early saturdtart. you know, you come back from vacation, you have a new anchor. thanks for joining us, everyone. i m zoraida sambo will i n. up first, authorities in egypt trying to negotiate the release of two kidnapped victims. one of the victims is diabetic. and his family is not here he has his medication with him. mohammed sami joins us on the phone in sinai, egypt, right now. where do the negotiations stand right now with the kidnapper? they are trying to negotiate with the hostages. the kidnapper insists that his uncle be released from prison and he s saying his uncle is not guilty. but the authorities are keen on making sure that they do not switch their arms. so this is a complicated situation. we know in fact past that six attempts have been kidnapped attempts in sinai d none of the hostages were ever harmed. so we are positive that the situation might be resolved soon. let s talk about that. as you mentioned, this is the third time that we ve had american