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Confinement for two years so that tested his will to live and his belief system. >> every day was basically about one thing, survival. >> by christmas 1972, the u.s. dramatically increased its bombing runs over north vietnam in an effort to get the vietnamese to the negotiating table. >> and that, it is believed is what caused the communist negotiator to finally agree to terms acceptable to president nixon. >> within 60 days from this saturday, all americans held prisoners of war throughout indo...

Irresponsibly and i did so and it was improper on my part. >> mccains naval career was also at a crossroads. >> its clear, i think, to him that he was never going to become an admiral given his age and background and having spent the best six years of his life in captivity. >> mccain changed directions but stayed in the navy, becoming the liaison in the 1970s. >> its a job that really opened the door to politics and allowed him to see politics from the inside. >> he was one of the favorites of t...

Release from captivity, but he refused, citing the military code of conduct. >> a code of conduct required prisoners of war to be released in the order that they were captured. >> i understood that the vietnamese didnt single me out for an offer of release because of any act of charity on their part, that it would be an issue of exploitation on their behalf. there was really no doubt about that. >> and john mccain made an affirmative decision that he would stay in prison and likely die rather th...

Him to take a smack at. >> reagan needed good advisers. in the second term he doesnt have the same quality of people surrounding him. it has huge political effects for the president. >> from nbc news, this is "today." >> good morning. former hostage david jacobsen is a step closer to u.s. soil at this hour. jacobsen was freed sunday after 17 months of captivity in lebanon. >> because we are still negotiating for the other hostages were not going to say anything more about what process we went th...

Prisoners that they are in captivity within the taliban groups that they havent been really you know elaborating on this issue but it seems like the taliban all quite a global ready but the problem is that the taliban is not one united states get this point let me clarify that they are so much sigrid a say that they are still my divided actually your money future of the taliban so if one group embraces actually welcomed this peace proposal might the other groups that they might be you know causi...

A break to be for afghanistan so welcomed by the international community but first of course the taliban have to agree to it how are they reacting to the offer. one of the taliban actually you know when you read dear even read sage it doesnt really talk so much about this even though its just they say that they would be releasing. a dozen of afghan prisoners that they are and captivity within the taliban groups but they havent been really you know theyre not breaking on this one issue of the dea...

>> reporter: and if no one was coming to rescue them, well, then they had no choice. they had to try to escape, come what may, down that cliff. and then, two months into their captivity, the moment came. gunfire pierced the silence. the kidnappers grabbed their weapons and ran toward the front of the camp. and the captives, impulse in unison, squeezed through the cage and slid off the edge of the cliff. >> there was no time to think what happened, "no, we got to go now." >> down a slope like tha...

Starts excitedly calling to his handlers. as any morsel weisz they are wild creatures they dont love humans but he trusts me honey knows that if he performs well hell get a reward. but it doesnt work perfectly every time sometimes he stays away and flies about because after all hes still a wild creature. back at the bird sanctuary try their watches victors new footage. the aim of the project is to raise awareness for endangered birds. he has taught numerous birds of prey in captivity how to fly ...

The ny nj area its been in captivity in this latest market for weeks now waiting for a bio. a twenty nine year old has been visiting this market for over fifteen years his father says brought him here when he was just nine years old sure sure sure. sure. makes awful brakes is hot. so youve rescued as many as you can afford this pool a pint costs sixty thousand not. reckon with a mission about something i said no i come here for the many other mold and get out of the situation to have more more c...

The nigeria its been in captivity in this latest market for weeks now waiting for a bio. a twenty nine year old has been visiting this market for over fifteen years his father first brought him here when he was just nine years old sure she. says shes seen in a soft breaks his heart. so youve rescued as many as you can afford this pool apparently costs sixty thousand not. like him with a mission about something i said you know i come here for the many what is happening and get out of the state he...