shane bauer and josh fattal were in prison along with sarah shaw who was released but the two remained in jail.$♪ a couple of years ago they were tried and were sentenced to eight years in prison for those crimes but negotiations to get them out continued and last week the first signs that a release was imminent came when mahmoud ahmadinejad told the u.s. media that shane bauer and josh fattal would be freed as a humanitarian gesture. over the last week there have been some ups and downs. bail was set at $500,000 each and there were reports that somebody put up the money. why they would put up the money is unclear. it's just away for them to ease tensions between iran and u.s. and would also ease tensions. either way the money was posted and there was a delay with the signatures. two were needed and one judge was on vacation until yesterday. overnight the attorneys said he had gotten all the necessary signatures from the judiciary officials and hoped they would be free today. at this point they are waiting, where they will go upon release is unclear. we are watching things carefully in

shane bauer was reunited with his fiance shaw shaw who was release -- sarah shaw who was released last year. >> we are so happy we are free and so relieved we are free. our deepest gratitude goes towards his majesty for obtaining our release. >> now the government paid $500,000 each as it did for sarah shaw last year. now the release of shane bauer and josh fattal comes before mahmoud ahmadinejad's address at united nations today. that is scheduled for 9:00 this morning and many believe the release of the two men is an effort to give iran a better i am man. >>> -- image. >>> a stinging loss at the end of a government shut -- at a possible government shut down at the end of next week. how republicans voted no on that measure. now we are hearing from former employees of solyndra. we are hearing about the soller energy company and they tell the washington post from the beginning they saw questionable spending. they found they spent money on expensive buildings and did little to improve the product. tomorrow we will find out whether politics influenced the half billion dollar loan to solyn

maybe our best indication will come when we look at what happened when sarah shaw was released she was released on $500,000 bail and that country was put up so she went to that embassy to thank them. her mother was there waiting for her there. there are reports that money for the bail for each of these men 500,000 each as well was also put up by the same country and there are are reports they are in that country waiting. if that is true we are looking at a similar reunion due to take place but we are following developments and we will have reaction in berkeley and we will check back with you in a bit. >>> president barack obama is heading off a middle east showdown at the united nations. later he meets separately with both the palestinians president and israel lie prime -- is really -- israeli prime continuester. -- prime minister. we will have more on how president barack obama is responding. >>> searching for clues after a gruesome discovery. tara moriarty has the details on the body of a woman found inside of a popular restaurant, tara? >> reporter: well the crime scene tape is now

shane bauer was reunited with his feasance caesar -- fiance sarah shaw released as well. >>> we are so happy we are free and so relieved we are free. our deepest gratitude goes to his majesty for obtaining our release. >> the governor paid $500 each to free the menace it did last year -- men as it did last year for sarah shaw. >>> mahmoud ahmadinejad is scheduled to make an announcement at the united nations and many believe it was a move to improve the outlook of their country. >>> they will set off controlled fires near tennessee street. controlled burns will begin at 8:00 a.m. and will continue until late this afternoon. the same drill is planned for tomorrow. >> all right, people should look out for that, what else should we look for? >> sal is covering traffic. >>> this is sort of a new crash and we were speaking here and i heard it coming down northbound saratoga avenue, it is so new i will vet to get it during this traffic report so first of all let's go to the crash we know of southbound 101 on hawley street, this crash is blocking two lanes and the damage is already done. we h

. >> the governor paid 500,000 each as it did last year for sarah shaw. >>> and for mahmoud ahmadinejad he begins to address the united nations and many believe the release of the two men is an effort to improve iran's image. >>> drug agents are investigating high grade marijuana shipment that ended up at the kentucky home of two pro-football players. cincinnati bangles teammates anthony collins and jerome system some were both at home when two pounds of potent pot came. they have been tracking it, police have questioned both players but so far there have been no arrests. >>> they are tied to one of the biggest busts and this week authorities found 7,000 plants in west marin. now the sheriff's department took photos shortly after. there were huge marijuana plants worth millions of dollars. they were first tipped off by deer hunters who stumbled across the elaborate farm last week. most use armed guards to protect their farm but fortunately nobody was around. >> people accidentally just as these deer hunters did walk into these grow operations heaven forbidden counterone of these suspect

sarah shaw was released from prison a year ago on humanitarian grounds but her release also came withrice tag. she had to pay 500,000 before she was freed and it appears that their release may be part of a similar arrangement. she said their families are not ready to comment or make a statement about this possible release just yet and they have not been officially cleared by an iranian court and word is if they can make that $500,000 bail payment each of them they could be released this thursday. allie rasmus ktvu channel 2 news. >>> we have developing news coming this morning, there has been a gun battle right in downtown kabul in afghanistan. look at this new video coming from kabul, firefighters fired assault rockets in the direction of the american embassy navel headquarters and other official building. people were inside the american embassy and they were told to hide under their desk. so far no injuries reported. >>> the search continues after they escaped in contra county. they escaped from the boy's ranch on picks lar road. are sheriff's officialed warned employees about the e

a third hiker shaw shaw was accused as well after -- sarah shaw was accused as well.d over accidentally and have strongly maintained their innocence since then. they were released on humanitarian and medical grounds and her release also came with a price tag. she was also ordered to pay $500,000 bail and it appears their release may be due to a similar arrangement. she said the family is not ready to comment on the possible release or talk about it just yet. again the two hikers have not been officially cleared by the iranian court and right now there is the swiss embassy which reps iran. they are working on some of the details of the possible release and again if the two men, john fetterman and shane bauer can secure $500,000 each in bail they could be released as early as thursday. >>> the search is underway for to your teens who escaped from a youth detention facility. it happened last night at the byron county area. we understand the search has been called off this morning? >> yes, it has been lifted since 5:00 this morning 90 minutes ago. there is more light and

we received a call from sarah shaw and we can only imagine how she is feeling now that they are being released. she was released on bail last year for medical reasons after the country put up her $500,000 bail. her release may be giving us the best indication of what we can expect next for these two hikers. she went straight to the embassy and thanked them for putting up her bail. there are reports that they put up a total of $1 million for their bail and that has not been confirmed but if that is in fact true we may very well see these two men at the embassy thanking them. the question is why did they do it? maybe they did it to ease tension in the region or humanitarian relation are reasons but all of that will be continued to be followed but the latest news they are free after being in prison for more than two years. >>> time now 5:03 president barack obama trying to head-off a showdown at the united nations. he will meet separately with the israeli prime minister and mahmoud ahmadinejad. we will talk about the push for statehood and how president barack obama is responding. >>> th