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A rare thing. second set of living giraffe twins in the u.s., born in captivity. ninth set around the world. >> they look healthy. >> mama deserves a treat for that. two of those. >> so cute. this is "the mix," filled by cute stuff. this is a blind golden retriever called ray charles. this guy is 5 months old. he is taking the web by storm. you can see why, different pictures of him doing his thing. pajamas, why not. another one wearing glasses. another one with him with a scarf on. he has a fac...

To know that they want to have the money protected. >> reporter: those who know the women say they are drawing on the same strength that helped them survive so many years in captivity. >> they are exceptional human beings. having gone through this ordeal and come out of it and start to heal and move forward so quickly is amazing. >> reporter: in addition to the courage fund, theres been a slew of free services offered to the girls including a free college tuition for four years, free dental care...

The moneys protected. >> reporter: those who know the women say theyre drawing on the same strength that helped them survive so many years in captivity. >> theyre exceptional human beings, having gone through the ordeal and to be able to come out of it and start to heal and move forward so quickly is amazing. >> reporter: in addition to the hundreds of thousands of dollars already raised for the women, there have been dozens of offers for free services like college tuition for four years, dental...

Captivity. >> theyre exceptional human beings, having gone through this ordeal, to be able to come out of it, start to heal, move forward so quickly is amazing. >> reporter: in addition to the hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations to the courage fund, there have been dozens of offers for free services for the girls, including free tuition for four years of college, free dental care, free spa services. the biggest need, the financial help and privacy for the girls as they continue to heal...

To the fund. >> chris kelly of the jones day law firm runs the courage fund set up for the women and little girl rescued raising more than $650,000 with the funds to be equally distributed into four separate trusts. >> what does it say about the girls that they put the money in a trust? >> they have the savvy and sense to know that they want to have the money protected. >> reporter: those who know the women say they are drawing on the same strength that helped them survive so many years in capti...

Funds to be equally distributed to four separate trusts. what does it say about the girls that they put it in a trust rather than take it directly? >> they have the savvy and sense to know that they -- they want to have the moneys protected. >> reporter: those who know the women say they are drawing on the same strength that helped them survive so many years in captivity. >> they are exceptional human beings having gone through this ordeal and come out of the, start to heal and move forward so q...

In a trust rather than take the money directly now? >> they have the savvy and sense to know that they want to have the moneys protected. >> reporter: those who know the women say theyre drawing on the same strength that helped them survive so many years in captivity. >> theyre exceptional human beings. having gone through this ordeal and to be able to come out of it and start to heal and move forward so quickly is amazing. >> we spoke to one of the council members who helped start the fund. he ...

Young son, not even a year old that is tkp-g on al is going on all of the book trips with mom as she is talking about her book and possible odds which is a book dedicated to telling this story about her incredible time in captivity but also that incredible rescue as well. jon: two great sides to that story. she is an american trying to do good work in somalia, gets kidnapped and the navy seals come in and rescue her, holy cow. jenna: that was the night of the state of the union and the president...

Jessica remember -gs the shear terror of her captivity up until the very night she was rescued. >> they are carrying around loaded ak47s, machine guns, there were grenades in the cars, explosives in the back of the cars, so it wasnt even just that i was worried about what they were going to do to me, i was worried about an explosion taking place because they drove like maniacs, maybe they would accidentally pull the trigger on the ak and then, you know, my head would be blown off. it was just co...

On that cost to consumers. another option might be for two cell phone companies to merge that way they can get their hands on more spectrum. t-mobile and at&t did try to do this a couple of years ago as a way of doubling the amount of spectrum available to them. their bid was blocked because the fcc thought it would reduce competition. lastly, though, one solution is for broadcasters to give up some of their spectrum and give it to the mobile phone companies, but, of course, broadcast doerz in t...