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He was just released at the end of july. hes here to share his unique perspective. jonathan and the project director join both join us in studio. so, jonathan, you just got out. you seem remarkably in good shape. you were held where and by whom? >> i was captured near damascus by islamist rebels and i was covering the conflict from their side. starting at a end of april. and by that point, i had been covering the war for about a week, then i decided to go south toward the capital and this is whe...

American in whose symbolic shadow we stand today signed the emancipation proclamation. this momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of negro slaves, who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. it came as as the joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity. but 100 years later, the negro still is not free. one hundred years later, the life of the negro is still sadly crippled by the man aacles of

Planes like those seen here deep into mexico. its a covert operation that began after the death after u.s. i.c.e. agent two years ago. they were come from u.s. command in colorado. they have eavesdropping equipment. this pattern of life recon sanction missions, they learn schedules and routines of high level traffickers according to a story on the website, vocative.com. >> they are highly trained. they fly these planes in patterns that, over a targets house. in the back of the plane are techs th...

Tiger in captivity. he is a 24-year-old bengal tiger. who lives at the big cat rescue in tampa, florida. look at him. hes playing with the sprinkler, i guess. >> yeah. >> like a kitten? i dont know. ive never seen a cat enjoy water quite on that level. >> no. normally they kind of hate it. >> my cat certainly does. >> but hes loving it. good way to stay cool. >> thank you for starting your morning with us. >> weve got much more ahead on "new day" in the next hour, which is going to be starting p...

Breeding the endangered species in captivity. >> gregg: a senior white house official saying this is very little doubt that chemical womens were used in syria by the assad regime. remember the red line, the line in the sand? back with our political insiders, john leboutillier, and doug schoen and pat caddell in south carolina. pat, the white house has been accused by the walking of putting assad on double secret probation like "animal house." is the president and some of the accusing him of bein...

To talk with an insurance expert about everything that comes standard with our base auto policy. and if you switch, you could save up to $423. liberty mutual insurance -- responsibility. whats your policy? one of these photographers who was shooting these images coming out of syria, suddenly, he became the story. were talking about matthew sheer. he was captured by al qaeda. he was beaten and he was starved. >> after seven months in captivity, hes found the will and courage to escape. it force...

Employees at all levels to help them learn from this incident. and this just in, some pretty exciting news from the national zoo in washington, d.c., the giant panda has given birth to a brand-new panda cub. the birth just happened a short time ago, in fact, and it was all on a live shot from the panda cam at the zoo. were bringing you these images and were trying to see the cub. it is always hard. it all depends on how the mom is handling things after the birth as to whether you see that cub ...

If its accepted, we expect a special election to replace him in the next 90 days. back to you. >> william, thank you. a wildfire raging out of control crossed into yosemite national park in california. the blaze has forced evacuation of hundreds of people so far. it threatens about 4,500 residen residences. the fire has grown from 99 square miles to more than 165. it is still just 2% contained. convicted ft. hood shooter nadal hasan will die in captivi captivity. the only question is when an...

Idaho mountains on august 10th spoke to nbc. she spoke about why she went online to answer peoples questions about her murdered mother and brother and about her gratitude to her supporters. but she would not go into the details offer captivity. however, hannah did explain past letters as well as 13 phone calls from the day of her abduction that search warrants say she exchanged with her kidnapper, longtime family friend, james dimaggio. >> the phone calls werent phone calls. they were texts, bec...

Weapons stations boatinjuring eight people in new jersey. we do not know what caused that explosion but the fire was contained to the boathouse. among the injured a department of defense civilian firefighter and seven sailors. here is proof there is a child in all of us, even animals. youre looking at the older tiger in captivity in the world, flavio, bengal tiger, he is loving this sprinkler, frolicking, playing like a little cub really. its nice to see he has all that energy in his golden ye...