we know we re gonna die in that cage. reporter: but their captors were on edge. for a reason. this is nbc news footage of military exercises on the coast of basilan that september of 2011, about two months into gerfa s ordeal. the philippine military, supported by american advisors, was launching an offensive against abu sayyaf. which, in turn, became so nervous they decided to move kevin, gerfa and her cousin out of that cage and into a windowless room in a farm house about a day s hike away. and then, one of them pulled gerfa from their cell. they were taking her away. and at that point, i was like, oh my god, they re going to separate me from my son. reporter: they told her she would be back the next day. but she was convinced her time was up. that she was about to be executed. were you ready to die? i was ready. i said, lord, thank you for the beautiful family you gave me.
that tiny little cage. which must have felt like a tomb to you. we know we re going to die in that cage. reporter: but their captors were on edge. for a reason. this is nbc news footage of military exercises on the coast of basilan that september of 2011, about two months into gerfa s ordeal. the philippine military, supported by american advisers, was launching an offensive against abu sayyaf. which, in turn, became so nervous they decided to move kevin, gerfa and her cousin out of that cage and into a windowless room in a farm house about a day s hike away. and then, one of them pulled gerfa from their cell. they were taking her away. and at that point i was like, oh, my god, they re going to separate me from my son. reporter: they told her she would be back the next day. but she was convinced her time was up. that she was about to be executed. were you ready to die? i was ready. i said, lord, thank you for the
that cage. reporter: but their captors were on edge. for a reason. this is nbc news footage of military exercises on the coast of basilan that september of 2011, about two months into gerfa s ordeal. the philippine military, supported by american advisers, was launching an offensive against abu sayyaf. which, in turn, became so nervous they decided to move kevin, gerfa and her cousin out of that cage and into a windowless room in a farm house about a day s hike away. and then, one of them pulled gerfa from their cell. they were taking her away. and at that point i was like, oh my god, they re going to separate me from my son. reporter: they told her she would be back the next day. but she was convinced her time was up. that she was about to be executed. were you ready to die? i was ready. i said, lord, thank you for the beautiful family you gave me. and i said, if you want me to
happened to travis forbes that weekend. he apparently had second thoughts about his own second thoughts. and when i got back on monday, i got a call and they said the deal s back on, it s being finalized, we should be able to be going next week. sometimes taking a weekend away is quite profitable. yes. the weight of the world just got lifted from me. the deal with travis was quite straightforward. no death penalty, no sex crime charges. and in exchange he would give them a complete confession. what he did to kenia and lydia. and one more thing. he would show them exactly where kenia was. and so on a humid morning in september of 2011 forbes found himself in a procession of police cars on a country road northeast of denver. investigators had been here many times before, searching the fields near the farm town of keenesburg looking for kenia. but this day travis had solemnly
they are willing to put the skin in the game, that s the point president trump is ic majority ing. you can t just be in the alliance you have to be a part of it. how do you change that? ed: as you answer that let me just say president trump has just left the presidential palace in france and he s en route with his motorcade to that cemetery where he will be speaking in a few moments. i think over the course of the last two decades since we ve been fighting in afghanistan there are times when our european allies are in the frontlines with us and times where they haven t been and so if i were trying to make the point that we need your skin in the game i d probably look back at the full time period since september of 2011, to 2001 when we ve been fighting together but your point is certainly well taken and where the next conflict is we re going to have to step out together on that but the french look we ve got counterterrorism to deal with it s a major issue that draws no boundaries and