Yesterday we brought you part one of our interview with basketball star Brittany

Griner who's detailing for the first time what it was like being detained by

Russian authorities for 10 months in 2022.

Her crime carrying less than a gram of hashish oil for extreme pain from years of pounding

on the courts.

She had a medical prescription in the U.S.

But the substance is illegal in Russia. Tonight, Griner shares more. in the

U.S. but the substance is illegal in Russia. Tonight, Griner shares more from her book out today called Coming Home. I met up with her recently at the YMCA of Greater New York.

Brittany Griner had been detained in Russia for six months when a court sentenced her to nine years in prison.

You're told that if a guard stops you, you have to be able to tell them your crime and your release date in Russian at any point.

Do you still remember how to say that?

Duadwa divot divot, shaise, a dean, dua d'uaduau d'uad d'uau d'u a sha-dise, sha-fri-f-f-f-fri-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f- David Shiseeze deen. Duall do I did it. Shise.

I forgot the last one.

It was like Tutu.

It was my crime in their penal code.

But you had to say that in a lot of other words too,

but I struggled on it. I struggled on it.

I struggled on it big time.

Across the globe and effort was underway, led by her wife Cheryl to rally support behind

the We RBG hashtag and apply pressure on the Biden administration to bring her home.

But thousands of miles away, Griner admits there were times she lost all hope.

You write about your life in your cell in Russia. there were times she lost all hope.

...