Actually negotiating to get his release. and let me make a point. initially, the russians told everyone in the world basically that they wanted to trade paul for viktor bougt, and the unite states government wouldn t consider that or talk about it. then there was third party channels talked about trading for my son and paul. and the united states government was still opposed to that. now they realize they ve got something else, and they traded viktor bout for brittney but not for paul. so, they re wanting more. and quite frankly, if the united states government doesn t have some russian spies in their prisons along with the thousands of other foreigners that we arrest around the world, then somebody s not doing their job. there s got to be somebody we could trade or a group of people we could trade to bring paul whelan home. the administration, i talked to former admiral john kirby at the white house in the last hour, who said that essentially, russians came back to the administratio
Joins us now. i appreciate you being with us. what is your reaction, particularly to the news that britney griner was released? thanks for having me on, anderson. we had a lot of mixed emotions today. the entire family. we are very happy for britney and her family and her friends. we know how it feels to have this day. but at the same time, we are heartbroken. we are disenchanted, and to a certain extent, angry, that paul has been left behind, for the third time. we just can t get over that. my wife was nauseated. she was sick to her stomach this morning when she heard that paul was left behind. what do you think it is going to take to get him back? well, to be blunt, it s going to take the united states actually negotiating to get his release. and let me make a point. initially the russians told everyone in the world, basically, that they wanted to trade paul for victor bout, and united states government wouldn t consider that. and then there was third-party channels that talked
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this is t.j. back in atlanta. you hearing me okay? arwa damon is not hearing me right now. arwa damon one of a number of cnn correspondents who spent a lot of time in iraq over the last several years reporting there literally from the very beginning of that war and throughout. we ll try to get her back in a moment. a historic day we saw even though a few thousand american service members in iraq. they will make their way out, many of them this weekend and, again, formally, it is over. let me turn to our zain verjee. the whole world, zain, she s joining me from london. the whole world watched this event today. what is the world saying now that it s over? well, there s been a lot of reaction today, as you can imagine. it s been eight years, eight months and 26 days. and a lot of blood, sweat and tears on both the sides of the american people, as well as the iraqi people. let me give you an idea. the guardian. has this headline. the u.s. troops are pulling out, but what have