received any -- >> go ahead. >> unfortunately, we haven't received any proof of life, no voice recordings, no pictures, not a phone call, nothing. we've just received word of mouth that he is alive. that's all we know. other than that, it's been very heart aching not to hear his voice or to be able to know he is doing fine. being a diabetic and having health issues, it's very difficult for us to even imagine what he could be going through. >> just remind us and the president if he is watching who you are trying to reach, remind us why your father was there. what was the humanitarian work that he was doing? >> ever since he was a young man he had a passion of helping