program and say they are innocent. porter was clearly happy to be back in the u.s. tonight. i d like to thank the nebs cairo for all the thing thez did for us as well as the administration at the american university in cairo for all their help and support. and my lawyers ted and both in egypt and here who worked tirelessly to obtain my freedom. i m just so thankful to be back. and i love to be in philadelphia right now. the other two students arrested with porter, derrick sweeney and luke gates are also returning to the u.s. from egypt at this hour. syria is running out of allies. you can add the arab league to its list of critics. finance ministers from the league want to punish damascus for its crackdown on protesters. new video on youtube showed enthusiastic demonstration with syrians pledging with the league to hit the regime hardment something you don t normally see in public. proposed sanctions would include freezing government assets and those belonging to syrian
not known if they are actually in the country yet. and also a bulletin put out said the attackers could be using a truck or carloaded with explosives. they warn small arms or poisons could be used. they are calling the threat credible. we don t know if it s real. it s not confirmed just yet, and that s what many officials are trying to stress. the targets could be washington, d.c. or new york city. joining me now, washington, d.c. mayor, vincent gray. can you tell me after you were all briefed on this potential threat, you have all had any discussions, has the possibility come up of changing or canceling some of the 9/11 public events set to take place this weekend? absolutely not. we have no intention of changing any of the events at this stage. we are urging everybody to go and continue with whatever their plans were. for example, we have a college football classic that is scheduled for the city tomorrow between howard and worehouse. we are asking people to continue to co
continues. we will see t. j. holmes from new york on 9/11 as well. on sunday, yes. and you are in now for randi kaye. yeah, and i will see you tomorrow. what is your show called, the saturday afternoon we re just here. let s stick with the news room, how about that. you at least got the cnn part right. got that right, okay. i am in for randi kaye at the top of the hour here. new yorkers have been through a lot and have seen a lot. here we go. something else they have to deal with and something else they have to see. police check points set up all around the city in response in response to what is being called, a credible and specific, but not a confirmed threat. shatter among security officials talk about three individuals that might be involved. one of them a u.s. citizen. not known if they are actually in the country yet. and also a bulletin put out said the attackers could be using a truck or carloaded with explosives. they warn small arms or poisons could be u
worst is over? reporter: they do. they feel positive, randi. you can t go anywhere look at this. we have construction equipment wheeling by. you cannot go anywhere in vermont without finding road crews out here trying to rebuild and open the communities, randi. when you talk about what is being done there, and you are showing the road and the construction being done, but what are they doing to bring aid and restore power? have you seen any evidence of that? reporter: oh, we have seen electric crews running up and down these roads. we also have had times where we have been trapped in traffic on more of the smaller mountain roads because what is going on you have the electrical crews going on and repairing lines and taking up space, so it s difficult for the cars to get through. we have seen quite a bit of aid come through here. a lot of volunteers helping these residents and businesses clean up the mess. we have seen national guards directing traffic and tossing items
the grammy-winning talent found dead. also, another new deadline set for the debt talks. house speaker, john boehner, says it s time to get this done, in a manner of hours before the asian markets open. hello to you all. i am t. j. holmes. today is the day where many can wave the 24-hour standard waiting period so they can get married right away. many are starting to collect at city office around the city. and suzanne candiotti joins me now. what is it like around the clerk s office this morning? reporter: there is no missing the nervous energy and excitement that i think any couple that is about to get married is facing, and beyond that, t. j., this is a day that many gay rights activist have been waiting for for a lifetime. you can see the couples lining up and have been here for a couple hours. some women in wedding gowns as well. a lot of tuxedos. and there are 800 couples getting married here, and more than half here at city hall. i spent some time yesterday helpin