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He spent four months in a filthy jail and was chained to his bed. mexican authorities released him under heavy pressure. joining us now from miami is corporal hammer. how are you feeling corporal? >> feeling a lot better. >> bill: lets pick it up when your ordeal began. you drive down with a friend to brownsville, texas check in with the u.s. authorities. what do you tell the u.s. people? >> we told them we have got this hunting shotgun, and were trying to go through mexico legally what do we ha...

He spent four months in a filthy jail and was chained to his bed. mexican authorities released him under heavy pressure. joining us now from miami is corporal hammer. how are you feeling corporal? >> feeling a lot better. >> bill: lets pick it up when your ordeal began. you drive down with a friend to brownsville, texas check in with the u.s. authorities. what do you tell the u.s. people? >> we told them we have got this hunting shotgun, and were trying to go through mexico legally what do we ha...

The two police rad blocks. they find nothing. the military, they are far more professional. they find. >> but they let the guy run away. >> as they focus on the gringos. >> the gringos have money. come on. >> it is pretty clear that the pressure that you and the others covering the story put on mexico made this whole process slow down. >> we had to do this a few months ago with corporal hammer. but this one was in there for nine days. theres hammer. we got him out. there comes a point where enou...

Former government official. if she is not released tomorrow, friday and no evidence is, you know, put forth against her, i think many americans need to boycott mexico. would that be fair, mr. hernandez? >> of course we dont boycott mexico. mexico is our friend. i think there are two messages, bill. one is to mrs. maldonado. our prayers are with you. we hope you come out being innocent of this. god bless you this very difficult time. message to mexico is. thank you, mexico. we have been pressurin...

Former government official. if she is not released tomorrow, friday and no evidence is, you know, put forth against her, i think many americans need to boycott mexico. would that be fair, mr. hernandez? >> of course we dont boycott mexico. mexico is our friend. i think there are two messages, bill. one is to mrs. maldonado. our prayers are with you. we hope you come out being innocent of this. god bless you this very difficult time. message to mexico is. thank you, mexico. we have been pressurin...

Former government official. if she is not released tomorrow, friday and no evidence is, you know, put forth against her, i think many americans need to boycott mexico. would that be fair, mr. hernandez? >> of course we dont boycott mexico. mexico is our friend. i think there are two messages, bill. one is to mrs. maldonado. our prayers are with you. we hope you come out being innocent of this. god bless you this very difficult time. message to mexico is. thank you, mexico. we have been pressurin...

American consulate. >> and they were? >> i read the last end of fox company its about the marine corps in north korea and i also read the bible. i read the whole old testament and almost all of the new testament. >> corporal hammer says he has almost no will toward mexico and still thinks its a great country. before you leave the house this morning lets get your first degree weather update with maria molina. >> some unusual weather across the country. >> thats right. we had unusual weather ove...

So has secretary of state clinton. i understand this much and i think you hinted at it. we dont want to muck up any negotiations that might be fruitful by attacking anybody and calling anybody out making any threats. that includes president obama and secretary of state clinton. were going to assume, you and tell me if im wrong, that the american government is doing what they should. im soaping they are doing what they should do. is that right? >> i dont get that feeling yet, bill. maybe ill get ...

Thats right. we found out absolutely, everything that she was saying is absolutely correct. and, in fact, in my conversation just two days ago with the mexican ambassador, he told me that right now jon hammer is chained to his bed. why? because they had to move him from the general population of those criminals into an area that is less secure. and in that area that is less secure, it is so unsecure that they fear that he will escape and in order to overcome that fear, they have chained him to h...

Florida, remains remains in a mn prison charged with gun possession. the charge is totally bogus. last summer he registered an antique shotgun, handed down to him from his great grandfather with american customs officials in brownsville, texas. he was then told by the american agents to take the paperwork across the border to mexican officials and he would be fine to travel on to costa rica for a hunting trip. when he did check in with the mexicans in matamoros, he was promptly arrested and char...