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making it big in the high flying, fast growing business hub of the his dreamed morphed nightmare when he and his friends posted a parody video about life in a dubai suburb. it was discovered by uae authorities and instead of finding it funny, they deemed it criminal. they sentenced anymore to one year in prison for damaging the uae's immanual a -- image abroad. >> he's in jail for making a video? >> reporter: for months, his family has been beside themselves, ultimately going public with this case when nothing else seems to work. >> surely, you know, it shouldn't have gotten to this
>> reporter: according to other book excerpts, he offers kind words to obama and biden and clinton. but it's clear that the white house feels stung by this memoir. a representative said that the president disagrees with gate's assessment of biden. and you may be hearing more from obama loyal lists in the coming days, kate, as one told me last night. stay tuned. >> and that we will. jim, thank you so much. a story we've been following very closely on "new day." the united air rab emphysema rats will release an american man who's been jailed there since april. he was charged with endane engineering state's security after posting a parody video online. his mother here on "new day"
did he change his name. >> i don't know. interest must be a real relationship going on there because of the parody video. >> is snoop lying? >> get it while it's hot. get it while it's hot. talking about affordable care. >> the secretary of state would probably understand snoop talk. for chisum. >> terrible joke my wife. i will tweet it to you later. >> all right. >> let's talk about the affordable care act because this morning we are a bombshell new report out of "u.s.a. today" reporting that the affordable care act turns out not to be terribly affordable for more than half of the counties in 34 states. those who are living at the margins of society. those who already don't make enough money to put food on the table and provide enough money. those folks bronze plans, really affordable plans, the cheapest, cheapest plans which would account for 8% of their income. turns out those plans aren't going to be available for
all these details are coming up in a few minutes. chris. >> we keep breaking records on different ends of the spectrum, it seems, exactly. thanks, dedra. making news on another story we have been following. united arab emirates mocks teenage life in that country. he is now just learning his sentence. let's go to abu dhabi where he has been imprisoned since april. >> reporter: kate, you can imagine, the family in court today. there were tear, confusion, ultimately relief. they finally got an answer from the judge. he actually sentenced he and two of the other foreign nationals to one year if prison and a 10,000 fine which equalsant $2,700 for this parody video. we do also know the two local the two uae nationals were sentenced to eight months in prison with a $5,000 durham
after spnding close to nine months in custody he is finally learned his fate. a prison sentence. in a moment kate will talk to the brother of shezanne cassim. first, sarah is in abu dhabi with the latest. >> chris, you know this case had a lot of people scratching their head and people coming forward to try to help shezanne cassim and his four friends jailed for that parody video on the uae. the judge sentenced cassim and two other foreign nationals to one year in prison and $10,000 dirham fine. maybe credit for time served. still waiting to confirm that. if so he may get out earlier than full calendar year. he may get out actually in the next couple of weeks but we're waiting to confirm that. again, this case, a lot of people wondering what's going on here. this was supposed to be a funny video, a parody. if you watch it all of the way through it's hard to tell why anything would upset a government but certainly the uae did not see it that way.
on stars who have private lives, personal lives and personal beliefs that no channel can control. you can edit what's in "duck dynasty." you don't hear about homophobia. it's a family comedy, a lot of fun to watch. but you can't edit the person's private life. you can't completely stop them from sharing what they feel with the world, as phil robertson did. this is probably the best example we have seen in a long time of how much of a problem that can be for cable channels. >> thank you. >> thank you. coming up, sentencing for an american man charged over this parody video. why he's being jailed thousands of miles from home. plus, a rare apology from al qaeda, the terror group is saying it's sorry for this attack. g. and we're here. to help secure retirements and protect financial futures. to help communities recover and rebuild. for companies going from garage to global. on the ground, in the air, even into space. we repaid every dollar america lent us. and gave america back a profit.
happened, the civil aviation authority in south africa said to us that the aircraft travels down a taxiway that was too narrow for it. there is now a full investigation under way, so we'll keep an eye on. that also, it's a very busy time for travel in the holiday season the run up to christmas the aircraft involved the mood and disruptions have not taken place with operations of the airport. travel continues as normal, chris. all right, rosie, thank you for the reporting. nobody in that building got hurt, either. let's get to miguel marquez, he is in for mikaela. he has the top senators. >> the ms have it today. making news the united emirates have sentenced a minnesota man to prison. he got in trouble for a parody video he posted on the internet. he claims he was poking fun at teens in dubai, but authorities claim he broke the country's cyber crime laws and endangered national security. it's back to court today for
it was moving. it was moving very rapidly down stream. >> the weather is frightful. a deadly storm leaves eight dead but in another part of the country, it's delightful. record warmth. so what happens as we head into christmas? our indra petersons is tracking it all. breaking overnight. the american jailed in the united arab emirates for making a parody video sentenced to one year in jail. our reporter was in the courtroom as he heard the news. flipped. wait. look at this photo. a british airway 747 crashes into a building and its wings slicing through it. what went wrong? your "new day" starts right now.>> good morning. welcome to "new day." extreme weather. that's the headline in the u.s. we had snow and ice removed from the mid-west to the northeast
parody video. we will be talking to his brother about the sentence coming up. also, it could have been a very tragic story. instead, it was a close call caught on camera. we are talking with two teachers, two heroes who helped save a bus filled with. .
60% now oppose it, compared to 54% in november. >> women oftentimes are the ones making the health care decisions in the family. >> reporter: just last week the president and first lady launched a renewed push aimed at moms hoping they will help sell the law. and in another sign of bad news, most poll respondents believe they're going to pay more, not less, under the new law. 63% said their medical bills will increase. just 7% expect them to fall. and despite their recent jump in people signing up for health coverage the administration is still far away from its goal of 7 million people enrolling by the end of march. today's deadline is likely to see a surge in folks trying to sign up through healthcare.gov. officials say 3/4 of a million people visited the site between midnight on friday and noon on sunday. chris? >> all right, appreciate the report. we have breaking developments now over night in the case of that american charged in the united arab emirates for making a parody video.