nine years in a penal colony.he things the judges told me, dana, as they walked back into the courtroom before this last session started is they said if a verdict like this came down, they would go into an appeal process and of course, at the same time, of course, we have to tell the viewers there are those efforts by the united states to try to get a prisoner exchange for brittney griner, as well. this certainly an extremely tough verdict. we had been talking about the fact before that russian courts are known to be extremely tough, that the conviction rate is very high and certainly, the sentence is very high, as well. here you have nine years for brittney griner after being convicted of taking two vaping cartridges or trying to take them into the russian federation with the court establishing to be .7 of a gram total between the two cartridges and even that was called into question by the defense. nine years, very tough sentence for brittney griner. >> stand by. i want our viewers to see the moment when the jud

at the time of the appeal, she will not go to the penal colony.ut she'll remain in that defencing facility and then head to the penal colony afterward. >> fred pleitgen outside of court. thank you. kylie atwood, she's be held in a less harsh detention center for the next ten days. it should increase the urgency if possible to arrange the prisoner swap. >> state department officials have been so focused on this case. they have really been waiting for this day, john, because the expectation is the prisoner swap that the biden administration put on the table, the propose ashlgle back in jewel, they didn't think it would go anywhere until after she pled guilty, which she did. we now have a nine-year sentence. this is a very key moment as the back-channel quiet conversations are happening. but i also think it's important to note that last week the secretary of state came out and spoke publicly about this offer that the biden administration has put on the table for this prisoner swap. and the response that they got from the russians was essentially that

the basketball star was sentenced to nine years in a penal colony.happened after griner told a russian court that she "made an honest mistake." her defense team had tried to persuade the judge to be lenient, saying griner did not intend to break russian law deliberately. many wnba players posted messages of solidarity, and she has been widelseen as caught up in the politics of the moment. but now, there are tough choices ahead. journalist julia yoffee follows osely.nd the russian system e'the founding partner of puck news and joins me now. julia, welcome back to the newshour. nine years in a prison, in a penal colony, for possession of a small amount of cannabis oil. how does this sentence compared to what a russian citizen or ordinary foreigner would have received? julia: it is hard to say, because right now an american would get a lot. in fact, earlier this summer, a couple months ago, an american teacher who used to work at the american embassy was sentenced to 14 years for possession of cannabis, even though he too had a medical marijuana prescri

part of that verdict will also include what penal colony, what detention facility she'll be sent to. russian state media is she'll be sent to something called a general penal colony, a minimum security. for example, alexei navalny is in one of the highest, securest detention centers in the country. you just played our audience the last part of what she said. it was an honest mistake, she did not mean to break russian law. that is really what her defense team has been pounding away at. this was an honest mistake. she had no criminal intent, but this morning you heard the prosecutors say that doesn't matter. she should absolutely be facing a very hefty sentence. really, what we'll talk about next steps, legal next steps, if she is sentenced, when we expect her to be sentenced later today. that means her really only escape route is that high-stakes prisoner swap we have been talk about. >> before we get to that, julia, you've been watching this case closely, what do you think the chances are the judge will issue the hefty sentence or be more lenient given that lack of intent? >> i think

star brittney griner is found guilty by a russian court and sentenced to nine years in a russian penal colonynow that she is convicted could this speed up a possible prisoner swap? >>> any moment the jury in texas could come back with a decision in the alex jones case. but the far right conspiracy theorist may already be paying a price as the january 6th committee and other law enforcement agencies want access to the text messages his lawyers accidentally sent to the plaintiffs. >>> plus, changes to airline cancellation rules may be about to take off. why passengers could actually get refunds for all of those canceled and delayed flights. ♪ ♪ >>> welcome to "the lead." we start with the world lead. a russian court found wnba star brittney griner guilty today of drug smuggling, quote, with criminal intent. the judge ordering griner to spend nine years in a russian penal colony that's under the maximum sentence. griner was arrested and charged in february for smuggling less than one gram of cannabis oil in her luggage. her lawyers argued she had been packing quickly to play for the russian prem

many of these penal colonies are built insights that gulags -- on sites that gulags were. there is a lot of outdoor time, they are doing a lot of work. a lot of women's colonies are sewing for example uniforms for state agencies, and the heads of these prison colonies make a lot of money off the slave labor of the women in these camps. these camps are often quite violent and have very elaborate hierarchies. there is a lot of sexual violence from the guards in these camps. my fear is that brittney griner as a very tall american and black woman really sticks out. she doesn't speak russian. unless somebody in the colony speaks english and takes her under their wing, she is going to have a really tough time navigating an already very harsh terrain. judy: very difficult to even think about that. julia, thank you for joining us. julia: thank you. judy: the war in ukraine has exacerbated a global food crisis. the united nations says more than 800 million people go to bed hungry every night. a rent u.n.-brokered deal with russia and ukraine to allow ukrainian grain to leave the bla

the male euroleague, while greiner never learned the russian language sentence of 9 years in a penal colony a fine of one million rubles from an interpreter. you are a crime, and partial addition to finally set the boundaries of a sentence of imprisonment for a term of nine years with a fine of one million rubles, a dining punishment in the correct penal colonies . britney greiner was detained in february at sheremetyevo airport upon her return from the united states and this was filmed by surveillance cameras. here is a confident and relaxed gait athlete. heading towards checkpoint puts the suitcase on the tape. however, employees. they notice something suspicious inside and ask to open the bag from hand luggage, they take out an electronic cigarette and several cartridges for it, which, as the examination will show, filled with a narcotic substance with hash oil, the granner tried to present everything as if she needed a potent drug for medical purposes, and lay out the bags. she forgot it because of stress after the coronavirus. earrings i understand the accusations that have been levele

wow, nine years in a penal colony. the attorney said the average time in jail for this type of crime is five years. but you expected her to get those nine. years you did, did you? >> good evening, and thanks for having me back don. yeah, i actually got to listen to the proceeding because it was livestream and and it was on my phone. i understand why her attorneys believe that their arguments were taken into account. they made some great arguments about the legality of the search. and also in mitigation. because this is the cannabis a quid lint of cigarettes. and they've made her out to be pablo escobar. it's not fair to her, the way that they paraded her is vague just outrageous. >> she is gonna serve out her sentence at the penal colony. what would she face? what's it gonna be like? >> depends on where she is taken. and whether she's taken anywhere at all. you never know what they are going to do. they seem to make it up as they go along. i think, certainly, the pinot currently conditions will be harsher than they are

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>> yeah, laura, the penal colonies and the entire incarceration system in russia extremely dangerous,man life. it's most comparable to the gulag. you know, sort of like gulag-lite. and i think any russian who survives that type of incarceration is fortunate, but an american, you know, who doesn't have the language skills necessarily, who doesn't understand the system as well, and certainly because they're an american, not a good time to be incarcerated in russia, it's not going to be good. i don't know how many people, you know, have died from tuberculosis, for example, other com communicable diseases in these prisons. it's downright horrible. >> and i have some sound from trevor reid, who was released earlier this year, he had this to say about why this particular person, brittney griner, why this might be all the more harsh. >> anyone who is in a forced labor camp in russia is obviously, you know, facing serious threats to their health because of malnutrition, you know, there's little-to-no medical attention there whatsoever, tuberculosis runs rampant in russian prisons, you know, t

she's not been brought to that penal colony yet. her. they're saying that she's still pretty much taken aback by that verdict but she was feeling a lot better today and she's in fighting spirit. they're going to file an appeal against the verdict that took place and the good thing for brittney griner is, as long as that appeal is processed, she's going to stay in this facility and not be moved to a penal colony which is tougher and much further away from the russian capital. looking to get that appeal through. unfortunately, erin, they're not often successful. >> all right. thank you very much. frederik pleitgen from moscow tonight. >>> a former astronaut, calling them old clunkers. space suits from way back in the 20th century and right now they're threatening the lives of astronauts in space. ["only wanna be with you" by hootie & the blowfish] discover is accepted at 99% of places in the u.s. ["only wanna be with you" by hootie & e blowfish] ♪ ♪ the thing that's different about a vrbo vacation home. you always have the whole place

>> brennan: tonight, basketball star brittney griner sentenced to nine years in a russian penal colony, she was convicted on drug charges. president biden calls the sentence unacceptable. pressure builds on him to broker a possible prisoner swap. griner's fate intertwined with russia's war in ukraine and its standoff with the west. public health emergency, the biden administration today declared monkeypox a national emergency as infections spread, vaccines in lying demand but short supply. is it too late to contain the virus? breaking news, a texas jury order conspiracy theorist alex jones to pay millions in damages to the parents of a six-year-old boy killed in the sandy hook massacre. officers charged -- the justice department accuses four current and former police officers for their role in the death of breonna taylor. tonight, her mother reacts. >> i have waited 874 days for today. >> brennan: china's show of force -- beijing pfizer multiple rocket into the coast of the sea of taiwan in retall weighs of speaker nancy pelosi's trip. record heat across the country, the lateecast.fla,

while, nine years in the penal colony.he attorney said, the average time in jail for this kind of crime is five years. you expect her to get those nine years. keep the evening going well. >> good evening. thanks for having me back, don. i listened to the proceeding, because it was live streamed. it did -- i understand why your attorneys believe that the arguments weren't taken into account. i think they made some great arguments about the legality of the search, and also, you know, in mitigations. this is, effectively, you know, the cannabis equivalent of a cigarette, and they have made her out to be pablo escobar. it's not fair to her. the way they paraded her is just outrageous. >> she said, she will be in the renal colony. what will she be facing? what will that be like? >> reporter: depends on where she is taken, and whether she is taken anywhere near home. she is famous. you never know what they will do. they can make it up as they go along. certainly, i think the conditions for the penal colony will also be harsher t

a judge sentencing her to nine years in a penal colony. she's been detained for more than five months now, found guilty of intentionally smuggling vape cartridges of hashish oil into the country. president biden calling her sentence unacceptable. and the administration is again urging russia to accept its prisoner proposal. here's abc's senior white house correspondent mary bruce. >> reporter: this is the moment brittney griner learned her fate. standing in a cage in a russian courtroom, hearing she's been sentenced to nine years in a russian prison camp. earlier, griner emotional, saying she takes responsibility for illegally bringing vam cartridges containing cannabis oil into the country back in february. but stressing it was an accident. >> i made an honest mistake and i hope that in your ruling that it doesn't end my life here. >> reporter: griner choking up as she then apologized to her family and teammates in russia and back in the u.s. >> i want to also apology to my parents, my siblings, the phoenix mercury organization back at ho

for basketball star brittney griner after a russian court sentence herself to nine years in a penal colony>>> also, why the biden administration is now declaring monkeypox a public health emergency. that's tonight on the "cbs news bay area." >>> and in sports, matinee baseball for the teams. shohei ohtani had the a's on the ropes. how did that end up? >>> plus, dodgers and giants today. a series that has had a few firsts since, but >>> i stand here today with a computer in my pocket, basically. all the technology in the world is in this device. this was the hottest tech in 1977, the apple computer, invented the same year the dodgers had last swept the four-game series in san francisco. to the ballpark, let's hope this guy doesn't sink, like the giants' play-off chances have. new third baseman jd davis, with a runner aboard, opposite field and outta here. davis' fifth of the season. kershaw lasted just four innings, leaving the game with back pain. mookie betts scouting the interim pitcher john brebbia. it is gone. three run homer to put l.a. on top. mookie has five homers against the giant

, and his brother, who especially uh, brutally stabbed the police three and a half penal colonies . thank you diana let me remind you, in direct on the air was ntv correspondent diana kalando. skopinsky, the maniac was again detained, he is suspected. in concealing the murder, the investigators established that the crime occurred during a feast, viktor mokhov, who served 17 years. in the colony , for kidnapping and holding two schoolgirls in the basement after his release, he was restricted in his rights to attend public events, be on the street at night and leave the skopinsky district without permission. all this did not prevent him from inviting him home for bottles to have a party to visit, they had a fight and one decided another life. mokhov did not report the incident to the police. the killer helped to hide the body in the thickets of grass. killed now viktor mokhov is in a temporary detention facility in court he was assigned 10 days of administrative arrest for repeated violation of the norms of restriction of freedom left the house after 22:00. in addition, a criminal cas

but we should also note that her sentence was nine years in a penal colony. she won't actually go to the penal colony until her appeal has worked through the entire russian legal system. for now she will remain at a prison on the outskirts of moscow. >> thank you so much. >>> turning to our politics lead. senate majority leader chuck schumer says he is planning an initial vote for this saturday. this as key hold-out senator kyrsten sinema, des moines of arizona, shares some changes she would like. her voter will be needed if the parliamentarian rules with a strict party line vote. manu raj u live. what changes is senator sinema seeking and are democrats willing to play ball? >> she still not saying whether she will vote to proceed to the legislation on saturday. they need all 50 democrats in order to that, and she is still raising concerns about some of the tax provisions in this proposal, including the corporate minimum tax. i am told by multiple sources she has raised concerns about that 15% minimum tax on major corporations because of the impact that it co

i'm not actually familiar with what a penal colony in russia is actually like? tell us. >> most of the prisons in russia actually are penal colonies, over 600 colonies -- they have all from joe stalin's forced labor camps. prisoners there are no longer have to break rocks, do mining, but they do manual labor. making uniforms, for example. it is a harsh environment but not a brutal one. they do get decent food and theirs a fair amount of accessibility to them. they are harassed by guards, so brittney griner can expect to have guards harassing her, trying to provoke her, trying to perhaps commit camp infractions that can be used to to increase her sentence or at least deny her parole. so this is not in any way going to be a pleasant stay for brittney griner, the longer she is there, the longer it's likely to get. >> which is why you heard terri talking about the urgency that so many of her family and friends and teammates have putting pressure and attention on the biden administration to try to speed this up. we have talked about the potential for prisoner swap. t

the theoretical tsarev and sukhov were connected for a long time serving a term in the perm penal colonyrrency article in the ninety-fourth. tsarev the then senior lieutenant sukhov was released there to be demolished. by the way, sukhov and tsarev are fellow countrymen, both from krasno-leninsk. here's the link, but already in the ninety- fourth sukhov moved to moscow in moscow , high-profile cases are revealed one after another, and crime bosses are imprisoned. say there are such coincidences. yes, it’s alarming, thanks to such coincidences, sukhov is rapidly advancing in the service, deserves a reputation as a bandit and becomes deputy chief bob and all this, of course, it makes you think, but only direct we have no direct evidence, we have kim written in his own hand how it was written under what circumstances? all these assumptions of our villa are written in the water. when will we wait for these evidences to appear yes, no, there is no time to wait? yes, no longer. an order was received when transferring money for the girls for today, he withdrew a large amount from the bank and t

here are the statements appeared immediately after the shelling of the penal colony and the death ofants. azov in the usa was written from a series, where is it possible? wrong on the website of the pentagon posted a statement by a senior official of the department of defense of the united states of america that the quote, if this happened, was a ukrainian strike. they didn't want to do it. they acetate regard this statement as a clumsy attempt. justify the provocation of the kiev regime. this statement is actually a confession the pentagon released immediately after the shelling probably understand that from the evidence in the sight of fragments of american missiles is certainly not going anywhere, but after almost a week, washington charges another no less heavy artillery for information exchange. not in russia provocations. the universe releases material indicating that russia intends to falsify evidence. this is all very natural. this is very logical. and a. now all the western media are accusing the collective west of the united states of america. e russia in provocations. this

was sentenced to 7 1/2 years in a penal colony yuriy makhinichiv was sentenced to 5.5 years, and the main defendant in the diamond case andrei lagun was sentenced to 9 years in a penal colony with confiscation of property allegations of fraud committed on an especially large scale. another case that very well describes the personality of andrei lagun occurred after he was detained after another conversation with the investigator. he wrote a letter to the leadership of the investigative committee with a proposal to introduce the investigator to the next rank. it just so happened. that it was at this moment that dmitry goncharik received the shoulder straps of lieutenant colonel lagun learned about this from the official response and gave out the promotion of the investigator solely for his the merit of my supervisor sends an appeal there. this is a letter that your appeal has been considered and the potter has received the title of lieutenant colonel. he is in season, when he read out in the cell, then everyone just became all of you later in the cell, as if they said that well, you a

previously, he worked in a penal colony as a guardian.parently, he fixes transport links in petushki and runs a taxi company for a reputation that he doesn’t really worry about, instead of removing himself from the accusations of the townspeople, he began to push our film crew. wait, no, all the best. why do you use force, you break the law, you know in the city of mr. yurchenko it is called this is a pawn and they say that some influential people are behind him. and this very influence comes from criminal circles. taxi, allegedly, is just a money laundering channel that flows from another business , they say that the founders of a taxi company may be associated with the so-called black realtors, that he, as he was, settled in an apartment. it means that he directly carries people into the forest. yes , a small town with big secrets anyway, but the incident in petushki seems to have exposed industry pain points across the country. yes the situation which occurred in the vladimir region evidence of. what is going on in the market with moto

the nine-year sentence to be served in a penal colony, tough detention and labor facilities often farl. brittney griner's lawyer, angry and disappointed and vowing to fight on. >> translator: we think the verdict was totally out of order and it does not correspond to what's happening and what's happening and it is going against the actual part of the russian penal code. >> both the white house and the state department condemn the verdict, and the long jail sentence. the u.s. lists brittney griner as being wrongfully detained and said it's put a substantial offer on the table to bring both brittney griner and former marine paul whelan who is serving a 16-year jail sentence in russia home. he was inside the courtroom in moscow and said the united states will continue to fight for brittney griner. >> president biden's national security team and the entire american government remain committed to bringing miss griner home safely to her family, friends and loved ones. >> and wolf, i was able to speak to brittney griner's legal defense team after the trial ended and essentially they told me

the expectation in russian state media is she'll be assigned to general penal colony, minimal security highest penal facility. she has two charges against her, the maximum is ten years. the prosecution has asked for 9 1/2 years. there's not a lot of expectation she'll get that much less in what the prosecution asked for. we should be finding out all of this in just about an hour. >> we'll find out very shortly. nbc's molly hunter, thank you very much. all this as the state department and the biden administration attempt to negotiate a deal with russia and vladimir putin to get her home and russia keeps raising the price in that deal. msnbc will cover the sentencing of brittney griner in the next hour. lindsey reiser picks things up. . e a real challenge. that's why i use the freestyle libre 2 system. with a painless, one-second scan i know my glucose numbers without fingersticks. now i'm managing my diabetes better and i've lowered my a1c from 8.2 to 6.7. take the mystery out of managing your diabetes and lower your a1c. now you know. try it for free at freestylelibre.us alright, limu,

>> reporter: the court sentenced the two-time olympic gold medalist to nine years in a russian penal colony, and while her legal team says they will immediately appeal the verdict which they say was deeply unfair, they welcome a prisoner swap to get griner back to the u.s. >> it is the perfect thing to get her home. >> now that the sentence has been handed down, russia for the first time is saying it is willing to engage with the u.s. on a possible exchange. and that a mechanism for such swaps was put in place after president biden's summit with russian leader vladimir putin in switzerland last year. >> as for specifically on the issue of persons convicted in russia and the u.s., i have already said that there is the special channel that was agreed to by the presidents. whatever might be said publicly, this channel is still relevant. >> reporter: the u.s. has said it has put an offer on the table to get both brittney griner and former marine paul whelan currently serving a 16-year sentence for espionage which he denies, released. cnn learning the biden administration is offering convicted r

previously, he worked in a penal colony in the blood.he fixes the transport connection in petushki and runs the sanatorium company for the reputation of which he does not really worry about, instead of removing himself from the accusations of the townspeople, he began to push our film crew. wait no, yes, all the best. why do you use force, you violate the law know in the city, mr. yurchenko is called a quote. pawn and say what's behind some influential people stand behind him. and this very influence comes from criminal circles. taxi supposedly. just a money laundering channel that flows from another business, they say that the founders of the taxi company may be associated with the so -called black realtors. what is he, how did he settle in sports? mm oh, to me, that he directly takes people into the forest, they say, yes, a small city with big secrets. so otherwise, but the incident in petushki seems to have exposed the sore points of the industry across the country, which occurred in vladimirskaya area indicates that. that there is an

were on the night of july 28-29, 51 people were killed 142 were earlier in this barracks in the penal colonyllage of yelenovka militants were kept banned in our country bank formation. azov in the west on the attack. they immediately accused the dpr and russia allegedly. we blew ourselves up. azov and indistinct motive why do we need to eliminate important witnesses of crimes to the history of the regime, no evidence was presented was a foreign reporter the authorities of the ghanaian republic gave the opportunity to see everything with their own eyes 32 journalists from 16 countries came to the village to make their own mini, and what happened with their own eyes. we see the consequences, we try to paint a picture of that night to imagine how the situation developed, what we see here causes a feeling of regret, in fact, this is a real tragedy according to our military ukrainian nationalists. and in the colony, in order to silence the prisoners, who began to give detailed testimonies about the crimes of the kiev regime. the fact that the azov people are contained in elenushka was not a secre

aiden winning review was a review of darren bieler's two books in the camps, china's high-tech penal colony enteric capitalism uighur dispossession and masculinity in a chinese city. i want to quote from your review and have you expand on it a little bit. those symbols of chinese totalitarianism uighur camps intersect in troubling ways witt the colonial histories capitalist economies and security practices of the anglo-american west. >> es. i think what is going on in china one hand china is of totalitarian state which is placing certain minority populations under intense surveillance and scrutiny. but practice is happening in western china to map on the things we see in other empires and other historical moments. this is something he argues. and it is something i asked why historian of western empires could certainly understand. so i think what is happening inf china is a combination of maybe three strategies of history that we see in north america. on the one hand that uighur people are being treated as an indigenous population that needs to be removed the race from the land to make way f

. >> and next, brittney griner's lawyers say they will appeal the wnba star's nine-year penal colonyming days, but you see how that would go. the only solution may be a prisoner swap, and ambassador bill richardson who has been talking to the russians is my guest. >> plus, a scary moment at a little league game. the pitcher accidentally hitting the batter. what happened next is touching the sports world and way beyond. ouour smart sleepers get 28 minutes more restful sleep per nighght. all smart beds are on sale. save 50% on the sleep number 360 limited edition smart bed. only for a limiteded time. alright, limu, give me a socket wrench, pliers, and a phone open to libertymutual.com they customize your car insurance, so you only pay for what you need... and a blowtorch. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ wait. you're a night manager and mom and birthday cake baker? so adding “and” student might feel daunting. national university is here to support all your “ands.” national university. supporting the whole you. this... is the planning effect. this is h

russia, is likely to take six months to a year, and significantly, she won't have to go to that penal colonyfter that appeal process has been concluded, so that is significant. this is a severe sentence that the judge delivered today, and we are seeing a very swift response from the biden administration. listen to what the top u.s. diplomat, who attended this hearing today in russia, said outside that courtroom. >> this is a miscarriage of justice. the u.s. department of state has determined that ms. griner was wrongfully detained. nothing in today's decision changes that determination. we will remain in frequent contact with ms. griner and with her legal team. >> now, we also heard from president biden in a statement, calling this sentence unacceptable, also talking about the efforts under way, working tirelessly to try and bring brittney griner home with all tools available to the u.s. government, but of course the question now is what will happen to these ongoing efforts, the united states trying to secure a prisoner swap to get brittney griner home, putting that proposal on the table bac

china's high-tech penal colony and terror capitalism uieger dispossession and masculinity in a chinese city. i want to i want to quote from your review and have you expand on it a little bit though symbols of chinese totalitarianism uighur camps intersect in troubling ways with the colonial histories capitalist economies and security practices of the anglo-american west. yes, so i think that what's going on in china is on the one hand china is a totalitarian state, which is a placing certain minority populations under intense surveillance and scrutiny, but the practices happening in western china do map on to things that we see in in other empires and in other historical moments, and this is something that darren byler himself argues and it's something that i is sort of a historian of western empires could could certainly could could certainly sort of understand. so i think that what's happening in china is sort of a combination of maybe three strands of of history that we see in north america on the one hand the indigent the week of people at being treated as an indigenous population

." >> tonight, brittney griner sentenced to nine years in a russian penal colony. >> i never meant toreak any laws here. >> her emotional pleas for mercy. >> i made an honest mistake, and i hope that in your ruling that it doesn't end my life here. >> what does it all mean for a possible prisoner swap with russia? >>> plus monkeypox crisis. why the white house declared a federal public health emergency as cases rise. >> it is a virus that does not discriminate. it will spread to the general population. >> what patients are facing. >> there were multiple nights i wasn't able to go to sleep. >>> the urgent push for more vaccines. >>> and 13 lives. >> how many of you? >> 13. >> 13? >> they'r all alive. >> hollywood's take on that dramatic thai cave rescue. >> the whole world felt like parents of those children. >> the real-life heroes who led the daring rescue. >> we had to navigate our way not just through the cave, but through the labyrinth of hollywood, of business. ♪ >>> god evening. thanks for joining us. tonight, wnba star brittney griner's future is in limbo now that she's been co

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. >> brennan: tonight, basketball star brittney griner sentenced to nine years in a russian penal colony, she was convicted on drug charges. president biden calls the sentence unacceptable. pressure builds on him to broker a possible prisoner swap. griner's fate intertwined with russia's war in ukraine and its standoff with the west. public health emergency, the biden administration today declared monkeypox a national emergency as infections spread, vaccines in lying demand but short supply. is it too late to contain the virus? breaking news, a texas jury order conspiracy theorist alex jones to pay millions in damages to the parents of a six-year-old y

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expressed remorse, but that did not stop a russian judge from sentencing her to nine years in a penal colonyze to my teammates, my club, the fans and the city of ekat for my mistake that i made and the embarrassment that i brought on to them. >> reporter: the sentence prompted outrage from her phoenix mercury teammates and her league. president biden called it unacceptable. >> russia is wrongfully detaining brittney. >> reporter: the 6'9" center was on her way to play in russia when she was arrested in february. russian authorities accused her drug smuggling after finding less than a gram of cannabis oil in her luggage. >> i love my family. >> reporter: in a bid to bring griner and another american, paul whelan home, u.s. officials have proposed a prisoner swap, possibly involving russian arms dealer viktor bout. >> but it's a serious proposal. we urge them to accept it. they should have accepted it weeks ago when we first made it. >> reporter: but the russians said they wouldn't negotiate until griner was sentenced. >> the russian court systems and putin have to be able to justify to the ru

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yes, and a penal colony for drugs, possession and smuggling russian officials are vague cartridges containing cannabis, oil and doug. you're just an airport near moscow. so it does this sentence reflect rushes, strict attitude to drugs, or was it sat that high to increase her value when the time comes to do a deal with the united states? i'm so gale in berlin and this is the day ah, later on, this is a miscarriage of justice. no intent to bring in russian law will file an appeal. the u. s. department of state has determined this printer is wrongfully detained, not being in today's decision changes that termination. i know everybody, he's talking about political bond politics. but i hope that is far from this court. you know, when we, it's so brittany, i think it was tuesday and with the see on thursday and she said see on, don't think so. looks like she was worried also coming up the other prisoners that russia's holding thousands of ukrainian prisoners of war or in russian custody. the w news has been speaking to some of their parents who've been telling us their fears. my biggest concern is

griner was sentenced to a russian penal colony for nine years. and has become a politically charged drug case that has sparked protests and pleas for her release. cbs reporter natalie brand has more on her sentence and reaction from the white house. natalie? >> reporter: and ryan, the biden administration is calling on russia to release griner immediately. the white house calls this sentence reprehensible, and says she shouldn't have even been on trial in the first place. >> i love my family. >> reporter: wnba star brittney griner told reporters she loves her family as she was led away in shackles after receiving a nine-year prison sentence on charges of cannabis possession. her month-long russian trial came to an end thursday morning, shortly after the two-time olympic champion delivered an apology. >> i never meant to hurt anybody. i never meant to put in jeopardy the rest of the population. i never meant to break any laws. >> reporter: griner's lawyers argued the phoenix mercury center brought vape cartridges with cannabis oil by mistake when

00] ah, a court in russia has sent his us basketball star, brittany, grind it a 9 years, and a penal colony for drugs, possession, and smuggling russian officials are vague cartridges containing cannabis, oil. it does get just an app on the moscow. so it does the sentence reflect rushes, strict attitude to drugs, or was it sat that high to increase her value when the time comes to do a deal with the united states? i'm fil gail in berlin and this is the day. ah, maybe on think this is a miscarriage of justice. i had no intent to bring in russian law will fall an appeal the us department of state has determined that the screener is wrongfully detained. nothing in today's decision changes that termination. i know everybody keeps talking about political pond politics, but i hope that that is far from this court. you know, one way it's so brittany, i think it was tuesday and i saw a see on thursday and she said, see on don't think so. looks like she was right also coming up the other prisoners that rushes holding thousands of ukrainian prisoners of war in russian custody. the w news has been spe

well, on the other hand, we understand that at one time, for example, prisoners of certain penal colonies yes, for example, who received phones, and used it for their own, so to speak , mercantile purposes, how should we be in general to separate the wheat from the chaff, see the key point that we must understand now, of course , specialists are working now and we want to establish all those people who reported about demining in fact, there are certain possibilities, let's say how it can be done and now they are all checking. i think that we will definitely be able to reach people who understood, of course we do not go to all of them, but as practice shows we have the opportunity to restore a large percentage. this is the first story, since it is a mass story in various regions. i don't think it's some uh, let's say, i think you know, even if you talk about people there in the colonies and so on. this is definitely organized by the special services of the russian federation, because who now will do with the ukrainians, understanding the context, there is everything else because i am convi