the three americans, which is an obligation among the vienna convention. joining us now, host of the world tonight, on dnc news, and the senior state department advisor. yes, there is a vienna convention that says that our government should get access to britney griner, and these two gentlemen, but we'll talk about russia here. we're talk about vladimir putin. he doesn't go by any conventions, including the geneva convention. he's murdering civilians right now. what can the state department do if putin is unwilling to abide by international law, and let americans talk to putin griner? >> this is the challenge we are facing right now with britney griner. she is an american citizen, effectively, in a war zone, run by a country that is our adversary right now. it would be different if this was the united kingdom, for example. a strong ally, and had been accused of committing a misdemeanor there. usually, diplomatic channels to work out, where it's a slap on the wrist, or the person returns home, and has some