The lady whipped out of her bag this rather wonky white plate. Looks very unpromising but when you turn it around, and you see the painting on the plate, you realize this is very special. Now, the first thing is, this was probably decorated not at meissen. It was made at meissen and then almost certainly it was decorated outside. It is an exquisitely painted image. The quality that comes out of meissen is princely. There was something very specific about the color scheme of this plate. If you look closely at it, heres red, black and green. And this is a scheme we associate with one particular painter. And i told her this was almost certainly from the workshops of a man called meyer, who painted in the town of presnitz. Its almost an extraordinary conundrum that in the first phases of a new art within a few years it reaches the height that it never reaches in decades or even centuries afterwards. So were looking at pcelain painting, already by 1725, as good as it will ever get. There is
Prisoner exchange. Three men are scheduled to undergo a medical check at the Military Hospital in landstuhl. One decided to stay in iran. According to the boston globe one returned home to massachusetts last night, little is known about the reason for his detention which lasted over a month. Wheen mile seven iranians imprisoned in the United States mostly for violating the embargo received pardons or reduced sentences. Brett mcguirk, the u. S. Official whoo led negotiations with iran tweeted a photo of himself greeting rezaian in geneva. The exchange was so tightly held most of the u. S. Team locked in painstaking negotiations on Irans Nuclear program were not even told about it. This as the International Atomic Energy Agency announced that iran had complied with new restrictions on its nuclear program. And the deal with the u. S. And its allies released billions in iranian assets in open opportunities to trade. President obama reacted yesterday at the white house. This is a good day.
After exchanging gunfire with Security Forces. According to isis, to the isis affiliated news agency, isis is claiming responsibility for the attack. That is not, however, an official statement out of isis. Our nbc producer based in pakistan joins me now. What do we know at this hour . Apparently we lost our connection. So lets go on to panaki. Can you hear me . Yes, i can hear you. What are you experiencing at this hour . Well, now, this incident happened in basically a diplomatic area. I was there, until an hour ago i was there. Now all the roads are blocked down there. People were rescued from the area if not exactly from the restaurant. Right now, all the roads to that area, it is blocked. So we cannot say whats going on down there, you know. At the restaurant there. Did you say an argnetinian national . I think we lost you completely now. Difficult communicating with bangladesh as you can imagine, the cell phone situation on a good day is not great over there. Lets see if we can g
International pressure on saudi arabia over the disappearance of a prominent saudi journalist. Saudi arabias king spoke with turkeys president by phone sunday about Jamal Khashoggi. The two reportedly agreed to create a working group to investigate the case. Now, khashoggi has been missing nearly two weeks. He hasnt been seen since he entered the saudi consulate in istanbul on october 2nd. Turkish Authorities Say khashoggi was murdered inside the building, a charge the saudis have vehemently denied. Senior Officials Say they expect to get more information from turkey this week, and President Donald Trump has threatened severe punishment if it turns out the saudis were involved in khashoggis disappearance and, indeed, responsible for his death. Well, jamana is outside istanbul and sam is in saudi. What seems to be two divergent narratives in the kingdom. Can you explain . Reporter yeah, becky. If we go back to the statement that came from donald trump when he said that there could be ha
Made that separation between campaigning and governing, between business dealings and governing dealings. It doesnt really matter whether the deal was done. It matters what was taking place. The bottom line here is the man who was representing the United States this is a battle and battles sometimes make great friendships. It is long and hard. We have taken a lot of barbs. And a little abuse. And we got there. The world is sort of they dont believe anything he says. I dont think people are taking him seriously right now. As you can see, very few protesters have started to gather. Theyre expected to gather more and more. We begin with diplomacy and damage control. Right now, President Trump meeting with World Leaders after did g20 summit in buenos aires. With the Mueller Investigation carrying on at home, and getting bigger and louder by the moment. We are just hearing that one of those leaders, President Trump briefly met with was Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman. You know him as