his job as commander of nato forces in afghanistan. richard holbrooke was 69. chuck sigh vert sen, abc news. holbrooke is survived by his wife, his two sons and his two stepchildren. moving now to political news this morning, embattled republican party chairman michael steele says he wants to keep his job. steele announced that he s seeking a second term as gop chief. that s despite allegations of not only financial mismanagement, but also some very high-profile verbal gaffes in recent years. steele though is the first african-american ever elected as republican chairman. he though will face at least six others in next month s leadership vote. we d heard maybe he wouldn t be but now apparently he will be. on capitol hill the tax cut deal hammered out by president obama and republicans is one step closer to becoming law. senators could give it their final stamp of approval later today. but its future in the house is a lot more uncertain. john hendren is in washingt
mae smith in california on friday. witnesses there spotted smith outside a store with the man accused in her abduction, 32-year-old jeffrey scott easley. patti an brown is at the breaking news desk with more. reporter: that s right, this 12-year-old girl was missing from the east coast and later found on the west coast with her murdered mother s boyfriend. she was interviewed by police yesterday in san francisco. britney mae smith lived with her mother, tina smith, and tina s boyfriend, jeffrey easley, in virginia but on december 6th, the 41-year-old mother was found dead inside her home in ron oak county, her daughter britney and 32-year-old jeffrey were gone. after a nationwide search, jeffrey easley and britney smith were spotted three days ago panhandling outside a safeway in san francisco. easley was arrested and police say they consider him a very good suspect in the death of britney s mother, tina. britney s great aunt, lois
chaukette, told local reporters she met jeffrey for the first time on thanksgiving and did not like his behavior around the 12-year-old girl, she said, quote, he was touching her hair and hands and just gazing at her. it was just gross. the aunt says she actually called child protective services and an abuse hotline multiple times but no one called back. she also says she expressed concerns to tina. easley is now charged with felony abduction, attempted credit card fraud and credit card larceny, but detectives say with britney is safe, they will now turning their attention to the murder investigation of her mother, tina smith, for whom services were held over the weekend. police are giving no details about their investigation or attempts to extradite easley to virginia or arrangements for where britney will live once she comes home to the east coast but her father and her relatives say they are le reef lead she s live and healthy after fearing the worst for a week, jon. jon: patti an
the board of supervisors will vote and likely move forward on the bid. if the bid is accepted, the america ciches america s cup is expected to generate over a billion dollars for the city. alan: in the meantime can the city of richmond is offering its waterfront as place for the america s cup teams to practice and train before the event begins in san francisco. the city would receive as much 15s hundred thousand 100,000 daz month for leasing space at the port. two separate child abduction case ended safely in san francisco. a 12-year-old girl from virginia and a 15-year-old girl from redding are safe. the 12-year-old was found on friday, and today we learned more about her ordeal. bridget any smith s aunt told us she met jeffrey easley for the fir time on thanksgiving and was immediately suspicious about the way the 32-year-old man acted with her 12-year-old niece. he was touching her hair and touching her hands and just anything that it was like he was want
pass. and regents vote on a proposal to force thousands of u.c. workers to pay more for their health care and retirement benefits. thank you for waking up and joining us. kristen is off today. 13-year-old girl and 18-month-old brother is in critical condition critical but stable condition after being stabbed repeatedly. they arrested a 14-year-old boy and they are awaiting toxicology tests to find out if drugs or alcohol may have been involved in any way. now a report from our sister station. they were still trying to grasp the brutal crime next door. we had heard something. the investigators say the 14-year-old suspect somehow got into the home, sexually assaulting the 13-year-old girl and then stan go her and her brother before they got out of the house. investigators say even after being stabbed so many times, the little girl showed remarkable determination getting her brother across the street to safety. with the multiple stab wounds, to take her brother,