that is your worst nightmar imagining what is happening to your child a note with big demands left by mysterious kidnapper who seemed to know all, se all. they are watching the house and then the victim hersel calls. her mom jumping into work with police, would hand over th ransom herself if i didn t jump the mone properly, that would be the en of her she dropped the cash all right but who picked it up that s where everything went wrong? that s where everything wen wrong. kidnapping case about to go way off script her story did not mak sense. what was really going on? i ve been a cup for 11 year and i blush when i listen to the tape a story with more twists an turns in the florida roads trying to find this missin mom. this case was not going t turn out like a lot of peopl assumed. thanks for joining us i m lester holt. whenever someone is kidnappe it triggers a race against tim as police often joined by th victims family begin a frantic search that s w
america s 246th birthday. we have so many wonderful stories to bring to you tonight we display the best of our country. we talk to folks from all across the usa about being american and what july 4th means to them. i take a trip down to nashville and sit down with country music artist and very special guest that will include an exclusive live musical performance tonight that you do not want to miss. i will take you to new canaan, connecticut for a festive independence day celebration. we will hear from americans tonight at the site of the macy s fireworks show. get this, later jimmy will join us. it will be a good time. we will get washington, d.c. from the breathtaking parade there. i go back to my stomping grounds with my unit which i cannot wait for you guys to see. there will be live fireworks from our nations capitol. tonight we celebrate the red, white and blue and the freedom and all we love about the country. before we begin we want to take a moment to send ou
germany, could they have had some connection with the albanian man queen mentioned i her first call to read we walked back, lik crossing the parking lot saw the blue back and one of the guys was joking and said, yeah for sure there s money inside. but in an unbelievabl stroke of bad luck, it turne out to be that these mans were not the kidnappers it becomes pretty clear pretty quickly that these guys were in the wrong place at the wrong time the men were actually college exchange students, two of them played on the same tennis team. they looked at the back and said hey, wouldn t it be coo if there was money in that bag it was really that simple, tha coincidental it couldn t be made up the college student stumble upped on the bad picked it u and got scared when they saw cars following them. they then called 9-1-1 oh we found a blue bag or something on a parking lot and there was a huge amount of money in there and we just wanted to give it to you guys. they came down to
term determined to do something about it. let s listen to this sites and sounds of independence day across america. all that color and. would you like about the fireworks? lurches so-called. i like watching them because they are really sparky and they re really shiny. childhood memories, i remember going to the beach for the family and having barbecues. get the land of the free. we are here just to have som fun. a pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america. into the republic for which it stands. one nation under god. individual and justice for all.