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chained to a bed in a mexican prison. his family says he did not commit any crime, and they want help on this from the white house. they want to get him home by christmas. oureoured henry asked about it yesterday we don t know all the facts of the case, what he did or didn t do, but his family is asking the white house to look into it. is there anything going on on to ascertain the facts to see if he s really innocent or not, because again we don t know the question. i ll have to take the question. i don t know the tphablgt facts on that so i ll have to take the question. martha: that surprised a lot of people. there is a picture of him chained to the bed, his parents john and olivia hammer join us live next. bill: how this want to be beauty queen just made billionaire donald trump a whole lot more money. martha: merry christmas. [ whistle blows ]
he is seen shirtless and chained, you can see on his ankle there is a chain that leads to the end of that bed. he is facing charges for carrying an antique shotgun, according to his family, across the border. that former marine s parents, olivia and john hammer join me now. good morning to you both. it s good to have you with us this morning. thank you for having us. good morning. martha: i m curious, when you look at that photo, obviously, you know, as a mother of two boys i can only imagine what it is like for you to see him in that condition, olivia. it was just stunning. i just can t totally wrap my head around it. martha: mr. hammer, take us back in terms of what your understanding is of what happened, how he tried to get that gun, he was on his way to costa rica with a buddy. they were going to take a brick and go hunting in costa rica. what did he do to make sure he would get the gun there legally? he didn t cross the border. he went to the border and he
steven moore, thank you very much. we ll see what comes of this. plan a, b, c and m. have a merry christmas. bill: and you. martha: it was a daring prison escape like something you d see in a movie. inmates used bed sheets. the old bed sheet trick? it actually worked. bill: sometimes it does. the parents of marine veteran john hammer optimistic that he might be released but they did not get any help from the government. john and olivia hammer are with us live in a moment. we ll ask them what they told bill o reilly last night. certainly they have not come out and asked for his release and secretary of state hillary clinton hasn t said anything. no, they told us they can t do anything. is that right the state department said they can t do anything? over and over, yeah. oh, that is a bunch of bull.