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Indianapolis zoo was killed by the mother of his three cubs. zuri, the female, and the male had been together eight years and shared these three cubs. >> zoo officials said they heard an unusual amount of noise coming from the enclosure before the zoo opened and thats when they found zuri with her teeth around niaks neck. the workers tried to separate the two, but it was too late. >> joining us now to try to get some kind of understanding is wildlife expert. make some sense of this. is this some...

Expert jeff corwin. thanks for taking the time tonight. how uncommon is this liep of lion attack? >> well, particularly, its a rare event, but it does occur. people dont realize that lions can be very combative, very territorial. females will be very protective of themselves and their offsprings. during the reproductive window, oftentimes she will find herself being at the bad end of being aggressively pursued by a male lion. its also captivity. over a decade ago, they lost a male lion to a lion...

>> realistically is there anything the zoo can do to prevent a future lion attack like this? >> well, these are rare events. and i think their mission is to provide a natural environment for these animals so they can behave naturally, as they would do in africa. but they are not in the wild. they are in human care. i think they did the very best they could to manage the situation. this is very rare in captivity. i know of only one other example. but these are powerful creatures. they are territo...

The judge sent her directly to jail, declaring her a flight risk. >> family members said, please dont take her. and i said to them, i know this sounds odd -- ill be just fine. ive lived in captivity for so long. ill be fine. >> bobbi has now served her time and is trying to clear her name. despite the guilty verdict, randy believes his wife is innocent and is angered by those who dont. >> its easy to sit back in a normal, safe environment when nobodys threatening you, when youre not being hurt, ...

You have a new perspective? >> i think i was held captive in 2008 and 2009 by the taliban. the several months i was in captivity, they hated the saudis. they talked about them as corrupt and liars. they said the united states were hypocrit hypocrites. we talk about justice and rule of law, but when it comes to saudis and money and oil, they get a pass. i think this stance if we let this pass, it will help recruitment by extremist groups. they will say the united states doesnt care about arab liv...

They havent backed off on this. they have used their platforms he and the vice president and i believe thats part of the reasons weve had success in bringing home another 18 prisoners or people killed in captivity. i believe well see this administration have more success in those areas by continuing to hold the strong and firm stances. >> sandra: meanwhile on the issue of immigration i want to ask you about this because we have now seen the president threaten to cut financial aid to honduras ove...

Its just unbelievable to me. ive never seen it this bad for the democrats as they do right now. >> sean: thanks to all of you for being with us, when we come back still unanswered questions. what has happened to this missing journalist? works for "the washington post," kristin fisher has a full report. also, i will speak with the american pastor, another success story. andrew bronson just released from captivity in turkey, and lara trump when we come back. straight ahead. ♪ we come back straig...

Ive never seen it this bad for the democrats as they do right now. >> sean: thanks to all of you for being with us, when we come back still unanswered questions. what has happened to this missing journalist? works for "the washington post," kristin fisher has a full report. also i will speak with the american pastor, another success story. andrew bronson just released from captivity in turkey and lara trump when we come back straight ahead. at upmc, living-donor transplants put you first. so you...

Reason senior advisers believe that this is such a consequential move and decision and may by the president is because it becomes increasingly difficult for the u.s. military and for u.s. diplomats around the world to maintain a moral high ground, as marco rubio said, what do we stand for as americans when it comes to human rights? the longer there is sort of deflection, the longer there is essentially taking, you know, the king of saudi arabia on this at face value without knowing the results o...

>> on the 100th on the captivity -- >> it became a national obsession. all across the country americans tied yellow ribbons in support of the hostages. but the mood of the country was angry, a parody of the beach boy tune, barbara anne became an anthem called bomb iran. it was song only half in jest. did you ever think of declaring war, just saying youve committed an act of war, you iranians and were going to war? >> almost every one of my advisers had suggested that we should attack iran milita...