. >> reporter: unnerving for bowe berdahl and his family who live in the ketchum area. their 23-year-old son is indeed their young son being held in this video. the u.s. military said he was kidnapped while outside his base in southern afghanistan, a region that shares a border with pakistan. on the video his voice cracks as he talks about the family and loved ones he's now a flad he may never see again. >> my girlfriend, who is hoping to marry. i have my grandmas and grandpas. i have a very good family that i love back home in america. and i miss them every day that i'm gone. i miss them. and i'm afraid that i might never see them again and that i'll never be able to tell them that i love them again and i'll never be able to hug them. >> it breaks our heart. like i said, it's like having one of our own kids in this situation. >> reporter: tim and kel baker are family friends. they have known bowe most of his life. >> as long as he's alive, of course, i certainly hope. so that's what we're holding out for, that he will be released. >> reporter: allison ooten, nbc news,

private first class bowe berdahl was captured. they're not talking.family and friends say it may might hearter to get him home. >> it's here. we'll deal with him. we stand ready to help if and all we can. >> signs of love and support are one thing but maybe overrating it, just respecting what they want and kind of following their lead. >> well, the taliban claimed on a website that it has captured a drunken soldier but a military source denies that he was drunk. >> some stories that we're watching in your "morning express" planner. fed chairman ben bernanke talks about how the h economy is going. we'll look at whether the white house is moving fast enough. >>> at 10:45 nancy pelosi speaks in a tribute for the apolly 11 astronauts. >>> of course we're going to have some rough weather, but who has it today? chris is in for rob. good morning. >> good morning. we have two areas of concern. one on the east coast and one across the southern plains. that's where we have severe weather going on right now. we're going to see the threat for severe weather going