we knew this year was going to be a lot about figuring out the details and how they were going to be applied in real-life situations, so we re witnessing this process, and we ll continue to gather details about how it will practically be applied. james, thank you. reporter: you bet. jon: we are continuing to follow the breaking developments out of alabama where police are negotiating with the gunman holding a 5-year-old boy hostage in an underground bunker. they re talking to jimmy lee dykes through a ventilation pipe. they say they can hear the child crying for his parents. police say dykes is showing no signs of ending the standoff which is now in its fourth day. elizabeth prann live in midland city, alabama for us. what are you seeing activity wise where you are, elizabeth? reporter: well, in just the past hour or two we ve seen an increase of activities. as you can see, the s.w.a.p. members over my shoulder going up that dirt road. the suspect s property is slightly behind thos
murdered the school bus driver. police are frantically working to rescue a 5-year-old boy from his armed suspected captor, 65-year-old jimmy lee dykes. negotiators continue to communicate with the suspect. and there is no reason to believe that the child has been harmed. reporter: police say the two are in a 6 x 8 bunker four feet under ground. the suspect may have food and supplies to remain underground for weeks. dykes has been speaking with police through a pvc pipe from the bunker to the surface. one neighbor says he has been at the bunker. he has steps made out of cinder blocks, going down to it. at the time he had doors made out of plywood. two sheet of plywood nailed together. i asked him, i said, you know what are you using it for? he said, my storm shelter. where i used to live at the storms used to come through a lot. reporter: police say the boy has mild autism and the suspect allowed the child to have his medication. he is crying for his parents and his grandparen
a 5-year-old is being held hostage by a man who police say murdered the school bus driver. police are frantically working to rescue a 5-year-old boy from his armed suspected captor, 65-year-old jimmy lee dykes. negotiators continue to communicate with the suspect. and there is no reason to believe that the child has been harmed. reporter: police say the two are in a 6 x 8 bunker four feet under ground. the suspect may have food and supplies to remain underground for weeks. dykes has been speaking with police through a pvc pipe from the bunker to the surface. one neighbor says he has been at the bunker. he has steps made out of cinder blocks, going down to it. at the time he had doors made out of plywood. two sheets of plywood nailed together. i asked him, i said, you know what are you using it for? he said, my storm shelter. where i used to live at the storms used to come through a lot. reporter: police say the boy has mild autism and the suspect allowed the child to have his m
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office officially today after sounding a warning about civil war in syria. at a sort of exit interview, clinton accused iran of playing an increasingly prominent role directing violence in syria and says that only raises chances of a wider conflict in the middle east. clinton criticized russia for blocking sanctions against syria at the u.n. clinton s successor, john kerry finished up his last day as a senator with a farewell tour of native massachusetts. he said america s strength overseas depend on working in a bipartisan way here at home. kerry is sworn in today as the nation s 68th secretary of state. no end in sight to the tense hostage standoff involving a gunman and 5-year-old boy in alabama. police say 65-year-old jimmy lee dykes is holding the boy in an underground bunker stocked with supplies. only means of communication through a narrow ventilation pipe. the boy is autistic. medication has though been