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escape. the two reached a manhole and popped heads out during the practice run only to decide it wasn't an ideal location returning to prison and waiting to escape the following night. still ahead on "way too early" team usa topples germany to make it to the world cup finals. wait until you see the team's performance in the second half. is there anything a presidential candidate won't do to get good press? >> smithers, release the house. excellent. >> i'm running for president now. it's really tough. forward not backwards. >> it's senator ted cruz trying to line up a new gig if the whole running for president thing doesn't work out. more from his "simpsons" audition. that plus a check on weather when "way too early" comes right back. ♪ ♪ >> i will nominate george
the white house is in a position where it looks like they were trying to make political hay out of this and then we've had 72 hours of new information coming out that makes the trade at best look a lot more complicated than it did over the weekend. >> what about that? do you think the white house was prepared for this? do you think had they expected there to be the backlash there has been that they would have done the rose garden ceremony and they would have sent susan rice on the sunday shows where she said that bowe bergdahl served with honor and distinction. >> i think what the white house was expecting is for all of the members of congress that they had been talking about this deal for many, many years and even though it wasn't an ideal deal, nobody loved it, but that they would stick to the commitment that we have a very tightly held as a country that we don't leave anybody behind. this family went through hell for nfive years.
and the engagement ring you fashioned for her. >> we were together for a few years before we were in prison in iran. we moved to the middle east together, we lived in damascus and sara was writing and teaching iraqi refugees. when we were pulled apart from each other, it, you know, became very clear immediately how important she was to me. and you know, i knew i wanted to spend the rest of my life with her. one day knowing that sara might be freed soon, i decided i was going to propose to her in prison, which wasn't an ideal situation but made a ring out of thread, used what i had and went out to the courtyard one day and proposed to her. >> and josh, can you talk about the ordeal and your interactions with the guards as well the other iranians. >> i wasn't allowed but able to