contributor of the daily beast. i know you ve spent time with josh s family as well as sarah shourd and her family. she s the freed american hiker that was part of the threesome there that were hike through the hishlgs but explain what you learn order glean from knowing the family so well now that you have been able to, i guess, communicate with them privately about the rulings. i know that they re not talking about that yet on the record pp, but what do you think this means to them? you know, i ve known them for just over a year now. i ve been working on the story for a long time. it s been a very hard process and it is hard for me as a journalist getting to know them and getting close to them and seeing how hard it is and just waiting and waiting and not having an offensive when the decision will be made. they were in prison for two years before they even got meet with their lawyer and they re not staying the conditions in the prison are very tough.
bruises. some were taken to the hospital as a precaution. the accident closed the airport for several hours. the flight originated in rome. gregg: iran s president, now back home in tehran after his controversial memorable visit to new york city. ahmadinejab outraged a whole lot of people in america by suggesting that many believe 9-11 was an inside job. president obama has called ahmadinejab s remarks offensive and hateful, but ahmadinejab is defending those remarks, even suggesting that a fact finding panel before him to look into who was behind 9-11. julie: before ahmadinejab headed home, he found time to meet with the freed american hiker. she and two others were arrested while hiking. she asked the iranian president to release her fellow hikers, her fiance and their friend.
journal editorial report tomorrow at 2 p.m. eastern right here on this network. and then do not go anywhere because i ll be hosting fox news watch 30 minutes later, 2:30 eastern time. some fascinating developments in the media world to talk about this week. jenna? jenna: well, we have a fox news alert for you. moments ago eye rain man president mahmoud ahmadinejad saying he has no problem meeting with sarah shourd, the freed american hiker who told her story to us earlier today. mahmoud ahmadinejad went on to say he meets with many americans, hundreds even during the trip. so that was his statement about this freed hiker that we wanted to bring you. ahmadinejad also meets with the press on these trips, and he just sat down for an exclusive and wide-ranging interview with fox news own eric shawn. eric just got back to the newsroom, so take it away. reporter: yeah, jenna, it was an interview that touched on a variety of topics, but i wanted to start off with his controversial topics a
iranian prison says she is happy to be back but only feels 1/3 free. and that s because her fiance and her friend are still being held in iran accused of being american spies. and shourd is appealing to the iranian government for their release. cnn s susan candiotti is following developments for us this morning. sarah shourd is back in the united states, but her home coming is bittersweet. clutching her own mother s hand and staying close to the mothers of her two companions left behind, the freed american hiker called their arrest a big misunderstanding. we committed no crime and we are not spies. we in no way intended any harm to the iranian government or its people. if we were, indeed, near the iran/iraq border, that border was entirely unmarked and indistinguishable. reporter: iran s president ahmadinejad is in new york for the united nations assembly.
compannions allegedly crossed over into iran from iraq last year. reporter: sarah shourd is back in the united states but her homecoming is bittersweet. clutching her own mother s hand and staying close to the mothers of her two companions left behind, the freed american hiker called their arrest a big misunderstanding. we committed no crime and we are not spies. we in no way intended any harm to the iranian government or its people. if we were indeed near the iran/iraq border that border was entirely unmarked. reporter: iran s president ahmadinejad is in new york for the united nations general assembly. iran promised to try the hiker on spy charges but not offered evidence that they were up to no good. can their release be negotiated? translator: we re always prepared to talk but under fair