if nicolas henin and photographer pierre torres went missing over three months ago in syria. the information has been kept confidential but today their families decided to make a public announcement. our international affairs editor douglas herbert joins us now. what do we know more about the state of these two men and why the families decided to release the information? >> first, let's go viewers who they are. two more hostages have been added to the growing french toll of hostages throughout the world. most of them today in africa, specifically west africa dating back to 2010. at least 10 or 11 french hostages held. we found out these two new hostages, we found out about them through a statement released to their support committee, hostages in. one of them is nicolas henin basically a journalist with many years of experience across the arab world and africa as well. he has covered somalia, he has been to yemen, he has been in egypt, he was in iraqi. -- he was in iraq. he, along with photographer pierre torres who was on his second trip, both appeared june 22. there have bee