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And then months, the hostages wonder if the outside world has forgotten about them. but actually the hostage crisis remains a lead story. >> the american embassy is in the hands of muslim students. >> during the ninth day of the crisis over the hostages in iran. >> on the 49th day of the embassy takeover. >> the militants who have held hostages for 124 days. >> this is the 300th day of their captivity. >> about six months into the crisis, theres a rescue attempt. operation eagle claw is a disast...

Forgotten about them. actually, the hostage crisis remains a lead story. >> the american embassy in tehran is in the hand of muslim students tonight. >> during the ninth day of the crisis over the hostages in iran -- >> on the 49th day of the embassy takeover -- >> the militants who have held the hostages for 124 days. >> this is the 300th day of their captivity. >> about six months into the crisis, theres a rescue attempt, but operation eagle claw is a disaster. the mission is aborted, and as a...

To be able to negotiate. >> as the days turn into weeks and then months, the hostages wonder if the outside world has forgotten about them. but actually the hostage crisis remains a lead story. >> the american embassy is in the hands of muslim students. >> during the ninth day of the crisis over the hostages in iran. >> on the 49th day of the embassy takeover. >> the militants who have held hostages for 124 days. >> this is the 300th day of their captivity. >> about six months into the crisis, t...

And then months, the hostages wonder if the outside world has forgotten about them. but actually the hostage crisis remains a lead story. >> the american embassy in tehran is in the hands of muslim students. >> during the ninth day of the crisis over the hostages in iran. >> on the 49th day of the military takeover. >> the militants who have held hostages for 124 days. >> this is the 300th day of their captivity. >> about six months into the crisis, theres a rescue attempt. operation eagle claw ...

Desert location in iran. >> president jimmy carter speaking in 1980 about "operation eagle claw," a spectacularly and famously failed u.s. military operation in iran. whenever u.s. presidents have to make unplanned, major addresses to the nation, and theyre about iran, nobody ever thinks its going to be for some good reason. but shortly before midnight, this saturday night, president obama broke the streak when he gave the full weight of his president at the podium gravitas to the announcement t...

Operation eagle claw is a disaster. the mission is aborted. as american forces are on their way out of iran, a helicopter crashes into a c130 killing eight americans. its an embarrassment for president jimmy carter. afterwards they scatter them across the country to make a second rescue attempt nearly impossible. then on january 20th, 1981, theres finally a break. >> good evening. on the 444th and final day of the hostage crisis. >> i ronald reagan do solemnly swear -- >> minutes after president...

Our health. sure enough, they use that video tape that they brought the weights we had at the embassy from the weight room. they knew they needed us healthy to be able to negotiate. >> as the days turn into weeks and then months, the hostages wonder if the outside world has forgotten about them. but actually the hostage crisis remains a lead story. >> the american embassy is in the hands of muslim students. >> during the ninth day of the crisis over the hostages in iran. >> on the 49th day of th...

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