it was hurtful to be honest. >> but just who is sergeant amir hekmati? sked his family to tell us about our marine and his sister showing us some childhood photos. >> this is amir with his twin sister leela when they were kids they were crowned king and queen at an event and they were helping to participate in that event. >> this is a more current picture of amir. >> this is right before he left. >> before he went to tehran? >> yeah. >> just a head shot? >> just for professional purposes for the future. he played hockey in high school. >> any good? >> oh, yeah. he loved ice hockey. and here is one of him playing soccer. >> where? >> over here. >> he played in high school? >> he was very athletic. he likes sports a lot. >> what did you think when he joined the marines? what was your thought? >> i could see it coming because of his need to not just, you know, he loved to be able to prove and do something that is the best of the best do. you know. really wanted to give back to his country because my parents came here to this country and they really i raised

marine amir hekmati one of four americans believed to be if iranian custody right now. i technically is a dual u.s. citizen, arrested in i roone back in 2011 while on a visit, he was born in the united states spent four years in the u.s. marine corps. he was originally sentenced to death for spying. that charge was later dropped. in its place he was given ten years for cooperating with an enemy government. now for the first time we're hearing his direct pleas from prison. listen to this. >> i'm thankful that the state department and obama administration has called for my release and that of my fellow americans. aside from asking politely there has been no serious response to this blatant and ongoing mistreatment of americans by iran's ministry of intelligence. >> that audio was released by hekmati's family, part of his plea to lawmakers here in the united states. here's his sister talking about her brother's captivity. >> he's, obviously, suffering a great deal and we're very worried about his well being. we've made this very cheer to the state department that as much as

should be a priority the american marine amir hekmati and secondly the american journalist, from the "washington post." you know iran should turn those over if they expect to be accepted in the international community and if they want the u.s. congress to approve this nuclear deal with the united states and iran. >> okay. good points there. let's switch gears and i want to talk about hillary clinton because there are now these allegations, i know you're familiar with it from this book by a former bush aide independent newspaper investigations that the clinton family foundation failed to document foreign donations, accepted donations from people tied to a russian ukraine yan mining company and here's the clinton campaign's response. no one has produced a shred of evidence that hillary clinton ever took action as secretary of state to support the interests of donors to the clinton foundation. do you see any there, there? >> no i don't. i think it's part of the witchhunt that the clintons always attract.

can as a -- as people, as marines, and as just people tired of the treatment and mistreatment of amir hekmatit's especially hard for us those of us who have not served when we see people who have volunteered like you and of course like amir. we need to go the extra nile thank you and do what we can. >> thank you i appreciate that. and, really what it comes down to is all of us getting on social media right now, using that #free amir now. and just put it out there. make it a deafening noise of awareness. just like we are doing right here. >> nic, thank you. >> thank you. >> i hope next time you come back we are talking about some really good news. >> i hope so too. i hope he comes home soon, thank you. >> thank you, nic. >> coming up. i have something important to tell you off-the-record. that's next. know you have insights from professional investment strategists to help set your mind at ease. know that planning for retirement can be the least of your worries. with the guidance of a pnc investments financial advisor, know you can get help staying on track for the future you've always wanted.

amir hekmati's fellow marines are demanding he be freed right now. eant gabriel justice swerved hekmati he joins us. good evening, sir. >> hello greta. thank you for having me. how are you? >> i'm very well. >> so when did you first meet amir? >> i met amir in 2002 when i came to the united states from saudi arabia to join the united states marine corps and we met at di in 2002. we were both 18 years old. >> and you developed a friendship? >> our friendship evolved from there. i came -- never lived in america joined the marine corps was stationed at dli and him and i got really close over there we became fast friends. we both came from similar background and culture. i was having culture shock just being in america let alone being in the marine corps and amir held me. we have been best friends ever since. we stayed connected even after our service in iraq. and it was just walking me through -- i called him my dictionary to everything american. when i first learned about taxes, he explained to me what taxes were when i thought someone was stealing from

. >> 1316 days that's how long amir hekmati a marine has been held in a brutal prison one known for torturenow his sister and brother-in-law join us from amir's hometown in flint, michigan. good evening to both of you. i can tell from you all my email i know you have great sadness with him iran hasn't come home. first to you, when is the last time you had any communication from your brother a marine. >> first of all, greta. thank you so much for helping us make america aware. as of the past few months amir has been allowed short phone calls. five minute intervals. maybe once a day. that's after us not having any contact with him for the past two years. so within this three and a half time frame we have recently been able to have contact with him. >> dr. kurdy, do you know his physical condition? because is he in a rough prison he has been there a long time. longer than anybody else. >> at this point is he mal-nourished, he doesn't see it he eats lentils some protein there he has lost over 30 pounds. he was a physical specimen, marine trained even long after he served. ate healthy. is he ver

that's what amir hekmati is experiencing right now in a cell in iran's most brutal prison. for the very first time amir hekmati tells you why he joined the u.s. marine corps. amir's family says they recorded him tell the story over the phone. can you hear it from the prison. >> the reason why i joined the marine corps was to serve this country and give back to this nation after being given some opportunities in this country. and also for the challenge at marine corps known as the best of the best and amir wanted to join them and receive his eagle. >> one of his friends and fellow marines joins us. i know all of you guys want him to come home. >> you are right greta. thank you for having me on. it's really hard to hear his voice again it's the first time i have heard his voice since 2004. and yes, we do. go ahead, i'm sorry. i interrupted you. >> oh no, go ahead, i'm sorry. >> i mean, is he a good marine? >> amir is a marine's marine. amir was very likeable very straightforward, very by the book. evidence knew what he was doing. he always did it well. and that's what we real

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american marine amir hekmati has been tortured in iran's most brutal prison for three and a half yearsis sister. >> i'm the thankful that the obama stras hasadministration has called for my release. there has been no serious response to this blatant and ongoing mistreatment of americans by iran. and they continue on. as a war veteran, who defended our nation in its time of need i wish that you also work to defend my dignity and that of my fellow americans by putting in place serious consequences for the serial hostage taking and mistreatment of americans by the ministry, iran's ministry of intelligence for clearly illegal purposes. this has been going on far too long. >> marine veteran nick caworth the joins us. to me it sounds like, he sounds vulnerable. almost helpless. i know he's a marine, strong, tough, and all that, but he sounds vulnerable. >> he sounds tired. he sounds different than how he used to sound. you can hear the resolve still in his voice and the words he's using are strong words coming over the telephone from iran, but you can definitely hear fatigue, tiredness, some

amir hekmati has been tortured there. we don't know where levinson is former fbi.ortured. he has terrible health problems. what we know is that the administration has had a big zero when it comes to getting them home. >> and to top it off with sergeant hekmati his father is battling cancer. he wants to see his son come home. >> 63-year-old man came to this country, absolutely loves the united states. all he wants to do is bring his son home and he can't. it's one of those heartbreaking stories. i suppose there are lots of americans with similar situations. when it's a u.s. marine for some reason i just want to push a little harder. it doesn't mean i don't think we should bring our christian pastor home we should. the fact he is being held for his beliefs is atrocious. when someone put himself out in danger and served a tour in iraq, when he has done something extra for the rest of us, i want to do something extra back. i didn't serve. this is the least i can do is use my platform to put a spotlight on it. >> that is admirable. what can viewers do? people are thinki

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amir hekmati's father is dying from cancer and more than anything he wants to see his son again. greta spoke with both of the marine's distraught parents. >> you actually spoke to the judge who sentenced your son? >> yes. they let me to go in judge -- in front of judge. >> this is after the trial though, right? >> yes. after when i knew the sentence was death. i was anxious to see amir. >> did you see him? >> when i was in front of judge and i told him i want to see amir and he just wrote signed the letter that they can take you from here to see amir. and they took me to amir. i waited behind the door for a long time until somebody came and let me in i went to different buildings and he was sitting there with with eyes what do you call it? >> blindfold? >> he was sitting feet was close to each other with slipper, you know. and hand was like this very close. he was sitting like this. and he has a beard, pale, when he saw me, he just -- they took the blind off, and he get up and he screamed, you know. he called my name. and he came and hold me and he would cry. he we both cried. th

that's how long our marine, sergeant amir hekmati has languished in iran's brutal evan prison. this week amir dictating a letter to congressional leaders including speaker john boehner minority leader nancy pelosi, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell and minority leader harry reid among others. i'm twright bring your attention to long list of fellow americans. for three and a half years i have been falsely imprisoned and treated inhumanely by iran's ministry intelligence as part of an ongoing propaganda campaign. after months of torture in solitary confinement the ministry created a false confession international media false and forced confession. international media in an attempt to humiliate the u.s. government. >> tonight, "on the record" learning that so far hekmati getting total silence from congressional leaders who-to-whom he wrote. >> amir one of three americans spending tonight in a brutal evan prison. jason ray zion finally getting some much needed support. the "the washington post" preparing to hand out lapel pin with the #free jason. president obama will be at tha

you are going to hear about the most brutal conditions amir hekmati is suffering in.

. ♪ ♪ >>> my name is amir hekmati. >> an american marine has been held in the most brutal iranian prisonknown for torture. >> for three and a half years this man has been tortured. >> they had told him that his mother was killed in a car accident. >> amir is innocent. i really miss him. >> amir is worth fighting for. >> this is a former marine. >> he is an american citizen. >> please, #free amir now. we felt like, you know there should have been more done. >> they sit him up. they lied to him. they torture him. >> we do what we promise. we leave no sol

marine held in iran's most dangerous prison and tonight a marine who served with amir hekmati joins us. and developing right now the white south carolina police officer who shot an african-american man in the back multiple times has been fired. off

. >> well now on the record obtained a record from amir hekmati to president obama. the marine writes: i ask that you do not forget me mr. president. former u.n. ambassador john bolton joins us. thank you for being here. >> glad to be here. >> to what extent should his release by the iranians since is he one of our marines, be connected to the discussion over the nuclear weapons? >> well ideally, it would not be. but, in fact, it's gonna be. i think we made a big mistake frankly in not emphasizing earlier that we want all the americans, all of the malcolm jenkins. >> which includes a christian pastor abedini and we have bob levenson, reporters, we have got others. >> and maybe some we don't know about. some like in the cuba deal where there was an intelligence officer who had been held for many years. but the fact is if the president really wants iran to come back into the civilized world. this is an example what they ought to give back before there is any deal at all. just as a matter of basic leeltd, they have not said why they are holding these people. they haven'

marine held in iran's most dangerous prison and tonight a marine who served with amir hekmati joins usina police officer who shot an african-american man in the back multiple times has been fired. o

. ♪ ♪ >>> my name is amir hekmati. >> an american marine has been held in the most brutal iranian prison has been tortured. >> they had told him that his mother was killed in a car accident. >> amir is innocent. i really miss him. >> amir is worth fighting for. >> this is a former marine. >> he is an american citizen. >> please, #free amir now. we felt like, you know there should have been more done. >> they sit him up. they lied to him. they torture him. >> we do what we promise. we leave no soldier behind.

joining us is someone who has been pushing for the release of our marine, also his constituent amir hekmatisman dan killed de, nice to see you sir. >> thank you. >> look, as i say every night, this is not an easy task getting these four home. i'm curious whether or not the state department, anyone has told you what iran is saying when they say, you know, we want our people is iran saying what marine or are they saying he is guilty? do you know what they are saying? >> they always acknowledge his case. they know his case. they acknowledge that he is being held, very often what we hear anyways is iranian officials try to make the case that there is a separation between their executive branch and their judicial branch, look, the iranian government has it fully within their authority to make this decision. the onus is on them. if they want to be taken seriously. they have to release the americans that they hold. and so they do acknowledge him and they know this case is very important to people here in the united states. they often sort of brush it off. >> as i understand one of the charges that

marine veteran amir hekmati being head by iran in worse prison held for torture the only one i hear talkingnd showing outrage is marine veteran montel williams. >> he has been put in 3 by 3 cells. he has been whipped on his feet. he has been addicted to drugs so that they can torture him through his withdrawal. this has been happening for three and a half years and there is not a person in this country knows that a u.s. marine has been sitting there in prison this long. i think this is an abomination. >> it's bad enough that we have marine veteran sitting in iranian prison left behind but now we are leaving montel behind. we should all be standing by and with montel helping him. where is everyone? the media is powerful. and unless there is enormous spotlight put on this marine and, yes also on christian pastor saeed abedino also head in the prison just for being a christian they are completely forgotten left behind. >>> previously on "red eye." >> hello everyone. >> i am a liberal wizard. >> it is a raise the roof. >> i don't understand. >> i need you to relax. >> i told that when i was fiv

amir hekmati was arrested for spying in 2011 and awaiting a retrial after his death sentence was overturneder is sick with brain cancer and is now pleading directly to iran's supreme leader to free him. >> he knows amir is innocent. he knows that they set him up. they lied to him. they torture him. and he always -- he is against all those things. >> horrible. no word yet from our government. outrage at the veterans cemetery turned into a hollywood movie set. families of our nation's heroes now blasting the decision to shoot a film at the georgia national cemetery. relatives said they were kept from grave stones and crew even damaged the ground. >> this is not hollywood. it's a veterans cemetery. >> it looked like a circus at atmosphere up here. >> i am just mad about it. i am hurt i am mad. i cannot believe it. >> the department of veterans affairs says decisions about filming at national cemeteries are made on a case-by-case basis. this film about the iraq war stars steve martin and vin diesel. thousands of people want to see espn reporter brit mchenry fired after that tirade at a tote --

. >> which is what they have done to amir heck mattie, he was hekmati. the fact that he was here hostile to the government. your brother has been charged. do you know what he was charged with. >> found out four charges. first charge was espionage. second one collaboration with hostile powers. third one was circulating propaganda. fourth one was collecting and disseminating information. >> do you know the condition of your brother? because he has been in this horrible prison. >> yeah, you know, evin prison isn't a good place to be. he has been virtually in solitary confinement since the beginning. he has had multiple infections which were untreated for months. at this point he is having problems with his back. he sleeps on the ground, just with a blanket. he is having other problems as a result of weight loss. he lost 45, 50 pounds, which is not really very healthy. so, in addition to that he has got, you know, severe depression. it's been such a long time. he knows that he has been held twice as long as any prior foreign journalist. it's just taking a hu

hekmati. tweet now use #free amir now. thank you for joining us for this special "on the record" marine held in iran. goodbye. >>> live from america's news headquarters i'm patricia stark. california health officials declaring the measles outbreak linked to disneyland is over. no new cases have appeared in 42 days. the outbreak started in december when it is believed someone who caught the virus overseas visited the theme park. it spread to six other states, mexico and canada. 147 people fell ill in the u.s., but no one died. a majority of those who got sick weren't vaccinated against measles sparking fierce debate about parents who don't immunize their children. >>> civil rights groups in south carolina are demanding a federal investigation of shootings involving police. in the same county where a white officer fatal she shot a black man this month. officer michael slager is charged with murder. he shot and killed walter scott as he ran from a traffic stop. they want a review of shootings dating back to 1994. >> before th

hekmati. tweet now use #free amir now. thank you for joining us for this special "on the record" marine held in iran. goodbye. ♪ ♪ >>> the o'reilly factor is on tonight: >> what you are not saying but implying is broad strokes on all police are the hunters out to kill? is that really fair congressman? >> yeah, i think it's a fair depiction of what's happening in society today. >> the big lie continues. that there is an organized suppression of minorities in america. this will be a presidential campaign issue. tonight we'll analyze it with karl rove and mike huckabee. >> i. >> i think very helpful and encouraging to give people the compassionately. >> amazing occurrence. pam anderson and joe arpaio teaming up on a bunch of issues. >> your steak you ask for grass fed? >> yes. i do and then the guy who cooks the steak laughs and gives me what he has. >> tonight, suzanne somers wants to to save my life. she says i must be healthier. don't miss this one. >> who wants to live to be 110? caution, you are about to enter the no spi

we went to michigan to talk to the family of amir hekmati, our marine wrongly imprisoned in iran. us about the brutal conditions he faces every day inside iran's most dangerous prison. >> when you found out that he was alive and in the prison with some i guess, that was good news to be in the prison. were you able to communicate with him at that point? >> no. we were not. >> anybody go visit him at that point? >> they were not allowing visitors.z=á"tirñ so he is sitting there by himself in the evin prison in the outside world. >> he has no idea what's going on in his own world. he is in solitary confinement. the one thing that people miss, i walk by rooms whether it be a closet or just a storage space and i see a one meter by one meter is compared area and my heart drops. it still does. i think they put him there for months. he had a 10-minute break a week. once a week to stretch his legs. and coming from thinking about what his does to his body and his mind. forget his body. imagine what it does to his mind. then you think who is he? what happened to him? what could have been don