we demand paul welland's immediate release.that did this is a mockery of justice as u.s. officials tried to push to get him released. >> bill: working that story, another covid-19 outbreak hitting china, and sparking a new round of strict lockdowns in the capital city of beijing. expert on asia, author of the coming collapse of china with me now, welcome back. it has been a few weeks. what is happening in beijing with the virus? >> for 55 days, bill, there were no cases that were locally transmitted come on thursday you had a spike of cases, now officially 79, the world health organization says that it is going to be 100 in a few hours. so this is in some sense surprising. >> bill: the cases are linked to a market in the southwest corner of beijing. they sell fruit and vegetables, they also sell meat and seafood, is this where the latest round came from? >> that's what beijing authorities say. they said that it came from a piece of important -- imported salmon, and they say that the new strand -- >> bill: imported from where? >

retired marine paul welland sentenced to 16 years of hard labor in russia. avid joins us with the important message next. there's no income verification, no appraisal, and no out of pocket costs and you can do it all right from home. ♪ >> sandra: calls are now mounting for the release of a retired marine being held in russia. and that 16 years hard labor. joining us now is paul's brother david weyland. thank you for being here, you've been speaking to us to write your brother's case. first off, have you received any word on how he's doing and directly how he's reacting to this scene? >> even yesterday and he looked at his normal self and realize it's all a sham and a set up. so as far as we know he was able to speak to the u.s. embassy today in russia, and he's giving going to keep moving forward and fight for his release. you can see the top line, sham trial. he pressed it up against the glass and he announced his trial is a sham as he has often called a period of tv cameras were not present and they could not be there, i know you were told that was because