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hugging it out. good morning, everyone! that was a hollywood ending for rexham and the team's owners. after years of struggling, the welsh soccer club has achieved its dream of a major promotion. >> look at that. tears. wow, wow, congratulations to them. we'll talk more about that. plus, president biden set to name a campaign manager as he prepares to run for re-election, but new polls are showing that many americans are not excited about a trump/biden rematch. >> also, the faa is investigating after engines caught fire on two different american airlines planes. but we're going t...

share 20 transcripts from his witnesses with justice department investigators. the committee also seems to be zeroing in on former trump cabinet officials. of particular interest, conversations among those officials about possibly invoking the 25th amendment to remove trump from office. >> joining us now is johnwood, a former senior investigator for the january 6th select committee. he is running as an independent in missouri for the senate there. john, thank you so much for being with us. so, it was cnn's exclusive reporting, the department of justice is preparing to make a case to ...

only 1% of those facing trials in russia are acquitted. 99% are found guilty. reaction from a few moments from the executive director of the women's national basketball player's association, who has been fighting for her return. plus, any moment, we're expecting a civil rights announcement from attorney general merrick garland at the department of justice. but we begin this hour, of course, with the brittney griner drug trial in in russia. the russian court finding her guilty. they have asked to sentence her to nine and a half years in prison and fine her $1 million ruble, which is m...

This. we're hopeful with the efforts of the administration to keep pressing. they have said very clearly, they have shown very clearly that b.g. and other detainees, paul whealan, other detainees are a priority. we pray that they will keep pressing to make this a priority. and yes, before i lost you, you were talking about the diplomats being in the same -- at the same dinner. and i'm just trusting that they'll have the continued conversations, productive conversations, to get b.g. home. this is day 168. it's time. it's time. the facts of this case really perhaps are not as they are -- as the ...

Mike? >> you know, tragic. i don't know any way to explain it that how could the alleged crime, it was very clearly a mistake, she was not smuggling drugs, nine and a half years seems like an outrageously long sentence for what she did, but not out of the normal for russia. you know, we've talked about mark fogle before. and mark did a similar thing. he got 14 years for what he did. it's not surprising in terms of the russian system, but it most certainly is tragic and sad. >> and paul whealan has already been there for four years, serving a very long sentence, indeed, having been accused and ...