offered compensation from the u.s. government. >> the family of warren weinstein says they never gave up hope that he was be released during his four years as al qaeda hostage. gunmen abducted him from his home in lahore pakistan. he is a development expert. those who abducted him, posed as neighbors. his family appeared on television and lobbied government officials to obtain his release. his wife released a statement saying we were so hopeful that those in the u.s. and pakistani governments with the power to secure his release would have done everything possible to do so. there are no words to the disappointment and heart break we are going through. elaine weinstein called for an independent investigation into those hostage deaths. breaking overnight, a convoy of nine iranian ships believed to be carrying weapons to