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She joined with other athletes in those national anthem protests a couple of years ago, morgan, but does that mean she should serve years in a russian prison camp? >> no. listen, i said this the minute i heard the news was breaking, that it is a great deal -- it's a great thing every time we can get an american home. and, listen, we were able to get the most hostages and lawfully -- excuse me, unlawfully detained people out of prison in the trump presidency than any modern presidency. it was over 55. robert o'brien, national security adviser, dealt with hostage issues before at the state depar...

Russian officials arrested here, whether it's some negotiation around ukraine. that's how they see it. the whole trial is a show trial, as you said. the u.s. government takes hostage issues really seriously. there's a special envoy at the white house on hostage affairs. there's a special envoy at the state department. people are working this, but at the end of the day, the decision is really going to be made by vladimir putin. he's going to decide, what do we want to trade her for? what can we get for her? and i think her fate is up in the air until that happens. >> yeah. meanwhile, the family...

Topping our political radar. a new statement from president biden demanding the release of a u.s. navy veteran taken hostage in afghanistan two years ago. he was kidnapped in january 2020 in kabul and believed to be in the custody of a taliban-linked network. let's get to phil mattingly. this was the first time president biden himself issued a statement on this. >> a very forceful statement at that. he was referenced or referenced mark fredericks back in june but very forceful statement that i think comes at a critical moment. obviously, today marks the two-year mark since mark fredericks was ...

Jack keane is standing by, but let's start with rich edson. >> reporter: good afternoon, dana. president trump considered several state department officials for the job of they give us excellent customer otservice, every time.e. national security adviser, among other positions, but he went our 18 year old was in an accident. with his chief hostage usaa took care of her car rental, negotiator. president trump joined by robert and getting her car towed. all i had to take care of was making sure o'brien in los angeles just a short while ago. that my daughter was ok. the president said he worked c...

Process at the senior most levels and certainly his relationship with secretary pompeo will help immensely, but i think he has to put the national security council process in order and i think that's going to be a major job on his part. and a big chunk of this is going to be the question what his relationship with the president looks like obviously he's probably been working with the president on these hostage issues, so the president knows him and has gotten comfortable with him hopefully, and that's critical for a president. you want a president and the national security adviser to be on the...