Khoshawi, a fifth, a student named mathew trevithick. U. S. Officials say his release is not part of this negotiated prisoner swap. Thats important. This is what we know so far. 14 months of intense negotiations went on before this was finalized. They agreed to drop vances against seven iranians. Being commuted at this point we do not have names of the iranians who are being released. I want to go straight to my colleague, wolf blitzer. Poppy, huge name, major breaking news. We have around the world. Our International Diplomatic Nic Robertson joining us from austria. Chris frates at the white house. Ram mean is at the Los Angeles Times. Nic, first to you, the president of the United States, the secretary of the state of the United States, they were pretty widely criticized, especially by republicans for not insisting that those american prisoners should be released, should be freed as part of the nuclear deal earlier on. Now they are about to be released as the nuclear deal begins form
Were following breaking news. Im wolf blitzer in washington. We want to welcome our viewers in the United States and around the world. This is coverage of the breaking news. Five american prisoners now released by iran. Four as part of a prisoner swap. The prisoners clue Washington Post Jason Rezaian, the christian Saeed Abedini, amir hekmati, we dont know anything about mr. Nosratoliah khoshawi, a fifth, Mathew Trevithick. Details of the deal, they say secret talks with iran have been going on for about 14 months. In exchange for four of the americans, the u. S. Gave clemency to seven people held for violating sanctions against iran and dropped changes against 14 other iranians that likely the u. S. Officials say would never they like never would have been extradited to begin with. They wanted released as a goodwill gesture. Joining us now elise labott and international nic robertson, joining us from vienna. What are you learning about the the fifth. Mathew trevithick we didnt even kn
Protects . Plus Hurricane Irma, en route to american soil. Florida and puerto rico already declaring a state of emergency ahead of landfall and a storm weary United States. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to early start. Im david briggs. Im alison kosik. Were coming at you an hour early if youre checking your watch. Were checking with north korea, defying International Condemnation over its latest Largest Nuclear test with signs of more tests to come. U. S. Ambassador to the u. N. Nikki haley arguing at a u. N. Security Council Meeting that the International Community must exhaust every last bit of leverage over pyongyang to avoid a nuclear war. The time has come to exhaust all of our diplomatic means before its too late. We must now adopt the strongest possible measures. Kim jong uns action cannot be seen as defensive. His abusive use of missiles and his Nuclear Threats show that he is begging for war. Among north koreas few remaining pain points that could be targeted oil imports, te
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