but i think this group, the cut somehow is so is led by a guy, joseph wilson, known as lamore, san ju, who is extremely, it looks to me from watching as videos like a sociopath, very talkative guy, you would think, but the seems to be, have no compunction about what he does, no, no reserves, and what he does, the u. s. has, despite those, you know, people talking about military invention, been fairly quiet when it comes to the situation level. and you said that they won't negotiate with the hostage takers, but there are federal agents, u. s. federal agents on the ground. do you know anything about what they might be doing and is their job just become much more difficult because of everything that's going out in the st? well, i'm not sure what they can do. of course, in haiti it's not like working in the united states. you're dealing with a very different social reality, different culture. i imagine they're interfacing with the police, but now that the police chief lay on charles has been replaced. i think that, you know, there may be a lot of fluidity in the police and from having vis

. >> reporter: tonight, wilson joseph, the gang leader authorities believe is holding those 17 missionaries hostage, sending a chilling message. if he doesnt get what he wants, he will put a bullet in the heads of the americans. authorities investigating the video circulating online that shows him standing by coffins he says hold five members of his gang who were recently killed. and threatening the prime minister and the chief of police saying, "i will make you guys cry blood." authorities believe his 400 mawozo gang is holding 16 americans and a canadian hostage. among them, five children, including an 8-month-old. the fbi is negotiating with the gang, who are demanding a million dollars ransom per person. >> these families are from communities in wisconsin, ohio, michigan, tennessee, pennsylvania, oregon and ontario, canada. >> reporter: today, a spocksperson from the ohio-based christian aid ministries group read a statement from the families and asked for a day of prayer for them. >> we thank him, that he is god, and ask him to hear our prayers and bring our families home. >> reporter:

. >> reporter: the threat from 400 gang leader wilson joseph was chilling.idnapped last weekend. from its stronghold in the suburb, the gang has terrorized this community for years, kidnapping now a hallmark tactic to make money. something this french priest knows firsthand. we met him in a church compound in port-au-prince when he told us how the gang took him and others in april. he says, "we had to go through there to get to a work event and were intercepted by young men with guns. the grabs forced our driver to follow them. that's when i knew we were being kidnapped. it i just kept call." they were taken to a more rural area and forced to sleep outside in cardboard under a tree and were moved to one abandoned house and another in difficult conditions to say the least. he says, "it was like a dark hole, like a prison cell, the last place we were in, with no windows. at the beginning they were giving us food once a day, but by the end they stopped feeding us. they forced us to go hungry," he said, believing it was a negotiation tactic. a source in haiti's

so the main player in this, of course, is an individual named wilson joseph.e person who made that threat against the missionaries. he made it on a video that was shot apparently at a funeral of several gang members who he said were killed by the police. that's where we stand and waiting for authorities to tell us more. back to you, kate. >> all right. joe, thank you very much for that. >>> turning to the crisis in afghanistan, the state department now says that it's in touch with more than 360 u.s. citizens still in the country. that's more than trip it will estimate given by the biden administration after the chaotic withdrawal this summer, and about half of the americans still there have indicated they want to leave afghanistan. kylie atwood is live at the state department with more. what are you hearing from the state department about this? >> reporter: listen, kate, the state department yesterday briefed congressional staffers, and according to my colleague, jennifer, what they told those stamps was there are about 363 americans who are still in afghanist

we can show you a picture of wilson joseph.he gang from a wanted notice that authorities actually put out back in december of 2020. we know according to a source his demands so far have been $1 million per person, which would total up to $17 million, jake, in a total ransom demand. and he made this threat in a video that was taken allegedly at a funeral for fellow gang members in the video he said that these gang members were killed by haitian police. but it is a very striking development and something that we know speaking to sources in haiti's security forces that they are taking very seriously. it shows you how tenuous these negotiations can be because just a few days ago we reported from a source again that the calls that have taken place between the kidnappers and the christian aid ministries, the group these missionaries were working for were calm but obviously this video really changes the nature of the negotiations. >> 17 missionaries including five children and they're asking for a $17 million ransom. matt rivers, than

. >> reporter: good morning, so, this is wilson joseph, the leader of 400 mawazo, the group now holding the hostages will be killed. he made that threat on a video at a funeral of members of his gang that he said had been killed by police forces here in haiti. also important to report that this gang apparently has provided authorities with proof that the hostages are still alive. as you know, earlier this week that group demanded $17 million, 1 million for every man, woman and child they were holding. important also to say that typically in the kidnappings here in haiti, and there have been hundreds of them over the last couple years, what you do find is an outlandish sum of ransom will be demanded and that number eventually will be negotiated down. and one other thing i think to say here from haiti before we leave you is that the police chief here in haiti has abruptly resigned. it was abrupt, but not necessarily unexpected because the prime minister here was under pressure to get rid of him due to the problems with security and kidnappings. back to you. >> a country with a kidnapping

. >> the gang leader wilson joseph has demanded $1 million for each of the hostages which we should remembersay they believe the video threat is legitimate. joining us live from haiti, joe johns. the kidnappers provided proof of life for the hostages. where does this stand? are there negotiations under way? are there considerations for paying some sort of ransom? >> anybody's guess, but i can tell you there are concerns about actually paying ransom, simply because it could cause problems for other americans who might be kidnapped down the line. i have to tell you, this group is not known to be as sadistic as it were as some of the other gangs, but at the same time, across this country, since last year there have been hundreds and hundreds of these kidnappings, which create a very worrying situation for the united states, simply because this is the country a few hundred miles off the shores of the united states. the white house deputy press secretary was asked about it just yesterday. here's what she said about the problem. >> we have been working closely with the haitian national police to t

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