all over the world in multiple countries who are suffering and who need our help. >> reporter: trevor reedrrested in russia back in 2019 after a night of heavy drinking with friends. reed's girlfriend at the time said he became unmanageable inside a car, and she forced him to pull over. reed's friends then called the police, who took reed to the station to sober up. but the next day, everything changed when police abruptly charged reed with assaulting the officers who brought him to the station. >> just a complete and utter sham. >> reporter: reed was sentenced to nine years in a russian prison camp. >> at the moment where trevor reed was sentenced, no, i don't think his parents thought the government was doing enough. >> reporter: back in the u.s., reed's parents, joey and paula, hired franks. >> trevor's parents were absolutely relentless. they were willing to go on at all hours of the day my role was to make sure trevor's parents were everywhere. >> reporter: april 2022, reed was released after months of negotiations between the u.s. state department and russia. he was exchanged for con

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and trevor reed joins me now, of course, as the only, you know, best perspective that only very few peoplenow you believe that the criticism that we've heard over the terms of this deal, the unfreezing of the $6 billion in iranian revenue, is unwarranted. of course, it is also important to note this was not u.s. taxpayer money. but i want to listen, for those who haven't heard, what republicans are saying about this deal. >> it is a quid pro quo. it is called a ransom payment. >> the latest example of president biden rewarding and incentivizing iran's bad behavior. >> americans are now more of a target for iran than they were before. >> every enemy we have are now going to be realizing that if they take americans, they can get $6 billion too. >> we will never, ever pay ransom to terrorists or terrorist states. >> trevor, what do you make of that? >> well, first off, i'd just like to say that that has no bearing on reality. so if you look at my case as one example, the russians took paul whelan hostage. when the united states asked hem to release him, they immediately asked for concessions

including former marine trevor reed and wnba star brittney griner. >>> the search for an arsonist in louisiana. the investigation now as officials say the largest wildfire in state history was deliberately set. >>> and americans pay tribute to the mayor of margaritaville, jimmy buffett, a treasured performer who invited us all to share in his paradise. >> announcer: from abc news world headquarters in new york, this is "world news tonight." >>> good evening. it's great to have you with us on this sunday night. i'm whit johnson. several developing stories. the new sighting of a convicted killer and urgent manhunt outside philadelphia. but we begin with the extreme weather across the country this holiday weekend. monsoon rains slamming the southwest, at least one death reported in the chaos of the burning man festival in nevada. tens of thousands trapped, told to conserve water and food. thick mud making it difficult to get out. even stars like chris rock among those fleeing the desert. downpours reaching across the normally hot and dry region. roads turning into rivers near the las ve

and has worked closely with richardson on bringing home trevor reed this summer. the former u.s.rongfully detained in russia before being released in a prisoner swap. jonathan, thanks for joining us on this. appreciate it. you know, i'm taking a look at this letter, drafted and signed by senator lujan as julie tsirkin just mentioned. senator manchin, senator heinrich, and senator menendez as well. a recent, this, year nomination of the former governor to the delay governor for a nobel peace prize. you think about that achievement, not the first time he's been nominated, and all the people that he has been brought home as well. talk to me about your experience in getting to know him and what the late governor means to you? >> thanks for having me. i've known the governor since i was a small child. i've gotten to have the honor of watching him behind the scenes at times. over the past ten years, we worked on a lot of hostage cases together, like you said, including trevor reeds. we are working on travis king right now. and to lose hands, i guess i can't understand understate what a

oakland city council member trevor reed represents the district where the woman was shot praying and believing that she will come through and wanting to make sure that we've got all the support of services available for her as she heals and recovers through just this horrific incident. quite honestly, i'm off. i am so upset. in an unrelated incident at about 945 friday night, a mother of two was killed by a stray bullet. as she slept in her home near 38th and masterson in the city's laurel district. to have a gun go off and a stray bullet hit an innocent mom while she's just sleeping. that's absurd. oakland mayor shengtao says the deadly shooting was the result of group and gang activity not linked to the victim and that the city's cease fire program will get involved. there's too many guns on the street and we have to do something about it, not just as a city, but as a state, as a region. oakland police are asking anyone with information in this shooting or the one that killed the laurel district mother to give them a call in oakland, henry lee ktvu fox two news. well, this troublin

most recently, he helped secure the release last year of marine veteran trevor reed from russia in ay he died in his sleep at his massachusetts home. richardson was 75 years old. ll cool], eltonjohn, and the beach boys�* brian wilson are among the fans of american singer—songwriter jimmy buffett, paying tribute to the creator of margaritaville. he died friday, aged 76. a statement on his website says he died peacefully surrounded by friends, family and his dogs. his songs like margaritaville and cheese burger in paradise have been tropical rock genre anthems for decades. he was nominated for two grammys. the cause of buffett�*s death is not clear, but he was hospitalised in recent months. here in the us, more than 70,000 people have been stranded at the famous burning man festival in the desert state of nevada due to rare rainstorms that turned the event into a mudbath. slippery conditions in nevada's black rock desert prompted a ban on people leaving the site due to dangerous driving conditions. they've have been warned to shelter in place. a shortwhile ago, i spoke withjosiah roe w

most recently he helped secure the release last year of marine veteran trevor reed from russia in a prisoneratives say he died in his sleep at his massachusetts home. richardson was 75 years old. ll cool], eltonjohn, and the beach boys�* brian wilson are among the fans of american singer—songwriter jimmy buffett paying tribute to the creator of margaritaville. he died friday aged 76. a statement on his website says he died peacefully surrounded by friends, family and his dogs. his songs like margaritaville and cheeseburger in paradise have been tropical rock genre anthems for decades. he was nominated for two grammys. the cause of buffett�*s death is not clear, but he was hospitalised in recent months. in key west, florida, featured in several of buffett�*s songs, fans have been laying flowers and other items at a makeshift memorial outside his recording studio and cafe. buffett had lived on the island for years starting in the 1970s. jimmy always, always— he called key west home. no matter where ever else he built a house or wherever he decided to reside for the moment, key west was always

been detained overseas and reacclimate, and get a psychiatric exam, and where brittney griner and trevor reed were taken after being detained in russia. that is where he will stay for some time, but how long is unclear, but the big question is what happens next. the officials had raised the possibility that he could face further disly their action after returning to the u.s., and he was absent without leave after the officials here at the pentagon said that he willfully and intentionally crossed into north korea, an adversary state, but the army is saying that we will deal with the admin administrative actions later, but making sure that he recovers, but it is difficult either way. he has spent 70 days in north korean detention, and the question of whether to bring charges against him under the uniform military system of justice is a difficult one. you don't want to set the precedence no consequence of absence without leave, but this is a decision that the army has to make, and probably has to make soon. >> it is a great point. oren, thank you for the update. sara? >>> texas governor greg abb

most recently, he helped secure the release last year of marine veteran trevor reed from russia in ae beach boys�* brian wilson are among the fans of american singer—songwriterjimmy buffett paying tribute to the creator of margaritaville. he died friday aged 76. a statement on his website says he died peacefully surrounded by friends, family and his dogs. the mississippi—born musician was best known for his hit 1977 song margaritaville. buffett got his start in country music, before moving to florida and helping to create the "tropical rock genre". he was nominated for two grammys. buffett�*s songs were also turned into a broadway musical debuting in 2018. the cause of buffett�*s death is not clear, but he was hospitalised in recent months. fresh off a successful mission to land an unmanned spacecraft near the south pole of the moon, india is setting its sights on something bigger — the sun. bbc�*s azadeh moshiri reports on india's latest launch bound for the centre of the solar system. this was aditya—l1 lift off. the launch was from sriharikota on saturday after an hour and four mi

where brittney griner and trevor reed were brought before released by russia. the question, what happens now, poppy? the military officials said could be brought up on military charges, absent without leave. that remains unclear. not getting a definitive answer whether or when that might happen. >> and why he was expelled and allowed to come back to the united states? so many questions. thank you for all the reporting. phil? >>> this morning house republican hard-liners are defiant refusing to work with democrats, their speaker following suit with only two days left to reach a deal and avert a government shutdown. and house rules committee actually called an emergency meeting overnight to strips $3 million from the ukraine. long existing funding. mitch mcconnell is standing by, worked out with chuck schumer and house speaker mccarthy says won't get a vote without significant changes. live on capitol hill, lauren has more. optimism with two-plus days left and the clock ticking down, any outcome besides a shutdown? >> reporter: if you asked aides, if you asked me

it's the same medical facility brittney griner and trevor reed went to after they were released. this case is very different. travis king was not considered to be a hostage, was not considered to be wrongfully detained. he simply fled. now there are major questions about why he went awol, what kind of punishments he may face, whether there will be discipline, whether he could face a court marshal. these questions were put to the administration today. they say for now they are not necessarily thinking about that. they want travis king to get back on his feet, on solid footing, senior administration officials said, and they will address those questions after what this official called the reintegration process. >> thanks so much. >>> coming up next, something to make you smile at the end of the day, how a nasa astronaut made history today. >>> a nasa astronaut now holds the record for the longest u.s. space flight, more than a year, 371 days to be exact. frank rubio is his name. he returned from the international space station today aboard a russian spacecraft that landed in kazakhs

prisoners have gone, including trevor reed and brittney griner.r the consequences he may face, what kind of discipline, whether it's a court-martial for going awol or trying to evade those disciplinary procedures, those questions we are told by a senior administration official, will be addressed once king is back on solid footing, after what this official called the reintegration process. >> thanks so much, alex. good to see you. >>> less than four months until the first contest in the 2024 race, but there is the critical moment for gop voters happen thing evening. more on that, next.

oakland city council member trevor reed represents the district where the woman was shot a praying andving that she will come through and wanting to make sure that we've got all the support of services available for her as she heals and recovers through just this horrific incident. quite honestly, i'm off. i am so upset in an unrelated incident at about 945 friday night, a mother of two was killed by a stray bullet as she slept in her home near 38th. and masterson in the city's laurel district. to have a gun go off in a stray bullet hit an innocent mom while she's just sleeping. that's absurd. oakland mayor shengtao says the deadly shooting was the result of group and gang activity not linked to the victim and that the city's cease fire program will get involved. there's too many guns on the street and we have to do something about it. not just as a city, but as a state, as a region. oakland police are asking anyone with information in this shooting or the one that killed the laurel district mother to give them a call in oakland, henry lee ktvu fox two news. the updated covid vaccines

little nervous about my doing this on my own, but at the same time we've had success recently with trevor reed, the russian -- the american hostage in russia some months ago. >> richardson was also a democratic candidate for president in 2008. he eventually dropped out and endorsed barack obama. ron bronstein is a cnn political analyst and senior editor for "the atlantic," he joins us as well as cnn's state department producer jen hansler. what more can you tell us about bill richardson's legacy and his now passing? >> rahel, we know that he had a major impact with his work through these families to try to bring their loved ones home when they are detained abroad. we heard from the vice president of the richardson center, someone who had worked with governor richardson for years, mickey bergman, put out a statement saying he had passed peacefully in his sleep last night. and one line that really stick out was he said, quote, there was no person that governor richardson would not speak to if it held the promise of returning a person to freedom. and this is why so many of the families did turn t

the same channel that was successful in bringing brittney griner home, trevor reed.he secretary of state work hard on this. and the president's willing to make hard decisions to bring people back. so the question's not whether evan is coming back, the question is when. and to be honest, i also want to say we're still working hard on paul whelan too. i had a chance to talk to elizabeth whelan two nights ago. >> and i think it's very significant what you just said. hopefully it's not going to be years when it comes to evan gershkovich. you mentioned elizabeth whelan, paul's sister, that you spoke with her. i spoke with her the other day. she has been very complementary of all the work that you and your team have done. but she does have frustration with some parts of this. she didn't get a chance to meet with president biden last week. he didn't have time while she was in washington. and she talked about that. she was very gracious. but she was frustrated. and here's what she said, roger. >> i'm a little frustrated and trying not to be depressed. i don't have a lot of l

the list of people that he has helped free from breaking britney griner than trevor reed. when you think of governor richardson what comes to mind? >> what comes to mind, yasmin, on a sad day, is the legacy of someone who started as a politician, a congressman, democratic congressman of new mexico. then, i knew him in congress, i knew him when he was the energy secretary, i knew him as governor. but as you unembarrassed are, i think what started as reaching out to north korea. reaching out when i went with him to afghanistan. this is 1998. afghanistan was still under taliban rules. of course, they go into russian occupations, and the u.s. was not back in. this was before 2001. and he was on a mission to try to get osama bin laden out. because the u.s. was already looking for bin laden and al-qaeda. this happened previously in 1993 and in 1996. and this was before the attacks on our embassies in 1998. so i went in may of 1998 with him to afghanistan. and he was not successful and getting bin laden. but then he went north with the anti taliban leaders. and it was all a prett

because trevor reed has gotten out. brittney griner has gotten out, obviously very high profile.there's a feeling among a lot of advocates for you and perhaps for you that paul whelan has been left behind. what is the fear that he might be left behind again if they were to get evan gershkovich out? >> of course it is a fear because this is all the russians fault that paul is there. they're playing these games in terms of who gets out when. you know, who they'll trade for. upfront they did ask for both yaroshenko and bout for paul, but the u.s. did not act on that at the time in 2019, and then eventually when reid and then griner were arrested the trades were done for them, and at that point russia had said, hey, we think paul has more value and we want something different. i don't know what that happens to be, but it's interesting to show that the longer an american is held by one of these hostile foreign nation, the harder it is to get them home, and this is one of the reasons i'm trying put pressure on the u.s. government to do something quickly because it has been so long. and

he also played a hand in trevor reed, the former u.s.was freed from russian captivity as well. we know of course, here we turn in the summer to fight in ukraine. and most recently, brittney griner, the wnba star. we know that richardson played a hand in that as well. it goes to show you how closely he was involved in so many quarters of the earth and, his diplomatic relations with most traditional leaders would not engage in such a thing. so, richardson certainly leading behind such a legacy, such a whole. i want to leave the redo part of the statement of this nonprofit, he said, quote, there's no question that governor richardson, if it held the promise of returning a person to freedom. the world has lost a champion for those held unjustly abroad. also i should mention, richardson, in addition to his career and his administration as a congressman for six terms here, he also ran for president in 2008. he mounted the first nationwide campaign as a hispanic democrat, someone of hispanic descent. a lot of notable accomplishments and achieve

moscow in the months before a prisoner swap with russia that led to the release of marine veteran trevor reed also worked to free wnba star brittney griner, telling our george stephanopoulos at the time -- >> i don't want to go into everything that i have been doing. i have been talking to the russians. i talked to the white house. i'm a catalyst. >> reporter: richardson worked on behalf of some 80 american families to secure the release of their loved ones. >> we have to bring american hostages home, especially those wrongfully detained. especially those that have served in our military. >> reporter: now richardson was married to his wife, barbara, for over 50 years. they had one daughter, and the current governor of new mexico summed up his life this way. she wrote, he was fighting for the little guy, world peace, and everything in between. whit? >> whit: maryalice parks for us, thank you. >>> we do turn now to the war in ukraine as we learn more about the latest u.s. aid package. officials tell abc news that it includes depleted uranium shells. abc's britt clennett joins us from kyiv with