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i want to find out the latest on britney greiner. what is the end goal when it comes to the situation for the biden administration? ms. psaki: the end goal of the war? >> britney greiner. ms. psaki: we have seen the reports. i cannot speak to the specifics of it because we do not have a privacy act waiver what are priority is to bring american citizens home detained in foreign countries. i cannot speak to the specifics of this case. i certainly understand why you are asking but our focus right now on how we will bring an end to the conflict is to support and boost up the ukrainians to support diplomatic conversations and to continue to provide a range of assistance in that light. >> can you speak to why she is detained? some my new show into what you are doing and how you can bring her back? ms. psaki: i cannot speak to that. we do not have a privacy act waiver. we typically do not get into specifics because that is not constructive to bringing people home. >> the president laid out the next year -- can you give us a little bit of a

when it comes to britney greiner, we have been working very diligently on this case. we have been in close touch with those around her, providing forms of appropriate support. when it comes to paul whelan and trevor read, they have since been held on an unjustified wrongful basis. we have been in a position we have been in a position to provide them with various forms of support. the embassy was able to pay visits to both of them this year, they spoke with them earlier this week when the president traveled to texas. we are not going to comment on reports of mr. reed health, of course we are monitoring their welfare, all americans that are detained in. for fair treatment from russian authorities and we continue to call for their immediate release. reporter: they have not heard back after the conversation, the conversation came only after they threatened to protest outside of the vineyard in texas where he appeared. do you have anything further about trevor? ned: i can tell you that these are cases that this department is locust on every single day. secretary blinken, r

i wanted you to have a fresh opportunity to response to the news now that wnba player britney greiner has been detended in moscow. do you think the administration needs to take a hard line here. what do you advise the president do in responding to the new and developing situation? >> well, griff, i completely agree with mercy that britney is upon vladimir putin that we are seeing this detention go forward and i suspect we will so many more of detentions of american citizens in russia. that's why you see the state department issue that order for all american nationals to leave the country of russia. obviously there's not many flights now leaving because of those no flying zones and because of those cut ties to commercial and recreational aircraft in russia. so certainly i think we are going to see more of this kind of situation as we go forward because to mercy's point, putin will use all available resources to try and change the optics of what's going, shift the conversation and find more people like britney to be upon in this -- in this war that he's levied on to the people of ukrain

greiner who the congresswoman believe has been le l held in russia for a month on drug charges. this appears to be one of the last pictures posted before she left for moscow from the twa hotel at jfk airport. four days later she's not seen in photos. she was traveling to russia to play in a russian league during the wnba off season because she can make more money there. it's clear putin chooses to hold american citizens as pawns. their lives are in jeopardy, their health is in yejeopardy. >> reporter: the parents of trevor reed are worried about his health. their son has called them this morning. he's been coughing up blood. >> he might have broken a rib. he shas shooting pains in his chest. >> reporter: they say the president vowed to do all he can to get their son out. trevor reed was detained in 2019. sentenced to prison for endangering the lives of russian police officers after a night of drinking. charges with reed's family and u.s. officials deny. there's another former u.s. marine who has been jailed in russia since 2018 on espionage charges which he and u.s. officials re

greiner, what is appropriate action? >> of course the priority of stopping the murder of thousands of ukrainians, innocent ukrainian civilians. this is the first for the administration and our allies to help ukraine stop what russia is doing. in the meanwhile, each of these cases that you have just highlighted is probably various diplomatic channels. in different levels within the russian government. but the sooner -- the sooner that we can bring about a successful positive conclusion to this conflict, the more leverage we are going to have to be able to get americans who are trapped there, to get them out. >> harris: what should our reaction be to an american journalist shot and killed? i know that it is wartime. as a journalist who has been in zones where there is danger, people are firing, you know, we know that that is part of the press' job, but we have these big things that say "press," and the partner of that guy, that journalist, has been talking about what that moment was like. we know that they are targeting ci

greiner and other americans who they detained as leverage. text i'm not been the biggest fan of this version of the state department. we look back and sit thousands of americans left in afghanistan to see that in my view they don't pull every lever that needs to be pulled this is also very different environment to correct the biden administration needs to do more to try to raise this issue. what putin and the russian government and get them released. >> former u.s. marine had been jailed in russia for what their families view as lawmakers call politically motivated in trumped up charges. and brittney griner was detained last month over allegations she had cannabis oil in her luggage adoration airport were democratic congressman said he has worked with the state department to get griner back home. >> she was detained on the 17th at the moscow embassy has requested counselor access with her the same way they would for any american who has been detained or incarcerate abroad that is not been granted now for over three weeks. that is extremely un

phoenix mercury star britney greiner is one of the number of wnba players who was in russia during the wnba off-season pair here's fox news contributor jim gray precursors in american a profile american who was a great basketball player 12 gold medals certainly represents the united states of america produce might have to wait and see just exactly what all of this is and how it all plays out. but certainly brittney griner no matter what the circumstances is, is now in peril. >> the debbie mva released a statement in support of griner showing her love and concern for the athlete officials say they are monitoring the situation very closely, eric. eric: alright christina thanks so much for coming up in a moment more reaction on russia detaining her with congressman who will also address why are we not cutting off russia imports to hurt pollutant right now? congressman coming up, arthel. arthel: eric, president biden is waiting a ban on natural gas imported does comes amid growing pressure to take action against a major sector of russia's economy. a major concern hanging over any decision

in moscow a court has extended the detention of american basketball star britney greiner to may 19. she was arrested at a moscow airport and charged with smuggling drugs. she plays with the phoenix mercury in the wnba and also for a russian team. in china the latest covid outbreak appears to be easy. authorities upright -- authorities reported the lowest number cases so far. infections have dropped from recent highs since the province was locked down on monday. global news 24 hours a day, on air and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. i am ritika gupta. this is bloomberg. guy: thank you very much. it is the biggest takeover of a private equity company by another private equity company. eqt is buying bearing private equity asia for $7.5 billion. with us is the ceo of eq to, christian sinding. right to have you on the show. why asia, why now? christian: asia is one of the largest economic regions of the world. if you look at gdp growth, more than 40% of global growth will be coming from asia. if you look at private equit

wnba all-star britney greiner, she's being detained in russia and facing ten years in prison on drug charges. the pro athlete was arrested last month, three weeks ago, at a moscow airport after russian authorities said a search of her luggage revealed vape cartage ridges -- cartridges including cannabis oil. let's bring in jason whitlock to react. really stunning news, jason. i think perhaps the most stunning aspect is she's been in jail for three weeks, and we're just now hearing about it. >> yeah. i don't know, you know, what to make of that, that she could be locked up for this long or detained for this long and we're just hearing about it. it seems like her family or someone would have alerted the american media to her situation. but, you know, here we are. will: what do you make of it, jason? here we have -- and i think you and i both know, britney greiner is a bigtime star in the world of the wnba, in the world of women's basketball. whether or not she's guilty of these charges, it's going to be focused on whether or not she had some cannabis vape cartridges going through the a

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. >> early in the process, the charges against greiner, britney finds herself in peril based on the fact that she's in russia and russia is not war in america thinking russia. >> britney is one of a number of nba players in russia during the wnba season. the state department updated travel advisory say that citizens should lead russia, leave russia immediately and an unjustified attack for potential harassment against u.s. citizens by russian government security officials. >> it is a concern and as you know right now from russia to the united states, they want to pick up the diplomats and take them home, they better be careful how they treat our citizens over there because we have their citizens there so it's a concern and we will watch closely. >> officials released a statement saying they support reiner and their main priority a safe return home. eric: we can only hope for the best. christina, thanks. arthel: meanwhile back in ukraine, civilians evacuations are stopped from areas of heavy fighting including cities in the south. refugees packing all they can carry the desperate scramble

a basket will stop britney grind as a victim of russia's confrontation with the west ivy ukraine. the american was reportedly arrested at moscow. appleton february for having vape cartridges containing cannabis oil. customs officials released this video showing greiner having her luggage examined. but it remains unclear how long the olympic gold medalist has been detained. there's only so much i can say given privacy considerations at this point, let me just say more generally. whenever americans detained any more of the world, we forced and ready to provide every possible assistance. we have an embassy team is working on the cases of wrong, of other murders were detained. in russia, we're doing everything we can to see whether they're right or a problem which record an autopsy of australian sporting icon. shane warne has revealed the legendary cricketer died of natural causes. the 52 year old are passed away on friday at one holiday in thailand. local police have been investigating the death and confirmed there were no signs of foul play. one's body will now be flying back to aus