this is video from another suburb. where the troops were deployed in strength. the son of the u.s. transportation secretary is one of several americans barred from leaving egypt. chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge is here with details. good evening. reporter: thank you. good evening. tonight the issue is work at the highest level of the obama administration. the president is involved. secretary of state clinton is involved. her senior human rights official told reporters in cairo the incident raised concern about egypt transition to democracy. asked about his son, one of at least five americans barred from leaving egypt. secretary ray lahood offered basic details. i talked to them two or three times today. how is he doing? just fine. thank you. any word when he might come home? there are a lot of people working on that. see how it works out. the director for the washington based international republican institute, iri, a group that promotes democracy. the
tonight the issue is work at the highest level of the obama administration. the president is involved. secretary of state clinton is involved. her senior human rights official told reporters in cairo the incident raised concern about egypt transition to democracy. asked about his son, one of at least five americans barred from leaving egypt. secretary ray lahood offered basic details. i talked to them two or three times today. how is he doing? just fine. thank you. any word when he might come home? there are a lot of people working on that. see how it works out. the director for the washington based international republican institute, iri, a group that promotes democracy. the no agent list became public after lahood went to the cairo airport on saturday and told by immigration officers he could not leave. in e-mail exchange with fox lahood said there was no explanation. after an hour, a woman from the immigration department emerged with my passport and told me i was denied ex