the judge also granted a restraining order from contacting his girlfriend. >>> shahal also appeared on secret millionaire. in his appearance, shahal donated as much as $100,000 to the rafael house shelter for children and families. >>> the u.s. state department today announced 18 of 20 embassies and consulates closed this week because of terrorists threats will reopen on sunday. two embassies one in yemen the other in pakistan will remain closed due to continued concern of attacks. an intercepted al-qaida message prompted most of the messages last week. a separate threat caused a separate embassy to be closed yesterday. >>> president obama hosted a news conference and he promised transparency on the phone surveillance program but he also said he would not stop it. >> america is not interested in spying on ordinary people. >> reporter: president obama says he will work with congress to improve privacy protections within the national security agencies surveillance programs. part of the changes will better explain to the public how they work. more transparent and an independence group rev