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>> Neil: NAVY VETERAN THE
PRISONER OF IRANIANS TODAY COME
UP RADIUM, RICH EDSON HAS MORE.
>> GOOD EVENING, NEIL A SHORT
WHILE AGO, HE WALKED OFF OF THE
PLANE INTO ITS FREEDOM.
HERE AT THE AIRPORT.
HE ALSO SPOKE TO PRESIDENT TRUMP
FOR A FEW MINUTES AND SAID
FREEDOM FEELS GREAT AND WE SPOKE
TO HIM EXCLUSIVELY JUST AS HE
GOT OFF OF THE PLANE.
>> MR. WHITE, HOW ARE YOU, SIR?
>> I’M HAPPY TO BE BACK.
I WANT TO EXTEND MY PERSONAL
THANKS TO PRESIDENT TRUMP WHO
SPOKE SO DIPLOMATICALLY
OTHERWISE TO MAKE AMERICA GREAT
AGAIN.
I LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT WILL
HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE.
>> WHAT WAS IT LIKE AND HOW ARE
YOU PHYSICALLY FEELING?
>> I’M IMPROVING.
I DID CONTRACT THE CORONAVIRUS
IN THE PRISON BUT I AM
RECOVERING DECENTLY AND BACK IN
SHAPE.
IT WAS IN POOR SHAPE THEN MACK
BUT I’M GETTING BETTER AND ALL
OF THE EFFORTS OF THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION.
>> WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU
WILL DO WHEN YOU GET HOME?
>> I’M GOING TO DISNEY WORLD.
>> HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE FREE?
>> IT FEELS GOOD ONCE AGAIN.
THIS JUST HAPPENS -- THAT WE
WILL GO FROM HERE.
>> Neil: WHITE WAS PICKED UP
IN JULY 2018 AND THEN SENTENCED
IN
MARCH OF 2019 BY IRANI AND
AUTHORITIES FOR INSULTING THE
SUPREME LEADER.
HE WAS SENTENCED TO TEN YEARS IN
PRISON AND ALSO THE FIRST
AMERICAN CITIZEN TO BE CAPTAIN
BY THE IRANIAN REGIME DURING THE
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.
SENIOR OFFICIALS BEGAN TO
NEGOTIATE WITH THE IRANIAN
GOVERNMENT SPECIFICALLY ABOUT
THE RETURN BACK AROUND FEBRUARY
SO IT TOOK ABOUT FOUR MONTHS TO
NEGOTIATE TO HAPPEN.
A PART OF THIS AGREEMENT
ACCORDING TO U.S. OFFICIAL IS
IRANI AN AMERICAN DOCTOR WHO WAS
SERVING JAIL TIME ABOUT 16
MONTHS FOR VIOLATING U.S.
SANCTIONS.
HE WAS SENTENCED EARLIER TODAY
TO TIME SERVED.
SO THIS BOOK IS CLOSED ON THIS
ONE.
AND MICHAEL WHITE WANTS TO HEAD
BACK TO THE UNITED STATES.
THAT WILL HAPPEN SOON AND HE
PLANS TO COME WANTS TO, OR WILL
GO TO DISNEY WORLD, NEIL.
>> Neil: DID I HEAR HIM SAY HE
CONTRACTED THE VIRUS?
DID I HEAR THAT CORRECTLY?
>> HE DID, NEIL.
HE HAD CORONAVIRUS.
HE IS ALSO A CANCER SURVIVOR SO
MICHAEL WHITE WAS CERTAINLY IN A
WEEKEND HEALTH POSITION WHILE HE
WAS IN PRISON IN IRAN.
HE GOT A MEDICAL LEAVE FOR
SOMETIME THROUGH THE CUSTODY OF
THE SWITCH.
THE UNITED STATES AND THE
IRANIANS DO NOT HAVE A
GOVERNMENT RELATIONSHIP SO ALL
OF THIS NEGOTIATION IS ONGOING
THROUGH THE SWISS GOVERNMENT
WHICH IS WHY WE ARE IN ZURICH
RIGHT NOW BUT THERE WAS NOT A
MEDICAL FURLOUGH GRANTED TO
MICHAEL WHITE AS A CANCER
SURVIVOR AND SOMEONE WHO
CONTRACTED COVID-19 WHILE HE
WAS IN PRISON IN IRAN WHICH IS
HAVING A TERRIBLE TIME WITH
