he's a terrorist. patti ann: why do you suppose he would be appointed knowing how controversial it would be? is this a test? >> well, it's not only a test. i can tell you that when we were under interrogations and each day for 144 days there were guns put at us and they had always told us, it is not you, the american people, we hate. it's your government. but we will use you to humiliate the government. and that's what they have done for 34 years. iran has never been held accountable and so why wouldn't they continuing to? nothing has ever happened to them. patti ann: so your fellow hostage is leading the push for president bam to reject his visa application. is there progress on that front? >> i'm hearing that there is but i really don't know. you can only hope and pray that people that are responsible for