{"id":438,"date":"2014-10-12T17:43:42","date_gmt":"2014-10-12T21:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/press.nbcnews.com\/?p=438"},"modified":"2014-10-12T17:43:42","modified_gmt":"2014-10-12T21:43:42","slug":"parents-of-isis-hostage-speak-out-on-nbcs-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2014\/10\/12\/parents-of-isis-hostage-speak-out-on-nbcs-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Parents of ISIS Hostage Speak Out on NBC&#8217;s &#8216;TODAY&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"news-details-headers\">\n<blockquote>\n<div class=\"large-medium-txt black-color news-details-subheading\">Peter Alexander Sits Down with the Parents of Abdul-Rahman Kassig Paula Kassig on Her Son: &#8220;We haven&#8217;t abandoned him&#8221; Interview To Air on NBC&#8217;s TODAY Tomorrow, Monday October 13<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"large-medium-txt black-color news-details-subheading\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"press-release-body\">\n<p>NEW YORK &#8211; <span data-term=\"goog_1330868766\">October 12, 2014<\/span>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0Paula and Ed Kassig, the parents of American ISIS hostage\u00a0Abdul-Rahman Kassig, sat down with NBC News&#8217; Peter Alexander in an interview to air<span data-term=\"goog_1330868767\">tomorrow<\/span>, <span data-term=\"goog_1330868768\">Monday, October 13<\/span> on TODAY. \u00a0Paula Kassig told Alexander: &#8220;We haven&#8217;t abandoned him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The full quote follows. 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