. >> jason has been in prison in teheran for nothing more than writing about the hopes and the fearsiranian people. carrying their stories to the readers of the washington post in an effort to bridge our common humanity. >> reporter: the iranian foreign minister says he has helped him be able to see his family, but insists that's all he can do. >> this is a judicial matter which the judiciary is involved. they believe that the charges against him are very serious. but he will go through the judicial process with full access to his lawyers and he will go through a trial. >> reporter: jason's bosses at the paper say their hope is that a judge will throw out the case tuesday, but they are more apprehensive now that they know the evidence will stay secret in a court hearing held behind closed doors. patty culhane, al jazerra washington. >>> as a reporter just a moment ago the iraqi military have launched an offense i have to try to retake part of western anbar province from iceism imran kahn is reporting on this from baghdad from us, what else do you know iran. >> reporter: the troops ha

. >>> hassan is a professor of middle east studies at the university of teheran joining us live fromal. good to have you with us. what do you make of obama's unequivocal port of the g.c.c. countries and the fact that the u.s. will speed up weapons to the g.c.c.? >> this is actually unfortunate to see this sort of, you know, arms bringing arms to the region. the region needs not arms. and this is not new to iran, i believe the united states shut bear in mind that this western arms has made the saudis more aggressive and hostile. that was obvious in bahrain and now it is obvious in em request yemen. >> the saudis showed there that they were not too convinced by the nuclear deal in place not too convinced that this will bring peace to the region. how is that going to be tackled then? >> i don't think they are the party that should be convinced. they are a country in a region filled with chaos and this equilibrium. iran is reaching an agreement with the western parties to reduce the tension between iran and the west. this surely will be beautiful to the security of the region. they -- i

as teheran's house of cartoons stages a competition based on a theme, crimes committed by the islamic state. we have to keep in mind, this is the organization that hosted the grotesque contest for cartoons of holocaust denial. with the theme of the anti-isis competition is getting entries from artists around the world. many depict the group's tactic of destroying ancient cull can chur like this one from a cartoonist from germany. this one shows isis fighters leaving their brans and hearts at the door when they join. of course as cartoonists themselves, some show isis attacks on the pencil as petty and futile. as the artists fly in for the award ceremony in teheran, they know the risks they take by speaking out against isis. some are traveling under false names to protect their identities. all of those takes part seem to be pushing one message above all, the pencil is figmightier n the sword in the winner will be chosen today. the top prize $1500. >>> on to the latest on a travel ban for five members of the taliban living in qatar. known as the taliban five. the men were part of a pris

is also not very happy with russia's decision to fast track sales of a missile defense system to teheran. then we have syria that's a big big problem both of them are very very far apart russia has been backing mt. asaad for some time, and washington has come here, john kerry has come here, hoping there may be some kind of flexibility, that the grounds are shifted enough, that maybe russia's backing of asaad might be softening a little bit. and maybe they can persuade them to come to the negotiating table. washington says that russia and it's rebels in the east of ukraine have methodically broken the cease fire, and russia says that the cease fire has been broken continue ousley by the ukrainian army, a lot of problems and differences between these two sides. >> as we are waiting for that to start we have had some other statements this one saying russia will not bend to pressure to ditch it's national interests. it is interesting not that we expected anything else, but we are hearing a very strong stance. well, it is interesting if you listen to those comments and also listen to the comm

laying the ground work for congress to have the final say on president obama's nuclear deal with teheran. the senate allowed lawmakers to review and reject any final deal. republican senator tom cotton who drafted the warning letter to the iranian government voted against the measurement. he said in part congress should not accept this user pags nor allow the congress any grounds. i will work with republicans and democrats to stop a dangerous deal. president obama says he'll sign the legislation as long as the house doesn't alter it. the house is expected to vote on the measure next week. john boehner wants to get this done. let's go to the nsa. a federal court has ruled the government's bulk collection of every day american's phone data exceeds itsz authority. the three-judge panel concluded the patriot act doesn't authorize the government to store the information but didn't say if the practice is unconstitutional. attorney general loretta lynch says the obama administration is deciding what to do next. the ruler brought praise from people on both sides of the aisles. rand paul and bern

. >>> yemen's government in exile in saudi arabia has recalled from iran, blaming teheran for interferingits domestic affairs. a shaky ceasefire between the saudi-led coalition and yemen's warring factions has been in place since tuesday, from the saudi capital we have a report. >> reporter: these are the streets of yemen's capital sanaa sanaa. there is a ceasefire in place, an opportunity for yemenis to have been confined to their homes for weeks to go out and buy food. >> translator: thank god for the truce, we all those stuck abroad can return and we hope they will extends the truce and people will move quickly to provide food and fuel among other things. >> reporter: the united nations special envoy to yemen has wrapped up his first visit to country since he was appointed. they face the delicate task of urging all sides to stop fighting. across the border, here in the saudi capital riyadh. yemen's government in exile has set up an agency to distribute ada cross the country. but it's a government that has almost no power on the ground. the minister of information, she says political ta

fight for free an american reporter month faces years in an iranian prison as his trial begins in teheran. >>> president obama urged lawmakers to keep identity parts of the patriot act alive. the senate left no recess saturday without renewing a provision used to justify several nsa surveillance programs, that includes the controversial collection of phone records from millions of americans. the provision expires at midnight sunday. if it does expire the president says there is no backup plan. >> this needs to get done. and i would urge folks to just work through whatever issues can still exist make sure we don't have on midnight sunday night this task still undone. because it's necessary to keep the american people safe and secure. >> the president asked the senate to pass a house bill that reins in the nsa's collection of phone date actual the senate will hold a rare session sunday to work on the issue. >>> one of the authors of the house bill is congressman gerald nadler. he spoke with our tony harris earlier tonight and said no matter what the senate does the house will not budge. >>

. >> reporter: meanwhile the iraqi foreign minister flew to teheran today. the head of the rev lougzary guards countered the carter criticism by saying that the u.s. has no will to fight either. >> fox news obtaining an fbi homeland security bulletin warning law enforcement and military to be vigilant due to a heightened threat of an attack. catherine? >> reporter: jon, this bulletin said the isis' threat significantly increased and reads we are aware of recent information suggesting u.s. military bases and events could be targeted in the near term and u.s. investigators are becoming overwhelmed trying to keep up with the social media barrage of the u.s. supporters of the islamic state. making it harder to know who would be launching an attack. and there are generic warnings in the past but there are precautions and list of suspicious activity is insider threats and warns about individuals asking unusual questions about building maintenance and security procedures. the bulletin said there are no threats at this time. but it is a boilerplate term that is losi

teheran threatened to send a warship into their waters to accompany a cargo boat carrying human tear aid human humanitary aid. a member of parliament called the king a trader to islam. >> now in the u.s. president obama attempted to reassure gulf leaders he understood their security concerns over iran. john harwood filed this report. >> president obama and the leaders of the gulf arab states concluded a summit meeting at camp david which was about what we expected. this was not attended by the king of saudi arabia. both were widely seen as deciding to skip the meeting out of concerns they have about the united states moving forward after a suspected nuclear deal with iran. the meeting was candid and acknowledged the concerns of the gulf states. said the united states would attempt to address them. >> we discussed not only the iranian nuclear deal and the potential for us to ensure that iran is not obtaining a nuclear weapon but we also discussed our concerns about iran's detablizing activities in the region. the united states will stand by our gcc partners against external attack and

the three hour hearing was held behind closed doors in the teheran revolutionary court. which usually presides over political cases. or those related to national security. the u.s. says credit sidessed the lack of transparency in his case. the foreign minister of the washington post, he says the case against him is ludicrous, and without foundation. there is nothing as all that is cleared. from the moment he was detained we have heard nothing from the irhinian authorities and even the nature of the charges have not been made public, what we have heard sounds on surrender, and ludicrous to us. the idea that he was in anyway doing anything more than what he does as a journalist. that he would be acquitted in a fair court and that's what we hope to see happen now. >> the only access point not controlled by israel. egypt closed it last october after a. booing in the peninsula killed 30 of the soldiers. however it is not allowing traffic the other way leaves thousands stuck inside the tiny enclave. police have begun exhuming the bodies of dozens of trafficking victims. lawren

>> the river is one of the mightiest rivers of teheran and iran being in the middle east has had less and less rain over the past year. it hasn't been raining much where the river lies. basically it is drying up because there are a lot of people using a lot of water and water management is often not that good. comparable to the seine river of paris. >> at the end of this piece you show the river you were walking across is full of water and easy people lining up to take a boat down the river, how did it get water in it? >> it has to do with a large number of dams mahmoud ahmadinejad was known for is denial of the holocaust but he has been building a lot of damage. it might sound like something it has seriously screwed up iran's one management. a lot of water remains behind a dam the rivers are drying up and what of people have been protesting. what you see in the video people have been protesting, demanding the water return. >> when you ask a young man what happens to the water they actually blame the united states and you have a bit of fun with that. are the series? are they blaming t

and wants putin to cancel the sell to teheran of a sophisticated air defense system which could lead iran to drive a harder bargain at nuclear talks. there was no evidence of any breakthroughs on syria and on iran. the russian foreign minister promised to mo ahead with the delivery of the controversial air defense system to teheran. but both sides did agree to work more closely on trying to resolve the crisis in ukraine. kerry hinted that if russia cooperated with implementing a stalled peace plan some of those sanctions imposed by the u.s. and european union could be lifted. which that is something that russia is really looking for. >> kerry wants to reset that relationship. let's see if he can achieve that if the russians are willing to cooperate. >>> the attack on a controversial prophet muhammad event in texas tast the spotlight on the vast hidden depths of the internet used by isis for recruiting fund-raising and incitement. now the u.s. is scrambling to hunt down the terrorists in the internet. barbara starr, what are you finding out? >> this is a world with sale team and delta

a top iranian official says teheran has agreed to grant u.n. nuclear inspectors quote, managed access to the country's military sites. a key demand of the u.s. and other world powers. but it was one that's been flat-out rejected multiple times by that guy, iran's preemsupreme leader vowing to keep any and all inspectors of the military installations. negotiations continue with iran. talks face a june 30th deadline. >>> some sad news this memorial day weekend. police say nobel prize winning mathematician john nash who was the inspiration for the movie "a beautiful mind" has been killed in a car crash along with his wife. they say the couple was riding in a taxi yesterday when it crashed on the new jersey turnpike. brian ennis is following the story from the new york city newsroom. >> reporter: john forbes nash jr. considered one of the great mathematicians of the 20th century killed saturday with his wife of 60 years alicia. when the taxi lost control and hit a guardrail and another vehicle on the new jersey turnpike. they were pronounced dead a

rezaian was arrested with his wife last june at their home in teheran.nage charges he faces are punishable by death in iran. in an interview, his brother ali insisted the trial's secrecy was proof the government had no case. >> trying to make a case that there's some kind of security reason that the trial should be closed is absolutely ridiculous. it's absolutely unfounded. i think the only reason you could possibly imagine that the trial would be closed would be to prevent people from seeing the lack of evidence. >> joining me now is executive director of the committee to protect journalists joel simon. thanks so much for joining me. i know cpj has been working on this case a while. what exactly do we know about the case that the iranian government has against jason rezaian? >> almost nothing. he was detained essentially in comminacado. we don't know the charges against him. we don't know what evidence has been brought forward. this is really not a judicial process. it's almost like a hostage taking or a kidnapping. you know, this is being dressed up as

of course going forward that they're not getting weapons just from the united states but also from teheran as well. it was very clear that he wasn't going to say anything he was being careful but he was strong coming out in his criticism of the iraqis and stating his surprise that they weren't able to do more with the weapons they had already. >> for that and all the middle east coverage thank you so much. we'll have a quick look at futures before we head to break which are pointing to a negative open. s&p expected to open down 7. dow to open down 40 and the nasdaq expected to open down 20 points. we're back in two. more and more, data is visual. in fact, the number of mris has increased by ten percent a year. and a radiologist might view a thousand images to find one tiny abnormality in shape, contrast or movement. because it's so challenging a research project is teaching ibm watson to see. in the future, it could help clinicians spot key patterns quickly and precisely. ibm watson is working to make healthcare smarter every day. >>> a very warm welcome. i'm wilfred frost and here are you

the economy opening up and oil money flowing, again, into the pockets of government officials in teherand into the hands of the guard and they're wondering what that's going to mean in terms of further proxy conflicts in the region. they're looking to the u.s. and the west as well in general just for a show of support. they're going to be meeting with the white house and meeting at camp david as well for a two-day security summit later in this month and the president is expected to talk not just about accelerating these weapons deals for these gulf arab countries, particularly saudi arabia and the uae but also a missile defense system as well so heavy issues here in the region. >> thank you so much. still to come on the show just as the trailer follows the truck, will companies get behind autonomous semis? we deliver the details on the latest venture. that's coming up. >>> a record for alstom. that was a 60% increase on the previous year. alstom ceo sat down for an exclusive interview with stefen. he began by addressing recent settlements with the u.s. department of justice. >> we had a

they're waiting for advice from teheran. most militias are backed and financed by iran. no sign that battle to retake ramadi is any way imminent. >> bill neely, thank you. appreciate it. >>> we want to go to breaking news happening here in boston. bob kraft, patriot's owner. he is talking about deflategate. >> going to be disappointed in that decision. i hope they trust my judgment and know that i really feel at this point in time that taking this off the agenda, this is the best thing for the patriots, our fans, and the nfl. and i hope you all can respect that. you know, i would normally take questions, but my desire is truly not to continue the rhetoric. so i'm going to leave this discussion exactly here. thank you very much. >> all right. so listening there to bob kraft patriot's owner saying he's not going to appeal the $1 million fine and loss of a couple of draft picks. this is different than the appeal tom brady filed last week before the 5:00 deadline i believe on thursday. he was able to meet the deadline for the appeal of his four game suspension. hearing from