00:00We thought he was a very high-quality, innocent man, and Stephen Hubbard, his name is.
00:07And he was, for the last number of years, I would hear the name, mostly when it happened.
00:14When it happened, I would watch his son on television, I'd watch his family on television,
00:21begging virtually for him to come back, please.
00:25And the other day I was talking with, I set the stage earlier, but the other day I was
00:31talking to Vladimir Putin about settling his war with Ukraine, which I think we're getting
00:37closer to, by the way.
00:38Maybe now the closest we've been.
00:42But I mentioned, could you let Stephen Hubbard out, please?
00:48And he agreed to do it.
00:50So he was met today in Russia, and he's on his way back.
00:56He's on a flight.
00:58Steve Whitcoff is with him.
01:00His family is with him.
01:01His family went over to meet him.
01:03And so we thank everybody involved.
01:06This was an amazing thing.
01:07They didn't think he'd come out for 20, 25 years.
01:11So we appreciate the fact that we were able to get him.
01:15We gave nothing in exchange, which is very rare.
01:20We never give anything in exchange.
01:22We haven't.
01:22We've taken, we've gotten out hundreds of hostages.
01:25We don't give.
01:26Once you give, you'll end up quadrupling the problem.
