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Harri Anne Smith, a state senator in Alabama, has been in close contact with five-year-old Ethan's family since he was taken hostage last week. She said there are "lots of smiles" now that he's been freed and former FBI hostage negotiator Clint Van Zandt discusses the details of the case. (TODAY)

A 5-year-old boy was found safe on Monday after law enforcement agents stormed an underground bunker in southern Alabama. The boy's kidnapper was killed. NBC's Gabe Gutierrez reports. (Nightly News)

NBC's Gabe Guiterrez reports that the hostage standoff, where a man was holding a five year-old boy in a bunker in Alabama, has ended. (Martin Bashir)

A survivalist and his 5-year-old captive remained in a bunker in southern Alabama on Saturday as top hostage negotiators continued to communicate with the man. NBC's Gabe Gutierrez reports. (Nightly News)

Alabama state senator Harri-Anne Smith and Alabama state representative Steve Clouse have been in touch with the family of the five-year-old boy being held hostage in a bunker. They discuss the case, saying the boy has a medical condition and medication has been delivered to him in the bunker. (TODAY)

A school bus driver was fatally shot in Midland County, Ala., by a man who boarded the bus with children on board and then abducted a six-year-old student. He is holding the child hostage in an underground bunker. WSFA's Samuel King reports. (TODAY)

Intelligence officials tell NBC News four of the five Americans working at the natural gas complex survived: two escaped and two more are being held. The kidnappers are saying they will exchange the US hostages for two high-profile terror suspects currently in US custody. NBC's Stephanie Gosk reports. (Nightly News)

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton condemns al-Qaida-linked militants for taking hostages and seizing the isolated plant 800 miles south of the capital, Algiers, in the Sahara Desert. Watch her entire statement. (NBC News)

Andrea Mitchell talks with Ben Affleck about his new film "Argo," a film that focuses on the real-life story of American diplomats taken hostage in Iran in 1979. (Mitchell Reports)

An American aid worker kidnapped last summer in Pakistan resurfaced Monday morning in a video message released by al-Qaida. NBC's Richard Engel reports. (TODAY)