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Over the border. breaking earlier today a big group of businessmen inside the northern mexico pressed their own government for his release because they are worried about american tourists and making mexico attractive to us. a lot of americans are unhappy the way our marine is being treated by our so-called friend mexico. joining us, the parents of john hammer. a lot of americans are outraged by what's happening to your son. it seems somewhat clear he may have violated some mexican law about bringing the gun in. it may have been too short or too long by an inch. why didn't they just say when he...

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The senator died from respiratory complications and he was 88 years old and his last word was aloha. >> steve: we told you the story over the last couple of weeks by the marine by the name of john hammer. he was going hunting to costa ricka and when he was in matamoras mexico. he declared i have this gun and they say it is not a proper size. they threw him in jail. he did not have the proper permits. but what is interesting about that isolation cell. it is a storage closest. >> gretchen: he's chained to the bed. and we interviewed his mother and he's been chained their since august. he got the...

In the second world war. he served with the american infantry group. all japanese dissent. he was rushing a machine gun lost his arm received a medal of on another. inouye he became a new york senator and he was chairman of the intelligence committee. he will be missed. >> he was an institution of the senate. >> he will be missed. >> eric? >> very quickly when we get back to radio news i would love to do this story. we need to stay on this. this is a marine john hammer. let's take a next picture. this is very important. chained to a bed in a mexican prison over a dispute over a gun violation. ...

Wednesday the chain was removed. megyn: i know this is the first time you have seen a picture of him. how did you feel when you saw it? >> sick. you know -- it's like a "national geographic" show that you watched except it's your son. it's inconceivable. megyn: john, we were told consular officers have visited your son four times in prison. the state department made sure his rights are protected and there is only so much they can do. this will play out in the mexican legal system the same way it would play out in the u.s. system if a mexican got caught trying to bring an illegal firearm into o...