Paul Whelan, imprisoned in Russia for yet another Christmas, issues plea to Biden: "He's the man that can bring me home"

Washington — It was the eve of Paul Whelan's fifth Christmas behind bars in Russia when a call came through to a reporter at CBS affiliate WTOP-TV in Washington, D.C., on Sunday.

"I feel alone," Whelan told the reporter. "I feel that I've been left behind." 

It was a desperate plea from the 53-year-old former Marine detained on espionage charges, and a direct appeal to President Biden following the release of two other Americans — Marine veteran Trevor Reed and WNBA star Brittney Griner — from Russian detainment last year.