kidnapping plot was a test from the western countries, from the u.s. government, the iranian regime actually tried to challenge the authorities in the u.s. soil. now the reaction was like they re calling this law enforcement. this is not law enforcement. this is called kidnapping. last year, the regime kidnapped the journalist and they executed him. so they were going to execute me. now i m an american citizen as well. so i want the u.s. administration, i want biden administration to condemn that strongly, to take action. because if they don t do that, then the u.s. citizens won t be safe. this is not about me. this is the islamic republic trying to threaten american citizens. i think that was not enough. i was disappointed and looking for a strong action. martha: masih, thank you.
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of jacob blake. the interview he gave moments before the chaos and that gunfire. two people were killed. and authorities tonight now revealing the name of the officer who shot jacob blake seven times in the back. the nba and news coming in from the nfl tonight, as well. just one day after nba players boycotted the playoff games over the jacob blake shooting, saying something must be done about these police shootings. playoffs suspended now for a second night. what s next for the nba and now the nfl? president trump s big night at the republican national convention. the president set to speak from the south lawn of the white house. a first during a political convention. he s expected to continue making the case that mike pence made last night, that america, they say, won t be safe under joe biden. and today, joe biden and kamala harris both before the cameras in separate appearances. biden saying this violence is happening under donald trump, not me. this is donald trump s america.
editor is in saudi arabia for us. i mentioned a noted group put together a profile of this man who shot three people to death yesterday. what do they say about him? reporter: well, one of the things that we understand is from this tweet that appears perhaps to have come from him in the minutes before the attack it appears to be potentially some sort of explanation that he is leaving behind and it clearly states that he is angry with americans. he quotes from osama bin laden, quotes from another former al qaeda leader, a yemeni cleric, yemen right next to saudi arabia here, saying things like the united states or u.s. citizens won t be safe as long as there are american troops in muslim lands. that is an old al qaeda narrative we ve heard before. now, if, and it is at this stage only if this does prove to be