Needed military equipment. This recent payment came a little part from the Treasury Department and allowed president obama to bypass direct congressional approval to make a settlement. Fox business washington correspondent blake burman is with me now. Blake, what are your sources in d. C. Telling you . The u. S. Government acknowledging for the first time this afternoon, its completed a 1. 7 billion payment to iran. This is the outstanding claim the u. S. Says it owed iran. The first 400 million payment, irans principal was delivered in cash flown overnight in unmarked plane as prisoners were exchanged earlier this summer. The president has insisted that was not a ransom payment, rather returning iran, long disputed but rightfully owed money. We know the remaining 1. 3 billion. Interest accrued over decades made in 13 separate payments, two days after that initial cash drop. 13 payments each totaled 99,999,999. 99. The white house and state department are not saying why the 13 payments
. Britney spears making a triumphant return. . And rihanna working it all night long. Plus, team usa sharing the stage with the biggest stars in the world. We have your allaccess pass right here on gma. What a night at the vmas. All kinds of superstars take the stage. But when beyonce is around its like no one else is there. And she was there for 15 minutes, what a performance stunning the audience and the world. More than 3 million tweets about it and beyonce also making history, she is now the owner of the most vmas ever. Gma was there for all of it. Were going to have much more on that coming up. That is coming up. But first, that breaking news overnight. Scenes of panic at los angeles false reports of an active shooter sent passengers scrambling, sprinting for shelter even out onto the tarmac. It is raising Big Questions again about Airport Security and abcs Kayna Whitworth is on the scene at l. A. X. Good morning, kayna. Reporter yeah, george, good morning. It was definitely scary
Performance. . Britney spears making a triumphant return. . And rihanna working it all night long. Plus, team usa sharing the stage with the biggest stars in the world. We have your all access pass right here on gma. And good morning, america. All kinds of superstars take the stage. But when beyonce is around its like no one else is there. And she was there for 15 minutes, what a performance stunning the audience and the world. More than 3 million tweets about it and beyonce also making history, she is now the owner of the most vmas ever. Gma was there for all of it. Were going to have much more on that coming up. First that breaking news false reports of an active shooter sent passengers scrambling sprinting for shelter even out onto the tarmac. It is raising Big Questions again about Airport Security and abcs Kayna Whitworth is on the scene at l. A. X. Good morning, kayna. Reporter yeah, george, good morning. It was definitely scary and like you said it was a false alarm. Reports of
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