after nearly ten months of russian imprisonment, brittney griner is doing really well, we hear, as she acclimates back to life in the free world. the basketball star is even back to shooting hoops again, so many have been pulling for her for so long, i wanted to get a more detailed update from someone in the know. someone we can speak to when the public might her agent, lindsay she joins us tonight. lindsey, thanks so much for joining us. how is brittney doing? you are so welcome, thanks for having me. she is doing so well. we are just thrilled. she s taken advantages of all the resources, the reintegration program has to offer, but she s doing great.
the veteran from minnesota had been arrested by russian forces in southern ukr also today russia attacked the you you cranian capitol kyiv with 13 iran want-made growns ukraine said it managed to shoot them down but several buildings were damaged. we turn now to the single greatest drug threat facing our country, fentanyl, in america 150 people die from the synthetic opioid every day and it takes a very small amount of fentanyl to skill one and as we learned few people know that this lethal drug is even in the pill that they are taking. so we wanted to find out what is being done to keep fentanyl out of the hands of america s children. landen haasman was a popular basketball star and at 16 years old, he took a fentanyl-laced perk set pill and died. sometimes with fentanyl you don t get a second chance. beautiful, beautiful son. sadly landen s story is all too common. last year more than 100,000
stopping their confidence of keeping their fairy tale run going. they have to have one of the biggest support groups, haven t they? thank you so much, amanda. is switching sports for the sake of bianca s mental health. we ll go to the national football league and the players league are reviewing a head injury. the wide receiver a bit shaky on his feet after a blow to the head. a team mafltmate noticed and thd the medical staff didn t seem to notice parker may have been hurt. basketball star brittney griner is thankful to be back home. she s heart broken paul whenlan is still in russia. the biden administration was unable to secure his release. griner s agent tells cnn she s thinking about whelan and his
there. her wife cherelle waiting for her at the airport. griner s agent says this weekend her first move was a dunk, playing basketball for the first time in almost ten months. it s a dramatic turn from the last time the the russian lawyer saw her client, just three weeks ago. these are penal colonies, these are jails, and the conditions are harsh. reporter: soon after griner would cut off her signature locks out of survival in the russian winter. they kept freezing when she d shower. because it s cold and you can t properly dry the hair. reporter: but as the basketball star prepared to be there for the long haul, blagovolina says her friendliness went a long way even at the penal colony. so a lot of people want really to help her. reporter: her lawyer says griner always remained hopeful for a homecoming. i think everybody s happy. it s kind of, you know, happy end just before the christmas. so it s unbelievable. reporter: on the heels of their success with griner the b