a much thinner levinson saying his health was failing and begging the u.s. government to help to free him from his captors, susan candiotti has more on this tireless fight. >> it is my husband, i have to take care of him, get him home. >> reporter: but after disappearing more than five years ago, christina levinson's husband was missing. >> i am running out of diabetes medicine. >> reporter: this video, showing the much thinner retired fbi agent being held hostage was sent to the family two years ago. the state department says it is not clear who is holding him. >> when we received the video, we had high hopes that we could get whoever was holding him to let us know what we needed to do to get bob home. unfortunately, that has not happened. >> reporter: levinson disappeared off iran's coast in 2007, where his family says he was investigating cigarette smuggling for a private company. fbi billboards are up in new york's times square in hopes that the u.s. general is assembly will see them. >> what makes you think he is still alive? >> i just believe it in my

a much thinner levinson saying his health was failing and begging the u.s. government to help to free him from his captors,usan candiotti has more on this tireless fight. >> it is my husband, i have to take care of him, get him home. >> reporter: but after disappearing more than five years ago, christina levinson's husband was missing. >> i am running out of diabetes medicine. >> reporter: this video, showing the much thinner retired fbi agent being held hostage was sent to the family two years ago. the state department says it is not clear who is holding him. >> when we received the video, we had high hopes that we could get whoever was holding him to let us know what we needed to do to get bob home. unfortunately, that has not happened. >> reporter: levinson disappeared off iran's coast in 2007, where his family says he was investigating cigarette smuggling for a private company. fbi billboards are up in new york's times square in hopes that the u.s. general is assembly will see them. >> what makes you think he is still alive? >> i just believe it in my he

there was robert levinson staring back at his wife and ston frson from an electronic billboard. the picture was taken from a mysterious video that the family received nearly two years ago. levinson, a retired fbi agent, pale and gaunt, being held somewhere and pleading for help. >> i have been treated well. i need the help of the united states government. >> i immediately knew it was bob, so i watched very carefully trying to figure out what the message was and i still don't know. >> reporter: this is bob levinson in better times. he's the father of seven and now has two grandchildren. in march of 2007, working as a private investigator, levinson travelled to dubai on a case involving counterfeit cigarettes. he took a side trip to kish island, an iranian free trade zone that requires no entry visa. he met with a contact there and was arrested by iranian authorities. >> when this first happened, i expected him to be home in a couple of days. unfortunately, that hasn't happened. and we still have no information on where he is or how to get him home. >> reporter: but you believe he

there was robert levinson staring back at his wife and ston frson from an electronic billboard. the picture was taken from a mysterious video that the family received nearly two years ago. levinson, a retired fbi agent, pale and gaunt, being held somewhere and pleading for help. >> i have been treated well. i need the help of the united states government. >> i immediately knew it was bob, so i watched very carefully trying to figure out what the message was and i still don't know. >> reporter: this is bob levinson in better times. he's the father of seven and now has two grandchildren. in march of 2007, working as a private investigator, levinson travelled to dubai on a case involving counterfeit cigarettes. he took a side trip to kish island, an iranian free trade zone that requires no entry visa. he met with a contact there and was arrested by iranian authorities. >> when this first happened, i expected him to be home in a couple of days. unfortunately, that hasn't happened. and we still have no information on where he is or how to get him home. >> reporter: but you believe he

a much thinner levinson saying his health was failing and begging the u.s. government to help free him from his captors. suzy candiotti spoke with the retired fbi agent's wife and her mission to bring him home. >> this is my husband. i have to take care of him. i have to get him home. >> reporter: but after disappearing more than five years ago christine levittson's husband, bob, is a long way from home where he once cuddled his newborn grandson. >> i am not in very good health. i am running very quickly out of diabetes medicine. >> reporter: this video showing the much thinner retired fbi agent being held hostage was sent to the family two years ago. state department says it's unclear who is holding him. >> when they received the video, we had high hopes because we e-mailed back a mof times in order to get whoever is holding him to let us know what we need to do to get bob home. unfortunately, that hasn't happened. >> levinson disappeared off iran's coast in 2007 where his family says he was investigating cigarette smuggling for a private company. fbi billb

a much thinner levinson saying his health was failing and begging the u.s. government to help free him from his captors. suzy candiotti spoke with the retired fbi agent's wife and her mission to bring him home. >> this is my husband. i have to take care of him. i have to get him home. >> reporter: but after disappearing more than five years ago christine levittson's husband, bob, is a long way from home where he once cuddled his newborn grandson. >> i am not in very good health. i am running very quickly out of diabetes medicine. >> reporter: this video showing the much thinner retired fbi agent being held hostage was sent to the family two years ago. state department says it's unclear who is holding him. >> when they received the video, we had high hopes because we e-mailed back a mof times in order to get whoever is holding him to let us know what we need to do to get bob home. unfortunately, that hasn't happened. >> levinson disappeared off iran's coast in 2007 where his family says he was investigating cigarette smuggling for a private company. fbi billb

drew levinson reports tonight. >> it didn't work then. it won't work now. >> reporter: the president and the man who wants to be president hit the all- importantbattleground states saturday. in sioux city, iowa, president obama criticized mitt romney and the republicans for offering americans nothing new during their convention. >> when governor romney had his chance to let you in on his secret sauce, he didn't offer you a single new idea. so you heard him talk a lot about me. you heard him talk a lot about mitt. he didn't talk a lot about you. >> reporter: romney and running mate paul ryan were in jacksonville, florida, home to multiple military bases. romney told the gop faithful he would cut federal spending to balance the budget, but it wouldn't affect the military. >> he wants to cut a trillion dollars out of our military budget. [ boos ] >> look, that's bad for jobs and it's bad for our national security. the world is not a safer place right now. >> reporter: earlier in cincinnati, romney used the kickoff to college football to atta

drew levinson reports both men took jabs at one another out on the campaign trail today. >> reporter: president barack obama went to iowa. the state which four years ago propelled him to the white house. [ cheering and applause ] the president mocked what was said at the republican national convention. >> let me recap it for you. everything that's bad, it's obama's fault. and governor romney is the only one who knows the secret to creating jobs and growing the economy. >> reporter: he told the crowd there's more work to do when it comes to jobs, energy, and education. >> we've got for doors of opportunity to open to every single american who's willing to work hard and work through them. >> reporter: as the president created momentum, mitt romney tried maintain the positive jolt he got from the gop convention. in the battleground statof ohio he used the kickoff of the college football season to go after the president over jobs. he said 23 million people are either out of work or underemployed. >> if you have a coach that's 0- 23 million, you say it's time to get a new coach. [ laughter

drew levinson, cbs news. >> the first of the three presidential debates is wednesday at the university of denver. it will focus on domestic policy. the vice-presidential depates will take place on october 11th . >>> lee boy malvoy has talked to the washington post. he was convicted along with john mohammed of the shootings that left ten people fr. prison he tells the newspaper that he remembers each of the sniper shooting details. but it's the linda franklin slaying that haunts him most. he gave the go order and looked across route 50 in 7 corners at the target. mohammed hidden on a hill above pulled the trigger and killed linda franklin who happened to be going about her business at the home depot in virginia at precisely the wrong time. mohammed was executed in november of 2009. malvo, then a teenager, was sentenced to life without chance for parole. he's now 27 years old. i was a monster. that's what he told the washington post reporter. >>> a plane crash leaves two people dead tonight. the plane went down after 5:00 this engineer the shannon airport. it crashed near kerry court. th

an update on tuesday's story about the search for retired fbi agent robert levinson. he vanished in iran more than five years ago. when we interviewed iran's president he seemed to admit that they're holding levinson and there are on going negotiations for a prisoner swap. on tuesday levinson's wife christine spoke with senior correspondent john miller. >> were you surprised when you heard his comments? in the past he's asked and said much less. >> i was quite surprised but i was also happy to hear it. that means we can actually hopefully resolve bob's case. >> you consider these comments a step forward? >> yes, i do. i do. i hope the iranian government and president ahmadinejad will continue to work to return bob to his family. >> that's a really interesting story. when we talked to him about that, there's indication that he is there, this acknowledgment there's been some discussion of a swap and we'll see if there's some movement on this case. a family is missing their father and grandfather for more than five years. >> one aspect of the story we didn't report which

has offered no new information about where levinson is and who's holding him. i spoke to a source with knowledge of the investigation who says "there is every reason to believe that levinson is alive and well." >>> police have found the body of a retired firefighter in nebraska. charlie dowd was traveling to visit family by amtrak when he went missing. authorities think that he actually may have fallen off the train. dowd last spoke to his son when he was apparently just outside denver. his family understandably is devastated. >> he was really excited about the trip, and this is just a shocking, shocking, shocking turn of events. >> a statement from amtrak says the case is still being investigated. >>> a suburban atlanta couple charged with unspeakable crimes. it's a bizarre story that you really have to see. >>> and if you're leaving the house right now, just a reminder, you can continue watching cnn from your mobile phone. take us with you. you can also watch cnn live from your laptop. just go to cnn.com/tv. flo: every driver is different. we've got great new

effect on the crowd is remarkable tommy levinson's gamble has paid off. the leader of the vo can speak to his troops. now we'll need to blame closer to the budget to first live than in east london to tell everyone if you're from the government to please we will allow you to take away the maclachlan lights. culture is that so much i wish i could. right on it so here it is just how influential is the israeli lobby of the us to what degree does it impact america paul what about the rich but now divide. would be soo much brighter if you move out songs from fines to pressure these. stunts on t.v. don't come.

., in the pejorative sense, people like john travolta, john badham and barry levinson and all of the people today, major motion picture people, we used back then when they were all, like, in the ghetto with us. (shot fired) with the exception of "raiders of the lost ark," most of our successes were things like "elephant man" and "ordinary people" and "terms of endearment" and "saturday night fever" and i can name 10 others. (theme music to "jaws") all little movies made with new people, new directors and new actors. we went after the little movie that became the big movie. (dramatic music playing) our philosophy was, do what nobody else was doing. stewardess? hmm. how soon do we land? oh, it won't be long now, try not to worry. (explosion) (phillip noyce) nowadays, a director like me gets hired for a project. so it's much more of a free-for-all. what this means of course is that that talent, whether it's acting, writing, directing, or whatever that's in demand is able to demand more money. but it also means that there's not necessarily a continuity of style that comes out of one stud

with the owls and the and with it levinson of course nine eleven so this is down to expand because they're making the rebels there a lot of salafi jihad is implanted with them. rebels into turkey ships syria are also confess that it would stop the jihad these the same happens in yemen and the u.s. has been in bed with them from the beginning just like the uk and she hasn't denied it it's so what the blowback lasted it to either sort of go back to apply in afghanistan it had been only in the late ninety's or these dolls these latest attacks now though on the diplomatic missions need ships in libya where they planned weeks ago some people are saying that if so who planned those particular attacks. it could be terrorists of course we all know there's an acronym gang infested al-qaeda salafi jihad style and chrome the image on google let's put it this way in the. arabian peninsula you know course there are remnants or the so-called reform libyan islamic fighting group l i f g abdulhakim job is a commander. in lead as well as one of many militias the most powerful he also has a political positi

new ceo marisa myer got the deal done, finalizing an agreement put together under ross levinson. the deal just two months into the tenure and will give plenty of cash to try to rejuvenate the web company. here are the terms, alibaba paying for half of the 40% stake in alibaba group including $6.3 billion in cash and $800 million in preferred shares. they also paid yahoo $550 million in cash due to a licensing agreement. that news sent yahoo stock up about 1.4%. and meantime, chinese pc maker lenovo is expanding into the cloud computing business with its purchase of stone ware. it's the first acquisition of the vendor. execkives say they'll use to it build a public cloud for consumers to compete with i cloud and others. terms were not disclosed. time warner cable is selling its nearly 8% stake in broad band provider clear wire. the company invested back in 2008 to fund a network running 4 fw. technology. the service struggled to gain subscribers and time warner cable agreed to market and sell 4 g service from verizon wireless, today's prices time warner will lose more than $400 mi

., in the pejorative sense, people like john travolta, john badham and barry levinson and all of the people today, major motion picture people, we used back then when they were all, like, in the ghetto with us. (shot fired) with the exception of "raiders of the lost ark," most of our successes were things like "elephant man" and "ordinary people" and "terms of endearment" and "saturday night fever" and i can name 10 others. (theme music to "jaws") all little movies made with new people, new directors and new actors. we went after the little movie that became the big movie. (dramatic music playing) our philosophy was, do what nobody else was doing. stewardess? hmm. how soon do we land? oh, it won't be long now, try not to worry. (explosion) (phillip noyce) nowadays, a director like me gets hired for a project. so it's much more of a free-for-all. what this means of course is that that talent, whether it's acting, writing, directing, or whatever that's in demand is able to demand more money. but it also means that there's not necessarily a continuity of style that comes out of one stud

. >>> an who -- retired fbi agent robert levinson disappeared during a business trip to iran's kish island. u.s. officials believe he's being held captive somewhere in southeast asia. in a video released last year, that was apparently made two years ago. robert levenson is asking the u.s. to help him get home. >> levenson's wife christine traveled to new york in the hopes of getting ahmadinejad involveded in situation. >> we'll never, ever, ever stop looking for you. >> the fbi has offered a million dollar reward for any information leading to levenson's safe return. >>> now to a police shooting in houston, an officer shot and killed a double amputee after police say he advanced on the officer's partner in his wheelchair. police were called by the people in the group home where he lives. when you hear just the basic facts here, you wonder, this guy's in a wheelchair, how could this escalate to a shooting? >> this all started over candy, cigarettes and soda. he became aggressive with his caretakers, after asking for candy and soda and cigarettes at about 2:30 in the morning. and they called

has offered no new information about where levinson is and who's holding him. i spoke to a source with knowledge of the investigation who says "there is every reason to believe that levinson is alive and well." >>> police have found the body of a retired firefighter in nebraska. charlie dowd was traveling to visit family by amtrak when he went missing. authorities think that he actually may have fallen off the train. dowd last spoke to his son when he was apparently just outside denver. his family understandably is devastated. >> he was really excited about the trip, and this is just a shocking, shocking, shocking turn of events. >> a statement from amtrak says the case is still being investigated. >>> a suburban atlanta couple charged with unspeakable crimes. it's a bizarre story that you really have to see. >>> and if you're leaving the house right now, just a reminder, you can continue watching cnn from your mobile phone. take us with you. you can also watch cnn live from your laptop. just go to cnn.com/tv. flo: every driver is different. we've got great new

. >> the iran's president has repeatedly turned down requests from levinson's wife. >>> at least 220 people were killed today in syria with government forces shelling aleppo and the government forces, and this comes as the syrian free army are moving into territory that the fighters have seized. they have many defectors from the syrian army to fight the regime. >> i'm not fighting to create a democratic or republican job, but american jobs. >>> president obama campaigned in wisconsin for the first time in more than 200 days. wisconsin may be a surprise battleground state. months ago, obama thought that the ten electoral votes were in their pocket, but then paul ryan was tapped at mitt romney's running mate. >>> and here is what we are looking into for saturday night. take the lord name in vein, right? if jesus jokes are free game, why in some countries is the prophet mohammed above reproach. and another topic of region, and not the notion of it, but the reality of why it so often turns deadly. a christian, a muslim and a jew walk into our studio for the conversation that is no joke.

on tuesday levinson's wife spoke. >> were you surprised when you heard his comments? i mean in the past he's been asked and said much less. >> i was quite surprised. but i was also happy to hear it because that means we can hopefully resolve bob's case. >> so you consider these comments a step forward? >> yes, i do. i do. i hope that the iranian government and president mahmoud ahmadinejad will continue to work towards returning bob to his family. >> that's a really interesting story, charlie and gayle when we talked to them about that, indications that he's there, this acknowledgement there's some discussion of a swap and we'll see if there's some movement on this case. the family is missing their father and grandfather for more than five years. >> one aspect of that story that we didn't report which some iranians say he's in pakistan. i don't know whether that is in fact true or not or whether they were saying that or knew or were inform on the situation. >> sure did seem encouraging news for family. when i was watching i was thinking how they must feel. >> to go th

is to generate the conversation that isn't happening, rather than to try to sell you the 18th point levinson program, because i don't have an 18-point program of things that i'm truly confident about as being the cure for what ails you. >> one thing they came to my mind when you're talking about the 51 constitution is i hadn't heard any idea come i haven't read the book, sort, but i haven't heard any idea in a speech about what you take about federalism is overall because the founders perceived like state governments and national governments them and you think this new constitution it would be created or any ideas on whether or not the powers should be mainly towards the national government, the state governments? i've read lots of things whether the counties are set up in a way to get -- >> i think that would be the central question. i started teaching courses in federalism, and one of the really interesting things about the united states constitution is that is under its has astonishing little about the so-called reserve powers a secret you look at constitutions around the world, that are

levinson, but he is arrived next week, and bob's wife won't stop asking for help, desperate to bring her husband home. >> it's my husband, i have to take care of him, i have to get him home. >> after disappearing more than five years ago, he is a long way from home where he once cuddled his new-born grandson. >> i'm not in very good health. i'm running very quickly out of diabetes medicine. >> this video showing the thinner retired fbi agent was sent to the family two years ago. the state department says it's unclear who is holding him. >> when we got the video, we had high hopes. we e-mailed a number of times to get wever is holding him to let us know what to do to get bob home. >> he disappeared off of iran's coast in 2007 where his family says he was investigating cigarette smuggling for a private company. fbi billboards are now up in new york's time square in hopes at visiting degatesrom the u.n.'s general assembly will see them. >> what makes you think he is still alive? >> i just believe it in my heard. i know that from the vide that he has lost weight and hopefully all of his

levinson, but he is arrived next week, and bob's wife won't stop asking for help, desperate to bring her husband home. >> it's my husband, i have to take care of him, i have to get him home. >> after disappearing more than five years ago, he is a long way from home where he once cuddled his new-born grandson. >> i'm not in very good health. i'm running very quickly out of diabetes medicine. >> this video showing the thinner retired fbi agent was sent to the family two years ago. the state department says it's unclear who is holding him. >> when we got the video, we had high hopes. we e-mailed a number of times to get whoever is holding him to let us know what to do to get bob home. >> he disappeared off of iran's coast in 2007 where his family says he was investigating cigarette smuggling for a private company. fbi billboards are now up in new york's time square in hopes that visiting delegates from the u.n.'s general assembly will see them. >> what makes you think he is still alive? >> i just believe it in my heard. i know that from the video that he has lost weight and hopefully al

. >> loyola law professor jessica levinson says police often have to stretch to find a legal reason to go after drivers who warn of speed traps. >> it feels like there's something unfair about the cops saying you're not allowed to tell people where we are. >> in the era of the smartphone, the tussle between police and drivers is moving beyond headlight flashing. now, there's an app for that. >> red light camera. >> red light camera coming up. >> you just heard a warning of a red light camera and you can actually see it in the middle of the road here. >> it's called trapster. a free smartphone app that has 60 million users who can report and map speed traps, red light cameras and other road hazards for all other trapster users to see. >> right. you tap the report button and tap the red light camera in the top right there. boom. set it wherever the trap is. you hit the check box to confirm and bam, you've recorded a red light camera. >> is this legal? do i have to hide this if a policeman pulse me over? >> no, not at all. no laws against mobile apps. >> if law enforcement feels that this

now is to generate the conversation that isn't happening rather than to try to sell you the 18-point levinson program because i don't have an 18-point program of things that i'm truly confident about as being the cure for what ails us. >> one thing that came to my mind when you were talking about especially the 51 constitutions is i hadn't heard any idea from -- i haven't read the book, sorry, but i haven't heard any idea in this speech about what your take on federalism overall because founders, of course, perceive the big distinction between state governments and national governments, and do you think this new constitution that would be created or any ideas on whether or not the power should be mainly toward the national government, state governments? i've heard -- i've read lots of things about whether or not the counties even the way they're set up are set up in a way to give -- [inaudible] >> i think that would be a central question in any constitutional convention. i started teaching courses at ut law school on federalism, and one of the really interesting things about the united states