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>> general washington. take care of my men. >> i give you my word. your men will be treated with all due consideration by the american army. >> this moment washington is extending courtesy to his enemies that his enemies clearly are not extended to americans. washingtons promise to treat prisoners humanely shows what kind of man he really is. and the kind of country he wants america to be. the british hold american prisoners in deplorable conditions without heat or sanitation. many american sold...

Lead. >> what we support is an afghan led reconciliation process. we believe thats the right approach. we have always believed thats the right approach. >> reporter: complicating matters, the top u.s. commander says the taliban is getting help from iran and russia. >> this public legitimacy that russia lends to the taliban is not based on fact but it is used as a way to undermine the afghan government and the nato effort. >> reporter: the general says he has forced over the horizon that can laun...

Backpacking in afghanistan in 2012. as well as their two children who were born in captivity. kate lynn and her husband joshua are seen in the video making an appeal to president obama and president-elect trump to help secure their release. cnn pentagon correspondent barbara starr joins me with the details. what do we know about this? >> reporter: what heartbreaking video to look at. these two small children now involved in this. the couple taken hostage by the taliban back in 2012. what may be ...

Source of where that was and thats a difficult task for investigators. but for example, the atf international response team has been to events like this before. if the government of mexico asks for their assistance, im sure the government probably, u.s. government would send them in. its a difficult task. its a labor-consuming task. >> first and foremost is helping those people who were injured and tending to the families of loved ones. thanks for being with us. >> youre welcome. next, new peo...

Diplomatic elites in ankara. and yet you can see in that video the attacker standing coolly behind the ambassador for some time before opening fire. the summit here in moscow did go ahead as scheduled. the focus was syria. in attendance of course turkeys foreign minister and the iranian foreign minister and the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov saying the focus now must be united, it must be on dealing with syria and viewing terrorism as the biggest obstacle to peace in syria and not the re...

This comes after the release of a new video shows a american and her canadian husband and children both born in captivity. they were kidnapped while hike nothing afghanistan. icate len was pregnant and the ha cani network is the most sophisticated terrorist group in pakistan. and in the video she was seen pleading to president obama "with dont be the next jimmy carter". they are holding an american professor and a man from massachusetts, jon. >> so many people would like to forget about what is ...

Syria, iraq, iran, turkey, it is hostile to our civilization and values and vladimir putin is having the time of his life. bill: an obvious intersection, ralph peters in washington dc. jenna: an american canadian family kidnapped in afghanistan four years ago. caitlin coleman and her husband joshua boyle appear with their two children born in captivity. coleman appears to read from a script tweeting for help. what do we know about the american hostages at the terror groups holding them? >> repor...

Suspect remains on the run. isis taking responsibility for the attack. calling him a soldier of the islamic state. an american mother kidnapped by terrorists in afghanistan pleading with the obama administration to free her family from their nightmare. listen to this. she and her husband joshua boyle seen with their two young boys who were born in captivity. the couple has been held by the taliban since 2012, captured while backpacking through the terror hotbed. she was 7 months pregnant at th...

This because of my own captivity. its appalling these two kids, they appear to be four and roughly two are being held captive, its extraordinary. i think theyre treating the kids well, though. their faces are dirty but they appear to be well fed and its -- this is a clear strategy to keep them alive. they dont really necessarily care about their lives, but they want to keep the children alive, keep the parents alive so they can get the best deal possible. i had a doctor come see me when i was si...

Security posture in that environment and then we are going to start getting answers from that. how did this officer get through screening, internal controls to the police department. 20,000 police officers were terminated after the coups for different idealogical reasons. how did this guy get through? >> what does it say if 20,000 people were fired that he want one of them. always great to talk to you. have a nice holiday. new video of an american family held hostage by the taliban, prisoners ...