allegations is lousy does not inspire confidence. they often trump up charges or manufacturer charges like this. how are us officials responding to this now? yeah that's right, jim. we don't yet have an official reaction from the white house or the state department will bring you that statement as soon as we get it, but what i can tell you is that white house officials and state department officials are currently working to get all kinds of information about this situation. in fact, to u. s officials told our colleague kylie atwood that state department officials began tracking this case yesterday before news of evans arrest actually became public and we do know that this is obviously something that's going to become a top priority for the white house to secure evan gorshkov itches released we have seen in the past how the white house has worked to secure the release of other americans most recently, of course, brittney griner in russia back in december of 2022 . the administration also has