By families of hostages. The big change families wont be prosecuted if they attempt to pay ransom. However, it remains official policy for the United States not to pay ransom. Speaking from the white house, president obama said this new directive should foster a better working relationship between federal agencies and the families. No family of an american hostage has ever been prosecuted for paying a ransom for the return of their loved ones. The last thing we should ever do is to add to a familys pain with threats like that. Msnbcs kasie hunt joins me now from the white house. Talk us through these big changes here and how they address concerns for hostages families while at the same time opening up more concerns instead for terrorists and especially when there are no guarantees here. Reporter frances, that is the question whether this is something that might encourage some of these groups to take more american hostages because theyre explicitly opening the door to letting people kno
He saw one person running away or the back of one of them running, so he approached the camp with caution, and a jug of water on the table, and open jar of peanut water. And dna samples, fwhou evidence that they are getting any help on the outside, but on the other hand, we are learning new details of the help they received from the breakout and now gary tuchman on the hunt. Reporter the people who live in the tiny hamlet of owls head new york have never seen anything like this. We have evidence that the suspect mace have spent time in a cabin in this area. We have Law Enforcement officers from around the state the and around the nation here today searching for more evidence. Reporter the breakin suggests that the men need provisions provisions, and they are desperate. That is what a source tells cnn. There are lots of police here but they cannot patrol the every trail, and they have a trail where they believe the men are. The adirondacks are beautiful, but this is the topography where
New york. We have developed evidence that the suspects may have spent time in a cabin in this area. We have Law Enforcement officers from around the state and around the nation here today searching for more evidence. We cannot get into the specifics of the evidence that we have recovered while investigating this particular lead. We dont want to put information out in the public that could jeopardize our investigation which is number one objective is to find sweat and matt and put them back in prison. The region around danamora. Remain vigilant about reporting anything that is out of the ordinary. This is especially true of seasonal camp owners that are now that the Summer Season is here if you return to your camp a and anything is out of place, call 911 immediately. We also want to renew our call to those who have trail cameras set up around the region to let us know if you have captured footage of any suspicious activity. No lead is too small for us to investigate. Law enforcement is
Nothing official. Lester holt whos been filling in for four months has known nothing. And so has his staff. Everyone there has been in the dark as the top executives plot Brian Williams future. At this level its about negotiations between Brian Williams attorney and those top executives. Those negotiations have reached a point where theyve got an agreement. Theyve got an agreement to have him come back to nbc, but not as the nightly news anchor. What will he be doing . Almost nobody knows. Is the thinking on bringing him back he can somehow rehabilitate himself, and thats the hope . Regardless they would have had to pay him out a certain amount of cents on the dollar. Part of the calculation in all these cases is you might not want to see the person across the street at a rival network or doing something new and different. You might not want to compete with them, so youd rather keep them inhouse. And tens of millions of dollars were on the line here. Brian williams was until february t
Good morning. Welcome to morning joe. By the way, second place in New Hampshire. Its worth mentioning. Hes in second place in New Hampshire. Look at this. Trump in second place in New Hampshire. Focusing on the wrong candidates. So jeb bush is 14 . Donald trump at 11 . Scott walker seven, carson. Christie who may be announcing soon. Rand paul 4 . Lets go over to willie geist. What say you about this most Shocking Development that has the political world in titters . I say its june of 2015. I also sat margin of error is 4 . If you move that down, there are a lot of people clumped together. But donald trump, many people consider him to be a joke. Yes. Hes to be taken seriously. We have a whole Political Blog set up for. That before we get to the news i want the baby fwh thisin this video. How about the man . Look at the baby. So cool. This guy what game is this . Cubsdodgers. I got my baby. Im feeding him. Excuse me. Yeah. Excuse me. Come on. Come on. Awesome. But thats a man right there