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carolina senator jesse helms was pulling behind his black democratic challenger. so helms called in the political consultants who in turn helped the helms campaign to fight back. this is what theygn came up wit this ad. >> you needed that job because you were the best qualified, but they had to give it to a minority because of a racial quota. is that really fair? harvey gains says it is. your vote on this issue, for racial quota, harvey gain, against racial quotas, jesse helms. >> you were a better candidate than the minority guy that they went with. can you feel the injustice of it ...

Sources and it's been a couple weeks this has been going. >> reporter: secretary of state blinken gave few specifics on griner's case. >> whenever an american is detained anywhere in the world, we stand ready to provide every possible assistance. that includes in russia. the united states has implemented economic sanctions on russia as its assault on ukraine intensifies. >> what does the timing of the detention tell you? >> i think it tells you everything. the trajectory will probably be different. they will look for a bargaining chip effect, propaganda effect. >> given the timing of this, doe...

An airport near moscow in february. griner remains in custody. >> i've talked to a couple sources, and they said it's been a couple of weeks that this has been going on. one source said since the nba all star game. >> reporter: secretary of state antony blinken gave few specifics on griner's case. >> whenever an american is detained anywhere in the world, we of course stand ready to provide every possible assistance, and that includes in russia. >> reporter: the episode comes as the united states has implemented economic sanctions on russia as its assault on ukraine intensifies. >> what does t...

Negotiators from the u.s. and china will sit down face to face. their job, lay the groundwork for a deal that will end the trade war between the world's two largest economies. china has already made some concessions, but president donald trump says the tariffs are working, so he feels he's got leverage. let's turn now to cnn's matt rivers. he joins us live from beijing with a closer look at all of this. so matt, of course it's critical what both sides say in the leadup to all of this. how helpful is it if you've got donald trump saying he's the one with the leverage here? >> i think beijing mi...

Could happen. it is not that difficult. >> i agree with you, grate ta. you think about it. why haven't we asked the libyan authorities to pick him up, demanded, frankly, with all the assistance we have given them. let's not forget, the libyan president came out right after this and basically said before we even did that he thought that this was an act of, terrorist act and the act of militias. we need to make sure this guy is taken into custody. all the others that are included in this secret indictment should be taken into custody. if we can't make that happen in libya, how are we going to ma...