as happy as we are at the freedom of our fellow citizens, we are also thinking of bob levinson who is among them and is presumed to be deceased. bob's legacy lives on powerfully in the levinson act which is giving us new and powerful tools to crackdown and deter the practice of taking americans unlawfully to try to turn them into political pawns, and to abuse the international system in that way. one of the things that i heard in my conversation with our fellow citizens who are now free is their own determination, their own commitment, and their own conviction to continuing this work to help any americans unjustly detained to come home. to date in this administration, we have brought 30 americans home from places around the world where they were unjustly detained. that work will continue. at the same time, we will be working every single day to take steps to make this practice more and more difficult and more and more of a burden on those countries that ten engage in it you will see in the days ahead in the organizations who work with other countries who do just that. but for today, f

bob today. there are sanctions under the levinson act. and we'll continue to do that and seek justice for bob. the president and secretary blinken spoke to this and we're honored to stay in touch with the family and we'll never forget about bob. >> and we cover these stories all the time of americans unjustly detained and i know there is always questions about the prices paid whether it is notorious russians freed in exchange for trevor reid or $6 billion in exchange for these families. and so i know the families are enjoyed. so congratulations. there are five individuals very happy to be coming home. >> thank you. >>> and for another american family of course the nightmare continues. former fbi agent robert levinson was the longest u.s. citizen held. after his disappearance in 2007 while working at a private investigator, his family now believes that he is dead. joining us is daniel levinson, his son. your family says today's release is a skacause for celebration. but it must be somewhat birth sweet. >> it is. but we're happy to see families reunited . we went through this in 2016 and we're h

and that is bob levinson, who has been in detention by the american who was working in the region, had disappeared back in 2007 is presume to be dead as of 2020. and that is not going to be coming home. the white house was saying, but they are putting fresh sanctions on not only the former ronnie present, mostly the deed is odd, but also members of the iranian intelligence ministry. and given the fact that they save it, there still answers that they're waiting for us to his whereabouts of what happened to him. so they say that they are being very firm with the a roddy, is that their concern is not only about bob levinson, but also about the fear that there and concern that there when it comes to ron, that it remains to be a human rights abuse or but they're a continue to level stations with regard to that as recently as last friday over most of many and the anniversary of her death. so they say that they continue to be very hard on the run with respect to sections and they see no in no way of living up on that even as they strike this deal to bring americans home. okay, thank you so mu

that is bob levinson, who now will appear as has died in a ronnie and custody. according to the united states. so this is the 1st round of sections back to the 2nd round over this case that is being issued. and that we now know, according to the united states, is an american that may never come home and have the happy ending. but the families of these americans that are en route to the united states are presumed to have me. we know this is a controversial this deal in the united states with some political leaders climbing the bond and has effectively pay to rent some money to the iranians. can you just explain? i mean, i mentioned that he bonded his double down and saying that this is the deal that we had to do. so there's no question that joe biden himself is very much involved in terms of this in a personal way, given the fact that he made a pledge to many of the families of those who have missing family members. not just in a ron. but for example, in russia as well, we saw the return of the w and b, a star, brittany griner, and that he wanted to bring america

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bob levinson is the american who was detained in iran for more than a decade and believed to have diednts out that they are issuing new sanctions on iran, and some of them targeting former mahmoud who has been accused of human right abuses. this is going to mark a ton of months of painstaking negotiations. criticisms from the republican lawmakers and on the 2024 campaign trail as people are frustrated with the fact that the u.s. is unfreezing that $6 billion from the iranian funds transferred now from south korea to qatar. now the administration insists that these can only be used for humanitarian purposes, and that they will be monitored by the treasury department. now, the democrats have pushed back saying that deal will be standing up, because the alternative is for these americans never to have come home. >> thank you, arlette saenz. we have connected with us jared ginser who is the lawyer representing family of siamak namazi. and jared, have you had a chance to connect with siamak and his family, and how are they doing, and he doing? >> he gave me a call as soon as he came off of

sanctions they say are punishment for the lack of answers they still have regarding another prisoner, bob levinson the longest held hostage in american history. the retired fbi agent disappeared in iran more than 16 years ago and is believed to have died in iranian custody. his daughter, sarah levinson joins me now. it's so good to have you here. we met at an event before where there were families of detained americans there. i imagine this is a bittersweet day for you. >> absolutely. thank you so much for having me and giving me a chance to talk about my father and the great celebration of success that this deal is for five americans coming home today. >> yeah, and your dad, 16 years. and i know that part of the sanctions that came out today, they talked about they still want a full accounting from iran. they want questions about your dad. what questions are you still seek sng are you hopeful that the u.s. is committed to making sure you get those answers? >> they've told me that they are. a lot of senior administration officials have told me firsthand that they will not stop until they get us th

the difference i think, between the bob levinson case and the billy riley case is that bob levinson was actually you know, he'd been an fbi agent, whereas billy was a confidential human source. he was not he didn't have the training. you know, he wasn't he was a freelancer. he was one of these people sort of scooped up by the fbi and and discarded at their leisure. so it's a little different, you hot carry thermal. can you hear me? yeah. thank you. kenneth summer, a global nomad. i was wondering if you saw any similarities between billy and his journey. this is during the digital age and john walker lindh, the american taliban, who also was young, interested islam, went over there in a xenophobic america. yeah, that's a good i think also you're getting into maybe a deeper point, which is that such things happen from time to time. right. that maybe this isn't such an isolated case. but i would say the difference here is that, billy, you know, billy never expressed an interest to take up arms for russian interests. he his interest seemed to be more academic, if you will, on one hand. and

bob levinson who is the longest held hostage in american history the retired fbi agent disappeared in than 16 years ago and is believed to have died in iranian custody. his daughter joins me now, and it's so good to have you here, it's an event where there have families of detained americans there, i imagine this is a bit of a tough day for you. >> absolutely, thank you so much for having me and giving me a chance to talk about my father. the great celebration of success that this deal actually is for five americans coming home today. >> you're, dad 16 years. i know that part of the sanctions that came out today, they talk they still want a full accounting from iran. they want questions about your dad, what questions are you still seeking, are you hopeful that the u.s. is committed to making sure you get those answers? >> they have told me they, are a lot of administration officials are telling me firsthand they will not stop until they give us answers. i'm hopeful, but it's just very hard with iranians, i think we need to continue to find ways to deter them from the future. and let t

bob levinson, who disappeared back in 2007, we believe he died in detention sometime, probably in his family believe 2020. and so these sections that have been leveled against the former ronnie and president without a dealer shot as well as members of the intelligence ministry because their family and his family rather has not had the answers provided as to what happened to him. and so. c this is something that the, by the ministration says still needs to be accounted for and so these sections are in order to try and achieve that goal. and so this is something that the, by the ministration says it's. 2 terms of whether or not there has been a warming of relations as a result of this deal quite the contrary. in fact, uh when it comes to the relationship with iran, there are still height intentions. this should be a no way interpreted as a jumpstart to negotiations. in terms of reviving any attempt to revive talks in terms of getting back to the jcp away or talks to try and once again limit or ron's nuclear program. or in terms of viewing a ron differently in terms of it's a human right

that is robert or bob levinson, who went missing in 2007. it's resume dead as of 2020 and the payments in iran. there is there sanctions against the former president. ronnie, president must have now to do their job as well as intelligence officials because they simply the united states says do not know his whereabouts and say that his family deserves answers. so in terms of the relationship new sections being leveled because they say that a ron needs to be held accountable for that absence, that has still not been accounted for. company. ok, it's very nice that from the white house, thanks very much. can be my just allen, sorry, as spokesman for castles foreign ministry and advise it to the prime minister. speaking to us from new york, he said it's been a long time to bring the dale to fruition to you in the meetings in the visit to both the house and the b. c took place on behalf of the company officials. nothing with that would be the 5 minutes the engine with at least the minister of the state, the number to facilitate this deal. i think

the wherewithal, the well being if you like of another american still held in iran, a man named bob levinsonions this statement against the former iranians president as well as the iranian ministry of intelligence for involvement in the detention of these men. it also warns americans of the risks of travelling to iran. this is a fairly sternly worded statement. us state department says that the five iranians that have been given clemency were all charged with non—violent crimes. three of them were awaiting trial and had yet to be convicted. two of them have been injail but their sentences were about to expire. making the point, these are not violent people so it believes. part of this deal of course the controversial part of this deal is moving nearly $6 billion in frozen iranians funds that were previously held in south korea to a restricted account in qatar and specifying that they be used only for humanitarian reasons, such as food, agricultural products, medicine and so on. david, some quarters have expressed some hope that this kind of rare cooperation, if you have it, may trigger forwa

and also french sanctions being level for the still missing american bob levinson, who disappeared in 2007 presumed dead as of 2020 uh, as those stations have been leveled against the former ronnie and president, mazda or resident. yeah. is the former president for the i'm a data shot as well as the intelligence ministry. so the ministration is saying what the position has not changed with respect to iran. it still sees it as a destabilizing of force within the region. it sees it as a human rights abuse or, and really sees this is a separate issue and it comes to a rise. nuclear program is still has great concerns about this. but when it comes to bringing home americans, they saw an opportunity and they seized it. okay, thank you so much. that is our white house correspondent. kimberly oh, good for us. then diplomatic it is, a james buys is live at the united nations and jens, what's been the reaction from world latest that a gathering the a for the generally a general assembly this week the general assembly starts on tuesday, but many lead is already here. a full discussion of the su

as happy as we are at the freedom of our fellow citizens, we also are thinking today of bob levinson hem and who is presumed deceased. bob's legacy, however, lives on powerfully in the levinson act which has given us new and important tools to help crack down and deter the practice of taking americans unlawfully to try to turn them into political pawns. and to abuse the international system in that way. one of the things that i heard in my conversation with our fellow citizens now free is their own determination, their own commitment and conviction to continuing this work to making sure that other americans who are unjustly detained anywhere in the world come home. to date under this administration we've now brought 30 americans home from places around the world where they were being unjustly detained. that work will continue. at the same time, we are going to be working every single day to take steps to make this practice more and more difficult and more and more of a burden on those countries that engage in it. and you will see in the days ahead here in new york at the united nation

as happy as we are at the freedom of our fellow citizens, we also are thinking today of bob levinson, however, lives on. it lives on powerfully in the levinson act, which has given us new and important tools to help crack down on and deter the practice of taking americans unlawfully to try to turn them into political pawns, and to abuse the international system in that way. one of the things that i heard in my conversation with our fellow citizens who are now free is their own determination, their own commitment, their own conviction to continuing this work, to making sure that other americans who are unjustly detained anywhere in the world come home. to date under this administration, we have now brought 30 americans home from places around the world where they were being unjustly detained. that work will continue. at the same time, we're going to be working every single day to take steps to make this practice more and more difficult and more and more of a burden on those countries that engage in it. and you'll see in the days ahead here in new york at the united nations, our efforts

and that is bob levinson who was held in iran for nearly two decades and is believed to have died innian custody. they're sanctioning ahmadinejad due to his promotion of lies relating to levinson's whereabouts, according to a senior administration official. and one thing that officials have been quick to stress amid the release of these americans is that these has not changed the u.s. relationship with iran. they say iran is still viewed as an adversary. and still a state-sponsor of terrorism and the u.s. is looking to try to hold them accountable for their actions. that is something that secretary of state antony blinken seemed to reiterate speaking to reporters earlier today. he said the discussions about releasing the americans happened on a separate track from what could or could not happen with iran when you think of the iran nuclear deal. but blinken also talked about the human aspect of all of this. he said he spoke with the detainees after they arrived in doha, saying it was an emotional moment, take a listen. >> it's very good to be able to say that our fellow citizens are f

the new sanctions target tehran for a lack of answers around bob levinson, an american who disappeared in iran in 2007 and is believed to have died in custody there. we've covered his case closely on "out front" for over a decade, and levinson's family said in a statement tonight, today is good news. and they did say it was good news, and they mean it. but it does not ignore our family's nightmare, and mask the shameful cruelty and lies of the iranian regime. iranian regime. "ac 360" starts now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com zblrchlt tonight on 360, when does omission admit to admission. >>> an exclusive look on land and on water, as world leaders, including president biden, gather in new york for the u.n. general assembly. >>> another exclusive, clarissa ward on dangerous ground in the central african republic, where russia's wagner mercenaries are still making money even though yevgeny prigozhin is dead. >>> -- potentially alienated supporters on a central issue to many evangelicals. one could cost him votes, the other perhaps his freedom. both from a single interview with kr

iran for wrongful detentions and called on the country to give a full account of what happened to bob levinson, a former fbi agent who still remains unaccounted for more than 16 years after he was abducted in iran in washington, rebecca castor, fox news. one utility digs into the pipeline of another utility, and the people in the neighborhood are told to shelter in place. also ahead tonight, a man in his own garage. more on the violent struggle over a very expensive car. and the sacramento county district attorney is suing the city of sacramento over its alleged inaction against the homeless. how the da is now we made it! bmo has arrived. hello? you said it. hello to more ways to save money, grow your wealth, grow your business. just what we needed, another big bank. not so fast. how many banks do you know that reward you for saving every month? he's got a good point. did i mention bmo has more fee-free atms than the two largest us banks combined? uh, b-m-o? just "bee-mo", actually. quick question, will all this stuff fit in your car? ( ♪ ) should i get rid of the mug? ♪ bmo ♪ you didn't choos

also calling on iran to give information to the family of bob levinson, the dea and f.b.i.sappeared 16 years ago, presumed dead in iran. and his family has never learned his whereabouts, passport never turned up in any other country. the president in welcoming home these americans announcing new sanctions on iran under the levinson act demanding information to his whereabouts and also notably encouraging americans especially americans with dual citizenship not to travel to iran. state department has an advise re warning against that. that seems to be a nod to the criticism of this deal that it could encourage more hostage taking because this payment, the $6 billion in once frozen funds now available to the regime. criticism has been it encourages hostage taking. something the administration doesn't want to see. encouraging folks to go mindful that this is not a country where americans should be traveling and acknowledging that is an implicit risk. also in a way a nod to the criticism that this is a ransom payment. the criticism the administration is -- they say it is not u.

that particular it calls on the iranian government to provide a full accounting what happened to bob levinsonrcement agent who disappeared in iran in 2007. the levinson act which passed just a few years ago, gave some of the tools the administration will now use in terms of new sanctions that the statement here indicates that president biden is announcing just today, as these prisoners are returning home. but we also see in this statement that the president reiterates the travel warning that his state department has issued for americans warning about the danger of traveling in iran. and then this statement concludes with the president saying reuniting wrongfully detained americans has been a priority for my administration since day one. he talks about how dozens of americans have been brought home since he's taken office from countries including afghanistan, burma, haiti and rowand day, and will continue to bring these americans home. and warn again about consequences of traveling in areas that are unsafe for americans to do so. >> hagar, you talked about, iran doesn't play by the same rules

the new sanctions target tehran for a lack of answers around bob levinson, an american who disappearedinson's family said in a statement tonight, today is good news. and they did say it was good news, and they mean it. but it does not ignore our family's nightmare, and mask the shameful cruelty and lies of the iranian regime. iranian regime. "ac 360" starts now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com zblrchlt

iran for wrongful detentions and called on the country to give a full account of what happened to bob levinson, a former fbi agent who still remains unaccounted for. more than 16 years after he was abducted in iran. in washington , rebecca castor, ktvu fox two news. an arraignment is scheduled for 130 this afternoon for professor and former track coach at diablo valley college who is accused of human trafficking. kyle whittemore faces several felony charges, including pimping and sexual assault. this is a photo of whittemore accepting a previous award for track coach of the year. he was arrested earlier this month after one of two women who whittemore's accused of trafficking for prostitution contacted campus authorities. investigators say one of the alleged victims is a student at diablo valley college. earthquakes and aftershocks were felt in the east bay and south bay last night. several tremblers hit stanislaus county , not far from patterson over a period of several hours, all were centered in the foothills of the diablo range, west of interstate five. there were five earthquakes in that

and even again, today for the one americans that has not come home and that is bob levinson, you went missing in 2007 presumed dead. that's a 2020. so there are still fresh sizes that are being level. and so the criticism, but in fact. 6 but this is the point in some way, in bold, in or, or even allow a ron to go and check to the white house and simply dismissing, okay, give, leave it how likely is it the best deal could then lead to talk some of the issues between the 2 countries as well as when you hear others uh, talking about this specifically we had earlier on the, in our network program, the could tarry delegation. that's worked very hard on this. there is lot to me is because uh certainly when you've worked with hard on a deal, you want to be helpful, but you can get these 2 sides talking. and certainly this is an accomplishment. but at the same time, the united states, if it's feeling any optimism, it is not expressing it publicly. okay. can be how could that on a white household, thanks very much. kimberly. a lot of last goes to james baseline for us now at the united nations

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iran for wrongful detentions and called on the country to give a full account of what happened to bob levinsonrmer fbi agent who still remains unaccounted for. more than 16 years after he was abducted in iran in. in washington, rebecca castor, ktvu fox two news. the head of the us marine corps has ordered a two day pause in aviation operations after crews located a debris field of a stealth fighter jet in south carolina. the debris were found north of charleston one day after the military lost track of the jet after a marine pilot on a training mission safely ejected with a parachute. it's unclear as to why the pilot bailed out. there have been two other major aviation incidents involving marine aircraft in recent weeks. the marines say the leaders will use the stand down to discuss safety fundamentals and flight procedures with troops. right. so this is the fifth day of the united auto workers limited strike and more workers could walk off the job in the coming days. the head of the uaw announced picket lines could be set up outside. more than the current three plants where workers are on str

bob levinson, who disappeared back in 2007, we believe he died in detention sometime, probably in his family believe 2020. and so these sections that have been leveled against the former ronnie and president without either side as well as members of the intelligence ministry because their family and his family rather has not had the answers provided as to what happened to him. and so this is something that the bible ministration says still needs to be accounted for. and so these sections are in order to try and achieve that goal. and so this is something that the, by the ministration says in terms of whether or not there has been a warming of relations as a result of this deal. quite the contrary. in fact, uh when it comes to the relationship with iran, there are still height intentions. this should be a no way interpreted as a jumpstart to negotiations in terms of reviving any attempt to revive talk. so in terms of getting back to the jcp away or talks to try and what's a good limit arrives nuclear program or in terms of viewing a rod differently in terms of its human rights violatio

bob's legacy, however, lives on. it does on powerfully in the levinson act which is given us new and important tools to help crackdown and the terror the practice of taking americans unlawfully come to try to turn them into political pawns, and to abuse the international system in that way. one of the things i heard in my conversation with our fellow citizens who are now free is their own determination, their own commitment, the own conviction to continuing this work come to making sure the americans who unjustly detained anywhere in world come home. to date under this administration we have now brought 30 americans home from laces around the world where they were being unjustly detained. that work will continue. at the same time we are going to be working every single day to take steps to make this practice more and more difficult, and more and more of a burden on those countries that engage in it, and you'll see in the days ahead here in new york at the united nations our efforts to work with other countries to do just that. for today, for this moment, it's very good to be able to say that our fellow citizens are f

bob's legacy, however, lives on. it does on powerfully in the levinson act which is given us new and important tools to help crackdownnd the terror the practice of taking americans unlawfully come to try to turn them into political pawns, and to abuse the international system in that way. one of the things i heard in my conversation with our fellow citizens who are now free is their own determination, their own commitment, the own conviction to continuing this work come to making sure the americans who unjustly detained anywhere in world come home. to date under this administration we have now brought 30 americans home from laces around the world where they were being unjustly detained. that work will continue. at the same time we are going to be working every single day to take steps to make this practice more and more difficult, and more and more of a burden on those countries that engage in it, and you'll see in the days ahead here in new york at the united nations our efforts to work with other countries to do just that. for today, for this moment, it's very good to be able to say that our fellow citizens are fre

bob's legacy, however, lives on. it does on powerfully in the levinson act which is given us new and important tools to help crackdownf taking americans unlawfully come to try to turn them into political pawns, and to abuse the international system in that way. one of the things i heard in my conversation with our fellow citizens who are now free is their own determination, their own commitment, the own conviction to continuing this work come to making sure the americans who unjustly detained anywhere in world come home. to date under this administration we have now brought 30 americans home from laces around the world where they were being unjustly detained. that work will continue. at the same time we are going to be working every single day to take steps to make this practice more and more difficult, and more and more of a burden on those countries that engage in it, and you'll see in the days ahead here in new york at the united nations our efforts to work with other countries to do just that. for today, for this moment, it's very good to be able to say that our fellow citizens are free after injuring some that t

bob's legacy, however, lives on. it does on powerfully in the levinson act which is given us new and important tools to help crackdown the terror the practice of taking americans unlawfully come to try to turn them into political pawns, and to abuse the international system in that way. one of the things i heard in my conversation with our fellow citizens who are now free is their own determination, their own commitment, the own conviction to continuing this work come to making sure the americans who unjustly detained anywhere in world come home. to date under this administration we have now brought 30 americans home from laces around the world where they were being unjustly detained. that work will continue. at the same time we are going to be working every single day to take steps to make this practice more and more difficult, and more and more of a burden on those countries that engage in it, and you'll see in the days ahead here in new york at the united nations our efforts to work with other countries to do just that. for today, for this moment, it's very good to be able to say that our fellow citizens are free

bob's legacy, however, lives on. it does on powerfully in the levinson act which is given us new and important tools to help crackdownand the terror the practice of taking americans unlawfully come to try to turn them into political pawns, and to abuse the international system in that way. one of the things i heard in my conversation with our fellow citizens who are now free is their own determination, their own commitment, the own conviction to continuing this work come to making sure the americans who unjustly detained anywhere in world come home. to date under this administration we have now brought 30 americans home from laces around the world where they were being unjustly detained. that work will continue. at the same time we are going to be working every single day to take steps to make this practice more and more difficult, and more and more of a burden on those countries that engage in it, and you'll see in the days ahead here in new york at the united nations our efforts to work with other countries to do just that. for today, for this moment, it's very good to be able to say that our fellow citizens are fr