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Captivity. that was a hellish day. in the morning, we were awakened and told to pack whatever we had. i had nothing. we got into a bus blindfolded. we rode around the city for about an hour. the central airport. >> brit: review blindfolded the whole time? >> absolutely. then as i marched off the bus, the blindfolds were taken off and then there was a phalanx of iranian students spitting at me. and then i was able to see someone waive their hand. they directed me to their plane. >> brit: at that ...

Alone with my own thoughts and my mind. >> amandas mind ran wild. she feared she would be raped. then one day a captor entered her room. >> it turns out your fears were justified? >> he did cross that line and my worst fears were realized. and my whole experience in captivity really changed. >> somehow, she held on and then one night amanda was jostled awake and driven out into the desert alone. what happened next was terrifying. >> they brought me over to an acacia tree. had me kneel. my head w...

Facebook message from adam. it must have been shocking? >> it was a total shock. it was kind of terrifying, too, because it just felt like it was right in my space again. >> adam taunted lorinda. he said he was reaching out because he had journals amanda had written in captivity, deeply personal writing that had helped her get through it all. >> what were you thinking when you applied that? >> i was hoping that i could get him to send amandas journals. >> but if lorinda wanted those precious jou...

Steve: why? >> because i dont want that on us. im glad he killed himself. i dont want anyone else in america to kill him. we were told when kayla was in captivity that she would be screamed at for everything that america had done wrong. they just kept blaming her for all the acts that america had done. so i was glad that he did it himself. steve: diane, when you heard the news that baghdadi was dead. after what video showed him, you know, his men doing to your son, james, what did you think? >> ...

Now you can take control of your home wifi and get a notification the instant someone new joins your network... only with xfinity xfi. download the xfi app today. steve: the frad has prioritized the return of american hostages around the world. and while announcing the death of isis leader baghdadi over the weekend, president trump named the innocent americans who were killed at the hands of isis. >> think of james foley think of kayla, think of the things he did to kayla. he brought ler into ca...

Killed by u.s. troops. and this final clip shows u.s. aircraft destroying the compound. and the aftermath of that attack. u.s. central command said this was done to ensure that it cannot be used as a shrine to baghdadi. the military says baghdadi was found in a tunnel under the compound and he killed himself with a suicide vest in order to avoid capture. no u.s. soldiers were killed during the operation. the operation that took out abu bakr al-baghdadi was named after kayla mueller. an aide work...

We decided that we just needed -- >> because youre her parents. you think theres a rumor your daughter might be out there, you want to see her. >> and bring her home if shes gone, which i believe she is. 99% she is. but theres that chance. >> you need closure. >> right. >> you met with somebody who helped -- held her in captivity. >> uh-huh. we went and saw him through ali. yes. and, you know, thats -- thats a hard -- i cant even go into how that feeling was. >> meeting with somebody who had a r...

I dont know. its -- i cant even explain the feeling. you know, its hard to hate to me. i actually -- one thing i was glad was she is over there and even though shes in prison for the rest of her life, her mother can come visit her. >> yeah. carlas faith -- you people are people of faith and that has probably helped you and carla apparently it helped her. carla, when she was in captivity, you received a letter reportedly from carla in which she said -- she asked you not to take on the burden of h...

A jordanian warplane bombed the building where she was being held. u.s. officials are skeptical of that claim and say isis killed her. it was later revealed kayla mueller was repeatedly assaulted by baghdadi himself. president trump mentioned her tragic story on sunday when he announced the terror leaders death. >> she was there to help people. and he saw her and he thought she was beautiful. and he brought her into captivity for a long period of time and then he killed her. he was an animal. an...

Ransom. they were asking for like $6 million. unclear that they could have gotten the funds if they tried but they had some communication. letters got smuggled out from kayla. then in february 2015 isis said that she was killed in a jordanian air strike, and you just heard mrs. mueller talking about those three photos of kayla looking lifeless. they say, look, we know its probably not likely that shes still alive but they have a lot of questions about how exactly she died and what theyve learned...