reasons right now given the political situation. reporter: one former u.s. official believes putin has strong motivation to keep holding griner. the fact that she s a u.s. olympic gold medalist. remember, she was seized in february right after the olympics when russia was roundly embarrassed yet again for doping of its olympic athletes. and so this might be also a way of getting revenge at the u.s. olympic committee. reporter: another american held in russia, trevor reed, on tuesday had a court appearance by video, where his appeal was kicked back to a lower court. his parents are worried he may have tuberculosis. he looks terrible in that shot that they had on the weet and we re really concerned because he really looks thin. reporter: u.s. officials openly concerned about reed s health. we do believe that he needs urgent treatment to prevent any further deterioration in his medical condition. reporter: reed was sentenced to nine years for allegedly endangering the lives
anyone that he has in custody. he ll try to use it as he has been probably behind the scenes all along as a bargaining chip to get something from us. reporter: there s very little the u.s. government can do right now. we have very limited leverage over russia right now given the political situation. reporter: one former u.s. official believes putin has strong motivation to keep holding greenier, the fact that she s a u.s. olympic gold medalist. remember, she was seized in february right after the olympics when russia was roundly embarrassed yet again for doping of its olympic athletes, and so this might be also a way of getting revenge at the u.s. olympic committee. reporter: another american held in russia, trevor reed, today had a court appearance by video where his appeal was kicked back to a lower court. his parents are worried he may have tuberculosis. he looks terrible in that shot that they had on the tweet, and we re really concerned because he really looks thin. re
good evening, everyone, i ve erin burnett. outfront tonight, out of bounds. mitt romney took to the air waves today to lament the tone of the election and slam his rival. i m seeing some of the ads out there. i don t know what happened to the campaign of hope and change. his campaign and the people working for him have focused almost exclusively on person attacks and not at all on the issues of the day. personal attacks and not at all on the issues of the day. that charge actually goes both ways. both mitt romney and barack obama are guilty as sin. as those of you who watch the show know, we tried from day one to try to stop sandbox politics and find middle ground. quote, the campaign has already set records for nastiness and negativity. he says, this campaign has the sensibilities and i.q. of a typical middle school student council election. i ran for school president in eighth grade. and i lost. i ran against a kid named danny luppins. i am certain that our campaigns
go inside the temple where six people died at the hands of a white supremacist. we will take you there. let s go out front. good evening, everyone, i ve erin burnett. outfront tonight, out of balance. mitt romney took to the air waves today to lament the tone of the election and slam his rival. i m seeing some of the ads out there. i don t know what happened to the campaign of hope and change. his campaign and the people working for him have focused almost exclusively on person attacks and not at all on the issues of the day. personal attacks and not at all on the issues of the day. that charge actually goes both ways. both mitt romney and barack obama are guilty as sin. as those of you who watch the show know, we tried from day one to try to sand box poitics and find middle ground. quote, the campaign has already set records for nastiness and negativity. he says, this campaign has the sensibilities and i.q. of a typical middle school student council election. i ran f
good evening, everyone, i ve erin burnett. outfront tonight, out of balance. mitt romney took to the air waves today to lament the tone of the election and slam his rival. i m seeing some of the ads out there. i don t know what happened to the campaign of hope and change. his campaign and the people working for him have focused almost exclusively on person attacks and not at all on the issues of the day. personal attacks and not at all on the issues of the day. that charge actually goes both ways. both mitt romney and barack obama are guilty as sin. as those of you who watch the show know, we tried from day one to try to sand box politiciaiti find middle ground. quote, the campaign has already set records for nastiness and negativi negativity. he says, this campaign has the sensibilities and i.q. of a typical middle school student council election. i ran for school president in eighth grade. and i lost. i ran against a kid named danny luppins. i am certain that our camp