a cruel ally we are hearing from the stat department, ned price, spokesperson in a statemen that i want to read for you in part it says statements from irania officials that a deal regardin the exchange of prisoners ha been reached our another especially cruel lie that only adds to the suffering of their families we are working relentlessly to secure the release of the thre wrongfully detained american in iran. then of course, he goes on t say that is something that the won t stop doing until those wrongfully detained american in iran are home alex, really important not here that we have seen thi from iranian officials in th past in a similar situation sayin things that weren t actually true there is speculation fro experts who say they do that a we are trying to sway public opinion, alex. interesting we know what the sydenham is saying that s what we re gonna go with. thank you very much, megan fitzgerald, for that let s go now to some more bi developments this hour brand-new commen