have because we won the state. tomorrow s hearing comes amid new and promising polling for the investigative committee. the marriage of americans now say they believe the former president should be charged with some sort of crime for his role in the insurrection. there is the polling right there. six in ten also say the panel has carried out a fair and impartial investigation so far. and the committee sights are still on two big names, including former vice president mike pence. they say subpoenaing pence is not off the table. and he also has eyes on the wife of justice clarence thomas. well, we want to know what she knows, what her involvement was in this plot to overturn the election. she has said that she is willing to come in and testify voluntarily. we re glad to hear that. joining me now is capitol hill correspondent ali vitale, want political investigate every reporter and msnbc legal analyst paul butler. everybody welcome. these hearings have been gang buster for
In the airport. In russia. It was definitely a freefall. I literally saw my life flash before my eyes. I was like, its over. Bg is no more in that moment. And i was deathly afraid. Wnba star Brittney Griner in her first cable interview since her imprisonment in a russian gulag. We talk about the fear, the sham trial, the letter she wrote to putin, how trump turned on her, and her joyful homecoming. And welcome to a Special Edition of the reidout. Interest in Womens Basketball is surging thanks to young talent and top rookies like kamilla cardoso, angel reese and caitlin clark. All of whom helped boost the wnbas star power, as well as draw attention to pay disparities in the league. But not too long ago, the world was fixated on one particular Basketball Star for an incident that occurred far from any american court. Back in february 2022, Brittney Griner, a wnba allstar and twotime olympic Gold Medalist was stopped at a Security Checkpoint at a moscow airport. Officials said they found
basketball player, wnba star britney greiner apparently in custody in moscow accused of having a vape pen with something in there, that, if, indeed, is going to be a growing issue, we now have a russian plane coming here to pick up their un mission folks. what do you make of that situation and what do you think the president and the administration should do about this situation with this basketball player? right. well, i have to tell you, this is going to be the political games you re going to see happening during this war and there s one thing that putin understands and it s trying to create these moments and stressful moments and hurtful moments towards the united states. so britney is obviously a pond and being used as a pond where then that would basically allow for this conversation to occur
doing and many other republican senators is attempting to make this about child pornography and about her being soft on crime and it s completely inaccurate. again, it s the politics of it all. you need 50 votes plus, potentially, a tie breaking vote from the vice president of the united states. it wo youuld be great to get bipartisan support. it s my hope it will be support from republican senators. i wouldn t count on lindsey graham being one of them. all right. former mayor of atlanta, thank you. after more than a month of detention, the state department says that an embassy official was able to get access to u.s. basketball star britney greiner. we ll have more on her condition, next.
christina called minutes following the start of the party jumped story live in los angeles for. this week republican congressman byron donaldson president biden and the state department a letter expressing concern that the russians could use w nba star britney greiner and other americans who they detained as leverage. text i m not been the biggest fan of this version of the state department. we look back and sit thousands of americans left in afghanistan to see that in my view they don t pull every lever that needs to be pulled this is also very different environment to correct the biden administration needs to do more to try to raise this issue. what putin and the russian government and get them released. former u.s. marine had been jailed in russia for what their families view as lawmakers call politically motivated in trumped up charges. and brittney griner was detained last month over allegations she had cannabis oil in her luggage