rosiland jordan live for us in washington.hank you. >>> iran is on the docket today at the supreme court. the justices are hearing a case over how to collect $2 billion frozen in iranian accounts here in the u.s. the suit was brought by the families of marines killed in beirut in 1983. the high court has to decide whether construction acted unconstitutionally when it passed a law saying the families should get that money. >>> and iran was part of the participate's state of the union address last night. but the white house has yet to comment about the release of those sailors. mike viqueira is live in the nation's capitol as well this morning. mike, good morning. what has been the reaction from both sides of the aisle to the president's address last night? >> reporter: it's about what you would expect, not withstanding the plea for more bipartisanship, saying he failed to fix washington as he campaigned for on change. republicans dug inasmuch as ever a schism on the right in the wake of the response from nikki haley, but it was

. >> let's go back to rosiland jordan in washington.ecretary of state very keen to emphasize the role of diplomacy of bringing about this swift resolution to this incident. >> reporter: that's right. it was the secretary of state's own diplomacy which everyone in the obama administration is saying lead to the swift release of these ten u.s. navy sailors. the secretary called his counterpart the iranian foreign minister on tuesday. they had at least two conversations about the circumstances of the sailor's presence near the island, which is iranian territory, and the explanation about the apparent mechanical problems, which one of the two patrol boats that they were piloting was having, which was how they ended up inside iranian waters vourning the island. now one point which the obama administration is very keen to knock down is the iranian government's suggestion that secretary of state kerry or everyone else in the u.s. apologized to the iranian government for the presence of these sailors near the island. there has been a lot of push

all of this suggests that in the middle of war it seems no one is safe. >> rosiland jordan, reporting from washington. fpt francoifrench president fras hollande calls the terrorist threat in requesting a three month extension, the u.n. resolution makes it easier for people to be placed under house arrest,. >>> indonesia's president has ordered increased security inside the country's prisons after a deadly shooting rampage. eight people died in the attack in jakarta more than a week ago, 34 were injured. i.s.i.l. claimed responsible. one was released from prison and it is believed he was radicalize thread. step vaessen reports in our off the radar segment tonight. >> relatives waiting for the buddy, the there-year-old became the face of the worst attack in indonesia since 2009. he was photographed shooting into a crowd at one of jakarta's busiest intersections. four members of the public were killed in the day's attack. just five months earlier sunachem had been released from prison where he was serving a term. >> when he came out of prison we offered him to live here although our hous

rosiland jordan, al jazeera, washington. >> j.d. gordon is a retired navy commander. he served at pentagon spokeman for robert gates. j.d, talk a little bit about what happened in the gulf yesterday between the americans and the iranians. >> hi john, good to see you. there were two navy patrol craft, river craft apparently. five sailors each, going from kuwait to bahrain, but halfway through their trip they had engine problems in one of them. they drifted in the middle of the gulf well over 50 miles from the saudi coast, and the iranians detained them, humiliated them and the united states, by keeping them. at first they didn't say how long they were going to keep them. they took their photos, and as a violation of the geneva convention, i believe, they showed their faces. >> what was the point of this? >> i think iran wants to embarrass the united states. they want to control the region. they want to be the dominant power in the middle east. they want to reach out to the iranian people to show them they're the boss, they own the persian gulf, they want to push back a

rosiland jordan reports from washington. >> at first glance this video from the iranian military is mom news. ten u.s. navy sailors being detained in the gulf. their patrol boats being searched and the crew waiting to learn its fate. but on wednesday morning the crisis was over, the soldiers handed back to the u.s. >> and i think we can all imagine how a similar situation may have played out three or four years ago. and in fact, it is clear that today, this kind of issue was able to be peacefully resolved. >> reporter: kerry was alluding to the fact that he and foreign minister mohammed javad zarif talked at least five times on tuesday to resolve the situation. the pentagon says the crew had experienced mechanical problems with one of its boats and float intermediate iranian waters. bun but iran at first accused the sailors of suspicious behavior and local press said they had been arrested. however vested interest in tamping down the rhetoric, over the nuclear deal between iran and the international community. >> the parties will be resolved especially the united states, and for the tim

. >> live you to rosiland jordan in washington, d.c. have been monitoring this incident which was a very curious one, wasn't it? >> reporter: that's right, martine. in fact when the sailors were first detained by the iranians around, you know, midday east coast time in -- on the island, the iranians were saying that they were suspecting these sailors of being spies, of having nefarious intentions; that they didn't believe that one of the two patrol boats, which they were on, and on their way to bahrain, had any mechanical problems, but on the flip side, martine, the obama administration was very, very muted in its comments. it kept saying, look, we are making an outreach to the iranian authorities. we're hoping this situation can be resolved, and the sailors can be returned promptly, swiftly, words of that sort. and as events developed on tuesday, it developed that the secretary of state john kerry in fact did talk with the foreign minister of iran about the situation. they had at least two conversations, direct conversations about the

. >> rosiland jordan, live for us there in washington, d.c, thank you. >>> a major groab major global l markets have posted drops, on the back of weak chinese manufacturing data and a falling currency. monday was also the first test of a new stock market circuit breaker in china which is supposed to stop trade when loss he hit the 5% mark. adrian brown is in beijing with more. pardon me, we don't have adrian brown's report. dow jones industrial average fell almost 300 points and the s&p 500 index also posted a loss and the nasdaq composite index ended down more than 100 points. also a poor showing in china new data indicating that u.s. manufacturing had contracted to its lowest level in six years further dampened investor confidence. kristin saloomey has more now on how china's stock plunge affected the u.s. markets. >> reporter: china's economic slow down weighed heavily on u.s. markets on their first day of trading in the new year. the dow jones industrial average and the standard & poor's index both closed down about 1.5% and down even more so during the trading day with a lot of v

. >> that is rosiland jordan in washington. >>> the president by the way not talking about those american sailors in his final state of the union address last night. at the time they were still being held. he did, however, tout the iranian nuclear deal as one of his legacies. >> reporter: del, it was a non-traditional speech in the white house estimation. one thing he is doing today that is tradition, he is going out on the road, pressing the message of the state of the union in different parts of the country, today it is omaha, nebraska. he'll have a living room discussion there later there will be a speech at the university in omaha. he is going to be focusing on education, and then he travels to baton rouge, louisiana where tomorrow he'll have a townhall style meeting with residents there. later in the month he'll amplify his message of resurrection of the auto industry, heading to detroit for the auto show. last night a speech that only a president that did not face reelection could really give. almost ridiculing republicans in some parts, and asking voters to help in doing what he wa

rosiland jordan is live for us in washington, d.c.re learning more about their release, including the role of secretary of state john kerry. >> that's right. the secretary of state in fact was in direct contact with the iranian foreign minister on tuesday. they had at least two conversations about the situation involving those ten u.s. navy sailors, and how it is that they ended up near the island which is an iranian island in the arabian or persian gulf. the secretary of state engaged in this diplomacy as opposed to the defense secretary, ash carter, so when the secretary first reacted to the news that the sailors had been transferred back to u.s. custody, he said, this was a victory for diplomacy, and at the speech at the national defense university in the past year, mr. kerry referred and expanded on what he meant by that. >> and i think we can all imagine how a similar situation might have played out three or four years ago. and -- and in fact, it is clear that today this kind of issue was able to be peacefully resolved, and offic

. >> reporter: our correspondent in washington rosiland jordan says kerry leveraged his relationshiph his iranian counterpart. >> the u.s. secretary of state john kerry says he is grateful to iranian authorities for arranging the quick release of ten u.s. navy sailors from iranian custody after more than 16 and possibly as long as 20 hours between tuesday and early wednesday morning. the u.s. defense department is crediting the secretary of state for negotiating the swift release of the sailors because of his direct channel to the iran an foreign minister. they established this relationship during the more than two years of negotiation over ending iran's suspected nuclear weapons program. however, a senior administration official has been telling reporters in recent weeks that just because there is this direct channel of communication between the two, does not mean that the u.s. and iran are any closer to reestablishing diplomatic ties after 35 years. what the u.s. is stressing is that the pragmatism of trying to fix issues of mutual concern between tehran and washington is an opport

. >> let's go live to washington, d.c., and al jazeera's rosiland jordan.just cently pictures of the time when those sailors were held by the iranians. this was potentially a rather serious incident which appears to have been resolved rather quickly. >> that's right. especially when you look at the fact that the sailors were made to basically surrender to the iranian authorities, apparently they were just offshore of an iranian island, and this video, which was shot by the iranian authorities and then distributed also you see that they have their passports, which isn't allowed, frankly under international treaties and conventions. the fact that the obama administration very quickly decided that it wasn't going to try to inflame the situation anymore than was already happening on the iranian side with accusations that the sailors were engaging perhaps in nefarious activities, perhaps engaging in espionage -- >> sorry to interrupt you, we're going to go to the secretary of state who is delivering his foreign policy agenda at the national defense university in

. >> let's go live to rosiland jordan in washington, d.c.the secretary of state pointed out this could have all gone very differently, couldn't it? >> it would have gone very differently. but the reason why it didn't escalate into a protracted detention for the ten sailors or some sort of pototential milita confrontation is because of the direct contact which john kerry has with the foreign minister of iran. they talked at least twice about the situation on tuesday, and that lead to the release at 8:37 gmt of the sailors from iranian custody to u.s. custody. this the point he was trying to make, lauren, was without this direct ability to talk to each about immediate problems this is how situations deteriorate. >> the timing of this could have been extremely awkward. [ video and audio lost ] [ technical difficulties ] >> he also mentioned during the news conference, the issue of syria and how it was important to bring the iranians and the saudi arabias to the table to try to resolve the conflict. do you think that the relationship -- improved

rosiland jordan reports from washington about. >> at first glance this video from the iranian military is ominous. ten u.s. navy sailors being detained in the gulf. the crew waiting to learn its fate. but on wednesday morning the crisis was over. the sailors handed over to the u.s. >> i think we could imagine how a similar situation could have played out three or four years ago. and in fact, it is

. >> rosiland jordan, thank you very much indeed. >> still to come on this news hour, what about the disappearance of another worker from a controversial bookshop. >>> plus, how sweden and denmark are planning to cope with a record number of refugees. and word number 2 how andy murray has started 2016. the major global financial markets have posted losses as fears of an economic slow down in china deepen. mainland chinese stocks plunged by 7% before trading was suspended for the day. the drop came on the back of weak chinese manufacturing data and a following currency. monday was also the first test of a stock market circuit breaker. al jazeera's adrian brown is in beijing with more. >> this is the worse start ever on the trading year on the shanghai and shenzhen trading markets. a new system was being used on monday, which was supposed to contain market volatility. so when the markets fell by 5%, trading was temporarily halted for 15 minutes. trading then resumed and the index then fell by more than 7%. so it seems that a system that was brought in to try ocalm things down actually