The White House announces Joe Biden will meet Friday with family members of basketball star Brittney Griner and fellow US citizen Paul Whelan, who have been imprisoned in Russia. The US President "wanted to make sure that their families understood that they were front of mind and that his team was working tirelessly every day to get Brittney and Paul home safely," Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre tells reporters, cautioning that "unfortunately" there was no good news to give relatives on efforts to secure releases. Jean-Pierre also slams Republican governors for headline-grabbing transfers of undocumented migrants into Democratic-led areas as "cruel" and "inhumane." [COMPLETES VIDI32JG6ER_EN AND VIDI32JG6LG_EN] IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES