Eric thats it for us. Jamie im jamie colby. S in a fox news alert. We are just learning an american pastor held in iran has been sentenced to 8 years in jail. Pastor was arrested in september of last year by iranian officials for helping create christian home churches in iran in the early 2000s. His family in iran was not allowed to attend the court proceedings, but yesterday on fox friends, they were hopeful that the family will get to see him soon. We havent seen him physically. We are hope to be able to see him on monday. His wife said they have been getting mixed messages from the iranian government about whether or not her husband would be released. I am bream Shannon Bream. This group has been fighting, trying to help the pastor with this case. Jordan, thanks for coming in. Was the sentencing expected . How was this playing out . Yesterday, we knew, we had got know a weird comment from a close family friend, the guy willing to put up the bail and it was denied, 20 times. It was a
Good morning. It is tuesday, september 18th. Im ayman mohyeldin. Republicans called for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey ford, the woman accusing him of Sexual Assault, to testify publicly next week at a hearing that could potentially determine the fate of his nomination. Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Chuck Grassley announced the hearing will be next monday after fellow republicans called for an open examination of the allegations. Grassley said his staff tried reaching out the ford, but democrats refused to participate in that process. Gop leaders had initially signalled their preference for telephone interviews with kavanaugh and ford, but Senate Democrats rejected that plan, saying the seriousness of the charges merited a full fbi investigation. Republican susan collins, a key swing vote in the senate, pushed for both to testify under oath telling reporters that the truthfulness of kavanaughs testimony could put his nomination in jeopardy. If judge ka
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