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Administration official said they are hopeful wang's release will give momentum to other americans held as well. they believe six americans are in iranian custody serving long sentences on false charges so they can be used as bargaining chips. they include b what quer nanazi and his son. along with karan, vafadari. and there is also new evidence suggesting former fbi agent bob levinson who went missing 12 years ago may be alive and in custody. the families of detained americans came to capitol hill to urge law makers to put more

Pressure on iran. here is bob levin son's daughter. >> we need scene outcry from americans. this is a new iranian crisis. it is not right, it is not normal prehigh year. reporter: wang's release is causing mixed emotions for other families. the son of namazi says he's devastated that second president has left my sailing father in an iranian jail. jon: defense secretary marks percent speaking -- mark esper spoke at the simi valley forum.

Many members of congress. jon: nunes says he didn't know who rudy giuliani's associate lev parnas was until last month and said he never spoke directly to him. listen in be a guest on "sunday morning futures" with maria bartiromo sunday at 10:00 a.m. eastern. an american graduate student held in an iranian prison for three years opposite suspicion of being a spy is heading home. he was released in switzerland in exchange for an iranian citizen being held in an atlanta jail over allegations he violated u.s. sanctions. reporter: according to a senior u.s. official, wang is doing very well after ...

Our family is completes once again. my son and i have waited three long years for this day and it's hard to express how excited we are to be reunited with xiyue. he was swapped for pane iranian doctor in chicago who was accused of violating sanctions against iran. senior american officials defended the swap saying no money was paid for wang. the president said he would like to host wang and his family at the white house. but they did not set a date. jon: wang's release is spotlighting other cases of americans held prisoner in iran. reporter: this morning a senior

We asked president trump whether there were discussions with iranian officials in this process over the other americans still in prison in iran. >> i think it was a great thing for iran. it's great to show that we can do something. it might have been a precursor as to what can be done. >> negotiations twifnlt s. and iran over wang's arrest intense youified the past three or four weeks. then brian hook left for zurich to meet with iranian officials with a prisoner swap. wang is a graduates student as the princeton. he was in iran studying persian history when in 2016 he was arrested. he was cha...