Griner's release prompts cheers ... and questions

Amanpour

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4.1 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 December 2022

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Basketball star Brittney Griner is back home in the US after a prisoner swap with Russia. Her release after nearly ten months in detention is being celebrated as a major win for the Biden administration, but the president is facing criticism for not securing the freedom of another American locked up in Russia, Paul Whelan. The US government is also facing questions about the man who they swapped for Griner, notorious arms dealer Viktor Bout. The Pentagon says there's still some concern that Bout could return to the illicit international arms trade. Kylie Atwood breaks down the story to Sara Sidner. Also on today's show: Historian Peter Frankopan; China analyst Frank Tsai; author David Daley; comedian Trevor Noah. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Ammonpour. Here's what's coming up.
0:09.4	Brittany Griner is back in America. We get the latest on the basketball star just
0:13.9	released from Russian detention and big changes in China. President Gee starts to
0:19.6	ease up on his COVID crackdown. we get insight from Oxford historian Peter Francapan
0:25.3	and China analyst Frank Sigh in Shanghai. Plus, this is a case about raw political power and who is able to execute it.
0:35.4	Voting rights expert David Daly talks to Hari Shrina Vossen about the Supreme Court's case on
0:40.8	redistricting and why American democracy is on the line.
0:45.0	And finally, I'm grateful to every single one of you.
0:47.3	This has been an honor, thank you.
0:49.8	Trevor Noah signs off.
0:51.3	We look back at some of Chris John's best conversations with the
0:54.4	celebrated host of the Daily Show. Welcome to the program. I'm Sarah Sidner in Los Angeles sitting in for Chris John Ammanpur.
1:14.0	Basketball star Brittany Griner is back home in the United States
1:19.0	after a prisoner swap with Russia.
1:21.0	Her release after nearly 10 months in detention is being
1:25.0	celebrated not only by her family, team and supporters, but as a major win for the
1:29.7	Biden administration. However, the President is facing criticism for not securing the freedom of
1:35.1	another American locked up in Russia, Paul Wheeland. Listen to what the State
1:39.6	Department spokesperson said earlier about it all.
1:42.1	The choice we face, this was what President Biden said yesterday and what Secretary
1:47.2	Blinkin said yesterday.
1:48.5	It was not which one, it was one American or none.
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