she should have been all along. i m overwhelmed we motions but the emotion i have now is insear gratitude for president biden and his entire administration. griner was first arrest in the moscow at a russian airport. authorities say they found car trinls that they say contained cannabis oil within her luggage. she pleaded guilty, said she never intended to break the law. she was sentenced to nine i repeat, nine years in that russian penal colony. now, russia, i will mention, is not the only country that has had very harsh and unjust drug sentencing policies in the world. at the same time and in addition, it was viewed by many international experts as not about keeping russia safe from cannabis vape oil but rather a tool of vladimir putin s ongoing battles with the united states, that this was never about her to
this is outnumbered, i am harris faulkner. i am here with my cohost emily compagno, joining us today is conway. brittney griner is home from a russian penal colony notorious around the world. she had been in custody for months on drug charges. the wnba start ordeal began in february days before the ukraine invasion. she was detained at the russian airport. custom agent claimed they found vape canisters and cannabis oil inside her luggage bridge he later pleaded guilty to it all but said she had no criminal intent. greiner was swapped for the man i mentioned. trend nine bout better known as the merchant of death. he was convicted in 2011 of conspiracy to kill americans and selling hundreds of missiles to
The last two ex-cops involved in George Floyd's death have been given prison sentence for their involvement in the fatal arrest. However, the victim's girlfriend, Courtney Ross, said that she was "saddened" by the apparently "light sentence" given by the judge.
have been wrongfully detained and must be allowed to come home. the deal according to two sources familiar with it involves trading vick tor bout, an arms dealer for the two americans. sources also say the decision was made with president biden s blessing, despite objections from the justice department. foremost in his mind is getting americans home. but also making sure that our own national security is preturfed and that we re not encouraging hostage taking in the future. on wednesday griner testified while caged in a court that she hasn t realized that cannabis oil prescribed from the u.s. was in her luggage, leading to her arrest five months ago at a russian airport. i was in a rush packing and like i said i was recovering from covid, and stressed from packing and making sure i had my covid test and jet lag and i was in a rush throwing my stuff into my bag. griner also telling the judge whether she arrived in russia, she was held for hours without a
0 into this. if it is a semantic game almost. if you re in a recession or not, as if you re running a small business and you can t find anybody to work in your shop and it feels like a recession. willie, that is exactly it. so when you go consumer confidence is down, of course it is down. go purchase anything and things are more expensive. so naturally one would feel that way. what we need to do right now is figure out what people need to do to be saving because what we re heading into, more than anything, is uncertain times. but to say that this administration isn t addressing things, they are. whether you re talking about chips or broadband, lowering the price of pharmaceuticals, you re actually seeing democrats try to make moves that will make life easier and more affordable for the american people. and while it is easy for republicans to beat on the inflation story because everybody out there is talking about it, they have not yet offered any alternate solutions. it is complicate