captive warren weinstein in the time leading up to his tragic death. joining me now live from bangkok, you followed his story from his captivity and efforts to get him freed for many years. yes. when i spoke to one of the negotiators involved in speaking with warren weinstein s captors, he expressed his shock and his grief to hearing this news from the president of the united states saying we were so close to another proof of life, from the captors. we really can t believe that we re hearing this. and he told me that last proof of life came last june in 2014 when warren weinstein was allowed a phone call with his wife, elaine. and that was the last time, according to him, there was proof of life. they were hoping for more and he felt that the captors were,
would be willing to release warren weinstein, but the changes kept coming. first they asked for money. they asked for hefty ransom. then they changed that to wanting the release of al qaeda figures in exchange for warren weinstein. that s when things became complicated. but the lines of communication he told me were open, one-way remind you. he went able to contact them. they would always contact him. great grief, of course. and his family expressed their grief both at the mistake by the u.s. drone strike, the pakistani government for what they said isn t doing enough, and of course the captors of warren and giovanni. natalie? yes. i was reading that. president obama s phone call to mr. weinstein s wife was one of the most difficult things