ahead. i ll speak with the family of paul weiland, another american, the kremlin has locked up on espionage charges and a group of military families gets the tragic news. nine service members killed when two black hawk choppers crashed. cnn has a crew right near that save. plus tension in the house from paper tossing to hallway shouting in your face. debates are getting heated on the hill. welcome to the lead. i m pamela brown in for jake tapper, and we start today with our world lead. top u . s. officials are strongly criticizing russia after an american reporter was detained on charges of spying. evan gersh covic appeared in a moscow court today accused of trying to steal russian state secrets. his employer, the wall street journal, says it quote vehemently denies those claims. but now gorshkov itch faces up to 20 years in prison. and today , lawmakers on capitol hill are accusing russia of using this journalist as leverage, and the white house is dismissing the charges.
wolf blitzer cnn primetime tonight at nine. in our pop lead. a newly highly anticipated movie is hitting the big screen and we have a look behind the scenes with its creators. let s take it over to jake tapper. from the basement to the big screen dungeons and dragons, or d and d. it began as a role playing board game that millions of fantasy fans have used to escape reality since 1974 now, decades later this game commonly associated with dare i say nerd culture is leveling up the d and d role players are a list. hollywood actors in this new film. yeah. and some blade. how s the weight? does it, perry , you re about to lose your head. this is what you re concerned with. okay chop it off it off. let s do it. with me now