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And i think weve established that with jacob. >> go ahead. >> if i can add to that. >> sure. >> when we went through this decision and talked to jacob about it and everything we decided to think what if were making the wrong decision and we thought about it both ways and if its the wrong decision and this is a phase, then pace basically we face embarrassment having to reverse our decision but the other way around is much more risky depending on what polls you look at transgender people face atte...

>> the things ive learned from experts, gender identity is in your head. it doesnt have to do with your body parts. its in your brain. jacobs parents tell you they eventually figured out -- he told me that i am a boy. >> wow. i jacob thriving? >> doing great. this hasnt been the easiest for the family. theres been people in their own family that resist this and think the parents made a wrong decision to let jacob live as a boy with a short hair cut. nothing surgical has happened not giving him h...

Be able to use the embryos. we dont make people parents against their wishes. >> reporter: its a debate coming up more often in the courts with more than 600,000 embryos currently being preserved in the u.s. jacob is awaiting a ruling from an illinois court after donating his sperm to create embryos with his now ex-girlfriend. >> im not asking for any type of ownership. im asking they not be used till i tell her they can be used. >> hes still waiting for a ruling. one thing that may diminish the...

To weigh the heaviest on their minds. so we do need to keep an eye on them. >> how are you doing, jacob? >> im all right. >> are you? >> yeah. >> all right. >> just hanging in here. >> im checking on alvin, too, today. >> are you? >> yeah. >> i heard hes a strange dude. >> alvins gotten quiet. >> has he? >> yeah. >> whenever i talk to jacob, hes pretty outgoing. how are you doing today, jacob? oh, im doing okay for being under these circumstances. yeah, im doing all right. all of a sudden, his h...

Said, weve got to go. and i said, arent those kids back yet? he said -- somebody took jacob. i grabbed my purse and we left. we didnt say anything to the people, our host or anything. we just left. it was the longest ride in the world. >> jacob needs to come home. i want to find jacob. >> they had witnessed something awful. >> when it comes to missing children, time is the enemy. seconds count, hours count. if that child is going to be killed, its going to happen within the first few hours. the ...

On the day of october 22nd, it was a pretty chilly but not too chilly october morning. we got up and jacob and i went fishing. and i came back for noon kickoff for the vikings game. it was kind of a family tradition to watch vikings football. >> i love kids and being a stay-at-home mom, it was our place where everyone would gather. >> patty and i have four children. our oldest daughter is amy and jacob was next, and trevor and carman. >> jacob was our first born son. >> okay. ♪ >> my name is j...

You know, jacobs strongest hope. d >> the low raspy voice description, the physical build, demeanor, the way he spoke. it seemed to match. >> if its the same guy that also took jacob, hes the one person that actually saw him without a mask. >> after jacob had disappeared, the case intensified. it was a lot more interviews with a lot of fbi -- or a lot more people i wasnt familiar with. they took me to a point where i was just mentally, physically broke down, and i had nothing else to provide. >>...

And told me to get in the car. hes got a gun and hes not afraid to use it. >> jared was accosted, he is grabbed, he was pulled into that car, he was driven a couple of miles away, and he was assaulted. and then let go. >> he told me to run, dont look back or he would shoot. >> it was almost the exact word-for-word statement that trevor and aaron, the boys who were with jacob, had made. >> so i was abducted on january 13, 1989, jacobs abduction was october 22nd of 1989. >> they were desperate for...

They released a statement, which says in part the circus will continue to feature other extraordinary animal performers including tigers lions, horses dog and camels. this unprecedented change in the 145-year-old greatest show on earth allowing it to focus on its conserveation programs. we know their shows are greeted with protesters almost everywhere they go and this has to be good for their public relations, to get rid of the elephants. >> jacob, thank you very much. reaction from all sides on...

Died today here. >> thank you so much for that update, paul. jacob, what we know so far is that the gunman did scream the muslim call, god is great, as they fired their rifles at in the news room. they were also threatened after naming prophet muhammad as editor-in-chief. these arent the first time weve seen threats to free speech in the press, iconic incident in denmark in 2005 that was so heartbreaking for so many of us watching around the world, being one of the most prominent. this ignited r...