abc news correspondent alex peres and "nightline" producer chris james spent 48 hours out on the streets with both police and protesters and here's what they saw. >> you are subject to arrest. >> reporter: midnight in ferguson. an entire city bracing for lockdown. >> really like, you know, the last battle. because we've been done unfair. >> reporter: protesters gearing up for another night in his hometown, a city under siege. >> why are you wearing a band a bandana? >> tear gas. >> it's not going to do anything but help me breathe. i won't be able to see. i won't be able to see what i'm doing. >> you must leave immediately! >> reporter: on the other side, police in full force. >> you are violating the state-imposed curfew! >> reporter: armed to the teeth. prepared to do what it takes to enforce a state-mandated curfew. for the protesters, it isn't just about the right to free speech and assembly. they say they're here fighting for their freedom. >> i'm here because i feel like the constitution doesn't have this. >> let the police know that we want justice for this trial. >> reporter: jus

alive, sure. >> first time i heard the rest of the world knew about me. >> and chris, now just about everyone knows james foley. his parents say despite his horrific death, they want the memories to be only positive. chris. >> amy celling reporting live from london. thank you for that. isis terrorists say foley'se execution was retribution for american renewed military strikes in iraq, but president obama is vowing to increase the pressure. wendell goler is with the president on martha's vineyard. >> once again pulled from vacationing from violence, a grim faced president obama said the murder of james foley shocked the conscience of the world, and he rejected the islamic state's claim to be servants of allah. >> isis speaks for no religion. their victims are largely muslim. >> aides say he was briefed on the beheading video as he flew back to martha's vineyard after two days at the white house. he phoned foley's parents and said the nation is heartbroken at their loss. to reporters he said they will act against isis, but he suggested the u.s. won't act alone. >> from governments and people across the mi

chris. it appears that james foley was beheaded and the video of the grisly murder was posted online.e can show you a piece of the video prior to the murder. foley was a free lance photo journalist for the global post news agency. he was kidnapped in syria nearly two years ago. now foley's family has confirmed his death. one of his neighbors in rochester, new hampshire, reacted to the news. >> it is horrible. it's uncalled for, you know, it's something that he is just an innocent person here. and it just makes you wonder what this world is really, really like. >> and isis says it will kill another american journalist if president obama does not stop the air strikes in iraq. live in digital operations center, tracy davidson, nbc 10 news. >>> new from overnight, look at this, a car crashed into the fence of a home in philadelphia's northwood section.ç nbc 10 was at the corner of caster and adams avenues. the accident happened just after 1:00 a.m. you can see the car ended up pretty close to the house there. thankfully no one was hurt. >>> a philadelphia police officer continues to reco

james castello and nurse chris staw -- christa dagnast nie o tied the knot.y met while he was in the hospital recovering from serious injuries in the bombing of 2013. nearly every vendor involved in the wedding and the honeymoon donated their services to this couple. >>> you heard of bear hugs, well how about a lion hug? check out this incredible moment. jonathon hawkins unlocks the gate to the lion enclosure and the cat jumps and leaps into his arms. you can even hear the cat purring. no kidding. the two embraced for 30 seconds. hawkins a teacher who lives in south korea says he has always had a special touch with large animals. >>> tropical storm marie is churning up some big waves on the west coast. surfers are taking advantage of the huge swells in newport beach. some waves were as big as 30 feet. that's the biggest since 19mint 7. the storm brought bigger waves north. surfers in santa cruz enjoyed the waves, but will they be there tomorrow? sandhya patel has a look at the forecast. really unusual. >> those are pretty big waves. no doubt about it in south

fox news digital politics editor chris stirewalt joins me now. james freeman is here along will. et me start with you, now everyone is watching the president to see what his reaction is. is staying on vacation sending the right message? i mean, perhaps it is. maybe it is saying you're not going to change what we're doing. i don't know, how does that work in your mind? >> well the president clearly is not in worried about optics phase or perhaps that very optic he is unperturbed by the circumstance he is trying to create having gone directly to play golf from giving those remarks but look, the issue here has less to do with the optics. we talk about the optics a lot. we slice and dice the baloney pretty thin as we talk about what presidents do and don't do. this however, i would submit this is not a question of about optics. this is a question about choices. the president is faced essentially with binary choice, essentially will he act to destroy isis, or, will he act to continue to protect u.s. interests where he sees them? he gave his answer today and look like not in keeping wha

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james castello and nurse chris staw -- christa dagnast nie o tied the knot.they met while he was in the hospital recovering from serious injuries in the bombing of 2013. nearly every vendor involved in the wedding and the honeymoon donated their services to this couple. >>> you heard of bear hugs, well how about a lion hug? check out this incredible moment. jonathon hawkins unlocks the gate to the lion enclosure and the cat jumps and leaps into his arms. you can even hear the cat purring. no kidding. the two embraced for 30 seconds. hawkins a teacher who lives in south korea says he has always had a special touch with large animals. >>> tropical storm marie is churning up some big waves on the west coast. surfers are taking advantage of the huge swells in newport beach. some waves were as big as 30 feet. that's the biggest since 19mint 7. the storm brought bigger waves north. surfers in santa cruz enjoyed the waves, but will they be there tomorrow? sandhya patel has a look at the forecast. really unusual. >> those are pretty big waves. no doubt about it in so

james castello and nurse chris staw -- christa dagnast nie o tied the knot. they met while he was in the hospital recovering from serious injuries in the bombing of 2013. nearly every vendor involved in the wedding and the honeymoon donated their services to this couple. >>> you heard of bear hugs, well how about a lion hug? check out this incredible moment. jonathon hawkins unlocks the gate to the lion enclosure and the cat jumps and leaps into his arms. you can even hear the cat purring. no kidding. the two embraced for 30 seconds. hawkins a teacher who lives in alwaysorea says had a special touch with large animals. >>> tropical storm marie is churning up some big waves on the west coast. surfers are taking advantage of the huge swells in newport beach. some waves were as big as 30 feet. that's the biggest since 19mint 7. the storm brought bigger waves north. surfers in santa cruz enjoyed the waves, but will they be there tomorrow? sandhya patel has a look at the forecast. really unusual. >> those are pretty big waves. no doubt about it in southern califor

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british authorities believe they have identified the killer of another american journalist, james foley. nbc's chris colon reports from new york city. >> reporter: president obama is back at the white house this morning following a two-week family vacation in massachusetts. he arrives to increasing debate about what the u.s. should do to stop the rise of isis and other terrorist groups in the middle east. sunday, five days after isis executed american journalist james foley, a different syria-based terrorist group released peter theo curtis. he had been held for two years. curtis's mother in massachusetts said in a statement, please know that we will be eternally grateful. meanwhile, security sources say british officials have identified the man they believe killed james foley. despite isis threats to kill another american if airstrikes continue in iraq, the u.s. carried out two strikes on sunday. chairman of the house intelligence committee mike rodgers said the group should be taken seriously beyond iraq in syria. >> the reason isis is so successful is there was nothing deterring them for years. t

[laughing] >> chris: that giant man toddler with a fake beard is event planner james taylor talking about being called in

. >> chris walter, a registered nurse, and his brother james, a psychiatric technician, work with the mentally disordered offenders. >> one of the main reasons that these guys are in here is that the mental illness played a major part in the crime that they were originally convicted on and a huge part of that is violence. the crime was considered violent or had an element of violence within it. >> in my mind, i had already wished her dead so many times. you know, and the only thing that held me back was my dad, i knew that how disappointed my dad would be. >> richard guest was convicted of killing his stepmother when he was 16 years old. he was tried as a juvenile and served seven years in the california youth authority. >> my dad used to do everything she wanted. you know, it was like she was manipulating him. and then whenever he wasn't there, i'd get abused by her, so i just told myself, i'm going to kill her. you know, and i don't care what happens to me. now that my dad is dead, i am going to kill her. and that is what i did. and i went over to her house, and i shot her. >> since

chris voss. thank you. appreciate the conversation. >>> do you remember the headline the question about james foley's death poses about america's policy on hostage negotiation. it's time to negotiate with our allies. >>> standing his ground and refusing to step down in the michael brown shooting case. should he? more than 70,000 people think so. >>> my next headline is from "the washington post." st. louis prosecuting attorney again insists he won't step aside. overnight in ferguson the streets were quiet as protests over the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager turned peaceful, but controversy over the investigation remains. more than 70,000 people have signed petitions calling for robert mccullough to be removed from the michael brown case. they want him replaced by a special prosecutor. critics say his ties to the police are too strong. jay nixon must man up and remove him if that's what he wants to do. missouri state senator maria chapel nadall, is this ethical or practical as to why mccullough should not be the prosecutor? >> well, i would say it's practical, michael, and let me tell you why. w

isis apparently asked our government for a 130 million-dollar, and we will give you james foley back. chrisallace down in d.c. probably one of the topics this week. so gut wrenching this video that we saw of him being beheaded. what does the president do, what does an administration do, do you stop the the air strikes. >> oh, god no, you cannot sit there and pay ransom in terms of money or in terms of policy, because they have people. once you make that currency once you say you take a hostage and we will pay you money or once you take a hostag. suddenly every american in the world becomes a potential bargaining chip. the president isn't going to. we have not stopped since the the foley execution. we have not stopped, continuing air strikes and, in fact, quite the contrary. if you listen to the news conference yesterday at the pentagon defense secretary hagel talked about this being a terror way we have seen anything we have even before. martin dempsey talks about not only taking them out an hitting them in iraq but hitting them in a their home base of syria. i think this is going the the o

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. >> and of course, chris, we're all horrified at the murder of james foley. at the same time, i think people were certainly rattled when they heard that british accent. it reminds us that they have brought in foreign fighters. and what does that say about security in the united states, and isis' ability to carry out attacks here? >> we've also seen in the uk some of the revocations of passports of british citizens who have become foreign fighters. we know that there are at least a handful, at least according to sources, government sources, telling nbc news there may be 6 to 12 who have gone to syria to fight. the question is, when you have those passports, can they get back in to this country? the administration is saying clearly they don't believe that that imminent threat they're talking about is a threat to the homeland. but it's something that is also under consideration. what do we do about americans and other westerners who have passports that allow them access back into europe or into the united states who have gone over to syria to fight? >> chris jan

chris pratt maybe has something to do with that. scarlett johansson's "lucy" earning $18 million. and the jamesc "get on up" in third with $14 million. >>> spoiler alert. during a press conference friday megan fox was asked about the fact that in the new teenage ninja mute tant mute ant movies they were ail wrens. here's your chance to mute it. the turtles were, in fact, aliens. she said, "those people can't complain. they'll all go to the theater. they're going to love it." and if they don't love it, they can blank off and that's the end of that. >>> and star of "the wire" and "12 years a slave" anwan glover was at a washington, d.c. nightclub early sunday morning when he was attacked and stabbed. his condition is not immediately known. >>> what comes after a final "jeopardy!" tie. a rare sudden death "jeopardy!." that's where contestants earned the exact same amount resulting in a winner takes all one-question showdown. >>> and during the filming of the 2006 "blood diamond," this photo of leonardo dicaprio and nelson mandela was taken. however, when mandela tried to get an autographed copy to

james foley. my next guest, christopher dickey is the editor for the daily beast. and chris voss is the with fbi. chris, is there blood on the hands of those paying ransoms in similar circumstances? >> thank you for having me on. first of all, i would like to say what happened with james foley was cowardly. james foley was an honorable man. what our western allies have done is helped create the problem. this idea of ransom that they open the bank vaults to people and give them all the money they have has made it worse. it fed the problem. >> is this more about inspiring terror or a funding stream? the new york times reports $125 million in the last five or so years alone is put forth to isis because of the campaigns. >> terrorist organizations that get into kidnapping very soon come to learn that kidnapping can be a lucrative thing to do when entities and governments respond by dumping out truck loads of money on top of them. it starts out with terror, but it becomes a lucrative things to do. >> christopher dickey, i watched the video. i wish i could unwatch it. you wrote fo

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i am -- >> hi, i am chris says it is working quickly to confirm the authenticity of a video by isis militants showing the beheading of an american journalist. james foley was kidnapped in november of 2012. a video on-line appears to show the free -- freelance photo journalist delivering a statement condemning u.s. airstrikes in iraq and he is then beheaded. the attacker then threatens another american journalist. foley's cousin, kelly says plea honor james foley and respect my family's privacy. don't watch the video and don't share it. that's not how life should be. >>> mosquito fogging is due to wrap up in concord. contra costa crews sprayed to prevent the spread of west nile virus. one person in contra costa county is confirmed to have contracted the virus. to texas where governor rick perry is vowing to fight after being booked on two counts of abusive power. a crowd of supporters greeted him outside the courthouse in austin. the reason is said to have carried out the threat if the d.a. didn't resign following her drunk driving conviction. she didn't and he rejected the funding. perry's mug shot shows him smiling for the camera. he tweeted a p

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chris christie. and with louisiana governor bobby jindle saying he is going to headline a fund-raiser for s a terino. and so we are joined now with our panel. so, jamesdoes a republican govern governor not support a republican for governor? >> well, you can see that he is not going to dump money into the race, but there is no reason to du dumbp astorino. >> and he is in not a republican stronghold, and he has won. >> twice he has won, and twice he has shown that he can get the latino support, and the black support and the democratic support, and anyone who gets to know him will see that he is a formidable communicator with a strong mesmessage, and so it isy too early to write this guy off. >> and so what about you, james? >> well, it is tough to find out what happens with astorino, and he said, we don't pay for landslides, and so what happens is that he has a nonaggression pact with the governor of new york, who is rob astorino's rival in the race. and christie is thank governor cuomo for not speaking out to the him, and that is the thinking of it, they have reach ed a deal where where, where christi is not going to support the man challenging cuomo.

james foley. now isis threatens to kill another journalist if the u.s. does not end air strikes. now the threat is putting lots of pressure on the obama administration. >> yeah. chrisansing is the nbc senior white house correspondent and she's hosting "meet the press" this morning and joins us now with more perspective on what needs to happen, what the u.s. is planning. air strikes in syria possibly. what -- >> that's a key question, right. >> it is. >> one of the ones we're going to be talking about seriously on "meet the press." the question is whether or not where we are now, which is in iraq, needs to be expanded particularly in light of the brutal murder of james foley. there are problems with that, obviously. there's concerns about civilian casualties, concerns about our intelligence on the ground. do we have enough information to make those strikes particularly effective. we do know there is a whole range of options on the desk of the president. he has difficult decisions to make. >> he had a busy week and somebody we want to talk ability who's been in the news, senator rand paul from kentucky, had an interesting kind of week. >> yeah. >> guatemala performin

james feelo and had done their best to fro him. it is two factors, this is going to come out anyway. chris wallace, the anchor of fox news sunday. >> you bet. >> be tune to in to fox sports sunday, chris will be talking to dr. ben carson about ferguson. >> in ferguson, authorities say the crowds were smaller after days of clashes and violence with the police. we are hearing from attorney general holder about the status of the police shooting of michael brown. >> the people were concerned that there was not going to be the investigation that i promised and in fact will occur. we have worked diligently out there. and i have a briefing from the fbi agents and prosecutors who are involved in this case and significant progress has been made and it will take time. >> and in clayton, missouri, adam, what are the demands in this case that are being made? >> reporter: five specific demands that were handed out. the marchers are headed this way and we'll show it to you live. first demand is that officer darren wilson should be fired and he's on paid admip administrative leave. and should be charged

chris wallace in washington. bret baier is on assignment. there is global reaction tonight to the beheading of that american journalist, james foley, by isis terroriststrikes in iraq. first, his parents. they spoke today of the contrast between their son and his killers. >> they're very ruthless. they knew jimmy was a

chris goes down the right-field line. they're the a-6 court for to one on that head. >> james: here and the six inning he gets some help thean the stock. given the four had one run in the a snap their losing streak. but the angels won so when this that have been that in the division. >> james: giants on the road in chicago. he gives up the homer here said anthony rizzo. reza actually sent the ball out of the ball park the car of the leading to to nothing at that point. and that's all the scoring game would see those pretty impressive >> james: top of the fed is when mother nature and intervened and the rain delay as a result. i lasted about 15 minutes but mistakes from the downed crew made the film look like lake michigan. >> james: the crew spent hours trying to dry the film before the game was called. he said the team would protest the loss. >> james: 13 year-old monnet davis and the first little league leader on the front of sports illustrated. citrus today against a hard hitting about nothing. >> james: the 49ers have signed glenn that dorsey to the defense. he was and did the back and all this for what has not been ru

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chris coons presents medals to the buffalo solder regimen. senator coons presented bronze star and four other decorations to first lieutenant james gill yam. fought to become a civil rights leaders. some of his medals were missing. he never received others he earned. >>> good evening, everyone. making your way down through the poconos or up to the poke knows this weekend we are taking you to 476 at mid county tolls, commuting in the northbound direction in the northeast extension you shouldn't find too many problems but you may hit just a blip on the radar, even through the lehigh valley so be mindful of that. 476 itself, southbound or northbound, between the schuylkill and mid county toll plaza looking good. no major problems as well northbound between i-95 and media, speed sensors are at a nice average speed. traveling 42 freeway heading down the shore i think every is already there. 492 looks great. walt whitman bridge we are not seeing too many problems. overall as we look at our wide we will notice speed sensors for a friday afternoon look great in the 50's. ninety-five, 95 around the airport. we slow down southbound approaching 476 a

. >>> then senator chris murphy on the recent acquisition in the simmering war between russia and ukraine. >>> the hunt for the killer of james right foley continues, is an expanded attack on isis imminent? >> the president thus far has not made a decision to order additional military action in syria. >> "all in" starts right now. >>> good evening from ferguson, missouri. i'm chris hayes. on a punishingly hot day here in the st. louis area, thousands of mourners flocked to the friendly temple missionary baptist church in st. louis city to lay to rest michael brown. the unarmed black teenager shot dead by a white police officer 16 days ago. >> yes, we call him the gentle giant. we call him big mike. we call him mike mike. >> michael was a big guy, but he was a kind, gentle soul. >> on a day when an article in "the new york times" described brown as, "no angel," sparking major backlash including a protest hash tag on twitter, those who actually knew the young man, they called mike mike, described him in very different terms. >> i met mike mike three years ago, and he truly became my best friend. we spent so much time together j

james foley. suddenly our blood 1 in this fight. >> i think that's a great way to frame it, chris. it was a hit in the gut to this country, to this president. he was infuriated by the release of the video, by the brutal execution. it raised the specter in terms of what the separation is prepared to do. of course you heard the pentagon yesterday signal that air strikes in syria are not only not off the table but a possibility now. i've been speaking to senior administration officials about that. they stay president is weighing a range of options including that, looking at syria. there are no immediate plans to go that far but i think ruth is absolutely right. those types of discussions are going on behind the scenes here. the president traveling with ben rhodes, one of his top advisors as well as susan rice among others. we'll get a briefing chris later this afternoon from ben rhodes, from eric schultz and we'll be asking them those same questions. >> thank you so much kristen welker at martha's vineyard. anyway, thank you, "washington post" editorial comments, i generally always ag

10 national correspondent, chris pollone, has details tonight on what the terrorist group wanted in addition to the end of the u.s. air strikes. >> reporter: journalist james foley's employer says his fate became apparent whip when strikes gap in iraq. the ceo says isis sent an angry e-mail to foley's family last week, promising to kill him. >> just a statement that they were going to execute. >> reporter: but not all isis wanted. captorses demanded a ransom of more than $130 million. the u.s. does not pay to win the release of its kidnapped steps but some european countries do. >> when they pay these ransoms are funding people taking others hostage and killing scores of people. >> reporter: isis threatened to kill another host am, "time" magazine journalist, steven sotloff, if u.s. air strikes don't stop. wednesday, the white house revealed special forces trying to rescue foley and other host alps last moment but they couldn't find the captives ghoechlt in a firefight with islamic militant bus no american forces were killed. >> do everything kweetz president has said to rescue these hostages, knowing that their police officers in danger. >> reporter: obam

chris matthews in washington. we are headed to ferguson tonight but i'm compelled with start with the president's powerful reaction to the beheading of american james foley by the islamist group torturing and killing the way through syria and iraq. >> let's be clear about isil. they have rampaged across cities and villages, killing innocent unarmed civilians in cowardly acts of violence. they have abducted women and children and subject them to torture and rape and slavery. they have murdered muslims, sunni and shia, by the thousands. they target christians and religious minorities, driving them from their homes. murdering them when they can. for no other reason than they practice a different religion. so isil speaks for no religion. their victims are overwhelmingly muslim. and no faith teaches people to massacre innocence. no just god would stand for what they did yesterday and what they do every single day. >> the die is cast. we want to make war against this band of killers. do people say with barack obama said today, you will back and allow killers to run free. we just learned earlier this summer the president authorized, he did, an operation t

. >> on tomorrow's washington journal, congressman chris smith on the ebola virus and the public health danger it could pose. then james zog bsks y looks as the conflict between the israelis and palestinians d after that, rob garver discusses the competition among states to character businesses and jobs. then your comments and tweets. you can see "washington journal" live every morning starting at 7:00 eastern here on c-span. the united nations general assembly met today to discuss the ongoing situation in gaza and the cease-fire. this is an hour. >> as we collectively consider the crisis in baseline arising from this - palestine arising from this latest uprising against the palestinians in the gaza strip. the international response to this calamity based on international law, the u.n.'s political, legal, and moral responsibilities over the question of palestine and our shared humanity. it is only fitting that the gentlemen -- general assembly mobilizes and makes its contribution. i thank the president for to peace tion including his efforts to promote a cease-fire. i also think the high commissioner for human rights.

isis' murder of james foley and its continued military expansion, have pushed the administration into an urgent drive to takes action against islamist extremist in syria. i h i had chris dickey on the show yesterday. i asked him about this sudden sense of urgency. >> what's obama's first challenge? it isn't what to do about isis? it is what to do about the american people. the american people don't want to go to war in the middle east. then, you have an american journalist decapitated. that, in a sense, gives obama what he needs to push things forward against isis, even if we are not very well prepared and we don't know what we want to do. we do know that isis is presenting a bigger and bigger problem, not only in the region but potentially here at home in the united states. >> so you heard chris say, right, that the foley execution, horrible as it was, in his words gives obama what he needs to push things forward against isis. do you think, josh, there is some truth to that analysis? >> of course. the bottom line is the obama administration has long said in public and private, one of the reasons they don't want to intervene in syria is because the american people don

. >> then senator chris murphy on the recent escalation in the simmering war between russia and ukraine. and as the hunt for the killer of jamesfoley continues, is an expanded attack on isis imminent? >> the president thus far has not made a decision to order additional military action in syria. >> "all in" starts right now.

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chris matthews in washington. we are headed to ferguson tonight but i'm compelled with start with the president's powerful reaction to the beheading of american james by the islamist group torturing and killing the way through syria and iraq. >> let's be clear about isil. they have rampaged across cities and villages, killing innocent unarmed civilians in cowardly acts of violence. they have abducted women and children and subject them to torture and rape and slavery. they have murdered muslims,

chris wallace in for bret baier. there is plenty of second-guessing tonight over how president obama is handling the aftermath of that gruesome execution of american journalist james. we have fox team coverage. the optics behind the president's

. >> chris, i want to talk to you about what's happening with isis, a major development this past week as the terrorist group released the video of the brutal execution of american journalist james. how much of an influence will this have on the president's decision to increase military action against isis? could it lead to air strikes in syria? >> it's driving a push what to do next about isis which the administration is calling an imminent threat in escalation of kind of language we've heard before. among the options are air strikes in syria. there are problems with that, a lot of concerns about whether civilians would be killed. there's concern about quality of intelligence on the ground. do we know the leaders that we want to target and where they are? very complicated decisions. that's laid out with the president with decisions to make in consultation with congress. >> i want to talk to you about kentucky senator rand paul. before he became a u.s. senator, he was a full time ophthalmologist. this past week he traveled to guatemala to perform eye surgery on people in need and reunite with patient as from the past. this comes at a time he's outspoken on immigration crisis. sh

chris wallace in for bret baier. there is plenty of second-guessing tonight over how president obama is handling the aftermath of that gruesome execution of american journalist james foley. we have fox team coverage. the optics behind the president's response. we begin with national security correspondent jennifer griffin at the pentagon. and details of what had been a highly classified mission to rescue american hostages. good evening, jennifer. >> good evening, chris. that's right. the mission had been top-secret until it leaked out yesterday. now we've learned the rescue attempt took place over the july 4th time frame, a mix of tier one special operators launched a daring mission that ultimately failed. senior military officials say multiple helicopters covered by u.s. jet fighters and surveillance drones overhead flew in from an undisclosed neighboring country, dropping the special operators near an isis compound in eastern syria, in the town of raka, an isis strong hold. chuck hagel said he regretted the mission failed giving this assessment of foley's captors. >> they marry ideology, a sophistication of strategic and tactical military prowess. they are treme