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Airport. >> oh, my, it does continue, alexander field, stay with us. and all right, i want to get back to this brazen move by the terrorist, this video drop on christmas day that shows an american captive pleading for his life. al-qaeda is holding warren weinstein, they grabbed him two years ago in pakistan. and now, theyre apparently using warren weinstein, age 72, to try to gain some sort of leverage. take a look, they put him under pressure to lobby the u.s. government to negotiate his rele...

"early start." im pamela brown. >> im miguel marquez with coal in my stocking. >> at least you got something. >> it is thursday, december 26th, 5:00 a.m. in the eastern. we begin with breaking news. american government contractor kidnapped with militants pleading to the u.s. to negotiate with his captors. he was abducted in 2011. the video made in captivity urges president obama to step up his efforts to get him released. >> it has been more than two years since i was taken prisoner by al qaeda ...

Captivity. >> i understand that this is not easy, and i know that doing so will take its toll on each of you. but in the final analysis, unless you continue to try to get president obama and his administration to actively pursue my release, we may never see each other again. >> clearly, you can see he is under duress. that is american warren weinstein, two-plus years, a captive of al-qaeda. so can we be certain that folks in washington are actually sitting through this video, as we speak, and lo...

Corroborate sourceses which might allow lead to mr. winestein. everything has to come from within u.s. intelligence sources so the chances are slim. >> there some things you say he can do to make his situation better. quickly, what are they? >> almost kind of a reverse stockholm syndrome where the captor actually senses some sort of loyalty and develops a relationship with the people that have him. i he can develop a relationship -- he has been in captivity for over two years now and is potentia...

Whale from the wild in 35 years. that, of course, is true. there was a time that they did. tilikum which is the whale that was the focus of "blackfish" was captured in the wild. but now they have a very efficient breeding program. and they say we do not celebrate the killer whale moms and their calf. they did do it in the past, but now they do not. and they say that seaworlds killer whales life spans are equivalent to those in the wild. ive talked to a lot of marine biologists and they disagree ...

Its a cross-section of the population, clean-cut, well spoken children, talking in very moderate language, talking about how much theyve enjoyed seaworld, but now they cant continue to support it until they change their policies. >> reporter: david johnson says seaworld can get by, but hes got a real problem, when kids feel this way about not going to seaworld. >> i did somebody that was actually something that was really amazing. >> reporter: seaworld took out these full-page ads in major publi...

Constitution. and conservatives, at least the ones i know, are not for that. >> gentlemen, leaving it there. should are brought my whistle today. i always appreciate both of you. i love hearing both sides. the passion in your voices. appreciate both of you. david, ben, thank you very much. well have much, much more, of course, on this district court ruling with regard to the nsa and the unconstitutionality of the fourth amendment at the top of the hour, and a lot of you talking about what should...

Piece, and really doesnt reflect the kind of care that the animals receive today in this modern age. >> i would say seeing the film, it exposes both sides. we wanted to make sure we had you on, though, explaining -- we heard so much from these artists, but for you, you say, you know, that because a marine mammal is in captivity, it doesnt mean it leads a sad, sad existence. so you tell me, what should seaworld be saying now? not only just to these artists, saying hey, come to our park and well s...

>> reporter: good morning, carol. sensitive, sad story for the family, as you say nearly seven years held in captivity. the iranian government never acknowledged that, although u.s. officials have repeatedly raised his case including secretary kerry recently in his contacts with eye rainian officials. he went to apparently according to the reporting of the ap and "the washington post" to an iranian-controlled island of kish, working as a contractor for the cia, they say, exploring corruption at ...

Growing here. >> it does indeed, john. would you think that would be a worry to seaworld although they say it is not bands, brews and barbecue is the name of the festival seaworld scheduled in february. there seems to be a musical protest going on and the latest group is now bringing the number to three. >> reporter: millions tunds in to see the critically acclaimed "blackfish" when it aired on cnn in october. the film has fuelled the controversial debate over keeping killer whales in captivity....