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Saying they have put forth this offer. secretary of state is planning to speak with the russian foreign minister about this in the coming days. that will be the first phone call between these top diplomats since russia invaded ukraine earlier this year. >> kylie, this news is coming on the same day that britney griner had another hearing in russia. how does her trial play into this potential deal? if it all? >> u.s. officials are watching that incredibly closely. they're not watching it so much for what the sentencing is. because of russia's judicial system it has a 99% conviction rate. they d...

>> ted cruz stoele the iowa caucus from donald trump according to donald trump. >> it didn't matter what happens, the idea is he set it up that if he loses, it's been stolen. that was said many, many, many times and reporters had asked him, if you win, was it stolen. obviously if you think of it one way, is it the other? i want to ask you about meadows because of what we just heard. is there a possibility -- i mean, what happens next? if you are looking at this case from the doj's eyes, what happens next when you start hearing this kind of language? >> sure. witness tampering, it's corruptly p...

You'll see courtrooms. you'll see lawyers. but all of that is drama. there is no legal system to speak of that is truly functional in any western sense. so, acquittals, how many there are, how many there aren't, it doesn't matter. the kremlin is the one who decides, certainly on these high profile cases like the griner case. >> when you talk about how these courts work, we heard from a member of the embassy was in there watching this. and obviously they're trying to observe to see if there is any potential fairness and anything they can do and use. and at one point when a witness came forward ...

Player who allegedly is accused of having a tiny bit of cannabis oil. these are very different people. what is the danger to this case and just in general to relationships if they do carry out prisoner swap, which they have done before? >> yeah, this is the part that is really -- you know, it's just really difficult for really any administration in the united states because it's so gauing. so, they have somebody -- they have a u.s. citizen and of course the u.s. government's first and foremost interest is looking after u.s. citizens abroad. that's the primary responsibility of consular section...

State antony blinken wrote, we, and i personally, have no higher priority than bringing her and other wrongfully detained americans home. so, what is the biden administration prepared to do to make that happen? let's discuss with steve hall. he's a former cia chief of russia operations and a cnn national security analyst. thank you for being here, steve. >> good to be here. >> all right. let's talk first about russia. their system is different than our system when it comes to the justice system. in russia, what is the likelihood that a trial, any trial, not just griner's trial, results in an a...