PRI's The World: 01/19/2016

As part of the prisoner swap that freed five Americans being held by Iran, the Obama Administration agreed to drop charges or pardon seven Iranians who were accused of violating the US sanctions against Iran. Today, we hear who the seven are, and what got them on the list. Also, we follow up on the terrorist attack in Burkina Faso last week. Plus, French-Moroccan comedian Gad Elmaleh performs for large audiences in arenas back in France, but now he's focused on a new challenge: Launching a stand-up career here, in the US, in English. He came by our studios to tell us how it's going.