the james w. foley legacy foundation works in helping journalists stay safe as they do their important work. the organization was founded by diane foley in september 2014, less than one month after jim's public execution. i am a fellow alum of jim from marquette university. i graduated before jim and did not have the pleasure of meeting him in person. but i had heard of him through our marquette networks when he was first taken by libya in 2011 and eventually released. the fact that he returned to the region so he could continue reporting on the stories that needed to be told, despite knowing directly the grave risks involved, to me, is the embodiment of moral courage, which this foundation represents. the foundation's supporters are committed to ensuring the freedom of americans taken hostage overseas, and that their safety and return is a priority for america. as part of that mission, the foley foundation works closely with the national press club secure the release of our two american journalists hel

the james w foley foundation works in helping journalists stay safe as they do their important work. the organization was founded by diane foley in september, 2014 a month after jim's public execution. i graduated before jim at marquette university but did not meet him in person but i had heard of them throughout market networks. -- marquette networks. the fact that he returned to the region so he could continue reporting on the story of the news to be told despite knowing directly the grave risks involved to me is the embodiment of moral courage which this foundation represents. we are committed to ensuring the freedom of americans taken hostage overseas and with their safety and return a priority for america. as part of that mission, the foley foundation works with the national press club to secure the release of our two american journalists held abroad. diane foley is currently serving as the president of the foundation. civilians are being used as pawns by hamas. we are strongly concerned about the more than 150 hostages taken. senator chris van hollen on the foreign relations co

maria: joy to be the mother of james foley in the james w foley legacy foundation founder and presidentou for being with us this morning, your son james was an american journalist kidnapped in 2012 while covering the syrian civil war he was held hostage for 21 months before being killed by isis in 2014. thank you for talking to us about it this morning, does the war in israel relive all of this for you. >> it definitely does. it is the same awful hatred coming through particularly targeting of innocents is horrifying. maria: so brutal. how did you get through it. >> through my faith and a lot of good people who have walked with me through it all. i think that's the only way any of us can get through this kind of horror. the good has to triumph all this evil. maria: what would you expect from the administration from congress in terms of finding the americans that are missing, how did your situation play out when you wanted answers and needed information. >> nothing worked out. it was not a priority to get the americans out. thanks to the work of many good people and the foley foundation

he says "today we remember not only james foley, but also the risk journalists for dangerous places to shine a light truth. it is a true leader. saluting all of you for your commitment to that mission." we honored diane foley is here today. she will give her remarks in a minute. this will be followed by a panel moderated by a professor of the school of journalism and the washington, d.c. news service. also the chairperson of the foley foundation. we are also honored to have ofpanelists here from the new yk times, the voice of america and a representative who has worked for years at the center. i wanted to thank mike smith a reporter of coastal point and fellow board member on the oanational press code word of governors newsmaker. ii also wish who are the cochais of our headliner team. a membership in the event coordinated here at the club. diane foley. [applause] >> thank you, eileen. thanks to the national press club and all of you for taking time to be here. c-span covering our news today. the foley foundation is deeply committed to journalist safety. we want to ensure that both aspi

nearly two years after his disappearance, james foley was murdered. med and upload to youtube under the title, a message to america. jim was 40 years old. jim's mother diane foley has since made it her mission to advocate for the freedom of all captive and wrongfully detained americans around around the world. diane joins us now. she's president and founder of the james foley legacy foundation. and, diane, i always think to myself, you and i may speak about something else. but unfortunately, we don't. so, thank you for being with us. given all that you have been through, just it brings it back for you every time, doesn't it? every time this happens, it makes you think of jeff. >> this is particularly horrifying this time because of the disregard, really, for innocence and so many brave journalists out there risking their lives, and they might not know what's going on. it is truly horrifying. >> the families of the hostages with whom i spoke really wanted israel to focus on the release of their hostages before anything else. however, we are watching the

diane foley, mom of james foley, is here with you. the you are the founder of the james w. this is work so heroic. i can't imagine being a mom and going through this. the people that have shared their stories with me, they rock me to my core. i wonder how you do this work. >> well, if we can help any family in this situation, it's healing. it has been healing to me. i mean, since all this happened to jim, we have had hundreds of americans come home. the horror of it doesn't change. this has been so, so worrying to me. to be honest, the assault on innocence is very similar to what happened in syria. jim was some of the western hostages that were taken. there were thousands of syrian locals, citizens who have gone through the same horror. that's why it's so horrific to see it again. the heinous human rights violations of just no limits, you know, no limit to taking children, elderly, ripping families apart. that part is just so horrifying. the hatred that would make a human act like that. >> to another human. >> yes. it's just horrifying. >> what works in these situations? >>

we recognized our mistakes from what happened with failures for james foley and kayla mueller and thehat i sat over, along with my partner, roger carson's, special presidential envoy for hostage affairs. when americans take that entire enterprise synchronize is our efforts. what we've recognizes it need to be connected to the international community as well. so we have started building those exercises and strengthening that connective tissue, trying to build for the worst-case scenario. nobody envisioned something this catastrophic. but it is you highlighted earlier, this is an international community problem. there is an opportunity to go back to the united nations, and 1979 convention of hostage taking identifies hostage taking is a violation of human rights and criminal law. >> the fact that this is something, to some degree the international community is looked at is a problem that needs to be solved and, an exercise that needs to be run, is heartening in a moment that seemed so chaotic and without end. such a pleasure to have you. i really appreciate your

abdelhi left for the middle east for jihad in 2013; he was suspected of murdering american journalist james foleygo in a rented apartment in spanish almeria. how did he return, sailed with migrants on a wooden boat from algeria. but what about poland and its authorities for many years, representing their country abroad almost the last. a month before the parliamentary elections , skeletons fell out of the closet with a roar, it turned out in asia in africa, for money, we are talking about amounts up to 5,000 euros for documents issued for work permits; according to the newspaper rzeczpospolita, there are suspicions about 250,000 such visas. poland is breaking all records in the european union, 35% of all schengen visas with work permits are the result of the efforts of our consular service. the head of midpolis, piotr wawrzyk, who was fired when everything was hidden for at least six months, gave verbal instructions to the consuls not to check the criminal records of non-europeans who applied for visas, this was reported by the polish edition dennik newspaper pravda, in general, as the outstandin

left for the middle east for jihad in 2013, this he was suspected of murdering american journalist james foleygrants on a wooden boat from algeria, but what about poland, its authorities for many years they represented their country abroad as perhaps the last bastion of europe on the path of orth migrants. a month before the parliamentary elections, skeletons came out of the closet with a roar; it turned out that in asia and africa, work permits were issued for money, we are talking about amounts of up to 5,000 euros for documents. according to the rzeczpospolita newspaper , there are suspicions about 250,000 of them. poland breaks all records in the european union: 35% of all schengen visas with work permits, the result of the efforts of our consular service. deputy head of midpolis piotr wawrzyk dismissed, when everything was hidden for at least six months, he gave verbal instructions to the consuls not to check the criminal records of non-europeans who applied for visas, the polish publication denny gazeta pravda reported this. in general, as the outstanding polish satirist stanislaw jazele

diane foley will talk about her son, james foley, captured and killed by isis terrorists.eaking at me vent today. we will air it live at 11:00 a.m. eastern. you can watch here c-span.org or on c-span now. now, your phone calls. any public policy or political issue you want to talk about. this is todd in west virginia, independent. caller: i am worried about -- what i am thinking about is that nobody is talking about why is hamas wanting to kill all the jews? what did they think -- why do they hate israel so much? this is a religious war. why are they wanting to kill all the jews? the jews believe in god, right? islam believes in a god. i want to know why are they wanting to kill all the jews? host: 20 think happens in the coming days or weeks or -- what do you think happens in the coming days or weeks or however long this goes? guest: i think it is going to keep getting worse. i ran -- iran, we will have to do something with iran. i do not understand democrats acting like iran ain't got nothing to do with it. what do they have to do? i understand. we all believe in a god.

tom: we last saw james foley on our last trip to london. she had a foreign-exchange strategy.ket really try to grapple with that question today. yesterday we had the predictable market reactions. move into gold, for instance. we had oil up. there were no signs of panic. the lack of panic means investors didn't react slowly in one direction. that is why we saw the recovery today. as you keep pointing out those moves are fading and investors are lacking conviction one way or another. that is key will be whether this conflict expands. we have seen the u.s. move aircraft carrier ships into the vicinity of israel, trying to calm tensions in the middle east. whether that is significant or -- tom: when we have war and we try to be rational, do we just migrate to usd? >> first of all we have to understand there is a difference here between the sheer horror of some of the events we have heard about over the weekend on the human scale, the sheer terror and panic and despair related to that and the markets the markets have no heart. the market tries to look at issues like will oil supply

left for the middle east for jihad in 2013, he was suspected of murdering the american journalist james foleyists 3 years ago in a rented apartment in spanish almeria, how did he return, complemented by migrants on a wooden boat from algeria, and what about poland and its authorities for many years representing their country abroad as perhaps the last bastion of europe on the path of ortmigrants. a month before the parliamentary elections, skeletons came out of the closet with a roar; it turned out that in asia and africa, work permits were issued for money, we are talking about amounts of up to 5,000 euros for documents. according to the newspaper rzeczpospolita there are suspicions against 2500. poland breaks all records in the european union, 35% of all schengen visas with work permits are the result of the efforts of our consular service. the deputy head of midland, piotr wawrzyk, who was fired when everything was hidden for at least six months, gave verbal instructions to the consuls not to check the criminal records of non-europeans who applied for visas, this was reported by the polish

diane foley, the mother of late james foley joined a panel that examined the importance of safety trainingor young journalists and countering online threats. from the national press club, this is just under one hour and 10 minutes.