it was given to them as a result of the hague -- >> then the hostages were handed over.hink if you're two people staring each other down, whoever steps first, it doesn't matter. the way it was held and exchanged and that's how it had to happen for fear that you w e weren't going to get the result that you wanted to get that sounds like ransom to a layman. >> i can understand why people might think that and people are entitled to have those views and those opinions, but the facts are clear. the fact was that this was iranian money that had been awarded to them by the hague tribunal, the fact is in a separate process we'd been negotiating for the return of the americans and in those negotiations in any discussion was money, and there was no discussion and talk about the payment of money in any sum or in any form or fashion, but when the lines all came together right there in january in a very short, 24-hour or so period it would have been foolish, we believe, for us not to hold on just a little bit longer to make sure that we had the right leverage to get those americans o

he said japan will urge china to accept the july ruling by an arbitration tribunal in the hague. in a case brought by the philippines, the tribunal dismissed china's historical claim to most of the south china sea. kishida also spoke about the increase in activities recent will in the east china sea. the rule of law at sea is fundamental. >> translator: it is important for the international community to work together to maintain the rule of law at sea. >> yasay expressed his willingness to work with japan to urge china to abide by international rules. >> the philippines share the same concerns expressed by the foreign minister. >> yasay said the international community must never compromise in urging china to respect maritime law. kishida later held talks with the philippine president, rodrigo duterte, who took office in june. the meeting is the first between duterte and a japanese minister. kishida told the president territorial disputes in the south china sea should be resolved peacefully according to international law. he said tokyo supports the philippines' position on the is

including this piece in the hague. there was screaming, yelling by matt and others when this was going on. about the hostages. and look at -- >> one of the reasons trump is going to win. >> got to go. >> got to get that in. >> thank you so much. next, a democratic strategist. he says donald trump is the man for president. why isn't he backing hillary? i will ask him next. >>> donald trump insists he can swing bernie sanders voters into his camp. despite bernie himself publicly backing hillary clinton. with me now is the democratic strategist harlan hill, now a donald trump supporter. all right, good to have you on. i understand you are a registered democrat. >> i am a registered democrat and worked for over 120 campaigns, senate races, congressional races all over the country. >> democrat? >> exclusively democrat. never worked for a republican or taken money from a republican in a life. >> now you are on the trump train. why? >> 100%. i was called a conspiracy theorist by the democratic establishment for a long time by

that in the hague?etter doing a settlement and ransom that set as terrible precedent and gives money to a state sponsor of terror or letting a legal process play out in an international court? i know which one i would do. bill: this is another great point. what they have said, they saved the american taxpayer a lot of money. how do you know that? maybe you win the case. you are deciding for yourself the outcome of that. >> even if they had won the case in the hague, and that is big if, would we have paid? that is outstanding question. we don't know that. what we know this set as terrible precedent for iran. it was done in a way to evade u.s. sanctions. we enlisted dutch and switch in the subterfuge. we've once again demonstrated to our allies in the region that we can't be trusted. by the way, bill, this is nothing to stop iran from continuing its bad behavior. what has happened in the year since this iran deal. they launched ballistic missile tests. nuclear weapons. we had their head general going to m

including this piece in the hague.re was screaming, yelling by matt and others when this was going on. about the hostages. and look at -- >> one of the reasons trump is going to win. >> got to go. >> got to get that in. >> thank you so much. next, a democratic strategist. he says donald trump is the man for president. why isn't he backing hillary? i will ask him next. let's feed him to the sharks! squuuuack, let's feed him to the sharks! yay! and take all of his gold! and take all of his gold! ya! and hide it from the crew! ya...? squuuuack, they're all morons anyway! i never said that. they all smell bad too. no! you all smell wonderful! i smell bad! if you're a parrot, you repeat things. it's what you do. if you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. it's what you do. squuuuack, it's what you do. >>> donald trump insists he can swing bernie sanders voters into his camp. despite bernie himself publicly backing hillary clinton. with me now is the democratic strategist harlan hill, n

the international card at the hague was working through this and it was going to happen.ge, i will be clear. i think there's a deal made on of subject and that was, too. i don't know for sure that it was and, look it looks fishy. if it's ransom i have a problem with it. i think it was part of a bigger deal to settle the case with other grievances with iran and that's what happens in negotiations. >> matt what was your take on that? >> it's criminal. it's so sad. it is destructive of everything we stand for as a society when we tell these folk that is if you take one of our people hostages that you won't be able to blackmail us and ransom us. obama makes us look weak. i root for the president in these circumstances and makes us look weaker. next time americans are taken hostage, what will we say to that? the fact is this is criminal. someone knows ollie north and all those people drugged through the mud and -- >> yeah. all they did is send arms for hostages. >> an apology and the fact is this. which is that in these situations the president has nothing but integrity and he

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harris: that is what he says. >> this was a case in front of the hague, the international court. this is a settlement that the obama administration negotiated. there is another $2 billion iran wants that is in new york banks. the supreme court said no. that money goes to victims of iranian-funded terrorism. harris: lisa in here. >> why should we believe anything that the obama administration is saying in the first place? ben rhodes, deputy national security advisor, has already bragged about key deceiving the media and public. why should we believe anything they say in the first place? secondly this is consistent with the obama administration's theme on foreign policy i look on foreign policy alienating our friends and bringing our enemies closer. bee end fromming our enemies. iran is country whose supreme leader said death to america. yet we reward them with $100 billion. this is the largest state sponsor of terrorism since 1984 yet we allow them and set them up to get a nuclear weapon in the next decade. this is consistent with president obama, the obama administration's polici

. >> what the united states did was resolve a longstanding claim at the hague that saved the americanllions of dollars. >> including donald trump, see something very different in this report. the details on this and what the trump campaign is saying about it today right after this. ♪ ♪ ♪ only those who dare drive the world forward. introducing the first-ever cadillac ct6. and i quit smoking with i'm chantix. i had a lot of doubts going in. i was a smoker. hands down, it was, that's who i was. after one week of chantix, i knew i could quit. along with support, chantix (varenicline) is proven to help people quit smoking. chantix definitely helped reduce my urge to smoke. some people had changes in behavior, thinking or mood, hostility, agitation, depressed mood and suicidal thoughts or actions while taking or after stopping chantix. some had seizures while taking chantix. if you have any of these, stop chantix and call your doctor right away. tell your doctor about any history of mental health problems, which could get worse or of seizures. don't take chantix if you've had a serious all

iran's claim to the $400 million had been spending in an international tribunal at the hague and the u.s. fearing an adverse ruling said it negotiated a settlement worth $1.7 billion. >> iran released five americans unjustly retained and we resolved a 35-year-old financial claim in a way that saved americans billions. >> secretary kerry spoke to the settlement at the time and tried to say look, guys, i know what it looks like but there's no there there. >> reporter: the swap occurred just as the nuclear deal with iran was being formally implemented and just after the regime release 8d ten u.s. navy sailors captured offshore. critics said it all mounted to a ransom payment that's only emboldened the state sponsor of terrorism. >> we don't give them access to hard currency, because if they get their hands on cash, that give that to hezbollah and to hamas. >> reporter: aides to secretary of state kerry may feel there's nothing left to be said about all this. but the republican chairman of the house oversight committee disagrees. he wrote to kerry today, demanding all the documents relat

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. >>> a senior merger market specialist at nn investment partners in the hague. he joins us now. good to have you with us this morning. we're talking about the emerging markets and the bigger stories making headlines. you point out that indonesia and india are still leading the pack. what is it that's leading them to remain at the forefront of emerging market investment at the moment? >> the government improving their policy stance in general. we don't see that too much. i think india and indonesia are the two countries where you see convincing evidence of real structural change. infrastructure growth has been weak in most of the emerging countries in the past six years. >> with regards to south africa, with regards to the gupta family announcing plans to sell all of the south african holdings by the end of the year, that's separate to what's taking place in the south african economy. what do you make of south africa given the volatility we've seen and coming from the currency markets coming from the -- >> south africa is an interesting case. it's sensitive to what happens with t

. >>> the chinese navy conducted a similar drill in the south china sea a few weeks ago after the hague rejected their claims to the waters. >>> a panel of japanese experts is studying how to prepare for a terrorist bombing ahead of the 2020 games. the fire and disaster management agency doesn't currently have specific measures to deal with such threats. the group will study where to guide units, how to guide people away in danger and how to share information. they will consider the month of -- possibilities soft targets like restaurants and sporting venues. >> translator: i can't tell if japan will spears a terror attack like other countries have. but we should be prepared knowing that such incident kos happen at any time. >> the group is aiming to compile a report by february. >>> on august 6, 1945, an bomb was dropped on a city for the first time in history. as we near the 71st anniversary, we're bringing you stories of the legacy left by the attacks. president obama's visit to hiroshima in may was the first by any sitting president. he spoke about the goal of a world without nuclear

reporter: at the hague, the head malian human rights association says there is a long road to redemption these mazza liam's are our aretitutional -- mausoleums our soul. only parts of the crimes have been accounted for. we would like prosecutors to continue the investigation into other crimes perpetrated in timbuktu, especially towards women. still, they welcome the case. have criticized the government for failing to file more charges. a complaint has been filed in malian courts on behalf of 33 victims that accuse al-mahdi of rape and sexual slavery. anchor: he ran the country once and got voted out. has nicholas sarkozy announced he will be trying to get his old job back. he is entering the primary race to be candidate for his party in the next presidential election. the announcement came on social media with a link to a new book which sarkozy will publish in the coming days. he is the head of the opposition, but not the favorite to become a candidate. that position is held by a former prime minister who is also favored to win the presidential election itself. another political battle b

honestly there are people that wouldn't normally talk to us but they see the hague -- pig and it all goes out the window. >> if you can raise $10,000 he will officially sworn in as a police officer. i'm guessing he is more concerned with eating and hanging around then police work. >> fine looking pig -- >> well fed pig >>> we do have some storms out there. one strong one is around garrison in northwest benton county. it has potential to produce hail and heavy rainfall. these will be scattered around tonight. tomorrow temperatures score? i wanna see if it changed. credit scores don't change that much, do they? really? i'll take it. right? when was the last time you checked? yeah, i'd better check my credit score. here, try credit karma. it's free. all right. no more surprises. captioning sponsored by cbs >> calling it quits, hillary clinton's top aide huma abedin splits with former congressman anthony weiner after he is caught up in another sexting scandal. also tonight a wild scene at lax. >> it was chaotic. we saw j running towards us. >> for the second time this month, reports of g

the hague would have decided that we would have paid a whole lot more, so we actually saved y'all money. do you buy that? >> he's a fool. look, this claim has existed as he admits for 35 years. there was no rush to resolve it. it was a dispute that arose when the shah of iran was overrun about funds they committed to us to purchase weapons we were not about to deliver. even jimmy carter wasn't about to deliver to the ayatollahs. and the claim had been in dispute ever since then, 36 years. so the notion that somehow within the recent few months we were going to lose tens of billions more dollars, or hundreds of millions of dollars, is just absolutely false. this was part of the endless list of concessions that obama and kerry were prepared to make to the ayatollahs to get that wretched nuclear deal. now the facts come out, see the pattern, they're embarrassed by it. they should be embarrassed by it. >> the danger this puts americans in jeopardy going forward because a government like iran knows we're willing to pay up to the tune of $400 million then it's putting everyone at risk. thank

iran's claim to the $400 million had been spending in an international tribunal at the hague and the u.s. fearing an adverse ruling said it negotiated a settlement worth $1.7 billion. >> iran released five americans unjustly retained and we resolved a 35-year-old financial claim in a way that saved americans billions. >> secretary kerry spoke to the settlement at the time and tried to say look, guys, i know what it looks like but there's no there there. >> reporter: the swap occurred just as the nuclear deal with iran was being formally implemented and just after the regime release 8d ten u.s. navy sailors captured offshore. critics said it all mounted to a ransom payment that's only emboldened the state sponsor of terrorism. >> we don't give them access to hard currency, because if they get their hands on cash, that give that to hezbollah and to hamas. >> reporter: aides to secretary of state kerry may feel there's nothing left to be said about all this. but the republican chairman of the house oversight committee disagrees. he wrote to kerry today, demanding all the documents relat

his name is david hague. he is connected to the dead man and that he was arrested on an unrelated warrant however deputies have tried to question him about the death and that he has not been cooperating, not talking to them about it. back to you. >> thank you. >>> trying to get an update on a deadly shooting in tempe. started as a fight over night with two men. both were shot, one killed. person of interest who got away on a harley. >>> man stabbed near third street and roosevelt. police are at square one with the investigation. trying to track down the attacker despite having no witnesses. >>> it looked like typical family homesane neighborhood but deputies -- homes in a neighborhood but deputies say three homes hid growing operation . abc's jason valentine is live and you got to talk to someone who was inside one of the homes? >> reporter: that's true. we came here to get video. a man walked out the door, and did an interview and said he is the liver in security for the grow house that used to be filled wit

we would lose that case at the hague. it's not ransom. if you are giving people their own money which is what we were doing here. i think the larger case is that neither donald trump or even a more supposedly sophisticated republican foreign policy expert like marco rubio will be able to convince people at this point the iran deal was a wrong deal given the fact they have gotten rid of 98% of enriched uranium, submitted to the tough inspections and shut down their plutonium program. >> joseph? >> i think this is crazy. let's talk about something that's mostly true that hillary clinton said. even though the iran nuclear deal has been widely criticized by both parties, widely unpopular, she said she took ownership of it and had a role in it. politicfact found that mostly true. you saw in the last video the ultimate spin of the obama administration. this is what people are fed up from. you have the iranian state tv saying this is a ransom. the iranian public believes this is ransom. iranian leadership believes this is ransom. >> they are alw

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. >> david hague was arrested on an outstanding warran and is being investigated for any role he may have played in the death. at this time he is refusing to speak to detectives but is only considered a person of interest in this case. >>> a woman in extremely critical condition tonight after being shot in the north valley. the shooting happening near cave creek and thunderbird roads. officers believe that the man relationship. but the cause of the shooting is not clear. she was rushed to the hospital, wounds to her chest and stomach. police searching for the shooter in this case. >>> a follow-up to a story wu we have been covering all week, tempe police say one of the twins pulled from a hot tub on sunday has died. the two-year-old boy passed away but officers say his sister is improving. the twins were found in a backyard hot tub at a home near priest and warner. it didn't have a barri a it. firefighters say the mother lost track of the twins for just a few minutes and that was enough time for them to find their way to the water. >>> a valley-wide drug bust, three homes in two sepa

. >> investigators have identified david hague as the person of interest in the case. he is in custody on a warrant for disorderly conduct. we are told he is refusing to speak to investigators. >>> a valley care giver is behind bars tonight accused of abusing an 89-year-old woman in her care. alaina martin tied up the woman with a phone cord and had her restrained for two hours. when that woman was asked what started all of this, she allegedly slapped the woman in the face. documents show that martin took the woman's cell phone and would not let her leave the house or talk to anyone. she was basically a prisoner. she had only been working there for one week. martin is facing charges including aggravated assault. >>> a man who canyon lodge charged with choking and assaulting a fellow employee there. it is a national park. two weeks ago investigators say he and the alleged female victim had been drinking with other co-workers at a dorm. the night before he was going to start his house keeping job. they say the woman helped him to his room and he is accused of attacking h

a tribunal in the hague rejected china's claims to most parts of the south china sea but beijing has not accepted the ruling. the case was filed by the philippines. vietnam, taiwan, malaysia and brunei also have claims in the region. >>> on august 6th, 1945, an atomic bomb was dropped onto a city for the first time in history. hiroshima suffered the impact and three days later, so did nagasaki. by the end of the year, an estimated 210,000 people had died. as we near the 71st anniversary, we're bringing you stories of the enduring legacy left by the devastating attacks. in may of this year, barack obama became the first president of the united states to visit hiroshima while in office. his speech had a profound impact on one man in particular, a survivor of the bombing. he spent his life telling people about his experience, but he had trouble talking about it with children. obama's speech showed him the way. nhk world reports. >> translator: the flash of light was blinding. >> reporter: kunihiko iida is now 74. he is recounting the bombing of hiroshima to children. he remembers a summ

. >> the philippine government regards last month's ruling by the arbitration tribunal in the hague as a basis for talks with china. the tribunal has rejected china's claims over the south china sea. china opposes the ruling, as well as any discussions based on the decision, but it's indicated its willingness to discuss with the philippines the possibility of talks. a chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said this week that china would welcome a visit by a special envoy at an early date. >>> people in thailand marked the queen's birthday on friday. it's also mother's day. because the queen is the one woman everyone in thailand calls mother. this year, queen sirikii turned 84. as people pay tribute to her, they celebrate their own mothers too. nhk world's tayamon huttaporn reports from bangkok. >> reporter: people across thailand have put up images of the queen. the whole country celebrates this day. and the color of the day is light blue. colors are important in thailand. each day of the week has its own colors. friday is light blue. the queen was born on a friday, so light blue is he

this report from the hague. reporter: an effort to destroy culture and community, described as an assault on human dignity. these blows were condemned by the global community, and yet this is the first time someone has been tried at the international court for destroying cultural heritage. this unesco world heritage site was overrun by islamist militants in the summer of 2012. al-mahdi and his so-called morality police are accused of tearing down nine mausoleums seen as idolatrous. in another first for the court, the suspect confessed to his crimes and pleaded for forgiveness. >> ladies and gentlemen, with deep regret and great pain, i have to enter a guilty plea. all charges against me are accurate and correct. i'm really sorry and really remorseful and i regret all damage i've caused the community in timbuktu, my family, and my country, mali. reporter: it has been a remarkable day here at the icc. the prosecutor told the court attacks on cultural heritage had become a weapon of war. she said the sentence shoul

. >> now investigators have identified 56-year-old david hague as the person of interest in this case he is in custody on a warrant for disorderly conduct. at this point investigators say he is refusing to speak to deputies about this case. meanwhile the victim's identity has not been released. reporting live in sun city west, nicole garcia, "fox 10 news." >>> police in mesa, is that story today, a retired officer, retired from the force after a dui arrest earlier this yr. galledder's car was seen swerving. his blood alcohol level was 306. way, way above the legal limit. he was charged with extreme dui and super extreme dui. >>> maricopa county sheriff's deputies bust a marijuana growing operation they served search warrants at three valley homes this morning. and we know this they found at least a few dozen plants. there is no word if anyone has this case. >>> maricopa county superior court is helping people facing arrest for being behind on child support payments. they got a new plan. the court is holding a workshop tomorrow where people can pay one month of child support and in exc

keeping it shorter, i have the hague and long's swing. i've a tendency to let it run off.t stuck behind it. when you have the best doctor in the world telling you how good you are. charlie rose: the core and the fundamentals are right there. they can take you where you want to go. talk aboute: strategy. tee,you approach the first it is one of the famous courses. what are you thinking? jimmy: mine was yesterday, i'm going to do this right in the middle. i did. we will continue that the rest of the day. i will keep it in front of me. charlie rose: did you make any mistakes? technically, no. charlie rose: why do you think you are good? as your performance as a golfer. it, i known't think i'm good. only good day, i can beat anybody. charlie rose: you have to have everything in order to beat anybody. jimmy: sometimes. sometimes you don't eat anything. sometimes you don't have it all everyday but you need something to kind of shine. something to pick you up. you work on everything. you're going to make a putt. it that balance of being on. i don't know where this question is comi

money did in fact belong to iran and the u-s was ordered to re-pay the money by a tribunal in the hague. donald trump heads to baton rouge today along wtih running mate governor mike pence.the two will be visiting the parts of louisiana ravaged by oo says they will then hold a private event without media. trump then attend a rally in michigan later today. hillary clinton is taking a break from campaigning until sunday when she has an event with cher in massachusetts. meanwhile, the clinton foundation will put new restrictions on accepting donations if hillary clinton becomes president.nbc news confirms: the foundation would only accept contributions from american citizens and independent charities. meteorologist brian gotter. yesterday was mostly sunny, warm and humid with highs in the mid to upper 80s, except the lakefront dropped into the 70s with a se lake breeze. a few showers have developed overnight, otherwise it is partly cloudy and muggy once again with lows near 70. the rain showers will be out of here before 9am, then today is partly cloudy, hazy, hot and humid wi isolated t's

i was prosecuting trolls taylor, junior in the hague. the hero's attorney in miami 77 years.him to these are the kind of cases that can be made. an active have investigation that was announced in january 20 15 to prosecute these individuals as well under their laws. have an open investigation. inre is also of course, keep mind, these individuals are not turning up in washington, you know. anytime soon. but this certainly creates a situation where there are more than 100 countries in the world where they cannot safely go now until the day they die. but we also have perpetrators that are beginning to come out of syria. of course, many for the opposition. they friends have shown are working with a number of european prosecutors. you would be amazed at some of the torturers that are now a monday refugee population and can be identified and are being pointed out why the survivors. those are cases that can be prosecutors and under the president's jurisdiction. a crime committed elsewhere, if he is in your country, you can prosecute the crime.

the dead man is connected to this man, david hague. he is in custody but not connected to the scene. [no audio] >>> heus police lieutenant after his arrest and dui in february. resultsshow his blood alcohol level at .306. four times the legal limit. >>> six firefighters in the hospital after a fire should be back home tonight. they were called out to a pool supply store for a fire over night. the flames were toxic. chemicals filling the air.

one was a settlement of an ongoing case in the hague, and the other was an evident to get the whose -- was an effort to get the hostages back. the payment was made for the first transaction in order to holly resolve the second transaction. the state department should have resisted that because of the appearance of impropriety. there was nothing improper or illegal about this, and we did accomplish something that was very important which was releasing these prisoner hospital should have never been in prison in the first place. charles: we are all happy these prisoners were released. but we may have accomplished a bigger target on americans' backs. what's to stop any american in the middle east from being abducted. >> there is no way that after 37 years and 9 junes, three americans, that it just happens to be on this day in april this all comes together. it's literally impossible. as you said, charles, what's so many more alarming is president obama has disavowed the rules and thrown away our traditions. what do traditions do? they sew a path of behavior based on our values. he's saying

the dead man is connected to this man, david hague. he is in custody but not connected to the scene. [no audio] >>> heus police lieutenant after his arrest and dui in february. resultsshow his blood alcohol level at .306. four times the legal limit. >>> six firefighters in the hospital after a fire should be back home tonight. they were called out to a pool supply store for a fire over night. the flames were toxic. chemicals filling the air. investigation tonight. >>> the fbi needs your help and we have the picture that could lead to a major arrest. from the abc 15 live desk this is a bank robbery suspect. take a look. chase bank near central this morning. 11:20 a.m. no one was hurt. the teller says they never saw a gun. >>> no clues or a motive of a shooting death. shots heard last night. that victim found dead in someone's abc's navideh forghani is live. this shooting happened in the same spot where the serial street shooter has been spotted before? >> reporter: yeah. but police say they don't believe it is connected but it is still

it was money they were going to get back anyway and when you negotiated with the hague, this interestment that was much more advantageous to the american taxpayers. to a degree there was a quid pro quo, we got a much more advantageous schedule. >> why didn't the president just say that several weeks ago instead of telling the truth to the american people and being very dismissive of the washington press corps? >> i can't speak for everything said previous to today but the president was very open about this at the time back in january. the second thing going on here was that there was a team working to get our american citizens back. that was a separate track. it is true that with a nuclear deal done, these two tracks were kind of converging and coming together and we took full advantage of that and we made no appaologies for that. full momentum in what turned out to be a 24-hour period to try to get it all done together. look, there isn't a lot of trust with iran. foolish and prudent in our view to go ahead and settle the cash payment of the principle when we didn't have our americans

david hague arrested on an outstanding warrant, questioned for any role he may have in the death. he is refusing to cooperate. >>> we begin with former nfl player darin sharper, sentenced to 18 years in prison for including in arizona. a federal judge told darren sharper the damage he inflicted cannot be ignored. he apologied in court and said his parents had not raised him to take such actions. >>> closer to him, you remember when joseph yahner's house was mistakenly raided this time last year. the man arrested in that case pled gui tampering, sentenced to two years. >>> and finally, a phoenix teenager tried as an adult for a drunk driving crash that injured a young child and two other people, sentenced to eight months in jail, five years probation. miguel maldonado was just 14 years old at the time of the crash. police say he took his aunt's car without permission and ran a red light. >>> an interesting program county. what do you think of this? more than 1,300 child support arrests in maricopa county, but now the county superior court is helping some people get right with the l

a different group of negotiators and was involved to reach the settlement at the hague. at some point the premise of your question is predicated on a decision made by iranian officials. i guess i would wish you the best of luck in trying to get an answer from them about the decision they would have made. one other thing as it comes to waiting, it would have certainly prevented paul ryan and marco rubio from falsely accusing us, end -- ok, nowld that it's a surprise it is also a good illustration, i think, of how the outlines of this argument haven't changed in six months. there may be some more details that make for good newspaper copy, but they don't change the facts of the situation or the rationale that we have been making about the ways that people have benefited. >> when some new details putting back into public view, with no question that anything had changed, it's just -- there's none of that left. sec. earnest: i welcome the opportunity to talk about all the ways that the american from ourve benefited interactions with iran. i think that what i take umbrage at is

they made clear negotiations against a settlement of the hague tribunal were separate from the discussions about our american homes. they were conducted by different teams on each side. what do you think of that explanation. >> remember ben rhodes a senior white house aid revealed the administration is trying to per swadz and spin the iran deal to the american people and other negotiations to iranians. the american people every time they find out what they are in the more they like it. they have to go behind the back of congress. it is the biggest lobbyist and advocate when it comes to the iranian regime and it does so at the expense of american security. >> does iran have legitimate claims to this money? >> i would say no is my initial reaction. but regardless about whether or not it does or does not at this .30 years later, you know, the timing is just so unbelievable that the administration -- it is a hard pill to follow. >> it comes in the middle of a presidential race where security is a top priority. where do you see it going from here? >> mr. trump continues to say this administrati

. >> he is talking about a hague ruling that found the u.s. was responsible to repay the money to the iranians and they have been looking for $10 billion. so the idea he is saying is look, we are paying 1.7 billion. the taxpayer which would have been on the hook for the money is getting a great deal. it doesn't answer the question. if one had nothing to do with the other why settle the deal now? laura? >> thank you so much for that report. keeping us informed on what's happening on vacation. thank you. >>> iran executing one of the top nuclear scientists. a man who was once hailed as a national hero. ahead the mysterious circumstances in this real life spy mystery. >>> plus, disturbing developments in the battle against isis. why it now claims to have seized american military equipment. in its bloody campaign around the world. the terror army says it seized american military equipment in afghanistan. isis posting photos on-line which include an image of a u.s. soldier's i.d. the soldier has been accounted for. a military spokesman said it is p

they wanted to take us to the hague and they thought they'd get a lot more money. if you give somebody money that's their money, it's not quite ransom, right? that's fresh money. ransom -- i think it's not going to be a lasting issue. >> it's part of the deal. and some are seeing it as ran sam. let's talk about the new poll out. hillary clinton widening her lead, this is a new -- >> it's a respected poll, too. and the nbc wall street journal poll has hillary up by 9 points. what's your take on these numbers? >> i think the numbers are very dangerous for donald trump. a lot of people believe this will close as we get close to november. i think there's another way this can go. this a moment when people take a fresh look at the candidates, things start to crystallize and during that period of time things can harden up. there is every possibility this thing is going to widen even more. the clinton forces are not saying, oh, wow, it's going to narrow down. they're trying to aggressively build the lead more. their pulling their ads in a state like virginia and putting th

department that they would eventually have to pay back this money that was being arbitrated in the hagueere was evidence that this claims procedure that had been going on for 30 years, the u.s. would eventually lose it. but there was a sense that the timing of this is terrible. and the idea of sending in cash, you know, hundreds of millions of dollars of cash is just going to perpetuate this idea that this is a ransom payment. >> so you do the math on this, the money allegedly was put into a trust fund in 1979, that's like 13,500 days. and these prisoners were held for some collectively 5,000 days. for these to occurrences to happen at the exact same time i think would be like getting struck by lightning in the morning and winning the lottery in the afternoon. >> yeah, i mean, the timing of all this is critical to understand what's going on. the white house's position in the last two days has been, well, you know, this is really nothing new, we've said in january that we were paying them back $1.7 billion, which is true, that was announced. but it was very vague. i think myself and a lot

we had an obligation to make this payment as a settlement of a tribunal case at the hague.were going to have to pay it anyway. we just used the payment as leverage to make sure we got our american prisoners back that's not paying ransom that's smart tactics. >> i wouldn't pay it smart. i don't know if we had to pay it the last five presidents didn't pay it and they didn't think it should have been paid. >> nobody disputes the fact kirby's story changed. why should we believe him now first he said there was no link and now he says there was a link. the cash plane didn't take off until the hostages r. were back. aim right. >> incorrect to say there was no link. there was a link. these were two unrelated transactions linked together by the state department to use the secure the release of our americans. >> that sounds like gobblably gook. rebecca, i have a definition of ransom okay? i'm a simple man even more simple than bill o'reilly, people would say. ransom, money that is paid in order to free someone who has been captured that's what kirby just admitted they did. >> bottom

already publicly known that we returned to iran its $400 million in that same time period as part of the hagueettlement agreement. with concerns that iran may renege on the prisoner release, given unnecessary delays regarding persons in iran who could not be located as well as, to be quite honest, mutual mistrust between iran and the united states, we, of course, sought to retain maximum leverage until after american citizens were released. >> reporter: okay, so, now, let's look at the question, what really here has changed? from republicans' perspective, they say this proves that this was a ransom payment, and initially, the administration said there wasn't really a connection in the timing. now they're saying there was some connection in the timing. from the white house's perspective, nothing has changed. they say this was not a ransom payment, they said these were separate items that all came together at the same time because of the iran nuclear deal and how could this be a ransom payment if the prisoners were released first and then iran's money was paid. but you know, the timing of this i