sam lahood, the son of transportation secretary ray lahood, is banned from leaving the country and nowface up to five years in prison. peter doocy has the story for us from washington. >> sam lahood says it's kind of scary to be facing charges in egypt working for an unregistered nongovernmental organization and the transportation secretary's son now says that he might be stuck in egypt for a long time. >> if it does go to trial and the trial could last up to one year in a case that's as wide ranged as this one is, but the penalty for that is six months to five years in jail. so these are very serious charges. >> republican congressman frank wolp has been calling for the u.s. to halt aid to egypt because he says they are not laying the ground work for a freer society which congress said they had to do in their most recent appropriations bill. wolf says he's recent actions by the egyptian government are a clear violation of the conditions that congress laid out and as such, should have a direct bearing on aid to egypt until the situation is rectified. further, if similar assaults on rel

. >> reporter: sam lahood says it's scary to be facing charges in egypt working for an organization and the son now says he may be stuck in egypt for a long time. >> if it does go to trial and trial could last up to one year in a case that is wide ranging as this one. but the penalty for that six months to five years in jail. >> reporter: frank wolf has been calling the u.s. to halt aid to egypt because he says they are not laying the groundwork for a freer society which congress said they had to do in most recent appropriations bill. wolf says the recent actions by the egyptian government are a clear violation of the condition that congress laid out. as such should have a direct bearing on aid to egypt until the situation is rectified. if similar assaults on religious freedom occur in the future, aid should be indefinitely halted. egypt's military alone gets $1.3 billion a year from the u.s. and state department said yesterday they have been put on notice. >> decisions are going to have to be made later on in the winter and spring. it certainly something we've been calling to the egypt

sam lahood is son of ray lahood and he's not allowed to leave the country and may face up to five years in prison. peter doocy is live in washington following this story. tell us, sam lahood targeted because he's the son of a cabinet secretary? does he think that's the reason? >> he says he has no reason to think that but he is the transportation secretary's son and he says he might be stuck in egypt for a long, long time. >> if it does go to trial and a trial could last up to one year in a case that's as wide ranging as this one, but the penalty is six months to five years in jail so these are serious charges. >> lahood says at this point he doesn't think there's a physical threat because cairo is a safe city but his family is concerned for his safety and everyone else that works for has organization, the international republican institute. >> that ngo works toward democracy, we give a lot of money to egypt to see that come to fruition. will we pull back? >> congress specifically laid out in the most recent bill that egypt needs to make clear they're moving toward making their people f

sam lahood's group was raided by authorities last month and u.s.ay the action raises questions about egypt's transition to democracy after hosni mubarak's ouster. >> we are greatly concerned that organizations like iri and freedom house which have long worked in this country and around the world ought to be able to operate as they do in many place says in the world. reporter: just yesterday egyptians celebrated the first anniversary of the uprising, the toppling of the mubarak regime. in this e-mail to fox news sam lahood confirms his computer was confiscated and given to egyptian authorities to be downloaded. lahood also added he has no idea when he'll be allowed to leave with the other americans. >>> we are continuing to follow breaking news in the district, a teenager stabbed several times near the kennedy center, the latest details. >>> also a body found in a well in maryland, is it connected to a high profile missing persons case? >>> also ahead. reporter: there are a lot of people that get angry at pepco. these folks are mad enough to actuall

sam lahood tried to leave egypt over the weekend, right. what happened? >>jonathan: he went to cairo airport on saturday and was told he would not be allowed to leave. as five other americans have also been told. now, their laptops and files have also been seized and i spoke to the middle east director of the international republican institute earlier today and he said what worrying them is the steps, taking of the files and preventing of guys leaving, what comes next. >> we were very much troubled by the development of this "no exit," list from the country because it suggests they could be planning to issue arrest warrants for those including on the list. the next possible step would be that our staff could be arrested and, obviously, we are deeply troubled by that prospect. >>jonathan: the transportation secretary lahood, sam lahood 's father was at the auto show in washington and asked about his son's situation. here is his reaction. >> i'm very gratified by all the work going on by the administration and our ambassador in egypt and i appreciate the wo

thing she has had to do. >> harris: new concerns about americans being held in egypt that includes sam lahood, the son of transportation secretary ray lahood. the secretary saying in an interview they are preparing for the worst, that is the likelihood of his arrest. peter doocy has more now from washington. >> reporter: sam lahood says it is kind of scary to be facing charges in egypt working for an unregister thed nongovernmental organization and the transportation secretary son now says he might be stuck in egypt for a long time. >> if it it does go to trial and a trial could last up to one year in a case as wide ranging as this one is but the penalty for that is six months to five years in jail so these are serious charges. >> reporter: republican congressman frank wolf has been calling for the u.s. to halt aid to egypt since early january because he says they are not laying the groundwork for a freer se society which congress said they have to do in the recent appropriations bill. they said it as clear violation of the conditions that congress laid out and as such should have a direct be

this is much bigger than just iri or myself. >> sam lahood told fox he and his colleagues are essentiallypped in egypt. a judge there alleges they work for unregistered group and took a salary. lahood said charges in the trial if it came to that could last a year. >> bret: thank you. activist in syria say government violence against dissenters is spiking. correspondent reena ninan tells us there are also issues of foreign involvement. >> reporter: they were greeted like war heroes, although the battle isn't close to being over. this is a syrian 3 army, a group of activists looking to overthrow syria's president bashar assad. of them have even defected from the army. >> today the group released a video showing what it claims are members of the iran revolutionary guard, captured at home. to aid president assad's crackdown on prodemocracy protesters. the men are speaking farsy. the i.d. and passports were displayed. iran contends they were just engineers working on a power plant in syria. also, protesters say dozen of people including children were killed in the past two days. protesters cal

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we have not been able to reach sam lahood or the other americans.radio silence seems to coincide with the move to the embassy, and friday in an interview we asked lahood if he would stay at his apartment? >> i don't have any other police to go. i have a home here. i don't have any other place to go. going to a hotel is no solution so i'm intending to stay here until this is resolved. >> lahood told us friday he didn't expect much to happen friday or saturday but sunday was the start of the work week. what we don't know is whether there was some kind of event that happened over the weekend that precipitated this move to the embassy and the decision by this group to take up the ambassador's offer to stay there. >> thanks for the update. late bring the former chief spokesperson for the state department, former assistant secretary of state for public affairs, the oburglar -- omar bradley chair at dickenson college. what's going on here? >> in the past user you have the military was the savior of the revolution, protected the people, and now they're jock

sam lahood is the son of our transportation secretary ray louisian lahood.ld when he went to leave the country in cairo that he could not leave the country. catherine herridge joins me live in washington. catherine, obviously this is a tense situation, and it may put -- leave the u.s. to put some financial pressure, we're understanding on egypt as well. >> reporter: that's right, good morning. this is being worked at the high he levels of the administration, the president obama, and secretary of state and her top human rights officer who is in kai re. it is the prerogative of congress that aid in excess of $1.2 billion annually will be linked to the democratic transition in that country. right now there are six americans being blocked from leaving egypt. >> i'm very gratified by all the work that is going on by the administration and our ambassador in egypt, and so i appreciate the work they are doing on that. >> reporter: sam lahood is a local director for a group called the international republican institute or iri, this is a group that promotes tkepl krae

police stopped sam lahood as he tried to board a flight out of egypt telling them he was on a no fly list but lahood heads the institute of egypt raided in september. sam lahood worked as press rep for republican in arizona john mccain saying, quote, i deeply regret that this crisis has escalated to the point that it now endangers the lives of american citizens and could setback the long-standing partnership between the united states and egypt. is the right in a panic over a potential newt gingrich nomination? it's a big question a lot of people are asking. and one of politico's top stories this morning is on an onslaught of conservative criticism against the former house speaker. it reads, it's as if the conservative media over the past 24 hours has decided gingrich is for real and they need to come clean about the man they know before it's too late. but is this enough for the right to finally unite behind mitt romney? joining me this morning to talk about m snrks bc crann, i'll st with you and politico and let's talk about that. ann coulter, tom delay, among gingrich's critic here's

sam lahood who is the son of transportation secretary ray lahood is on a list of people barred from leavingpt. he is a member of of an advocacy group. receive centanni is live in washington with more. >> reporter: at least four americans have been barred from leaving egypt, including the son of transportation secretary ray lahood. sam lahood is the head of the national republican institute. he's seen here at his father's swearing in ceremony. he tried to leave egypt and was stopped by authorities. their offices were raided last month by egyptian authorities, computers and other files confiscated, staff members questioned. the state department is working to get the rights of these workers restored. >> we are urging the government of egypt to lift the restrictions immediately and allow folks to come home as soon as possible and we are hopeful this issue will be resolved. >> reporter: it marks the one-year anniversary of the uprising that ousted hosni mubarak. the future of u.s. aid to egypt hangs in the balance, too. the ranking member of the senate armed services committee john mccain it out

sam lahood works for a group promoting democracy. when they tried to get on a plane last weekend, they were stopped. the military rulers there are clamping down on foreign rights' workers. he has no idea when he can leave. >>> the pentagon is laying out its plan to cut $295 billion out of the budget over the next five years. the army and marines were lose 100,000 troops. the navy will retire some cruisers but kept 11 aircraft carriers. the emphasis now is on smaller special operations forces like the navy seals and unmanned drones. >>> -- drone. >>> coming up, what we don't need. other possible metro fare increase. >> up next, how much they're talking about this time. tucker. >>> the mild temperatures to start your day. we have rain on the way and could be a thunderstorm as well. and then cooler temperatures. we have it all in the weather department. julie wright has it all on the traffic after the break. . >> hi, welcome back. it's 4:45 right now and looking outside. can you see the washington monument on the right and can you kind

weep believe sam lahood is among this group. eard from ray lahood as he left an event in new york city. >> he's safe, thank god. >> reporter: we were told the egyptian delegation in washington will be told in the strongest terms that this travel ban should be lifted. the president warned them that u.s. aid of more than a billion dollars is at jeopardy. megyn: a different kind of story is getting attention on the campaign trail. rick santorum left florida to be with his 3-year-old daughter bella, short for isabellaa. doctors say she has made a miraculous turn around. the senator explained some of the challenges bella faces in a video posted on his web site. >> our youngest daughter isabella we call bella is a special girl that needs a lot of care. when she was born we knew something was wrong but we didn't know what it was it wasn't until five days later they told us she had a disorder which is similar to down's syndrome. we were told the diagnosis that bella's life expectancy was a matter of hours and days. megyn: tony perkins is

. >> sam lahood tells cnn he tried to get out last saturday for a short trip to see a friend, but wasrities. we reached him by phone at his apartment in cairo. sam, do you feel air where you are at this point? >> i feel safe physically. you know, obviously the fact that the investigative judge chose to prevent some of us from traveling is something that our lawyer tells us indicates this investigation has taken on more serious nature. and the next step from here would either be arrest or go to trial. >> reporter: the 37-year-old is egypt director for the influential nongovernmental organization the international republican institute. he was one of five iri that the on the no-fly list. his offices, along with of other ngos were raided last month. his father, transportation secretary ray lahood, tells cnn he's in constant contact with his son. >> there are a lot of people working on that, so we'll he sow had works out. >> john mccain blasted egypt for what he called an outrageous move. i fear for the safety of all the employees at they ngos, americans, egyptians and others, he said, esp

a person familiar with the case said sam lahood, who -- was recently kept from boarding a flight outthe country. the hood's organization was raided last month. the egyptian government said they were working without the right legislation and put several employees on a do-not- fly-list. >> a new study commissioned by d.c. mayor vincent gray recommends the school system make major improvents and close 3 dozen underimproving schools. the study found more than 40% of the city attend 10 charter schools. win a few years, a majority could be enrolled in charter schools. dr. barber research director of research for iff, the non- profit that conducted the study joins us. thank you very much for being here. >> thank you very much. >> we know the findings re- enforce what people are saying for years, especially the school's what stuck out is how with well the charter school is working in the district. if it's the wave of the future? >> i couldn't answer that in terms of the local district. what the study did is identified 10 neighborhoods that needed particular attention. and that 68% of student

take a look at this image of sam lahood on left of your screen sitting next to his father, ray lahood of transportation. now, sam lahood, would fur a republican-linked group that promotes democracy in foreign countries. just this past saturday he tried to fly out of the cairo airport only to learn that he's on egypt's no exit list and the state department says several other u.s. citizens are now on that list, as well. i want to bring in foreign affairs correspondent jill dougherty. you actually got sam on the phone just a short time ago. how is he doing? >> yeah, well we got him on the phone when he went to the airport, he tried to get out. they looked at his passport and essentially sent him back to his apartment in cairo where he is right now. we went over to iri headquarters. and talked to him by phone and here's what he said. >> sam, do you feel safe where you are at this point? >> yeah, i feel safe physically. you know, obviously, the fact that the investigative judge chose to prevent some of us from traveling is something that our lawyer tells us indicates that you know, this in

among the americans now taking refuge is sam lahood son of ray lahood. >>> scientists are looking intoillness in teenagers. the teenagers are experiencing ticks. >> reporter: in a small town in up state new york, a group of high school girls are making national headlines for what many are calling a medical mystery. tara's mom said she brought her daughter to the hospital after she started involuntary ticking when she woke up from an afternoon nap. since then the numbers have grown to 15 and all of them accept ones are girl. over the weekend the media craze surrounding the mystery grew when famous environmental activist sent a crew to look for evidence. both school and state health officials had already concluded a three month investigation that determined no environmental or infectious agents could have caused the students ticks. instead local doctors who have examined 11 of the teens have determined the girls have a stress induced conversion disorder that starts as a mental or emotional crisis. a scary or stressful incident of some kind and converts to a physical problem. but some par

sam lahood heads an organization with ties to republican congressional leaders.cent parliamentary elections. >> gregg: turning to iran, inspection from the united nations nuclear watchdog getting underway. the six-member team begin ago crucial three-day visit trying to find out if the real purpose of iran's nuclear program is to build an atomic bomb. the tensions are still rising. their visit met by a new threat from top iranian officials. steve has more. >> this visit comes amid tighter sanctions against iran and threats by tehran to choke off world oil shipments through the strait of hormuz. the inspection team for the international atomic energy agency, seen here leaving, has now arrived in tehran for the first day of their three-day visit. the iaea issued a report citing evidence that iran does have nuclear ambitions. the organization says their trip will help clarify matters and the chief negotiator expressed optimism. >> we told that iran will engage with us on the concerns regarding the program. so we are looking forward to start of a dialogue. >> iranian

sam lahood is the son of transportation secretary ray lahood.everal other americans are part of a washington-backed organization banned from leaving egypt because it is under investigation. egypt's ruling military council has accused the u.s. of funding groups with the intent of destabilizing the country. >>> now to the race for the white and gingrich are neck and neck in florida, five days before the state primary. romney leads gingrich by 2 percentage points in the latest poll with rick santorum and ron paul third and fourth in that poll. the candidates will scare off tonight in jacksonville. >>> gingrich is aiming high in his effort to win in florida, literally. he told voters near the kennedy space center last night that the united states will have the first permanent base on the moon by the end of his second term if he's elected. gingrich said he wants to spend part of nasa's budget on prize money for competitions to encourage the private sector to to develop space technology. mitt romney also said he wants to make space a priority. >>> tod

through the state department and national security team is working very hard so he can leave. >> sam lahood is the head of a nongovernmental organization with ties to congressional leaders. he was one of 7 that were barred from leaving cairo. the younger lahood and other americans were in egypt to oversee the recent parliamentary elections there. for a second day rough waters are delaying efforts to remove fuel from the cruise ship that ran aground two weeks ago. if there is a big leak it could damage a marine sanctuary off the coast of tuscany. the choppy waters radio are hindering recover reef forts. 15 people are still missing. a 17th person was taken from the ship. rick santorum on the campaign trail. tell you what happened next. you have seen many negative ads. many are asked to pull them. what do potential voters really think? what do you hear what frank luntz's famed focus group as to say. laces? really? slip-on's the way to go. more people do that, security would be like -- there's no charge for the bag. thanks. i know a quiet little place where we can get some work done. there's a

one of those americans include sam lahood, the son of transportation secretary ray lahood.and the five other americans are part of the international republican institute, or iri. it is a washington based group focused on building democracies overseas. egypt's ruling military is cracking down on the iri and other similar groups. >> my mindset has changed since the travel ban was put in place where we're kind of expecting the worst because there hasn't been a lot of movement. there's 300 organizations reportedly involved in this investigation. this is much bigger than just iri or myself. >> sam lahood says he is safe now and not allowed to leave the one trip but they still have their passports and have not been arrested. >>> immigration remains a hot topic as republican presidential candidates look towards tuesday's florida primary. the two leading candidates, mitt romney 3 newt gingrich, are staying focused on the sunshine state voters this weekend. president obama is also on the road after his state of the union speech. >> reporter: president obama wrapped up a three-day to

. >> sam lahood wouldn't discuss any contingency plans. go to the ambassador's residence today as far as we know that didn't happen. >> shepard: catherine herridge in washington tonight. here at home, holiday shoppers helped give the economy a pretty big boost. the commerce department is reporting tonight gross domestic product grew 2.8% in the last year. fastest pace in some 18 months. still not enough to make a real dent in unemployment. g.d.p. is the value of all goods and services that the united states produces. reports tonight that one of the biggest names on the web is about to go public. the "wall street journal" owned by the parent company of this network is reporting now that facebook could file for its initial public offering next week. analysts say the social networking site could have one of the largest ipo's ever in the united states. and they expected to raise some $10 billion. that's five times what google raised in 2004 when it set the record for the nation's largest internet ipo. mitt romney is trying to win over voters o

. >> his son, sam lahood learned he was on the no fly list when he tried to leave cairo a week ago. he was working for a group that monitors election necessary egypt. >> it's illegal for most of us to profit with inside information in the stock market but not lawmakers. and this was breaking news earlier on sunday. police finding the bodies of five people inside a home. they went there after a call said a robbery was in progress. the latest on what they are learning. >> and the occupiers taking on the city of oakland. you watched it as it was happening on the fox report last night. it turned violent. just how bad did it get? we have new details. you are watching the most powerful name in news, fox news network. ? a quiet suburban neighborhood in suburban alabama rocked after police went to a home to respond to a possible robbery. once inside they found a death scene. five victims. we can't tell you how they died because police are not telling us yet. neighbors say a woman lived there with her son and brothers and described them as polite and quiet people. now on that quiet street a

sam lahood is working for the international republican institute. he was banned from leaving the country last week as egyptian authorities conduct a criminal investigation into foreign funded pro democracy groups. today the white house issued a warning saying egypt's actions could stand inhe way of $1 billion in u.s. aid. talks between the u.s. and the taliban broke down quickly today in qatar as both sides cannot get through the first topic. the u.s. wants to discuss a cease-fire in afghanistan before talking about a prisoner swap. the taliban wants the release of its five top commanders in exchange for an american soldier. the taliban says it will not discuss the cease-fire until the u.s. withdraws its troops from afghanistan which is slated for the end of 2014. >> fighting in syria continues to escalate as secretary of state hillary clinton prepares to travel to united nations to discuss a resolution to end the crisis. she and other leaders will attend the u.n. security council meeting tomorrow. more than 5,000 have been killed since the uprising

sam lahood is the cairo chief of international republican institute and was blocked from boarding a flightght. the iri is one of those things that are funded by the republican party that help with international leekses, observing international elections a lot of times they work together overseas. >>> timothy geithner says he expects the president will replace him if president obama wins a second term n an interview with bloomberg tv, geithner did not specify what he will do next but anticipating the president won't ask him to stay on. remember, actually, the president had to beg him to not resign about three months ago and so part of that deal apparently was don't ask me to stay for a second term. >>> australia's prime minister julia gillard stumbled but was caught by a security guard as she tried to pass through a path of protesters today. gillard was not harmed and come mended police for their assistance on australia day, which commemorates the arrival of the first british colonists in 1788. >>> all right, what makes mitt romney tick? the new book "the real romney" an unvarnished report

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