SPECULATION grows as Russia releases US Marine on humanitarian grounds

. >> Ashley: TREY YINGST, THANK. YOU SO MUCH. FORMER MARINE ROBERT GELMAN IS. BACK IN THE UNITED STATES AFTER. SPENDING FOUR YEARS IN RUSSIAN. PRISON, HIS RELEASE COMING JUST. IN TIME, CONCERNS WERE GROWING. OVER HIS HEALTH. HIS FAMILY CREDITING THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION WITH BRINGING HIM. HOME. >> THE RESULTING ACTIONS HERE. ARE REALLY CREDIT DUE TO THE. WHITE HOUSE AND THIS. ADMINISTRATION FOR SECURING. HUMANITARIAN RELEASE OF MR.

GELMAN WITH NO OTHER TERMS AND. IT SHOWS THE SENSE OF URGENCY. PLACED ON HIS HEALTH SITUATION. WAS CLEAR ENOUGH THE GOVERNMENT. AGREED AND WE'RE THANKFUL TO SEE. HIM ON HIS WAY HOME NOW. >> Ashley: PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS. THE RELEASE CAME AFTER DIRECT. TALKS WITH VLADAMIR PUTIN. ROBERT WAS IMPRISONED DURING THE. BIDEN ADMINISTRATION, RUSSIA HAS. AGREED TO RELEASE HIM ON.

HUMANITARIAN BASIS, WE. APPRECIATE THE FACT RUSSIA ASKED. FOR NO ONE IN RETURN, NO. EXCHANGE TOOK PLACE. JOINING ME IS RETIRED NAVY. CAPTAIN AND FORMER PENTAGON. OFFICIAL BRENT SADLER. THANK YOU FOR COMING ON WITH ME. THIS MORNING. THIS FORMER U.S. MARINE, RELEASED WITH NO CONDITION OF. EXCHANGE, TRUMP SAID, WHAT. STRUCK ME, IT WAS PURELY. HUMANITARIAN BASED. DOES THAT STRIKE YOU AS ODD.

COMING FROM RUSSIA? DO YOU THINK THERE IS ANYTHING. UNDER LYING? I WOULD THINK RUSSIA WOULD WANT. SOMETHING IN EXCHANGE. WHAT DOES THAT SHOW TO YOU? >> ABSOLUTELY. IT WASN'T WITHOUT SOMETHING. IMPLIED TO BE IN RETURN. I THINK IN THIS CASE, THE FINAL. RELEASE OF GILMAN AND GREAT TO. HAVE HIM BACK, EIGHT OTHER. AMERICANS ARE UNLAWFULLY. DETAINED AND OTHER AMERICANS. LIKE OWELL, FA IN TUNISIA. A.

LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE. FOCUSING ON PUTIN, HE HAS A. COUPLE AGENDAS IN DOING THIS. WHEN HE RELEASED BRITTNEY GRINER. IN EXCHANGE FOR AN ARMS DEALER, THERE WAS QUID QUO PRO AND PUTIN. DID THAT TO STOCK SOCIAL. ANIMOSITY OVER RELEASING. BRITTNEY GRINER, A WNBA PLAYER. OVER OTHER PRISONERS THAT HAD. BEEN IN JAIL FAR LONGER AND WITH.

WORSE HEALTH CONDITIONS TO STOCK. POLITICAL DISCORD HERE. THE WAR IN UKRAINE IS NOT GOING. WELL FOR RUSSIA, THIS COULD BE. TRYING TO SET A MORE FAVORABLE. CONTEXT IN NEGOTIATION TO COME. BETWEEN UNITED STATES, RUSSIA. AND UKRAINE. >> Ashley: THATS WAS MY. FOLLOW-UP HERE, COULD THIS HAVE. ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE UKRAINE. WAR? TRUMP HAS BEEN VOCAL ABOUT THAT. >> ABSOLUTELY. THE SUCCESS OF THE FIRST LADY.

DIRECTLY ENGAGING KREMLIN AND. PUTIN ABOUT RELEASING UKRAINIAN. CHILDREN SEIZED IN OCCUPIED. TERRITORY SINCE BEGINNING OF THE. WAR AND SHE'S BEEN ABLE TO GET. SOME CHILDREN RELEASED. MUCH GOOD WORK GOING ON QUIETLY. ON THE WAR IN UKRAINE AND. GETTING PEOPLE BACK HOME AND TOP. OF THE LIST IS GETTING AMERICANS. BACK. THERE ARE AT LEAST EIGHT, MORE. THAN THAT IN RUSSIAN JAILS,

EIGHT BEING DETAINED FOR REASONS. STATE DEPARTMENT DO NOT. RECOGNIZE AS LAWFUL. >> Ashley: HOPE THE PRESIDENT. CAN GET THEM RELEASED, AS WELL. NORTH KOREA, FLEXING MILITARY. MUSCLE LAUNCHING ANOTHER. BALLISTIC MISSILE THIS WEEK. U.S. MILITARY OFFICIALS ARE. CLOSELY MONITORING THE LATEST. LAUNCH, DON'T THINK IT POSES. IMMEDIATE THREAT. WE ARE AWARE OF THE RECENT. MISSILE LAUNCH AND CONSULTING.

CLOSELY WITH ALLIES AND. PARTNERS. THESE EVENTS DO NOT POSE. IMMEDIATE THREAT TO U.S. PERSONNEL OR TERRITORY OR OUR. ALLIES. WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS? DO YOU BELIEVE THAT? >> WELL, IT IS INTERESTING THAT. NORTH KOREA HAS TAKEN A. DIFFERENT APPROACH THAT IS NOT. AS I GUESS EXPLICITLY INTENDED. TO ANTAGONIZE THE GEO POLITICAL. SITUATION. THEY ARE ADVANCING THEIR. MILITARY AT A FAST PACE AND.

THEIR SUPPORT OF RUSSIAN WAR. EFFORT, 30 TO 50,000 TO BACKFILL. FOLKS FIGHTING IN THE FRONT AND. SENDING 30 PLUS THOUSAND TROOPS. INTO THE FIGHT THERE. NORTH KOREA IS NOT JUST A. PASSIVE SUPPORTER, THEY ARE AN. ACTIVE ALLIES IN THE WAR IN. UKRAINE AND COMBAT EXPERIENCE. AND TECHNICAL EXCHANGE RAPIDLY. ADVANCING THEIR BALLISTIC. MISSILE PROGRAM, NUCLEAR. SUBMARINE PROGRAM, WHICH IS.

NAYSENT BUT ABILITY TO LAUNCH. BALLISTIC MISSILE WITH WARHEAD. ON THE END OF IT IS COMPLICATING. IT, IT IS NOT JUST ONE OR TWO. THREATS, BASICALLY NOW A GROUP. WHICH INCLUDE NORTH KOREA, IRAN. ACTIVELY, CAUSING CONSTERNATION. IN NORTHEAST ASIA, SOMETHING WE. HAVE TO WATCH. >> Ashley: WHEN OUR ADVERSARIES. ARE GANGING UP ON THE U.