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Ps so youll pay no more than $5 test strips, which is a true american value for people with diabetes like me. [ male announcer ] accu-chek aviva. born in the usa. theres an american college student missing in syria. the 21-year-old is a student studying arabic in dmascus. the major disappeared seven days ago, watching protests when he was grabbed by syrian officials. he has not been seen since. its believed that tik root is in custody but its not beener confirmed. his father, tom root, joins m...

>> questions i would imagine youre asking not as a dad but a lieutenant colonel. >> it was my experience coming out, but i was also concerned about the situation. >> you see, dave brostrom is not just the father of a soldier, for 30 years he was a soldier. it turns out the retired lieutenant colonel had good reason to worry. >> basically the army sent these guys up there and said "do the best you can" >> they did. they underestimated the enemy. i guess they hoped that everything would go right. ...

Mothers day, he told his father about one last mission in afghanistan. a mission he was worried about. >> they were moving out of a place called bella, where he was spending most of his time. they were going to move down to a location which he didnt disclose. >> that location was just down the valley at wafat. >> he was worried about it. he said, "dad, theyre going to follow me. this is a bad situation." >> theyre going follow me meaning -- >> the insurgents would follow him. and i said, son, do...

Looks like hes being shot at every day. i asked him a bunch of things -- how far away is your battalion headquarters, your company. how often do your commanders come around and see you, do you get much of apache support or artillery support. >> questions i would imagine youre asking not as a dad but a lieutenant colonel. >> it was my experience coming out, but i was also concerned about the situation. >> you see, dave brostrom is not just the father of a soldier, for 30 years he was a soldier. i...

They were going to move down to a location which he didnt disclose. >> that location was just down the valley at wanat. >> he was worried about it. he said, "dad, theyre going to follow me. this is a bad situation." >> theyre going follow me meaning -- >> the insurgents would follow him. and i said, son, dont worry about. you know, youre in the army. youll be okay. [ gunfire ] >> reporter: videos jonathan brought home with him, though, showed everything in that valley was not okay. [ gunfire ] >...

In syria, witnesses say army units have deployed in key areas of a seaside mediterranean city rocked by protests. oorertly stormed in the city with army vehicles overnight after a day of violence and chaos. his missing 21-year-old son has been found safe in syrian custody. he is one of two americans captured by syrian authorities as the protests broke out. the government has been blaming foreigners for the countrys unrest. joining me on the phone are the parents of teik rute. thank you for joini...

Confirmed yesterday that he was in the custody of the syrians and they knew where he was. and now we have to just work on getting him from their andy, about how tiek went missing, what do you know about that? >> we know very little about that. weve gotten pretty sketchy details to this point. we know he was last seen on friday, march 18th. his roommate was, i think, probably the last one to see him. he was opposed to rendezvous with a friend who was visiting from out of town and never made that ...

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