over the weekend. the fbi confirmed the authenticity of the images and told the family with high confidence that she is dead. a top u.s. official tells nbc news that the pictures showed her dead with trauma injuries. they are not inconsistent with injuries that an air strike caused but don't know when or how it was caused. isis said that an air strike killed her. which jordan denies. >> this was the organization held her against her will and that means they are responsible for her safety and well-being and thereafter responsible for her death. >> the president said the 26-year-old who dedicated her short life to helping others quote, represent what is best about america. his administration and key members from the hill are working on a proposal to use military force against isis. the president is expected to send that final draft to congress as early as tomorrow. we start with nbc news senior

white house correspondent chris jansing on the north lawn. and chris, the white house said they are aware of other american hostaging being held in the region. what has come out of the white house today on this? >> reporter: we know of public reports of one more hostage and josh earnest said he doesn't want to go beyond that because there is a belief in the intelligence community that talking about it is not necessarily helpful to their safe return but there are been reports of other american hostages. the president learned about the death of kayla mueller over the weekend. he has spoken to the family a couple of times, including to offer his condolences after confirmation of her death. the white house put out a statement saying she represents what is best as america and expressed her freedoms of what we americans enjoy and what others around america strife for. and they said the united states will find and bring to justice

the terrorists responsible for kayla's captivity and death and that leads us to the broader conversation about the uamf the authorization for the use of military force which they have been working on for and since the middle of january. take a look at the guidelines. we don't know what the exact wording will be but we know they want to end this open-ended one after 9/11. so there has been talk about making it three years. no geographical suggestions and some suggest it should be limited to iraq and syria and others say the president and the military need to be able to go where isis goes. it would limit fighting to isis and future groups that evolves and leaves open the option of combat forces. this is where it is likely to get sticky when the negotiations go on and whether or not there will be bootsond on the ground and what would the wording be so

specific as to say only in the case of americans who are caught in dangerous situations on the ground. so those are the kinds of details being worked out but there has been almost unprecedented outreach to the hill. there has been a lot of conversations with top congressional leaders about how this should be worded because both sides have suggested republicans and democrats that they know this will be a lot of debate, it could take a while to get through and start with some hearings on the senate side but could be a matter of weeks if not months before there is finally a vote and a decision on how to move forward with that. >> chris jansing at the white house for us. thank you, again. let's bring in shane harris and from the brookings institution, kenneth pollack, a former persian gulf military analyst. ken, i'll start with you. you just came back from iraq and wrote a piece saying that isis is losing on the battlefield in

iraq but where they have the most power is induceing fear and overreaction not on the battlefield but in videos and by killing our people. is this what is going on here? >> this is part of it. and we need to recognize while there is a military piece to this campaign the military campaign is more important. and this is what i talked about in my piece. look at the name. it uses terror for its purposes. it is trying to frighten other countries to deter them and it is trying to speak to the disenfranchised youth of the arab world, people angry and frustrated and looking to strike a blow against the powers that they think oppress them. for these people these actions by isis help in their recruiting. so they are trying to frighten up and reach out to people who they think will be receptive to their message. >> shane, we got confirmation

with kayla mueller was dead between of communication between the family and isis. what do you make of an american family communicating directly from this group that we don't trust and do not negotiate with and we fully understand and respect their deep need to know what happened to their daughter their sister their friend. could it make it harder for the state to do what it has to do when you have an american family talking directly to them and spreading the information they may want to be spread? >> i think the lesson here is the family was in the position of having to negotiate and make the outreach on their own because frankly the government is not doing a lot to directly try and negotiate with isis. we have a very strict no ransom policy. the administration is coming under fire that they are not marshalling all of the resources of government to get the families out. so here you have the muellers in a desperate situation trying to

keep any means of communication open that they might have with the people who took their daughter and responsible for her death. it is a tragic situation but the families find themselves having to try and reach out on their own. >> and ken, when we look at what is happening in jordan they are stepping up and taking a leadership role and both military, and we saw the queen to join the fight against isis how do you think this is changing the dynamic of the fight? >> i think it has been a very interesting development. and obviously we need to be careful. it is not clear how long this enthusiasm will last but trier to the killing of lieutenant al kaseasbeh was ambivalent in the fight against isis. they didn't like the fight and hate but they faced the shia in both iraq and syria and many of the sunnis were more afraid and concerned about the shia than

about isis. i think the killing of the pilot has changed that view in the short-term and focused most of the sunni-arab world on isis is clearly bad guys we have to get rid of them and whatever else happens with the shia. >> shane, tomorrow if the white house does release as expected their proposal for the war powers it will be a significant day in foreign policy history. the first time a president asking for war powers since the iraq war. what do you think the limits are that matter here? because most of the congressional leaders, including the republican leaders on both sides of congress have said the more wide open the better? >> i think the limits that are most important are on the question of ground troops. right now we've been fighting a war against al qaeda in its associated forces with no geographic constraints or restrictions. the air campaign is not intense against isis but it is persistent and going on for

months. what most people will tell you is we are killing isis fighters at the rate they are replacing them and ultimately this campaign will change and hinge on the question of ground combat as the attention turns in spring to take back mosul in iraq from isis. so the key details are what re restrictions does congress place on the president. >> thank you both as always. and the family of the american hostage kayla mueller will address the media at the top of the hour. and we'll bring it to you live right now. and right now the jordanian forces are heading live to the border. and we have on the ground in amman straight ahead. and coming up a cycle exclusive. an interview with the top prosecutor who knows a thing or two about trying terror. and domenica is here with the

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i rise today to mourn the tragic death of 26-year-old humanitarian aid worker kayla mueller of prescott arizona who had been held by isil terrorist in syria since august of 2013. we and i am heartbroken for the mueller family at the loss of

their beautiful beloved kayla. the thoughts and prayers of the people of her home state of arizona, her country and the civilized world are with the mueller family at this terrible hour. >> senator john mccain acting to the news that one of his constituents was killed after being held as a hostage. we'll hear john kirby at the pentagon talking about isis. >> when the u.s. government says that they have -- they had information there were no civil yaps at this location and go on to say, as josh earnest did, that this cast doubt on the claim of isil that kayla mueller died in an air strike my question to you is how confident are that that you know what was at that site? >> what we said jamie, is we see no indication and we have no indication that there were civilian casualties as a result of those strikes. or collateral damage.

so that is one. two, we've also said this was a legitimate target a known weapons storage fashion that isil had been using. we had hit it before. at least twice before that i know of. not uncommon for us to go back and hit it another target because sometimes they go back and use targets that have been hit in the false assumption once hit, it is safe and we can go back there and use it. not uncommon for us to go back and hit a target multiple times. we do not know the circumstances surrounding her death. i said that to lena. but i can tell you we still see no evidence that casualties were the result. >> rear admiral john kirby at the pentagon talking about kayla mueller. jordan is upping the ante in the battle against isis.

keir simmons is following this from the capital of amman and joins us live now. what is the latest? >> reporter: well toure, the jordanians are joined by the united emirates and they have been helping with air-strikes through today so no let-up in the pressure of air power on isis. a number of other developments that could get lost amid the very important and understandable reporting of what happened to kayla. one thing is that the iraqi deputy prime minister said he does not believe that iraqi forces are ready for a ground offensive because those troops that have been moved to the border here have raised people's concern about whether there is a ground defensive against isis about to get underway. well the iraqi prime minister suggesting that wouldn't be smart. not, at least, he said for a

month. and another important development is an interview that president assad did with the bbc overnight and in that interview, he suggests that there has been occasional, through third parties if you like contact between the allied forces and the syrian regime and that has the potential to do damage to the increasingly united front shown by powers in front in this region combined with the u.s. to fight against isis with this air power because president assad is seen as a negative force by many, many of the governments here, is seen as having killed many thousands of syria's citizens. and so people will be concerned, if there is some indication that there is communication between the syrian regime and the forces busy fighting isis.

it is a really complex region and what happened to kayla is absolutely heartbreaking and incredibly difficult for an american family seeing their daughter caught in kind of what is a three-dimensional chess board of diplomacy and difficult tensions in the area. >> indeed. keir simmons in amman. let's turn to jam borger from the brookings center with u.s. relations. welcome, sir. media has been -- and up coming author of isis the state of terror. media has been important to isis so i'm curious as to why you think that with the kayla mueller situation, they would skip the opportunity to create another video? >> well we don't know the circumstances that kayla mueller died under but there are hazards for anybody in that region whether it is being hit by an

air strike or death by disease or by accident or an attempt to escape. so what we've seen in the past is when isis can control the circumstances of hostages' death, they do it and they use it to theatrical effect and since that didn't happen this time, i would speculate without firm knowledge, they lost control of the situation in some way. >> and so when you think about the head of isis al-baghdadi, we've heard reports, unconfirmed, he's been injured. can you tell us about him. he's a shadowy figure and he's not seen often and what is his impact and how that impact will hurt them? >> he has been hurt before and that has been said before and i wouldn't put much stock in that until isis announces something. what we know about al-baghdadi

is he is educated in islamic law compared to other terrorists even though his organization doesn't reflect that. he was a prisoner at camp buka and we believe that he helped build the network that eventually became isis there, with other prisoners. he's a powerful figure in terms of the symbol he presents but not a strong presence in terms of being very advisable. we've only seen him once. we've had a lot of audios but operates from the shadows. his loss may not completely upset the organization from that. >> jim i want to read something you wrote for foreign policy magazine. al qaeda has been urging attacks for years with little success but within short months isis has been highly successful at motivating support hes to act out and siex people in missouri are facing federal charges involving isis and accused of sending aid to militants in

syria via social media. why are lone wolves clinging to isis more than al qaeda? >> well isis has a very different approach to how it reaches out to people than al qaeda did. al qaeda for all of its violence and incredibly prehistoric views on how the world should be run, it sent out a pitch, a recruiting pitch aimed at convincing people who -- thoughtful people to join their organization. and what isis has done is inverted the narrative and they will take anyone and their propaganda is aimed at stimulating people who are inclined toward violence rather than trying to racially convince them to create violence. and i think you can see there are obvious utility in taking that approach. if what you want is just to see headlines and that is a lot of what isis wants. >> and what does your research tell us about how isis uses social media? >> well isis has an extremely

organized social media presence. they have a fairly large group of supporters including a couple of thousand supports who are really much more active than other supporters and order neri twitter users. so certainly in the second half of 2014 we saw that deployed effectively. they were able to insert their messages into research results and win spots on third-party aggregators of twitter content to say their hash tags were trending. in the interim we've seen suspension of accounts by twitter. >> jim berger thank you. and inside of islam, a deadline is approaching fast. we'll have that next.

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the president with angela merkel maintained that the u.s. and the allies are just about done negotiating when it comes to nukes. >> the issues are significantly clarified where we are at a point where they need to make a decision. >> the deadline for deal is march 31st and the president insists that is a firm date. but israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is a fly in the ointment insisting on speaking before congress next month to present his case against a deal. the president is refusing to meet with bibiwhen he comes here next month. alli is in the capital of tourn. >> reporter: well ayatollah said he would go along with any deal made. but other remarks tend to be geared toward powerful hard-line loyalists and he said no agreement is benefit that runs

contrary to the nation's interest. they said they will not add anything contradictary to the country's idea [ inaudible ]. he suggested they want the sanctions lifted swiftly rather than gradually. and this is a major sticking point in the negotiations. along with the size and scope of iran's enrichment capacity. last week at the munich security conference iran foreign minister said this is the best opportunity to seal the deal but if it didn't happen it is not the end of the world, indicating that iran has made a massive effort and if the deal fell through, it would be america that will get the blame. tomorrow is the 36th anniversary of the islamic celebration and the president is due to give a speech which is sure to shed more light on iran's position in the negotiations as they head toward a very very critical

phase. susan. >> ali, thank you very much. now joining us from the white house, we find jonathan allen, blockberg's washington bureau chief. thank you for joining us. >> good to be cycling. >> so we heard alli tell us there is a hard deadline and they are trying to position it as if negotiations don't prove fruitful it is the u.s.'s fault. when we look at the politics of this a hard line in the sand here, it plays well politically but is this the right strategy for the president right now? >> i think it is the only strategy he has. mueller family i think this is something he came into saying there could be a limited window on. they didn't want to get into a position of negotiation that dragged on and allowed the iranians not give up that much so they will say there is a line in the sand. we'll see if we meet that deadline without anything

happening, whether that is a hard line. it is something people on capitol hill do all of the time and then negotiate past it. >> and speaking about the politics of all of this. but former secretary of state henry kissinger in recent testimony to the senate that i wish got more play and unfortunately it did not, if he said if other countries thinks that america has approved the development of enrichment capability within one year of a nuclear weapon and if they then insist on building the same capability we will live in a proliferated world in which everybody, even if that agreement is maintained will be close to be triggered. >> it is a proliver -- >> proliverated. >> yes.

it is a tough word. yes, and the u.s. would like to stop other countries from having them. once iran gets close to having them or developing them trying to prevent them is difficult. you see how that is with the russians. >> and with skepticism there is a legitimate foreign policy deal that a deal could be a bad thing and that a deal itself could lead to a slow but long-term increase in iran's strategic power and yet choosing between bad options and the folks behind you in the white house there, not having a deal also would seem to lead to a really bad situation where you go out to say what is theality turn -- the alternative, war with iran or strikes that may or may not take out the facilitim and we have a

congress that hasn't been able to deal with isis in six months and big on chris six in the white house but why do we think they have a solution that would be viable for confront is iran. >> we have a congress that hasn't dealt with strikes against assad that have long since gone and will deal with a military authorization for isil. i think that you are right, there aren't good options here and the iran power, through whether it is being able to enrich uranium or whether the united states is lessen gauged in the region which the nuclear weapon, and that is why we don't have a debate with them. >> and netanyahu is still planning to come and present his case to congress and very controversial situation there. is netanyahu possibly hurting his cause by going through

and -- with this and giving this speech amid so much controversy? >> yes. bibi to go with a yesterdayish word he has got this [ inaudible ]. but in the end, while president obama has a lot of support from the american jewish community and a lot of people in the american jewish community view netanyahu with weariness if not out right disdain, that is not necessarily true in israel and this fight with obama is not bad for his politics. he would prefer to come here and not have the fight but i think he will go through with the speech and backing off for him would look terrible in terms of foreign policies and it will make him look weak and democrats will find other places to be. >> jonathan allen, we love it when you cycle with it. and you might want to go because there is a black

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welcome back. now we turn to a cycle exclusive. some of the most powerful people in government are the ones you rarely hear from. especially the nation's federal prosecutors who handle law enforcement priorities like terrorism, espionage and political corruption. i sat down with the top

prosecutor in new york preet bharara. he is leading several major corruption investigations and we spoke about money in politics and prosecuting terrorists and his push for unusual reforms. >> today we are unseal a criminal complaint charging the long-time leader of the new york state assembly sheldon silver with public corruption. >> when prosecutor preet bharara announced federal corruption charges against one of new york's most powerful democrats in late january, it was a day many thought would never come. >> i believe i'll be proven innocent. >> speaker silver has amassed titanic political power. silver also amassed a tremendous personal fortune through the abuse of that political power. >> that power began crumbling immediately after the indictment. democrats striped silver of his leadership post and in bharara's first interview since the arrest the top prosecutor said

he wants to root out corruption. >> any time a significant public official elected by the people is arrested it is a big deal. i think it goes to a core problem of honesty and integrity in the state legislature. >> bharara has prosecuted more than a dozen officials and he said their crimes hurt regular people. >> they decide how much taxes you pay and how much rent you pay and what schools you can go to and they decide a lot of things that matter to people. you see someone who has sold his office to line his pocks and compromised his integrity and ethics with respect to how to make decisions on all of the issues that i mentioned that effect people's lives and it is a problem with democracy. >> working with the fbi. he has busted politicians with damming evidence. and cash bribes stuffed in manila envelopes and secret handoffs in hotel bathrooms and lawmakers candidly talking about

how albany really works. >> [ inaudible ]. >> if half of the people in albany would call for what they do they would never call for the same place your father is at [ inaudible ]. >> i asked if that defendant was right? were half of the state legislators corrupt? >> i hope it is not half. most of the people in public service are in for the right thing. there is a statistic that some people think that you are more likely to be arrested as a state senator in new york than turned down at the polls and when you have a degree of corruption that deep and pervasive and frequent that is a big problem and so the defendant that you are referring to seems to have have it a little bit right at least. >> and bharara spoke about his disagreement with andrew cuomo, the governor of new york. bharara seized evidence from an anti-corruption commission after

it was terminated. >> it would be empowered to bring corruption cases for a much longer period of time. >> the governor said he could no longer talk about the commission because of bharara's review but in our interview, bharara said that was not true. >> i don't think i or anyone else has said any particular person shouldn't be talking about how he or she made decisions publicly no. >> while bharara is investigating the top democrat in new york he has warmer relations with chuck schumer. the senior senator hired bharara as his counsel and recommended president obama tap him for the current post. >> how often do you talk to the senator schumer? >> probably ten times in the last year. >> do you deliberately avoid talking? >> i think you do your job to be independent as you can possibly be. >> he said that independence is

vital and they take on politician regardless of party. we have to be independent and fearless. we are not elected so we don't have political clubs to be beholden to and we do this job like the oath requires. >> beyond politics he has prosecuted some of the most significant cases in the nation recovering over $9 billion of bernie madoff's fraud, and sending a terrorist from guantanamo to a u.s. prison and securing a life sentence for time square bomber shazad and those have propelled some to the top in new york. >> you are the current high officer. are those shoes tough to fill. >> yes. we were established at the same

time as the republic and there have been great leaders of this office so there is a reputation to uphold. >> bharara is also expanding the legacy and values associated with the office. beyond putting felons behind bars, he scored a conviction rate of 96% in 2013. he's also trying to reform how they are treated while in prison. >> why do you care what happens to these people who have been convicted of a crime and are over there in prison? what do you see that as part of your job? >> it is an essential part of our job. our job is make sure we are upholding the rule of law. just because you are behind bars doesn't mean you are beyond the constitution. >> he investigated the second larger prison in rikers and enforced reforms. >> the city has decided to adopt reforms, including the suspension of solitary confinement for 16 and 17-year-olds. that is progress right there. >> is that because of your work?

>> i think it is in part because of our work. >> and he believes when the prison fails inmates, it fails society as well. >> if and when they get out of prison, they are much more likely to be danger to the community because you haven't done anything to help them. you taught them that the system is not fair and nobody cares about us and if you care about law enforcement at large, not just notching victories in your belt and sending a certain number of people to jail that is not what the enterprise is about and that is not what the department of justice should be about. >> and that is u.s. attorney preet bharara. tomorrow in part two of the exclusive interview, we talk wall street, insider trading and his future and the man who locked up several members of al qaeda about his assessment of the new terror threat. you think that point, from your work that isis is also a direct threat to new york? >> well the answer to that and the rest of the interview airs tomorrow on "the cycle." try alka seltzer reliefchews. they work just as fast

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good afternoon, i'm domenica davis in the storm cycle. we are finally saying goodbye to the boston snow shower. some residual snow showers but the storm is over and they are finally going to be clearing out. so saying goodbye to the snow. but a new storm to talk about and it is coming in by the end of the week. so yes, if you do believe it we have another one. and this is one of the models pushing the storm in here around friday.

right now it looks like it will be plowable snow of about 3-6 inches but not something they could use. so that is friday. and then again by the end of the weekend on sunday we could be talking more snow for the new england area. other than that, we are talking very cold temperatures as well for the northeast. so another arctic front comes down. here is a look at the five-day forecast. boston is 24 with light snow showers on wednesday and another system moves through on thursday and that could bring an additional 4 or 5 inches of snow and by the end of the weekend. and check out the temperatures on saturday. only in the teens. and that is not just in boston. that is up and down the east coast. so winter still very much in effect. toure. >> domenica, next time bring us good news. and now in a letter note in the guest spot the most compelling story, the film nominated for the best picture, the imitation game and dives into how the british helped to

defeat the nazis and how a man who happened to be gay was still harassed and shamed. keira knightly and benjamin cumber batch are the stars. talk about why you wanted to make this film and tell this story about world war ii valor about a gay man who is brilliant and still besieged by the state. why tell this story now. >> i think it is not impossible to be outraged. it is like if albert einstein was not known about. he is one of the most important individuals. he saved millions of lives. he's the forefather of computer science and still pushed into the shadows of history because

he was prosecuted as a gay man. >> and i agree with you, he was a genius like somebody on the level of einstein. when you thought about who you wanted to play him, what were you looking for to draw out the character? >> when i read the script i picture pictured benjamin. you wonder what is going on behind him? he is a many layered actor. we didn't want someone to do the cliche mathematician, we wanted to do a more complex -- because that is what the story deserves. and he is such a talented and dedicated actor and such a gentleman. so i love working with benedict and i can't praise him enough. >> and keira knightly plays joan and the only woman in this group

of brain workers. >> you got him to like you. >> yes. >> why? >> because i'm a woman in a man's job man's job and i don't have the luxury of being an ass. >> i'm a woman in a man's job. i don't have the luxury of being nice is the way i would put it. talk to us about her in all of this. >> kiera really wanted this part because i think she could really relate to it. women wasn't appreciated for being smart or being intellectual. she wasn't allowed to work with the brainy stuff. there was so many women, but they were all clerks orling linguists or doing all the paperwork and dirty work with the men doing the important work. she was the first woman allowed to work with the men. it was these two outsiders that

saw something. it was a very unique friendship and kind of a unique love story between them. >> any specialty involves speaking in code. if you're a car buff or hockey expert you can speak in code without others. do you think there's something about being on the inside or breaking a code that everyone can relate to? >> i think there are so many things here to relate to. he struggled by actually -- everyday dialogue was complicated for him in many ways. he could walk away during the middle of a dialogue if he didn't think you were interesting enough. he was so smart. his work is so staggering. i wanted to make this movies who celebrates outsiders, those who think differently, those who aren't burdened down by nor

normality. >> you get that classic tension around war. they breakthrough they break the nazis code but they can't led the world know because they have to keep the secret and save many millions of more people. >> thank you for bringing it to life. thank you for being on "the cycle." >> good luck at the oscars. >> what better way to watch the "the imitation game" or any movie than with chocolate. i got the learn about the art of chocolate making at godiva. we'll be right back. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

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a developing story right now. you know that american woman kayla mueller who isis claimed a couple of days ago had been killed, i'm reading right now that there has been a statement from her family confirming that she has died. >> as we have been reporting today, it was confirmed that we lost another one of our own to isis. this time it was a beautiful young girl just 26 years old, kayla mueller. behind that smile was someone who represented the very best of who we are as americans. her family is expected to address the media in a couple of minutes. at the age of 19 before going off to college, her local paper highlighted her work and her

eagerness to make a difference in the world. i love cultures and language and learning about people's cultures. after graduating from college, kayla moved to india where she taught english at an orphanage full of refugee children. she worked at an hiv aids clinic. in 2012 kayla traveled to the middle east for the first time to turkey where she helped refugee families who were fleeing for their lives. i will not let the suffering be normal. it will not let this be something we just accept. this really is my life's work to go where there is suffering. i suppose like us all i'm learning how to deal with the suffering of the world inside myself. i have learned that selflessness is a practice not a place. a journey much more than a destination and then she was gone on the morning that she was

supposed to catch an early bus in aleppo to go back to turkey. isis took her from us. kayla mueller is my hero. as anchors, we report on these horrific stories all too often these days. at the end of the day, we are also human. sometimes it is not easy to just move on to the next story. this past weekend, it finally hit me. i woke up saturday morning and call i could think about was kayla. why did isis have to take her? why did they have to kill her? according to a u.n. report they are resorting more to raping beheading, crucifying and burying people alive. this is really as bad as it gets. it is sickening, but it is also a reminder to me of who we are

as americans. kayla mueller is who we are. she was not helping people in need for a big salary or media attention or the pursuit of celebrity. she was there in uniform. she carried no weapon other than goodwill. she should remind us that we are a shining city on the hill that the world is looking to for leadership. we are the good guys fighting against evil and we owe it to her to get our strategy right. kayla's parents today said it best. she was a compassionate and devoted humanitarian. she dedicated the whole of her life to helping those in need. we should all strive to be more like kayla. the captivity of an american hostage takes a tragic turn as a fresh fight over war powers comes to capitol hill. it is tuesday, february 10th, and this is "now." >> we may be on the verge of a

escalation in the fight with isis terrorists. >> the family of american aid worker kayla mueller has received proof that their daughter was killed. >> she wanted people to stop this fighting that has killed so many people. >> u.s. officials cannot confirm exactly how or when kayla mueller died. >> isis has always been one step ahead of the u.s. government and of rescuers. >> but this is the tip of the iceberg of what may be coming giving our experience with isis. >> what is not possible to call into question is that isil regardless of her cause of death, is responsible for it. >> it is another reminder that they'll stop at nothing. >> this is just one family that is dealing with something that isis has been carrying out for months now. >> president obama about to formally ask congress for authority to use military force against isis. >> i think he