ptsd. it is all happening now. . jon: good friday morning to you. some stunning new developments to tell you about in the hostage crisis playing out right now deep in the sahara desert as we learn terrorists reportedly want to exchange two american hostages for islamic militants held here in the u.s. good morning i m jon scott. jenna: that is a big story. i m jenna lee. this is a situation changing by the minute. the white house now saying it is in constant contact with the algerian government. we re getting brand new video showing groups of hostages finally free what is described as a horrifying ordeal. there are reports of hostages with explosives strapped to their chest as others were executed. the algerian state news agency is reporting that at least 32 hostages remain unaccounted for at that natural gas plant where this all began following a raid by algerian forces. it is unclear at this time
they should avoid another process that causes self-inflicted wound to the economy. jenna. jenna: mike emanuel in washington. mike, thank you. jon: on capitol hill concern is growing over what could happen if the country defaults on its debt. right now administration wants to pay the bill in the order which they are received but republicans say there is a better way that might even avoid default. chief political correspondent carl cameron is live in washington for us. so what are the alternatives here, carl? what s the plan? reporter: well, they re talking about plans and none of the alternatives are particularly good because the situation is so bad. with the white house refusing to negotiate spending cuts with republicans as part of a deal to raise the federal debt ceiling both sides are trying to prepare for and even avert a potential default. white house says if it happens it will pay revenue to pay bills in order they are received what you said. for the past year, pennsylvania sen
himself into some larger beast when u.s. anti-doping agency says he was the beast. jenna: sean didn t necessarily like what he saw, frazier. as a pr consultant that deals with the reputations of professional people, was he successful in this interview? i thought for what it was, and who he is, i thought he was credible. people say, well he didn t cry. you know the guy is a tough guy. he was a bully. he was awful to people and so on. what you tell people to do is look, make a full confession. he did that. he wasn t a john edwards confession. he said look, seven tours and i doped. number one. you say, apologize. he took the hit. it wasn t a mark mcguire, half pregnant apology. i was under too much stress. he said it was my fault. i deserve it. he volunteered to help find better regulations, but he said i have no credibility. i understand that they don t want me to do it. and then you say, okay being be sincere. this guy could never be sincere. what he said my whole life
we ll reserve judgment until we hear from him and, maybe we will, maybe we won t. nothing planned at this time. sean, broadly speaking we take a look at this world of sports in this last week and all of these stories, someone, takes this to a different level. this says something about our celebrity culture. this says something about our sports heroes. do these stories say anything about that? is there a bigger point to some of these stories? are they isolated events to certain individuals? you know, i mean, i m loathe to sort of stretch too far but i do think it shows that we want to be inspired. we want our athletes to have, you know, touching stories that we can believe in and, you know this is a case where, yesterday, we had our hearts broken by one. i think there is a lot, a lot of people are hoping we won t get our hearts broken again. jenna: interesting. searching for inspiration in a lot of different areas in this cntry. maybe being disappointed in some cases. unless you have
hostaged? i think after the failures of benghazi you re seeing splinters of al-qaida rearing their ugly head in northern africa. that will be the new front in the war on terror. on 9/11 they issued a decree to take american prisoners, western possible hostages in exchange for as you mentioned the release of the blind sheik in the united states. the blind sheik was the one responsible for the 93 world trade center bombing. jenna: can you confirm for us yes? jenna: can you confirm for us how many americans are being held at this time? it s unclear at this point, but possibly up to ten americans are currently still being held hostage, and it s a very, very dangerous situation under dangerous conditions. jenna: it s interesting to talk to you, you re from the state of texas and we re using the state of texas to show our viewers just how big the area is where terrorists are dominating north