first i want to tell you about jacob. >> it was a sunday night in 1989. 11-year-old jacob wetterling rent a movie from the local convenience store. the store wasn't far away. so jacob's parents allowed him to ride his bike there with his friend aaron and his younger brother, trevor. it was jacob's first time riding his bike after dark without an adult. the boys were on their way home when they were suddenly stopped by a masked man with a gun. the gunman zeroed in on jacob. aaron spoke to "a current affair" about what happened next. >> he looked at me and then he grabbed jacob and he told me to run as fast as i could into the woods or he'd shoot. >> trevor and aaron looked back when they got to the woods, but the masked man and jacob were both gone. jacob hasn't been seen since. >> he's bright. he's got a real clever sense of humor and quick mind. all these things give me hope that if there's an opportunity this boy will be home. >> he hasn't been home in nearly 24 years. the masked abductor has never been identified. but jacob's family still has hope. they live in the same house with

it was a sunday night in 1989. 11-year-old jacob wetterling wanted to rent a movie from the local convenience. the store wasn't far away. so jacob's parents allowed him to ride his bike there with his friend aaron and his younger brother trevor. it was jacob's first time riding his bike after dark without an adult. the boys were on their way home when they were suddenly stopped by a masked man with a gun. the gunman zeroed in on jacob. aaron spoke to "a current affair" about what happened next. >> he looked at me and told me to run as fast as i could into the woods or he'd shoot. >> the masked man and jacob were both gone. jacob hasn't been seen since. >> he's bright. he's got a real clever sense of humor and quick mind. all these things give me hope that, if there's an opportunity, this boy will be home. >> he hasn't been home in nearly 24 years. the masked abductor has never been identified. jacob's family still has hope. they live in the same house with the same phone number in case jacob ever tries to come home. >> nearly 24 years later, jacob's parents, as i said, hold on to hope that he

first i want to tell you about jacob. >> it was a sunday night in 1989. 11-year-old jacob wetterling nted to rent a movie from the local convenience store. the store wasn't far away. so jacob's parents allowed him to ride his bike there with his friend aaron and his younger brother, trevor. it was jacob's first time riding his bike after dark without an adult. the boys were on their way home when they were suddenly stopped by a masked man with a gun. the gunman zeroed in on jacob. aaron spoke to "a current affair" about what happened next. >> he looked at me and then he grabbed jacob and he told me to run as fast as i could into the woods or he'd shoot. >> trevor and aaron looked back when they got to the woods, but the masked man and jacob were both gone. jacob hasn't been seen since. >> he's bright. he's got a real clever sense of humor and quick mind. all these things give me hope that if there's an opportunity this boy will be home. >> he hasn't been home in nearly 24 years. the masked abductor has never been identified. but jacob's family still has hope. they live in the same hou

it was a sunday night in 1989. 11-year-old jacob wetterling wanted to rent a movie from the local conveniencewasn't far away. so jacob's parents allowed him to ride his bike there with his friend aaron and his younger brother trevor. it was jacob's first time riding his bike after dark without an adult. the boys were on their way home when they were suddenly stopped by a masked man with a gun. the gunman zeroed in on jacob. aaron spoke to "a current affair" about what happened next. >> he looked at me and told me to run as fast as i could into the woods or he'd shoot. >> the masked man and jacob were both gone. jacob hasn't been seen since. >> he's bright. he's got a real clever sense of humor and quick mind. all these things give me hope that, if there's an opportunity, this boy will be home. >> he hasn't been home in nearly 24 years. the masked abductor has never been identified. jacob's family still has hope. they live in the same house with the same phone number in case jacob ever tries to come home. >> nearly 24 years later, jacob's parents, as i said, hold on to hope that he is alive. t

like the family of jacob wetterling who was last seen on october 22nd, 1989. 24 years later jacob's motherw the age progressed photo of jacob. how he would look today. it's another story of never giving up hope. today we see there's reason to believe. we see that miracles can happen and do happen. and that's inspiring. don't ever give up hope. sometime the darkest point of night is right before dawn. don't give up. if anything, ohio shows us miracles still happen. thanks for watching. i'm al sharpton. "hardball" starts right now. >>> target, benghazi. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start tonight with this. there have been a raft of charges that fit under the heading, benghazi. the sheer volume of them allows the one making the charge to maintain the offensive. it allows people to take glancing shots at this administration and possibly a future administration without coming up with a sharp indictment that merits hard public debate. so to avoid that confusion, i'm going to divide the charge into four periods. one, events before the benghazi