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describing it all. a kafkaesque trial, his defiance, his struggles, and you will hear from his family who fought to get him home. he is so thankful for his return. they ve made it a mission to raise awareness of the scores of other americans being unjustly detained around the world. so, you are in a russian prison for 985 days? yes. it s now been three weeks since you ve been back in united states? how are you doing? i m doing well. i feel better every day that i am here. have you been able to fully grasp that you are free? no. so, you know, the last couple of days, it has been more real to me. there is a time where you don t accept that at all, that you are back. you can t understand you are actually free. free. a reality that was almost unthinkable to this american son, brother, and former marine just a short time ago. but today, after enduring a hell if you have lived to tell about, trevor reed is back on u.s. soil, unafraid, and sharing his story ....
so thankful for his return. they have all made it a mission now to raise awareness of the scores of other americans being unjustly detained around the world. so you were in a russian prison for 985 days? yup. and it s now been three weeks since you ve within back in the united states. how are you doing? i m doing well. i feel better every day that i m here. have you been able to fully grasp that you re free? no, so, you know, the last couple of days it s been been more real to me, but there s a time there where you you just don t accept at all that you re back, you can t understand that you re actually free. free, a reality that was almost unthinkable to this american son, brother and former marine just a short time ago, but today after enduring a hell few have lived to tell about trevor rowdy reed is back on u.s. soil, unafraid and sharing his story for the first time. you re a marine. one of your jobs literally in the past was to guard and prot ....
To paul whelan when we talked to him over the past couple days, keep the faith, don t lose hope. we re coming for you. it s not often i can say that we actually agree with something president putin said, but today i can say that because president putin himself has said that these discussions will continue. what s your reaction, dave, to that optimistic tone that we re hearing, and has the biden administration reached out since they told your family the news that griner would be coming home yes. members of the administration have spoken to our family members. and it s been very great to have them do that. i think particularly to have to know and i didn t know until you just played that clip that the white house had communicated that sense of exuberance to paul. because i think it s going to be hard, i think, for paul probably the last couple of days have been pretty devastating. and how do you survive in the future. but i think that message will resonate. let s hope. during ....
Going forward. cnn had a chance to speak to your brother paul yesterday. and he expressed fear that he may never see your parents or his dog again. how are you and your family holding up during such a very, very difficult time? well, as you say, it s very difficult. it is hard to keep your own morale up. you want to support paul and keep his morale up. but you know that really each day is the clock ticking away. my parents are now in their mid-80s. we hope that they will be as long lived as other members of our family. if paul actually has the worst-case scenario of spending the next 12 years in the labor colony, i think the chance that he will see his parents again is very slim. i don t think that any parent should be put in that position to not see their son. well, we all hope he comes home very, very soon. brittney griner is now going through the emotional process of coming home. but when the moment is right, david, is your family planning to connect with her and her family? ....