civilian hostages. plus, democrats are insisting nothing will change for them in the senate now the arizona s kyrsten sinema has left the party to become an independent. just days after democrats won a super slim majority in that chamber. but one very important thing will change for cinema. that steve bannon joins me for the answer. van, epicenter of today s banned book club feature is a mystery in the quest, but it s also a multi layered story about grief and love and community. extremely loud and incredibly close is a new york times bestselling novel, and an oscar nominated movie, and it has been targeted by book banners. its author, johnson saffron forward, joins me later in the show. velshi begins now. hey, good morning. it is saturday, december the. ten family velshi. we begin with the latest on the successful efforts to bring britney griner home to america from a penal colony in russia. griner, a two-time olympic gold