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His family could be back home as early as tomorrow. holting traveled to venezuela to meet his wife, they were arrested, accused of stockpiling weapons and held for two years. president trump was able to help secure their release. and on this memorial day president trump will honor heroes who made the ultimate sacrifice. in just a few hours, the president will begin his day by laying a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier at arlington national cemetery in virginia. he's expected to make a speech along with defense secretary james mattis, and we will have that on fox news. abby: that's on...

>> their son finally on u.s. soil after two years in captivity in a venezuelan prison. 26-year-old missionary had traveled there to get married but he and his wife were arrested by officers in their amount accused of stockpiling weapons, charges the state department calls questionable. >> i just knew i had to be his voice. i knew i had to make as much noise as i could. i had to get to the top of the government as far as i could reach, which i got to the very top. >> the release was secured after months of negotiations. the couple flying out of venezuela saturday. senator bob corker head of the...

The first sense we had that this was even happening was when the president tweeted about it early this morning. holt and his wife boarded the plane and left venezuela earlier this morning and tennessee senator corker was on the plane with them. he is the chair of the senate foreign relations committee. he met with venezuelan president maduro on friday and reportedly played a big role in securing the release of holt and his wife. holt traveled to venezuela about two years ago to marry a venezuelan woman. they barely begun settling in to married life when they were arrested. police raided their ...

Cnn's boris sanchez is at the white house. boris, we're hearing the president could make a live address from the west wing tonight. tell us what you're learning. >> reporter: that's right, ryan. our colleague, jeff zeleny, reported that white house aides have been told to prepare for a statement from the west wing from president trump at approximately 7:00 p.m. tonight. that's when we're expecting joshua to arrive here at the white house to meet with his family members. his story is really incredible. he was imprisoned back in june of 2016. he went to venezuela as a mission and there he met fa...

>> thank you. live from craaracascaracas. walk us through who josh holt is for those who may not know and why this is significant. >> reporter: joshua holt became detained in venezuela in 2016 when he was arrested in the outside city of caracas, the capital city of the country. he was accused by the venezuelan government of planning terrorist attacks in the country, stockpiling weapons. since then he's become in a struggle in the relationship between the venezuelan government and u.s. government. basically caracas, what he's saying is that this guy was trying to make a plot against the governm...