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"the story" with martha maccallum starts right now. >> martha: im martha maccallum. think about this. a 3-year-old american toddler whose parents were killed in this attack has been confirmed to be among the nine americans being held by hamas terrorists. this childs parents were killed in the attack. jake sullivan said he will be speaking to the families of the americans. people are asking, why arent we hearing more about the americans being held? we have talked to one of the families....

Are still inside. there are at least six to eight hostage holders. jim bitterman is joining us from paris right now. jim, first of all, what else have you learned about this hostage situation thats still underway? >> wolf, it apparently still is underway. the police are still targeting the building upper floors on the building where the hostages apparently are being held. now, some people have been freed. there have been as your reporter from france 2 was reporting earlier, in fact some people h...

Unprecedented for coordination. really a level above what we saw even with "charlie hebdo" in january in paris, wolf. >> it sounds like that hostage situation over at the concert hall is still ongoing right now. the hostage takers, hostage holders are clearly there. police have presumably, jim, surrounded that concert hall right now. theyre trying to get in there. >> if not surrounded the concert hall, they are at least exchanging gunfire with attackers, im told, on the roof of the concert hall....

Rescues. you had that with a failed hostage rescue attempt in syria going after isis captives. they came to the right place, but it was too late. you had an operation in december the american luke summers killed not by the rescuers but by his hostage holders while that attack was underway. its difficult to get these things right. theres the bigger question. you have enormous opposition to these striengkes from locals on the ground. the larger policy question raised do the costs out weight the be...

His state of mind is. then they have various technical methods to hear whats going on inside the room and to actually view it as well. they make an assessment as to how many hostage holders they are. in this case one, that hes mentally unstable, that he has a history of violence. >> all of that is taken into assessments. decisions are made early on as to what point the assault was to took place. >> another thing we know is that law enforcement has time on their side. theyre not desperate. theyre...

speech and is speaking at a plant in iowa that makes conveyor belts and then he will go to a facility in vegas, the university of michigan ann arbor. four of those states are must wins. arizona is on the presidents wish list. only one state matters for the gop primary race. rick santorum with a state rally. newt gingrich spoke at a forum called univision. likely florida voters monday and tuesday and after the republican debate, romney is on top by seven points but 6% say that they are ...

Captivity allows you to speak, to eat, to use the toilet, to move. and you experience something like being an infant who is given the gift of life by your mother. it doesnt hurt to get the stockholm syndrome. it really can help you survive. i believe it happened, and i believe that she developed her affection toward cujo, who would have been the more maternal of her hostage holders. the stock hole syndrome may be the perfect explanation for pattys conversion to the sla. but theres a catch. >> i ...