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Before in relation to other hostage cases. the afghan government not releasing any of the people the taliban want so you know, it is difficult to see a way forward for this family in captivity by the taliban since 2012. let me quickly divert back to the subject of russia. i want to mention that there are in fact a couple of cases where it is to both countries' self-interest to actually talk and in fact, they do. behind the scenes the russian and u.s. military do talk about nuclear weapons testing, about the state of their nuclear weapons arsenal, where those weapons are. they do talk about dec...

These are robbery/kidnapping right? >> that's correct. robbery, hostage cases. families okay in both of them. you can imagine pretty shaken though, greta. the highlight of our interview today with the special agent in charge here at the knoxville office is this: he moved from tuesday saying these cases are quite possibly linked to today saying they are definitely linked. they are searching for at least three suspects in these cases. they have some 30 agents from the federal side and the local side working both cases. that most recent one happening tuesday here in the knoxville area. one before...

These are robbery/kidnapping right? >> that's correct. robbery, hostage cases. families okay in both of them. you can imagine pretty shaken though, greta. the highlight of our interview today with the special agent in charge here at the knoxville office is this: he moved from tuesday saying these cases are quite possibly linked to today saying they are definitely linked. they are searching for at least three suspects in these cases. they have some 30 agents from the federal side and the local side working both cases. that most recent one happening tuesday here in the knoxville area. one before...

Held hostage overseas. unfortunately this ended tragically. >> and the u.s. did not notify the family of the american hostage in advance that navy s.e.a.l.s were about to be deployed, right? >> we constantly talk to the family and provide any assistance we need to. we don't typically outline the details of those for the family's privacy. >> and you don't want to jeopardize the operation, tell people about a classified mission that could potentially undermine the entire mission? >> there are those concerns. but we talk to the family regularly and provide any assistance but we don't outline thos...

He's got a red cardinals hat, white t-shirt, yellow socks. >> reporter: he's seen with his hands around the storekeeper's neck is michael brown himself. a letter is being sent home to parents. when the decision comes down, classes are canceled. authorities are telling residents they should prepare as if this were a major storm. steve osunsami, abc news, ferguson, missouri. with demonstrations planned in so many cities, the fbi has issued a new warning about extremists. law enforcement agencies across the country are being told violent extremists may try to infiltrate large crowds to attack p...