and if a special committee is set it it may call witnesses including merkel and edward snoden, the whistleblower revealed the program and has been given asylum in russia. >> reporter: and a video emerged during hostages in the philippines being shot at during a siege last month and they were caught in the cross fire and they fought rebels in the southern city of zambauwanga. >> the maker of the video shows hostages shouting at the army not to shoot. they are waving the white flag in surrender and nearby carrying weapons are said to be more national liberation from rebels. [gunfire] the military is believed to have opened fire and some fall while other scamper for safety. and he is no stranger to conflict and fought as a soldier when they first sought independence at the end of the 1960s. now the very same fighters are the ones who held him hostage. >> translator: we were so happy because we thought a cease fire had been declared and nmlf were the first and then they retaliated and then i was hit with shrapnel in the head and another shot in the stomach. >> reporter: the philippine government has

agency hacked into e-mails of the previous government led by phillip and it's documents leaked by edward snoden said they spied on nieto. they are allied with the taliban and taken with him packed with guns and high-tech equipment and he was part of a 20-man special forces unit in kunar and he switched sides and joining the islam organization and jennifer glass has more. >> reporter: a problem in the area and if he doesn't come back they are threatening to launch a military offensive in the area, local elders say they are trying to negotiate the return but he surrendered to a militant leader who is his cousin in islam. it's been a problem in the afghan forces insider attacks and the afghan military has gone to get lengths to vet people in the ranks to make sure they have no ties to the militants and he has been planning this since he joined the afghan army and he was a captain in the forces, one of the more elite forces in afghan military. >> reporter: nato say roughly 50,000 soldiers, 26% of the army desert every year and unclear how many they went to insurgent groups like the taliban but they