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so thankful for his return. they have all made it a mission now to raise awareness of the scores of other americans being unjustly detained around the world. ♪ >> so you were in a russian prison for 985 days? >> yup. >> and it's now been three weeks since you've within back in the united states. how are you doing? >> i'm doing well. i feel better every day that i'm here. >> have you been able to fully grasp that you're free? >> no, so, you know, the last couple of days it's been -- been more real to me, but there's a time there where you -- you just don't accept at all that you're ...

Three could hear it. he talked to us abizaid some very nice things and when he got back to d.c. that evening he would have someone set up a meeting for us to talk to him at the white house. >> 21 days passed and still no meeting, so joey and paula reed traveled to the nation's capital. >> and that's when we went to d.c., on march 30th and that's when we started protesting. >> we're hoping that he'll see you through the media. >> while we were out there having the press conference, afterward kaitlan collins, she's the one who said -- >> mr. president, they say that you promised him a meeting. >...

4:46 eastern time. president trump's pick to be u.s. ambassador to saudi arabia claims he will hold the saudis accountable for the murder of jamal khashoggi. retired general calling the death a senseless killing at miss confirmation hearing on wednesday. when he was pressed about how he plans to did that, here is what abizaid told lawmakers. >> ambassadors don't hold countries accountable. countries hold countries accountable. >> he said it is critical to make sure that the saudis know what we stand for. embattled celebrity kref mario batali is now fully divested from his restaurants. this i...

Away with it because parents were more involved. now you have a situation where it's a conveyor belt operation, where you send your kids to school in first grade and they go to school 180 days. they move to second grade. regardless of how much they achieved or the mastery or proficiency, that is not the constant. the constant is the time. the learning is not there. until we address it as a system, i don't know how it will change. >> glenn: how many people think you are only preparing for test results? i mean, kind of? the testing to me is part of no child left behind. the testing is abizaid --...

Away with it because parents were more involved. now you have a situation where it's a conveyor belt operation, where you send your kids to school in first grade and they go to school 180 days. they move to second grade. regardless of how much they achieved or the mastery or proficiency, that is not the constant. the constant is the time. the learning is not there. until we address it as a system, i don't know how it will change. >> glenn: how many people think you are only preparing for test results? i mean, kind of? the testing to me is part of no child left behind. the testing is abizaid --...