right to choose than you would expect. roe v. wade, brand up. yeah. i think this was so much more important than the last election than polls were showing. i think it was one of those gut issues. i think this is the tone dechness of the republican party. obviously, this is a supreme court decision sh not necessarily the party s decision, but i think that will continue to be a cause celebre for democrats. this is i think one of those things that s underneath it that just speaks volumes about going backwards versus going forward. that is a brand that as long as the republicans are stuck with the anti-roe v. wade, the rollback of roe v. wade, their brand stays tarnished. you have to interlock the two of them. while some of these things seem obvious to us now as we talk about roe v. wade, it s shocking that americans would respond as overwhelmingly as they did if you looked at polls, if you looked at where the republican party was, if you looked where swing voters were.
right? because that s what donald trump thought, and i guess by extension if mike really wants to put himself with trump, that s what they did. and they were also in the business of cozying up to dictators that would take americans hostage, and then in the case of kim jong-un, beat them to death, college kids from ohio, they would beat them to death, ship them back home to the united states, and donald trump would cozy up even closer to dictators like kim jong-un and write what he called love letters. he would continue cozying up even after paul whelan, who s become this cause celebre for conservatives, strangely enough,
detained in russia since february, when she was arrested at an airport in moscow for trying to smuggle vape cartridges containing marijuana into the country. something she described as an honest mistake. i understand everything that s being said against me, the charges that are against me, therefore i m pleading guilty. after that guilty plea she was sentenced to nine years injail and last month was moved to an extremely harsh labour camp. viktor bout, the russian arms dealer known as the merchant of death, has been injail in america since 2011. he s now also free man. the white house offered to swap bout for ms griner and paul whelan. he s an american who is being held on charges of espionage which the us says are false. russia refused to include mr whelan in the exchange. britney greiner has become a real cause celebre in america and her freedom is being celebrated but the president is being criticised for releasing a man is clearly dangerous as viktor bout.
britney griner has become a real cause celebre in america and herfreedom is being celebrated but the president is being criticised for releasing a man is clearly dangerous as viktor bout. brittney griner s wife campaign tirelessly for her release. it s a happy day for myself and my family so i m going to smile. brittney griner will soon arrive back in america after ten months in russia. sarah smith, bbc news, russia. lets speak to brianna turner who s in austin, texas. she s brittney griner s team mate on the phoenix mercury in the wnba. thank you very much forjoining us. what is your reaction to this news? this news? pure oy and excitement. this news? pure oy and excitement. it this news? pure joy and excitement. it has - this news? pure joy and excitement. it has been this news? pure joy and i excitement. it has been a wonderful day for me. tell us a bit more about wonderful day for me. tell us a bit more about what wonderful day for me. tell us a bit more about what the -