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North korea, egypt, remember? we bring a lot of people back, and that's good. they want to come back to our country, and they're coming back to our country. >> reporter: how we got here. in august the white house slapped sanctions on a number of turkish goods and ministers of justice and interior over brunson's anticipation. those triggered a bit of a financial crisis in turkey. and president trump just recently threatened to enact additional sanctions if brunson wasn't released. the white house is pushing back on reports that it agreed to lift sanctions in return for the release, and last nig...

This dispute escalates again. the associated press says that a turkish appeals court has rejected pastor andrew brunson's appeal to leave house arrest. that upholds a previous decision from a lower court from earlier this week. the trump administration's demands for turkey to release brunson are becoming more frequent. turkey has detained brunson for nearly two years. authorities arrested him after a failed coup attempt charging him with espionage. the u.s. says the charges are nonsense. earlier this month the administration sanctioned two top turkey officials over brunson's continued detentio...

Between our two countries. the white house has been tight-lipped about any conversations surrounding him so it's not clear what kind of progress, if any, was made that today's talks but jay sekulow, who represents the brunson family and is one of the president's personal attorneys tells fox news, "we are working with the president, vice president, and the secretary of state as well as members of congress, the president and his team are rated committed to securing the release of pastor brunson and we remain hopeful it will occur soon." today's meeting is at first we know of between the two coun...