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For the first time since being released from a russian penal colony. the centre was arrested at moscow airport last year on drug—related charges and detained for nearly ten months. she was freed in exchange for a russian arms dealer. she had flown to moscow to rejoin a team she plays for in the off—season. she broke down during the interview. thank you for covering me, all the exposure to get me home, i really appreciate it. that coverage was most needed and the whole entire season i expect to see the same coverage because we have a great product. i am no stranger to hard times... just dig...

Most it is a sort of partial pr defense because it does not deal with why the former president didn't just return these in other words, if he just mistakenly took them, why didn't he just do what mike pence has done and say, oh, here's what we have, and i'm going to turn this over, and you can come look at all the documents to make sure they're actually all returned, so it's really not a great pr move as i said, remember, this is defense counsel, and you know, sometimes you don't have a lot to work with >> andrew weissmann, laura jarrett, good to have both of you here thank you. and all of t...

You cry, you're making me cry. just digging deep, honestly. you know, you're going to be faced with adversities throughout your life. this was a pretty big one, but i just kind of relied on my hard work, getting through it. >> reporter: she was detained for nearly ten months, much in a bleak, remote penal colony about 300 miles from moscow. she received a nine-year sentence for drug smuggling after being arrested in a moscow airport carrying cannabis oil just before the ukraine war started. she said she packed the cartridges by accident. today, she said during some of her more desolate moments...

In his hometown and would stay with his father if released. lester? >> peter alexander, thank you. for the first time since she was released from a russian jail, wnba star brittney griner spoke extensively about her confinement and how she got through it. we get more now from andrea mitchell. >> reporter: the 6'9" wnba superstar getting emotional, sharing how she stayed strong for ten grueling months in a russian jail. >> you know, i'm no stranger to hard times. so. you made me cry. just digging deep, honestly. you know, you're going to be faced with adversities. throughohout your lilife. th...

Face the adversities that i face and i feel like this is a major adversity that we face and it is not going to define me and continue me to go on to what i plan to do. >> desiree veney, thank you for joining us. >> thank you, and i appreciate this opportunity, and i wanted to say to the justices and the lawmakers and things like that, although this is not something that everyone is agreeing on, this is very important for everyone to understand how largely this has impacted not only me, not only all of the other americans and also specifically hbcu graduates and just african-american students i...