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Pretense of espionage since august 2016. we thank our swiss partners for their you a existence in negotiating the -- negligence -- for their assistance in freeing him. we will continue to work hard to bring home all of our citizens wrongfully held captive overseas. >> definitely glad to have mr. wang back on his way to the country. we did an interview with his wife in princ princeton. she said she believed the only thing he was guilty of was being an american. this was a hostage situation. the b...

>> the president jumping on a big story, he was right in the middle of it, lead negotiators as well, brian hook who helped security the release of a grad student, american grad student at prince university who had been hostage in iran for several years now, about 3 years, you see him there, mr. wang, he, again a grad student at princeton, he was being held on espionage charges in iran, senior u.s. official told me moments ago got without sanctions relief and no pallets like cash as we saw in the...

An american team including envoy brian hook on the left there left for zurich to meet with iranian officials for the prisoner swap. they secured wang and then flew him to germany for an evaluation. wangs a graduate student at princeton university. he was in iran studying persian history when in august 2016 he was arrested. iranian authorities charged him with espionage and sentenced him to a decade in prison. his wife says in a statement, quote: our family is complete again. our son and i have w...

More. rich, youve been tracking this all morning long whats the latest? >> reporter: senior u.s. officials say they hope wage will be back here -- wang will be back here in the united states. hes in germany undergoing a med cam evaluation. president trump tweeted: the united states will not rest until we bring every american wrongfully detained in iran and around the world back home to their loved ones. u.s. officials said last night an american team including state department of iran envoy bria...

Every day, comcast business is helping businesses go beyond the expected. to do the extraordinary. take your business beyond. this morning an american student detained in iran is now free following a u.s. and iran prisoner swap. it took place in switzerland just in the last hour. the president has released a statement about the freeing of an american held prisoner in iran for more than three years. president says he is now returning to the united states. a princeton university graduate student...

>> even when presented with information showing ukraine was cleared, theres still falsely pointing the finger at ukraine. presented with real facts, they still point to conspiracy theories. thats why i ask, what the hell is going on? are they that thick? >> they cant get off crowd strike. i was in the classified briefing in january 2017. when the leader of the intelligence community came in and briefed the members of the house about how the russians hacked the election. to harm clinton and help ...

A tear against page and strzok, given the anti-trump comments revealed in their text messages. in august 2016, page wrote, trumps not ever going to become president, right? right? strzok answers, no, no he wont. well stop it. and after trump won the white house, strzok texted page. omg, i am so depressed. page responded, i dont know if i can eat. i am very nauseous. still despite the tone, there is no evidence as trump and his allies have suggested that page and strzok were part of a conspiracy ...

There was no discussion of ukraine. fast forward a few months. go back a few months. august 2016 i was on the congressional allegation. to ukraine. i arrived a day or two after it was revealed that paul manafort had been working for the russian sympathetic leader in ukraine. and i have to tell you, ukrainians reacted viscerally to that. they could not believe that a republican presidential candidate would have a guy whos doing putins bidding. running his campaign. i bet the members think the ukr...

Privately with another person is squarely within the permissible bounds in its and the red. two in august 2016 when she text him trump is not ever going to become president, right? right? peter strzok responds no, no hes not. we postoperative. the text later that month, i want to believe the path you throughout for consideration in nancys office that theres no way he gets elected but im afraid we cant take the risk. its like an insurance policy in the unlikely event you die before you are 40. he...

Interrogating hillary clinton, but she gets to bring two other people involved in the case for support. nobody else gets that consideration.ri and by the way, remember, they changed the words, yeah, to not be the legal standard. anyway, also leading the counter intel investigation, operation cross-fire hurricane into the trump campaign only days after they exonerated their favorite candidate that should win 100/0. lisa page was the close adviser to the director of the fbi andrew mccabe. august 2...