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happily only be released if we swap them for somebody? it does appear in virtually every to the bite administration makes it clear they are willing to negotiate that price probably goes up. russians know, like the iranians do they have us over a barrel for just as the iranian set billions and billions of dollars from us to get the americans home, i think the russians are likely to extract an even higher price from us. eric: every time you come into the fox building, we sure this building and h or corporate cousins with the wall street journal and news corporation you see a huge photo of evan downstairs at the elevator with the # free evan. so we call on his release and we hope the american people stand by that. because journalism is not a crime. can't wait for that date when evan is returned. alicia: flesh eating bacteria's
waiting for evan's trial to start, this is excontinuation of the trial. case of trying to support evan through this time. >> todd: you have covered russia and you know how the system works there, do you think this delay, this addition is because russiian negotiators have not figured out who to swap here? >> looking at brittney griner's case,y shoo was taken hostage and that took nine months of back and forth before there was an exchange and before her trial started. we just don't know. all we can do is hope that evan is staying strong through it. >> todd: thank you for keeping evan top of mind so he is not
for five months already and now another three months and based on our current record, we expected to be longer than that. and thatjust gets into the trial, in which he said patently false charges but we would assume therefore he would be convicted. so it's part of what's being already too long away, and we are just bracing being already too long away, and we arejust bracing for being already too long away, and we are just bracing for more. that was obviously for evan. he will pass his 32nd birthday in that prison in a few weeks' time. that also is a reminder of how this has gone on far too long. the reminder of how this has gone on far too lonu. ., ., ._ reminder of how this has gone on far too lont. ., ., ._ .,, too long. the hearing today was closed to the _ too long. the hearing today was closed to the public. _ too long. the hearing today was closed to the public. has - too long. the hearing today was | closed to the public. has anyone too long. the hearing today was - closed to the public. has anyone had access to evan in the lefortovo prison and we know how they are treating them? we prison and we know how they are treating them?— prison and we know how they are treatin: them? ~ . ., , , ., treating them? we have lawyers who see him on the _ treating them? we have lawyers who see him on the fairly _ treating them? we have lawyers who see him on the fairly regular- treating them? we have lawyers who see him on the fairly regular basis. i see him on the fairly regular basis. the american ambassador to moscow has been to see him a couple of times, most recently a few weeks ago. the reports back, such as they
hasjust sent. interesting coming to talk to you tonight, _ hasjust sent. interesting coming to talk to you tonight, thank _ hasjust sent. interesting coming to talk to you tonight, thank you - talk to you tonight, thank you very much. while all this was unfolding today, a court in moscow quietly extended the detention of the wall streetjournal reporter evan gershkovich, who you will remember was arrested on espionage charges at the end of march, charges which are patently false. during a brief hearing, the court ordered that mr gershkovich should remain injail until november 30th, which although not entirely surprising, is enormously depressing for his colleagues, friends and family. his pre—trial detention was scheduled to expire next week. he continues to be held in the notorious lefortovo prison in moscow, and he is facing a sentence of up to 20 years if he's found guilty. paul beckett is the washington bureau chief of the wall streetjournal. hejoins me now. good to see you this evening, paul. not great news today. what has been the reaction from evan's team and those who were speaking to him in moscow? , ., ., , . , ., , moscow? everyone of these decisions are tou . h moscow? everyone of these decisions are tough decisions _ moscow? everyone of these decisions are tough decisions for _ moscow? everyone of these decisions are tough decisions for us _ moscow? everyone of these decisions are tough decisions for us to - moscow? everyone of these decisions are tough decisions for us to take. - are tough decisions for us to take. it's a reminder that he's been there
emerge from the jail, it was interesting to see, did he take a mugshot, did he get fingerprinted like the other defendants we know of yesterday and today. >> we have evan perez onset. nick valencia brought up the question, does he regret attaching himself to the former president? this is the suv with tinted windows. so we'll be awaiting to see if he says anything. and as we do that, evan, he has been so outspoken. no indication that he regrets attaching himself to the former president. >> right. this is despite that the former president from our reporting has rejected his efforts, his pleas to help pay for some of his legal defense. it appears that he maight try t change that in the coming days. you heard as he left his apartment building today, almost speaking to an audience of one. you see him there emerging.
they may take -- [ inaudible ]. >> we have with us norm and evan with us. he's making the case, norm eisen, that there is nothing wrong with believing, even if wasn't true, that the election was stolen and therefore pursuing every legal outlet to contest the election. what is your response to that? the defense, as it were. >> well, there are two problems with the defense that has been previewed here. the first is, the evidentiary basis and the second is the legal basis. on the evidentiary basis, it will be very difficult to persuade a jury that the 2020 election was stolen. a variety of courts and other authorities have definitively -- >> whether it was true or not, they believed it. >> that brings us to the legal
we documented some of the disagreements going back two years over this investigation, so it has been part of the feature of this investigation, and it will continue. >> and the five years, real quick. >> five years. >> that's how long it has been going. we don't know when the end is in sight now because -- >> no. -- >> the special counsel -- >> i don't really see how much more investigators have to uncover, especially as a result of this -- of the foreign lobbying allegations still being investigated. >> okay. i guess we're going to know -- >> there is going to be a report. >> when we see the report which is the difference. >> right. >> all right. we'll talk more about this. thank you, evan. thank you for joining "inside politics." "cnn news central" starts after this. you're in my shot! ...be susure to get my good side! get two pairs of celebrity frframes for $89.95 for a limited time at america's best. book an exam today.
the situation room. these are live pictures of the fulton county courthouse in atlanta, georgia, where donald trump's $200,000 bond agreement was hammered out just a short while ago. it is a critical step just ahead of trump surrender at the county jail. this historic fourth criminal arrest. authorities there are now preparing the book trump and his 18 codefendants this week. we have team coverage of his breaking story. alayna treene is standing by for us and she is near trumps new jersey home but evan is here with me in the situation room and what you are learning about the terms of the bond agreement for the former president trump.