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Litany of despair of broken promises of sacred trusts abandoned and forgotten. >> reagan had stolen the spotlight in a cherished national symbol from a sitting president. still, hopes were pinned on gaining the release of the hostages. before election day. >> what about the hostages. >> we hope theyll be released. >> but it was not to be. >> he sat anniversary of the hostages being taken was election day. it was impossible for any american voter to forget that jimmy carter has that about 50-some...

Liberty. >> sacred trust abandoned and forgotten. >> reagan had stolen the spotlight in a cherished national symbol from a sitting president. still hopes were pinned on getting the release of the hostages before election day. >> mr. president, what about the hostages? theyre talking about it an imminent release. >> we hope theyll be released. >> but it was not to be. >> the exact anniversary of the hostage being taken was election day. so it was impossible for any american voter to forget that j...

On. but it did. >> on the 99th day. >> 100th day of the captivity of the american hostages. >> it became a national obsession. >> this is the 200th day. >> the 300th day. >> all across the country americans tied yellow ribbons in support of the hostages. >> but the mood of the country was angry. a parody of the beach boys tune "barbara ann" became a tune called "bomb iran." sung only half in jest. >> did you ever thing of the declaring war, just saying you committed an act of war, were going to ...

Protect. >> best of luck, thank you for the work youre doing. hopefully people get the message to stay out for now until things sort of resume some level of normalcy. and fredricka, you know, one of the other big concerns here is food and water distribution. were told they are working hard to set up those distribution stations. because people were told initially, look, you need to be able to fend for yourselves for 72 hours. after that, we may be able to help you. so that 72-hour window, were cl...

Germany. how much he appreciates this country. he was charged with aiding terrorism after the failed coup of erdogan. ed: ridiculous charges. pete: attest to the fact that this president has been willing to time and time again to throw down for americans held abroad. >> trish: this is a big win for this administration and for president trump. its also a win for sanctions. a lot of times people say sanctions dont really work. i would argue they do. this is proof of how we can use economic sanctio...

Her directly myself. we published an op-ed from her this week asking for more of an investigation and more help from the u.s. government in figuring out what happened and why and how this could happen. but i think theres still some security concerns for jamals children. you know, a couple of them have been able to leave the middle east. i believe that one of them is still inside saudi arabia. and were obviously very worried about their fates. >> okay. we will continue to report on this, and i kn...

About anthony bourdain now because you appeared in this show. you were arrested in prison for 545 days. how did anthony support you through that captivity? >> while i was locked up i didnt know about the advocacy he was doing on my behalf for my wife and i. if you read the op-eds he wrote and the interviews he did on cnn, he was in our corner. we had met him one time in tehran, and we had this wonderful encounter with him that was very genuine and friendly. and we felt like we had a friend, we j...

In price gouging in florida, not if the attorney general has anything to say about it. giving up on stocks after the week we just went through? potiphar bolden bears have anything to say about it. what they say you should and should not do as we wait out another scary october and remember its not even halloween. i just dress that way. why are you laughing? its time for communal life, lets do this now. neil: two hours and he could be here. pastor brunson after two years in captivity in turkey cou...

Arrival at andrews. >> reporter: im here, we have been stationed just across the street from joint base andrews, counting down to pastor brunsons arrival since five a.m. he is expected to touch down any moment. itll be the first time his feet touched american soil since he was taken into captivity in turkey two years ago. he did spend the night flying over the atlantic with a quick stop in germany where he and his wife were greeted by the american ambassador. he put out a statement -- ive got to...

To be in the front page of the paper and being americans again. welcome home. >> thank you, james. [inaudible conversations] >> a joyous celebration of the oval office along with president trump you have pastor andrew brunson newly freed from captivity first in jail over there in turkey and then later