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The Hunt for Syria’s American Prisoners

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ABC News

News, Daily News, Politics

4.56.4K Ratings

🗓️ 13 December 2024

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

U.S. officials say a video of a young American captive found in Syria appears to be Travis Timmerman, who went missing months ago. President Biden gives clemency to more than 1,500 convicts. And the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau plans new limits on overdraft fees. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

It's Friday, December 13th. It wasn't the American they were looking for, but they'll gladly take him.

0:06.0

We start here.

0:07.0

An American is found in Syria after months of imprisonment.

0:14.0

In pretty good shape for someone who'd been held captive for, you know, seven months.

0:19.0

It's a sign there could be more out there, including one everyone's on the lookout for.

0:23.5

President Biden already issued clemency to his son.

0:26.3

Now he's granting it to hundreds of others.

0:28.7

They do say this is the largest number of commutations by a president in the single day.

0:32.6

A big day in Washington for the current and future presidents.

0:36.0

And every time you go in the red, they go further in the black.

0:39.4

You overdraft and you pay $35, your coffee ends up costing you almost $40.

0:43.6

But now a new rule could put a price limit on overdraft fees.

0:49.4

From ABC News, this is Start Here.

0:52.7

I'm Brad Milky.

0:58.4

Thank you. ABC News. This is Start Here. I'm Brad Milky. In the days since Bashar al-Assad fled Syria, we've uncovered more and more signs of the

1:03.6

terror and torture he inflicted on his people. Vast numbers of prisoners were released from those jails where he housed his enemies.

1:13.5

But there's one person U.S. officials have been particularly desperate to find.

1:17.6

Maybe this is the moment that will lead to his release.

1:20.5

And I know that we are actively hoping and praying for that.

1:23.1

Austin Tice is a freelance journalist, the kind of guy who goes to a place and then tells

1:27.5

U.S. news outlets, hey, I'm here, your regular people aren't, I can send you coverage from

1:31.8

some of the more dangerous places on Earth. He went to Syria in the spring of 2012 and filed

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