christine levinson spoke with bob orr today. >> reporter: for the nearly seven years robert levinson been missing, his wife has backed the u.s. government's claim that levinson was kidnapped in iran while working as a private detective investigating cigarette smuggling. but today for the first time christine levinson confirmed her husband bob was also working for u.s. intelligence. >> he was working as a consultant for the c.i.a. he was also a private investigator. he was able to do both at the same time in his travels. >> reporter: so as he would work on these private initiatives, from time to time he would funnel information to the c.i.a.? >> correct. >> reporter: her lawyer, david mcgee, said the u.s. government should make a similar public admission to iran in a bid to win levin son's release. >> there is no further value in continuing to deny what everyone in this world knows to be the truth. >> reporter: so if the u.s. could come full face and say, yes, he worked for the c.i.a., that might be enough of a show of good faith that the iranians would respond? is. >> that's our hope.

officials identified in these documents, or at least get more information on the whereabouts of robert levinsone to the state department this evening and got no response to the charge that the u.s. sent him, left him and should fix it. the state department repeated that bringing levinson home is a top priority, something that they have been saying for sometime. >> the family, after all of this time, still believes that he's alive? >> they remain optimistic, and though it has been seven years that they have seen evidence of that, they want to go back to iran and talk to some of the people named in this document >> so the iran nuclear deal in the world, does that have an impact on this? >> you would think that it would muddied waters, but they think it may help because they're at a high-level going on, and somehow robert levinson may be part of that. >> it has been nearly one month since aljazeera correspondents were jailed in egypt. the journalists are accused of joining a terrorist group, but aljazeera said that's a fabrication. today his parents joined 30 news organizations in calling for thei

those stories and more when >>> the wife of long time hostage robert levinson is taking a new approach to gape her husband's -- gain her husband's release. his wife is admitting he was working for the cia when he vanished. she hopes that will help her mission when she travels to iran for a second time. >> if the president there can find bob and send him home, that would make a wonderful mentoring gesture. >> the american government has never admitted levinson ever worked directly for u.s. intelligence. the family's lawyer session it's time for the add -- he's it's time -- serves it's time for the administration to make a deal. >>> world leaders are meeting in switzerland for a key conference aimed at finding a way out of the deadly conflict in syria, but clashing came early at the peace table. >> reporter: steer i can't's foreign minister -- syrup i can't -- syria's foreign minister hijacked the talks. united nations chief tried to calm it down. >> i understand that after three years of brutal warfare, emotions are running high. >> reporter: it's the first time the syria government has

robert levinson has now been missing for almost seven years. the u.s. falsely claiming that levinson was kidnapped while working as a private detective. his wife has backed those claims until now. christie levinson joins us. good evening, christine. >> hi, greta. >> christine, we have been following this story for seven years. we so want to see husband come home and i know there have been so many hints that he is alive and in iran. but the big news now is that he was working for the cia. why did the government deny that for so long? >> the reason we haven't talked about it before is because of bon's safety. we were concerned for bob's safety. >> why come out now and tell it. is there any leverage to be gained to try to get him home? >> we believe since the a.p. story and "new york times" and the "the washington post" and everyone else has written the story about bob that there is no reason for us not to say he is working -- he was working for the cia. >> having said that the cia you don't think it was leaving someone on the field? has the cia been aggres

. >> for the nearly seven years robert levinson has been missing his wife has backed the u.s. government's claim he was kidnapped in iran while working as a private detective, but today for the first teen christine levinson he confirmed her husband bob was -- levinson confirmed her husband bob was also working for u.s. intelligence. >> classes have been canceled tomorrow at purdue university in indiana. a teaching student shot a 21- year-old student. >> osha documented previous violations and citations in, 2002 a man killed when cleaning a machine and fell in. in 2012 international nutrition received six citations for similar violations. >> new jersey governor chris christie called for unity. >> the ways we divide each other is neither permanent nor necessary. >> the day started with a spirited church service. evening celebrations were canceled because of the snowstorm. >> cheers ring out in mission control as the european spacecraft signaled from 500 million miles away that it's awake after its 2 1/2 year hibernation. a tweet from space. hello, world. for nearly 10 years rose

robert levinson was captured nearly seven years ago.st held american hostages in history. christine levinson spoke with bob orr. >> reporter: for the nearly seven years levinson is missing, his wife is backing the claim that he was kidnapped in iran while working as a private detective investigating cigarette smuggling. for the first time christine levinson confirmed her husband bob was also working for u.s. intelligence. >> he was working as a consultant for the cia. he was also a private investigator. he was able to do both at the same time in his travels. >> so as he would work on these private initiatives, from time to time he would funnel information to the cia. >> correct. >> her lawyer said she should make a public plea for his release in a bid to win levinson's release. >> there's no further value to continue to deny what everyone in this world knows to be the truth. >> so if the u.s. would come full face and say, yes, he worked for the cia, that might be enough of a show of good faith that the iranians would respond? >> that's

coming up robert levinson vanished in 2007. his family says he's being held hostage in iran.ell bob orr the secret about his work. >>> plus the battle over buses an companies like google. activists want to ban silicon valley shuttles. how the fight is over more than just traffic. >>> the winter storm across the east coast is producing impressive snow totals 11 inches in philadelphia over seven inches in new york city and 3 1/2 inches in washington. >> all that snow means thousands of miles of roads need to be plowed. a new project is giving states high-tech tools to save more lives. don daler is in march vince dale new jersey with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, charlie and clarissa. i'm on a snowplow in somerset county, new jersey. bob harding and the other snowplow operators have been working all night. the roads are in good shape considering we got up to a foot of snow in this area. these plows are typically dispatched according to the weather models. there are new technology tried out in some places that turns them into mobile weather labs using sensors to

travel to iran to talk to the officials, or at least to get more information on the whereabouts of robert levinson. >> well, last year was one of the hottest on record. in a moment on the newshour, a new report on global warming. >> and rafael nadal's square at the australian open. details a little later. >> you are on the newshour. we'll take you through the top stories. the syrian government and opposition sat down for the first time to talk about an end to the war. they are meeting in switzerland in part of the geneva ii conference. two anti-government protesters have been killed in the ukrainian capital as riot police took down barricades. they refused to leave independs care. it banned dismoptions, a prominent human rights lawyer has gone on trial. he is charged with gathering crowds to disrupt public order. >> part of the campaign was a push to get government officials to reveal their wealth. >> a report reveals how close relatives of china have moved money to offshore accounts. we'll take you through some and what the report includes. a real estate company owned by the president's brother-i

robert anderson, is here as an undercover tourist taking pictures and gathering information." since his spying activities have been established, arrest him immediately. cnn has also obtained an e-mail intercepted by the family's lawyer between levinson his cia handlers just before he left for iran. it reads "an individual has agreed to meet with me. this meeting will take place either in dubai or on an island nearby." why didn't you say what you knew at the very start? >> the risks to bob. i didn't know the what the risk would be. >> we were told by the u.s. government by revealing what he was actually doing over there would have been harmful to his safety. >> reporter: now, the family is certainly grateful about ongoing efforts to try to bring him home. but the fact of the matter is no one knows exactly where is he or how he is. the family wants to be able to go to iran. they're asking for permission to go back there, don, so that they can push for answers. they were there once before in 2007. >> is there any chance that bob levinson and others might be used as bargaining chips to help with the nuclear agreement? >> he's certainly not the only one there, there are two others. the family would like to see that happen but the u.s. go

robert anderson, is here as an undercover tourist taking pictures and gathering information." since his spying activities have been established, arrest him immediately. cnn has also obtained an e-mail intercepted by the family's lawyer between levinsonandlers just before he left for iran. it reads "an individual has agreed to meet with me. this meeting will take place either in dubai or on an island nearby." why didn't you say what you knew at the very start? >> the risks to bob. i didn't know the what the risk would be. >> we were told by the u.s. government by revealing what he was actually doing over there would have been harmful to his safety. >> reporter: now, the family is certainly grateful about ongoing efforts to try to bring him home. but the fact of the matter is no one knows exactly where is he or how he is. the family wants to be able to go to iran. they're asking for permission to go back there, don, so that they can push for answers. they were there once before in 2007. >> is there any chance that bob levinson and others might be used as bargaining chips to help with the nuclear agreement? >> he's certainly not the only one there, there are two others. the family would like to see that happen but the u.s. government h

robert anderson, is here as an undercover tourist taking pictures and gathering information." since his spying activities have been established, arrest him immediately. cnn has also obtained an e-mail intercepted by the family's lawyer between levinson his cia handlers just before he left for iran. it reads "an individual has agreed to meet with me. this meeting will take place either in dubai or on an island nearby." why didn't you say what you knew at the very start? >> the risks to bob. i didn't know the what the risk would be. >> we were told by the u.s. government by revealing what he was actually doing over there would have been harmful to his safety. >> now, the family is certainly grateful about on going efforts to try to bring levinson home but the factor of the matter is no one knows exactly where is he or how he is. the family wants to be able to go to iran. they're asking for permission to go back there, don, so that they can push for answers. they were there once before in 2007. >> is there any chance that bob levinson and others might be used as bargaining chips to help with the nuclear agreement? >> there are two others. the family would like to see that happen but the u.s. government has made it clear that those talk