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 rick santorum and
scared. can t getting ahold of friends. texting back and forth or just calling? thai trying to, so they re worried. i haven t been able to get ahold of my kids, unfortunately. trying to figure out whatever information i can. megyn: can you imagine? can you imagine that? trace gallagher s at our breaking news desk on a story we ve seen too many times. reporter: way too many times, megyn. several student witnesses have also identified who this shooter is to us and our affiliate in cleveland but, again, several sources as well because this alleged shooter s under the aim of 18, and age of 18, and he has not been officially charged by police, they will not release his identification, so we won t either, but we are learning a lot more about who he is and what he posted online this recent days and weeks in a poem. the alleged shooter posted on his facebook page, it ends with
bolton, on what he expects to see out of iran and what it means for the united states in the coming weeks moontds. alert coming in for you now on warnings from one of the top catholics in the united states about what he says is the obama administration s stepping on religious freedom. archbishop and cardinal designate timothy dolan is in rome right now, preparing for hes elevation to the rank of cardinal. in a new interview he weighed in on the compromise offered by the administration. that s the administration s term, cover mice, in the fight over requirements that religious groups offer coverage for birth control, sterilizations, and other and other controversial procedures, all of which would violate teachings of the catholic church. trace gallagher has more of a cardinal designate dolan s interview from our breaking news desk. trace. reporter: they are very strong words from archbishop dolan, who as you said is about to become cardinal dolan. when they came out with the
america s iraq and afghanistan veterans with a national level ticker tape parade, many calling for the same welcome home for veterans returning from world war ii, right here in new york, back in 1945. but that idea is getting tough resistance from a surprising place. trace gallagher has more from the breaking news desk. trace. reporter: megyn, we lost 4400 service members during the iraq war, more than 32,000 were wounded and over those years, there were hundreds and hundreds of protests. but we have had one home coming parade, it was held in st. louis, organized by two nonmilitary members who actually organize dollars the whole thing on facebook. yes, tens of thousands did show up from all over the country and because of that parade, organizers now are in 20 cities all wanting to do their own parade but of course, the granddaddy of all the home comings would be in new york city, right down the canyon of heros where, of course, the new york giants held their
jon: right now the investigation is still underway into the deadlyliest car crash in florida history. 10 people died. 16 more hurt in a string of pile-ups along i-75 near gainesville. today we re hearing horrifying emergency calls from that scene. oh, my god. jon: rick folbaum is working this story from the breaking news desk. he will have more of those calls and some new information on why the florida highway patrol is now defending its handling of this tragedy. that is coming up in just a few minutes. also some new questions about airport safety. tsa agents stop a passenger carrying a pair of suspicious packages. what they did next though is raising some serious concerns.