charges of smuggling cannabis. it was nearly the maximum sentence for bringing less than one gram of cannabis oil into the country. britney griner pleaded guilty last month to cartridges in her possession, which arrived i airport in february. but she told the court that bringing them into russia was an honest mistake after she packed in a hurry. before the sentencing today, unemotional britney griner apologized, saying she never intended to break any laws in a final plea for leniency. i never meant to hurt anybody. i never meant to put in jeopardy the russian population. i never meant to break any laws here. i made an honest mistake. and i hope that, in your ruling, that it doesn t lose [inaudible] my life here. i know everybody keeps talking about political pawn and politics. but i hope that that is far from this courtroom. but the judge didn t grant her any leniency. the lawyers called the verdict absolutely unreasonable and plan to appeal, saying the court ignore
cannabis. it was nearly the maximum sentence for bringing less than one gram of cannabis oil into the country. when she arrived in moscow s airport in february. she told the court that bringing them into russia was an honest mistake after she packed in a hurry. before the sentencing today, on emotional brittney griner apologized, saying she never intended to break any laws in a final plea for leniency. i never meant to hurt anybody. i never meant to put in jeopardy the russian population. i never meant to break any laws here. i made an honest mistake. and i hope that, in your willing, that it doesn t end my life here. i know everybody keeps talking about political pawn and politics. but i hope that that is far from this courtroom. but the judge didn t grant her any leniency. the lawyers called the verdict absolutely unreasonable and plan to appeal, saying the court ignored the defense is defenses evidence. she was very upset. very upset, very stressed. and she can har
lady also laid flowers at a memorial site before meeting with the families of the ten victims all killed while shopping and working at a grocery store simply because they were black. this hatred is what led president biden to run for president. and it s detailed in the suspect s plans. we ve learned he made multiple trips to that store as early as march. even speaking with a security guard who the shooter would later kill in this attack we are live from buffalo. joe, first to you. tell us more about the president s visit today and his message. well, this this speech, especially, was many things. it occurred after the president had private meetings with the family members of survivors of this awful shooting along with first responders and leaders from the community, but when we got to the speech, it was the joe biden we have come to expect in situations like this with his unique perspective on loss, given all the personal loss he has suffered. and somewhat of analogy to bo
Two hostages released by hamas just yesterday are recovering at a Tel Aviv Hospital and moments ago, we heard from one of them about the terrifying experience. My mom is telling the horrific stories and saying many, many people, a swarm of people came through. My mom is saying she was taken on a motorbike and she was taken to the fields and men in front and men behind her. All right, this as the world anxiously awaits more than 220 hostages who are still being held captive by hamas terrorists. Idf announcing they hit more than 400 terror targets overnight including hamas tunnels and dozens of command centers. Trey yingst is on the ground in Southern Israel and word about the release of the hostages in the Press Statement and we heard yesterday and she describes the spider web tunnels. What can you tell us about those tunnels . Reporter good morning. Absolutely. Were learning more from one of the first hostages to speak out about her experience inside the gaza strip after being taken on
Its 11 00 p. M. On the east coast. 6 00 a. M. In gaza as we continue our breaking News Coverage of israels war on hamas. On americas late news, fox news at night. President biden is scheduled to touched down in israel in 4 46. His primary goal is to stop this war from spreading. The president is flying into a region where diplomacy is giving way to hatred. Greatly exacerbated by a strike on a hospital in gaza that hamas now claims killed around 500 people. Israel says it has proof the Rocket Strike came from terrorists in gaza. The leader of hamas blames israel as well as the United States. And has below is calling for a day of rage where thousands of people protesting near the u. S. Embassy in lebanon. There are also protests in turkey, the west bank and jordan where a summit between President Biden and palestinian and egyptian leaders is now canceled. The Senior Foreign Affairs correspondent is live at the israel the lebanon border with what he is seeing on the ground. Greg . Roll al