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You. how are you? >> i'm good. did you have to do a james bond crazy thing to get into syria? >> you have to go in illegally. we went in through turkey and joined up with some rebels, but the turks are giving a little bit of passive support. if the turks had seen us, yes, they would have arrested us and that would have been about it and they would have sent us back inside, but i think the turks probably did see us because there were a lot of people crossing the border illegally and are just looking the other way, and they're allowing rebels and a few journalists to go in. and to give you an id...

Did you have to do a james bond crazy thing to get into syria? >> you have to go in illegally. we went in through turkey and joined up with some rebels, but the turks are giving a little bit of passive support. if the turks had seen us, yes, they would have arrested us and that would have been about it and they would have sent us back inside, but i think the turks probably did see us because there were a lot of people crossing the border illegally and are just looking the other way, and they're allowing rebels and a few journalists to go in. and to give you an idea, this wasn't the first time ...

I twisted my ankle and they told me if i ran, they would shoot me. so i stopped. a man got out of the helicopter and they brought us back inside. one of the agents hit me and pushed me and i fell on the carpet. >> initially authorities kept the women in jail for six months. both said that at first they were too afraid to share their story until agents convinced them to cooperate. even though their captors are in jail, their visas are about to expire and they fear the long arm of central american organized crime where it can cost less than $150 to kill someone. >> translator: they could kill me...

Down on us. i twisted my ankle and they told me if i ran, they would shoot me. so i stopped. a man got out of the helicopter and they brought us back inside. one of the agents hit me and pushed me and i fell on the carpet. >> initially authorities kept the women in jail for six months. both said that at first they were too afraid to share their story until agents convinced them to cooperate. even though their captors are in jail, their visas are about to expire and they fear the long arm of central american organized crime where it can cost less than $150 to kill someone. >> translator: they c...

what, if any, overseas connections he might have. joining us also fran townsend. so, brian, this was an fbi sting. what do we know about how it went down? it appears to have been a very elaborate string. authorities were tracking mr. ferdaus for the better part of this year. they do indicate that he began some of his various plotting last year but they have tracked him at least since january. they have used undercover agents and at least one cooperating witness who started taping conversations with him earlier this year. so this was a fairly elaborate sting operation that lasted unti...