became the first transgender champion in ncaa division history. in an interview last month, he said that she does plan to keep swimming competitively including, she said, at the olympic trials to try and go after the olympics. the vote, though, by the governing body would ban thomas and other transgender athletes from taking part in women s sports events. mary korean rafferty joins us with more. reporter: hi, eric. the new rules would mean a trans it s e alt heat9 would have to complete their transition before the age of 12. ya thomas, first trans athlete to win a division i swimming title and had also hoped to compete in the olympics, will not be allow to do so. the international body that governs water sports says the move will balance includessivity and insure no one has an unfair advantage. we have to protect the right of all our athletes to compete. but we also have to protect competition fairness at our events, especially women s competition. and also the past reco
and paul whale. en. in fact, here s state department spokesperson ned price. let s listen. we have called for the release of both of them beyond making these public calls. we are working acid youously behind the scenes, quietly to do everything that we can to see to it that they are released as soon as possible. arthel: and, of course, we want them both released. explain to us, jonathan, why brittney griner s detention could be tangled up with paul whalen s. well, the thing is that that, unfortunately, hostage taking is a type of state craft that s used by some countries to exact, you know, kaying caving in and receiving whatever it is, political goals, ransom, a variety of things that a country may be speaking in hold seeking in holding hostagings. and if the united states, if we