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that. here is the inflation cost per u.s. household. these are just staggering numbers. when you look at the inflation that we are currently living through today and the impact on the american pocket book, that's an additional, by some estimates, could be a low number, $327 per month. that's real pain, art. >> that is real pain. it's terrible, and when you look at what it took to bring inflation down, paul volker especially, we took office on january 20th, 1981, sandra. the prime interest rate was 21.5%. mortgage rates, 17, 18, inflation was running at 15, 16%, catastrophic type of situation. that's what it takes to bring inflation back under control and they are not doing that. this will keep on going until someone gets in there and does something correct. >> sandra: and we have been talking about housing affordability. >> exactly. >> sandra: it's not looking
held hostage for 44 days, november 4th, 1979 until january 20th, 1981, the very moment ronald reagan was inaugurated as president, four decades on diplomatic tensions with iran remain fracture and iran continues to be number one on the state department list of state sponsors of terrorism, let's look back now, retired u.s. navy bob wells, national security adviser to vice president dick cheney, bob, it's gotten worse since then, now guides the regime, some of the young students run the control, what have we learned in this time? >> we've learned that iran is going to be continued challenge to the united states ever since the hostage crisis as preview just provided, it really was a point of departure for traditional diplomacy, we have revolutionary iran now, eric, many of those protestors are now
trading. >> i've been at this for a long time, no one is going to argue that secretary pompeo isn't tough on iran and no one isn't going to argue that president trump isn't doing the same. >> the other parties of the nuclear deal continue to defend it and are trying to find a way to keep trade deals with iran alive despite the u.s. sanctions, secretary of state mike pompeo said those countries that try the skirt the sanctions, they'll be targeted by the u.s. as well. heather: yeah, 442 days, january 20th, 1981. thank you very much for joining, appreciate it. nearly 4,000 migrants now traveling through area known as the route of death, migrants pushing north in region of méxico where hundreds of people have disappeared, president trump reinforcing his warning to the group as they march towards our border. >> i am telling the caravans,
missile. thousands marched outside the old u.s. embassy, down with the u.s. and death to israel and burned effigies of president trump. back on this day in 1979 hundreds of students stormed tehran and took 52 american diplomates and citizen hostage for 444 days and we remember that. finally releasing them on the da i that ronald reagan was sworn into office on january 20th, 1981. and leland, we talked so much about, obviously, the world relations and we'll see as the president embarks on this journey. ahead, new jersey governor chris christie can't run again, so another governor will be elected on tuesday, and some are hoping it will go from red to blue. what virginia voters are saying about the race. we'll have the latest, stay tuned. >> it's clear they understand the race is slipping away from them and they're losing it, they
then on january 20th, 1981, there's finally a break. >> good evening. on the 444th and final day of the hostage crisis. >> i, ronald reagan, do solemnly swear -- >> minutes after president reagan's inaugural address, the hostages are released. a dark chapter in the nation's history has ended. they're coming home. >> all of us got on the plane. counted to make sure everybody is there. >> there is no high fives. there's no screaming. i mean, people are still in shock. and still concerned that this is really going to happen. >> the hostages head to the united states where they reunite with families they haven't seen in more than a year. the emotional moments are caught on camera and carried live on tv. >> my brothers, sister, girlfriend were all waiting for
your release. did you think back then that 100% looking at 444 days of this? >> no. once we were captured, we thought it was just a matter of hours before the local government, the host government frankly under international law it's up to the host government to protect diplomats and instead of doing that, the iranian government participated and sanctioned the takeover and ultimately the holding of us for 444 days. we would set artificial targets. our birthdays or important holidays to us whether it was christmas or easter or independence day. and then it dragged on for a full year. the one-year anniversary of our captivity was actually election day here in the u.s. we would be held for another ten weeks before being freed on january 20th, 1981, after 444 days. >> i remember that you had to endure thanksgiving and christmas and then another thanksgiving and christmas and
second rescue attempt nearly impossible. then on january 20th, 1981, there's finally a break. >> good evening. on the 444th and final day of the hostage crisis. >> i, ronald reagan, do solemnly swear -- >> minutes after president reagan's inaugural address, the hostages are released. a dark chapter in the nation's history has ended. they're coming home. >> all of us got on the plane. counted to make sure everybody is there. >> there is no high fives. there's no screaming. i mean, people are still in shock. and still concerned that this is really going to happen. >> the hostages head to the united states where they reunite with families they haven't seen in more than a year. the emotional moments are caught on camera and carried live on tv. >> my brothers, sister, girlfriend were all waiting for
then on january 20th, 1981, there's finally a break. >> good evening. on the 444th and final day of the hostage crisis. >> i, ronald reagan, do solemnly swear -- >> minutes after president reagan's inaugural address, the hostages are released. a dark chapter in the nation's history has ended. they're coming home. >> all of us got on the plane. counted to make sure everybody is there. >> there is no high five ls. there's no screaming. i mean, people are still in shock. and still concerned that this is really going to happen. >> the hostages head to the united states where they reunite with families they haven't seen in more than a year. the emotional moments are caught on camera and carried live on tv. >> my brothers, sister, girlfriend were all waiting for
forgotten about them. actually, the hostage crisis remains a lead story. >> the american embassy in tehran is in the hand of muslim students tonight. >> during the ninth day of the crisis over the hostages in iran -- >> on the 49th day of the embassy takeover -- >> the militants who have held the hostages for 124 days. >> this is the 300th day of their captivity. >> about six months into the crisis, there's a rescue attempt, but operation eagle claw is a disaster. the mission is aborted, and as american forces are on their way out of iran, a helicopter crashes into a c-130 killing eight american servicemen. it's an embarrassment for president jimmy carter. afterwards they scatter the hostages across the country to make a second rescue attempt nearly impossible. >> then on january 20th, 1981 --
then on january 20th, 1981, there's finally a break. >> good evening. on the 444th and final day of the hostage crisis. >> i, ronald reagan, do solemnly swear -- >> minutes after president reagan's inaugural address, the hostages are released. a dark chapter in the nation's history has ended. they're coming home. >> all of us got on the plane. counted, made sure everybody is there. there's no high fives. there's no screaming. i mean, people are still in shock. and still concerned that this is really going to happen. >> the hostages head to the united states where they reunite with the families they haven't seen in more than a year. the emotional moments are caught on camera and carried live on tv. >> my brothers sisters, my