hey yeah. as evan waits for his next day in court, his parents say they understand the conviction rate in russia as just about 100% so they don t have a lot of hope right now that he will be freed anytime soon, but they were given some relief when they got to physically see and speak with evan at his last pretrial detention hearing. it s even harder now to leave him there. then it was the first time trying not to think about anything. it s just very hard. that was part of a new interview evans family did with the wall street journal who employs evan, his parents say when they saw him. he appeared to be in good spirits and strong despite his tough circumstances. now just this week, u. s ambassador to russia than tracy was granted access to evan for the first time in nearly three months. we re also learning the kremlin may now be signaling they re open to the idea of exchanging evan for one of their own in a prisoner swap , but evan s parents and sister danielle, say right now
right now pleading with anyone in russia that has control over evans released to not only free him to get him home, but they told me that they want to get them back to work and back to where he belongs, and that is in the newsroom. bill aisha. jeff paul live for us from london. thank you, jeff. thank you. jeff. emma tucker was on fox and friends a bit earlier. today she is the editor of the wall street journal. here s a statement from the journal wall street journal reporter evan boskovitch was wrongfully detained by russia on march 29 falsely accused of espionage. dow jones the wall street journal in the u. s government vehemently denied the allegation. and we stand with evidence loved ones and seeking his immediate release. remember what he was doing? he was about 1000 miles from moscow to the southeast, writing a story and considering a story on the russian economy, and that was when he was picked up and arrested and he has not been free since that time, and we are all praying for h