bill: fox news alert. word from the white house regarding this christian pastor, an american, who has been in jail in iran for some time. expected to go before a judge next week. here is the statement from the white house. we remain troubled by the case of u.s. citizen saeed abedini arrested three months ago on charges relating to his religious beliefs. he is a christian now, conversion. we call upon iranian authorities to release him immediately. this is something we've been watching for several weeks as it develops because the word from tehran this week, his case will be handed to a judge who has a very tough reputation inside of tehran. we're watching that story. we'll see whether or not the white house statement can move anything. martha: some brand new