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Our family is completes once again. my son and i have waited three long years for this day and its hard to express how excited we are to be reunited with xiyue. he was swapped for pane iranian doctor in chicago who was accused of violating sanctions against iran. senior american officials defended the swap saying no money was paid for wang. the president said he would like to host wang and his family at the white house. but they did not set a date. jon: wangs release is spotlighting other cases ...

Official defended the swap saying the u.s. paid no money for wangs release, and the sanctions campaign against the iranian regime continues. officials say the negotiations really intensified over the past 3-4 weeks and that the president would like to host wang and his family at the white house though nothing yet has been scheduled. leland and kristin, back to you. leland: rich edsons at the white house. the president is headed out to florida in an hour and a half or so, well see if he has anyth...

Our family is completes once again. my son and i have waited three long years for this day and its hard to express how excited we are to be reunited with xiyue. he was swapped for pane iranian doctor in chicago who was accused of violating sanctions against iran. senior american officials defended the swap saying no money was paid for wang. the president said he would like to host wang and his family at the white house. but they did not set a date. jon: wangs release is spotlighting other cases ...

Pretty incredible. leland: and then you think about families with hostages overseas. im leland vittert. wang was first detained while doing research in iran for his ph.d.. his release comes as part of a prisoner exchange, drawing big distinction between this and the within that happened under the obama administration. rich edson at the white house with the latest on all of that. hi, rich. >> reporter: good afternoon, leland. a senior u.s. official says wang is in germany and that hes doing very ...

Releasing this innocent man from princeton held on trumped up charges. ed: this is a broader context and the president may not get credit for from his critics, but weve seen prisoners released from north korea. and we had a democrat on who said that the president is not respected around the world, but when hes getting prisoners released, what does that mean? >> hes showing that theyre -- i asked around may of 2018, secretary pompeo at fair affairs committee about mr. wang and he launched into a ...

Department iran envoy met for iran last night to meet with officials. they secured wang, flew him to germany, and hell come back soon to the united states. s a graduate student at princeton university, he was studying persian history in iran when he was arrested in august of 2016 is. iranian authorities charged him with espionage, sentenced him to ten years in prison. the u.s. maintained charges against wang were bogus n. a at the same time his wife says, quote: our family is complete once again...