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Tomorrow marks 25 years since the crack down in beijing's tiananmen square. the official death toll has never been released but human rights groups say hundreds were killed. there were a lot of memorable images from the day. jeff wideman, though, took the iconic one. take a look. >> i was based in bangkok for associated press. they gave me the assignment to document what was going on at tiananmen square. it was quite interesting until it started heating up on the 3rd of june. crowds were getting pretty rowdy. there was a lot of pushing and shoving going on. i was very scared, the whole time. o...

Tasteless to then celebrate given the surrounding circumstances. >> interesting. david, we heard that a lot from a lot of former service members. thank you very much. other prisoner swaps the u.s. made over the years, this is far from the first one. we're going to take a look at those in the past. also severe weather pound ing the midwest. we'll get a live update from chad myers. sfx: sounds of marching band and crowd cheering sfx: sounds of marching band and crowd cheering so, i'm walking down the street, sfx: sounds of marching band and crowd cheering just you know walking, sfx: sounds of ...

In a combat zone, that's desertion. >> what were the circumstances that led to his disappearance? can you take me back five years ago to that evening? >> from what i understand, he had gotten very close to his afghan counterparts. at the same time he disappeared, two afghan soldiers disappeared. it seemed like he had made a deal with them to try to get out of the military, get to one of their families, get to one of their houses and they were going to try to help him to get away. but it turned out that they basically turned him over to the taliban and made some money off of it and that's how h...

Is holding you. the principle is what we pursued here. >> so even if it was al qaeda there would be negotiations? >> but that's not the case here, what i'm saying is he was a prisoner in an armed conflict and we were engaged in an effort for five years to try to recover him. as i think an admiral said on tv today, i notice he said when one of your shipmates goes overboard, you go get him. you don't ask whether he jumped or was pushed or fell. you get him first and find out. >> see more of the interview on our website. more now on the historical precedent for this. randi kay goes back to the ...

Beijing's teen men square. the official death toll has never been released but human rights groups say hundreds were killed. there were a lot of memorable images from the day. jeff wideman, though, took the iconic one. take a look. >> i was based in bangkok for associated press. they gave me the assignment to document what was going on at tat tienamen square. it was quite interesting until it started heating up on the 3rd of june. crowds were getting pretty rowdy. there was a lot of pushing and shoving going on. i was very scared, the whole time. on the 5th, i came into the ap office with the ...