the iranian foreign ministry reportedly sent to the u.s. a list of people demanding any proposed prisoner swap. in a proposed prisoner swap. could you speak to the administration's recent proposal and tell us whether the administration would engage in a prisoner exchange with iran or does not reject the idea on principle? >> thank you for the question, congressman. the u.s. administration's priority is to get back americans held unjustly in iran, basically hostages over there. this is not a prisoner exchange. we are talking about exchanging people who have been kidnapped, americans were in iran who are in iran versus iranian prisoners, people who have done illegal things here, like try and kill the saudi ambassador in georgetown. through an iranian plot. it is a priority to get our people back. >> can you tell us whether there are any talks on the way? to secure the release of americans held hostage. >> >> i'm not going to get into those details here. what i would say is that it is a priority for us to get our people back. there has been a history in the steps of offers when you pay for this type of behavior, when you pay for kidnapping. you generally get more. >> to both of you, me ask ab