>> THANKS. THREE AMERICANS HELD FOR YEARS
IN CHINESE PRISONS HAVE BEEN
RELEASED AS PART OF AN UNUSUAL
PRISONER EXCHANGE.
THE LATEST FROM BEIJING.
>> AFTER YEARS IN CHINESE
PRISONS, THREE AMERICANS ARE
HEADING HOME TONIGHT, NOW
SAFELY IN U.S. CUSTODY,
ACCORDING TO THE WHITE HOUSE.
THE RARE PRISONER SWAP, IN THE
WORKS FOR MONTHS, WE SPOKE TO
THE U.S. EMBASSY IS HERE LAST
MONTH.
>> THEY WERE PROSECUTED AND
CONVICTED OF CRIMES WHICH THEY
DID NOT COMMIT.
THERE WAS NO REASON TO PUT THEM
IN JAIL.
>> MARK WAS ON DEATH ROW SINCE
2012 ON DRUG CHARGES.
KYLIE ACCUSED OF SPYING AND
JAILED AFTER A CLOSED-DOOR
TRIAL, THE STATE DEPARTMENT
CALLING THEM WRONGFULLY
DETAINED.
CHINA SAYS THE CASES WERE
HANDLED ACCORDING TO LAW
LEAVING FAMILIES TO LOBBY
CONGRESS TO DO MORE.
>> WHAT ABOUT MY DAD, WHEN WILL
IT BE HIS TURN?
>> CHINA JAILED THE THIRD
AMERICAN, JOHN LONG, ACCUSING
HIM OF BEING AN FBI INFORMANT,
GETTING DETAINED AMERICANS
RELEASE HERE, EVEN TO
FACILITIES BACK HOME IS
COMPLICATED BECAUSE THERE’S NO
TREATY OR AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE
COUNTRIES TO TRANSFER
PRISONERS.
ACCORDING TO A U.S. OFFICIAL,
THE U.S. HANDING BACK TO
CHINESE NATIONALS AND RETURN
INCLUDING, A CONVICTED SPY
PROSECUTORS LINKED TO STATE
SECURITY.
AND CHINA RELEASE THE AMERICANS
HOURS AFTER PRESIDENT-ELECT