>> Ed: A BIG FOX NEWS ALERT
>> Ed: A BIG FOX NEWS ALERT
JUST CROSSING THE WIRES, MICHAEL
WHITE, A U.S. NAVY VETERAN
DETAINED IN IRAN FOR NEARLY TWO
YEARS HAS BEEN RELEASED AND IS
ON HIS WAY HOME TO AMERICA.
HE’S COMING ABOARD A SWISS
GOVERNMENT AIRCRAFT, THAT
ACCORDING TO U.S. OFFICIALS.
THE U.S. SPECIAL ENVOY FOR IRAN
FLEW WITH THE DOCTOR TO MEET THE
FREE DETAINEE.
AGAIN HIS NAME IS MICHAEL WHITE
AND BRIAN HOPE WILL ACCOMPANY
WHITE BACK TO AMERICA ACCORDING
TO THESE OFFICIALS.
IT COULD BE A MAJOR DEVELOPMENT,
THE PRESIDENT HAS MADE THIS AN
IMPORTANT PRIORITY AND WE HAVE
SEEN OTHERS FREED FROM IRAN AND
NORTH KOREA.
MICHAEL WHITE WAS FACING A
10-YEAR SENTENCE FOR ALLEGEDLY
INSULTING IRAN’S SUPREME LEADER.
AND NOW HE IS BEING FREED.
OUR STATE DEPARTMENT REPORTER IS
ON THIS FOR US, BUT THE NAVY
VETERAN AS YOU LOOKED BACK, IT
WAS SENTENCED TO TEN YEARS IN AN
IRANIAN PRISON.
HE WAS VISITING A WOMAN IN IRAN.
HE WAS VISITING A WOMAN IN IRAN.
HE WAS CONVICTED OF TWO CHARGES
INCLUDING, NOW NAVY VETERAN
MICHAEL WHITE HAS BEEN FREED.
WE JUST LEARNED OF MOMENTS AGO
FROM IRAN AND IS MAKING HIS WAY
HOME >> Ed: YOU CAN SEE THE
PHOTO RIGHT THERE.
MICHAEL WHITE IS A NAVY VETERAN
FROM CALIFORNIA AS WE UNDERSTAND
IT, AND WHEN HE WAS FIRST
ARRESTED, HIS LAWYER SAID AT THE
TIME THAT HE WAS THE FIRST
MEMBER KNOWN TO BE UP IMPRISONED
THERE IN IRAN SINCE
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAD TAKEN
OFFICE.
AND THAT WOULD BE THE QUESTION
OF WHAT THIS MEANS MOVING
FORWARD.
NOW, DOES THIS OPEN THE DOOR TO
SOME KIND OF A NEW DIPLOMATIC?
>> Sandra: SO HE IS FLYING
HOME ON A SWISS GOVERNMENT
AIRCRAFT AS YOU MENTIONED.
THAT IS COURTESY OF A WHITE
FAMILY.
WE ARE JUST GETTING THE
BRAND-NEW DETAILS OF THE NAVY
VETERAN WHO HAD BEEN DETAINED IN
IRAN FOR TWO YEARS, HE’S BEEN
RELEASED AND IS MAKING HIS WAY
HOME NOW.
HE WILL HAVE A LIVE REPORT ON
THIS COMING UP.
>> BRIAN HOOK HAS BEEN A KEY
ADVISOR, AND THEY PUT HIM IN
CHARGE OF FINDING THESE CASES
AND MAKING SURE THAT AMERICANS
ARE NOT LEFT BEHIND ALL AROUND
THE WORLD.
BRIAN HOOK, AN AMERICAN LAWYER
HAS BEEN THE KEY ADVISOR.
RICH EDSON HAS BEEN ON THIS, AND
YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER YOU HAD
SOME AMERICANS FREED FROM
NORTH KOREA.
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAD
BEEN HOPEFUL, TO SOME BETTER
RELATIONS FROM NORTH KOREA.
BUT AT LEAST IN THE INITIAL
STAGES, BEFORE WE GET TO ANY
POSSIBLE DIPLOMACY THAT THIS MAY
OPEN THE DOOR TO THE FACT THAT
AN AMERICAN HAS BEEN FREED FROM
AN AMERICAN HAS BEEN FREED FROM
IRAN, AND THAT IS MICHAEL WHITE
PICTURED ON HIS WAY HOME.
SAYING THAT AFTER HE HAD BEEN
RELEASED, ESPECIALLY OF THE TEAM
FROM THE STATE DEPARTMENT FOR
THEIR WORK ON MICHAEL’S CASE.
