the prosecutor even took tissue samples, for instance, from their daughter. the prosecutor is claiming those tissue samples showed she'd been deprived of food and the defense saying there was no evidence they even took the samples. so you had real questions about this prosecution from the very beginning and then beyond the evidence of the case, it was how the couple was treated outside of the courtroom. for instance, this delay on sunday as they were leaving the airport after being declared innocent on their appeal, they were freed from prison november, 2013, and on appeal they were out of prison but not allowed to leave the country. and the state department, the u.s. state department making very clear to to qatari officials they believe that was unfair, saying that they should have been allowed to go home during their appeal so these delays, this very final delay, very painful delay, was not the first one. it's been going on for some time. >> will they get home soon, do you think? >> the word we have now that they're going to leave the airport imminently. i think what we saw here was