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Earlier, i was instructed by our teams on what can and cant go into certain countries. >> so coach, what was it like hearing from her today? and i say also that the -- hearing her voice, but you see her in that essentially cage where she was holding up a picture of her family. what was it like for you to see and hear that? >> i mean, it was tough. i mean, we know what b.g.s about. the one thing i can tell you just, you know, from personal experience, shes very honest and sincere person. i believ...

Detained and i kept asking if i could leave or whats next? but it was just, wait, wait for results. >> reporter: with russias invasion of ukraine still raging and u.s. sanctions still pressuring russias economy, u.s. officials believe the kremlin is using griner as a political pawn. the family of mark fogle, who was similarly detained for bringing cannabis into russia, believes hes being used as a pawn. last month, he was sentenced to 14 years in a russian penal colony. though the state departme...

Written in russian. >> he says what he wants in english. someone translates for him, one of his cell mates, and depending on how good their english is is how accurate a picture we get of what is happening. very convoluted, and its incredibly worrisome because we cant really have -- there is no honest conversation. everything goes through the censors. its -- its harrowing. >> fogle was convicted of smuggling drugs into russia and last month sentenced to 14 years in prison. in a high security pena...

State department yesterday as was my producer abigail williams and you know, they say theyre doing everything that they can, but theyve got to move putin at a time when we have the worst relations are russia that weve had since the cold war. just this past weekend, you know, putin agreed to a deal with turkey and the u.n. to let grain, 20 million tons of grain get out to feed starving people in africa and the next day bombed the port, bombed odesa, the port city. odesa, rather, the port city, wh...

Majority of his career. i need my president and my first lady to stands up for him. he needs to come home. >> now, the importance here of deeming him wrongfully detained would mean that that would then launch the biden administration, the state department, to engage in efforts, negotiations with the russians to get him home as quickly as possible. and jake, we should note that this week is mark fogles birthday. and so its an incredibly emotional week for his family, as he has to celebrate that b...

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Keeping this on the radar for russia, but it doesnt solve the problem that we face here at home of wage disparity, discrimination. start going to wnba games if you really care about. there are lot of funds. its a great, different style of play. we have to put our money where our mouth this, if we want to support female athletes here at home, not just when they become political hostages. >> there is a lot of talk about the prisoner swap that -- kimberly, given his high level crimes, you think the...

Concerned breaking glass in case of emergency to mildly optimistic. where are you right now? >> im at least in deeply concerned. i said in january that it was not optional for congress to pass comprehensive voting rights legislation, and i meant it at the time. the other part of the clause that gives legislatures the ability to set the time, place and manner of elections gives congress the right to override those decisions in the cases of house and senate elections. so congress has, within its a...

>> yeah, no, its an excellent question. there has been a lot of speculation in the russian media about a possible exchange of griner for boot and theres been a lot of speculation that maybe they will impose a very significant sentence on her in order to induce such an exchange. well have to see how her trial plays out. id have to point out, though, that the exchange doesnt just have to be boot for griner. there are other americans held in russian prisons right now, paul wielden was sentenced to ...

The three americans missing in ukraine were all volunteering in the resistance against moscow now two of them be appear to be captives by russia. how does the biden administration go back to getting them back. how do you get these soldiers home. >> it will not be easy with or vladimir putins machine. soldiers who are fighting on behalf of the ukrainian army might have rights as a result of that. to remind everybody, there are other americans being held right now by the russian government unjustl...