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Looks like blood. and then the u.s. and kurdish commandos are searching this prison. a large isis flag on the wall. makeshift prison cells. it's a terrifying place where you can imagine these people, these hostages, they said they've been told they were going to be executed the very same day that they got released. so an unusual piece of footage, one that you wouldn't have been released, i'm sure, by u.s. officials. in this case released by kurdish officials. and it will for some call into question the administration's promise of no american boots on the ground because these are american boots...

Residence there at the u.s. embassy there in paris. we are watching all three of them get ready to face the media. something they never expected to be doing 48 hours ago when they were embarking on this journey together, traveling there to paris. kelly, as i keep you here to join in our coverage of this media availability, i also want to bring in colonel jack jacobs, a man who knows all too well about heroism, having served with dignity in the army. ke colonel, when you talk about what they did, they say it was instant. it's got to be a lot more than that. it's shear bravery. >> it's tremendou...

Something. thank god they were there to do it. so it's really been an extraordinary reaction across europe, i think. and the world. >> yeah. >> alex, i did want to mention a little bit about the medical training that spencer stone had. his dad told us he was actually a trained paramedic, had intermediate training as a paramedic, and was, therefore, able to deal with that trauma wound with an artery wound. >> he knew exactly what he was looking for. he talked about plugging it up with two fingers. that's exactly what he had to do to stop the bleeding. that training certainly came in handy. colo...

Analyst jack jacobs. colonel jack, thank you for joining us back here on "taking the hill." >> hi, patrick. >> colonel, what inspired him to begin painting these flag memorials? >> well, i think he's just a dedicated patriotic person who grew up in a relatively conservative area of new york city, out in staten island. he didn't serve himself, but he's got a lot of relatives who did serve. and i think he missed -- he feels strongly about having missed the opportunity to serve. and he's a great artist. he's really very, very talented. started painting these flags before 9/11, and then after the ...

>> it's hard to believe he's gotten this far so far. he's been through 39 states. and he expects to finish up on or about veterans day. and his whole plan is -- he knows exactly where he's going. knows exactly which states and which vfws and so on. he's organized it. drives all over the place in his van filled with paints. i think you saw the back of it. he sleeps in that van often when he can't find someplace else to sleep. and he's eventually going to wind up at arlington national cemetery, on or about veterans day. that's his last stop. >> great. colonel, thanks so much for that report. and...