. >> reporter: the refire retired executive was held without explanation. fellow sveltes say newman as an army officer helped to train an infamous unit of guerillas fighting behind enemy lines. newly deported from north korea he arrived in china with this to say about his captors. >> i'm very glad to be on my way home and i appreciate the tolerance that the government has given to me to be on my way. >> what would you like to do? >> go home and see my wife. >> reporter: within hours he had his wife r- wish. wife lee said she wanted her husband home at the head of the holiday table. >> thank you all for the support we got, and very much appreciate it. >> reporter: backing away from so many unanswered questions about his captivity, his release, and his military experiences making him anything, but a typical grandfather. >> i think that will conclude our comments right now. thank you. >> reporter: son jeff newman says his dad will have more to say once he gets some rest. north korea state media says it released newman because of his apology and because of his

. $83,000 lifetime for an e-7 who refires, 120 something,000 f th for an officer. >> that's for somebody 62 and it won't take effect until december 2015. there's a bipartisan solution again to block this provision in the budget act. i think it's section 403. senator sheehan has a bill that will offset taking this provision out. will you support that. >> i would love to if we can get a vote on it. harry reid blocks every other amendment which has been the story this entire senate. my friend over here from montana did not allow us to offer an amendment that would have done exactly that. >> senator tester, president obama told you and your colleagues that he wanted extended unemployment benefits as part of this dole. and your likely presidential candidate, hillary clinton tweeted this, she said what happens to kids in families cut from unemployment insurance and food stamps? they're too small to fail and deserve an equal chance to succeed. how would you answer her question? >> this isn't perfect, by the way. both paul ryan and patty murray have said that. bottom line is i think this steaks

what san jose has done is said, ok, you can't work for 30 years and then be refired for 40.o work, you know, a little longer. increased.has been beenhe benefit has reduced. so it's not 3% at 50 per year of 2.5%.e, it's now and by having employees work longer and draw from the funds shorter period and by reducing the percentage, you're able to get the numbers back balance. >> and to be fair, what you've been working on with san jose is that basically the people who under the old system are more or less grandfathered in. this is for new city employees forward. will. >> well, all employees are grandfathered in. any benefit that they've earned. going forward the benefit can existingven for employees. and that's a big difference from some other pension reform seen.es that you've for example, governor brown's thesenitiative made changes just for employees that are new, that are coming in new .o the systems so san jose, that's a very big difference. existing employee has vested all their benefits on a backwards looking basis. but going forward, those benefits may be changed. moving

. >> chuck hagel is refiring america's ties with qatar, allowing the u.s. keep troops in the region. he met with the emir and other officials. >> the president of france is praising his troops for confronting what he calls for rend dose violence in the central african republic. two french soldiers were killed. nearly 500 have died in battle between christians and muslims. authorities fear the trench colony is at the brink of civil war. the soldiers were the first french casualties before the first french troops arrested there. >> south africa is preparing the final processions leading to nelson mandela's funeral sunday. his casket was taken to the union building in pretoria. there will be public viewings for three days while his body lice in state. the trip to the union buildings will begin at 7:00 each morning local time. for more, we're joined by alan schauffler. talk about the contrast between the mood today and yesterday president memorial service. >> just watch that go video today, you really get a sense that there's been a bit of a shift here, a bit o