thank you very much, atia. >> the edward snowden saga. his father arrived in moscow to visit his son. the first visit between the two since the whistle blower fled the u.s. he has no idea what edward's intentions are. >>> after a nationwide uproar, military death benefits to families of the fallen are restored. but only through the goodness of charity. the fisher house foundation will officially pick up the cost of the payments the government shutdown halted. at least 26 service members have died since the shutdown began. the department of defense will reimburse the foundation once it ends. president obama says he will not wait for congress. >> the theory that we should shut down the government as a negotiation tactic should never have been done in the first place. it does a disservice to all the men and women in uniform and the veterans who sacrifice for our freedom. >> the house unanimously voted on wednesday in favor of the $100,000 so-called death gratuity for families within three days of a soldier's death. it is unclear when the sen

joining us now live, and obviously, atia, this is not dm diminish the work of that organization. but as you know many people wanted malala to win this one. >> reporter: you're right. they expected her to win it but that doesn't mean she won't win sometime in the future. she's still a young lady at the age of 16. we're hoping she has a strong future ahead of her, helping these young girls, young girls that we've seen stories about over and over on our television screens. people that tamron, i'm sure you have met in person and i have met in person. malala is a young woman who has given a voice to these women. because of her gracious reaction as you just read, she said, the opcw is an important organization working on the ground to help get rid the world of chemical weapons. i want to congratulate them on the much deserved global recognition. that's shows how gracious she is and also opcw they are around since 1997, trying to help the world get rid of its chemical weapons stockpile. since its decrcreation, thabl b able to report 70,000 tons of chemical weapons throughout the world a

nbc's atia abawi joins us from beirut, lebanon, with the latest on this.d of the time schedule that people were expecting here? >> reporter: hi there, tamron. it is ahead of the time schedule by a day. they were expected to destroy all the production facilities by november 1st. but the fact they beat it by a day does show the commitment that the syrians have and they're implying they are serious about this deal that was brokered by the u.s. and russia that prevented the u.s. strikes on syria back in september. let's also just remember that this is just the production facilities that's mixing and filling equipment. they still have 1,000 metric tons, more than 200 million pounds, of toxic agents and munitions they still need to destroy. that being said, the next deadline for the syrian government is november 15th when they're supposed to submit a detailed plan on how they will go about destroying these chemical weapons that they have left throughout the country. as you mentioned, the opcw has visited sites throughout the country to confirm the destruction. t

atia, good morning to you, and what's the latest? >> reporter: as you mentioned, just hours after his abduction by armed gunmen in the hotel he was residing in, the libyan prime minister has been released. the rebels who took him, in fact, said that the reason they captured him was because of bribery and corruption charges. they don't claim to have a connection to the u.s. raid on saturday, but many speculate that there may be a connection, that the u.s. commando raid that captured al liby for his involvement in the 1998 u.s. embassy bombings in both kenya and tanzania may have been connected to the reason that this prime minister was abducted because they say that he did not condemn the raid. both rebels and government officials were upset by the fact he didn't condemn the raid, and instead he said that u.s. and libyan relations would remain the same. but again, he released the details of today's events are very murky, but one thing is very clear, that the continued chaos and turmoil just two years after the then-ousted leader moamm