jason rezaian of the "washington post" has been held there for more than a year. ed testified today at what was bpposed to be a final hearing. margaret brennan is following this. re reporter: 39-year-old jason rezaian faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted on multiple charges, including espionage. d day in tehran, his mother said his year behind bars has taken a toll. >> he's very tired. av's very isolated. aney don't have him with other people that he can speak with, the same language. >> rose: rezaian's lawyer expects a verdict within a week, but so far nothing about this case is typical. iran's revolutionary court held just four secret hearings and simply ignored a mandatory july release date. in a statement, "washington post" editor marty baron said rezaian is innocent and called the trial "a sick brew of farce and tragedy." ali rezaian has spent months lobbying for his brother's release. if your brother is convicted, what do you do then? >> i think we move immediately for an appeal. we know that he's innocent and we know there is no evidence toainst him,

i'm not expecting this judge to come up with a verdict that would lead to jason rezaian's release. >> the sentence can be appealed. rezaian faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted. he has dual iranian american citizenship. >>> the pentagon expects to step up use of drones worldwide, increasing by the number of 50% in the next years. would broaden surveillance in ukraine, iraq, syria and the south china sea. pentagon says it will also increase its use of drones for air strikes. >>> meanwhile, reviewing the use of patriot missiles in turkey. the missiles were installed to protect turkey's southern border for any spillover of the syrian civil war. >>> more than 100 people were killed and dozens wounded when bombs were dropped on a marketplace in the southern town of duma on sunday. duma is regularly targeted by the syrian government. u.n. humanitarian affairs leader zeina khodr has more. >> reporter: the plain dropped the bomb in a crowded marketplace. it is an all-too-familiar scene for the people in the rebel stronghold of duma. this scene is regularly targeted by government air st

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we will get an update on jason rezaian. >> and lou dobbs is live: >> 15 of them have the same policyn immigration. one of them is entirely different from the other 15. and he is the one who is leading. leading. [ school bell rings ] ♪ [ female announcer ] everything kids touch at school sticks with them. make sure the germs they bring home don't stick around. use clorox disinfecting products. you handle life; clorox handles the germs. >>> isolated. doesn't see people for weeks on end until they come in to say we are taking you to court. we had four days in court in ten weeks and this is the end of 13th months of being held without access to a lawyer or charges. he is depressed and we have concerned. >> at was jason rezaian's brother talking about the his brother who has been held in iran for more than a year. sometime this week, he is expected to lerner his fate for what he has been on trial for trumped up charges. douglas is live and i know everyone you work with and family have been worker hard to free him. what do you make of the fact the verdict is not coming? >> like everything

. >> jason rezaian has dual iranian american citizenship and was arrested last year. authorities have not released details of his charges. u.s. president, family members and rights groups have called for his release. his family has been critical of the trial and says his release is politically motivated. >> iran's judiciary claims to be dependent but this has all been behind closed doors and i have no idea what has happened. i can tell you that jason's rights as an iranian citizen have not been fulfilled because he was kept in prison more than one year. and many times his trial was delayed. i'm challenging those, those people who arrested him and are trying him, to show the evidence that they are using accusing him of espionage. i want them to publish that information. >> iraqi prime minister's plans to reform his government have been backed by his predecessor nuer al-maliki. nouri al-maliki. expressed his anger at what's been suggested. >> translator: there were some big constitutional breaches but i do not like to talk about the distributions and he's not qualified

jace rezaian remains -- jason rezaian accused of espionage.y human rights groups demanding his release, and a verdict is likely by the end of this week. last week we heard that we should get a verdict by today, so here we are, still no verdict, and jason remains behind bars. thomas is joining us, the tehran bureau chief for "the new york k times," one of the few journalists working inside iran. what's going on here? >> well, clearly, the lawyer and iran's judicial system aren't on the same speed, and this is not the first time, of course, that this has happened. basically, iran's judiciary has been saying all along that they will decide what is the final trial and that it will be up to the judge to make that call. and, apparently, of course, behind the scenes the judge has made this call to either have another session for mr. rezaian that will be a fifth one or at least postpone the handing down of a verdict because today was the deadline according to the lawyer, and we have seen nothing. jenna: do you expect to see something this week, thomas

. >> sreenivasan: "washington post" reporter jason rezaian is expected to appear at his final court hearing on espionage charges tomorrow in tehran. rezaian, an iranian-american who holds dual citizenship, is accused by iran of spying and distributing propaganda." the post" calls the charges" baseless and absurd," and the u.s. government has called for his immediate release. the hearing, to present rezaian's defense, is closed to the public, and it is unknown when the court will render a verdict. iran has jailed rezaian for a year. his wife and two photojournalists arrested at the same time were freed. president obama says the iran nuclear disarmament deal pending before congress affects american credibility. in an interview with cnn's fareed zakaria broadcast today, the president reminded critics the pact was brokered with five other major powers: russia, china, germany, france, and the uk. >> the issue here is not simply the deal itself, it's certainly not just an issue for my presidency. the issue is does the rest of the world take seriously the united states' ability to craft internatio

. >>> there are even more concerns about washington post reporter jason rezaian. today human rights experts called on authorities to release him immediately. rezaian went on to trial behind closed doors in tehran's revolutionary court may 26th. the final hearing was held this past monday and his attorney expected a verdict soon, but there been nothing yet. the washington post's petition to the u.n. says that iran has violated its own law as well as international law. >>> we now know the name of the man killed after a roller coaster struck him in an ohio amuse. park. police say 45 -- amusement park. police say 45-year-old special education teacher james young, iii of canton, ohio, entered a restricted area to retrieve a cell phone he lost riding the raptor roller coaster and this decision ultimately cost him his life. >>> a st. louis prosecutor says an investigation concluded there is no truth to allegations babies were stolen from a hospital there in the 1960s. prosecutors began an investigation earlier this year after zella jackson price reunited with her daughte

jason rezaian has been held in iran for more than a year. his attorney submitted a 20-page brief and provided an oral defense. a verdict is expected in the coming days. >>> donald trump continues to dominate the 2016 discussion. we'll talk about him and the rest of the field in both parties when the panel joins me >>> the fact is she asked me a very inappropriate question. she should really be apologizing to me, if you want to know the truth. other candidates have said that. >> people have been tiptoeing around criticizing mr. trump. i think this is we should say this is not who we are as a party when it comes to women and this is not a viable approach to immigration. >> all the air in the balloon is going to donald trump right now, but that's okay because this is a long process and it is like a baseball season, george. there are some early gains. doesn't necessarily determine who is going to be in the world series. >> the overall media frenzy across the country is focusing on one person. for a lot of us, it's like watching a car accident in

. >>> a decision is expected in the case of jason rezaian, who has been detained for over a year. during his final closed door hearing today, outside the court his mother read a statement defending her son. >> he's paying the price of the suspicion, the animosity and the paranoia between the two countries for more than 37 years. >> rezaian's employer at the washington post has called the trial a farce. >> held in evan prison in solitary confinement. he and his journalist wife were arrested in 2014. all but rezaian were released. he has been appealing for his release. >> every day you continue to hold him in prison is a dark day for his family and for iran. >> rezaian was born in california and holds dual iranian and u.s. citizenship. joined the washington post as its tehran correspondent, rezaian's family says he has faced many health problems, and rezaian's imprisonment is called an abotto abomination. >> a disgraceful violation of human rights. >> the u.s. has applied to united nations to help secure his release. almost 450,000 people have signed an online petition, urging press

. >> since the iranian nuclear agreement was signed there was speculation that jason rezaian would be swapped for the prisoners. >> donald trump and his rival scott walker have proposed building a wall between the u.s. and mexico. just how effective would a wall be? paul beban has been doing some fact checking. paul what you the find? >> well, good evening antonio. we're here in noag nogales on te arizona side, we're to get a seasonal rain shower. what it would mean what the terrain is like, what the physical realities of this area are, and what trump's proposal would really look like. this is the u.s. side of the border fence deposit. you can see it's built of steel and concrete, 20 feet high, it looks like it's impossible to get over or through. but people do, they manage to get through one way or another, they crawl over tunnel under. last year when i was filming, my crew and i saw two young men climb over this fence and back in no time at all. we assume they were drug runners. take a look at that. >> wow he shot right over. >> donald trump says he'll stop young men like those and

jason rezaian has been held in iran for more than a year. his attorney submitted a 20-page brief and provided an oral defense. a verdict is expected in the coming days. >>> donald trump continues to dominate the 2016 discussion. we'll talk about him and the rest of the field in both parties when the panel joins me after the break. you loved brad. and then you totaled him. you two had been through everything together. two boyfriends. three jobs. you're like "nothing can replace brad!" then liberty mutual calls. and you break into your happy dance. if you sign up for better car replacement, we'll pay for a car that's a model year newer with 15,000 fewer miles than your old one. see car insurance in a whole new light. liberty mutual insurance. >>> the fact is she asked me a very inappropriate question. she should really be apologizing to me, if you want to know the truth. other candidates have said that. >> people have been tiptoeing around criticizing mr. trump. i think this is we should say this is not who we are as a party when it comes to w

. >> reporter: the problem is we have no idea what jason rezaian said in his defense because the courtase it. he is being)$! trade by the iran court which is very secretive. today was the fourth and possibly final closed door hearing. some believe the trial is now over and that a verdict must be handed down by next monday. but other legal experts in iran say the judge has wide discretion over whether to hold more hearings. rezaian was born and raised in the u.s. but carries both u.s. and iranian citizenship. he has been the "washington post"'s" iran correspondent sine 2012. in 2014 he was arrested for spying charges, charges the "washington post" calls far sick cal. his mother says the trial is political and her son is the victim of hostilities between iran and the u.s. she continues calling for transparency. >> i want them to publish that information and i want to make public the tapes from the trial so that the iranian people and the american people can see if jason really did harm to iran or not. >> reporter: rezaian's family believes the trial can only be fair itself is public. a b

today marking the final closed court hearing for "washington post" reporter jason rezaian.e faces up to 20 years if convicted of espionage charges against him. a verdict is expected in coming days. we've heard different things about the timeline. we have the bureau chief for the "new york times," one of the few western journalists still working in tehran. tom, nice to join us begin. we've heard different reports. how confident are you that we get a verdict or conclusion to this case over next week? >> i'm not 100% convinced even though mr. rezaian's lawyer telling journalists this has been the final hearing but the same time the press agency fill eighted to the judiciary actually said it is up to the judge, this famous hard-line judge currently trying mr. rezaian, to decide whether he will need another hearing or that this is it. if this is it, we can expect a ruling within a week. jenna: this judge is described as a hard-liner. what does that mean? for us looking from outside in, hard-liner can mean anything to us as far as judges in iran. how did he get the reputation if

jason rezaian has been held by the iranian government since 2014.ton post" calls the trial a sham and denies all of the allegations. we have chief national security correspondent jim sciutto joining us now on this. what happened, do we know? >> the system is so oe peak we don't know a lot. we know his defense lawyer read a 20-page statement of defense. we know jason spoke in his defense. and we know that the read now from the lawyers and others involved in the case is they think you will have an answer in about a week on the verdict and the sentence as well. the greatest hope is they sentence him to about a year so he gets time served so his release comes quickly afterwards but there are no guarantees. there's so many factions in iran and it's the hard-liners who tend to control the judiciary so they'll be the toughest ones you want to -- you don't want to be dealing with in that country. >> what is his family saying? they've been so involved. >> enormous frustration, deep hurt. they're worried about his physical health. his mother obviously wants h

his name is jason rezaian. iranian officials charged him with espionage. did so last year.lls the "associated press" that the journalist spoke in his own defense today but she didn't give specifics. if the court convicts him he could face up to 20 years behind bars. this has been a fully closed door trial. officials refused to let even the man's wife and mother into the courtroom. the united states government and the "washington post" newspaper have criticized the charges. the post's executive editor said today the process has been anything but transparent and just, unquote. the reporter is among four americans believed to be held in iran. u.s. officials pushed iran to release each of them. mike newton is a professor of international law at vanderbilt university. thank you. >> good to see you. >> what is happening here exactly? we're about to figure this out, i'm guessing. >> well, maybe. the revolutionary court is a regular feature of repressive regimes. so the aspect of secret evidence no publicity, and very, very, very thin evidence, it's really an extension of politics

"washington post" reporter jason rezaian, appearing in court for a final hearing today in tehran. a verdict is expected this week. he has been detained for more than a year, facing espionage charges. even as the state department has called for his release. >>> out with the old, in with the new, new zealand's flag, about to get a whole new look. its government publishing a look of 40 possible designs for a new national flag after more than 10,000 -- that is weird one. connell: we don't like that. melissa: submissions. new zealand's prime minister is behind the plan which he says will better reflect a modern independent nation. the idea faced backlash when majority of resident in favor of just keeping their current flag. connell: what is wrong with our flag? melissa: could be fun. connell: man. josh, would you draw up a new flag for new zealand? >>> close call with another drone. this has been crazy, these drones. another drone spotted at a major international airport. we have reporter on the scene with latest. coca-cola shifting blame on obesity away from sugary drink and junk food

. >>> the final hearing in iran's trial against jason rezaian is being held today. you can see him here with anthony bourdain. but iranian authorities have not provided proof of the charges. >>> we turn now to weather. 96 people in myanmar are now dead after flooding from last week's cyclone. a state-run newspaper there says that the flooding destroyed almost 11,000 homes and displaced more than 85,000 people. they have no home to go to. the world food program is working with the government to help the victims and the u.s. secretary of state $600,000 for relief efforts. >>> china and taiwan are coping with the aftermath of typhoon soudelor, china state tv reports 14 storm-related deaths and four people missing there. the typhoon weakened as it moved inland but it is still causing severe flooding. >> and before soudelor hit china it made landfall in taiwan as one of the strongest storms to hit anywhere in the world so far. what you are looking at is amateur video and that is actually showing a twister an apparent twister caused by soudelor. you can see objects floati

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. >>> we are waiting for a verdict in the trial of jason rezaian who is being tried in iran with the g ending yesterday. jason's family is worried and awaiting word on this fate. we have jason's brother here. thank you for joining us. i know it has been agonizing for you and your family. your brother has spent the past eight months mostly in isolation without medical care or access to a lawyer. do you know how he is doing? >> he has been abandoned there. locked up and isolated not seeing people until weeks on end until they say we are taking you to court. he had four days in court over the last ten weeks and this is at the end of 13 months of being held without charges and access to a lawyer. he is really depressed and we are all concerned. >> the iranian regime hasn't explained what the charges are. your brother made it a mission to change america's view of iran and show the world the ancestral land doesn't deserve the harsh views the western world has of iran. how would we want us to view iran now? >> i think jason made a point to tell the difference between the government and the p

jason rezaian held captive for more than a year and why a verdict expected today may not be when we comek. martha: well, that's true, you know, yos smarter than the average bear, and this man is too. a man in idaho snapped this photo of a bear sticking his head through -- oh, it's a cat door, not a dog door, trying to break into his condo. it's not his first run hip. earlier in the year a bear and two cubs climbed up onto his second floor balcony. another time a bear came in through his sliding door. you have to ask yourself, what is it that you're doing to attract so many bears inside your condo? bill: good food and good selfies, perhaps. how'd it feel today? martha: good. nice to be off with the family. bill: back into it? martha: yeah, we're getting there. revving up for a big week. bill: august. martha: good to be back. bill: don't let it pass you by. martha: bye, everybody, have a great day. ♪ ♪ jenna: the hillary clinton e-mail scandal escalating with word now that dozens of e-mails sent from her private server contained classified information. hello, everybody, hope you're off to

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jason rezaian was boesch and raised here in marin county. his brother joins us.u for having me. >> what are your thoughts this morning as your brother's ordeal appears to be nearing an end. >> we've been saying we wanted the judicial process to move forward. there's no evidence against him that would support the charges. our hope is the judge will see that, the iranian government will see that and let him go. >> you say your brother went to iran where your father was born to report on what was happening there, the people. development with very honest, pure intentions. >> he went there in his mid-20s for the first time. he got it. he liked to see a lot of people. he wanted to get the message out so that people knew that the iranian people were not the kind of characters that you see on tv. >> you say your mother has been in iran at the trial for the past two months. she's had very limited contact with him. tell us what he know about how he's doing mentally, physically, emotionally. >> he's had physical problems. they've denied him medical treatment for sometimes m

jason rezaian has been held by the iranian government since 2014.nies all the allegations. joining me is his brother, ali rezaian. thank you for being here. >> thank you, pam. >> your brother finally got to present his defense. how did that go? >> we know they have a comprehensive defense. jason's lawyer has been able to review the entire case file. she knows all the charges brought against him, and she made it clear there's no basis for the charges and we know they were able to bring that information into court, present their case and now we just have to wait for the verdict. >> very quickly, ali, refresh us what this stems from and what iran says these charges stem from, the espionage charges? >> yes, it started 384 days ago. they took jason away as he's the washington correspondent there. they charged him with four charges, the most serious is espionage and also collaborating with hostile powers and p propaganda as well as working with guys and journalists. they don't have any proof, but they mulled through his e-mail and looked through e-mail to

this as a spokesperson for the iranian judiciary says jason rezaian's arrest has nothing to do with hiss rezaian of espionage and hostile acts. the u.s. state department calls those allegations absurd. >>> the pentagon plans to step up its overseas drone program. according to "the wall street journal," it wants to increase flights by 50%. the defense department says the added flights would broaden surveillance and intelligence collection in areas including ukraine, iraq, syria, the south china sea, and north africa. >>> thank you so much for joining me today. i'm carol costello. "at this hour with berman and bolduan" starts now. >>> breaking news. a bomb explodes in thailand's equivalent of times square. the target appears to be a huge tourist attraction next to a five-star hotel. we will tell you what they just discovered at the scene. >>> a passenger plane disappears carrying 54 people. one neighborhood may have the answer to what happened after a major discovery. >>> and donald trump is, a, a billionaire, b, winning, c, bat man, d, all of the above? the new poll and the new policy th

american jason rezaian appeared on cnn's "anthony bourdain parts unknown."overnment. >> the only fair verdict is to acquit him. >> reporter: along with others, rezaian is one of four americans held or missing in iran. president obama has vowed to win their release. >> we will not rest until we bring him home to his family. >> reporter: but the president came under fire for not securing their freedom as part of a nuclear deal with iran. brisling when challenged by a reporter. >> the notion that i am content as i celebrate with american citizens languishing in iranian jails, major, that -- that's nonsense. >> reporter: his family feels that jason has become a political pawn in the challenging u.s.-iran relationship. >> he is paying the price of the suspicion, the animosity and the paranoia between the two countries for more than 37 years. >> reporter: iran has a history of holding americans on trumped up charges from journalists to the american hikers captured in iran later releasing them before public trials and before serving out their sentences. in washingt

people have also signed an online petition calling for an end to rezaian's detainment and urging press freedom with the hashtag free jason. >> good evening everyone. >> at a recent black tie dinner in washington. president obama spoke of jason's imprisonment. >> by doing nothing more than writing about the hopes and fears of the iranian people. we will not rest until we bring him home to his family. >> part of a recently secured agreement to limit iran's nuclear program, the white house maintains the issue will be raised separately. that tactic was criticized at a hearing in june by some in the u.s. congress. >> they continue to poke us in the eye, and continue to spit in our face. it would just be ludicrous and outrageous for us to have a deal with iran that doesn't include the bringing home of our hostages. >> reporter: but that's exactly what has occurred. leaving rezaian's fate now in the hands of the iranian court. kimberly halkett, al jazeera, washington. >> there is a state of emergency in parts of colorado as officials try to contain dangerous levels of heavy metal spilled into a river, into a creek and then fill