shop for people who wanted access to things that they shouldn t have. no one should be in those conditions, wnba star brittney griner speaking out about those ten months she spent in a russian prison. it s her first press conference since returning to professional basketball. hear what she says about the other americans still wrongfully detained. plus, after four hours on the stand, the woman accusing donald trump of rape now in cross examination. what we expect to hear from the former president s attorneys. we re following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. just moments ago we heard from the judge in the hearing from the air national guardsman accused of leaking highly classified intelligence documents. he said he will not yet rule if jack teixeira will remain in custody ahead of his trial. prosecutors claim that if the 21-year-old is let out before then, he will either try to flee or further obstruct the inve
the air national guardsman accused of stealing and sharing classified documents appears in court. and the government says he has a history of threatening to kill people. then, dozens of americans trapped in sudan, begging the u.s. government to help them get out. why do u.s. officials say they can t help, even though other countries are carrying out evacuations? plus, tears, smiles, and laughs. brittney griner holds her first news conference since her release from a russian prison. never going overseas unless i m representing my country at the olympics. what the basketball star had to say about her famgame and th other americans still being wrongly detained in russia. welcome to the lead, everyone. i m in for jake tapper. we start today with our national lead. this afternoon, the man accused of leaking classified u.s. intelligence on the internet appeared in court where a judge decided that the suspect will stay behind bars, at least for now. prosecutors argued th
mussolini, pol pot, naziism, communism, fascism, imperial japan, the killing fields in, cambodia, all told, one hundred million human being slaughtered. you think it can t happenappe again? okay, now factor in weapons of mass destruction, the likes of which this world had never seen before. married to sick, twisted evil ideologies like the iranian mullahs or we know vladimir puti vn is evil. ll we know president xi has all his territorial ambitions. now, earlier today, china announced that their defense ministerto will now travelia to moscow next week to meetrt ad with his russian counterpart a. and according to a disturbing ae report from politico, china and russia are in secret talks to replenish iran s supply ofel sanctioned missile fuel, nowrt a move that experts now say could help moscow replenish their depleted rockets rockere exa stockpile. and we re seeinmpg more andoa more examples of what is a very ,very dangerous alliance every single day after twenty one year
and one giant leap for mankind. yes, indeed. they got the flag up now. you can see the stars and stripes. jesse: we all remember george bush rallying the nation after 9/11 on a pile of rubble in lower manhattan. i can hear you, the rest of the world hears you, and the people. [cheers] and the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon. [cheers] jesse: every president has signature moments that define their terms. but there s one president who doesn t have much to brag about. he is only two years into his presidency, but is there a moment that joe biden is going to be remembered for? the botched withdrawal from afghanistan, historically is probably the one thing so far that cedar into the nation s memory. and that and falling off 6 his bike and don t tell me it s biden strolling through ukraine with fake air raid sirens that s just a proxy war. but the binder has already cemented joe s legacy for us. she knows what her boss will go down in histo
[ inaudible ] no time? big mistake. reporter: jake, that was an assessment that lined one what we heard with his advisers over the course of the last 24 hours. not notably, president putin s announcement came hours before joe biden s speech. just a short time ago, an interview was released where the president called it a big mistake but was confident they could work things out. that underscores a subtext here. u.s. officials make clear this is a reversible position. the treaty goes until 2026. there is time to figure this out. keep in mind, this was the first agreement reached by joe biden and putin at the start of his time in office. it goes to show even on issue where is they thought they could negotiate and reach agreements, the relationship is all but imploded at this point. phil, the president is set to land back in washington in a few hours. what will await him as republicans continue to splinter on the subject of support for ukraine? reporter: yeah, there are