How to select value from view model?

[Eric]

I have a kendo combobox that I'm populating from a remote json call.  I'm also binding a json object to dom elements.  Is there a way to bind the selected value of the combobox with the id returned from the json \ viewmodel object?  Thanks

<input type="hidden" data-bind="value:Id" /><br />

         <input type="text" placeholder="First name" name="FirstName" maxlength="30" data-bind="value:FirstName" id="id_firstName" /><br />

         <input type="text" placeholder="Last name" name="LastName" maxlength="30" data-bind="value:LastName" id="id_lastName" /><br />

         <input type="text" placeholder="Email" name="email" maxlength="30" data-bind="value:Email" id="id_email" /><br />

         <input id="timeZones">

         <button data-bind="click: save" class="btn">Save</button>

$("#timeZones").kendoComboBox({

              index: 0,

              placeholder: "Select Time Zone",

              dataTextField: "DisplayName",

              dataValueField: "Id",

              filter: "contains",

              dataSource: {

                  type: "json",

                  transport: {

                      read: "/api/TimeZone/Get/"

                  }

              }

          });