vetting process. like a simple questionnaire, like, do you work for al qaeda? do you hang out with al qaeda? if you had some missiles, what would you use them for? okay, so maybe not so easy. which brings us back to the photo of john mccain hanging out with syrian rebels this week and the big revelation. when this photo surfaced in reports about mccain s secret trip, a guy from lebanon saw it on the news. and he thought to himself, you know, i recognize one of the rebels in that picture. this lebanese guy was on a religious pilgrimage last year, just a religious pilgrimage, and he was crossing through syria on his way back to lebanon and the bus he was riding in was reportedly ambushed by 30 armed men and he was kidnapped and taken hostage along with ten other religious pilgrimage. his kidnappers were from a syrian rebel group, which controls most of the aleppo border along the turkish border. 9 of the original 11 kidnap victims are still being held captive by this rebel group. but one
being held captive by this rebel group, okay? but one of the two kidnap victims, he s been released and he s going through the newspaper and sees this photo. and he says he recognizes this guy seen hanging out with john mccain in syria this week, holding a camera, as the photographer and spokesman of the rebel group that kidnapped and held him captive last year. the former kidnap victim telling the lebanon daily star today, quote, i recognized him immediately. he was the photographer who was brought in to take our photos during captivity. he works with the kidnappers. he knows them very well. now, we cannot and nbc news has not independently confirmed this guy seen with john mccain is in fact the spokesman/photographer from the rebel group that kidnapped a bunch of religious pilgrims just it seems for the heck of it. we cannot be sure whether or not it s the same guy. but really that is precisely what is so disturbing about this accusation from the lebanese kidnap victim, because, drum
plead not guilty. well, you might recall charles ramsey, he s the man who became the hero during the rescue of the three cleveland kidnap victims. well, now, he s about to make some serious money. he has been invited to be a part of this elite speakers group, but the downside of all of this newfound fame is many have already used his name and likeness without his permission. when did you realize something was wrong? charles ramsey, you know, the former cleveland dishwasher who saved amanda berry and launched a thousand unintentional one-liners. i was barbecuing with this dude. we eat ribs and whatnot and listen to salsa music. i knew something was wrong when a little pretty white girl ran into a black man s arms. my father would have whooped me if he found out i coward out. you have to have some cojones.
a hoax. at a news conference yesterday, several of those officers gave heartfelt accounts of what they experienced when they found amanda berry, gina dejesus and michelle knight alive. they said no training could have prepared them for the emotions of that day. an austrian woman has advice for the three women in cleveland. a unique perspective. she knows what they went through based on her own painful experience. and she s encouraging them to savor every moment of their newfound freedom. she spoke exclusively with our matthew chance. what exactly happened on that day? i walked down the street and i saw a man. if anyone can understand what the cleveland kidnap victims must have endured, it s natasha. she took us to the streets in
she had two children and, but her, you know, her kidnaper did plead guilty to kidnapping and rape charges so i think that s something we can look at as a precedent for this. pam brown here in cleveland with me, thank you very much. of course that road to recovery is likely painful for these kidnap victims. no one knows that better than colleen stan. she was abducted and kept in a box for seven years. her incredible story of survival and hope will amaze you. let s head back to atlanta and victor blackwell is standing by with some of the other morning top stories. live pictures from the international space station. an emergency space walk has started and we re looking at mission control and these are the two men who are going out on this 168th space walk at the iss, chris cassidy and tom marshburn, they have done each two space walks in the past so this is not the first for them.