. >> quickly, our viewers and speaking out on behalf of pastor yousef nadarkhani.hat else can they do to help the suffering iranian christians? >> more out spoken we are, the more we object publically to the treatment of christians in iran, the more it can bring awareness and forces regime to stop the behavior, that method saved pastor yousef nadarkhani's life even though he is still on death row. >> thank you for coming. >>> he survived two tours in iraq, this former marine gave his life to rescue his friend. >> ron luce spoke at the funeral at austin anderson's funeral. he is said to have helped hanna walk to a nearby road for help after their airplane crashed in kansas. he died hours later. charlene israel has more. >> reporter: all five were on the way to acquire a rally in iowa. all had ties to oral roberts university. oru issued a statement saying the entire oru grieves for the oru graduates that lost their lives. the only survivor, 22-year-old hanna luce. daughter of ron luce. >> she hasn't been able to talk, show wrote down austin saved me. >> austin endure

. >>> an iranian pastor jailed for his faith has written a letter, yousef nadarkhani faces a death sentence. he writes, i try to be humble and obedient to those in power and pray for them to rule the country according to god. you can read the entire letter on the global lane blog on our websi websi websi websi websi website cbnnews.com. >>> the president said the vice president's marks forced the announcement. he would have come out before the nominating convention and didn't make the decision for political gain. >> i think it would be hard that this is something i am frankly, the politics, it is noted clear how they cut. >> the president would make a political calculation that is not advantageous. the position has stirred up plenty of criticism. his own spiritual adviser, reverend joel hunter, he is disappointed and disagrees. obama's remarks undermind the institution of marriage and president of the southern baptist convention will hold them accountable that completely ignores the biblical foundation of marriage. bishop jackson in maryland agreed. >> i was disappointed. >> how this announ