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Moisture levels in your wood. for a cleaner burn, make sure there's space between the pieces. finally, a no brainer, don't burn garbage or cardboard. >> for over two years american pastor abidini has been unjustly held in an iranian jail. through all his hardship he kept his christian faith and he just sent his family an inspiring christmas letter. joining us to share his christmas message is his wife mrs. abedini. good morning. incredibly he's been in jail for two years, in prison because he was meeting with christians in a private home which really isn't against the law in iran. tell us abou...

>> retired fbi agent rob levinson disappeared in iran in 2000. he was working for the cia, his family revealed, but the u.s. government has not publicly acknowledged that. >> kenneth bae in north carolina, he was sentenced to 15 hard years for allegedly committing hostile acts though they never expanded upon that. alan gross in 2009, he was working as a subcontractor in cuba at the time. >> and american pastor abedini in iran, sentenced on charges of attempting to undermine the iranian government. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> after nearly five years in captivity, their son, bowe,...

Free, but a lot of questions about this deal. nic robertson, thank you very much. around the world essentially other americans are being held prisoner in questionable circumstances either by terrorist groups or by nations hostile to the u.s. former fbi agent bob levinson disappeared during a mission in iran more than seven years ago. u.s. officials blooes believes the iranian government knows of his whereabouts, but they deny knowing where he is. >> u.s. subcontractor alan gross has been in custody since 2009 and an american pastor is being held in iran. abedini was sentenced to eight years ...

Troublesome spots including china. here's what he says about that country. >> independent protestants and catholics continue to face persecution for refusing to affiliate with government-approved religious groups, protestant groups that refuse to join religious organization are deemed illegal and experience harassment, fines, detention and imprisonment and torture. >> reporter: and smith went on to tell a story about visiting china just a few weeks ago meeting various house church pastors. after they left are, many of them were arrested, harassed and punished. now several of the lawmakers are ...

Administration. she says the government never fought to free them even when they were sitting down with iran to negotiate their nuclear program. she tells fox the state department has left her in the dark. >> they have actually asked for updates after each prison visit his family his parents make, and a lot of the updates we have received has been left out on the media. >> zero. you are not getting any information? >> no. >> abedini a father of two was sentenced to 8 years in prison on charges of evangelizing. >> remains of paul walker are cremated ahead of private service this week end. invit...