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Mobilizing around b.g., saying her name and talking about this case. i'm hopeful that what that did show president biden and his administration was that he had the support, he has our support to do whatever is necessary to bring them home. >> joining us now, christine brennan, sports columnist for today and cnn sports analyst. christine, always good to have you on. if this goes through, relief for brittney griner's family, for fellow players and so on but we do know the nature of this exchange. victor boot is an arms dealer, one of the world's most notorious. there is the question of what this...

Citizens because we'll do something. but right now i think it is an uncomfortable position for biden and the russians can play this out. there's no particular pressure on president putin to do this deal, but victor boot has been in prison for years and there's no public pressure in russia because this isn't a big story in russia. >> >> so interesting. and susan, prisoner swaps -- i want to give the take of two people, jason, who spent 544 days in an iranian prison and trevor reed who was held in russia for nearly three years. both of their releases involved a swap. here what's they say. >> the...

See the u.s. government responding so quickly. >> john: the deal on the table as we understand it, swap paul and britney for victor boot, nicknamed the merchant of death, and responsible for making attempts against the lives of american, wanting to kill americans and a myriad of other things. this would be trading a very bad guy for two very good people. your thoughts on that. >> well, i mean, it's a hard call and fortunately i'm not the president of the united states. if the president makes the difficult decision, i would absolutely support paul's release, if that's what the outcome of it. i ...

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Of it helps. because this trial is so big, that the russian government is obviously watching it. i don't think that they're leaving the judge alone at this point. >> reporter: one analyst said this case is so high-profile that even an offer to trade griner for victor boot who is in a u.s. prison might not win her release. >> i also worry that vladimir putin won't be satisfied with a simple prisoner exchange. he doesn't want to exchange prisoners at this point. he wants sanctions relief. >> reporter: the analysts we spoke to say if brittney griner served any portion of her sentence it will be i...