what do you think are the chances you can get an acquittal? i would not comment. reporter: she was detained on february 17th. prosecutors claiming she was carrying two vaping cartridges with about .07 oil a crime in russia that can carry a sentence of up to ten years in praise colony. the u.s. considers her being rong wrongfully detained. wrongful detention is unacceptable where ever it occurs. the united states government, at the very high e est levels is working hard to bring mi miss griner as well as all wrongfully detained u.s. citizens safely home. reporter: her trial starts as tensions between the u.s. and russia have reached a boiling point. not just over rusrussia s invas of ukraine. the u.s. is calling for immediate release of former marine paul whelan who was sentenced to sf years. they also said the trial was not political. the facts say a prominent athlete was detained in possession of prohibits substances that contained drugs. reporter: after about
other wongrongfully detained americans home as soon as possible. trials like this in russia can go on for very long time and not many people in russia are acquitted. pamela. thank you. 130 days. that s how long britney griner has been demind babehind bars i. her wife opened up about what she still want to hear from the u.s. government. tell me about what you have been able to hear from brittney in this time. there was the call that didn t happen. what have you been able to hear from her hwhile she s been in detention? i haven t really been able to hear anything that brings me the