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>> yes. >> when was the last time someone was kidnapped? >> yesterday night. >> yesterday night. >> okay. are you nervous, kids? okay. so why are we stopping? >> suddenly our driver pulled over in the middle of nowhere to have a chat with a local bedouin. it seems out here in the desert everyone knows one another and gossip travels fast. >> what does he say? >> he told me the road now until now it's okay and don't worry and if anything happens contact us and we'll negotiate everything. don't worry. >> we're safe? >> yeah. we are safe. >> so with our peace of mind restored we arrived at st. cat...

>> yesterday night. >> yesterday night. >> okay. are you nervous, kids? okay. so why are we stopping? >> suddenly our driver pulled over in the middle of nowhere to have a chat with a local bedouin. it seems out here in the desert everyone knows one another and gossip travels fast. >> what does he say? >> he told me the road now until now it's okay and don't worry and if anything happens contact us and we'll negotiate everything. don't worry. >> we're safe? >> yeah. we are safe. >> so with our peace of mind restored we arrived at st. catherine's monastery. tucked into the mountains of this sam...

>> wait. you have a gun, sir? >> yes. >> when was the last time someone was kidnapped? >> yesterday night. >> yesterday night. >> okay. are you nervous, kids? okay. so why are we stopping? >> suddenly our driver pulled over in the middle of nowhere to have a chat with a local bedouin. it seems out here in the desert everyone knows one another and gossip travels fast. >> what does he say? >> he told me the road now until now it's okay and don't worry and if anything happens contact us and we'll negotiate everything. don't worry. >> we're safe? >> yeah. we are safe. >> so with our peace of mind ...

Boston who have been kidnapped in the sinai peninsula. pastor and parishioner and tour guide were abducted by a tribesman from a tour bus traveling on a major road linking cairo and the sixth century st. catherine's monastery. an egyptian official says they are trying to free a prisoner for a swap for those hostages. let's get the latest. what do you hear about a possible exchange for the kidnapped americans? >> reporter: well, egyptian officials are telling nbc in fact, they are working now to release the uncle in exchange for the release of the americans and their tour guide. it seems, accor...

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