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What bargaining chips we have now? that was a pretty powerful gap for the russians regrets i get that we know merchant or sedan of his term its worth pointing out and biting getting brittney griner back we have as a present thats willing to use all back channels to make sure americans come home safely. i think in this case have a journalist over there because we can all agree journalism is not a crime is part of chronicling history. i think its really important the bite administration uses same ...

Around the world. i think journalists are being the most vulnerable worldwide. i think, jim, what is needed is an international effort. intelligence gathering, not just the u. s but the european union . african nations middle east nations. because what is happening with iran, venezuela, russia many other countries they are taking hostages, especially journalists as bargaining chips , and thats really unacceptable . uh so, uh, i think there has to be an international effort. you know, the british...

There are two dozen charges. there could be new evidence, so i think we should wait and see whats in indictment its a kind of he said, she said between michael cohen and donald trump. >> weve talked about on the show about the arrest of an american journalist in russia. you have a unique perspective about this because you were held by the taliban for many months give us your sense where you think this leads up to and what kind of experience this reporter may be going through >> so i think putin ...

Of the past several years, quite prominent, actually reporting for the wall street journal, but also other organizations previous as well, including the french news organization and the moscow times, which is a local english language. newspaper here in russia. all right, matthew chance. thank you for all of that reporting. and in russia today, herskovits, his lawyer was actually barred from attending a court hearing and another lawyer for the reporter, says that he worries he wont have any conta...

Described ah, this is as a hostage situation, which they then can use as bargaining chips for other exchanges of russians held here in the us, and by the way, its a tactic we see not just from russia but from other regimes such as china and iran in the past, and it puts those individuals in a very precarious situation. so herring one for him and for his family, bigger picture, part of a broader deterioration in the relationship between russia and the us coming the same week that russia backs off...

Of value our citizens are citizens, not bargaining chips. theyre not diplomatic leverage their human beings with lives and families that must be respected. and im very glad to see that to michaels to michael michael star, bro. bring for safely back to their family. 1000 days. 1000 days in detention. my mother here, she said. god bless you both. thank you for joining us today and thank you for having an opportunity to meet you earlier. you know the incredible diversity that defines each of our na...

>> but back at the creek, things were not okay for warren jeffs. suddenly he was facing to lawsuits. an attorney knew the flds, although he no longer code represents them. >> it was a case that the boys claimed had been thrown out of the community. and another was a young man who alleged that he had been sexually assaulted by warren as a boy. >> by 2004, when elissa left the church and it spread through crick that the church was ejected by warren jeffs. it got worse. and more and more marriages ...

Enough is enough. lets get on with the peoples business. thats what they elected this republican majority to do. >> harris: if anybody is wondering whether or not its pomp and circumstance where you guys are concerned. at 11:59:59. half hour from now or so you become congressman elect because we end one congress and then go into the next one. without speaker of the house you are in limbo for a little bit. this is very real. has mccarthy given too much, has he capitulateed too much? now what are ...

>> there are bad actors, we used to say the other side gets a vote. in this case its hard to keep these dictators and dictatorial governments from taking americans and using them as bargaining chips. this is why this summer the president signed an executive order that provides us with new tools to add a deterrence effect. in addition, secretary blinken has been working with other countries to create a multilateral coalition that can put this -- i guess you can say using americans -- wrongfully a...

There was no opportunity at this time to bring you home, but paul, were coming for you. >> what do you say to people like senator bob menendez, the chairman of the foreign relations committee, one of the presidents fellow democrats, who said making that swap with viktor bout was deeply disturbing. he said we must stop inviting dictatorial and rogue regimes to use americans overseas as bargaining chips. i guess how do you respond to his argument that this sends a message to hostile countries that...