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1510, kevin blanco's refusing to come out. gave him his first directive. time now is 4:50. >> inmate blanco has basically taken his rec pen hostage and he's refusing to come out. you know, this happens. they'll take their food port hostage, they'll take a shower hostage. if it will get the attention they want they will take it hostage. we should be finished getting the rest of the inmates out of the yard. >> that's it. that's it. >> once we got them out of yard we're going to come back in, bring my team in, and i'll give him one last, third and final directive. if he still refuses to come out ...

They want they will take it hostage. we should be finished getting the rest of the inmates out of the yard. >> that's it. that's it. >> once we got them out of yard we're going to come back in, bring my team in, and i'll give him one last, third and final directive. if he refuses to be cuffed, we'll extract him using whatever force is necessary. >> we'll have do an extraction in the big yard. >> as c.e.r.t. is told to get ready for a possible extraction, blanco is given his last chance to peacefully leave the recreation pen. >> kevin, it is 5:17. i'm giving you the third and final directive. c...

>> today he's acting out yet again. leaving prison staff no choice but to keep him in a 72-hour medical observation cell. >> we had to take him out of his cell. took him down. go ahead strip down. this morning when we approached his cell, we were going to take inmate kevin blanco to the shower, about 10:00. we opened the food port. he stuck his arm out of the food port and held it hostage until he said, ortiz go get your squad i'm not coming out until you get your goon squad. he's trying to reverse the roles and break the system and switch it back on us, you know. go ahead and strip down. >> i...

Time now is 4:50. >> blanco is taking -- basically he's taking his rec pen hostage and he's refusing to come out. you know, this happens. they'll take things hostage. they'll take their food for houston. they'll take a shower hostage. if it will get the attention they want they will take it hostage. we should be finished getting the rest of the inmates out of the yard. >> that's it. that's it. >> once we got them out of yard we're going to come back in, bring my team in, and i'll give him one last, third and final directive. if he refuses to be cuffed, we'll extract him using whatever force is...

>> i think to some degree that is accurate. i would not necessarily say took it hostage as well as said, look, this is our line in the sand. we want a fight. this is what we're going to fight for. again, believing that the policy was the right policy. however, because of the communication, and also because of the 11th hour nature of the whole debate, i think that was -- you know, maybe the right decision but wrong timing. that would have been a great stance in october. not on the eve of christmas and the new year. >> okay. representative jack kingston from georgia on the phone before he goes a...