner today in russia.n a week since the appeal of her drug possession conviction and its nine-year prison sentence was denied. the u.s. called it a sham proceeding. according to spokesman ned price, officials saw firsthand her tenacity and perseverance, despite her circumstances. but they provided no additional details. griner is expected to serve her time in a russian penal colony, a labor camp. the state department is pressing for the immediate release of brittney griner and paul whelan. >>> you don't need to be closely tracking the polls in new york to know that democrats are worried about holding that deeply blue state because all you have to do is look at who's rushing to manhattan for a last-minute event. today alone in just a couple of hours, we'll see vice president kamala harris, former secretary of state and new york senator hillary clinton, and attorney general letitia james, all stumping for governor kathy hochul, who's in an uncomfortably close race against republican lee zeldin. in a state wh

embassy in moscow met with jailed wnba star brittney griner for the first time in months. yesterday's visit comes a week after a russian court rejected griner's appeal of her nine-year prison sentence for drug possession. she was arrested at a moscow airport in february after russian ministers said they found vape cartridges containing cannabis oil in her luggage. they said the u.s. saw firsthand her tenacity and perseverance. >>> highway drama. a stolen truck catches fire dring a low-speed chase in california. we'll shou you -- we'll show you how it ended. >>> and later, a final gift. a new music video featuring the late leslie jordan and his country music friends is released overnight. this is the "cbs morning news." vo: it's a new day. because covid vaccines just got a big update. just in time for everyone who works. with other people. just in time for... ...more togetherness. just in time to say “oh, you bet we'll be there!” because the updated vaccines can now protect against both the original covid virus and omicron. and that's a moment... we've all been waiting for.

and with brittney griner having been moved to a prison camp that those are known to be very difficultnd hard circumstances, for time on her sentence, that the u.s. believes she is wrongfully detained. so you've got a situation here where the u.s. is engaged in helping ukraine in its war against russia, the relations between u.s. and russia are certainly very tense, and on this matter where the u.s. has tried to proffer different offers to engage in some kind of a diplomatic swap, that has not yet happened, and now, new concerns about the location and the well-being of paul whelan, it really raises the stakes, and the administration is often in a position where they want to talk about it publicly, but they want to be careful for a couple of things. the private concerns of these individuals, they don't want to share information without permission, and also they don't want to heighten the value of americans who are already among the most high profile americans detained overseas. so it is very delicate. when you hear the responses from drinken, you are trying to look for, is there some me

so from britney griner right now finding yourself in this new penal colony as her lawyers say, doingxpected. can? >> thanks so much for that update. melissa bell, appreciate it. twitter seems to be having another mass exodus. many choosing to leave the company that closed the business thursday afternoon twitter boss elon musk gave them an ultimatum. met two extremely hard core work or leave. people who was staying's got an email saying the company's offices will be temporary closed and access will be restricted to monday. earlier this month, musk fired half a twitter staff. it's a very difficult time for tech countries with mass layoffs. , meta, lift and others. now they're being urged to investigate twitter. they're saying since he bought the company weeks ago, elon musk is taken alarming steps to and undermine the integrity of the social media platform. lawmakers are say they're concerned that they're where the twitter that -- twitter suspended the subscription service by impersonating public figures and brands. well the claps of crypto currency ftx is sending shockwaves through th

i do not want to speculate, there are people concerned about him and brittney griner and all americans wrongfully detained overseeing -- overseas. reporter: two quick questions, one on china then on ukraine. was the president's reaction when he hears protesters in china, chant xi jinping stepped down. john: i'm not speaking the protesters were the world they speak for themselves. reporter: there is no reaction? >> they speak for themselves, we are supporting the right to peacefully protest. reporter: is the backlog of arms shipments to taiwan and results of the stepped up efforts to send arms to ukraine? john: what i can tell you is we are constantly balancing, as we must our own inventories, the inventories of allies and partners and those that we conduct arms sales with, of course he inventoried the ukrainian armed forces need to fight russian armed aggression. it is a balancing act. every single decision by the president to draw down dod stocks come he gets an assessment from the pentagon if that will affect our readiness. many of them are reliant on u.s. systems. that includes taiw

wnba star brittney griner has been moved to a russian forced labor camp. she was sentenced to 9 years behind bars in russia for allegedly possessing cannabis oil at the moscow airport. at the moscow airport, griner appealing her nine-year sentence last month, but it was denied. as say, she's going to face some pretty harsh in that forced labor camp and it will be difficult for family to contact or or even know her exact location. now, the white house says it continues to work. pretty tirelessly to secure her release. meantime, the war in russia is ordering its troops out of the occupied ukrainian city of her son. the only regional capital. it is captured since the invasion in february. now the russian retreat represents the most significant military moment in the war. but ukrainian officials warn more missiles and drone strikes could lie ahead making winter for the ukrainians. extremely difficult out there. well, and national news as ballots are still being counted in several key races. the balance of power in washington remains in limbo. republicans seem