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Get ready to speed read the news. first to italy where the death toll is rising following an explosion at a fireworks factory. the blast killing seven and totally destroying the factory. italian news reports saying the fire has spread to a nearby forest. the factory was in full swing as many italian towns celebrate religious festivals this time of year. five airlines may be in big big trouble. the federal government now investigating whether they raised prices following the brutal may amtrak derailment. you remember when the amtrak train went right off the tracks in philadelphia killing 8 and ...

Get ready to speed read the news. first to italy where the death toll is rising following an explosion at a fireworks factory. the blast killing seven and totally destroying the factory. italian news reports saying the fire has spread to a nearby forest. the factory was in full swing as many italian towns celebrate religious festivals this time of year. five airlines may be in big big trouble. the federal government now investigating whether they raised prices following the brutal may amtrak derailment. you remember when the amtrak train went right off the tracks in philadelphia killing 8 and ...

Suspicious that he was there. he was reporting. he was married to an iranian woman. it was uncomfortable. some people say they grabbed him to embarrass the government, which was going out to negotiate a deal. the negotiators, by the way -- >> but he has press credentials. he is a professional journalist with "the washington post." a very well-known organization. "the washington post" is everywhere. >> said he was a friend of jason's, liked him personally. >> yeah. the work he was doing was all credentialed. he was doing his work by the rules that they have over there. and, you know, i think in...

He was married to an iranian woman. it was uncomfortable. some people say they grabbed him to embarrass the government which was going out to negotiate a deal. the negotiators, by the way -- >> but he has press credentials. he is a professional journalist with "the washington post." a very well-known organization. "the washington post" is everywhere. >> said he was a friend of jason's, liked him personally. >> yeah. the work he was doing was all credentialed. he was doing his work by the rules that they have over there. and, you know, i think in general, he was fair. he showed a different pers...

It would be a good thing to get out of there? >> no. i'm here to promote my new series, but i'm also here to talk about jason who is a good friend of mine and who is a very good colleague of mine and i think like everybody else, i hope he will be released very soon. >> how did you learn that jason was taken. and did you even suspect that this would happen? >> i never suspected this would happen. jason was a very experienced reporter. he knew what he was doing in iran. and we were all working with official press credentials given to us by iran's press ministry. so basically jason was not doing ...