Page 34 - Viktor Bout News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

charges of smuggling cannabis. it was nearly the maximum sentence for bringing less than one gram of cannabis oil into the country. britney griner pleaded guilty last month to -- cartridges in her possession, which arrived -- i airport -- in february. but she told the court that bringing them into russia was an honest mistake after she packed in a hurry. before the sentencing today, unemotional britney griner apologized, saying she never intended to break any laws in a final plea for leniency. >> i never meant to hurt anybody. i never meant to put in jeopardy the russian population. ...

cannabis. it was nearly the maximum sentence for bringing less than one gram of cannabis oil into the country. -- when she arrived in moscow's airport in february. she told the court that bringing them into russia was an honest mistake after she packed in a hurry. before the sentencing today, on emotional brittney griner apologized, saying she never intended to break any laws in a final plea for leniency. >> i never meant to hurt anybody. i never meant to put in jeopardy the russian population. i never meant to break any laws here. i made an honest mistake. and i hope that, in your w...

>> quadafi raged on for 95 minutes and 8 seconds, a diatribe against the u.n. from a jumble of handwritten notes and waving a copy of the u.n. charter and pretending to rip it up. >> it should not be called a security council. >> and he made no mention of the lockerde by scotland plane. >> and who called him? somebody by the name of lee harvey and jack ruby called lee harvey. whyle did he kill him? >> mystified the u.n. and the white house -- >> i t wouldn't try to begin to explain the actions today. >> the speech from the libyan dictator was weird. really weird.at he called for the ...

nearly a decade in a russian prison. good morning. and welcome to "way too early." on this friday, august 5th. i'm jonathan lemire. thanks for being here. news from last night, senator kyrsten sinema has agreed to back democrats reconciliation bill. clearing the way for a vote later this week. her decision comes after days of fellow democrats lobbying her on the deal. in a statement last night, the senator said she would come on board after the carried interest tax provision was removed. lawmakers also agreed to combat droughts that plague her home state of arizona. democrats are...

beijing has stopped cooperation with the u.s. on military operations and climate change. meanwhile, russia indicates it is ready to discuss a prisoner swap, one day after a court sentenced brittney griner to nine years in prison. we begin with the increasingly complicated state of the u.s. economy, after a string of not so great data on economic growth, inflation, and consumer sentiment. a sign that things may not be as bad as many think. the government says employers added 528,000 jobs in july, more than double what experts had predicted. the unemployment rate fell slightly to 3.5...