josh blackman, marielena hincapie. thank you. >> thank you, judy. >> thank you. >> woodruff: for the past 14 months a small team of americans from the state department, intelligence community, department of justice and other agencies met their iranian counterparts. today we started to hear from one of those who was released. former u.s. marine amir hekmati emerged today in landstuhl, germany, and said he feels "born again." >> i was at the point where i um i had just sort of accepted the fact that i was going to be spending 10 years in prison. so this was a surprise and i just feel so blessed to see my government do so much for me and the other americans. >> woodruff: hekmati is being evaluated at a u.s. military hospital, along with a christian minister, saeed abedini, and "washington post" reporter jason rezaian, who was seen for the first time today with his wife in video from the post. it was reported their release was delayed sunday, when iranian officials blocked rezaian's wife and mother from boarding a plane in