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Hostages or their families. our deborah feyerick breaks down the deal. >> reporter: the iranian hostages will get $4.4 million each, about $10,000 a day for each of the 444 days they were held in captivity when the iranian revolutionaries stormed the embassy in 1979. this doesnt only impact these hostages. it also impacts other victims of terror, that includes those victims of the u.s. embassy bombings in dar es salaam and kenya in 1988. it also includes marines who were killed in beirut in the ...

Nearly four decades after their capture, americans taken hostage at the u.s. embassy in iran will be compensated for their 444 days in captivity. thats because of a spending deal passed by congress that will repay each of the 53 hostages or their families, the estates, 38 of those former hostages are still alive. they or their families will receive $10,000 for each day they were held captive. spouses and children could also receive a one-time lump sum payment of $600,000. joining me on the phone...

The government defaulted on its debt. and as the greeks tried to dig out of a hole, a mexican drug lord slipped into one. >> were getting our first look at what happened inside "el chapo" "el chapos" prison cell. >> escaping captivity through a mile long tunnel. there was dancing in the street inside liberia as the ebola epidemic ended. and there was violence in the streets of the middle east. as the a new round of tensions flared between israelis and palestinians, one of many conflicts still un...

Really hard to get this. and in the words of one person, one former hostage, its like nothing short of a christmas miracle. they feel like this is sort of their due because of what their family sacrificed. >> and they fought for years, ever since they were released from captivity. they were fighting for compensation. they surely arent going to get the apology that they probably also want to get from the iranian government. why now? the timing. this was slipped into a budget bill. >> yeah. it was...

>> welcome back. the hostages held in iran will finally get compensated for their ordeal. 50 were taken captive by the iranian students and held 440 days and the crisis consumed the final months of jimmy carters president see. and each will get 10000 for each day held in captivity. and the same fate will go for the hostages that have since died. it comes from a penamenty paid for a french bank. >> and a deal over seen by the

♪ and in bethlehem, the biblical birthplace of jesus, to today, at morning mass, services were peaceful. the palestinian president and prime minister attended late night christmas eve services at the church. >> word today that the americans held hostage by iran more than 36 years ago will receive financial compensation thanks to the newly passed congressional budget bill. 38 of the 53 americans released by iran in 1981 are still alive. they were all held captive for 434 days. each hostage is...

Today army sergeant bowe bergdahl was arraigned on charges of desertion and misbehave before the enemy, offences which would bring a sentence of life in jail. >> today the army judge convened an article 39-a arraignment hearing, december 22nd, on fort bragg, in the case of u.s. army versus sergeant robert b. bergdahl. >> bergdahl said, "yes, sir, i do," when asked if he understood the charges against him. he indicated he was satisfied with his defense counsel and deferred a plea until a later he...

>> today the army judge convened an article 39-a arraignment hearing, december 22nd, on fort bragg, in the case of u.s. army versus sergeant robert b. bergdahl. >> bergdahl said, "yes, sir, i do," when asked if he understood the charges against him. he indicated he was satisfied with his defense counsel and deferred a plea until a later hearing. bergdahl may choose to be court-martialed before a panel or a military judge. back in may of 2014 as part of a prisoner swap, bergdahl was released by a...

Eugene phi del did a great job of rehabilitating him during the article 13 here. he almost broke down in tears talking about the hardship of bergdahl in captivity. in one single podcast he poked the army in the eye and the army said whoa i guess we better move forward with the fact this guy is not a good character. basically put him on the course to waking up to reality which she faces, which is with a general court-martial he could be seeing some hard time. more importantly, eric the if army is...

>> i think of the serial podcast, they said the reason the taliban thought they had to move him into pakistan is because that would make it more difficult for the army to find him because you just cant go into pakistan like you can go into afghanistan. >> there was an enormous search put under way immediately after his duty status was unknown. there were thousands and thousands of soldiers scouring the countryside in neighboring provinces for this one soldier. so, if he was going to remain in ta...