capital of iran. this neighborhood feels kind of like, there are neighborhoods in rome this feels a lot like. after all this time, i finally had my chance to see a country i'd heard so much about. the weather's nice too. i don't know what i was expecting, but it's nice. a big blank spot on nearly every traveler's resume. merci. delicious! thank you. ♪ >> arianne: once upon a time there was an ancient kingdom where they found a lot of magical black stuff under the ground. but, two other kingdoms had the key to the magical black stuff, and when they wouldn't share, the people of the ancient kingdom got mad. they voted and their leader said, "the magical black stuff is ours to keep." but, the other kingdoms were afraid of losing all of the magical black stuff so they gave money to some bad men to get rid of the leader. they put back in power another leader and they gave him money, too! to some he was a good king, but to others he could be very cruel. after many years the people of the kingdom got mad,

iran will be returned its own funds, including appropriate interest, but much less than the amount iran sought. >> i understand the point you made in your first answer. we're talking about $400 million in cash, we're talked about an unmarked plane, we're talking about the hostages waiting on the tarmac until the plane landed. but you certainly would agree that the administration did not keep this payment, maybe the nature of it, was they didn't keep the payment secret. >> well, they didn't keep the nature of it -- and when you give $400 million in straight cash, in euro notes, a note notoriously known for drug running, so much so that the european union is taking it out of circulation, that's an important fact for the american people to know. but i said at the time in january paying them $1.7 billion, not money that they deserve or money that they had a right to, on the very weekend that four americans were released from captivity and the nuclear deal was implemented, was a ransom payment. and that would lead to the detention of more hostages in iran, which is exactly what has happened

does not have diplomatic relations with iran. critics are saying this amounts to ransom and it has emboldened the iranian regime to take more americans hostage later this year, trish. >> thank you so much. good to see you, james. state department spokesperson kirby putting it this way during an interview earlier today. watch. >> look, you can believe us who've talked about this on camera and on the record since january, or you can believe an unnamed anonymous defense official from iran. you choose who you're going to believe to be more credible. >> let's get reaction right now from former u.s. ambassador to the u.n. john bolten. ambassador, welcome. how would you characterize this? do you see it as ransom? >> of course it was. this deal together with the nuclear deal was all part of the same package. and the white house spokesman all but admitted it in the passage you just broadcast saying they made a strategic decision to try and wrap everything up together. and they did. >> they did it all together. i look at it and say how doe

iran will be returned its own funds including the appropriate interest but much less the iran sum. >> the timing, the deal with the ran over nukes all a coincide e coincidence. my guest who you will meet is momentarily laughing, james, these are a lot of coincidences. >> yes, if only we had a artful look at this plane touching down in iran surrounding iran's release of four american hostages on january 17th. one receiving medical germany, the pastor, former u.s. marine and a man, but the u.s. government says this actually traces back to the late 1970s in response to that hostage deal iran's claim to that money has been snaking its way through u.s. international courts. and the payment arranged in january on or about the very day our hostages were freed mark the first installment including interest of $1.7 billion. the white house claims they took place on separate tracks and was not used for other "nefarious activities". >> we knew they used revenue to start investing in infrastructure, and they had debts to pay and frankly their collectors were eager to collect. >> it occurred exactl

the many, many wrongs in iran. but you can reward them for the nuclear thing which they are more or less following. punish at the same time. >> you know what, we don't have any sticks. iran has them and we're feeding them bon bones and they're 2 billion in a bank in this country supposed to go to the victim of iranian sponsored terror and they're still demanding it back. >> confiscated and -- >> they've taken three more hostages. mark my words they're going to come to the table and want that money. >> thank you, guys. >> carbshin' in over an hour fr now. what do you have? >> hi. president obama dissing donald trump in front of another world leader. should he be insulting someone who could be the next president of the united states. the message it sends to the rest of the world. plus clint eastwood is going ballistic about political correctness. the cashin' in gang will see you at 11:30. >> if you hated your cable company before, wait until you hear what they want you to pay more for now. can a toothpaste do everyth

do you see any change in iran, how it's acting result of this iran deal? >> well, first of all, bret, the day began with a complete falsehood being tweeted out by the trump campaign. donald trump tried to suggest that hillary clinton was involved in this $400 million payment to iran. of course, independent fact checkers verified that happened -- that transaction took place a year after she departed. >> so she doesn't support that? >> i'm not saying that. >> why would you say she wasn't part of it? >> during the course of -- >> she supported the iran deal. >> she absolutely did. >> so the administration is saying that's part of this. >> actually, i think this was negotiated separately from the iran nuclear agreement that's what the white house explained today. this payment was the settlement that dates back to 1979 -- >> so she supports it in other words? >> i think that she -- that the white house has fully explained this was a matter of settling an outstanding claim. in fact, the $400 million represents -- >> i know what the white house said. eye asking w

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>> i supported president obama's deal with iran. i thought it was a close call and there are upsides to it and down sides. he was able to do is stop iran and the growth towards the nuclear weapon and freeze the program and shine a very bright light on it and through the inspection and do that with the roefs t rest of the world on our side. there's a down side however, and i testified before congress and did at the time and that is when the agree lapses in 15 years they could go back to a nuclear program and i think that the upside outweighs the down side. >> real quick on isis and we had another attack over the weekend and a thattack on isis. how do you classify it? >> well, i think that they have done a lots of the damage to the islamic state and the control and territory is shrinking. they're in libya and have a lot of control over nigeria and i think that it's a struggle that they have to do on the other side and that's the islamic state. the battle is -- >> well, the battle is far from over and we apologize for that satellite is

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bev to stands up to iran, chris. i've introduced legislation with several calling the counter-iranian threat act, that we need to act immediately after we go back in session -- >> i want to get to the larger question of iran. one of the concern is iran used this as, to support terrorism, but cia director john brennan said that that's not true. let's listen to director bren n brennan. >> the money, the revenue flowing into iran is being used to support its currency, to provide, you know, monies to the department and agencies to build up infrastructure. >> is director brennan misleading the american people, senator? >> well, when you give iran more than $100 billion, there's no doubt some of that money may go into domestic purposes. a lot of the support for terrorism groups like hezbollah may not require that much money. even white house officials have said that some of this money likely ended up in the hands of terrorist organizations or revolutionary guard corps, as president obama's director of and commander in the

since the international community worked together to impose sanctions on iran, on iran because of their nuclear program, their economy suffered. so it makes sense that when iran got revenue, as a result of the iranian agreement, for example, the nuclear agreement, for example, they used that money to prop up their currency. that had been significantly devalued by the sanctions regime. we also know that when iran was subject to all these sanctions, they were not able to finance infrastructure improvements. their infrastructure was crumbling. we know they used revenue from sanctions relief, to start investing in infrastructure. we also know that they had significant debts they were unable to pay. they were eager to repay those debts. frankly their creditors were eager to collect. >> specifically how, that specific pile of cash, literally was used? do you know -- that money was spent by the iranians? >> the, well, first of all it is iranian money. what is true from all of the money that iran received since january, including from sanctions relief which actually we know is more than $400 bi

but iran does. and why hasn't president obama with all his dealings with iran figured out how to put pressure on iran to at least tell the levinson family, is he dead or alive? i don't buy that it's an impossible task to get that information for the family out of iran. i just don't see the commitment. now administration claims that finding bob levinson is a high priority but it can't be that high 7 1/2 years into obama's presidency. when it comes to bob levinson, we are exactly where we were at the beginning of his presidency, nowhere. is that your definition of high priority? not mine. and that's my off the record comment tonight. results on the screen right now, should the u.s. hold off giving or returning money to countries holding americans hostages. 71% say yes hold off and balance say no. and don't forget to vote on twitter every night. that's all for now. see you again tomorrow night here at 7:00 p.m. eastern. go to my facebook page. i posted a video of prime minister netanyahu. check it out.

the it is cash payment to iran. we'll ask senator tom cotton, energy is a complex challenge. people want power. >>> questions about the it is cash payment to iran. we'll ask senator tom cotton, and power plants account for more than a third of energy-related carbon emissions. the challenge is to capture the emissions before they're released into the atmosphere. more affordable so it can reduce emissions around the world. that's what we're working on right now. ?? >>> a look outside the belt way at martha's vineyard where president obama is spending his final summer vacation as commander in now to the $400 million cash payment to iran, which the administration maintains was not ransom, even though the exchange coincided with tehran's release of those four american hostages. let's bring in senator tom cotton a member of the armed services committee and fierce critic of president obama's nuclear deal. senator, we've known since the formal announcement of the iran deal last january and release of million as settlement o

but the reality is if you look at the iran -- iran spend a lot of money supporting terrorist groups around the world. the largest state sponsor of international terrorist movement, and before that money was delivered, before the iran nuclear deal, one of the terrorists outposts, hamas and hezbollah -- the money was drying up. they were not getting money from iran. in the last month or so it shows they have in fact the money flow , the spigot has been turned on there there is a relationship between the iran get thing mow and the terrorists get egg the money. >> i keep asking the question because it's mind boggling how on earth $400 million can just be transferred like that. if you're a business, you're running a business, and you're accountable to shareholders you got account for every single penny. how is it that the u.s. government can suddenly have $400 million just evaporate? >> half a billion dollars. the tragedy is that whoever's budget it came out of, the pentagon has not had a full audit in years. so, who knows where the money came from. that's why congress should demand an answer.

-- we decide to change iran's title from persia to iran. but theselso had some for not like british influence in the middle east. they were formally allied with not to germany, but the allies did invade iran and did overthrow the shah and insult his son -- install his son as the last shah in 1979 -- last shah in 1979. navy membersr of or held for less than 24 hours in iranian waters but why did the iranian government to that question mark -- government do that? guest: they wanted to show it as force, to show that they are relevant after the nuclear agreement. the hostage-taking was very televised in iran, very public, and the iranian government did try to humiliate the sailors from propaganda points. but because the u.s. and iran have established close diplomatic relations of the highest level and the u.s. secretary of state and foreign minister, this book about the issue. to get thes able release of the sailors almost immediately. host: so if there was not agreement on other issues, potentially, they would have kept them longer? years ago,

was it shipped to iran, the remaining $1.3 billion? they won't answer and from the very start when the announcement was made in january the timing of this was did the money, were they waiting for cash to arrive and then let the americans leave the country? was it tied in some way? they are not answering that question. trish: some of your sources in the intelligence community are saying the uranian's wanted some kind of payment to show that they got something? >> there is so much distrust, the uranian seized on the issue of $400 million which it was there money, the shaw's government did distribute that money in 1979. for them it was the return of that money was some sort of goodwill and all these other pieces would move forward is how it was described to me. trish: it is hard to look at how this all unfolded and not question the timing of it, whether this was ransom. what is your gut reaction? >> i congratulate jay on staying with his story and trying to figure out what happened here. we still don't know. the administration insists, yo

the funds transferred to iran were related to a u.s./iran claims tribunal payment. it was the first part of a $1.7 billion settlement for a decades old unfinished military sale. that doesn't explain why it was transferred in secret. >> why send an unmarked plane with wooden pallets of swiss franks and u.s. currency to arrive, just by the way, on the very day that the hostages are released? why keep it from congress and the american people? >> they were giving them hard currency to support terrorism, support the assad regime in syria. i think americans would be pretty upset. >> all of those coming a year after the controversial deal. ed royce saying, quote, hundreds of millions in the pockets of a terrorist regime means a more dangerous region, period. paying ransom only puts more american lives in jeopardy. we know the iraq deal was a mistake. what else is the american government hiding. the obama administration handed this cash over after that situation where our sailors were captured in iranian waters and forced on their knees to apologize. >> embarrassing for the

in terms of the iran nuke deal, iran violated it the day they signed it and continue to this day. iran tries to dominate the middle east. russia goes along with it. we're seen as a non-player, pitifully weak. >> the problem is we reward them for bad behavior. our u.s. sailors were humiliated, literally -- of course, john kerry was talking about how well they were treated before we saw the tapes. right after this, we gave them all the money. >> well, some of these confrontations -- and we don't know the latest one, you know, involving some small boats going to our big fighter vessels. got to question the wisdom of that on the iranians' part, or even if they were rogue forces. points to me why the nuclear deal was a good one. it's an unstable region, and we don't want anybody over there having access to nuclear weapons. >> right. >> i think -- go ahead. >> i wouldn't say after 300 of these confrontations in 2015 and 250 so far, that these are rogue operations. seems to be a concerted effort on the part of the iranian government. plus ty're wort -- but not a friend of the u.s., russi

was held up pending the release of hostages from iran. state department for the first time conceded yesterday that it delayed that payment to remain max leverage -- >>reporter: the state department says the $400 million cash payment the government made to iran came along with a catch. iran wouldn't get the money until the prisoners were freed. >> we sought to retain maximum leverage until after american citizens were released. jason rezaian. >> former u.s. marine, amir hekmati and businessman saeed abedini. >> republicans in the presidential nominee donald trump had been critical of the obama administration secret plan. >> he said, we don't pay ransom, but we did. he lied about the hostages, openly and brat antly. >> say they waited until the americans had left iran on january 17th before handing over the money. kenneth craig, cbs news, new york. >> the state department maintains that money was owed back to iran from a military equipment deal with a former saud before his over throw in the 1970s. >>> americans are mourning the loss of joi

do you see any change in iran, how it's acting result of this iran deal? >> well, first of all, bret, the day began with a complete falsehood being tweeted out by the trump campaign. donald trump tried to suggest that hillary clinton was involved in this $400 million payment to iran. of course, independent fact checkers verified that happened -- that transaction took place a year after she departed. >> so she doesn't support that? >> i'm not saying that. >> why would you say she wasn't part of it? >> during the course of -- >> she supported the iran deal. >> she absolutely did. >> so the administration is saying that's part of this. >> actually, i think this was negotiated separately from the iran nuclear agreement that's what the white house explained today. this payment was the settlement that dates back to 1979 -- >> so she supports it in other words? >> i think that she -- that the white house has fully explained this was a matter of settling an outstanding claim. in fact, the $400 million represents -- >> i know what the white house said. eye asking w

to iran. you know, we cannot have four more years accommodating and apologizing to our enemies or aban dong our friends. america needs to be strong for the world to be safe and donald trump will lead point world stage from strength. liz: chief washington course end ijams rosen is in washington with more. reporter: the funds were drawn from european banks and placed on a cargo plane it was the first insmallment of $1.7 billion to ruin. the four prisoners freed. the obama administration says the payment traces back to an arms deal the u.s. signed with iran shortly before the fall of the shah in 1978-1979. u.s. officials say iran's claims with respect to that deal have been winding their way through the international courts at the hague and u.s. stood to lose $10 million. the white house claims it was co-incidental with the release of the hostages. they wore conducted by different teams and technical experts involved in these investigation for many years. paying ransom to kidnappers puts american

but this was iran. i think the deeper question is, once iran got that money, the question i would be asking as an iranian citizen, what happened with those bills? that's something we don't know. and i think is a legitimate question to look at what does the ooiranian government do wit the proceeds and arrangement it's had. the notion of dealing with it, doesn't matter if you have a wire or take cash. it sounds dramatic to imagine pallets of cash being secretly flown. one it wasn't secret, but, two, we simply don't have financial arrangements with iranian financial institutions any longer. so the cash payment makes total sense. >> steve clemons, thank you for the time. >>> ahead, we'll bring it to you as we do every day. our most important number of the day. so some republicans are worried about the state of the donald trump campaign and they are worried about something more particular. if he goes down, they are worried how many republicans could he take with him? our most important number of the day is g

we know that iran supports hezbollah and the assad regime. and it certainly is possible that some of the money that iran has is being used for those purposes, too. >> wow. the white house admitting the money we're giving iran will likely end up in the hands of terroris terrorists and they still sent it anyway. the shocking revelation as critics call the payment too to iran a ransom to get our prisoners back. are we playing a costly game? welcome into our "crashing in crew" this week. welcome, everybody. rick, the obama administration admitting that they know some of the money will likely end up in the hands of terrorists yet they give it to them anyway. why? >> it's totally unexplainable. for anyone to say we owe them this money or it was their money, what they forget in the preceding 39 years since the dispute started is that iran has killed u.s. servicemen and women. they have killed americans. they have maimed our personnel. how in the world do you excuse killing of americans and say well we owe you money? so we're going to give this money

explain it was irans money. back in 1970s, they concluded an armed purchase deal and sent $400 million here and then fell. they took 52 americans hostage and we froze the assets. we have been working out with iran and they have been suing the court ever sense. they said that they feared a international ruling, so they concluded for 1.7 balance and the 400 million was the first installment and it arrived on the day that the hostages were set free and they say that was a coincidence. >> i'm going call bs on that. i can't believe that they're trying to convince the american public that it was a convention. they said that it was put away in 1979 and the very same day and hours of it being transferred via airplane stacked cash. if you don't want to transfer money, i mean we're in the electronic age, go ahead and send them euros. this is a we will get the money to you real fast and get the guys back and call it a day. it's a kin to have a gun fight with somebody. however, most important thing in this whole thing happe

what we called the sleeping giants, iran plays a key role. iran, during the sanctions, production dropped to about 2.5 billion barrels per day. in the last half year since the sanctions have been lifted, the country has come back. the most recent numbers were around 3.5 million barrels. if you look at reserve production ratios typical for the region, iran has tremendous potential. it's cheap oil, and it could go up to 8 million barrels per day. the question is, how quickly can it go from here? for it to go higher than it is now, it needs a lot of investment in its infrastructure. oil contracts pass a key hurdle. what is the timeframe we are looking at? anothernk we can expect 4.3 million barrels per day coming into the equation until the end of the year. that would bring iran back to where it was before sanctions. that will take years. it will require massive foreign investment. the numbers we have seen are in the vicinity of $100 billion-plus. to get all of that money into the crown, that will take time. yousef: staying with the supply side,

and depending the iran nuclear deal. he went point by point and made his case. you heard him say that. >> i heard him say that's old news which is a very clinton-esque tactic when you're caught doing something. oh, no, we've reported that at the time. we've gone down that route before with bill clinton. we need to have secretary kerry and lou go down to the hill and talk to the senators and the house and make sure that they have answered all these questions and this was not ransom money. i think it also raises the question of $1.7 billion payment transfer to iran in general. i don't think the american people have focused on how much money we will be paying iran as part of this nuclear deal. it opens up the whole question about the nuclear treaty with iran which hillary clinton has embraced and donald trump is saying he's going to rip it to shreds and start all over. the president has opened up a condition of words that be american people will want know about far beyond the 400 million in cash. >> in january when the deal

he had left his family, wife and child in iran. he got lonely and unhappy and went back, said she had been pressured by the united states. i don't think it makes a difference in terms of the future. the u.s. has extensive intelligence resources devoted to iran. one reason the u.s. was confidence in signing the nuclear deal is because they going on in the country because of spying and surveillance. >> john: i'd like to talk about russia for a moment. there's been back and forth about donald trump's position on russia. give us your take on what the u.s. relationship is with russia right now. i should also mention russia is finger in hacking scandal at the democratic committee, and what should voters think these candidates and that country. i think the obama administration is deeply frustrated. it hoped it would be able to find in russia a partner to sdofrl the nightmare war in syria. that hasn't happened. the u.s. continues in effect to leave the exit ramp open for vladimir putin to adopt more sensible policies. i think there is deep

wired $1.3 billion in interest payments to iran and 13 separate wire payments after getting iran $400 million in cash. would have any repercussions for president obama or hillary clinto from resort workers sadly no. it's unfathomable to me how they get away with the endless corruption and betrayal while congress sits i'd idly by. >> tracy, no: the country is so divided no matter what the scandal. we are all going to line up to support our party. and jackie mcmillen tatum, this is so shady, i can't even believe this type of thing could happen. that is a little bit from you. that's it from "special report," fair, balanced and unafraid. martha mccallum is in for greta. she goes "on the record" right now. "special report" online >> it is thursday august 25th. the death toll rises from the rubble. >> a little girl found alive after being buried after 17 hours. the devastating before and after pictures and the new threat of the earthquake. >> just when you thought it couldn't get any worse, the chances of an october surprise just got real for healthcare. he's not done with the document dump

to iran, just as the country released four detained americans? this morning the obama administration pushes back against accusations it paid a ransom. it's 5:30 here on the east coast, 2:30 a.m. out west. this is "way too early." >>> good morning, everyone. it's thursday, august 4th. i'm alex witt. donald trump has nearly drawn even in the race to raise funds against hillary clinton. trump announced yesterday they raised $82 million in july with the bulk coming in the form of small donations. 64 million of that total was raised through digital and direct mail solicitations with another 16 million coming in via fund raising efforts. in addition, the candidate himself donated $2 million to his campaign. >> the beautiful thing about the 82 million is that a lot of that money came from small donors, which republicans really don't get. they really don't get them. bernie got them, but a lot of it came from the small donors. i think it was averaging $61 a piece. and we took in $82 million. you believe this? >> i was shocked. i think it would raise 20, $

the $400 million payment to iran is a huge deal. that $1.7 billion either has gone to or is already ending up with hezbollah or other sponsors of terrorism. the hillary clinton answer is complete baloney. here is why. she's running on her record as secretary of state. she's used the iran deal as something of an achievement. now she's saying that was done after. >> right. she was gone. >> but she used the iran deal as an achievement, a first. the iran deal was signed two years after she was gone. so now when it's blowing up in her face she's saying, i was already gone by then. you can't do both. you can't say this is my achievement then say i can't be held responsible for the fact that america -- pretty much barack obama broke the laws of america. if that money was in dollars, it would be illegal here. he side-steps american laws by giving the money to iran. >> we're going to break that down and look at the law and what it says in just a little bit, because they say of course it was a separate track with something different. quickly,

and iran. we were convicted of espionage because we are american. it is that simple. no evidence was ever presented against us. that is because there is no evidence and because we are completely innocent. many times, too many times, we heard the screams of other prisoners bebeing beaten and it was nothing we could do to help them. confinement was the worst experience of all of our lives. that had tohtmare endure for 14 months -- sarah had to endure for 14 months. we had a total of 15 minutes telephone calls with our families and one short visit from our mother. our mothers. we had to go on hunger strike repeatedly just to receive letters from our loved ones. amy: this week, the state desktment sent a plane said a plane with $400 million was leverage to ensure five other american prisoners held by iran were released. republicans, putting donald trump, said the money was ransom for the prisoners and was sent to iraran i in january. it obama administration said it was a preplanned transfer that wa

payment to iran. we want to begin the wbz news at 5:00, and the cbs evening news will have more. >>> tonight, remembering kyzr, family, friends, the community coming together to say goodbye to the dorchester boy who drowned at a city camp. i'm lisa hughes. >> and i'm david wade. the mourners tried to find joy? their sorrow. boston tonight. beth? >> reporter: it was just over a week ago that the body was found offshore after a lengthy search. at his funeral, his family was looking for the good to come from the tragedy and was receiving a lot of support. it's a death that has shaken the entire city, a funeral for 7-year-old kyzr willis, whose words of encouragement. >> kyzr at the young age that he is saving lives today. he is saving other children's lives. >> reporter: the city implemented some safety protocols at day camp after he died at the curley community center. >> this young man, kyzr, became -- boston and belongs to all of us now. >> maybe this will help the mothers of the city be more diligent

administration sending 400 million bucks in cash to iran, the exact same day iran agrees to release american hostages might look like ransom. i'm trish regan, welcome, everyone, to "the intelligence report." trish: sure does look like ransom, right? the white house is sticking to its guns. watch. >> isn't it essentially a ransom payment then even if the u.s. doesn't view it that way. >> no, it is not a ransom payment. trish: just coincidence, right? meanwhile hillary clinton is trying to back away from the story. watch her here. >> wealth white house has addressed this i think actually this is kind of old news. trish: pat buchanan told me yesterday, president reagan was forced to testify for less. what happened to our country when a secretary of state can email classify information on her own server and pretend she didn't. and our own president can secretly ship $400 million in cash to iran and pretend it is all just aboveboard? meanwhile, pastor syed abedini, one of the four american hostages in freed in january, will be joining me here in a few short minutes to share the horrifyin

what, what is going on between iraq and iran -- i'm sorry, iraq and iran where iran is using money to destabilize, if you will, sunnis in iraq, they're using money to bolster bashar assad who only last week used chemical weapons again in aleppo to kill his own people. all of that is being funded by a policy decision that the president really didn't have the authority to do. we had a lot of laws in place designed to limit iran and -- as long as they were a state sponsor of terror. he circumvented them. that's one of the dangers in continuing that policy. we now have in syria a situation in which we have two enemies. one, the government, which is a sh sh sh shia allawite side, and -- >> that's the big question. that's the big question. i know that you guys are going to be looking at this very closely and we really appreciate you joining us with your insight. keep us posted, please. >> sure will. thank you for having me on. >> thank you. >>> giving voters a third option. libertarian presidential nominee dp gary johnson moving up in the polls. could he be a viable alternative to hillary c

he was talking about the iran deal, the $400 million and the pallets to iran. he did focus more on that and hillary clinton, but there were still moments when he couldn't help himself, still the moments when he couldn't help but talk about hperceived injustices don to him. he was talking about "the new york times" reporter who he's been criticized for, for making fun of his disability. i want to show you what he said yesterday compared to what he said initially when this controversy started. >> written by a nice reporter. now the poor guy, you got to see this guy. oh, i don't know what i said, i don't remember. he's going like, i don't remember. oh, maybe that's what i said. i didn't know who he was. if i did and he was handicapped, he had a problem with something and he was handicapped, must be a nice guy, didn't speak to him. >> it was pretty clear donald trump knew exactly who he was talking about. >> how is it clear? if he said, i didn't know that reporter, how do we know he knew that reporter? >> back when he initially said it, he referred to the reporter

it was important for us to make sure that we finished the job on the iran nuclear deal. and since we were in a conversation with them, it was important for us to be able to push them hard in getting these americanss out. and let me make a final point on this. it's now been well over a year signed. and by all accounts, it has worked exactly the way we said it was going to work. you will recall that there were all these horror stories about how iran was going to cheat, and this wasn't going to work, and iran was going to get $150 billion to finance terrorism, and all these kinds of scenarios, and none of them and it's not just the assessment of our intelligence community. it's the assessment of the israeli military and intelligence community, the country that was most opposed to this deal that acknowledges this has been a game changer and that iran has abided by the deal, and that they no longer have the sort of short-term breakout capacity that would allow them so what i'm interested in is, if there's some news to be made, why not have some of these folks who were predict

wired $1.3 billion in interest payments to iran and 13 separate wire payments after getting iran $400 million in cash. would have any repercussions for president obama or hillary clinton from resort workers sadly no. it's unfathomable to me how they get away with the endless corruption and betrayal while congress sits i'd idly by. >> tracy, no: the country is so divided no matter what the scandal. we are all going to line up to support our party. and jackie mcmillen tatum, this is so shady, i can't even believe this type of thing could happen. that is a little bit from you. that's it from "special report," fair, balanced and unafraid. martha mccallum is in for greta. she goes "on the record" right now. "special report" online begins in four seconds. >> and it's the dog days of august and it is heating up between trump and hillary. he is on the war path today going after what he calls the most corrupt enterprise in political history. hello, there, everybody. i'm martha maccallum in tonight for greta van susteren. here is donald trump today 1 p.m. in florida. watch. >> it's impossible t

directh iran's assistance. in fact, we have seen this continually, predominantly target moderate syrian operation forces. it is unfortunate. makes morenly difficult what was already a complex situation. it pushes us farther away from what we say we are trying to pursue, a credible nationwide hostilities and a political process in geneva that leads to a peaceful transition. what is clear is the extent to which they are using iran. we have seen varying reports. we just don't know at this point. i can confirm secretary kerry did speak to foreign minister .ever of -- lavrov did you get any answer to these questions? did he explain why they are using the military? mr. toner: it did,. the call just concluded before i came up here. it did,. it was raised by the russian side. secretary kerry stated our concerns. u.n. --year when the the iran nuclear agreement was signed there was specific language that carried over from previous resolutions about the use of iranian territory, airspace for combat aircraft. do you view t

their big enemy in their mind is iran. for putin to be doing this, will be made -- making it more difficult for putin -- charlie: it will endanger your relationship with arab counties? mike: here's the point i would make -- a lot people see putin as this chess player, a great strategic center. no, he is not. he's a tactitian. charlie: it is much more of a long-term interest of the united states to have a strong relationship with the arab states. these are not the narratives -- the air state narrative, they are very different in terms of their relationship and the potential of their relationship. i'm asking how you see a relationship with iran and measure -- and i'm using this word carefully -- any equivalency in a relationship to the arab states? the president has basically been saying to the air states, you have to talk to these people. you have to find common ground otherwise we're looking at -- that is what president obama's position is as i understand it. mike: that's a great question. first of all, i would say there i

payment to iran. the white house admits they secretly flew cash to iran on the very same day that iran freed american prisoners. despite the timing, the obama administration is denying the payment ransom money. i'll speak to former navy seal, carl higby. there are growing accounts of disorder and despair within the trump campaign, which sources linked to the candidate himself. let's begin with senior white house correspondent, jim acosta. jim, that's all leading to growing anxiety within the republican establishment. what are you hearing? >> reporter: that's right, donald trump will be here at raley in jacksonville, florida, later on this evening. he wrapped up an event in daytona beach. at that event, he said the entire republican party, his campaign, is united right now, behind his candidacy. that's not the case. he has ignited a firestorm inside the republican party. once again, his comments on paul ryan have high level republican officials, including his running mate, rallying behind the speaker,