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checking our top stories at 47 minutes past. indianapolis police making an arrest in the murder of amanda blackburn, a pregnant mother shot and killed during a home invasion. officials naming an 18-year-old suspect in her death. the suspect is facing a preliminary charge of murder. blackburn was 12 weeks pregnant when she was killed. her husband is a pastor at a local church. iranian court sentenced washington post journalist for spying. ian lee has been following the case and has more. reporter: washington post bureau chief jason has been sentenced to prison. he was tried on espionage charges. the iranian american has been detained in a prison for almost 500 days. what we don t know are the
right circumstances will be created for us to do everything within our power and our purview to bring about the swiftest freedom for the americans held in iran as well. so you see, anderson, he s setting up sort of a prisoner swap, a prisoner exchange. we ll see how that goes. obviously the families of those american, including jason s family, are desperate to get their loved ones back. no doubt about that. christiane, appreciate that. thanks very much. more of that interview throughout the day. up next, we ll talk to the brother of an american held in an iranian prison and get his reaction to the message from iran s president. just like eddie, the first step to reaching your retirement goals is to visualize them. then, let the principal help you get there. join us as we celebrate eddie s retirement, and start planning your own.
the timing in which he was targeted? we really don t know. jason was very, very cautious. he didn t push the boundaries of the types of things he could report or do anything wrong. he was a kre decredentialed jout acting legally within the country. it s amazing they would do this and be able to get away with it for this long without more outcry from around the world. ali rthank you very much. keep us posted. thank you. catch more of christiane amanpour s interview tomorrow morning on new day starting at 6:00 a.m. eastern. and of course you can watch the full interview on amanpour on cnn international. when we come back, more of cnn s live coverage of pope francis in philadelphia as we await his aat the benjamin franklin parkway within the hour.
rouhani talked about possibly releasing an american journalist. what did he have to say? and he also talked about the war in syria, ref joos, religious persecution. he said about the russian movement into syria that putin told him about it and said he d already told the obama administration. he also acknowledged that all sides now seem to believe that assad is going to stay for the foreseeable future in the fight against isis. but in this part of the interview we ll see, he spoke about the gop political reaction to the iran nuclear deal and he also did answer my question about whether we could see our colleague jason and other americans held in iranian prisons released anytime soon. translator: first of all, what is spoken of here in the united states of america sometimes when i would have time, some of it was broadcast live and i would watch it.