a good person, but also because they want something they want someone in particular, russia s ambassador to the u. s says he had a very harsh conversation with the u. s government over the detainment of gersh devic, adding that the meeting achieve no practical outcome, and he went on to say that the kremlin might order rules that would reduce the number of american journalists permitted in russia . i think there will be a shame i mean, part of the importance of journalists that they can speak truth to the public, they can speak truth to power. evidence certainly, that s why they don t want. that s why they don t want journalists. exactly right now. i think some journalists have talked too afraid that it s going to have a chilling effect, not just in russia, but in other countries. i think it s in the interests of everyone to try to resolve this as quickly as possible in a way that allows journalists to keep doing their job. the russians indicated anybody that they want that s retain. i
prison were gersh devic is being held, has a frightening history and reputation going back to the soviet days of the kgb. it s been described as a fortress where prisoners are alone and isolated in utter silence. cnn s matthew chance gives us a rare glimpse behind its walls. it looms under tight security. near the center of moscow, the walls of notorious lefortovo prison some of russia s worst criminals. and the kremlin s bitterest critics. and now us reporter evan gorshkov itch too. locked away here last month on charges of espionage he denies. us diplomats tell cnn they ve still had no access to him whatsoever. but we met one of the few people who has the head of russia s prison observation
russian power structure, it s possible that someone like gordon could also be behind somebody like this or that. of course, we don t know for sure that anything like that has happened. alright, thanks to claire sebastian joining us live from london. us president joe biden has spoken with the parents of even gersh devic, the wall street journal reporter arrested in russia last month on espionage charges. the phone call happened tuesday as the president flew to northern ireland. the white house says it s committed to getting gersh devic released as well as paul whelan, another american who is being held in russia for years. the family of god devic issued a statement which reads. we are encouraged that the state department has officially designated evan as wrongfully detained. we appreciate president biden s call to us today, assuring us that the u. s government is doing everything in its power to bring him home as quickly as possible. moscow
sorry. i m getting old brittney griner have been able to get out of russia and paul wheel and has not been able to get out of russia. so we re gonna be talking to paul s brother david today about the wall street journal reporter evan gersh devic. ah who is similarly being brought before the russian justice system under water widely believed to be trumped up? asked me nagy charges and we re going to talk about the range of emotions they might be going through. and also, of course, how paul is doing. he s now he s in a russian penal colony, and he s been in russian custody. since december 2018 that s more than 1500 days. there have been a lot of concerns about his health and jake. it s so important that we continue to talk about paul, just as we continue to talk about evan being detained there in russia as well. and thank you so much. we look forward to that interview. thanks so much, guys good to see you. and just ahead an outbreak of a rare fungal infection to tell you about what it is
try and get two months free. good morning, everyone we do begin with breaking news this morning. in our world, lead the family of evan gersh devic, the wall street journal reporter detained in russia is reacting to a phone call today from president biden. a new statement from the family says quote. we are encouraged that the state department has officially designated heaven is wrongfully detained. we appreciate president biden s called to us today, unquote. the white house says that during the phone call president biden made mention of another unfairly detained american. the president made it clear that his national security team has been and will remain focused on securing evans release as well as that of paul whelan, herskovitz and wheeling are detained on what are largely believed to be false trumped up charges of espionage. whelan is a former u. s marine. he was left behind in the last two prisoner swaps, one for former marine trevor read the other four w nba star. brittney griner