Odonnell good evening. This is our western edition. We begin with breaking news from overseas. A st. Louis man held since the spring by the assad regime in wartorn syria has been released and reunited with his parents. His name is sam goodwin. And his freedom tonight comes as the result of topsecret, International Negotiations involving a member of the lebanese military. Don dahler leads us off tonight with new information, including what brought goodwin to syria. Reporter sam goodwin had been held in syria for two months, but evidently, few people outside his family knew that until he was released in damascus. Sources tell cbs news he was then taken to lebanon. Today, the family released this statement ibrahim is the head of Lebanese Internal security. Id see him around. Always had a smile on his face. Reporter tom burns knew goodwin at niagra college. Were glad hes okay according to the reports. Reporter the 30yearold was traveling around the globe with intentions of visiting every n