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Brittany and paul come home to their families. they are wrongfully detained there. and we are just going to keep at that work >> does russia have the cards here in effect? it doesnt seem like theyre in any rush to release whelan or griner. they are slow rolling any response to the initial offer from the u.s. do they have the leverage here? >> what they have are two americans that need to be home. two americans that are being wrongfully detained. we put a serious offer on the table that we think ...

Distinct types of crimes and allegations against them. i wonder what you make of the thought of a prisoner swap, given the lack of parody between the charges. >> you know, i hesitate to be critical or question because i dont know all the facts here. i dont -- other than whats being reported, it appears -- there appears to be some disparity. id like to think we would have greater leverage in order to secure the release of these two u.s. citizens. the fact that we might be suggesting trading someo...

Disparity. i would like to think that we would have greater leverage in order to secure the release of these two u.s. citizens. the fact that we might be suggesting trading someone, a convicted arms dealer, someone that is very dangerous, someone that we spent a great deal of time and effort to capture and to bring to justice -- but again, im hesitate to be openly critical. i guess i need to get more information to fully understand why this makes the best sense, quite frankly, and is in the best...

Dealer. hes dubbed the merchant of death. joining me now, elizabeth vargas. david, the kremlin at the same time, whats going on there? >> i think that themlin is trying to drag this out, basically brittney and paul are political prisoners. the russian government is using them as leverage. i think theyll want brittney griners trial to continue. its a farcical trial. i think its a step forward by the biden administration to close this deal. secretary of state blinken is trying to pressure the russ...

I talked to jason from "the washington post" last hour, he said to him its an indication that maybe things werent going so well. thats your take? >> that was on the table weeks ago to facilitate the week. >> are we listening -- sorry. >> sorry about that, rick. thats to you. >> yeah. no, i agree with yamiche that the pressure in the press and among the families, i think, has caused the state department to react. i mean, you know, they read the newspapers, too. but that kind of press pressure and...

Table, release these two americans. i think it will take time but russia will respond. >> the name "merchant of death" would make you wonder why the u.s. would make a deal involving him. whats the argument behind the idea that this is a bad idea? >> well, hes, you know -- im sorry, the concern is youre creating -- a big change in the past five years is in the past the majority of americans kidnapped abroad was taken by extremist groups. i was kidnapped by the taliban. that has changed. today the...

And i have a lot of faith in secretary blinken. and you know, sending viktor bout home, losing about five years on his sentence, pailles comparison to the time well get off whelans sentence and what will be a bizarrely harsh sentence on brittney griner. >> is it your certain or worry that this might be the start of or perhaps a continuation of russias leverage over other countries, particularly the u.s.? it wants something, so it will detain americans. >> absolutely. they have -- they are playin...

Embarrassed for getting it wrong all these years. if pelosil tf goes over to taiwn and is treated really badly by the ccpad so they dont want her to go because it would expose their complicity. so all these forces protecting china, they already know thatt president xi is evil and isat the single greatest danger to freedom worldwide. they already know that. and yet they choose to do nothing and instead, well, our military, of course, m focusing almost exclusively on europeosus. they know full wel...

Embarrassed for getting it wrong all these years if pelosi goes over to taiwan and is treated really badly by the ccp. so they dont want her to go because it would expose their complicity. so all these forces protecting china, they already know that president xi is evil and is the single greatest danger to freedom worldwide. they already know that. and yet they choose to do nothing. and instead, well, our military of course focusing most exclusively on europe, they know full well that xi is a mu...

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