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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 l...

cannabis. it was nearly the maximum sentence for bringing less than one gram of cannabis oil into the country. -- when she arrived in moscows 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 pop...

office over there, a couple weeks ago. >> then, carol leonnig on reports the secret service is not cooperating with the january 6th investigation. >> dig text messages disappear? who we are, seeing conflicted information from the agencies -- >> plus, michael isikoff on his reporting that target letters were sent to trump allies in georgia, john podesta on why he says joe manchin single-handedly doomed humanity. the firestorm over joe bidens visit to saudi arabia and how democrats are f...

ready to discuss a prisoner swap. former u.s. ambassador to russia michael mcfaul and the executive director of the wnba players association will join us to break down the latest. also ahead, democrats reach an agreement on their economic package helping president biden make good on a major campaign promise. well have the latest from the white house. >> that is because, and willie, my gosh, our economy later job numbers have just come out. you talk about a resilient economy, man. it ke...

beijing has stopped cooperation with the u.s. on military operations and climate change. meanwhile, russia indicates it is ready to discuss a prisoner swap, one day after a court sentenced brittney griner to nine years in prison. we begin with the increasingly complicated state of the u.s. economy, after a string of not so great data on economic growth, inflation, and consumer sentiment. a sign that things may not be as bad as many think. the government says employers added 528,000 j...

seizing control of kabul with hardly a shot fired. >> on the program -- >> the entire u.s. military effort is collapsing. >> the embassy has been completely evacuated. >> it has been a year since the fall of kabul. >> sheer desperation. >> afghans trying desperately to board outgoing flights. >> a year since then-president ghani fled afghanistan. for a year he has been virtually invisible. >> what a difference 24 hours made. >> today, we will hear from him directly. why he left so hast...

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ (driver) conventional thinking would say verizon has the largest and fastest 5g network. but, they dont. they only cover select cities with 5g. and with coverage of over 96% of interstate highway miles, theyve got us covered. ♪ this is a special edition of "gps," the global public square. the fall of kabul, one year later. welcome to all of you in the united states and around the world. im fareed zakaria coming to you from new york. >> the taliban has taken over af...

judge to appoint a special master, an independent third party, to review what the fbi seized at his florida estate. trump also wants a more detailed receipt of what was taken by the feds. and for the government to return any seized documents that were, quote, not within the scope of the search warrant. >> while trump attempted to get his hands on those records, investigators are trying to track down additional surveillance footage from mar-a-lago. according to "the new york times," thi...

security peiter zatko, alleging the social media giants leadership misled its own board, and government regulators about security vulnerabilities that could potentially open the door for foreign spying, hacking and disinformation campaigns. those are stunning, serious claims sent to congress and several federal agencies last month. our very own cnn correspondent donie osullivan sat down with him to talk about this. heres the story. >> reporter: ready? >> yes. >> reporter: why are you c...

cnns blake is in taipei. blake, lets start with you. how much of a surprise was this, is this congressional visit? >> well, alex, look, these kinds of visits happen from time to time. and we dont often hear about them until after the arrival, and in this case, while taiwans ministry of foreign affairs say the visit was aannounced, its the timing thats perhaps the biggest surprise, especially after china reacted so strongly against speaker pelosis visit. that reaction involved nearly a ...