Transcript for ABC News Live: Brittney Griner freed from Russian custody
NUMBER ONE NEWS SOURCE.
>> I'M DIANE MACEDO TODAY
ON "ABC NEWS LIVE".
BREAKING NEWS AFTER NEARLY
THREE HUNDRED DAYS IN A RUSSIAN
PRISON, PRESIDENT PUTIN HAS
ANNOUNCED BRITTNEY GRINER
IS FREE.
THE PRESIDENT AGREED TO SWAP
THE NBA STAR WITH CONVICTED
ARMS DEALER VIKTOR BOUT NOW
ON HIS WAY BACK TO RUSSIA.
WE HAVE MORE ON THE DEAL
AND HOW IT CAME TOGETHER.
NEW GUNFIRE AT AN ENERGY
FACILITY IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
IT COMES AMID AN INVESTIGATION
INTO A POWER GRID SABOTAGE IN
NORTH CAROLINA.
AUTHORITIES ARE NOW SEEKING
FEDERAL SEARCH WARRANTS
AND OTHER POWER SUBSTATION
ATTACKS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE
BEING REPORTED TO THE FBI AND A
POSSIBLE NEW LEAD OUT OF IDAHO
WHERE AUTHORITIES SAY THEY'RE
LOOKING FOR A CAR LIKE THIS IN
THE INVESTIGATION INTO
THE MURDER OF FOUR COLLEGE
STUDENTS.
WE HAVE THE LATEST ON THAT
AND HOW NEWLY OBTAINED POLICE
BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE COULD PLAY
A PART IN THE CASE.
>> WELL, WE BEGIN WITH BRITTNEY
GRINER, FREED FROM A RUSSIAN
PENAL COLONY.
THE U.S. AND RUSSIA STRUCK
A DEAL EXCHANGING THE WNBA
STAR'S RELEASE FOR THAT OF
CONVICTED RUSSIAN ARMS DEALER
VIKTOR BHOOT.
PRESIDENT BRIDON SAYS GRINER
WILL NOW SOON BE BACK HOME
AFTER PAINSTAKING, INTENSE
NEGOTIATIONS.
CHIEF WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT
CECILIA VEGA HAS THE LATEST
ON THIS MORNING.
WNBA STAR BRITTNEY GRINER IS ON
HER WAY HOME TO THE
UNITED STATES.
>> SHE'S SAFE.
SHE'S ON A PLANE.
>> SHE'S ON HER WAY HOME.
GRINER RELEASED AS PART OF
A ONE FOR ONE PRISONER SWAP
WITH RUSSIAN VICTOR BOOT, AN
INTERNATIONAL ARMS DEALER
WITH SUSPECTED TIES TO RUSSIAN
INTELLIGENCE WHO WAS SERVING
A 25 YEAR SENTENCE IN THE U.S..
PRESIDENT BIDEN TWEETING OUT
THESE PHOTOS WITH GREINER'S
WIFE, SHERYL, AND VICE
PRESIDENT HARRIS AND SECRETARY
OF STATE ANTHONY BLINKEN.
THERE IN THE OVAL OFFICE
AS THEY SPOKE TO GRINER
ON THE PHONE JUST MOMENTS AGO.
>> PRESIDENT BIDEN ADDRESSING
THE NATION.
I'M GLAD TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT
BRITAIN IS IN GOOD SPIRITS, SHE
CHIHULY, TO FINALLY BE HEADING
HOME.
>> SHERYL ALSO JOINING
THE PRESIDENT AT THE PODIUM.
>> SO THIS IS A HAPPY DAY FOR
ME AND MY FAMILY.
SO I'M GOING TO SMILE RIGHT
NOW.
>> NINE MONTHS AGO, GRINER WAS
ARRESTED AT A MOSCOW AIRPORT
FOR CARRYING VAPE CARTRIDGES
CONTAINING HASH OIL.
THE SEVEN TIME ALL-STAR
ADMITTED TO MISTAKENLY PUTTING
TWO CARTRIDGES IN HER LUGGAGE,
BUT ALSO PROVIDING DOCUMENTS
SHOWING SHE HAD A PRESCRIPTION
FROM AN AMERICAN DOCTOR.
A RUSSIAN COURT SENTENCING HER
TO NINE YEARS.
AND SHE WAS RECENTLY
TRANSFERRED TO A RUSSIAN PENAL
COLONY IN MAY.
>> CHERYL GRINER OPENED UP
TO ROBIN ABOUT THE MOMENT SHE
LEARNED HER WIFE WAS DETAINED.
>> IT'S MY LIFE.
SO AS MUCH AS I WANT TO GO IN
A BED OR LAY ON THIS COUCH
BECAUSE THE FIRST WEEK
A LITTLE OUT AND CRYING, I WAS
OUT, YOU KNOW, I WAS NUMB.
I COULDN'T MOVE.
AND THEN I SAID, YOU GOT TO GET
.
>> NOW, SHARELLE NEVER GIVING
UP HOPE IN THE FIGHT FOR
BRITNEY'S FREEDOM HAS BEEN
COMFORTING TO SEE ALL THE WNBA
COURTS WITH BIG 40 TO.
YES, BUT I THINK
MORE SPECIFICALLY,
A COOPERSBURG LETS HER KNOW
SHE'S NOT FORGOT IT.
AND MIKE, OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW,
WERE YOU SITTING IN
YOUR COUNTRY HAVING COMING
TO THE RESCUE YET?
I KNOW THAT IT MAKES HER FEEL
GOOD, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE SHE
DOESN'T WANT TO BE FORGOTTEN.
YOU KNOW, AND THOSE SMALL
MOMENTS, LIKE I KNOW, GIVE HER
SOME TYPE OF HOPE.
THANKS TO CECILIA VEGA FOR THAT
REPORT.
I WANT TO BRING IN OUR CHIEF
GLOBAL AFFAIRS CORRESPONDENT,
MARTHA RADDATZ NOW FOR MORE ON
THIS.
MARTHA, BRITTNEY GRINER WAS
DETAINED BACK IN FEBRUARY
AND THESE NEGOTIATIONS STARTED
ALMOST IMMEDIATELY.
SO WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT WHAT
WENT INTO THOSE MONTHS
TO FINALLY HAVE THIS COME
TOGETHER NOW?
>> I THINK SO MANY PEOPLE WERE
WORKING ON THIS DIANE SAWYER
AND TRULY FULL TIME TRYING
TO GET BRITTNEY GRINER
RELEASED.
THIS ALL CAME TOGETHER,
ACCORDING TO A SENIOR
ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL, IN
THE LAST 48 HOURS.
IF YOU RECALL, PRESIDENT BIDEN
RECENTLY SAID THAT AFTER
THE MIDTERMS, THAT NOW THAT
THIS IS OVER, MAYBE RUSSIA CAN
REALLY CONCENTRATE ON THIS ONCE
AGAIN.
AND WE AND WE CAN GET BRITTNEY
GRINER FREED.
THEY, OF COURSE, WANTED
PAUL WHEELIN FREED AS WELL.
HE IS HE IS FACING MUCH, MUCH
MORE SERIOUS CHARGES.
THE CHARGES OF SPYING,
CONVICTED OF SPYING IN IN
RUSSIA.
SO THAT HAS BEEN A DIFFICULT
DEAL.
BUT HIS FAMILY HAS BEEN SO
GRACIOUS TODAY, SO GRACIOUS,
HIS HIS TWIN BROTHER SAYING
THEY ARE ELATED OVER
THE RELEASE OF BRITTNEY GRINER,
BUT, OF COURSE, DEVASTATED THAT
PAUL WHEELIN WAS NOT INCLUDED
IN THAT.
THEY HAD A HEADS UP THAT SHE
WAS ABOUT TO BE RELEASED
AND VOWED TO KEEP FIGHTING FOR
HIS RELEASE.
AS WE AS WE HEARD
PRESIDENT BIDEN SAY AGAIN TODAY
AS WELL, THAT THE THEY WILL NOT
GIVE UP EVER IN TRYING TO GET
PAUL WHEELIN RELEASE.
WE'RE ALSO TOLD AND THIS IS NO
SURPRISE, THAT BRITTNEY GRINER
IS AN EXTREMELY GOOD SPIRITS.
SHE IS SMILING ALL THE TIME.
THE EXCHANGE, OF COURSE, IN ABU
DHABI.
YOU SEE CECILIA POINTED OUT,
AND THAT'S WHERE SHE WAS
ON THE PHONE WITH THE WITH THE
PRESIDENT AND HER WIFE, SHERYL,
ON THAT TARMAC.
THAT'S WHERE THAT HAPPENED
RIGHT AFTER HER RELEASE, RIGHT
AFTER THAT EXCHANGE WITH VICTOR
BOOT.
>> NOW, WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT
VICTOR BOOD?
HE WAS CONVICTED AS A RUSSIAN
ARMS DEALER.
WHAT DOES THIS RELEASE MEAN FOR
RUSSIA, FOR THE U.S., FOR
THE WORLD?
>> WELL, HE WAS KNOWN AS THE
MERCHANT OF DEATH HERE, A FLEET
OF PLANES WHICH HE USED TO FLY
ARMS AROUND THE WORLD, CALLED
IT CAUSING CARNAGE IN PLACES
LIKE AFRICA.
IT WAS ALL ABOUT THE MONEY.
IT WAS ALL ABOUT PROVIDING ARMS
TO WHOEVER HAD THE MONEY.
HE APPARENTLY VIOLATED
UN SANCTIONS AND ALL SORTS OF
MANDATES THAT CERTAIN ARMS NOT
BE SENT TO CERTAIN COUNTRIES
WHERE PEOPLE WERE BEING
MURDERED OR WHETHER IT WAS,
THOSE KINDS OF ISSUES.
HE WAS CAUGHT IN A STING
OPERATION BY THE DEA, DEA.
HE WAS SERVING TWENTY FIVE YEAR
SENTENCE.
NOW, THERE HAS BEEN SPECULATION
,SUSPICION THAT HE WAS
A RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE OFFICER
SOMEHOW TIED TO RUSSIAN
INTELLIGENCE.
BUT THE FEELING IS THAT NOW HE
HAS BEEN IN JAIL FOR QUITE
SOME TIME, THAT HIS VALUE AS AN
INTELLIGENCE ASSET IS PRETTY
MUCH RUN ITS COURSE.
SO WITH THE BRITTNEY GRINER
SITUATION, WITH SO MANY
PROMINENT OFFICIALS, HER
FAMILY, WNBA STARS, NBA STARS
LIKE LEBRON JAMES, AND STEPH
CURRY, ALL PUSHING AND SAYING,
GET THIS WOMAN HOME.
IT IS JUST A DISASTER
TO SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN CHARGED
WITH HANDLING A HASHEESH.
OIL IS FACING A NINE YEAR
SENTENCE.
SO IT WAS IMPERATIVE TO TRY
TO GET THIS RESOLVED.
AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE
ADMINISTRATION CLEARLY VERY
HAPPY TODAY, AS IS THE AND
FAMILY.
I WANT TO BRING IN SENIOR WHITE
HOUSE CORRESPONDENT MARY BRUCE
FOR MORE ON THE REACTION
TO THIS MARY.
BECAUSE ORIGINALLY WHEN THIS
WAS PUT FORWARD MONTHS AGO,
THE ADMINISTRATION WAS TRYING
TO GET THE RELEASE, BRITTNEY
GRINER AND PAUL WHEELIN IN
EXCHANGE FOR VICTOR BOOT,
A WILLINS FAMILY NOW SAYS
THEY KNEW PRETTY EARLY ON THAT
THAT WAS NOT ACTUALLY ON
THE TABLE.
SO WHAT IS THE REACTION IN
WASHINGTON NOW TO THIS FINAL
DEAL?
>> BRITTNEY GRINER FOR VICTOR.
WE ARE JUST ACTUALLY LEARNING
SOME MORE DETAILS ABOUT THESE
NEGOTIATIONS AND HOW ALL OF
THIS CAME TOGETHER.
AND I JUST CAN'T STRESS ENOUGH
THAT THIS REALLY WAS JUST IN
THE LAST FEW DAYS, JUST IN
THE LAST 48 HOURS, REALLY, THAT
ALL OF THIS FINALLY CAME INTO
PLACE.
AS YOU MENTIONED, THE WHITE
HOUSE, WE KNOW, MADE ACTUALLY A
REALLY REMARKABLE STEP OF GOING
PUBLIC, WHICH WOULD SAY AT
THE TIME CALLED THAT
SUBSTANTIAL OFFER.
THAT WAS BACK IN JULY, HOPING
TO SECURE THE RELEASE OF BOTH
GRINER AND WHEELIN IN EXCHANGE
FOR VIKTOR BOUT.
THE RUSSIANS REJECTED THAT OUT
OF HAND AND ACCORDING
TO ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS, IT
WAS REALLY JUST IN THE LAST FEW
WEEKS THAT IT BECAME VERY
CLEAR THAT RUSSIA WAS REALLY
ONLY GOING TO BE WILLING TO DO
A ONE FOR ONE SWAP, THAT
THEY WERE ONLY GOING TO BE
WILLING TO TRADE VICTOR BOOT
FOR BRITTNEY GRINER, BECAUSE,
OF COURSE, THEY VIEW WIELAND'S
CASE BECAUSE IS THIS SHAM
ESPIONAGE CHARGE.
THEY VIEW IT VERY DIFFERENTLY.
AND YOU HEARD THE PRESIDENT
TODAY STRESSING PUBLICLY SAYING
THAT THIS WAS REALLY NOT
A CHOICE OF WHICH AMERICAN
TO BRING HOME.
THIS WAS NOT UP TO JOE BIDEN.
THEY WANTED, OF COURSE, BOTH
WHEELIN AND GRINER TO COME
HOME, BUT THAT THE RUSSIANS
MADE VERY CLEAR THE ONLY THING
THEY WERE GOING TO BE WILLING
TO NEGOTIATE HERE WAS
THE RELEASE OF BRITTNEY GRINER.
SO THE PRESIDENT MADE
THE INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT CHOICE
OF GOING FORWARD WITH THIS.
AND THE ADMINISTRATION ALSO
STRESSING NOW THAT THEY DID
REACH OUT TO PAUL WHEELIN IN
THE LAST FEW IN THE LAST
TWENTY FOUR HOURS TO DISCUSS
WITH HIM PERSONALLY, PROBABLY
THE FAMILY EXCUSE ME, POLAND
FAMILY TO DISCUSS WITH THEM
PERSONALLY THIS DECISION,
HOW THEY CAME TO THIS, WHY
THE EFFORTS THAT THEY ARE
CONTINUING TO MAKE TO RELEASE
WHEELIN GOING THROUGH GREINER'S
CASE.
SO THEY ARE, OF COURSE, STILL
WORKING ON THIS.
WANT TO SEE WHEELIN COME HOME.
BUT THEY SAW THE OPPORTUNITY
HERE TO GET BRITTNEY GRINER
RELEASED AND, OF COURSE, FELT
THEY HAD TO GO FORWARD
WITH THIS.
AND EVEN WHALEN'S FAMILY
IS SAYING THEY ARE PRAISING
PRESIDENT BIDEN FOR MAKING
THE DEAL THAT COULD BE MADE
INSTEAD OF WAITING FOR A DEAL
THAT WASN'T POSSIBLE.
I WANT TO BRING IN
COLONEL STEVE GENYA FOR
A LITTLE BIT MORE ON
THE SECURITY ASPECT OF THIS
AND SORT OF THE LARGER GLOBAL
IMPLICATIONS HERE.
WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE TIMING
OF THIS, GIVEN RUSSIAN TROOPS
ARE NOW FACING SEEMINGLY
MORE TROUBLE IN UKRAINE?
HAVING A HARDER TIME THERE?
AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT VLADIMIR
PUTIN'S MOTIVE, HOW CALCULATED
DO YOU THINK THIS TIMING IS?
>> YEAH, IT ALWAYS COMES
BACK TO PUTIN'S ABILITY
TO INFLUENCE GLOBAL EVENTS.
AND IN THIS CASE, HE WANTS
SANCTIONS AND ALL OF THE GLOBAL
SANCTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN
IMPOSED UPON RUSSIA LIFTED OR
AT LEAST GET SOME RELIEF.
AND SO HE SAW THAT PRETTY
GREINER'S PUBLIC PUBLICITY
AND THE OUTPOURING OF SUPPORT
FOR HER OVER TIME WOULD
DIMINISH.
I MEAN, SHE'S IN JAIL OVER
TIME.
HE PROBABLY MADE
THE CALCULATION THAT VALUE HER
VALUE TO HIM AS A NEGOTIATING
TOOL.
WOULD DIMINISH.
SO HE PROBABLY MADE THE BEST
BET THAT HE THOUGHT HE COULD
MAKE AT THE TIME.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT
THE PRESIDENT BIDEN COULD NOT
GET AROUND.
HE COULD NOT BEGIN TO HAVE
DISCUSSIONS WITH THE RUSSIANS
OR AT LEAST BACK CHANNEL
DISCUSSIONS UNTIL HE REMOVED
THIS THIS IS DOMESTIC POLITICS
FOR BIDEN TO BE ABLE TO REMOVE
THIS IRRITANT THAT BRITTNEY
GRINER WAS STILL BEING HELD.
SO THE IDEA HERE IS THAT PUTIN
PLAYED HIS HAND WHEN HE THOUGHT
HE HAD THE BEST DEAL TO TO TO
GAIN.
BUT IT ALL COMES DOWN TO TO
UKRAINE AND TRYING TO GET
SOME SANCTIONS RELIEF OR AT
LEAST BEGIN TO OPEN UP
A DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW TO END
THE WAR IN UKRAINE.
>> AND LET ME BRING IN SECURITY
AND DEFENSE ANALYST MCMORROW
FOR MORE ON THAT PART OF IT.
MAKE FOR VLADIMIR PUTIN.
IS THIS MORE ABOUT JUST
THE VISUAL WAY TO SHOW
SOME POWER AND A WAY TO STEVE
SAYS, MAYBE HAVE SOME LEVERAGE
TO LOOSEN UP SOME SANCTIONS OR
COULD VICTOR BOOD
ACTUALLY PROVIDE RUSSIA
WITH SOME HELP, EITHER IN
UKRAINE OR OTHER AREAS OF
THE WORLD?
>> SO I AND I THINK, YOU KNOW,
THERE IS SOME SPECULATION THAT
HE WOULD BE ABLE TO ASSIST IN
ACQUIRING WEAPONS
AND MUNITIONS.
I THINK HE'S, QUITE FRANKLY, SO
DATED AND SO TOXIC THAT IT'S
PROBABLY NOT THE CASE.
>> I DO THINK PRESIDENT PUTIN
IS GOING TO USE THIS TO SHOW
THAT HE IS ON THE SAME
DIPLOMATIC PLANE AS THE
UNITED STATES, THAT HE
CONSIDERS THIS VICTOR THE AND
PROBABLY WILL PLAY IT UP
AS SUCH.
AND RUSSIA AND YES, ABSOLUTELY.
LIKE STEVE SAID, HE WANTS ANY
KIND OF SANCTIONS RELIEF HE CAN
GET.
I'M SURE IT'S IT'S CRUSHING
THE RUSSIAN ECONOMY.
AS IT WAS INTENDED TO DO.
AND HE IS LOSING, QUITE
FRANKLY, AND FAILING TO MEET
ANY OF HIS STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES
IN UKRAINE.
AND I THINK THAT IS OBVIOUS
TO EVERYONE, INCLUDING
PRESIDENT PUTIN.
>> ALL RIGHT, MARTHA, MARY MIC,
STEVE, THANK YOU ALL.
TURNING NOW TO A SHOOTING NEAR
DUKE ENERGY FACILITY IN SOUTH
CAROLINA.
IT COMES JUST DAYS AFTER ATTACK
ON TWO DUKE ENERGY SUBSTATIONS
IN NORTH CAROLINA.
INVESTIGATORS HAVE NOW FILED
FOR FEDERAL SEARCH WARRANTS IN
THE NORTH CAROLINA SHOOTING
AND NOW POWER STATIONS.
OTHER STATES ARE REPORTING
RECENT ATTACKS.
AT LEAST FIVE POWER SUBSTATIONS
WERE REPORTEDLY ATTACKED IN
OREGON AND WASHINGTON LAST
MONTH.
ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR AND FORMER
ACTING UNDERSECRETARY FOR
INTELLIGENCE, THE DEPARTMENT OF
HOMELAND SECURITY, JOHN COHEN,
IS HERE WITH MORE ON THAT.
JOHN, THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
MORE AND MORE POWER COMPANIES
ARE NOW REPORTING RECENT
ATTACKS TO THE FBI.
HOW CONCERNING IS THAT?
WELL, IT IS CONCERNING FOR
MONTHS WHAT LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS
BEEN EVALUATING CONTENT
ON NEO-NAZI AND ANTI-GOVERNMENT
FORUMS, NOT ONLY CALLING FOR
THESE TYPES OF ATTACKS, BUT
PROVIDING INSTRUCTIONAL
MATERIAL ON HOW PEOPLE CAN
CONDUCT ATTACKS.
THERE HAVE BEEN PAST INCIDENTS
ATTRIBUTED TO NEO-NAZI
ANTI-GOVERNMENT EXTREMISTS
WHERE THEY'VE ACTUALLY SOUGHT
TO DAMAGE PARTS OF THE POWER
GRID.
AND NOW WE'RE GOING BACK AND
SEEING THAT THERE WERE A NUMBER
OF SUSPICIOUS INCIDENTS GOING
BACK MONTHS, IF NOT YEARS.
AND SO THE FBI IS TAKING A LOOK
AT THOSE AS WELL.
>> SO, JOHN, WHAT GOES INTO AN
INVESTIGATION LIKE THIS NOW
THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT MULTIPLE
INCIDENTS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT
BE LINKED?
YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
SO THE FIRST THING THEY'RE
GOING TO WANT TO DO IN THE CASE
OF NORTH CAROLINA AND THEN
THE RECENT SOUTH CAROLINA CASE
THAT YOU DESCRIBED EARLIER
IS IDENTIFY THE SUSPECT OR
SUSPECTS AND THEY'LL TRY
TO ASCERTAIN WHAT THEIR MOTIVE
WAS.
WAS WAS THIS AN INDIVIDUAL OR
GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE
DISGRUNTLED EMPLOYEES?
DID THEY HAVE SOME TYPE OF
PERSONAL GRIEVANCE WITH THE
POWER COMPANY OR WITH OTHER
EMPLOYEES OF THE POWER COMPANY?
OR WERE THEY IDEOLOGICALLY
MOTIVATED?
THEN THEY'LL WANT TO TAKE
A LOOK AT WHETHER THOSE
INDIVIDUALS WHERE THEY DERIVED
THEIR INSPIRATION, WHERE DID
THEY GET THEIR INSTRUCTIONS
ON HOW TO DO THIS?
WERE THEY IN CONTACT
WITH OTHERS?
AND THEY'LL TRY TO ASSESS
WHETHER THIS IS AN ENTERPRISE
ACTIVITY, MEANING IS THIS AN
ORGANIZED ACTIVITY THAT'S
THAT'S BEING CONDUCTED ACROSS
THE COUNTRY TARGETING THIS PART
OF THE POWER GRID?
>> ALL RIGHT, JOHN, WE
APPRECIATE THE ANALYSIS,
AS ALWAYS.
THANK YOU.
MEANWHILE, MORE CLASSIFIED
DOCUMENTS HAVE BEEN FOUND AT
A STORAGE UNIT USED BY FORMER
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
THE DISCOVERY CAME AFTER
A FEDERAL JUDGE ORDERED TRUMP
TO DO A MORE THOROUGH SEARCH OF
HIS PROPERTIES.
ABC'S SENIOR INVESTIGATIVE
REPORTER AARON KATERSKY JOINS
ME LIVE NOW FOR MORE ON THIS.
AARON, HOW SIGNIFICANT IS THIS
DISCOVERY?
>> THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT
DISCOVERY BECAUSE IT RAISES
THE QUESTION OF WHETHER
THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT HAS
RECOVERED ALL THE CLASSIFIED
MATERIALS THAT TRUMP OR HIS
AIDES TOOK FROM THE WHITE HOUSE
AND MOVED DOWN TO FLORIDA,
WHERE THIS STORAGE UNIT WAS
LOCATED.
A FEDERAL JUDGE IN WASHINGTON,
WE'RE TOLD, HAD ORDERED TRUMP'S
LAWYERS TO DO A MORE THOROUGH
SEARCH FOR CLASSIFIED MATERIALS
.
AND SO TRUMP HIRED AN OUTSIDE
FIRM TO SEARCH FOUR OF HIS
PROPERTIES, THIS STORAGE UNIT
BEING ONE OF THEM, HIS GOLF
CLUB IN BEDMINSTER, NEW JERSEY,
WHERE HE SPENDS THE SUMMERS
TRUMP TOWER IN NEW YORK BEING
AMONG THE OTHERS.
AND THE SEARCH TURNED UP AT
LEAST TWO MORE DOCUMENTS
WITH CLASSIFIED MARKINGS.
THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT WAS
ALERTED AND WHILE THEY DIDN'T
COMMENT, THOSE TWO DOCUMENTS
NOW BECOME PART OF THE CRIMINAL
INVESTIGATION THAT'S BEING
LED NOW BY A SPECIAL COUNSEL.
>> SO WHAT'S THE RESPONSE FROM
PRESIDENT, FORMER
PRESIDENT TRUMP OR HIS TEAM?
>> AND COULD THIS LEAD TO NOW
A LARGER SEARCH?
>> WELL, THE TRUMP SIDE SAYS
THAT THIS IS THEM BEING
COOPERATIVE, THAT THEY HAD THIS
REQUEST FROM THE FEDERAL JUDGE
AND THEY WANTED TO BE
AS TRANSPARENT AND OPEN
AND HELPFUL AS POSSIBLE TO TRY
TO RECOVER ALL OF THESE
DOCUMENTS.
>> THEY STILL HAVE NOT ANSWERED
THE QUESTION AS TO WHY
THE DOCUMENTS WERE MOVED IN
THE FIRST PLACE FROM THE WHITE
HOUSE WHERE THEY RIGHTFULLY
BELONGED, AND THEN INTO
THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES DOWN
TO FLORIDA.
THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
IS INVESTIGATING THAT PIECE
AND WHETHER THERE WAS ANY
ATTEMPT TO OBSTRUCT THAT
INVESTIGATION WHEN THE NATIONAL
ARCHIVES AND THEN THE FBI CAME
KNOCKING AT QUITE A FEW
SEARCHES DONE ALREADY.
>> AARON KATERSKY, THANK YOU.
>> COMING UP, A POSSIBLE
NEW LEAD IN THE MURDERS OF FOUR
UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO STUDENTS.
SEE THE NEW POLICE BODY CAMERA
FOOTAGE JUST RELEASED.
>> STAY WITH US.
HOW ARE YOU?
>> OH, NOW THAT'S HOW YOU START
TODAY.
PEOPLE.
WELCOME BACK.
WE'RE LEARNING ABOUT NEW CLUES
IN THE UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO
MURDERS.
AUTHORITIES ARE NOW WORKING
TO TRACK DOWN A VEHICLE
THEY SAY COULD BE RELATED
TO THE CASE THAT LOOKS JUST
LIKE THIS ONE.
>> ABC NEWS MOLA LENGHI HAS
THE LATEST.
>> A NEW CLUE IN THE SEARCH FOR
THE KILLER OF FOUR UNIVERSITY,
IDAHO, STUDENTS.
DETECTIVES NOW ASKING
THE PUBLIC FOR HELP LOCATING
A WHITE 2011 TO 2013 HYUNDAI
ELANTRA, SIMILAR TO THESE STOCK
PHOTOS WITH AN UNKNOWN LICENSE
PLATE SAYING THEY'RE INTERESTED
.
SPEAKING WITH ITS OCCUPANTS
WHO MAY HAVE CRITICAL
INFORMATION TO SHARE REGARDING
THIS CASE.
POLICE ALSO SAYING THE CAR WAS
SEEN IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA OF
THE HOME WHERE THE VICTIMS WERE
KILLED EARLY ON NOVEMBER 13TH.
>> THAT CAN MEAN A NUMBER OF
THINGS.
IT COULD BE THAT THEY HAVE
ELIMINATED ALL THE CARS IN
THE PROXIMITY OF THE VICTIM
HOUSE.
THEY CANNOT FIGURE OUT WHAT OR
WHY THIS CAR WAS THERE THAT
NIGHT.
THIS COULD BE JUST AN
ELIMINATION.
>> IT COULD BE A WITNESS OR IT
COULD BE A SUSPECT.
NOW, AS THE INVESTIGATION
ENTERS ITS TWENTY SIXTH DAY,
ABC NEWS TAINING NEW BODY
CAMERA FOOTAGE FROM THAT NIGHT
SHOWING AN UNRELATED ALEX STONE
NEARBY AT ABOUT 3:00 A.M.
AROUND THE TIME AUTHORITIES
BELIEVE THE MURDER TOOK PLACE.
POLICE STOPPING THREE PEOPLE
FOR AN ALCOHOL OFFENSE IN
A FIELD NEAR THE VICTIM'S HOME
AND NEAR THE SIGMA CHI
FRATERNITY WHERE TWO OF
THE VICTIMS, ZANA CANOODLE
AND ETHAN SHAPEN, HAD BEEN
EARLIER THAT NIGHT.
>> PEOPLE IN THE VIDEO HAVE
BEEN CLEARED AND THE INCIDENT
WAS NOT RELATED TO THE MURDERS.
BUT ANALYSTS SAY THE VIDEO
COULD STILL BE USED IN THE CASE
.
>> IT CAN BE USED FROM
A HISTORIC STANDPOINT.
THAT INFORMATION COULD
POTENTIALLY BECOME RELEVANT
LATER IN THE INVESTIGATION
BECAUSE YOU JUST NEVER KNOW
THE VICTIM'S REMAINS AN ACTIVE
CRIME SCENE.
BUT ON WEDNESDAY, INVESTIGATORS
GATHERING ITEMS NO LONGER
NEEDED IN THE INVESTIGATION
TO GIVE TO THE VICTIMS FAMILIES
.
>> WE JUST WENT IN TO GATHER
BELONGINGS SO THAT THE FAMILY
CAN HAVE SOME OF THAT STUFF.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A JOB TO DO
AND I'M GOING TO DO IT TO THE
BEST OF OUR ABILITY.
AND WE SHOW THIS TO THE FAMILY
VIOLENCE, TO THE VICTIMS.
>> MOLA LENGHI, THANK YOU FOR
THAT.
AND ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR,
FORMER FBI AGENT BRAD GARRETT
JOINS ME LIVE NOW FOR MORE ON
THIS.
BRAD, THE PEOPLE IN THIS
NEW BODY CAM VIDEO, THEY'VE
BEEN CLEARED.
POLICE SAY THE INCIDENT WAS NOT
RELATED TO THE MURDERS.
SO HOW DOES THIS NEW BODY CAM
FOOTAGE MAKE A DIFFERENCE?
IN THIS MURDER INVESTIGATION?
WELL, IT MAY MAKE NO
DIFFERENCE.
IT JUST REALLY DEPENDS.
NOW, THE IDEA THAT COLLEGE AGE
KIDS AT WEE HOURS IN
THE MORNING WERE STOPPED FOR
ALCOHOL OFFENSES.
>> OBVIOUSLY, IT OCCURS EVERY
NIGHT.
SO WE'LL HAVE TO SEE HOW THAT
PLAYS OUT.
THE MORE INTRIGUING ASPECT OF
THESE NEW LEADS, DIANE,
IS THIS.
THIS VEHICLE, BECAUSE AS YOU
MENTIONED, EARLIER, I MENTIONED
EARLIER THAT WE JUST DON'T KNOW
THE CONTEXT.
AND IS THIS A VEHICLE WHERE
SOMEONE SAW AN INDIVIDUAL IN
THE SHADOWS WALK FROM THE HOUSE
TO THAT VEHICLE AND LEAVE IT?
HAS IT BEEN PARKED THERE FOR
SEVERAL DAYS?
DOES THAT PERSON POTENTIALLY
WHO OWNS THAT CAR?
A WITNESS?
WE JUST DON'T KNOW.
BUT OBVIOUSLY, THE LAW
ENFORCEMENT IS CONCERNED
ENOUGH.
THEY NEED TO IDENTIFY, FIRST OF
ALL, THAT VEHICLE AND OBVIOUSLY
THE OWNER OR MORE IMPORTANTLY,
THE OCCUPY OF THAT VEHICLE
ON THE WEE MORNING HOURS,
NOVEMBER 13TH.
>> DETECTIVES ARE NOW ASKING
THE PUBLIC FOR HELP IN LOCATING
THIS CAR WITH AN UNKNOWN
LICENSE PLATE THEY SAY WAS SEEN
IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA OF
THE HOME WHEN THE VICTIMS WERE
KILLED EARLY ON NOVEMBER 13TH.
WHAT DO YOU THINK THIS ALL
MEANS?
COULD THIS BE A KEY PIECE OF
EVIDENCE OR DOES THIS SOUND
LIKE INVESTIGATORS ARE STILL
KIND OF JUST LOOKING IN ANY
DIRECTION POSSIBLE?
>> OR IT COULD GO EITHER
DIRECTION?
WE DON'T KNOW IN WHAT CONTEXT
THEY'RE LOOKING AT THIS
VEHICLE.
YOU KNOW, DO THEY HAVE
INFORMATION OF SOMEONE GOING
FROM THE HOUSE TO THIS VEHICLE?
WAS IT PARKED?
THERE WAS SOMEBODY SEEN IN
THE VEHICLE.
SO IT COULD BE A WITNESS.
IT COULD BE A SUSPECT, OR IT
JUST COULD BE A CAR THAT
THEY HAVEN'T ELIMINATED.
ONE OF THE THINGS YOU DO AS YOU
PULL UP ALL THE CCTV AND TALK
TO ALL THE WITNESSES ABOUT WHAT
CARS WERE PARKED WHERE AND YOU
START TO ELIMINATE THEM, THIS
CAR MAY FALL INTO THAT CATEGORY
.
ALL RIGHT, BRAD GARRETT, THANK
YOU.
>> COMING UP, IT IS LATINA
EQUAL PAY DAY.
WE WHY LATINA WOMEN TYPICALLY
MAKE FIFTY SEVEN CENTS TO EVERY
DOLLAR COMPARED TO WHITE
NON HISPANIC MEN.
AND WHAT CAN BE DONE AFTER THIS
LIVE PRIME WITH LINSEY DAVIS
SCREENING WEEKNIGHTS.
WELCOME BACK.
TODAY IS LATINA EQUAL PAY DAY,
THE DATE THAT SYMBOLIZES
HOW FAR INTO THE YEAR LATINA
WOMEN MUST WORK TO EARN WHAT
WHITE MEN EARNED ON AVERAGE
LAST YEAR, ACCORDING TO THE
NATIONAL WOMEN'S LAW CENTER,
LATINA WOMEN WHO WORK FULL TIME
AND YEAR ROUND TYPICALLY MAKE
FIFTY SEVEN CENTS TO EVERY
DOLLAR EARNED BY WHITE,
NON HISPANIC MEN.
JASMINE TUCKER, DIRECTOR OF
RESEARCH AT THE NATIONAL
WOMEN'S LAW CENTER, JOINS ME
NOW TO TALK MORE ABOUT THIS.
JASMINE, THANK YOU FOR BEING
HERE.
WHAT HAVE YOU FOUND?
ARE THE MAIN BARRIERS
PREVENTING WOMEN FROM BEING
ABLE TO MAKE MORE MONEY
AND CLOSE THIS WAGE GAP?
>> YEAH, THERE'S REALLY A WHOLE
HOST OF THINGS THAT ARE AT PLAY
HERE.
BUT I THINK THE FIRST THING
TO NAME IS SORT OF THE RACISM
AND SEXISM THAT LATINAS ARE
FACING IN THE WORKFORCE.
THEY'RE NOT WORKING.
YOU KNOW, HALF AS HARD.
THEY'RE NOT WORTH HALF AS LAST
HALF AS MUCH.
THEY ARE THEY'RE WORKING REALLY
HARD OR IN LOTS OF DIFFERENT
JOBS.
THEY'RE IN FRONT LINE JOBS,
HIGH PAID JOBS, LOW PAID JOBS.
AND IN EVERY SINGLE ONE OF
THOSE, THEY CAN'T AVOID A WAGE
GAP.
SO EVEN WHEN THEY HAVE THE SAME
EXACT QUALIFICATIONS AS WHITE
MEN, IN THEIR FIELD, THEY'RE
BEING PAID LESS.
AND SO I DON'T SEE ANYTHING
ELSE THAT EXPLAINS THAT EXCEPT
THE RACISM AND SEXISM THAT
THEY'RE FACING IN
THE WORKPLACE.
IS THERE A SENSE OF HOW THIS
PAY GAP PLAYS OUT OVER TIME?
>> DOES IT GET WORSE?
DOES IT GET BETTER?
AND DOES IT AFFECT PARTICULAR
GROUPS OF WOMEN MORE THAN
OTHERS?
>> YEAH, YES.
I THINK THAT THERE'S SORT OF
A NOTION THAT LATINOS ARE SORT
OF A HOMOGENOUS GROUP,
AND THAT'S REALLY NOT TRUE.
RIGHT.
THERE ARE WHITE LATINOS.
THERE ARE BLACK LATINAS.
RIGHT.
AND EVERY OTHER STATE IN
BETWEEN.
AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ALL
FACING SORT OF DIFFERENT
FACTORS HERE.
AND WE'RE SEEING THOSE
WHO MIGHT HAVE MORE ACCESS.
RIGHT.
THEY MIGHT MAKE A LITTLE BIT
MORE.
BUT WHAT WE SEE IN, YOU KNOW,
WHEN WOMEN GAIN, WHEN LATINAS
GAIN MORE EDUCATION, THE WAGE
GAP ACTUALLY WIDENS FOR THEM,
BECAUSE WHAT WE SEE IS A MUCH
HIGHER BONUS FOR WHITE MEN WHO
AT HIGHER LEVELS OF EDUCATION.
AND SO LATINAS GET A SMALLER
BONUS AND SO THAT SORT OF
ACCUMULATES OVER TIME.
AND SO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT
SORT OF LATINAS OVERALL, THIS
WAGE GAP COST THEM TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS EVERY
YEAR.
AND WHEN WE LOOK AT A 40 YEAR
CAREER, IT'S A LOSS OF ALMOST
ONE POINT TWO MILLION DOLLARS
OVER THAT LIFETIME.
SO BASICALLY, LATINAS WORK
UNTIL THEY DIE AND NEVER CATCH
UP TO WHAT WHITE MEN MADE
BY AGE 60.
>> SO WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT
THIS?
HOW DO YOU CLOSE THIS GAP?
>> I THINK THAT THERE NEEDS
TO BE SORT OF A MULTIPRONGED
APPROACH HERE.
I THINK FIRST WE NEED
THE FEDERAL AND STATE POLICIES
THAT ARE GOING TO DO THINGS
TO MITIGATE THIS.
STATES CAN PASS EQUAL PAY LAWS.
WE CAN PASS THE PAYCHECK
FAIRNESS ACT AT THE FEDERAL
LEVEL.
AND THEN I THINK BUSINESSES
ALSO NEED TO BE HELD
ACCOUNTABLE HERE FOR SOME OF
THEIR THE PRACTICES OF HIRING
PRACTICES AND THE PAY PRACTICES
THAT THEY HAVE AND DO SORT OF
AN INTERNAL AUDIT.
I THINK EMPLOYERS DON'T NEED
TO WAIT UNTIL THERE'S A STATE
OR FEDERAL LAW TELLING THEM
THAT THEY NEED TO DO SOMETHING
.
THEY CAN START TAKING ACTION
NOW AND DO SOME OF THOSE
INTERNAL AUDITS.
AND I THINK IF IF BUSINESSES
ARE REALLY SERIOUS ABOUT THESE
EFFORTS THAT THEY'RE DOING, IF
THEY REALLY CARE ABOUT
DIVERSIFYING THEIR WORKFORCE,
THEN THEY NEED TO MAKE SURE
THAT THEY'RE PUTTING LATINAS
AND BLACK WOMEN AND OTHER WOMEN
OF COLOR IN THAT C SUITE.
BECAUSE IF WE CONTINUE TO HAVE
WHITE MEN IN THE C SUITE OF
BUSINESSES, THEN WE'RE NEVER
GOING TO HAVE A WORKPLACE THAT
REFLECTS THE NEEDS OF LATINOS.
>> ALL RIGHT, JASMINE TUCKER,
WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME TODAY.
THANK YOU.
THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
WE'LL BE RIGHT
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