this was an interesting development this week. turns out that the american allegedly held as a spy in iran is, in fact, a spy. a rogue agent. the story outing may have put his life in greater danger and comes as iran is getting tough on foreign intelligence operations. the semi official news agency says iranian officials arrested a man they say was spying for great britain. here is jim sciutto. please help me get home. reporter: this is robert levinson, pleading with washington for help three years after he disappeared in iran. 33 years of service to the united states deserves something. please help me. reporter: he hasn t been seen or heard from since. now new information that when he went missing, he was working
unbelievable. this story that a lot of people talked about in the last 24-to-48 hours. miss teen usa, college student accused of hijacking her web cam. cassidy wolf. this person was arrested. a former high school classmate hijacked the camera and took naked pictures and tried to blackmail her. we will talk to cassidy wolf in the next hour. i have some good questions for her. we are looking forward to that. first up, we are already seeing some reaction in iran this morning to the historic phone call between that country s president and president obama. iran s semi official news agency reports a protester hurled a shoe at rowhani when he returned.
in moscow. they believe the fire started in the left landing gear. no one was injured. the passengers included members of a russian pop band. now to news out of north korea. north korea launched three short-range guided missiles into the sea off the korean peninsula today. that s according to semi official news agency. the launch appeared to be a routine test of a tactical weapon. tensions have been diminished in the region since last month. and then this in europe. sounds of gunfire and a jewelry heist. they are not unusual at the film festival. however this time it was not on the silver screen. the drama was reel really. a 43-year-old man was arrested
after four people died. it is raising concerns about traffic jams on this trek. too many climbers trying to make their way could make the journey more treacherous even though today s adventure seekers have sherpas and oxygen tanks. ken cool joins me by phone from mount everest, at base camp on his 10th trip to the summit. wow. amazing. good morning to you, appreciate you joining us by phone. first of all let me ask you, did you know the climbers who died last weekend? no, no, i didn t. it is very sad event on the mountain here, obviously most of the base camp was shocked. one of those unfortunate things. lots to celebrate about mount everest and when this happens it saddens the whole community. how dangerous is climbing mount everest, we talked about the crowds, does that make it more dangerous? it all comes down to management, really. this is my tenth trip here, i have ten fingers, toes and my nose, it comes down to good planning, good preparations and working with a g
i m e.d. hill. fo more fires burning. extra firefighters and police hitting the streets to deal with the recent rash of arson fires across the city. more than three dozen so far. $60,000 reward is being offered for the capture of the arsonist. iran seems to be one step closer becoming a nuclear nation. the country s semi official news agency report scientists successfully built and tested their first nuclear fuel rod. naturally uranium fuel rods are normally used to fill nuclear reactors. new year s eve partiers in florida ran into problems last night. pirate theme party ship ran aground off clear water. fog contributing to the problem. to make matters worse another pirate ship sent to retrieve some of the stranded people also ran aground. police and sound boats headed out to ferry the people back to shore. they were safe. after a day of freedom the