these things off. kaitlyn, there are at least two other russians being detained. what more do we know about excuse me.ner. to release them, secure their releases? reporter: the white house shows president biden is committed to bringing other detained, that they weren t also grateful for trevor reed s family. that he does get to come home. you heard from paul whalen s brotototr, i m deeply glad for them and deeply sad for us. now that that s happened, does that lessen what they have to offer? in exchange for his brother, in exchange for brittney griner. paul s s sd felt like he had been left behind on a difficult
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they are seeing it as something like a win because just like in the united states. that s got a lot of publicity. they want to make sure the russian national on the airport tarmac in turkey sort of in that prisoner swap with trevor reed. he s also something as a corps celeb as well. there was a way he was targeted in liberia, africa. he always complained how he was taught. they don t deny that. the russians see this as something of a diplomatic win. there are several russians, know tow yours arms trofker. but they did get this, they re
happening. am i going to have a perfect mother s day? better well, not better but almost as good as the day he was born. joining us is cnn s kaitlyn collins and matthew chance when we interviewed the russian who was traded for reed. caitlyn, what are you learning about how trevor reed s release came about today? epter: i spoke to his parents earlier, joey and paula that you saw there talking to rerters. they said they believe really what helped get this across the finish line, get his release secured was a conversation they had here at the white house about a month ago. they had been out in front of the white house, demonstrating, talking about how he was on his second hunger strike. they believe having that conversation helped with the urgency of bringing the message home. president biden said this is something he raised with russians three months ago and that they had been working on this ever since then trying to secure the release. they believe this is something that s often,
situation for them to negotiate. as steve noted it is concern. it s a concern with something the griner s are talking about. that s a main concern you hear from loved ones all the time. certainly one trevor reed s family had before his release today. matthew, you yurushenko. what was he convicted and what did you tell him of it? convicted of conspiracy to struggle drugs in which there was a plot to sent it to know gear yeah. he never actually smuggled any