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Is guilty. >> reporter: jason, "the washington post" writer held in iran for nearly a year and a half, has a harsher phrase for the detention. >> in the case of paul wieland and trevor reed, i dont think that there is any doubt that they are being held hostage politically motivated detentions that have gone on. in the case of brittney griner, it would appear to be part of that similar trend of an american being arrested during a very sensitive moment on political grounds. if thats the case, i wo...

Three americans given that the war in ukraine is intensifying and tensions between the u.s. and vladimir putin are at their worst levels ever. >> its hard to imagine a more difficult negotiating environment than this. >> reporter: a key question. given the climate of tensions, what will it take to get the three americans released? >> im the fortunate beneficiary of a massive government effort to get me out. that government effort was galvanized by private efforts, by the company that i work for ...

>> it certainly is. there could not be a worse time more difficult negotiating environment than it is right now trying to get these american detainees home. >> new concerns of the conditions of three americans being detained inside an isolated saying shes working with the biden administration on the case of american basketball star britney greiner who the congresswoman believe has been le l held in russia for a month on drug charges. this appears to be one of the last pictures posted before she ...

All right. president biden there not stopping to take any questions, but we heard the president detail what is at stake as he sees it as the administration is fighting for an economy that works for all americans and not just the super rich. i want to bring in the digital white house reporter shannon prettypiece and white house correspondent stephanie ruhle. so this is two audiences, one is to bring the american people up to speed for what he is trying to do, and the other is lawmakers on capitol...

Ashraf ghani stepped down. but there was never that demand with abdullah. im not suggesting he would be part of the government, but i think he will play a key role in the negotiations that happen over the next few days. whether that entails there being a role for him, that is not clear, but he commands respect in afghanistan. he has rivals, but he is someone that all the quaysides would view as someone who could play a key role in whatever government emerges. d0 a key role in whatever government...

The taliban has not been using force and has not been fighting in kabul, but this is a group that has never really committed to reducing violence for any lengthy period of time other than a few three—day truces. we have to see, that will be a good intention of the talibans commitment, if it does agree to a ceasefire. the taliban fire, it wouldnt like to reduce violence, unless it has to. it has everything it wanted. they have got us troops to leave, ashraf ashraf ghani has left the country. so...

Its really hard to know what trump is thinking. he seems to rule best or most effectively by executive fiat. so he discovers these executive powers, like he loves pardoning people. he loves tearing up executive agreements like the u.s.-iran nuclear deal. he could tear that up because that was not ratified. but this is a congressionally ratified treaty and one issue on which republicans are pushing back against trump because nafta is pretty popular with the republican base because all these state...

When the executives are getting double and drip people pay raises right before bankruptcy that leaves a bad taste in your mouth. >>guest: i agree, i dont know if this is terrible optics or there was deferred compensation but if i am a rank and file baker and i am asked to take 17 percent benefit cut to keep my job and i hear of 80 percent raise has is a difficult negotiating environment and it does not surprise me the parties had this explosion. but in bankruptcy negotiations like this, this is ...