frantic to hear from him or at least get word from the government about his condition. ivan watson now on their ordeal in a cnn exclusive report. at least let someone talk to him. let someone see him. i don t know. i want to see my son. i have no idea where he is. reporter: an anguished mother s message to the president of syria. the last time maha saw her son mohammed is when he suddenly appeared on syrian state television last saturday. in what appears to be a televised interrogation, the 32-year-old egyptian-american confesses, he exchanged e-mails with a colombian journalists who asked him to take pictures in syria, and said he d pay around $17 per photo. the report on state tv calls radwan a foreignerfide destabilize syria. the syrian government did not charge him with anything yet,
continued kind of skipped along a little bit but tornado damage all along a big line. now that same line of weather is moving out toward the eastern sections of the country which could be melbourne, palm bay and the like, all the way down toward vero. we ll keep watching it. it is going to be a big system, a big system for the rest of the day as tornados could come in from the gulf of mexico and continue to move off to the east. right now, no tornados confirmed on the ground. i ll keep you updated. anyone in that area right now, what should they do? if you see a storm coming your way, you need to get out of the way. you need to get inside of your home. you need to get away from glass. evfernt tornado sirens are not coming because could produce winds 70 miles per hour, that could break windows, too. chad myers, continue to check on with that. extreme weather there. want now to libya now. no american boots on the ground. the air war now belongs to nato which draws the l
a man admits he tried to sell images of syria to israel, an official enemy. the man is mohammed radwan. translator: there were people from outside the country corresponded with me and asked me about the situation. i received e-mail and it said are you prepared to help someone who speaks spanish? he said through connections he tried to sell pictures and information about syria for about $16 a photo. that s according to the news agency sana. the man s brother joins us from phone from washington. tarek, do you know what charge your brother is detained under and is he accused of being a spy here? as far as i know, no official charges have been brought against my brother. they re stopping just short of
out in syria, a police crackdown may have led to a bizarre confession on syrian television. a man admits he tried to sell images of syria to israel, an official enemy. cnn has learned the man is mohammed radwan. translator: there were people from outside the country corresponded with me and asked me about the situation. i received e-mail and it said are you prepared to help someone who speaks spanish? on television, he says, through connections in colombia, he tried to sell pictures and information about syria for what would be about $16 a photo. that s according to the news agency sana. the man s brother joins us from phone from washington. tarek, do you know what charge your brother has been detained under and is he accused of being
aren t buying it and believe the regime, most people or many people believe regime has to change fundamentally and some believe it has to go. also newerstatus? reporter: well, one is a man named mohammed radwan, a dual citizen from the united states, an engineer who had been working in syria and he seems to be in the deepest trouble. he appeared on syria in what was billed as a confession, confessing he had taken pictures of demonstrations and protests and sold them. and the implication is he had gone to israel to sell them. and of course syria and israel are archenemies. going to israel implies that one is a spy for the west, if the zionists, the americans, for the israelis. so that is the way that he is being tarred in the syrian