51 after the hour. this morning you are learning more about the fate of those americans who were apparently captured while fighting for ukraine. nbc s molly hunter has the story. reporter: this morning the families of three americans are desperately trying to get them home. russian state media published a propaganda video allegedly showing u.s. veterans andy huynh and alex drueke appearing in captivity. nbc news is not showing the video. according to their families, they went missing more than a week ago near the eastern city of kharkiv where they were voluntarily fighting alongside ukrainian troops. after the video surfaced, joy black said in a statement, they re americans, we want them home, nothing else matters right now. the state department has not commented on the video or confirmed the names of the three americans. according to his family, the third american also a u.s. vet is grady kerpaz, in regular touch until the end of april. everything seemed to be good. he was in good
reporter: so you, andy and alex all came here with your eyes wide open? maybe not wide open, but i think we like to think so. they didn t know each other . when they came but sharing a small tent quickly changed that, he says. they are its best. i have rarely made friends that quickly, with that strong of a bond. where one went, its other two were usually close by. it was the three of us. reporter: all the more gutting when wynn and druky were captured leaving him to notify their loved ones. those two first phone calls letting them know that they were missing, were without a doubt the hardest phone calls i ever had to make in my life. listening to joy black, alex s fiancée, it was. extremely difficult having to put sort of a sergeant s voice to her.
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