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carolina senator jesse helms was pulling behind his black democratic challenger. so helms called in the political consultants who in turn helped the helms campaign to fight back. this is what theygn came up wit this ad. >> you needed that job because you were the best qualified, but they had to give it to a minority because of a racial quota. is that really fair? harvey gains says it is. your vote on this issue, for racial quota, harvey gain, against racial quotas, jesse helms. >> you ...

Sources and its been a couple weeks this has been going. >> reporter: secretary of state blinken gave few specifics on griners case. >> whenever an american is detained anywhere in the world, we stand ready to provide every possible assistance. that includes in russia. the united states has implemented economic sanctions on russia as its assault on ukraine intensifies. >> what does the timing of the detention tell you? >> i think it tells you everything. the trajectory will probably be different...

An airport near moscow in february. griner remains in custody. >> ive talked to a couple sources, and they said its been a couple of weeks that this has been going on. one source said since the nba all star game. >> reporter: secretary of state antony blinken gave few specifics on griners case. >> whenever an american is detained anywhere in the world, we of course stand ready to provide every possible assistance, and that includes in russia. >> reporter: the episode comes as the united states h...

Negotiators from the u.s. and china will sit down face to face. their job, lay the groundwork for a deal that will end the trade war between the worlds two largest economies. china has already made some concessions, but president donald trump says the tariffs are working, so he feels hes got leverage. lets turn now to cnns matt rivers. he joins us live from beijing with a closer look at all of this. so matt, of course its critical what both sides say in the leadup to all of this. how helpful is ...

Could happen. it is not that difficult. >> i agree with you, grate ta. you think about it. why havent we asked the libyan authorities to pick him up, demanded, frankly, with all the assistance we have given them. lets not forget, the libyan president came out right after this and basically said before we even did that he thought that this was an act of, terrorist act and the act of militias. we need to make sure this guy is taken into custody. all the others that are included in this secret indi...