NEXT HOUR AS WELL HAS THE
PRESIDENT TOP OF THE HOUR.
OF >> Ed: WE ARE WATCHING THAT
AND ALSO, U.S. NAVY VET MICHAEL
WHITE BACK ON AMERICAN SOIL.
I RAN RELEASING THE CALIFORNIA
NATIVE AFTER HOLDING HIM FOR
NEARLY TWO YEARS.
>> I AM IMPROVING, DID CONTRACT
CORONAVIRUS PRIOR TO GOING ON
FOR A LOW, BUT I’M RECOVERING
PRETTY DECENTLY, GETTING BACK
INTO SHAPE.
I WAS IN POOR SHAPE THEN BUT
GETTING A LOT BETTER AS A RESULT
OF SWISS EMBASSY AND ALL THE
EFFORTS OF THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION.
>> Ed: HE HAS OBVIOUSLY BEEN
THROUGH A LOT BUT LOOKING GOOD,
JENNIFER GRIFFIN LIVE AT THE
PENTAGON.
GOOD MORNING.
>> THE PLANE CARRYING MICHAEL
WHITE LANDED AT DALLAS
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AT ROUGHLY
2:00 A.M. THIS MORNING.
>> I DO WANT TO EXTEND MY
PERSONAL THANKS TO
PRESIDENT TRUMP FOR HIS EFFORTS
BOTH DIPLOMATICALLY AND
OTHERWISE, MAKING AMERICA GREAT
AGAIN AND I LOOK FORWARD TO
WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN HERE IN
THE FUTURE.
>> ARE ONLY RICH EDSON WAS THERE
WHEN WHITE WAS TRANSFERRED TO
AMERICAN OFFICIALS IN
SWITZERLAND.
THE STATE DEPARTMENT ENVOY
CREATED WOW COMPLETED THE
TRANSFER.
>> GETTING BACK INTO SHAPE.
>> IN JULY 2018, SAID HE WAS
VISITING A GIRLFRIEND AND I RAN
HE MET ONLINE WHEN THE
AUTHORITIES ARRESTED HIM.
IN MARCH 2019, HE WAS SENTENCED
TO TEN YEARS IN PRISON ON
CHARGES HE CONSULTED IRAN’S
SUPREME LEADER AND POSTED
PRIVATE PHOTOGRAPHS ON
SOCIAL MEDIA.
>> ASSOCIATING WITH THE IRANIANS
IS NEVER A LINEAR PROCESS.
THERE’S A LOT OF STOPS AND
STARTS, HAVE TO BE VERY PATIENT.
THIS IS A REGIME THAT HAS BEEN
TAKING AMERICANS HOSTAGE FOR 41
YEARS.
AND OUR DIPLOMACY HAS BEEN
SUCCESSFUL AND WE ARE GOING TO
KEEP WORKING AT IT.
>> A SENIOR U.S. OFFICIAL TOLD
FOX NEWS THAT IS PART OF THE
DEAL TO FREE WHITE, THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION AGREED TO RELEASE
AN IRANIAN-AMERICAN DOCTOR.
HE SERVED 16 MONTHS FOR
VIOLATING AMERICAN SANCTIONS
AGAINST IRAN AND WAS SENTENCED
THURSDAY TO TIME SERVED.
THE OFFICIAL HAS LIVED IN THE
U.S. FOR 33 YEARS AND AS A
MEDICAL DOCTOR IN FLORIDA.
OF MICHAEL WHITE’S RELEASE ALSO
COMES ONE DAY AFTER AN IRANIAN
SCIENTIST HELD IN THE U.S. RETUR
TO IRAN AFTER AN AMERICAN COURT
CLEARED HIM OF CHARGES OF
STEALING TRADE SECRETS.
THE STATE DEPARTMENT SAYS THERE
WAS NO PRISONER EXCHANGE.
TODAY, THE FORMER NAVY COOK
