just one day to go until the regional elections in the german state of the area polls are predicting heavy losses for traditional parties in favor of groups on the far right and the left. i m calling aspen welcome to the program u.s. pastor andrew bronson is on his way home after a turkish court released him from house arrest bronson was arrested two years ago on suspicion of having links to fight to the glen a cleric that turkey s government blames for the failed coup attempt in two thousand and sixteen his attention has caused serious friction between washington and with both sides imposing tit for tat sanctions. freshly landed on german soil u.s. pastor andrew brunson kisses the american flag after being detained for two years while living and working in turkey the american ambassador to germany posted this
allegations. got him pop singer and opposition politician bobby wine has met with activists during a visit to kenya the lawmaker faces treason charges in his home country recently returning there after medical treatment in the u.s. following alleged torture by members of uganda us presidential guard. u.s. pastor andrew bronson is on his way back home after a turkish court freedom from house arrest the ruling allowed him to leave turkey immediately and he was flown back to germany on route to the u.s. he was convicted of terror related charges but released because of his time served brunson s detention has strained ties between washington and ankara. facebook says hackers stole data such as names e-mail addresses and phone numbers from twenty nine million accounts during its largest ever security breach the company had originally feared as many as fifty million accounts could have been affected.
a free man on his way back to the united states a turkish court had convicted brunson of links to terrorism allegedly organized through his small evangelical church but authorities decided to let him leave. president donald trump is hailing the release as a diplomatic success but trump denied there d been any agreement to lift the sanctions the u.s. had imposed after bronson was arrested. we spoke to turkey. and he went through a system that we got about it was no deal made at all there was no deal but we re very happy to. have him in good shape by hereis are very good. friends and had lived in turkey for the past twenty years his release is a concession that could improve strained relations between unca and washington. for brunson s wife noreen it had been a long wait prosecutors accused her husband of links to kurdish militants and
we got him out. they been trying to get them out for a long time but no deal was made. at all. no deal. but we are happy to have him and have him in good shape. reporter: pastor bronson was one of several americans detained in charges for involvement with this alleged coup attempt that took back in 2016. several other turkey citizens continue to be detained in us officials say they will continue to be working to get their release. neil: garrett, thank you. garrett is at the white house later on today the present will meet with the pastor when he arrived in washington in the oval office, 2:30 p.m. eastern. no deal made. bill richardson former us ambassador to the united nations among many, was getting hostages out of north korea and i remember that like it was yesterday. ambassador, no deal made but is it safe to assume that the sanctions and trade measures we were making did compel this deal
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