it includes sam la hood, ray la hood, they are accused of using foreign financing to spread unrest in the country they are threatening to hold back aid to egypt if the charges against the americans are not dropped. >>> time now, today a hearing will determine whether the captain of the costa concordia should remain under house arrest. now the captain faces problems as they work to extract more than 2300 tons of diesel fuel from the ship. seven other people are still missing. >>> in election news, he is moving on to three states, colorado, minnesota and missouri. two hours ago we got the final vote count in nevada. as projected, mitt romney came in with 50% of the vote and competition was initially reported. newt gingrich got 21%. rick santorum finished last with 10%. >>> a new poll shows president barack obama widening his lead over mitt romney if the front- runner becomes the gop. he now leads mitt romney among registered voters by 51 to 45%. the improving economy is boosting the president's number in order to connect with average americans. >>> a hearing will be held for the used gu

as sam la hood, son of ray la hood, is one of # americans facing charges for helping fund and supportd is one of six americans still detained. this is also a developing story. mike emanuel is taking a closer look in washington as well. >> reporter: egypt receives $1.5 billion in american aid annually and this incident is certainly threatening that cash flow, while sam la hood has gotten attention as son of a cabinet secretary, but he's just one of 19 americans now facing criminal charges. let's take a electric look at the state department where the daily briefing is set to start any moment now and we expect it to be one of the key topics of the day. u.s. officials note these americans have done nothing wrong, they do what american and international ngo workers do, support democratic development in civil society. the situation on the streets of cairo has been chaotic with clashes between police and protestors continuing for a fifth day. senior u.s. officials have been talking to the egyptian counterparts and say they'll continue pressing the egyptians to understand the ngo crackdown ha

among them is sam la hood, the son of u.s. transportation secretary ray la hood. most of the foreigners were involved in pro democracy groups and in egypt to monitor elections. >>> president obama says the u.s. will work with israel to prevent iran from becoming a new york power and says that he hopes the crisis will be resolved diplomatically. >> they, like us, believe that iran has to stand out on its nuclear weapons program. and we have mobilized the international community in a way that is unprecedented. and they are feeling the pinch. >> the president told nbc in an interview, from the white house yesterday, that israel is rightly concerned about iran's nuclear program. and last week, the defense secretary leon panetta wa into the dispute a report that he believes israel may attack iran this spring in an attempt to set back iran's nuclear program. >>> 4:50 now. a devastating story making national headlines this morning. two young boys are dead after their father intentionally blew up their home in western washington. and it happened yesterday, in the communit

one of them is the son of the transportation secretary, ray la hood. samgypt office of the international republican institute which runs democracy programs in egypt. >> queen elizabeth is celebrating her diamond jubilee today she has been monarch for 60 years as of today she ascended to the throne when her father, george the 6th died on february 6th, 1952, the 85-year- old queen got flowers yesterday as she left church there are a series of celebrations, planned over the next few months to celebrate, her diamond jubilee. a big year. >> i always thought diamond was 75th. i have gotten an education in all this too. >> yeah, i don't -- you know i don't know what it is. apparently it is 60. >> right >> no body knows, proper et quit more like the queen. >>> or english who gets to 6 of anything, at this point in terms of like a wedding or something like that. >> congratulations. >> one of her favorite sons, tucker barnes is joining us now. >> he does have english blood i don't know if it is royal >> don't forget my family had to get out of town 100 years ago we

it includes sam la hood and he is the transportation secretary of ray la head. accused, they are threatening to do 18 billion if those charges against the americans are not dropped. >>> and coming up at 5:45 the decision by rugs why over the with -- russia over the weekend sparked international outrage. >>> we are looking at the east bay because that is where it gets heavy first. actually we are going to start here on the peninsular, that went away, that is good, as you can see, i almost for got about that and we found it was good news westbound bay bridge with no major issues and also the morning commute looks good at 880. >>> we have mostly cloudy stuff but that system is getting closer. this system is looking good. it looks like they are one and done and a half inch of two inches of rain should cover it. you are good to go today. winds is picking up out of the east southeast and rain fall an inch to a half inch, local lied one to two -- localized one to two. yet 38 in fairfield and also napa. santa rosa napa 49, 40s for many. there is oakland airport out of f

it includes sam la hood. they are accused of using foreign finance fansing.ll hold 1.5 billion if charges against the americans are not dropped. >>> well here in the bay area, syrian americans are showing their outrage at russia. coming up at 6:45 what russia did to spark this international anger plus the move the united states just made against the country this morning. >>> we want to go back over to sal to check in on traffic, what are you keeping an eye on, sal? >>> well this time we are starting off with east bay traffic. stating off at the bay bridge plaza. >>> if you are driving on to the bridge traffic will be okay coming into san francisco. also the commute looks good if you are driving and we'll see some stop and did traffic approaching 101 in sunny veil. >>> we have some sort of water problem near farm hill road. this is water in one of the lanes on the peninsular. let's go to steve. >>> monday morning, we have mostly cloudy skies, san jose, san francisco, out to sacramento, mostly cloudy and a lot is high clouds but a bigger ban is starting to move

the egyptians say most of the americans have already left but six remain, including sam la hood. s the son of the transportation secretary ray la hood. egypt has banned them from leaving the country. officials saleh hood and several colleagues are taking shelter at the united states embassy in cairo. washington has been pressuring egypt to let the americans leave. and today a state department spokeswoman reiterated the state department's decision could say effect the checks they get. >> these actions can have consequences for our relationship including with regard to our assistance program. that is not what we want. we need to resolve this issue now. >> shepard: it is a mess. the united states gives egypt more than a billion dollars in aid every year. that money, in theory, helps stabilize the region. tonight, it's not clear how high a price egypt is willing to pay to-to-make an example of some americans. mike emanuel has the news live in washington tonight. the problems are many here. they are not in their old confuse. they haven't gotten to the new constitution. their old govern

including this man, sam la hood. the son of the transportation secretary ray la hood.fficials in d.c. have threatened to cut a billion dollars in military aid to egypt. senator mccain said those threats may be counter productive. >> we don't think it helps the progression on this very difficult situation for american citizens to make threats. we are not making threats. there is plenty of time to make threats. >> shepard: senator lindsey graham also made the trip. he called the accusations against the americans ridiculous and politically motivated. a group of expert skiers searching for fresh powder when a deadly avalanche struck. now one survivor is crediting a relatively new safety device with helping to save her life. have an air bag in your car? wait until you see this. plus, the murder trial of a former college lacrosse star. prosecutors say he killed his ex-girlfriend after writing her a note. and now they have seen the note in court. in it he talks about choking her and being unable to control his actions. the note that ended the closing arguments coming up. ♪ th

among them is sam la hood. now, he is the son of u.s. transportation secretary ray la hood.of the foreigners were involved in pro-democracy groups. they were in egypt to monitor the elections there. >>> three members of the family who are recovering from minor injuries. after they were lost in the mountains of oregon for almost a week. >> very lucky. the u.s. coast guard rescued the married couple and their grown son by helicopter. in curry county. they got lost after picking mushrooms and then spent six days on the edge of a forest there. and the family didn't have any food, water, or warm clothing. and they survived by drinking from streams there. and taking shelter in a hollowed out tree. >> must have been a pretty big tree. >> must have been a real big tree with two adults and their son in there too. >> how about weather with lawrence? >> we're cracking the storm door open. that's right. we have a significant storm headed our way. right now, it is calm. if you're stepping outside. a few high clouds that continue to move across our skies. we are going to watch those thick

and among them is sam la hood. he is the son of the u.s. transportation secretary ray la hood.n obama's cabinet. most of the foreigners were involved in pro-democracy groups. they were in egypt to monitor the elections there. >>> we're following some breaking news. this oust the east bay. oakland police have just confirmed that there was some sort of explosion outside the express liquor. this is at 1250 international boulevard. and we have a crew on the way. we will bring you the latest when we arrive on the scene. but again an explosion of some sort at the expression liquor. apparently, there were some efforts to have helicopter shots. chopper 5 over the scene of international baffled. they are clearing out the area and they are keeping cars away from the area. it looks like an explosion but it doesn't look like a lot of damage or debris. maybe a little bit of debris out the front. >> and i think you can see some of the debris and the glass chards and such, from the liquor store area, and you can see a chp vehicle or oakland pd vehicle there, trying to keep people away. but ap

transportation secretary, ray la hood, sam la hood, to get up and leave the country.his? >> well, i've talked to people here and we talked to the muslim brotherhood and this is definitely a work in progress, you know, when the muslim brotherhood did well in the elections and it caused concern for me but we had a meeting today and they said the ngo law they want to change it because when they were in the opposition standing up against mubarak, these laws were used to oppress them. we talked be the head of egyptian military. we have a valuable relationship. the aid we provide is important. when you talk about rational, i think people are beginning to understand that the charges against these organizations are not fact-based. they are politically motivated. john mccain is the head of iri. madelin albright is the head of ndi. these organizes are not trying to divide up egypt and over time, this is calming down a bit and i don't know the outcome but i know this. it is in all of our interests to get this episode behind us. these people have done nothing wrong in my view. th

la hood. the egyptians are not releasing specific charges, but this is related to a probe into foreign organizations operating inside egypt. earlier egypt barred sammericans from leaving the country. we are getting new threats now from iran to cut off oil supplies to european countries. this as it launches yet another round of military exercises on the ground this time. iran previously holding a series of naval exercises near the major oil trade route in the strait of hormuz. moments ago the president addressing that issue. steve san tany has more in washington. steve? >> right, greg. in an interview with nbc to be broadcast later president obama said that israel is rightly very concerned about iran's intentions. that the u.s. will work in lock step with israel and israel and the u.s. both believe iran needs to stand down. meantime, exercises in the southern part of iran and they come against this back drop of tighter sanctions and new threats. iran saying it will cut off european oil supplies in european embargo. threatening to close the strait of hormuz. military commander any country targeting iran would become a target itself. at the same time

. >> in egypt we see sam la hood the son of the transportation secretary and others, about 20 othersng to go to trial now in egypt what can the u.s. do to sir can you remember vent that do we have any -- circumvent that do we have any influence to get them out of there? >> there will be a lot of diplomatic relations and i think it is failed between the u.s. and egyptian the military -- there are some major disagreements in how fast egypt is moving toward democracy the military in egypt is not happy with conventions outsiders saying we need to move faster we need to get the military up and so but there is still a lot of relationship between the two sides america still gives over a billion dollars to egypt and that gives a lot of play to deal with egyptians but egypt will be unstable for awhile and we have to get used to that after revolution the pattern of revolution there is never stability right away after revolution it takes some times a few years until we get to the place we want to and we will see, possibly, even second and third revolutions in some of these countries because tha

among those at the embassy is sam la hood.ransportation secretary. the 43 defendants are charged with operating nongovernmental organizations without a license and receiving millions of dollars in illegal funding but defense lawyers point out the ngos have been operating in egypt for years without a problem. these charges only came after president hosni mubarek was overthrown last year. it's now ruled by a military council, they say ngos are fomenting israeli interest and fueling unrest. hillary clinton and john mccain among others have tried without success to negotiate an end to this diplomatic crisis. the u.s. is threatening to curtail $1.3 billion in annual u.s. military aid to the country, as well as millions in economic aid. as you can see, there are po tests on both sides outside the hearing. the next hearing is set for april 26th. but u.s. officials are hoping to make these charges go away before that, jon. jon: patti ann brown watching it from the breaking news desk, thanks. >> thanks. jenna: there's a lot of focus on

sam hood, the son of u.s. transportation secretary ray la hood. most of the foreigners were involved in pro democracy groups and they were in egypt to monitor elections. >>> and more violence in syria today. activists say at least 30 more civilians have been killed. also today, syrian's demonstrated in front of the russian embassy after russia vetoed a u.n. resolution aimed at ending blood shed in syria. russian guards fired into the air as protesters tried to break into the embassy. leaders say the only way to oust the assad regime is by force. the assad regime says it will continue its crack down on rebels. >>> it may have reversed its position, but the funding fallout continues. why many say it will be a while for the susan g. komen foundation a while to recover by the planned parenthood debacle. >>> some describe what happened on board cruise ships to make them sick. >>> hi, everybody. nice to see you. today, beautiful day. tomorrow, things are going to change. we've got clouds coming into the bay area. boy, stay tuned after that. a wild tuesd

la hood for being here. i extend our best wishes to sam and your family. we're delighted -- wehomes home soon. i appreciate very much your genetjeanette jeanette -- energetic. that will in fact expedite the speed of trains coming through rhode island and serving our boston and new york markets, the northeast corridor does go north of new york, and i appreciate that you recognize that. and i think that the boston to washington corridor is an area that is heavily used and should be a national priority to bring it up to speed and there's still many areas in which the rails need improfits. i know you're working on it but i want to express my appreciation for that. i know you want to speak at brown university, if you have a free moment, i would love to have you go and take a look just down the hill from the university which is a viaduct that go us through providence, right through the big providence mall where people come and enjoy the new mall that we have. it was built in 1964. and when you go underneath it, you look up and you see there's planks across the i-beams, those planks are there to keep