>> he refused. we did meet in the white house with many high-ranking officials but he did not see us. >> reporter: and no one in the about to happen. u.s. special forces, which have carried out a number of successful high-risk rescue missions, like this one, had been authorized to launch a secret rescue operation for kayla and some 18 other hostages. >> it turned out that the hostages were no longer at that location. >> reporter: it was a dry hole. they just missed them. operation at significant risk to rescue not only her, but the other individuals that had been held, and probably missed them by a day or two. >> reporter: one week later, in arizona. >> we got a nasty e-mail from isis that said because of what your arrogant government attempted to do, your daughter has 30 days to live. >> if you fail to meet this deadline we will send you a