americandownalist on trial behind closed doors in iran. jason rezaian is accused of spying for the united states. the first session of the trial ended today. it s not clear what happened since it s in the open to the public. both rezaian and his wife were arrested last july. she s since been released on jail. we have the paper s foreign editor douglas, thanks very much for joining us. i ve been following the story from the gng. we know the post has been using strong language characterizing what s happening, calling it right now this trial a shameful act of injustice. tell us what s going on based on everything you at the washington post now know. well what s so alarming is that we know so little wolf. it s been ten months now that jason has been in prison in iran. and the access to him has been extraordinarily limited. we ve been unable to have direct communication with limb communications have really been limited through his wife and only a 90-minute visit with his
prepared to walk away. obviously they don t think we should be talking to iran in the first place and that president obama you know violated something by agreeing to do that in the first place. but republicans have said that obama has you know crossed red lines before like syria is a good example they say. so that just by he has too much invested in this. that he s going to keep going and gng. that they re going to give away too much. this isn t a practical hardball negotiation and president obama something too soft. that s the republican line. which is in keeping with their line on his foreign policy. anyway. if they can get a loose framework. i don t think anyone thinks they re going to get what they sought at the beginning. the idea was a tight framework and finish the talks. sometimes walking away gets people back to the table. we ll see what happens. but again, obama has so much invested in just opening a relationship and a dialogue with iran. so like it just seems, it s
than you do because they re running their business. it s possible that solution is not a great solution and you haven t accepted that or it s certainly possible that the company doesn t have the resources or the cash flow or the margins or maybe just a corporate culture, they can t think that differently. and it s the job of the consultant coming in to really understand the business and to figure out what the restraint in this business are. it can go either way. it may be the consultants too far out there and it s not going to work or maybe the business isn t putting enough energy into figuring it out. let s move on to the next question. it s about small business partnerships. my business partner an i are wondering at what point should we put a buy/sell agreement in place to protect each other and our loved ones in the event something happens? i just received this question from a good friend of mine and i said now. i said put it in now. what do you think, jay, do that at the gng
6-year-old soccer game on saturday, so we want to get it in. you will. saturday will be nice for the east coast. let s go to sports. a rivalry brewing between oklahoma city and the l.a. clippers. thunder up six in the second. griffin surging and tapping gng going for the rebound and some pushing and shoving. despite 33 points from kevin durant, clippers take the victory 111-103. yankees are in the market for some bull pen help, but brian cashman saying cross brian will so that oson off the list. his agent told cash man the right hander has no intention of shaving his beard. the yankees have a facial hair
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