>>> TOMORROWS MEETING WITH
VLADIMIR PUTIN BACKED THE IDEA
OF A PRISONER SWAP.
IT SERVES AS A REMINDER OF
COUNTLESS OTHER INDIVIDUALS
DETAINED BY FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS,
WHICH BRINGS US TO DANNY, A
37-YEAR-OLD AMERICAN JOURNALISTS
WHO SPEND THE YEAR TELLING THE
STORIES OF THE HOMELESS IN SAN
JOSE, CALIFORNIA, AND REPORTING
ON FAMILIES WHO LOST MEMBERS TO
GUN VIOLENCE.
>> LAST MONTH, DANNY WAS
DETAINED AT THE INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT BEFORE BOARDING A FLIGHT
BACK TO THE U.S.
HES BEING HELD IN A POLITICAL
PRISON NO TORIOUS FOR HUMAN
RIGHTS ABUSES.
JUST YESTERDAY NATHAN MNONG WAS
RELEASED, NOW DANNY FENSTERS
FAMILIES IS HOPING FOR THAT AS
WELL.
BRIAN, I KNOW THIS MUST BE A
DIFFICULT TIME FOR YOU.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING
HERE DURING THIS HEARTBREAKING
SITUATION.
FIRST OF ALL, TELL US WHEN YOU
FIRST SPOKE LAST TIME TO YOUR
BROTHER, AND WHAT DID HE HAVE TO
TELL YOU WITH WHAT HE WAS SEEING
AND DOING?
>> IT MUST HAVE BEEN THREE OR
FOUR DAYS BEFORE HIS DETAINMENT.
HE WAS ALWAYS VERY GOOD AT
KEEPING US UP TO DATE ON WHAT
WAS HAPPENING IN THE COUNTRY.
THERE WERE A FEW TIMES WHEN THE
MILITARY WOULD SHUT OFF INTERNET
AND CELLULAR SERVICES.
HE WOULD SAY YOULL READ THERE
IN THE HEADLINES.
WELL BE JUST FINE, ILL LET YOU
KNOW WHEN WERE BACK ONLINE, AND
SURE ENOUGH, HE WOULD.
>> I KNOW YOUR FAMILY HAS URGING
THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TO
INTERVENE.
WE HAVE LEARNED THAT THE
ADMINISTRATION IS, QUOTE, DEEPLY
CONCERNED ABOUT FENSTERS
DETENTION, BUT DID NOT SAY BIDEN
WOULD TAKE ANY PERSONAL ACTIONS.
QUOTE -- WE HAVE PRESSED THE
MILITARY REGIME TO RELEASE HIM
IMMEDIATELY AND WILL CONTINUE TO
DO SO UNTIL HES ALLOWED TO
RETURN HOME PER A NATIONAL
SECURITY COUNCIL SPOKESMAN.
HAVE YOU HEARD ANYTHING, BRIAN,
FROM ANYONE ELSE ABOUT THE
SPECIFIC ACTIONS BEING TAKEN.
>> I HAVE TO SAY OUR GOVERNMENT
LOCALLY HERE ALL THE WAY UP TO
THE TOP IS BEING HELPFUL.
ITS CERTAINLY NOT A LACK OF
EFFORT FROM ANYONE IN OUR
GOVERNMENT.
>> I KNOW AMERICANS AT HOME ARE
PROBABLY LEARNING OF THIS STORY.
THEYRE GOING TO WANT TO HELP,
AS AMERICANS NORMALLY DO.
IS THERE A WAY THEY CAN HELP?
WHAT WOULD YOU WANT TO SEE FROM
FELLOW AMERICANS?
TERMS OF TRYING TO ASSIST THE
RELEASE OF THEIR BROTHER?
WHAT CAN THEY DO?
>> WE JUST REALLY WANT HIM NAME
TO STAY CURRENT IN THE NEWS
CYCLE, WE JUST STARTED WEEK
FOUR, AND ITS AMAZING WE CAN
TALK TO FOLKS LIKE YOURSELF, SO
THANK YOU.
KEEP SAYING HIS NAME, SHARING
THE NEWS.
BRING DANNY HOME.COM IS A
WEBSITE THAT SOME OF OUR
NEIGHBORS HAVE STARTED, WITH HIS
STORY AND LINKING TO OUR
PETITION, GETTING AHOLD OF
OFFICIALS, WHICH IS TEDIOUS,
BUT ITS BEEN GOING A LONG WAY.
>> IT TAKES A CERTAIN JOURNALIST
TO GO TO MYANMAR, KNOWING WHAT
WE KNOW ABOUT IT.
WHAT KIND OF MAN HE IS, WHAT
DROVE HIM, WHAT HE DOES?
>> WE HEARD THIS TERM
"PRIVILEGE" A LOT, AND ITS USED
A LOT, I APOLOGIZE, BUT FOR HIM,
ITS TRUE.
HE CHECKS HIS PRIVILEGE EVERY
DAY.
HES GENUINELY INTERESTED IN
PEOPLE DIFFERENT FROM HIM, WHO
LIVE DIFFERENTLY FROM THE WAY HE
DOES.
THAT INCLUDES OPPRESSED PEOPLE.
HE WAS EXCITED TO BE IN MYANMAR,
WHERE DEMOCRACY IS NEVER FULLY
AT ITS BEST, BUT HE WAS EXCITED
TO BE THERE AT A TIME WHEN IT
WAS STARTING TO OPEN UP, AND
INFORMATION WAS FLOWING, SOCIETY
WAS OPENING UP.
ITS JUST -- ITS BEEN VERY
HEARTBREAKING, ESPECIALLY FOR
THESE PEOPLE THERE, AND
OBVIOUSLY FOR OUR DANNY.
>> AND ITS -- AS I MENTIONED,
IT TAKES A CERTAIN TYPE OF
JOURNALIST WITH A LOT OF COURAGE
TO GO TO A PLACE LIKE MYANMAR.