bipolar disorder and even 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 how many americans are still held. our defense secre
to kill a sheriff in texas. two guns linked to the fast and furious operation were found near the murder scene. the fbi is under criticism about the benghazi take. top libyan officials including the prime minister and intelligence chief. the trip to tripoli comes as a key suspect in the attack was recently released by tunisian officials. the attack on the consulate left four americans dead. two fighter jets escort a plane with an accused hijacker on board. they got word an hijacker was on board. the man was questioned. but the fbic says the passenger didn t seem to be a threat. he slept through most of the flight. they are trying to determine if the call was a hoax. what caused two planes to collide at miami international airport. people were freaking out looking outside. we found out a plane had hit us. it would be something similar to an earthquake. they described what it was like when a wing of an argentinean airline clipped the wing of another plane. passengers
0 the sahara desert. we still have no confirmation of how many hostages escaped from yesterday s operation and how many were killed. certainly, we think six foreign workers were killed. we also are hearing from a local news agency that one of the militants is saying 35 of the hostages were killed. that s unconfirmed. the numbers keep on changing, reflecting how hard it is to get information out of that site, deep in the sahara desert. also, that the situation on the ground keeps on changing. it is ongoing. there are some reports that the militants are still holding on to some of their hostages. the algerian government say they had to act in the way they did yesterday because the islamic militants were threatening to move the hostages. certainly the government didn t consult any of the foreign governments around the world who are concerned about their citizens. the only foreign involvement that we know of is that a u.s. surveillance drone was over the plant. marah. all right. thank yo
used. we ll give you a close look at this extraordinary piece of american history. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. let s begin this hour with the breaking news. algeria s official news agency has just announced the end of a rescue operation aimed at freeing hostages, including americans held by islamic militants. u.s. government officials tell cnn that may not necessarily, though, be the case. let s get straight to our pentagon correspondent chris lawrence working this story for us. chris, be what is the very latest that you re hearing? wolf, the latest that we re getting from u.s. officials is that some americans may have escaped but some may still be held by those hostage takers and they are still seeing signs perhaps of some intermittent fighting, suggesting that perhaps this isn t over yet. as the hostage situation stretched to a second day, u.s. officials scrambled to find a resolution and determine the state of the americans still in militant hands
tight-lipped, but moments ago jay carney did say this. we condemn in the strongest terms, a terrorist attack on bp personnel in algeria and we re closely monitoring the situation. megyn: greg palkot monitoring this situation live from london now, greg? reporter: it s been fast-shifting story all day and according to multiple sources there s an algerian operation ongoing to try to free the hostages held by islamic militants linked to al-qaeda at the a natural gas complex in southeastern algeria. that operation could include helicopter gunships, ground troops of the algerian armies and hearing reports of explosions as well as a lot of confusion on the ground which is maybe the claims have been so wild today about the results of this operation. an algerian source was quoted saying that 25 foreign hostages were free, including americans, and then a militant claimed that 35 hostages were killed, along with 15 captured and now we re getting the official algerian government li