prosecutors as we speak are asking for a sentence of nine and a half years in prison. i m going to go straight to cnn s fred pleitgen who is live outside the courtroom near moscow. fred, what is the latest? what are we hearing about how that sentencing will go? yeah, i mean it really is significant information that we re getting, dana. first of all, you re absolutely right, the court has found brittney griner guilty. as we see on our screens right now, the judge is still sort of reading out the verdict and what exactly the specifics of this verdict are. but there s something that s very important that the judge has read in saying that they have found brittney griner guilty with criminal intent. that means that the court believes what the prosecution has said, that they believe that brittney griner intentionally took narcotics to the russian federation, obviously talking about those two vaping cart ridges. you ll recall one of the cases or one of the things that the defense
cell in the courtroom, the judge ruling she acted deliberately when she tried to carry cannabis cartridges into the country. the wnba star gave a heartfelt apology. i want to apologize to my teammates, my klug, the fans, and the city of ekat for the mistake i made and the embarrassment i brought onto them. this adds to a stalemate between moscow and washingwashington over a prisoner. cnn s kylie atwood is at the state department. jeremy diamond is at the white house. let s check in with fred pleitgen. i understand griner s attorneys are speak. let s listen to them and then i ll come back to you. reporter: this correspondents to what s happening. it s totally going against the actual part of the russian penal code. we will appeal and we re very disappointed and surprised by this decision. how is britney feeling? she feels bad. any word a possible exchange? no, no one is discussing that was. it s a question for the administration. if appeal will not be granted. do you thi
Embarrassment. You know, we saw it again last night as i was coming to the oval office, i got the word that South Carolina a physician with his wife, two grandchildren and a person working at his house was gunned down, all five. So many people, so many of the people sitting here today know that well unfortunately. You know, they know what its like when the seconds change your life forever. Ive had the pleasure of getting to meet in awful circumstances many of you, many of you whove lost your children, your husbands, your wives. You know, they know what its like to bury a piece of their soul deep in the earth. We understand that. Mark and jackie, i want to tell you, its always good to see you but not under these circumstances. I want to say before i introduce the rest of the folks is, you know, what a lot of people have not been through what theyve been through dont understand it takes a lot of courage to come to an event like this. Theyre absolutely, absolutely determined to make chang
This chaotic president ial race appears to be wide open for both parties. This morning we will keep with three of the republican candidates, jump, john kasich and jeb bush. Lets begin our coverage with sara murray, she is live in charleston, South Carolina. What a night, sara. Reporter what a night is right, alisyn, donald trump finally pulled off what many people thought he a could never do, he notched his first victory winning New Hampshire handily. Last night he thanked the voters there for delivering his first win. New hampshire, i want to thank you. We love you. Were going to be back a lot. Were not going to forget you. You started it. Remember. You started it. Reporter now, trump may have had the biggest finish, but the surprise of the night was Ohio Governor john kasich. He came in second and to many people it seemed like it came totally out of nowhere, but i talked to john kasich on his Campaign Plane overnight on his flight here to South Carolina and he said he wasnt surprised
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