>> mahdi: so this is the actual menu. >> anthony: right. >> mahdi: i would recommend you to try thisd this one. and this one. >> anthony: okay. >> ali: why not? >> anthony: chelo kebab wouldn't be complete without persian rice. fluffy, long-grained, and perfectly seasoned with saffron, the rice in this country is like nothing you've ever had. >> mahdi: so tony, first you should take the butter, and put it on your rice. bon appetit! >> anthony: bon appetit. this is good. >> ali: it's good! >> mahdi: it's very good, yeah. ♪ >> anthony: it was a hopeful time when i arrived in iran. a window had opened. there had been a slight loosening of restrictions since the election of president hassan rouhani and there was optimism for a deal that could lead to an easing of crippling economic sanctions imposed because of iran's continued nuclear program. trade restrictions that have been very, very difficult for everyone. but there's a push happening between opposing factions in the government. on one hand, iranians are the descendants of ancient persia, an empire of poetry, flowers, a highly influ

al-mahdi ordered the destruction of sites in timbuktu as affronts to islamic values.secutors will seek nine to 11 years. this caseists hope will send a warning that pillaging of ancient sites will not go unpunished. kathy clifford has been checking in on how malians are reacting. reporter: as timbuktu watches mayorial from afar, its celebrate having gotten this far. >> we thank god and all our partners, all who have helped with his arrest so today, justice can be done. everyone should know that nobody is beyond justice. reporter: as people here rebuild their city, seeing al-mahdi tried is of great importance. >> the people of timbuktu have been waiting for this trial. these people have caused harm to the population. this trial must go ahead so the perpetrators know the harm they have done. 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 int

secondly, it happened that mr. al-mahdi was apprehended in a different country and then turned over tointernational criminal court.al but i think the most importanta thing from a straight, factual, evidentiary perspective is theri were films made, videos of him made showing him destroying and bragging about destroying the sites. in a lot of cases, proving exactly what did what becomes difficult, so we can haveav documentation a state was destroyed and say this clearly violated international law, but moving exactly who and underun what circumstances did it, improving the intention that and proving the identity of thef person who carried it out. so for example in the balkan cases, the cases of destruction in bosnia and in croatia, it was often difficult to determine exactly who was responsible, whi gave the order, who carried it out and was it intentional and also i guess another important aspect is there was no armed conflict going on at the time that the shrines in timbuktu were destroyed. in most cases, destruction of cultural heritage can be excused to what's called military necessit

al-mahdi himself comes from the timbuktu region and as a result was fully aware of the importance of the mausoleum and their significance to the city inhabitants. reporter: such is the importance of these recently reconstructed monuments. the prosecutor says stonemasons in the region are considered human treasures. katty: the promise that the next generation will be better off than the one before has been powerful part of the american dream. but progress has stalled. according to a new survey, a majority of americans think the future will be worse. it is a pessimistic view that donald trump has been tapping into on the campaign trail. this week we hear from a number of families and we start with scott wilson and his son, who live in southern virginia. >> people here take a lot of pride in what they do. we have always had a name for making good furniture. they have supported the community through my lifetime, and my grandparents, my father for a time. not my kids. it has changed a lot over the years. i have 2 children. luke has asked me from time to time about what i would recommend f

marina myrrh heck mahdi, "washington post" reporter jason rezaian and ftwo more were rele an january 17th, the exact same day an unmarked cargo plane delivered $1.7 billion in cash an a pallet. i'm joined now by mark toner, the deputy spokesman at the state department. mark, thanks very much for joining us. >> thank you. >> this report raising lots of questions. the republican national committee just issued this statement a little while ago. i'll read it to you. part of it at least. the obama/clinton foreign policy not only means cutting a dangerous nuclear deal with the world's number one state sponsor of terrorism. it also means paying them a secret ransom with cargo planes full of cash. this reckless arrangement is not only a major breach of longstanding u.s. policy, it also means millions of dollars potentially finding their way into the pockets of terrorist organizations while putting a price on the head of every american. lots of questions raised, mark. why wasn't congress made aware of the specifics of this arrangement? >> well, in fact, it's hard to know where to begin with t

and for market impacts, the stronger dollar is a factor against the mahdi currencies, potentially wind break the back of that. but more than that really, up to the february from here, it has been time and time again. so it is safe to assume that september is a no go for now. anna: is there anything -- i'm looking at the function of the bloomberg, checking of the latest in the estimate forecast for what that payroll number could be, 180,000 is still the consensus estimate for what we are going to see. but with that number have to be to really scare the markets? it is amazing to me that given the tightness in the labor markets that we could still be hanging on unemployment numbers to decide whether the fed goes or not in december? valentin: the way i see it, labor market has been doing spectacularly well, especially compared to the rest of the economy. really it is at, bigger worry. they do not have cap fx. recovery,ee sustained and that is a worry. at the same time, clearly the tightness in the labor market is not producing the same wage growth or indeed core inflation, not really impr