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FOXNEWSW On The Record With Greta Van Susteren August 3, 2016 23:00:00

Weeks and that will he will it us the true state of the report. Special report online coming up. Thanks for inviting us into your home. Fair, balanced and unafraid, greta goes on the record right now. Big night right here on the record. A lawyer for one officer in the freddie gray case is here. His gag order has just been lifted. What does he think, really position, about prosecutor marilyn mosbymosby . Find out. And Hillary Clinton spent her entire speech attacking donald trump. What happened to jobs . Did donald trump get under her skin . And business woman omarosa is here. And get ready for the part of the interview with eivanka that you did not see. First, was it ransom . The giant pay day happening the same day iran released four american hostages, but not bob levinson. And tonight the white house insisting that giant january Cash Transfer wasnt ransom, it was just a coincidence. Thats weird since thats not what iran is saying. And now a new report just out that the Justice Department objected to the iran deal. Senator tom cotton appears to point to the deal as demanding answers about that payment. He went on the record. Good to be on with you. Nsenator, the payment of 40 million, Obama Administration says that was not a paid ransom for the americans. Do you believe that . No, greta, not at all. I said it was a ransom at the time. I find it highly suspect that that a 36yearold claim was Miles Per Hour rack uhe husbandly solved on the same day. And now we have more american hostages in iran. Why do you think the president did this Company Inside dental with the time of the release of the time of the nuclear deal . If it werent ransom, wouldnt he have come up with a better way . What also happened at the same time this cold hard cash was flown into iran in an unmarked aircraft and the hostages were released was the final nuclear deal. I and many others had been sharply critical of the president for not negotiating the release of all these hostages before he even sat down at the tail to talk about the nuclear deal. So i suspect that he wanted to have these hostages gone even though the price of it was 3400 million and small up marked bills flying into iran on an up marked aircraft like it was a drug cartel transaction, not a legitimate negotiation between two governments. And this was money that the United States had had from before the revolution in 1979, right . This was part of a settlement with iran about the funds . Well, it was disputed money represented to a transaction, shah of iran before ayatollahs took over, it hasnt been disputed for 36 years. And then just miraculously on the day hostage were released and the deal implemented, they fink and he wi finally resolved that it is mute and they have given iran more money than they were entitled to under the regular rules of interest accrual. And we now know that they gave to them in cold hard cash, cash that we cannot trace that we cannot know what happened to. And that even the White House Press secretary admitted may be going into the hands of hamas, hezbollah or other terrorist ransoms. Paying ransom is against American Polling policy, but w you do about it . We can be a lot tougher on the front end. We should have said take we wouldnt even talk to iran about its Nuclear Program until all americans held in captivity were released. Remember, four years ago when the talks first started, irans economy was suffering badly because of sanctions that congress had imposed on iran against the wishes of barack obama and Hillary Clinton at the time i should add. The sanctions were tough enough that we could have set the terms of the negotiations which included releasing all american hostages before we even sat down. Now what do we have some a bad nuclear deal and more americans being held hostage and iran with 400 million in cold hard cash. Well have one of the children of former fbi agent bob levinson on in a minute, hes been held since 2007 in iran. At least we think hes held in iran. Any thoughts about that tonight . Because he didnt come home in the prisoner swap in january. Well, my heart breaks for the levinson family. And as ive longnegotiated for of all the hostages. When they were released in january, i rejoiced for them and their families, but the levinson family still on dwonders what f happens to learn shappen s s to mr. Levinson and we have other hostages, as well. Senator, thank you for joining us. Viewers, vote at home. Should the United States hold off on giving or returning any money to countries that are Holding Americans hostage . Tweet yes or no. Greta. Well show you your live twitter votes throughout the show. But what about bob levinson . Hes the longest held hostage in history. He vanished in iran in march of 2007. And in january of this year, the white house said not sure where levinson is. We have reason to believe that he no longer is in iran. And that is thats why we continue to press for information about his whereabouts. And well continue to do that and weve secured a commitment from the iranians to use the channel that has now been opened to secure the release of those individuals that we know were being held by iran unjustly, to try to gather information about mr. Levinsons possible whereabouts. Dan wlech slevinson is on th record. Your family has written another letter to iran today. What are you seeking . Were trying to get my dad home. Its been almost 9 1 2 years and weve been on this show many times now and were trying to make sure that the Obama Administration and iranian government will be working together to make sure hes brought home. Because we do believe the iranian government arrested him and they have been holding him and are responsible for him. So they have the responsibility to bring him home to us. Do you believe the Obama Administration either, a, knows what happened to your father or where he is or, b, is just not putting the right pressure on to get it done . Until my dad is brought home, it will never be about theyre in communication with us, but were pressuring to make sure they work with the iranians to as part of the nuclear deal, iran promised for to do everything they could and so far they havent. I went over there. They didnt have any answers. Its knnot enough. And the Obama Administration needs to be talking to them constantly and making sure that this is resolved. Were hoping that he resolves this case, brings him home before his term ends. How tough has this been on the family . I know ive spoken to your motherof your family in an effort to try to keep the heat up. So the American People can get an idea of how rough this is, tell me. Every day is a struggle. Every day were to figure out how to get him home and it just gets more difficult each day because its 9 1 2 years, longest held hostage in u. S. History. And were never losing hope, but its very frustrating the pace of progress and lack of progress. And just thinking of constantly thinking of new ways that we can press theed admi administration to bring him home. And you have no idea whether he is dead or alive, right . We believe hes alive. The fbi believes hes alive. Theyre tracking every lead and they say there is no reason to believe hes not alive. And i think the administration believes hes alive. So everybody weve talked to believes hes alive and he was alive a few years ago when people thought he was dead. So no reason to believe that he is dead now. Why was he not part of the swap in january, do you think . I think the fact that the iranians have not even admitted to having him even though its clear that anybody who knows the basic facts, he was arrested, it was on a tiny island with heavy security. Of course the iranians know where he is, but theyre not saying that and that has been a road block to everything. And we need the administration to press them harder and not give them any kind of out to suggest that they dont have him. Dan, thank you. Thank you for having us. Well, Iranian State media claiming that the 400 million payout was ransom, but today josh earnest said this. Was this money ransom for the folks that were released . No, it was not. It is against the policy of theUnited States to pay ransom for hostages. Ransom or not . And is this a dangerous precedent for the white house to set . Oliver north is going on the record. Is it ransom . This is clearly ransom. Why else would you move it in foreign currency shrink wrapped on an aircraft in the middle of the night . This is ransom. How is it different from what you did . First of all, the iranians paid us, we dpts pay them. You may remember the transaction was israeli which had been doctored so they wouldnt work, we receive a hostage and millions of dollars, which of course i used for the knick began resistance. This is not a precedent. The very first president to get a congressional authorization to pay ransom was thomas jefferson. I think when people object to it, its against current american policy do this. In fact may remember a few years back i was involved with some of the american hostages held by the farc, the three american hostages held for five years, finally arrested the people who had them and there were millions offered to the farc but never delivered. We have a reward for Justice Program that ive seen employed in places like the philippines where a Million Dollars is offered for the safe return information leading to the safe return of a particular hostage or group of hostages. So its the not unprecedented, however this administration and Congress Went along with it making the payment of ransom illegal immediately after a New York Times correspondent who had been held hostage was suddenly free and money was trance actransacted. Im not trying to justify it because i believe as i wrote at the time,ce transacted. Im not trying to justify it because i believe as i wrote at the time,trce transacted. Im not trying to justify it because i believe as i wrote at the time, i was told prepare a document and one of the documents i prepared was these are the reasons we should not do this because it will promote more hostages. The thing that i find particularly disturbing about this is the idea that the bochl Obama Administration says this is not a ransom even though theyre acknowledging that iran i cant bexwobeian gosh negotia say it was. When first sat down with the likes of the current president and previous demand was the 4 million. That was their first request back in the 1980s and still their request. This was ransom for these americans to come home. And this administration has consistently deceived people as to what theyre doing. Think about it. Fast and furious, the irs use of the irs as a Political Tool and lying about that. Did you get to keep your Health Care Program and your doctor . All of these lies that this administration perpetrated over benghazi. Think about it. And now of course the emails. This is an administration that has consistently lied and the Mainstream Media has never done a damn thing to find out for example why has this administration consistently bent over backwards for the Iranian Regime . Remember the time when the Group Revolution june 12, 2008. There you go. Colonel north, nice to see you. Governor mike pence breaking from his running mate today. He endorsed speaker paul ryans bid. Today pence said he specifically encouraged him to endorse speaker ryan as we learn Party Leaders worry Trumps Campaign is going off the rails and want to get trump back on message. Our panel is here. Rick, lets start first with the intervention. There is panic in republican circles. They have seen this story line with donald trump joisting with a military family for four or five days and he doesnt seem to be able to get back on message. They are begging him to apologize and Start Talking about his campaign message. Start talking a very vulnerable Hillary Clinton. And even tonight hes back to what he normally does and its a meandering speech where hes talking about all manner of things. Hes not found a way to bring this discipline that he keeps promising Republican Leaders ppd and theyre getting frustrated. Thats why you have these prominent voices saying we need to change things fast. And Reince Priebus, gop chair and speaker gingrich, heres what gingrich said earlier today on fox business network. Trump is like watching a team throw an interception on the first play and go back off the field. Hes had a series of interceptions that do not bode well to his campaign. So what did we have, 98 days until the election. Can he do it . He has two huge advantages. One is the country really wants change. And the other is Hillary Clinton is the most corrupt and dishonest g dishonest candidate weve ever had. I think some of what trump has done is slfr destructive. Gingrich says that he has faith that trump can recover. I think that requires trump to change. And i think what weve seen is trump is not going to change. He is the same person that he was growing up when he glued his brothers blocks together because he didnt want his brother to have blocks when he was throwing erasers at miss teahis teacher and saying youre fired on apprentice. Iss his teacher and saying youre fired on apprentice. Ss his teacher and saying youre fired on apprente. His teacher and saying youre fired on apprentice. His teacher and saying youre fired on apprentice. His teacher and saying youre fired on apprentice. Throwing all sorts of fire bombs all over the place. He wont change. And i have many people i know who are in their 70s and they wont change at this point. His numbers are slipping. A recent poll shows numbers are slipping. That secretary lit krit gclintoa bigger bounce. I think people are listening to people at his rallies. Dont change, we love you. But they had need to reach out beyond that room and instead theyre looking in the mirror and not liking reflection that theyre seeing. Is this a probl this is a problem for the Republican Party and donald trump is not changing. And youre right, i dont think his followers want him to. Thank you both. And we have our eyes on florida where any minute will donald trump are take the stage. Well bring you there live when he begins to speak, but right now john roberts is live at that rally. John . Reporter good evening to you, greta. Donald trump should take the stage in just a few minutes time and well see if the suggestions to stay more on message where l. Ho will hold for this appearance. It seemed to this afternoon in daytona beach, right off the bat he went at Hillary Clinton very hard. But there is distinct worry in the Trump Campaign particularly among the Republican Leadership about donald trump going so far off message that the headlines are all negative, headlines are not what they want him talking about. And he really kind of is digging himself a hole. They were thinking about having some sort of a meeting maybe this weekend where Reince Priebus and newt gingrich, mike huckabee, would sit down and talk to him about some sort of strategic recalibration of the me message. It looks like todays not going to happen, but im hearing that he has a series of phone calls over the next few days where w. People like prReince Priebus an gingrich. They want him to prosecute the clinton record and obama record and saying as president what he would do to help out this country. One republican official was so frustrated by what is going on that this person told me if you painted me a scenario where donald trump is just here and drawing in the accolades of the crowd but doing everything can he to not get elected, id probably buy that. The fact that our fox news poll shows him ten points behind Hillary Clinton now, your guest earlier was talking about panic sweeping through the Republican Party, you can bet that panic is heightened because of the results of that poll. Except i hear the Rolling Stones saying time is on my side, so i guess hes not too worried about it. Tra thank you, john. The Police Officers charged in the freddie gray case is now speaking. 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