this was the british aide worker allen henning.'re just joining us, we are getting pretty significant breaking news into cnn that peter kassig, also known as abdul rahman has now been beheaded in syria. he had been held in syria for about a year, ever since october 2013. he had gone to syria to help victims of war-torn syria. that is what he was passionate about, what he was pursuing. he did work as an army ranger in 2007. he was deployed in iraq and decided to go back because he became passionate about the middle east and about -- and passionate as well about helping war-torn victims. if you're just joining us, we're getting pretty devastating breaking news into cnn that peter kassig, also known as abdul rahman, 26 years old, he had gone to syria to volunteer as an emt over there, helping victims of the war. that was what he was passionate about. we are getting pretty sad news right now, that he has been beheaded, that isis has released a video of his beheading. this is a man that people had just really admired for his compassion,

revealed they kassig in october following the beheading of allen henning.sig was abducted delivering aid to syrian brutalized by the civil war. he converted to islam while in captivity. he spent the last seven months pleading for his release. in an interview from margaret brennan they shared a letter from their son. >> he said if i go down for this, i want everyone to know i went down for a good cause. what more can you ask? >> the video was released the day after the chairman joint chiefs of staff martin dempsey made a secret knowledge visit to iran. y jeff. >> julianna, thank you. we turn to juan zarate. this video is different than the ones we've seen before why is that? >> adding to the number of beheadings that are portrayed. it may also be that mr. kassig refused to go on camera and propound the propaganda that others had before their execution. they are more open who's doing the beheadings. that may be a reaction to the crit sivment of the group by not who is doing them and why. the under degree of stress that doesn't allow them the production value

isis had revealed that they had kassig in october following the beheading of british aid worker allen henning was an army ranger in iraq and then turned to humanitarian work. he was abducted delivering aid to syrian brutalized by the civil war. he converted to islam while in captivity and changed his name abdul rachman. his parents spent the last several weeks pleading for his release. in an interview from margaret t senan, they shared a letter from their son given to them by a released hostage. >> he said if i go down for this, i want everyone to know i went down for a good cause. what more can you ask? >> reporter: the video was released the day after the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, general martin dempsey, made a surprise visit to iraq. he thanked troops and told them the battle against isis was starting to turn but it would be a drawn out campaign lasting several years. >> glor: julianna, thank you. we are joined now by our national security correspondent juan zarate. jaun as julainna noted, this video is different than the ones we've seen before why is that? >> isis is trying t

followed by the british aid worker david haines as well as allen henning.is also known to be holding british journalist john. also killed thousands of iraq and i sear kwr*er vinnie soldiers in its campaign to establish an islamic state. zeina report now from beirut. >> reporter: he helped assist lives of syrians wounded in the war. that is what peter kassig was doing in lebanon for about a year before he decided to help those living inside syria. he left in october 2013. only to be captured by the islamic state of iraq and the levant. a week ago his friends in the northern city of tripoli added their voice to an international campaign to persuade ice toil release him. they were hoping that the fact that peter, who became known as abdul, convert today islam in captivity would have helped spare his life. even his close friend who was a syrian from homs had hope, but now he is lost for words. >> what i should say to his family? that we are sorry for your son die in my country and toll when he came to my country to help my people, and who kill him. people say t

the families of james foley, david haynes and allen henning.eigh pray for the safe return of all remaining captives held on all sides of the civil war. we remain grateful for the many, many words of support and prayers from all over the world on our son's behalf. we ask people to continue to pray are for the safe return of all captives being held unjustly and all people being oppressed around the world and especially for the people of syria, a land our son loved. heartbreaking words right now, fredricka, from the family of peter kassig. obviously they learned this news today. they had waited for the confirmed reports from the u.s. government to come forward and make this statement. we do at this point know that we will hear from paula and ed kassig tomorrow. they are planning to go on camera, to make a statement. we're told they won't be answering questions but they do want to come forward and speak. >> prayers going out to them indeed. thank you so much, alexandra. >>> doctors say a surgeon being treated for ebola in the u.s. is extremely ill.

allen henning celebrating his life at the private memorial service in london. the 47-year-old taxi driver was one of several western hostages executed in graphic videos by the terror group. >>> and talks over iran's nuclear program entering the homestretch in vienna. negotiators have two more days until sitting a self-imposed deadline. iran's foreign minister meantime says he remains confident a deal can be reached. >> we'll be talking about this for a while, the debate over immigration. now back in the spotlight on capitol hill, president obama signing a pair of executive orders delaying deportation for as many as 5 million illegal immigrants. a move republicans say that goes against the will of the american people. leland is reporting live with more details about this. good to see you. >> reporter: nice to see you as well. today president obama really doubled down on what he has been saying all along. he released his weekly address from his vacation there that he's on in las vegas. many say this latest executive action is now basically giving amnesty to some

the previous victims, allen henning and james furlic were beheaded this way. they've been seen on camera before. this is a much longer video. it is the most barbaric of all the isis videos that i've seen so far. it shows the execution of people, it says, are from the syrian air force. it's a mass execution in most barbaric way. the man addresses the camera and tells this is peter kasic that has been beheaded. the man that does that is seen in another video clip actually beheading someone. this is the most barbaric of the videos that we've seen so far. and also the video also is longer and it talks about the history of isis and it talks about the plans and it draws attention to where isis is making around the middle east. there is the most barbaric that they've done so far. >> typically whether they release these videos, they've been used to forward some type of public relations aim. you could give us some sense of what the public relations motive here with this new video might be? >> all of them seem to have an aim of repreechlt through education and grandizin

responsible for the beheadings of americans james foley and steven sotloff and david hanes and allen henningis a marked man, the world's intelligence agencies would love to get to him. >> reporter: he's believed to have lived in london and had extremist ties there. >> you came to iraq four years ago. >> reporter: investigators used voice analysis and human sources to try and pin point his identity. >> he's believed to have been based around raqqa, the isis headquarters town in syria. >> reporter: isis has ratcheted up the brutality in its latest video, showing multiple beheadings of syrian soldiers. but the video does not show peter kassig prior to his death. the video shoes isis may be wary of coalition air strikes. >> they're afraid of having multiple cameras out in the open could serve as a giveaway from people targeting them from the sky. >> reporter: u.s. officials and law enforcement say they want to bring this man to justice. one official said, whether that's on the battlefield or in a british or u.s. courtroom is to be determined. >> pamela brown, thank you. other isis killers appear

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