to get back to my team. today, a russian court sentence wnba star brittney to griner an outrageous nine and a half years in russian prison for carrying less than a gram into moscow in february. president joe biden rightly called the sentence, quote, unacceptable, and called on russia to immediately free the basketball star. discussions still appear to be ongoing for a potential prisoner swap. that would include griner and a former u.s. marine named paul whelan in exchange for russian arms trafficker named viktor bout currently serving a 25 year sentence for, among other things, trying to kill americans. but the against britney griner just for this ongoing conflict. and right now, in an out war russia s committing horrific war crimes against the reigning people. something my next guest should be reporting on in the new yorker in a new piece titled the prosecution of russian war crimes in ukraine.
russian ultimatums. the russians are destroying his country, what will happen after this people of ukraine will roll up their sleeves and build an even more beautiful country. jon: rich, thank you. according to the new york times, russian customs agents detained at wnba star brittney brittney griner is going through screening at russian at a russian airport when security allegedly found faith cartridges containing canvas oil and her luggage. she s been in custody for about three weeks now. christina coleman has the latest on her story from los angeles. russian authorities are think this wnba star in custody for allegedly having canvas oil russia continues to bomb and attack ukraine. the start is one of a number of wnba players compete in russia
the airport was destroyed before they could get out. reporter: how many other ukrainians seeking refugee status, how many are there already in the pipeline? hundreds. reporter: hundreds of people in the pipeline who these groups are saying are ready to come to the united states and the groups say they re ready to help them. shaquille brewster, on the next part of this story. shaq, thank you. up next an update on star brittney who s been detained in russia. star brittney who s been detained in russia ng their bread game. we re talking artisan italian bread, made fresh daily! the only thing fresher than their bread is the guy reading this. subway keeps refreshing and refreshing and refreshing and re- inner voice (kombucha brewer): as a new small business owner, i find it useful to dramatically stare out of the window. .so that no one knows i m secretly terrified inside. inner voice (sneaker shop owner): i m using hand gestures and pointing.