Blinken addresses concerns over releasing arms dealer Viktor Bout in swap for Brittney Griner

Basketball star Brittney Griner is heading back to the U. S. in a prisoner swap with Russia. In exchange for Griner, the U. S. released Viktor Bout, a convicted arms dealer known as the Merchant of Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with CBS News senior foreign affairs correspondent and Face the Nation moderator Margaret Brennan about the decision. Brennan and CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed O Keefe join Red and Blue to discuss the reaction to the deal. , news, brittneygriner, blinken CBS News Streaming Network is the premier 24, 7 anchored streaming news service from CBS News and Stations, available free to everyone with access to the Internet. The CBS News Streaming Network is your destination for breaking news, live events and original reporting locally, nationally and around the globe. Launched in November 2014 as CBSN, the CBS News Streaming Network is available live in 91 countries and on 30 digital platforms and