Terrified: WNBA star Brittney Griner describes chilling 'game' played in Russian prison in our cable exclusive

The ReidOut with Joy Reid

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🗓️ 7 May 2024

⏱️ 45 minutes

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In tonight's episode of The ReidOut, WNBA superstar Brittney Griner sits down with Joy Reid for her inaugural cable interview since her detainment in a Russian penal colony. We delve into her experiences of fear, political intricacies, Putin's influence, and how her upbringing equipped her for such a harrowing ordeal. Additionally, we unpack more incriminating testimony against Donald Trump in his ongoing criminal trial in New York, this time from a former accountant of his company alleged to have facilitated reimbursements for Michael Cohen's payment to Stormy Daniels. Amidst these developments, there is a glimmer of hope regarding the Israel-Gaza conflict as Hamas signals acceptance of an Egyptian-Qatari ceasefire proposal. The looming question remains: How will Israel respond to this potential shift towards peace? Listen now to this edition of The ReidOut on MSNBC.

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0:00.0	Tonight on the readout, talk to me about that moment when you realized that
0:09.7	those cartridges had accidentally remained in your bag in the airport in Russia.
0:16.7	It was definitely a free fall.
0:18.1	I literally saw my life flash before my eyes.
0:20.7	I was like it's over.
0:22.8	VG is no more in that moment and I was definitely afraid.
0:28.5	W NBA star Brittany Griner in her first cable interview
0:32.0	since her imprisonment in a Russian
0:33.9	penal colony. We talk about the fear, the politics, Putin, and how her
0:38.8	childhood prepared her for that harrowing ordeal. Also tonight, more damning testimony
0:44.0	against Donald Trump and his criminal trial in New York,
0:46.6	this time from one of his company's accountants,
0:49.3	who allegedly helped reimburse Michael Cohen for Stormy Daniels Hush Money Payment.
0:55.0	Plus a glimmer of hope that the end of the Israel-Gazah war could be near.
1:00.0	Hamas announces that it has accepted an Egyptian Katari ceasefire proposal.
1:05.9	How will Israel respond?
1:09.1	But we begin tonight with the age-old adage. The cover-up is worse than the crime.
1:18.0	Today in a New York City courtroom a jury began hearing all about the cover-up in Donald Trump's hush money election
1:24.6	interference trial regarding those allegedly falsified business record
1:29.7	hiding the repayments from Trump's company to his former lawyer Michael Cohen of the
1:35.1	130,000 dollars Cohen gave out of his home equity line of credit to adult film
1:41.9	actress Stormy Daniels. The jury heard from former
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