the levinson family is horribly sad about the fact that bob remains in iran. i've been told that they've been told that every meeting that's taken place, bob has been brought up. when the news broke that americans were being returned, they were hopeful, so many were hopeful, he'd be among them. there's every reason for us to do exactly what the leavenvinsons are doing, what i'm ying to do, is make sure bob levinson's name is one that everyone in america knows and we keep up the presse until he comes home. >> you tweeted this week, it's time to ramp up efforts to bring bob levinson home. what did you mean, and what more can be done? >> first of all, we can support the family. bob is from coral springs. years, n ne years, since he went missingpin kish island in iran. we need to keep his name out there. we can do it in social media. we can highlight the -- what the family is going through. ultimately, we can increase the pressurere this iran deal that was done, the nuclear deal, only dealt with the nuclear component of iran. it didn't deal with their destabilizin

but iranian officials have assured the u.s., they will continue to seek information about bob levinson. >> yeah, the levinson issuing a statement, we are happy for the other families, but once again, bob levinson has been left behind. we are devastated. i know you've been getting briefings from top u.s. officials, elise. the seven iranians being offered clemency now, meaning they're going to be allowed to leave prison, six of them are joint, dual u.s./iranian citizens. do we know if these about to be freed from u.s. prison after conviction or awaiting trial, will they stay in the united states, the six of them, who are dual citizens, or will they head back to iran? >> reporter: well, if they have u.s. citizenship, i'm really not sure. if they aren't accused of any crimes anymore, the u.s. official did not say anything about deporting them. but presumably, they'll want to go back to iran, if the iranians have been asking for them. the u.s. made clear that these seven individuals have not been either serving time for or charged with any crimes related to violence or terrorism. these were

because bob levinson is still missing in iran. (standup) s/ kier simmons / nbc news / landstuhl, germany the iranians say they don't know where he is and that they are prepared to help in the search for him. that family, though, is saying that bob levinson has been abandoned. back to you. levinson, an american who worked for the c-i-a, resort on march ninth, 2007. president obama has said he will continue working to find levinson, and bring him home. she's been one of the leading voices for female education in pakistan. now the 18-year old nobel prize winner... malala yousafzai is spreading her message through fashion. the young activist designed this scarf with' toms'. it's a footwear and apparel company that helps a person in need with every product purchased. 100-percent of t t sales from the scarf will benefit her foundation. it retails for 48-dollars and is available at toms-dot-com. siouxland saw snow today. will we see more snow later in the work week? out against senator ted cruz's presidential candidacy today. if you're j

>> bob levinson is very much a part of our negotiation, very much part of every conversation we haveanians. he is, in fact, in the agreement itself, specifically, by name, and process going forward. the iranians have agreed to continue# find us try to the where abouts, whatever mayj or may not have happened to bob levinson. we're going to continue that effort. i feel horrible for the family. >> do you think iranians -- >> we do not have evidence at this point as to where he is. we have been clear about that. we are tracing every lead of -- >> but you believe he's alive? >> we are trying to find out where he is and what the circumstances are. we are proceeding as if he is. we want him to be. we hope he is. we don't have capacity at this point to draw any kinds of conclusions, but we are working on it, and the iranians are cooperating. there are efforts that we've made to actually trace leads and i know it's very, very difficult for his family to see these other folks come back and not have answers. we will not stop. we are continuing in every respect to try to follow up to get the an

>> well, i regret deeply that bob levinson was not on his way home either. i hope and expect that the iranians will continue to be up any information they have and if possible to return bob levinson to his home and family. >> dickerson: switching to the topic of gun control, you said bernie sanders should support the idea of lifting immunity block on gun manufacturers, now says he'll support the legislation you pushed him to. so hasn't he done what you wanted him to do? >> well, i am pleased that senator sanders has flip-flopped on legal immunity for gun makers and sellers, now i hope he will also join members of congress to change what's called the charleston loophole that enabled the killer in charleston to get the gun that he used to murder nine people at bible study here in mother emmanuel church, that's something else senator sanders supported that we need to change. so, now i'm calling on him to also flip flop in the right direction and sign on to charleston loophole. >> dickerson: you at once in 1939 when you were first lady supported testimony in fro

back and cheers for that i'm happy to have any word on former fbi agent bob levinson. u were president of the united states what would you do for the levinson family? >> we would make it a priority to try to bring that person home. wey7k0[,ç would also be honest h the levinson family to tell ransom for hostages to a place like iran which is exactly what it appears like we did. we need to be strong and we need to be resolute. we need to be much stronger with the iranians than we have been before. and in the christie administration i suspect they would be very, very reluctant to take hostages in the first place. >> i don't know who is going to be the g.o.p. nominee. we haven't even had our first caucus but you have said or at you have been quoted and tell me if i am correct that donald trump is the nominee that secretary of state hillary clinton will be president. do you believe that there is no way donald trump can beat hillary clinton? >> i don't think that's what i said. you know. >> okay. >> i'm going to support the republican nominee. i'm going to support the republi

let me just say bob levinson still missing, we believe they know not being cooperative we should not forget him and his situation. going back to the point, these he'll were hostages. people america is releasing they were convicted in a court of law after due process of helping violate sanctions. the president is pardoned them hostages which had done nothing wrong. proves once again that now nations and enemies of america around the world know that if there's a price for americans, if you take an american hostage, barack obama will cut a deal with you. whether it's bergdahl, what he now iran. we're happy they're coming home prisoner. >> dickerson: what about the quick resolution of the ten sailors earlier last week, john kerry secretary of state said that is another instance which depp ploy ma see helped solve that faster than it would have in the past. >> . >> image fin they wandered into egyptian waters, there wouldn't have been anything going on there, an incident. they would have had their motor repaired sent back on their way instead of what happened, iran grabbed them, put them

former fbi agent bob levinson, he disappeared in iran in 2007. that is nine years ago.hat he no longer is in iran. and that's why we continue to press for information about his whereabouts. >> american bob levinson's family has not given up hope and wants america to not give up hope either. we "on the record" are going to continue to push for information about him. >> this is a fox news alert. a tragedy on a campaign trail. a volunteer for dr. ben carson's campaign has died in a car accident. four campaign workers were in that9z horrific accident today. the van hit a patch of ice in iowa causing it to flip on its side. the van was hit by another car. dr. carson has cancelled campaign events for two days. and more on today's huge political news. "on the record" takes you inside the packed rally need to hire fast? go to ziprecruiter.com and post your job to over one hundred of the web's leading job boards with a single click. then simply select the best candidates from one easy to review list. and now you can use zip recruiter for free. go to ziprecruiter.com. >>> governo

marine, a pastor and a fourth person, their name has sfrufrmt bob levinson has been hold who is and at a rocker wrnd sfwrrjt but once again, bob, as they call him, has been left behind. >> we should be very relieved to say what we're dealing with at this point is a couple of downed frees, erika glover is one of those in miami dade. and really got off lucky with this same line in central florida. >> i think we made out really well whering all the program 'tis that were in this face tahj be inc. inc. i know that the cloud is still low, agree, darkout side, we will imimprovements s om west to east. the key lauro square, pot wall accept nouchl meteorologist eric noorngs off are permanent we're still not on the cool side, 69 in miami, pretty much low 70s across the board. even though it is cooler than we're this morning, the cool air what jet o' heft. an 17th and stps are still expected to warm up. improve behind this system. winds will begin it shift to the northwest as days go on. temperatures in the upper 70s. a few clouds. clearing as the afternoon goes on. it will be pretty nice out th

but the bob levinson case is much more murky.s a former fbi agent and employee of the cia doing research when he went to kish island, interviewing someone who was allegedly was implicated in the attempt to kill the saddy ambassador in the united states, iranian plot. so levinson disappeared. the iranian government long insisted they don't have him. and the one proof of life, the most recent proof of life is a video that made it look like he was being held by some unspecified militant group. and it said that he was in ill health. so one of the concerns of the u.s. intelligence agency is that even if he was actually being held by some part of the iranian government that he has passed away and that they simply don't want to knit to the american government that he died in their custody. >> what do you think this means, kimberly, for the parliamentary elections next month in iran? are the moderates winning out long-term here? >> well, it does strengthen the hand of the moderate candidates in that they have negotiated with the united s

emotional because bob levinson is still missing in iran. (standup) s/ kier simmons / nbc news / ndstuhl, germmny the iraniaa say they don't know where he is and that they are prprared to help in the search for him. that family, though, is saying that bob levinson has been abandoned. back to you. >> the u-s coast guard is suspending its search for 12 marines lost when two military helicopters went down off the coast of hawaii late friday. the coast guard and u-s marine corp made the announcement yesterday that "search and rescue" was ending at sunset and transitioning to a recovery and sasaage" operation. officials say they have found wreckage on the ocean floor but no sign of any marines. searchers also discovered all four life rafts, but there was no sign that anyone had ever been on board. officials expressed regret that the search is ending after five days without finding survivors. "and to the families that are most affected by this, our prayers and our support are to them. and that's our number one goal and brig. general russel sanborn

because bob levinson is still missing in iran.he iranians say that they don't know where he is and that they are prepared to help in the search for him. that family, though, say that bob levinson has been abandoned. back to you. >> all right. thanks, keir. levinson work forred for the ci disappear the nine years ago. b president obama said he will continue trying to find him and bring him home. >>> traffic on twitter is back to normal after technical problems disrupted some service overnight. customers in north america and europe were affected. the social network went down around 3:30 and was intermittent for nine hours or so. mobile apps partially functioned but there was no service, rather, at all on desktop computers. 320 million people are active twitter users. >>> first scott, we iland, natalie cold, now it's glenf frey. the eagles founder died yesterday at the age of 67. there are questions about what led up to his death. >> quite a loss, chris. he was just 67. eagles guitarist, glenn frey. he died yesterday in new york city

>> bob levinson is very, very much a part of our negotiation, very much a part of every conversation we have had with the iranians. he is in fact in the agreement itself specifically by name and process going forward. the iranians have agreed to continue to help us try to find the whereabouts whatever may or may not have happened to bob levinson. we are going to continue that effort. i feel horrible for the family. i know it's very difficult for them to see people coming back. we do not have evidence at this point as to where he is. we have been very clear about that. we are tracing every lead -- >> but you believe he is alive? >> we don't -- we are trying to find out where he is and what the circumstances are. we are proceeding as if he is. we want him to be. we hope he is. we don't have capacity at this point to draw any kinds of conclusions. but we are working on it. and the iranians are cooperating with us. there are efforts that we have made to actually trace leads. and i know it's very, very difficult for his family to see these other folks come back and not have answers. >> tw

hihihihihisosososososasasasasasasasasaxactlylylylylylylylylyere momo from m rerecocococo >> reporter: bob levinson's case took center stage at the white house briefing -- briefing of why he was not included in the group of five americans released over the weekend. they told reporters that levinson was not among those reunited with family. is no longer in iran. thth is why we continue to press for the information about his whereabouts. >> reporter: levinson's son dan believes the iranian government can and should s sd him home. >> there's nowhere -- no way that they do not know what happened to him and where he is right now. >> reporter: he vanished in 2007 while working for the cia. he was lt seen on a small iranian island. his family received a video and photos of him showing he was being held. since then no pictures but the family believes he is still alive. the white house says they are committed to bringing him home and made a part of the nuclear deal >> one of the things that was secured in this agreement was as his -- specific commitmenen from the iranians to help us locate him. >> reporter: t

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bob levinson, who disappeared in home. his family releasing a statement saying, we are happy for the other families, but once again, bob levinson has been left behind. we are devastated. his release was part of the negotiations. iran appears to be saying, they don't know where he is. germany. thank you. >>> the question is what does this mean for iran and its nuclear future? of the international atomic energy agency. richard, good morning. >> good morning. this is a very significant diplomatic break through. night. for iran, it opens the country back to the international market. it allows iranian businesses and iranian individuals to move money in and out of the country. they can now have access to the banking system. in the past, it was very difficult for iranians to do things like use credit cards. they often had to carry cash and gold out of the country. iran can now sell oil legally and openly and not have to use smuggling methods that have been years. and it gives the iranians a great deal more confidence that their c

levinson, do you consider whether bob might have in fact died in captivity? >> no, i will never consider that until i have proof. i believe every day he's trying to come home to our family. we will never give up. >> our thoughts and prayers continue to be with the levinson family. the ordeal that they have been through over the last, you know, almost nine years now, is -- is virtually unthinkable. >> reporter: today the white house vowed the u.s. will continue to press iran for >> we have reason to believe that he no longer is in iran. >> reporter: today the u.s. released. seven men convicted of helping iran's nuclear program and dropped charges against 14 more. but none of the iranians freed from u.s. custody elected to go back to iran. the obama administration's with iran remains hugely controversial. just as the iranian hostage crisis defined jimmy carter's presidency, ultimately dooming his re-election efforts, likewise the iran deal is at least a factor in the 2016 race. >> the fact is we shouldn't have to trade anything to get our citizens back home. >>

and former fbi agent bob levinson is missing in iran. but tonight amir hekmati took to twitter to thank the deal that brought and his fellow americans back to their families. keir simmons, nbc news, germany. >> the prisoner exchange was not tied to the iran nuclear agreement but it did come hours before international nuclear sanctions were lifted on iran. freeing up some $100 billion of frozen assets. richard engel got rare the way of life could >> reporter: iran is already preparing for its new future. sanction-free. a closed society, now open for business. the head of the agency in charge of monitoring the nuclear deal promised in tehran today that inspections would be fair. >> we are committed to continue our work in an impartial and nonpolitical and factual way. >> reporter: president obama yesterday addressed the iranian people directly. >> you, especially young iranians, have the opportunity to ties with the world. >> reporter: iran's president rouhani told his people that the deal is a win-win, supported by the whole world, he sai

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. >> but on msnbc today, the son of former fbi agent bob levinson missing for nine years in iran. >> we're not in germany right now welcoming home or celebrating with swiss and things like that. we're just devastated. >> reporter: the state department vowing not to give up. the iranians saying they will help with the search. the family doesn't believe it. >> we have been abandoned. and it is just the worst feeling in the and i wouldn't wish >> reporter: they fear they'll never be this fortunate. keir simmons, nbc news, germany. >>> the controversial decision to lift international nuclear sanctions on iran impact on what you pay at the gas pump. it is just one of the ripple affects the iran deal is having on the rest of the world. nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard engel got rare access into iran and has more. >> reporter: with sanctions lifted, iran is moving quickly to open the taps at its vast oil fields. and it is already moving markets. the deputy oil minister said that iran could soon export an extra half a followed by a half million more in the coming months. >> the w