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Officials in moscow have not yet been able to visit britney griner. russia has an obligation under the vienna convention to allow consular access, to allow our officials to see her. we are going to continue to press for that and see that russia lives up to its international obligations. we're going to do everything we can to see that her rights are respected. >> there's this russian backed prison monitoring group who said they've spoken with griner with the help of a translator with the help of her cell mate who speaks russian and english. should we believe she's okay? what's the latest you've...

Who basically said the silence is about not wanting to cause harm. we respect that, but multiple things can exist. people can express concern and issue calls to our elected officials to prioritize her case to get her home while also not wading into geopolitical matters that most of us are not qualified to speak on at any depth. that's why the petition is specifically geared towards pressuring elected officials to get her home rather than wading into other things. >> tj, i want to bring you into the conversation. my colleague andrea mitchell had ned price on who weighed in on this conflict. the...

From the state department one of their top priorities is any american detained abroad, particularly in belligerent countries, we do everything we can to get them out. we have other americans we are trying to get out like trevor reed, the texans, paul whalen as well. that is one of our top priorities. we've requested consular access for three weeks now, have not been granted that. but the state department and certainly i are not going to give up on trying to get access to her. >> the russian government says griner's alleged offense is pun shhable by ten years in prison. if she's charged and fou...

Conduct ourselves and where we go, and it's just a very troubling circumstance that that we're dealing with. and this whole war in ukraine as well, because it really speaks to the kinds of regimes that are in charge here. terrorist griff it's really concerning, and we don't know a lot of facts about the case, and we don't even know where she's being held. her congressman saying just in the last 24 hours they don't even know if she's even gotten consular access. rachel, what do you make of the situation? rachel: well, jackie, i lived in turkey when i was in middle school, and i watched midnight...

Brittney griner is under. there's no reason that we should necessarily believe anything that russia puts out over the air waves. i fear she might be held in solitaire which is a form of torture. i'm very concerned, as of course the u.s. government is now, that she's being denied consular access. i made that point as soon as we learned about this case more than a week ago. that's a big, red flag. and in that void of information and ability to connect and communicate and defend yourself, all sorts of terrible things are possible. >> i want to ask about the piece you wrote for the post. you're sa...