CNN - Jesse Jackson negotiates release of U.S. POWs (1999)
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[0:00] something on was that all of us, the
[0:03] media included, were willing to come
[0:06] here and take a risk and put ourselves
[0:08] in harm's way for the sake of other
[0:10] people. And that had a very strong moral
[0:14] fiber to it. And I think what they saw
[0:16] in it was a true humanitarian request
[0:20] and it was that to which they responded.
[0:22] I would say to you that every one of us
[0:24] when the announcement was made wept
[0:26] uncontrollably. It was an amazing
[0:29] moment. An amazing moment. Congressman
[0:33] Congressman of Chicago, please. Thank
[0:37] you very much, Reverend J. Thank you.
[0:44] Well, let me just say that uh history
[0:47] has repeated itself again. I've been
[0:48] saying all along some of the naysayers
[0:51] who thought that this mission was doomed
[0:53] from the beginning that coming here to
[0:56] Yugoslavia for the first time in my
[0:58] life, a place that my father came from
[0:59] and was last here during the Second
[1:02] World War, that coming here with
[1:04] Reverend Jesse Jackson on a humanitarian
[1:06] mission with a an objective to secure
[1:09] the release of soldiers held at PS
[1:12] was doable. And I'm happy to say that
[1:14] with uh Reverend Jackson, with Dr. Joan
[1:17] Brown Campbell and all the other
[1:19] distinguished ministers and members of
[1:21] the clergy, we played a role in securing
[1:24] their release. And let me just say,
[1:26] Reverend Jackson, it's been great
[1:28] working with you because our boys are
[1:30] coming home.
[1:32] Rabbi Jacob, now Ra Rabbi Steven Jacobs
[1:36] of Los Angeles,
[1:39] friends, this is a a great metaphor for
[1:41] life for everybody who's ever been
[1:44] locked out of of hope. Uh, Reverend
[1:46] Jackson has constantly been told the