the pattern we see is when governments hold people and the situation is getting worse as joel simon saidit's outrageous how long jason was held. news organizations need to be aggressive about pressuring the governments to let people go. we have a responsibility, we're not very popular and we need to get it right. do these kind of black outs in the most rare circumstances. we're all trying and the public doesn't believe us so much. it's an honor to be in this profession. these events remind us of that. >> one last question, you're a working journalist every day. would you return to iran under these conditions? >> probably not at this time. i hope i can one day. knowing journalists are still in jail there. i have a friend there. for people like me, i don't think it's the best time but for other people it's totally fine. >> thank you for being here. >>> coming up, the democratic candidates for president gathering in south carolina. their first debate of 2016. why do the party powers pick a sunday night on a three-day weekend? the dnc chair joins us after the break. this is sheldon, whose lo

. >> hi, joel simon from the committee to protect journalists. i think you have touched on this, but could you talk a little bit about the journalist you work with in these places? the journalists who are part of your team and the journalists who are a part of their broader information ecosystem that informs your understanding of these places? you just mentioned your colleague in turkey, for example. i would like to hear a little bit more about that. >> i don't think there has been anything i have done in my entire career that has not been because of the great local journalists. i have leaned on and relied on them and every single place i have been. one of my closest friends, an iraqi did not even pick up the phone, he just got on a plane. i remember being in my house in washington d.c. and he brought me a necklace with my name in arabic. he had made about the airport when he was waiting for his flight. i was thinking how ironic i was almost being killed. the one person that was of the greatest comfort to me was an arab man. for us, these are not

meanwhile, keeping the pressure on clinton, his campaign releasing a new had a set to simon and garfunkel's "america." joelx news. >> just this afternoon a new cnn poll shows senator sanders taking control of the reigns iowa. he has opened up an eight-point lead. he now ladies 51% to 43% among likely democratic caucus goers. >>> people in atlanta are giving a helping hand to flint michigan because of the water crisis. volunteers use social media to collect 60,000 bottles of water for people living in flint. the water unflint has high levels of lead making it undrinkable and unusable. the volunteers in atlanta even found a man who donated his truck to drive the shipment to flint. >> i thought it was crazy. i had a truck available, and i decided to let everybody know, hey, i've got a truck, let's fill it up, help the people out. >> president obama has now declared a state of emergency because of the water crisis in flint. those 60,000 bottles of water are expected to arrive there sometime tomorrow. >> it was a horrific crash. one person was able to walk away. unfortunately, though, another was killed. tonigh

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