we never forgot about britney and we have not forgotten about paul wheelan has been unjustly detained in russia for years. this was not a choice for which american to bring home. the brought rum trevor reed when they had a chance earlier this year and sadly for illegitimate reasons russia is treated paul's place differently than britney's and while we have not succeeded in his release we are not giving up. we will never give up. we remain in close touch with paul's family and the whelan family and my thoughts and prayers are with them today as they -- as we have mixed emotions today. i russia to maintain paul until we can bring them home. if we can bring that person home in one x. today. my frustration is brought home dozens of americans who were held abroad many who have been held since before he took office. today we also remember the other americans who are being held hostage and wrongfully detained in russia or anywhere else in the world. reuniting americans with their loved one's remains a priority for my frustration and every person might administration involved in this. we cont

. >> reporter: wheelan himself calling cnn from inside the prison camp today. >> i'm happy that brittneyhome today. but i don't understand why i'm still sitting here. my bags were packed. i'm ready to go home. i just need an airplane to come and get me. >> i've spoken to paul from prison about two years ago, and he was able to call me at the time from a phone that was shared by prisoners. he has also then been punished by the prison afterwards. the real risk is that he will be put into solitary confinement. >> reporter: secretary of state antony blinken laying out the terms of the deal. >> this was not a choice of which american to bring home. the choice was one or none. >> reporter: the state department reportedly believed that bout was a high enough profile prisoner to warrant the release of two americans. bout, sentenced to 25 years for aiding a terrorist organization and conspiring to kill americans. bout was so infamous, the movie "lord of war" starring nicholas cage was in part inspired by his life. >> the first and most important rule of gun running is never get shot with your own

it's really offensive, white house officials say they're doing everything they can to bring wheelan home and say the process of bringing grinder back to the u. s has provided valuable insight and we are now more informed. clearly having gone through this process over the last few months were more informed. we have a better sense of the context here where the russians expectations are and we're just gonna keep working at it. greiner has not spoken publicly since her return, but she is expected to issue a statement this week. call it a splashing success. nasa's orion space capsule has returned to earth. the spacecraft's traveling without a crew ended nasa's first lunar mission and 50 years coming down in the pacific. the capsule flew within 80 miles of the moon, sending back stunning pictures. look at that of earth in the distance. the flight paves the way for crewed mission to orbit the moon in 2024. hopes of eventually establish establishing a base their time now for a look at your monday weather. start to the week in the south into this monday night, when the sun goes down, the storms a

americans paul wheelan and mark fogel. fogel has been in russian custody since 2021 island for nearly four years. i think it's become clear that the u. s. doesn't have any concessions that the russian government wants for paul. the president says russia is treating whelan's case differently, and they are still working to bring him and other americans home. at this time. we were not able to make that happen, but that does not stop us. our choices was, uh, brittany or no. one at all. the president said. griner will be offered special medical help and counseling in washington. lauren blanchard, fox news. four we spoke with an expert in hostage recovery, who said the biden administration had pushed for both griner and wheelan to be released. they offered to trade victor boot for brittany and paul together and the putin regime box at that offer. it was unclear if they wanted more for the two of them or if they were really only willing to trade boots for one of the two at the end of the day. it seems like the putin regime would

wheelan spoke to cnn from russia. i'm happy that britney is going home today, but i don't understand why i'm still sitting here. my bags are packed. i'm ready to go home. i just need an airplane to come and get me the president, insisting the administration is determined to bring will and home we have not yet succeeded in securing policy release. we are not giving up. we will never give up. and guys. secretary of state antony blinken insists the u. s made every possible offer in an effort to get well and hope. back to you like faith. thank you to the war in ukraine. russian president putin admits his forces are targeting ukraine's critical civilian infrastructure, putin saying quote yes, we are doing it. the targets include ukraine's power facilities, which have left millions in the dark and cold. ukrainian officials and some western leaders have described the attacks as potential war crimes. abc is martha raddatz explains. but it is unclear whether this is a war crime. the russians can say the targeting is legitimate

other americans, including paul wheelan remain in russian custody.treating paul differently. paul was never in that mix in their mind. with respect to mr boot. it was just for britney's brother david is pushing for a new strategy and says, quote the u. s needs a swifter, more direct response. this may mean taking more lawbreaking kremlin connected russians into custody. it's not like there aren't plenty around the world. the white house's pointed to sanctions and visa bans as a strategy even as there have been strong american sanctions for years against officials in russia, north korea and iran nations that continue detaining americans unjustly, us official tells fox news the brittney griner case should serve as a lesson to americans, especially high profile once that vladimir putin will easily use them as political pawns. at the white house rich edson fox news. well over the next 4 to 8 hours or weather conditions will be changing dramatically as a rainfall right now, which is up to our north pole eventually spread to the south, generating some pret

marine paul wheelan is still in a russian prison after nearly four years, and so is american teacherfogel. fox news to hosni has more now from the white house house continues to defend its decision , saying they really had no avenue to bring paul home. they say that russia was never open to handing him over in this particular swap because of the espionage charge. urges that he is facing the 52 year old veteran, is serving a sentence until 2036. paul's brother, david, who supports brittney griner is release is pushing for more attempts to get paul out. i think pretty shattered he was getting his hopes up. i think we all had our hopes up that he would be going home he'd been planning. you know where he would live. he's lost his apartment in the states in the last four years, and i was thinking about that future and i think not being able to think about that future as concretely is going to be hard. democrats say presidents from both parties have had to authorize tough trades over the years, but republicans say handing over the man once called the merchant of death and leaving paul behi

s is doing what it can to try to get american paul wheelan back home from russia well and has spent nearly four years in prison in russia on espionage charges. but at this point, the state department says that russia just is not cooperating. we are committed. we are going to be creative. we are going to be relentless in working with paul wieland's family, his loved ones and in turn with the russians to do everything we can to see this case resolved is as soon as we can. that's ned price of the state department, in his words come as many remain anger that the us chose to allow w. n b a star britney griner to be part of a recent prisoner swap with russia instead of wheatland. after a stormy weekend. the storm moved out early this morning, leaving us with partly cloudy skies and cool conditions , but mainly dry conditions for today, giving you a live look outside our doors, a beautiful one of the golden gate bridge looking towards the marin headlands. partly cloudy skies temperatures in the low fifties today and we're not going to see much improvement. and that department in the coming days,

paul wheelan is a former u. s. marine who was wrongfully detained in 2018 u. s officials were trying to negotiate to have both he and greiner released in exchange for boot. but he was not part of this deal. this was not a choice of which american to bring home sadly, for totally illegitimate reasons. russia is treating paul's case differently than brittany's and what we have not yet succeeded in securing polls release. we are not giving up and i will remain committed to the work of getting every american home, including paul, whose family is in our hearts today as we celebrate b g b a home grinders w nba team. the phoenix mercury reacted on twitter to the news, ending their countdown of her time spent in wrongful detention by saying no more days she is coming home, the nba and nba commissioners have also spoken out, saying there's a collective wave of joy and relief. live in the newsroom. amanda kintanar ktvu fax two news new and more information about san jose's latest record breaking pedestrian traffic death candles placed overnight at the scene to honor the

we want wheelan said, we don't want cars, which is what they always say don't go on say and we don'ttrike. but companies are pushing place. let's pushing into this place. let's break further. i'm told break it down further. i'm told by industrial correspondent. but the jones. now, the process is alan jones. now, alan, uncover these alan, every time i uncover these strikes about trains , i'm strikes about the trains, i'm always told i don't you dare bnngin always told i don't you dare bring in train drivers about this because they're the ones on the good money and they're not the good money and they're not the ones who are demanding about going on strike it's all the cards is here is the cleaners so . well it's just train drivers now there about 70 kale they will be striking over over the dispute isn't about how much they earn it's about when i last had a pay rise like three years ago. so you probably need to have a different discussion about how how much people earn for kind of jobs they do. you know, i'm always happy when know, i'm always very happy when i train that the driver i go

times, annoyed by the united states, they wanted to exchange it as if for a grainer and a floor of a wheelan, but russia refused an exclusive interview. for cnn whelan. he said from the colony that he was surprised that he was not included in the exchange. i am extremely disappointed that they did not do more to free me. i'm glad the shave isn't coming home. and that trevor is back in his time, but i don't understand why i'm still here. i'm sitting, my bags are packed. i'm ready to go home, republicans are criticizing this decision and some are criticizing the republican's rather merciless risk-code. from the states of florida, a quotation was announced. i'm glad that shave isn't coming home, but what about a veteran us infantry full? scott described biden's decision to extradite a man known as a death dealer to putin as weak and disgusting. so let's see if the split between the two parties will grow kevin mccarthy said the following is a shameless act that death dealer viktor bout returns to putin and paul weeland remains behind bars. he used the phrase shameless act and republican. mike ma

us officials have been trying to negotiate also have paul wheelan released an american wrongfully detainedthis morning, biden said he is not not giving up on paul. he will continue to work. to get him released as well. live in the newsroom. amanda quintana ktvu fox two news. thank you, amanda . today the u. s. house of representatives is expected to approve the respect for marriage act supporting interracial and same gender marriage. the bill already passed in the senate. president biden has said he will sign that bill into federal law shortly. after the upcoming house vote. many leaders of lgbt q plus rights organizations have praised the respect for marriage act. the area. politicians and political analysts are evaluating the ramifications of raphael warnock's victory in the georgia senate runoff. he beat republican challenger herschel walker by about 3% points or 100,000 votes. his win gives democrats the majority in the senate for the first time since president biden took office that could make it easier for the president to advance cabinet and judicial nominees. oakland congresswoman