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rezaia, amir hekmat and sae saeed abedin, and robert levinson, is that as much because of the eagerness to get this nuclear deal done? >> absolutely not. we don't raise this issue and try to resolve it and try to get those americans home where they belong with their families, i can tell you that secretary kerry is personally invested in this issue. there isn't a single conversation that he has with foreign minister zarif including over all the last few days where he doesn't raise their cases and our concerns about getting them home. and we're going to keep working towards that. we're going to keep trying for that. >> state department spokesman john kirby, thanks so much. >> my pleasure. in our politics lead today, republican presidential candidates are set to faceoff tonight. and donald trump is questioning another part of ted cruz's past now. plus, the oscar nominations are out and there was one big surprise that delighted us here at "the lead."