mr. pinkston said that they weren't released. they were being transferred to qatar.nd as secretary of defense hagel said, the united states would not the have done this deal if they weren't sure that the qataris would be providing the kind of security, the travel ban and probably other things that i don't know about and as you said, senator mccain interested in learning about those things. i don't think that the united states government would have done this, certainly we would not have, had there not been these assurance. >> in our final moments here, ambassador, do you see this oftening, if you will, the hard line of the taliban? >> it's too soon to tell. i think the add miles per hourstration has been verywise today to be very clear to say we don't know what will happen in the future about peace and reconciliation. this is the deal that was done for sergeant bergdahl. we will see what else happens in the future. >> ambassador marc grossman, appreciate your time. >> thank you for having me. >>> the president will speak in just a moment. we will carry hez comments li