united nations building in new york. let s go straight to mohammed jamjo jamjoom. how close are these two americans from touching down where you are? reporter: well, brooke, we re here at the royal airport. armani officials are saying that the plane should touch down within the next 20 to 30 minutes. we also learned from the families of josh fattal and shane bauer that the families are indeed here, that sarah shourd, the third american hiker who was detained along with the two men and the fiancee of shane bauer, she s here as well. they re eagerly awaiting the reunion. we do not see any of the families yet or any of the hikers. but clearly there s a sense of anticipation here. we got word two hours ago the omani officials were involved in a negotiation to secure the release of the two hikers. not too much surprise considering there was some anticipation that they would be involved, that they paid the bail because last year when sarah shourd was released, nad her bail and he