with me now, paul beckett, washington bureau chief at the "wall street journal," and michael mcfaul, and msnbc analyst. i appreciate you both being here. paul, as a friend and colleague of evans, i'm sure you're not surprised by today's ruling. but disappointed. your reaction? >> very disappointing for evan, for his family, for the "wall street journal," and for all of the people who have done an extraordinary job in supporting his cause. pretty soon he will have been in prison for a hundred days. that comes in about two weeks. we obviously consider these charges completely unfounded. and every time we have the opportunity to get him released and it doesn't happen. >> it was particularly moving, and we have seen him in court before, but to know that his family was there, do you know anything about that interaction? has the paper been in touch with his family? >> i think it was obviously very meaningful for both of them, certainly for evan's parents. it was the second time they had gone to moscow to show support. couldn't touch him. you're not allowed to put hands through the bars of