everything he can to bring prices down. white house correspondent peter doocy joins us from the north lawn. good evening, peter. good evening, bret. when the president gave the rousing speech about the economy today he never mentioned the federal reserve is expected to raise interest rates tomorrow. instead, he was looking backwards and talking about all the times that there were long lines of cars waiting to get boxes of food during covid lockdowns as he tried to make the point it could be worse. under my plan for the economy we made extraordinary progress. so dismal economic trends aren t the problem. the president thinks messaging is the problem. i don t want to hear anymore of these lies about reckless spending. three members of biden s inner circle head to the hill tomorrow. kate bedingfield, john o malley dillon and will talk messaging on the economy. inflation. it s sapping the strength of a lot of families. inflation is not isolated to the u.s. worldwide
agency reports griner will be held at least through july 2nd. she has been detained on drug smuggling accusations since february. that s when russian authorities stopped her at a moscow airport. they said griner was carrying vape cartridges containing cannabis oil. the state department has classified her as wrongfully detained. russian opposition figure lexy nastled has been transferred to a security prison. that value did i s allies were alarmed when he discovered he had been moved to undisclosed location. earlier this year he was sentenced to nine years in prison u.k. troops have been pushed to the industrial outskirts of the city by the russian scorched earth policy in that area. tonight senior correspondent mike tobin visit a high school
what it s like. russians would have every reason to feel proud based on what they are seeing on the state tv. well next hour, a u.s. marine veteran has an appeal hearing in moscow. trevor red ed was detained ther in 2019, was later convicted of endangering the life and health of russian police officers during an altercation. he received a sentence of nine years. reed s parents say he is in the hospital with tuberculosis but they don t know if he is receiving any real medical care. they are urging the biden administration to help bring him home. and the head of the wnba is reaffirming the league s commitment to helping bring home brittney griner. the basketball star has been detained in russia since mid-february on drug charges. espn reports griner has been able to see her legal representative in russia twice a week, and is able to receive letters. the wnba commissioner says they
from specialists from you know, her representation are able to visit with brittney. we know she s safe but we want to get her home. it s just a very complex situation right now. we re following the advice. there s not a day that goes by that we re not talking to someone who has views on what we ve been doing and how we re moving forward. i know we re all frustrated but we do need to be pash zblend espn reports griner has been able to see her legal representative twice a week. she was the number one pick in the 2013 wnba draft. the lying is holding its annual draft last night. they selected ryan powers. in the nba the lakers officially parting ways with frank vogel.
a 10-year prison sentence. how worried should we be about brittney s well-being right mow? unfortunately i think we should be really worried. once they figured out who she was and given the timing and everything that is happening right now, it is undeniable she is being held as part of a pawn in the geopolitical stand off. and in the war in ukraine. her arrest comes amid heightened tensions between the u.s. and russia, as the war in ukraine enters another week. secretary of state blinken, when asked about griner, said whenever an american is detained anywhere in the world, we of course stand ready to provide every possible assistance. and that includes in russia. the 31-year-old center with the phoenix mercury has played in russia during the last search years during the nba off-season, her team tweeting, our main concern is her safety, physical and mental health. with reports griner has been detained for weeks, griner s