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Two years of captivity. right now you would have to say the current situation is not working, correct? >> no. i disagree. >> let dan answer first. >> i disagree brian. be careful you dont fixate on the current exemp lares of our policy. the long term benefit of now concessions is you deter the enemy from taking new hostages. if you want to create a new market start allowing rich families -- the poor ones wont be able to pay it. to pay to terrorists. this would be a tragedy. >> dan? >> i concur 1...

Made a mistake. there are also new reports circulating that the captors of the american hostage, weinstein was his name has privately received $250,000 in ransom for his release. that is a payment that did not actually secure his release. the family of mr. weinstein has been critical of the support they got during his long-term captivity. today they released a statement thanking the italian prime minister in relating their condolences to the italian aide worker who also was killed in that same s...

Experience in the use of weapons and, in fact, the italian police found a lot of weapons on them and some of this cell were involved in a very deadly attack, the italians allege, in person wa peshawar, some track record with terrorism mostly in pakistan but the italians are saying that there may have been some kind of plan back in 2010, perhaps to attack the vatican, though that does seem probably quite an aspirational type of plot. these wire taps that theyre sort of difficult to interpret, per...

Captive warren weinstein in the time leading up to his tragic death. joining me now live from bangkok, you followed his story from his captivity and efforts to get him freed for many years. >> yes. when i spoke to one of the negotiators involved in speaking with warren weinsteins captors, he expressed his shock and his grief to hearing this news from the president of the united states saying we were so close to another proof of life, from the captors. we really cant believe that were hearing thi...

And i think theres a lesson here which is we need to work and put more pressure on the pakistani government who do have kind of relationships with some of these militant groups to basically get these americans, canadian husband, joshua boyle. they have had a kid probably in captivity. theyre still out there. lets, as well as examining the mistakes that happened in this case lets learn lessons for the next case. >> and there may be a next kies colonel reese, you look at this one, is this an embar...

Several years ago to meet another worker held captive in a cuba prison. to meet with his family and extended family some in delaware, some in washington. ill tell you in that instance he too was frustrated and concerned about the long time period, number of years, he spent in captivity. ultimately he was successfully released. he was grateful for the work the obama administration undertook and the senator undertook to secure his release. this is a very different outcome in pakistan. as i said, m...

Detailing a plan that was out there the pentagon was working on to exchange a number of hostages held in afghanistan and pakistan. for a single detainy. that the u.s. was holding. and there were different masinations of this plan. one would have included bowe bergdahl who was exchanged for five taliban prisoners, as well as warren winestein and then this canadian couple and the baby that is believed the woman had in captivity. he said its a tragedy because this didnt have to happen. warren wines...

For his -- push for his relief. bill: were going to pause for a moment and let our fox stations join us for the announcement from the white house. bill: this is fox news coverage of the presidents statement, americans killed in captivity. im bill hemmer in new york. two hostages one american, one italian, held by al-qaeda for several years killed during a counterterrorism operation that we now understand involved a drone. eastern afghanistan, near the pakistani border. two other americans workin...

Country. instead treating warrens captivity as more of an annoyance than a priority. that was something we consistently heard from the weinstein family. he was taken from his home by a number of captors, seven or eight according to local police. he had started to tell friends and staff at his home that he was planning to leave, organizing a party. it appeared that the militants wanted to abduct him before he was able to leave the country. according to the weinsteins the pakistanis didnt do very ...

Captivity. we dont know the name or sex of the baby. they are out there. surely you know i agree with everything thats been said but you know a mistake was made here. mistakes do happen. that doesnt mean theres an excuse for them happening again. >> if there is that possibility -- ive listened to experts today who have said when youre dealing with something like this this is the unfortunate collateral damage that exists. when you look at this couple with this baby what can be done to make sure t...