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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 ....