and this is dateline. i just can t imagine to be held in captivity. dad, just send the money. that s all they want. they have an american kid. a 14-year-old kid in the middle of the jungle. they re thinking they have the jackpot. they were vacationers turned prisoners. a mother and son, kidnapped by terrorists. we need 10 million u.s. dollars for the release of your family. 10 million, from me? are you losing your mind? a harrowing international hostage drama. this is a big operation, this is not just a drag tag group of people. anything can happen, there are no guarantees. can a father to negotiator to bring them home? prepare for the worst. i m getting worried. i m getting so worried. a lot of people were praying for them. a lot of people were. hello, and welcome to dateline, they were on a dream vacation when suddenly a mother, her teenage son, and a cousin were all kidnapped by a group of men with guns wanting money and lots of it. but the wo
[national anthem] [national anthem] [national anthem] pete straight to the a fox news alert this morning, right now the the rafah Border Crossing between egypt and gaza is reportedly closed again after a limited amount of socalled humanitarian aid was allowed in. Thats according to egyptian media. Rachel the gate briefly opened about three hours ago, and 20 the trucks i hauling food, water and medicine made it into Southern Gaza which has gone without power or Running Water for days. The u. S. Warning stranded americans to expect, quote, a potentially chaotic and disorderly environment on both sides of the crossing. Its unclear if any of the foreigners were allowed out. Joey this comes on the heels of hamas releasing two american hostages late last night, Judith And Natalie were taken to an Israeli Military base after being abduct canned two weeks ago by the terror group. I havent been sleeping for two weeks. Tonight im going to sleep good. I spoke with my daughter earlier today. She s
Edition of hannity. Well, it looks like tonight juno breaking news. Rfk jrr after being treated lin garbage by the entire Democratic Party and the media mob is now planning to announce ,according to reports, a third party run for the presidency. Son fo what impact will that hai on the race . Thats anybodys guesss as ofs now. Well have details coming up straight ahead. Also also tonight, well, we are at the end of what is another disastroussterous week for president joe biden. Look at this. The vast majority of americans he believe joe is mentally, physically incapable of bein ogr president. He could barely walk down the baby steps of air force wit one, even with no Special Shoes since they started operation keep joe from falling. His own staff Working Overtimepn to keep that from ever happening again. In and what so far got off toa pretty bad start. He looks terrible. And by the way, hes now drawi literally drawinngg comparisons to the crypt keeper. I mean, he just looks awful. Hes now
but it was actually me, no choice. i know i want to pay something. just to make sure they are safe. the week after the kidnapping, heiko wired a ransom payment, close to $5, 000, to a bank account in the philippines. i was thinking i pay that money and is over. but they started wanting more and more and more. more weeks went by. mr. so reduced his demands from 10 million to 2 million. then 1 million. still impossible, of course. so the kidnappers turned up the heat. they put kevin on the line. that. yeah. are you there? how are you doing? we need you to send the money. i know that and i am ready. but all i have over here i will send. dad. dad. just send the money. that s all they want. heiko maxed out his credit e heat. still impossible, of course. so the kidnappers turned up the heat. they put kevin on the line. that. yeah. are you there? how are you doing? we need you to send the money. i know that and i am ready. but all i have over here i will