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based in moscow was arrested under espionage charges in russia. the united states, of, course detained that he was wrongfully detained. continuing those efforts to get gershkovich freed and we also expect his family to attend the event tonight along with the family of austin tice, who is an american freelance journalist, who hasn't been heard from since he disappeared in syria in 2012. we also expect brittney griner, wnba star, and her wife, to also attend. of course griner spent almost a year detained in russia before the prisoner swap between the u.s. and russia. we expect her and her wife to attend tonight. of, course all of this, the weight of this event, the weight of this topic will be balanced, as you, heard from the comedian expected tonight. roy wood jr.. it will be balance from some jokes with, him as well as president biden because we know from years past, presidents are known for cracking some pretty self deprecating jokes.
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9000 to 14,000 migrants a day. all along the u.s. southern border, anderson. and that is roughly about double the numbers that we have been seeing over the course, on average, over the last few months. the department of homeland security, anderson, is announcing tonight that they're deploying additional agents here to the el paso area, as well as at about 1000 border processing officers that will be able to help handle the influx of agents. it's not exactly clear how many more border patrol agents are coming to this specific area, but clearly the need will be in place here as the prospect of title 42 being lifted here in the next week or so, so things can dramatically change. but dhs announcing tonight that additional resources are on the way. the question is, will it be enough? >> we appreciate it, thank you. ahead, an update on wnba star, brittney griner, back in the u.s. after nearly ten months in russian detention.
and mexico. you will be getting flights everywhere. here you are never more than a metro right away from another stadium. so you can do two games, maybe even three in a day. a lot of them are taking the ability to do that it is a privilege to be at any world cup let alone the first in this region. >> we are very fortunate to be here. and, you know, we do get sick. it happens. we are not complaining. >> no. >> what you don't think you are going to die from it. and i think that is just something that we are really coming to terms with. darren, thank you so much for your insight. i know this is a difficult day for many of our us and our peers in the industry. back to you. >> thank you both so much. don riddell and darren lewis. now, to wnba star, brittney griner is back home in the u.s. it has raised hopes about
Russia freed WNBA star Brittney Griner on Thursday in a dramatic high-level prisoner exchange, with the U.S. releasing notorious Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, the White House said. The swap, at a time of heightened tensions over Ukraine, achieved a top goal for President Joe Biden, but carried a heavy price - and left behind an American jailed for nearly four years in Russia.
happen to look out the window and was passing more doctor martin luther king and his wife, coretta scott king, got buried in atlanta. i thought about how people like doctor king gave their lives to make this a better country. i also prayed because in just two days, the russian government will hear the appeal of an president wnba star, brittney griner. she was arrested in february, accused of carrying hashish oil while boarding a domestic flight. griner who recently turned 32 years old, pleaded guilty to the charges and the judge sentenced her to nine years and president. i'm gonna pray for her release, i'm gonna pray because i think that we cannot have any situation we're around the world people are used as political bonds. that's what i believe she is to make points. so, whether it's voting and protecting voting rights,
marker on those conversations just because the expectation was there would need to be a verdict and a sentence before any potential prisoner swap could actually come to fruition. >> we should remember that the crime that she is accused of here is carrying capsules, vaping capsules containing cbd oil. yet the possible sentence for this recommended as -- as recommended by prosecutors, nine and a half years. we should also note as this is happening, the u.s. secretary of state, antony blinken, and sergey lavrov, happen to be at the same dinner inbodia at the asean summit there. you're looking at live pictures as brittney griner, american, wnba star, awaits to hear a verdict from a judge there and sentence. we will bring you that as it comes. we'll bring it to you live. fred pleitgen, jill dougherty, kylie atwood, thanks for joining us. our breaking news coverage
hopefully he comes to the same conclusions as the last judge did and he also vacates this denial. and this time, with if things go the way they ought to, awards the benefits as matter of law at which point, unfortunately, the city will automatically appeal as it has in every e.m.s. case that we've had virtually. and they will continue to fight to deny the benefits. >> dana: we will stay on top of this story. vanessa, we hope you have a brighter day today and in the future. you have a good lawyer there. thank you so much. >> thank you, dana. >> thank you. >> dana: thank you. bill? >> bill: on the northern edge of moscow, the verdict is in on behalf of the judge. britney griner, wnba star, you can see there in jail. sorry, in a courtroom right now behind bars inside the court. the judge has found britney griner guilty of packing