what a delicious stew of government bugaboo, no-show job, a climate change gob, lack of oversight with just a sue sont of brazen fraud. you say it's interesting, it's a good story. i'm looking in the direction of this story. hook me. >> he told his bosses that he was working undercover for the c.i.a., spending a lot of time in pakistan dealing with the taliban. in fact, investigators have now discovered he was actually at home in northern virginia riding bicycles, reading books. [laughter] >> jon: this is what's so wonderful about this story: this man is a liar and boring as [bleeped]. that's what's so fascinating here. it is an amazing fraud perpetrated by a guy so he could do things we only do when we've run out of other things to do. [laughter] i will commit fraud and then... read a book, maybe ride a bike. there's nothing on television. then i'll make some juice from concentrate. i don't know. so again, it's brazen criminal, ordinary life. he's the secret life of walter [bleeped]. you know, take it up a notch. for instance, give us some tiny perks whose benefit is dwarfed by the ti

did they go through a process together because of such a bugaboo at that time, what type of process did she go through? do you think she knew she was having this influence over people? >> i do not think she knew she had the influence on to letters -- until the letters and cards started coming in. at that moment you are fighting for your life. she would tell you, it was all that support, thousands of letters and cards they kept her spirits up. i remembered she shared with me there were letters she got from men who said, i have been through this with my wife and my wife had a mastectomy and i love her even more today than i did. that was encouragement. she knew her relationship with dad. they have been married for 25 years at that point. she knew if he lost a leg, she would not leave him and if she lost a breast, he would not leave her. there was a wonderful moment that she talked about when she got home and she was at the white house, she was concerned, she was worried she would not be able to wear her evening dresses anymore and be part of helping at the white house at state dinners and

alexandra, i don't know if it was the cold that had the bugaboos taking out your life shot. give me the story if you can about flights because they seem to be dropping like flights. >> reporter: stephanie gave you the audio. we figured we will give you the video and both. the situations with the flight is this. 3100 flights nationwide canceled. 1800 flights delayed. yesterday, there were 3800 flights that were canceled. you can see the build-up in the system. the big problem, the cull trpri the issue in the midwest. o'hare had half of its flights coming in and out canceled earlier because of the ice why i conditions, because of the blizzard conditions. when you have a big hub tied up because of weather concerns, it sends a ripple effect out across the country. that's why passengers have been camped out and trying to get out on any flights they can get out on. some people say they have been waiting in the airports since friday. the good news is that people are really starting to understand and hear about the issues, the delays and cancellations. more people have the opportuni