it becomes quite a nightmare. hopefully the u.s. government will find a resolution that the russian government will agree to and this will come to an end. david wheland, we hope your brother paul will be released soon and get back to your family. ink thanks, mike. dana: day at the ballpark went incredibly wrong when yankees super star aaron judge hit a fly bought that hit famed pizza shop owner paul giononi, in the head. dana does an interview about sports. pauly. go, i m afraid to go to baseball games, i don t know if i pay enough attention to prevent getting hit. what was it like in the stands?
are in the same government, each american has their own case. i think there is always an opportunity one person will come home and we saw that in april. is the biden administration doing enough in your view to bring your brother and brittney griner home? from what i can tell, they have done absolutely everything they can, by making the offer, being willing to make hard concessions that are not maybe politically favorable. they have done everything they can, now we need to wait for the russian government to act in their own self-interest and let paul and britney go. are you concerned the united states will be forced to give up dangerous people, victor boot, in exchange for bringing your brother and brittney griner home? i m confidence the u.s. administration, the president has ard visors who will talk through this and make the best judgment for the american
we think that britney and paul wheland are being wrongly detained, need to come home. there is a deal on the table, make the deal and get them home. national council sentenced wnba star brittney griner to nine years on a drug charge. russia saying it is indeed ready to discuss an exchange. paul wheland was arrested in 2018 on charges of spying and received a 16-year sentence. his brother david joins us. david, welcome. ink thats for having me. do you worry about the attention on brittney griner that your twin brother, a maen radio, could get left behind in russia? each case is separate, they
president, you need to know that no action has been taken on your clear directive. very obvious step that needs to be taken is for somebody in the united states government to reach out directly to officials in the syrian government. and request the meeting. reporter: the tices want the u.s. to engage with syria like they are with the russians negotiating to bring home americans brittney griner and paul wheland, a strategy that worked to free another veteran, trevor reed. does the engagement with russia give you hope the administration may be able to focus on others including your son in a better way? for me it tells me that it s absolutely possible for our government to interact with the syrian government. reporter: tonight the tice family remains hopeful even as they celebrate another birthday without their son. austin will turn 40 next week. we have a kind of peace that