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>> up until the last moment, right before he actually has to shake ronald reagan's hand during reagan's inauguration, jimmy carter is doing everything he possibly can to get those hostages home. >> jimmy carter was perceived in iran as the ultimate ally of the shah. and they didn't want to give any rewards to jimmy carter. >> that i will faithfully execute the office -- >> we had to wait until ronald reagan had taken the oath of office before the plane was allowed to fly out of tehran to algiers. everything was delayed despite the agreement to make sure jimmy carter didn't get any credit for t...

Everything was delayed despite the agreement to make sure that jimmy carter didn't get any credit for the freedom of the hostages. >> it was a bittersweet moment as jimmy carter, private citizen, left andrews air force base outside of washington to go home to georgia. >> luck is a big factor in a presidency. and jimmy carter had some very bad luck. >> because of the blowback from vietnam and watergate, it will be recognized that jimmy carter inherited a national and world situation that was almost completely unmanageable. >> a few moments ago on air force one, i had received word officially fo...

Totally, get the planes back, passengers were safe, much cheaper. >> your book tells the story of that time and what motivated hijackers and you really use one particular hijacking, western airlines flight 701, it was hijacked by roger holder and kathy kirco. what made this particular hijacking stand out. >> the biggest thing is they were able to hijack a seattle-bound flight to algiers and gain asylum there and they had a half million dollars worth of ransom. >> these characters were not terrorists. >> no, not at all. he was, served four tours in vietnam and she was working in a massage parlo...

Campaign to increase pressure on al-qaeda and the islam magreb in the region. and two weeks later after the attack i met with very large group of regional leaders at the u.n. and was part of a special meeting focused on mali. and in october i flew to algeria to discuss the fight against aqim. in november i secretary deputy secretary bill byrnes on an inner agency group to algiers to continue that conversation and in my stead co-chaired the forum in abu dhabi and tunis, working on not only building new democracies, but securi security-- enforcing security services. these are engagements we are ...

something was wrong. >> reporter: so the children started searching on their own, pinpointing an area in california's ang lus national forest. the brothers and sisters with other family and friends began driving. >> we stopped at every ravine and looked over every hill. >> all of a sudden i just thought i heard a cat or a dog enough where i just said hello and it echoed down the hill. >> shawn lavau found his father thursday. the 67-year-old man had been missing for six days. >> i hugged him and we both cried, and i said, you know, how did you make it? and he said i drank the water i...