. >> i am bob's wife christine levinson. i want to say how proud i am the government has offered this reward for bob's disappearance. this is the best way to successfully find bob and bring him home safely. we also believe that bob as a retired fbi agent would say the same. knowing that bob is being held against his will and not being able to help him has been extremely difficult for our family. there are no words to describe the nightmare my family and i have been living every day. i never imagined that we would still be waiting for bob to come home five years later. on january 25th of this year, two hostages were rescued by navy s.e.a.l.s in somalia. after the rescue, president obama made the statement, which i quote, the united states will not tolerate the abduction of our people and will spare no effort to secure the safety of our citizens. president obama added this is yet another message to the world that the united states of america will stand strongly against any threats to our people. bob is a hostage. for my family

. >> reporter: christine levinson stood in front of dozens of current and retired fbi agents as the awardounced, a million dollars for the safe recovery, location and return of robert levinson. >> knowing that bob is held against his will and not being able to help him has been extremely difficult for our family. there are no words to describe the nightmare my family and i have been living every day. i never manned that we would still be waiting for bob to come home five years later. >> reporter: in 2010 the family received this video of the retired agent, but on the advice of investigators kept it private until late last year. >> i've been held here for 3 1/2 years. i am not in very good health. i am running very quickly out of diabetes medicine. i have been treated well, but i need the help of the united states government. >> reporter: the vexing question is why is he being held? at the moment there are no answers. >> we have speculated on that for a number of years. we don't know the answer to it. there have been a lot of theories postulated, but we just have not been able to identify

. >>> christine levinson has met with iranian official in an effort to find her husband. the website has been set up for new information. >> the fbi says they don't know who has levinson and no demands have ever been made. >>> prosecutors in norway have charged the gunman who admitted to killing 77 people in a shocking rampage last summer. but as tina kraus reports, officials say it's unlikely the right wing extremists will go to prison. >> reporter: prosecutors laid out terror and murder charges against confessed killer anders berring bri -- breivik. they say he remained calm and polite as he heard the charges. the 33-year-old appeared in court last month. showing his handcuffs to reporters. and denying criminal guilt for committing the country's worst massacre since world war ii. breivik disguised himself as a police officer last july to carry out a bombing and shooting spree that killed 77 people. he killed 8 people in a bomb attack on a government building in oslo, then opened fire at a summer camp on nutoya islands. many tremendouses hid behind walls or played dead, a

levinson. we in the fbi will continue to do all we can to ensure his safe return, the safe return to christine.er: bob levinson is the father of seven children and he will mark his 64th birthday this side on march 10th. the fbi has had several success advertising large awards in that part of the world. another man who killed three cia officers and wounded two others was captured in pakistan following a tip and so was ramsey yusef in 1993. >> and hope that helps bring him home. thank you. >>> eight current and former female members of the u.s. military filed a federal lawsuit claiming they were raped, assaulted or harassed and suffered retaliation when they reported the incidents. the lawsuit filed in u.s. district court accuses the military of tolerating sexual predators and discouraging victims from coming forward. >> despite -- . >> despite giving lip service to have with roe tolerance for sexual predators, the facts that the military has zero tolerance for those brave enough to report those victimized by sexual predators. >> the defense department can't comment on the lawsuit but that the mi

levinson. we in the fbi will continue to do all that we can to ensure bob's safe return to christine. >> christine wife has met with iranian officials, traveled there and chased down every clue that has come into the family's website, help bob levinson.com. >> there are no words to describe the nightmare my family and i have been living every day. i never imagined that we would still be waiting for bob to come home five years later. >> in several interviews iranian president p mahmoud ahmadinejad has said that iran has no information on levinson. >> but you have no idea where he is? >> -- do you have any information? >> to date, the most encouraging, yet frustrating clue has been this video sent to the family's website in 2010. it shows a gaunt and disheveled levinson asking for help. >> i am running very quickly out of diabetes medicine. i have been treated well. i need the help of the united states government. >> but there were references in this video to being held by a group and suggestions that he could be in the hands of people in pakistan or afghanistan. have those clues taken the case in a

to christine levinson, this heroic woman who has stood so strong in the midst of great adversity for five years, i want to say to christine and to her children that this government will not rest, none of us will rest until we have brought bob home. i look forward, as do so many, to that day of celebrating with them and celebrating with all of bob's friends and his former colleagues. mr. president, i yield the floor. and i would suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll of the senate. quorum call: a senator: prpt. the presiding officer: the senator from wyoming. mr. enzi: i ask further proceedings under the quorum call be lifted. the presiding officer: without objection, the senator is recognized. mr. enzi: thank you. i'd reich to ask unanimous consent james ward from my office be granted floor privilege for the duration of today's session. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. enzi: i thank the chair. first, mr. president, i want to say how important roads and bridges are. we are on the highway bill, and that is one of the