study. did it work? what did they find? well, again, i want to say again, it is early, these are small studies, i think in some ways this was proof of concept, but look at some of the findings here. gamma waves, the shorter, high energy waves that were stimulating the front part of the brain, they found that that actually did improve overall longer term sort of memory. they were giving people lists of words, people were able to remember the earliest words better when they stimulated the longer term memory stores. the fadeaways, saw that in purple, those are the shorter term memory improvements. and, again, significant memory improvements in this small group of people. they tested 20 people, and the gamma group, and 20 people in the other group and they did a sham group as well, basically put the skullcap on but did not deliver electricity and they found that that did not have an improvement. it was clearly this electrical current that was making a difference. not invasive
and the president biden national security team an entire american government remain committed to bringing brittney griner home safely to her family, friends and loved ones it. more breaking news from the justice department. attorney general merrick garland announcing federal charges against four current and former metro police officers for alleged crimes connected to the warrant issued in the death of breonna taylor. those alleged crimes include civil rights offenses, unlawful conspiracies, unconstitutional use of force and obstruction offenses. the four defendants were charged through two separate indictments. democrats facing election battles in the fall are hoping the massive turnouts in the kansas abortion probe is a sign of things to come to well the party waits to see whether kyrsten sinema will sign off on legislation to lower healthcare cost and boost climate initiatives. in the next hour, president biden will talk with senate democrats about the package. the pres
only 1% of those facing trials in russia are acquitted. 99% are found guilty. reaction from a few moments from the executive director of the women s national basketball player s association, who has been fighting for her return. plus, any moment, we re expecting a civil rights announcement from attorney general merrick garland at the department of justice. but we begin this hour, of course, with the brittney griner drug trial in in russia. the russian court finding her guilty. they have asked to sentence her to nine and a half years in prison and fine her $1 million ruble, which is more than $16,000. a conviction now has certainly been announced in that court in russian. today, greiner addressing thecl appealing for leniency. i made an honest mistake, and i hope that in your ruling, that it doesn t end my life here. i know that everybody keeps talking about political pawn and politics, but i hope that that is far from this courtroom. i want to say again that i had no intent
we said we ll see you on thursday. she said see you on tuesday. she was very upset and very stressed and she can hardly talk honestly. so it s difficult time for her. let s be clear, a guilty sentence has been almost certain since before griner even confessed to accidentally packing those cannabis cartridges in her luggage. russian courts have a conviction rate of 99%. the white house put out a statement, calling on russia to release griner immediately and says his administration is continuing to pursue every possible avenue to bring home griner and former u.s. marine paul whelan, who is also detained. u.s. officials have proposed a prisoner swap for griner s release, despite claims from the white house that the process is moving quickly, it is expected to take some time and the ball is very much in russia s court. joining me is molly hunter and jonathan, he worked on the case of trevor reed who was released from a russian prison earlier this year. molly, we weren t expec
News coverage here in New York City now. Craig melvin at msnbc headquarters. The nation on high alert, on high alert over a domestic tryst terrorist whos been waging war through the u. S. Mail all week. Pete williams just a few moments ago reporting that a person has been taken into custody at this point, a person were told perhaps in his 50s taken into custody in florida for questioning in connection with the mail bombs that have been sent to prominent americans all over this country over the past few days. Details as to this persons connection right now, those Details Remain unclear. This coming as two more explosive devices were discovered today, a total of 12 devices have now been sent, 12 explosive devices. Today one package found at a new york postal facility on the west side of manhattan. That one was addressed to former director of national
intelligence James Clapper. The other intercepted in florida. That one was addressed to new jersey democrat cory booker. All of these devic