hotel occupancy in the resort cities of sharm el sheikh and regatta stand at less than 20% and the cities lose more than $250 million every month. russia suspended all flights to egypt, and britain halted flights to sharm el sheikh in october. lawyers for the boston marathon bomber filed appeals of a. earlier this month, a judge denied the bid for a new trial. no details were provided on the grounds of that appeal. was convictedaev last year and sentenced to death in connection with the bombing. news 24 hours a day, powered by our 2400 journalists in more than 150 news bureaus around the world. i am mark crumpton, david, back to you. david: we are talking with the u.s. economy. new data out today, fourth-quarter gdp road -- rose today. yearhold spending less rose at a steady clip, well companies are pinched by strong dollar and weak overseas sales. points ofhese data just about the health of the u.s. economy, and we expect to see a rebound in the coming quarters? let's start with gdp. disappointing, but not altogether unexpected. we had slightly -- we try to estimate what the fourth quart

an official who manages sharm el sheikh says no airport employees have been arrested in connection withource and egyptian ministry also denies any arrest of egypt air or airport workers. would those workers have had their relatives screened for isis connections? they say their security procedures are better than those at many european airports but it's not clear if relatives there are screened. chad wolf says in the u.s., he can't say that all relatives of airline or airport workers are screened, but there is a watch list flagging people who the workers are associated with and any known connections they might have. >> interesting. not necessarily air tight. there was one case of a possible isis connection at a u.s. airport, right? >> our analyst points out in the u.s. there was a case of at least one person who joined isis who had previously worked at a u.s. airport. the man worked at minneapolis-st. paul airport as a cleaner and had access to planes. >>> recent activity at a top secret north korean facility now has american intelligence authorities concerned kim jong-un's regime is mov