this comes from that interview that conversation they had with their son. they say that they have received as much as $8,000 of donations. they didn t specify sources but around the world, people who sympathize with dzhokhar or believe he is innocent. when they talked to him on the phone they raised the issue of money and they say he said he didn t need it because he s been receiving money. again, he didn t specify the source. but he said he s already received around $1,000. phil, good to see you. fascinating conversation. really. more of what we re working for around the world. a u.s. marine reservist, iraq war veteran kidnapped in mexico. we ll tell you who authorities think is behind it and what they re doing to try to get him released. and the royal family returns to westminster abbey to mark the
the president s plan calls for an end to combat operations in afghanistan next year and a withdraw by the end of the 2014. the president says afghanistan s president hamid karzai is onboard. both oof us recognize that we still have a lot of work to do and there will be great challenges ahead. the loss of life continues in afghanistan. there will be hard days ahead, but we re confident that we re on the right track and what this summit reflects is the world is behind this strategy that we ve laid out. the big hurdle now to cross is the cost. the country doesn t have all the cash it needs. nato secretary general is optimistic that other countries will pitch in to help meet the roughly $4 billion price tag. the obama campaign headquarters, just outside the nato summit in chicago. look at this. protesters on one side, police on the other, pushing back and forth. this was on sunday. several officers were injured. today, the superintendent of police defends his officers action
zetas, ex-military guys who broke off from that gulf cartel gang. they are known as about the most brutal gang in mexico. one that is involved in more beheadings and massacres than any other gang, this is the gang infiltrated in the killing of an american jet skiers south of the border. there s a lot of speculation around that. now they re threatening even more violence in the area as their grip over northeastern mexico becomes even more powerful now. patti an. patti ann: anita vogel live in the west coast newsroom, thank you. jon: well, as you know, there were lots of predictions in the leadup to the midterm elections. well now that the duhas settled and republicans swept the house and many other crucial posts across the country, how did our chief pollsters do this campaign season? joining us now, the university of virginia center for politics director, author of the pendulum swing, larry saab bo. sabato. you gazed into your crystal ball, you predicted 55 seats
will be seen as a victory for mexican president calderon, who launched the offensive against the drug cartels four years ago and since then, more than 30,000 people have been killed. now, the gulf cartel had a grip of fear in the northeastern mexico area. but, i have to tell you, the day after he was killed, there were banners hung up all along the coast there, threatening more violence from another rival gang, the zetas, a gang of hit men formed more than a decade ago by renegade mexican soldiers and are one of the most brutal and feared drug gangs and there could be more violence there, at least the threat of it, we know president obama called president calderon over the weekend to pledge u.s. support. back to you. martha: thank you very much, anita vogel. bill: another fox news alert. now, details on the fallout from the failed plot to blow up cargo
a lot. tennis where denmark s player has cleared a giant hurdle. i apologize to the family over in denmark. they love us here and i apologize to all danes and dames. top seeded the top seed defeats former champion sharapova. maria. thank you. 6-3, 6-4, one of the most eagerly awaited matches in the tournament. she was given the top spot because serena williams withdrew due to an injury. i ll toss over to steve for weather because he asked me to. thank you very much, brian. ok, while you were sleeping, tropical storm hermine made hermine. hermine made landfall in texas. i wanted to say hermine like the harry potter thing. that s incorrect. storm came ashore in northeastern mexico and moving to the north packing 65-mile-per-hour winds. it is churning up waters near galveston forcing beaches to close. forecasts say it could dump up