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Hes been in office for just a short amount of time in that position. and he has made americans abroad whove been held in captivity, a priority. we are hopeful. i appreciate the sentiment. we will never give up. our father has and we are fighting everything today for him. and we hope on the other end that he is fighting every single day to get home to us. >>leland: suffice to say, a fathers love knows no ends and im sure he knows the feeling is mutual by you wherever he is. stephanie, we apprecia...

He has many grandchildren that have been born since hes been in captivity. my parents 44th wedding anniversary was yesterday and 11 of those years have been spent in captivity. its just unconscionable to think that this is allowed. were just a feeling that once our father home. >>leland: the emotion is understandable. your work on behalf of your father and your tireless willingness to come and talk about him i think says a lot about the family you all have. last question for you. as the administ...

Every father and son from the civil war until today. >> wow. >> including my niece just in combat off of yemen. im a chief. my job as a chief is to make sure when i see something wrong that its recalibrated. thats the phrase we use. i will not stand -- i wont have it for what i heard about john mccain. ive met john campaign. i have taut students about his captivity. i said his did he brief when he came out of hand noy. i melt dpirl stack dale would come to our school and talk about being in the ...

Like the world has never seen. >> and we cant have mad men out there shooting rockets all over the place. by the way rocket man should have been handled a long time ago. >> as he said, that was then, this is now. >> what should we make with all of this. its a remarkable image that overnight watching those detainees returning to the united states. its a remarkable night for the families of those people who have been in captivity. even more remarkable is june 12th in singapore. the president of th...

Kim wants recognition, he wants the u.s. out of south korea, hes looking at pulling back troops there. hes going to look -- it looks like kim has a strategy, which is international recognition. and decouple the united states from the peninsula. and leave allies there. unprotected from nukes. im not sure where the president is going with this. >> should i have not accepted the three detainees back last night? >> of course you accept them. but you dont stand there. president obama accepted 11. >> ...

Syria when he was kidnapped in august of 2012. this disturbing video was the last the world saw of austin whose compassion was displayed recently at his alma mater of georgetown university. his parents and the u.s. government which is offering a million dollars reward leading to his safe return, are sure he is alive. >> i have always been 100% confident. >> austin is alive. he is living in captivity. we are sure he wants to come home and get his freedom back. thats what we want. >> mark and debr...

They will never hear it again. and in fact, she should have been terminated on the spot. >> well, lets give a little prop here to fox news, because they apparently bumped this guy, this air force officer who referred to trump -- referred to john mccain as the songbird, and that guy apparently is not going to be on there again, malcolm. what do you make of that? >> i think thats great. charles payne came out and made an apology today. he said that he didnt actually hear it when the statement was ...

The lake, 5 1/2 years of torture and is now battling brain cancer. and mrs. sadler, if you wonder about his time in captivity, please, i invite you to watch him walk. to this day he walks with a limp and he cannot raise his arms above his shoulders. so please, tell us again, mrs. sadler, how senator john mccain, he doesnt matter. senator john mccain matters, hes a great american who fought and nearly died multiple times for the freedoms you and i enjoy every single day. >> kelly sadler said that...

People during the meeting and bring them home after the meeting. he was nice in letting them go before the meeting. frankly, we didnt think this was going to happen and it did. you could say were a little bit -- it was a very important thing to all of us to be able to get these three great people out. >> reporter: so the president addressing reporters there just a couple hours ago in the middle of the night. a made-for-tv scripted moment. the president was asked why he thinks kim jong-un is doin...

With north korea on denuclearization, but this is a great story and i think the president needs to be given the credit that hes due. >> its a wonderful development for these families and for these detainees, no doubt. and secretary pompeo to come with him like he did is remarkable. what attitude do you think the president needs to take going into this meeting with kim jong-un. do you think, saying, you know, you treated these detainees you had in captivity for a year in some cases, two or three ...