initiation had been in close contact, gave a heads up a while ago this might be happening and assured mr whelan s family that they will do what they could to work with them and help them deal with this disappointment. and help them deal with this disappointment. writers are ust re ”ortin disappointment. writers are ust reporting anti disappointment. writers are ust reporting that brittney i disappointment. writers are just reporting that brittney griner i disappointment. writers are just | reporting that brittney griner has now arrived in reuters reporting she has arrived in abu dhabi. now it s time for a look at the weather with stav danaos. snow showers likely to continue to peppe snow showers likely to continue to pepper coastal areas leading to icy stretches. temperatures down to minus double digits. these are the afternoon temperatures. 2 5. it
that the administration could do everything they can regardless of the price to get him home. what will do now to make sure that he comes home, especially now that you don t have the bargaining chip of victor bout. what more can you do? victor bout was never a bargaining chip for mr. whelan. and the russians consistently made that clear. so i think we need to make that well-known. we will work as hard today and tomorrow and the next day to get paul whelan home as we ve been working since he s been in russia wrongfully detained. it has never escaped us, it has never been off our minds. we will continue to make every effort we can in good faith to get mr. whelan home and i can assure mr. whelan and certainly the whelan family that the focus of this administration and this president in particular will not waiver, will not wane, we will continue to work on this.
Paul Whelan is happy the U.S. secured the release of Brittney Griner, but is "disappointed" more isn't being done to free him from a Russian penal colony.
investigating the january 6th a attack on the capitol is racing the clock to wrap up. in the coming days the panel plans to release a final report, transcripts and evidence to the public. the committee is also weighing whether or not to make criminal referrals to the justice department, including a possible referral of former president trump. cnn s sara murray has details. the clerk will call the roll. reporter: running up against an end of year deadline we are close to putting down the pen and going to print. reporter: the committee investigating the january 6th attack on the u.s. capitol convening privately to weigh the final moves and discuss the final report. we haven t finished the discussion of any potential consequences, including referrals, yet, but whelan be working on that in the coming days and expect to conclude that very soon. reporter: the committee still weighing what to do about criminal referrals. the panel also discussing how to
do you think you can get paul whalen and brittney griner out? i do think so. i hate making predictions, but, yes. i know they re very despairing. we work closely with families, with the whelan family, with the griner family. i know they are very emotional and this is an emotional time. all i can say is the biden administration is working hard on it. so am i. we coordinate but do not always agree on every tactical decision. but i m not going to interfere in their process. i m just giving you my assessment after two visits to russia on behalf of american hostages and, by the way, there are 47 other hostages around the world in iran, in venezuela, almost everywhere in hostile countries that we as americans have an obligation to bring back.