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CNN 5 Things

Sunday Edition: Trevor Reed is Finally Home

CNN 5 Things

CNN

News, Daily News

3.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2022

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Last month, former Marine Trevor Reed was released in a prisoner swap after being held in Russia for nearly three years. Tonight, he speaks exclusively to CNN in his first interview since being freed. We get a preview of that conversation and look at what comes next for Reed and his family. Plus, a look at the efforts aimed at freeing the many other Americans being held abroad. Guest: Jake Tapper, CNN Anchor & Chief Washington Correspondent 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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0:27.0

Hey there, it's May 22nd and this is the Sunday edition of CNN 5 Things. I'm David Rind.

0:39.3

I want you to imagine what it's like to have someone you love locked up in a foreign country.

0:45.2

You can't see them.

0:46.5

You get next to know info about their condition.

0:49.4

Maybe a short phone call once in a while, but that's it. Just imagine what kind of toll that would take on your

0:55.8

mental and physical health.

0:57.4

Yeah, and Paula, how are you doing with all of this? I can't imagine you've had any sleep in two years.

1:04.8

Yes, basically I do have a lot of sleepless nights and so certain days I'm hardly able to function because of sleep deprivation.

1:11.6

For nearly three years, that was the reality for Paula Reed and her husband Joey,

1:17.0

while their son Trevor was held in a Russian prison.

1:20.0

Well, on April 27th, the Reed family finally got to take a breath.

1:27.0

Paula, I've never seen you smile before. It's so good to see you smiling.

1:31.0

It was good to hear you laughing before we started taping.

1:34.7

After months of pleading with the Biden administration,

1:37.7

Trevor Reed was freed as part of a prisoner swap

1:41.0

and made his way back to the US. But since he's been back on American soil, he

1:45.8

has not granted a single interview until now.

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