and so tyler hicks was the first person to make a run for it he has pretty of the most combat experience of any of us. and there was a structure, a small building off to the side of the road. and he ran around to take cover behind that building. and we all sort of followed him. and when we got around, they were, it was adrenaline is running pretty high. and there is a lot of anger and hatred are. and they, you know, if you can imagine from their perspective, they had been told by qaddafi, you know, all these werners are spies and they are against you and you should kill them. and so of course that's all they know these will ignorant young guys. they see us and they have their guns on us and they say get on your knees and we all these these soldiers. and anthony is the only one who understands arabic. and there was a point on which we're all on our knees and they are saying get on your face. and each one of us just assumed that is when we would get executed. and, in fact, anthony said that he heard them say, shoot them. and another guy said you can't because they are american. and we even

the four, reporter shadid, steven farrell and photographerers lynsey addario and tyler hicks were held take-- captive tore six days often beaten and abused. after multination negotiations they were released on march 21st into the custody of turkish diplomats. their driver is still missing. joining us to talk about their experiences and the wider libyan battlefront are anthony shadid, and lynsey addario. welcome to you both. tony shadid, beginning with you, you went through an incredible ordeal. tell us, give us a flavor of it and what it told you really about the nature of this conflict right now. >> well, i think, you know, we were taken by surprise somewhat that libyan forces had ensierk-- encircled the town. after we were leaving, in a battle we thought might be seminal in this town called ajdabiyah, we ran into a check point that i think lynsey identify first as a government check point. we were captured. we were bound, blindfolded later and then, you know, set off on a long odyssey across the country until we arrived in tripoli. i think what we saw as we went across that country a