Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20180819:06:30:00
Weeks. >> and it kept happening. it was not all at one go. they were taken many months apart but it kept adding up and adding up and adding up. it consumed the reagan presidency. >> every day, almost every day he'd ask his national security teams, intelligence briefers, any news on the hostages. is anything happening? is there something we can do? >> there's a chink in reagan's armor. he was softhearted and he did feel a sense of obligation that he had to do something to get them out. sfx: [cell phone dialing] no. no, no, no, no, no. cancel. cancel. please. aaagh! being in the know is a good t...