and get me. i got teared up when i firsto heard that. joining me now is david whalan,p paul whalen s brother. and david , i know that you and soy many in america are happy thatth brittney griner is coming home. but of course, your reaction tonight to those words fromords your brother. th it s hard.e you can hear in his voicet hear the despair. i haven t hearmyd my my brothers voice like over a phone call. so it s these snippets come through in the media tha ct are the latest tim e i can hear him. and you can hear how disappointed he was atas the news and it s not reallying. surprising. i think we all had heard h secretary blinkeadn back ininke august say or provide the news about the substantial proposal to russia to bring poland to bring brittany home. and i thin k he had been i counting on that. and so to find out that it wastt not going to happen is probably hugely disappointing. let s the status ofe the communication you ve had with the administratiocon abouty securing your b