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He was kidnapped in 2011 and the last video he released was in 2012. he was a contractor for the agency international development at the time. he said his captors have agreed to let him have visits from his family if the u.s. releases unspecified prisoners. jamie: tens of thousands of families in america remain in the dark. an a cold all through the christmas holiday. gregg: new developments in the case after man accused of going on a deadly shooting rampage at one of americas deadliest airports...

As the nations parks, my assumes, and memorials re-opened for business. >> how does it feel to be inside today? >> ask him. >> how does it feel to be inside today? >> awesome. >> reporter: employees are are back on the job after three weeks of forced time off. >> good to be back to work. >> reporter: on capitol hill where most members are fled for their home district, a furloughed staffer got the historic ohio clock ticking again. but as the vice president greeted returning epa employees with ...

>> now, don, theres tens of millions of dollars at stake here in the late night wars, and, obviously, one of the things going on, first with abc and now nbc playing catchup, theres an effort to go after the younger demographic. both jay leno and david letter less th -- letterman in their 60s. fallon, 48 years old. >> we like the young guys, they give us promise and hope. >> its a long game they are playing at abc and nbc. >> jake tapper, thank you very much. well be watching you at the top of th...

Hes a problem solver, someone who has shown the ability to work both sides. and i think a little less confrontational than governor christie. i think over the long run he might prove to be a very attractive candidate. but, again, you cant avoid making the tough decisions. on his immigration plan, he ducked the path to citizenship and thats key. there arent going to be democratic votes granting immigration bill without a clear path to citizenship. so we have to figure out whats workable, what we ...

Extremist groups. so they have globed on to these opposition groups and been very effective tool and very effective units for them in fighting. and thats been a problem. so we have seen over time that the proliferation of these groups across a whole segment of opposition groups that six months ago we would have said had no extremists in them. thats the huge problem that were facing. its a little bit of catch up today to say the front is a terrorist organization. im glad that were there, path to ...

Are you worried? bill clinton, the big kahuna, for barack obama? >> no. i am not worried. if obama and biden were doing the jobs they were supposed to do, they wouldnt have to bring in bill clinton. right now, they are pulling out all the tops. i think that pennsylvania is winnable from the standpoint of the high unemployment rate. when the people go to the polls, they are going to vote their pocketbook. am i better off today? is this country better off today? and the answer is no. >> so why are...

The primaries were going on. theyre trying to capitalize on that now. >> so theyre making up lost time in the ground game, you think? >> yes, of course they are. when you have the luxury of a primary in the beginning, you can see that this is very all the techniques that they have to reach out, identity the voters. republicans are playing catchup. however, in a race in cl mitt romney has developed momentum late, you can make up in momentum what you missed out on early in the organization. jackie...

Be talked about all week, if not all year. seattle wins a wild one 14-12. in other nfl news, the jets darrelle revis done for the year. widely regarded the best. he tore the acl in his left knee on sunday. baseball will be a sprint to the finish in the a.l. east. the yankees continue to win. curtis granderson belted his 40th homer of the year. yanks beat the twins 6-3. they won 9 of 12. the pesky orioles arent going away. look closely. luis ayala made the catch of the game in the bullpen a...

They are playing catchup. >> its funny. you wrote this about reporter saying how behind the curve they can be. restaurant critics remained blifious to chefs tools and techniques and persisted in describing every dish that came out of the kitchen and either grilled or broiled. whats your advice to political reporters in trying to at least scratch the surface of whats going on? frankly looks like its more the obama campaign than romney. whats going on here? >> the general thing i would argue is fo...

sandusky founded for troubled kids. susan candiotti is live at courthouse in pennsylvania. as i understand it, there has been a last-minute filing of some information that is a bit of a bombshell with regards to whats happening in the courtroom. somewhat related but somewhat not related, right? >> thats right. it has to do with two other people who are charged in connection with the case against jerry sandusky. you remember the two former penn state officials are currently charged with...