let's bring john buss. from the wall street journal. there are mixed emotions over this this because after meeting jason ri zizionrizion. that's not the issue, but how that deal came about and the secret cargo plane full of cash, does this make the pal let wider and bigger for oh, we can go to the u.s. for more cash now. >> yes, it's in the wall street journal and all of the details are there. if you are viewing this negatively, there is no such thing as coincidence, the down payment on the $1.7 billion settlement happens on the same day that the prisoners are released that almost amounts to ransom you're going to run into countries taking our people to get money. that's the negative side. what the administration is saying is that no, there were a number of different channels, lots of things happening, the iran nuke deal, over this frozen money from decades ago was reaching a head was going to go against the americans, the settlement looked better, they felt, we exchanged prisoners with them, they released seven. it all came to a head b