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After a long, stressful day working as an air traffic controller at one of the largest naval jet bases in the world, elise makdessi went to dinner with her husband at an stahlan restaurant in virginia beach, virginia. eddie makdessi worked in the computer business. >> he did a lot of contract work and some of it was for the u.s. navy. and that is when he met elise makdessi. >> sometime after 9:00 p.m. when the couple returned home from dinner, someone was waiting for them. when eddie regained co...

Well, theres really no comparison. why pay more for less? call today for a low price on speeds up to 150mbps. and find out more about our two-year price guarantee. comcast business. built for business. personal story segment tonight. there is pressure on president obama to do something about the situation in iraq. joining us from washington fox news analyst mary katherine ham and juan williams. juan, if you were president, god help us. >> yes, really. >> what would you do? >> protect american ...

Controller at one of the largest knave jet bases in the world, elise makdessi went to dinner at a restaurant in virginia beach, virginia, with her husband. eddie makdessi worked in the computer business. >> he did a lot of contract work and some of it was for the u.s. navy. and that is when he met elise makdessi. >> sometime after 9:00 p.m. when the couple returned home from dinner, someone was waiting for them. when eddie regained consciousness, his hands were bound behind his back. he saw a ma...

United states government and investigating criminal activities. the u.s. government has not taken ownership yet. >> the wife and son of bob levinson is speaking out for the first time since it was revealed her husband was arrested in iran doing under cover contract work for the cia. he disappeared in 2007. >> i kept thinking this cant be happening. >> to this day, the government denies he was a government employee. the state department said they are doing everything they can to bring him home. b...

Six months later theyre opening charter schools that will cost $250 million. newark, new jersey, does a big contract with us last year and now wants to close a third of the schools even before the so-called contract work. this is wrong for kids who want great schools in their neighborhoods. >> all right. randi weingarten, thank you so much for your time and well be right back. [ male announcer ] this is betsy.

Meanwhile revelations that the american who disappeared seven years ago in iran was actually on a cia spy mission. nbc news justice correspondent pete williams is with us now. pete, i understand a lawyer for the family of robert levinson is now confirming this to nbc news. >> well, in fact a lot of people have confirmed the substance of the a.p. and the "washington post" story saying robert levinson, the former fbi agent who disappeared on the iranian island in april of 2007 was actually there d...

Anything in my job field and in the end i think they went with someone who was already in their company. >> would have you liked to have had it even if its not exactly in your field? would you have taken the job, accepted and it learned and done your best? >> oh, absolutely. at this rate i will take anything that i can get. if it was offered to me, i would have loved to be a part of their company. >> aly, are you sending out resumes? how much pavement pounding are you doing? >> yes. every week i...

Joined the military in 2007, left in 2010-2011. we know because we talked to someone who owned this thai restaurant that he was working there in 2011. its unclear for how long. wasnt getting a paid a salary by them but he was interested in the thai language and studying thai and they practice buddhism. and attended a local thai monastery in the fort worth area with the owner of this restaurant. but the exact time line of when he worked for contractor is unclear. >> we are not clear about that. b...

But when you talk to people today -- i want to be clear. law enforcement sources are not ready to establish a motives. he had some grievances with the contract work. it has something to do with the disgruntled worker. how he got from being at that restaurant to having this security clearance and being here is what we are trying to put together. >> the husband of the woman who owns the restaurant told me that he felt some anger toward, i guess, the contractor. he felt there was a disagreement ove...

Americans are struggling, really struggling. there are almost no full-time jobs. you cant raise a family on a part-time job. probably cant even support yourself on a part-time job. employers are faming the poor economy and the obamacare decreasing the ability to hire full-time employees. james, you are a lawyer and cant get a job, a full-time job? >> correct. >> why not? >> its a really sluggish economy right now. law firms arent hiring full-time employees. >> how much have you tried? >> ive tri...