American pastor Andrew Brunson freed from Turkish custody

The White House reached a deal with Turkish authorities for the Friday release of Andrew Brunson, a U.S.-born pastor jailed in Turkey on charges of terrorism.

Brunson, who was charged by Turkey with aiding a 2016 coup attempt against Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, charges the U.S. calls baseless, was reportedly put on a flight to Germany for medical evaluation Friday morning and will then return home to the U.S.