we said we ll see you on thursday. she said see you on tuesday. she was very upset and very stressed and she can hardly talk honestly. so it s difficult time for her. let s be clear, a guilty sentence has been almost certain since before griner even confessed to accidentally packing those cannabis cartridges in her luggage. russian courts have a conviction rate of 99%. the white house put out a statement, calling on russia to release griner immediately and says his administration is continuing to pursue every possible avenue to bring home griner and former u.s. marine paul whelan, who is also detained. u.s. officials have proposed a prisoner swap for griner s release, despite claims from the white house that the process is moving quickly, it is expected to take some time and the ball is very much in russia s court. joining me is molly hunter and jonathan, he worked on the case of trevor reed who was released from a russian prison earlier this year. molly, we weren t expec
shots into arms, and america is a world leader in the vaccine distribution, and there s big news today from moderna which has began testing vaccines on children from babies to preteens. the news so many parents have been waiting for. but and this is important, we are at a critical juncture, and i know, i know, i know you have heard this a million times before, still, how we handle the next few weeks could either propel us back to normality by midsummer or we could end up like europe, gripped by what the french president called today a third wave. italy has returned to lockdowns. more infectious variants have become the dominant strains there and we are in a race against time before they become the dominant strains here. across europe the vaccine rollout has been sluggish and now there are concerned about the astrazeneca vaccine which is widely used there. a wave of european countries hitting pause on the vaccine because of concerns over dozens of cases of blood clots out of