we also have no brussels, no belgium, but european towns, towns in europe, trying to find one another and to press, to put pressure on mayors and regional ministers to commit themselves to invest in bicycle policies. so those towns can learn from one another. as i told you, brussels, i have found several similarities with the two towns i have been getting to know now yesterday and today. we have about one million inhabitants. brussels is 10 to 10 miles on distance and i agree with what has been told here that that is in favor of promoting cycling because the distances are never too long, although we also have a difference of height. i mean, like amsterdam is plat as a pancake we would say. brussels does have some, well, ups and downs. an important issue politically is that we have -- we are, in fact, giving big gross national product to the country, 20%, although we're only 10% of the population, but yet most workforce is coming from abroad, from flounders, from outs. so they are coming in at 9:00 in the morning and the workers are again leaving to the north or the south of the countr

be detained, figure out that our friends meant no harm to iran, did not intend to enter iran and they would be released. some similar cases there were belgium folks biking through iran and they were captured and released after three months and the british stale lohrs were released after a week so we didn't think it would go on this long. >> how concerned are you? we keep hearing of health problems and now captivity is taking its toll. what do you think is happening? and what's your plan for what's next? >> i'm glad you brought that up. that's what we are focusing on now it has been a year and 365 days of detainment has mental and physical tolls, you know, that are going to affect our friends and my friend sara actually has some health conditions that are not being addressed and we have requested medical attention and that hasn't happened. so we are very frustrated and saddened and concerned that it has gone on this long and the kind of affect it will have on their lives when they get out since they are innocent. >> reporter: when we saw the vids with their mothers going over and felt that should have been a turning point. do you feel there