power and allowing the other parties to operate on the ground in the self-declared region in north eastern syria and they want him to do if he gets the weapons he's demanding. it is a very complicated web of alliances and the different groups areal lied for the competing power and the middle, the millions of kurds in syria and caught in the conflict and their fate is yet to be decided on wlorpt they actually reach a deal. >> now to south, and in iraq 15 people have been killed by a car bomb across the city. 48 people were wounded when the devices going off in different neighborhoods and baghdad 17 people killed in a suicide task by a mosque. the people were leaving the mosque after the midday prayers. >> we are likely to see more of this sectarian violence as the month is going on. this is the holy month and the beginning of the islamic calendar. in the years previous a strike in the violence. and huge parts of the territory and expecting this to be a bloody month more than the previous years and we have seen 87 attacks, separate incidents and suicide bombs and nearly a hundred people hospitaliz

there are signs that the battle bani in eastern syria may have turned. defender of the forces claims isis militants have been driven out of all but two areas, thanks to airstrikes to the u.s. and its allies. >> as the outside world looked on, shocks rang out again -- shots rang out again, after a month the battles. it is still seen as an important test of president obama' against the islamic state. and a dramatic increase in the temple of airstrikes in region -- recent days may have turned the tide, at least for now. islamic state fighters have been forced out of all but two pockets in the east of the town. say we will see them out in a day or two, but very soon, they will not be able. coalition has carried out well over 100 airstrikes in and around khobani, at least 60 this week. the pentagon remains cautious. isil wants it, the more targets are available. is military participation from the air, and the air only right now. air power alone is not going to be able to save them. >> word from one monitoring group that fighters have learned to fly three warp

. >> reporter: this man is in charge of an autonomous region in north-eastern syria, he is a man under pressure. his political party group, the democratic union party is at war with the islamic state of iraq and levant. he has been appealing to the world for weapons. first, the pyd is asked to make concessions. one of them is giving up power to other syrian kurdish satisfactions. without political conditions, they want to do it with political conditions. it doesn't mean help, it means something else. we don't like somebody to change the project. to change the administration that we have, because we would like sharing, not changing, not collapsing with. >> muslim is in the hope for meetings organised with the government. it itself is at war with i.s.i.l. so far there is no common ground. >> his opponents want him to reach certain conditions if the pyd wants him to be part of the coalition against i.s.i.l. >> translation: they can't be the only fighting force on the command. there needs to be a joint comment. they need to end their times with the syrian regime. turkey should not be the e

-lead coalition is continuing its air attacks on isil positions in northern and eastern syria. [ explosion>> this is the scene in kobani, the kurdish town in northern syria, which is a stone's throw from the turkish border. the back and forth of gains and losses by kurdish forces goes on. live now to our correspondent who is monitoring the situation there at the border is stephanie decker. you are on the turkish side of the border, stephanie. what can you tell us about the situation now with regard to kobani? >> reporter: well, i think the main thing that happened in kobani today was an intensity in air strikes that we saw. there have been air strikes over the last week, but they had at least 12 we have been told. we're hearing from the kurdish fighters that they made some headway pushing isil 3 kilometers further away to the west. but there are battles to the east, south, and an assault that isil is carrying out on the border gate. so this seems to be a key target, the gate with turkey, if they controlled that it would prevent kurdish fighters from being treated in hospitals. it hasn't ha

. >> the family comes from eastern syria. although they have found safety here, they are worried about relatives who did not make it across the border before it was closed. >> it is vital that they are lead over the border. dear god, i hope i will be able to go home one day. everything is better in syria. the earth is fertile there. >> jordan has decades of experience taking in mass numbers of refugees, but with more than half a million syrians already there, tensions are rising. many say they are pushing up prices and rents. this teacher and activist does what she can to raise awareness of the plight of refugees. today, she is taking clothes to a syrian family. she says there are misunderstandings on both sides. >> both jordanians and syrians are upset. jordanians ask why they have to look after the refugees. syrians say they are getting a lot of help because of them, but we see none of it. >> this family, like many others, is preparing for a long stay in jordan. the challenge now is for syrians and jordanians to learn to li

there is a eastern syria town and there was a fire ball. his is part of the coalition to go after the funding for isis in syria recently earning two or throw million from black market oil. >> we'll hope they cut off that money supply. thank you, jennifer. >> so much going on, and busy 24 hour days for secretary of state john kerry and who will head to vienna meeting on iran's nuclear program. he's in france and meeting with russian foreign minister and discussed the ongoing tensions in ukraine. and also the hopes of reaching a lasting ceasefire there and james rosen is there with more. >> good afternoon. for secretary of state kerry who will be meeting in vienna with the iranian counterpart as the clock ticks down. both sides are facing bad choices. for secretary kerry first, he conferred in paris with the erstwhile partner and the question to seek a second extension of the talks. ordinarily both sides would move to impose sanctions on iowa ran as they harbor the suspicion that the talks are not aimed at dismantling the uranium enrichment pr

he was captured one year ago while he was providing aide in eastern syria. >> he helped train 150 civiliansn skills to provide medical aide to the people of syria, his organization gave food, clothing, and supplies to knows in need. >> this follows a video that shows the beheading of a man and threatening to do the same to their son. on saturday, one of his friends mourned his loss. >> they ain't got no feelings or morals, or respect for life. >> kasich's family said their son is peaceful person who changed his name and had converted to islam. >> we love you. and our hearts ache for you to be granted your freedom so we can hug you again and set you free to continue the life you have chosen. the life of service to those in greatest need. >> abc news, new york. >> a flag that flew over the u.s. capitol was destroyed in a fire at the flight 93 memorial, the parks head quarter complex, has not been determined yet. personal items that were recovered from the crash sight have been destroyed. the flight memorial site was not damaged. >>> a jet liner blew two tires after was getting ready to take o

. >> this man is in charge of a self-declared kurdish region in north-eastern syria, he is under pressure. the democratic union party, pyd, is at war with the islamic state of iraq and levant. he has been appealing to the world for weapons, first the pyd is asked to make concessions. one is giving up power to other syrian kurdish factions that are allied to tuckey. without political conditions, this is - doesn't mean help. it means something else. we don't like somebody - i mean, we don't like to share and change the project we have, to change the administration we have, because we would like share, not changing or collapsing. moscow is in the hopes for meetings organised by the kurdish government which itself is at war with i.s.i.l. they are political rivals, so far there is no common ground. his opponents want him to meet certain conditions if the pyd wants to be part of the international coalition against i.s.i.l. conditions demanded by washington. >> they can't be the only fighting force on the ground. there needs to be a joint command and work with the syrian opposition and ept their

approximately 180,000 people have fled from the isis advance across eastern syria. >>> you could callode of the çroad. >> drivers warning their fellow motorists about plos patrols. that heads up, headlight flashback fires on one local motorist. the story doesn't end there. >> all new tonight on nbc 10 news at 5:00, the so-called office creeper in custody after years on the run, this guy's accused of stealing from offices in our area and across the country. how he was finally arrested and where. >>> this is nbc 10 news. >>> you've probably seen this, a warning motorists sometimes give to passing drivers to warn about police using radar. a driver says he got a ticket for warning fellow motorists. >> the aclu is getting involved here. the group is taking the police to court over it. as nbc 10's delaware bureau reporter tim furlong explains that's not the only controversy facing this police department. >> reporter: it happened along a road in smerna. the driver flashes his headlights to led oncoming drivers to slow down. the aclu is fighting for him according to the federal lawsuit again

technical difficulties) >> reporter: this person is in charge of a self-declared region in north-eastern syria. he is a man under pressure. his party, pyd, is at wore with the islamic state of iraq and levant. he has been appealing to the world for weapons, but first the pyd is asked to make concessions. one of them is giving up power to other syrian kurdish factions that are allied to turkey. without political conditions, they want to do it. with the political conditions, it doesn't mooep help, it -- mean help, it means something else. we want somebody, i mean, to change the project we have, to change the administration that we have, because we would like sharing, not changing, not collapsing with. >> he is in the hope for meetings with the kurdistan government in northern iraq, which itself is at war with i.s.i.l. they are also political rivals. so far there is no common ground. his opponents want him to meet certain conditions, if the pyd wants him to be part of conditions against i.s.i.l., conditions demanded by washington. >> translation: we can't be the only fighting force on the ground.

. >> reporter: it was this time last year that he was kidnapped on his way to eastern syria.executioner saying that he and other americans will pay the practice for continued american led air strikes. the warning coming moments after the beheading of british aid worker, a former taxi driver who last christmas delivered supplies to displaced syrians. the mass executioner in the video speaking with an english accent as did the militant in the previous clip whom the fbi says they've identified. the obama administration is claiming military and economic blows against the group which despite the assault has managed to maintain its control of a huge stretch of territory in both iraq and syria. >>> and that was alex report in. >>> marin county officials are putting a youthful twist on gun buyback events. kids can trade in toy guns and violent video games in exchange for ben & jerry's ice cream and raffle tickets. organizers say they want to spread a message of peace amongst marin's youth. the event is sponsored by the marin county district attorney's office. >>> turning now to a chi

he was in eastern syria. >> he helped train 150 civilians with skills to provide medical aid to the people of syria. his organization gave food, cooking supplies, clothing and medicine to those in need. >> the plea follows isis releasing a video showing the purported beheading of aid worker allen henning and threatening to do the same to cassig. henning was the fourth hostage to be killed. on saturday his friends mourned his loss. >> they don't got no feeling, these people, they don't got no morals, they got no respect for life. >> cassig's parents said their son is peaceful. he changed his name when he converted to islam. >> we love you and our hearts ache for you to be granted your freedom so we can hug you again and set you free to continue the life you have chosen, the life of service to those in greatest need. >> michelle franson, abc news, new york. >>> this morning the family of an ebola patient in texas tells abc news thomas eric duncan has kidney failure and must use a ventilator to breathe. health initials now also say duncan may have come in contact with as many as 115 people wh

airstrikes against isis-held oil refineries in syria, strikes look this one on september 24th in eastern syria, they are making a difference. at the time the pentagon said that they were leaving the refineries in tact so they would be workable in the future. the strikes were designed to push isis away from the facilities, but with no allied ground forces on the ground, working with the u.s. coalition, it is easy for isis to return and take control of these refineries that are bringing in a million dollars plus per week. so, in september they were targeting these oil revenues as a mean of drying up isis funds. >> thank you. religious minorities under attack again today in iraq. word that islamic state fighters are again going after members of the yazidi sect. forcing women up a mountain, raping young women. that's coming up in this hour. first, have you seen the dow today? up more than 300 began. now up 223. what a ride today. will it last? the fox business network's geri willis is in to break it down. you do a lot of things great. but parallel parking isn't one of them. you're either too far f

. >> reporter: it was this time last year that he was kidnapped on his way to eastern syria. his would be executioner in saying he and other americans will pay the price for american-led air strikes. the warning coming moments after the beheading of british aid worker alanen henning who delivers supplies to syrians. speaking with an english accent. as did the militant in the previous execution clips whom the fbi says they have identified. the obama administration is claiming military and economic blows against the group, which despite the assault has maen maintained control of a huge stretch of territory in iraq and syria. >> he is one of two americans still believed to be held by isis after the murders of james foley and sotloff. i met peter just days before he went back into syria. this is a particularly nasty and dangerous time. t he spoke so passionately about helping the syrians caught up in the war, this was something he saw as a personal missi mission. >> he understood the risk. >> yes. >> we are thinking about him. >>> and over to mr. ron claiborne. >> good morning, m

you just said earlier, over the entirety of anbar province, strengthening its grip over all of eastern syria, they're not being degraded. they're winning. so why is the national security advisor saying something that is so manifestly contradicted by facts on the ground. >> that's why senator john mccain came out today and said they are winning, they are winning this war. the administration can't want that. i realize they're war weary. they don't really want to be fighting this. they wanted to end the wars, not begin the wars. but they don't want to lose what they've engaged in. >> right. >> and the problem with them is procrastination has made and will make the problem that we face with isis that much more difficult. are we really prepared to let isis capture or destroy the baghdad airport, hold our embassy personnel hostage, create another saigon 1975 situation helicopters coming off the roof of the embassy. that would be a foreign policy as well as a political nightmare for the administration. so as someone once said this kind of policy is worse than a crime, it's a mistake. >> bret steven

this particular video is clearly made in eastern syria so it's not new. it's certainly a few months old. but the voice patterns certainly may give us more than the poster itself. but it's also very, very important that the american muslim community play their role. because these guys now are focusing on a crew cider narrative. we've just had a foiled beheading attack, four guys arrested yesterday in london. we had the same in australia, the same in norway. it may well be coming to the u.s. and they would differentiate between american muslims and non-muslims so it's important americans play their part in identifying anybody that may be out there. >> i'd like to concentrate on the voice. authorities are now saying he has a north american accent. what does that mean? >> well, when they say north american they're talking about either canada or the usa as opposed to southern america. it's the way that he -- the inflection in his voice, the tone, the way he pronounces certain things but it's also interesting that the message has been altered so trying not to g

american weapons dropped into iraq and eastern syria, reportedly, though, falling into the wrong hands. also, a shadowy terror group, chief national correspondent security jim sciutto joins us with the latest. first of all, these american weapons falling into isis's hands, what do you hear about it? >> well, the u.s. dropped some two dozen pallets, an urgent move to get weapons, and the syrian kurds defending the city of kobani. when it happened they saw one of those two dozen pallets go astray. and the military said they sent that to destroy the pallet on the ground. it is possible the second pallet didn't reach the intended recipients, or it is possible the military said there was a firefight after this and a pallet was dropped on kurdish-controlled ground and ended up in isis hands. but i'm told by pentagon officials if isis indeed did get it and these things look authentic that it is not militarily significant in the whole scheme of things there. partly in light of the fact that isis has already captured a tremendous amount of american-supplied weapons in iraq, when you think of al

-led airstrike has killed at least eight people in eastern syria. according to syrian activists, the attack targeted a gas facility being held by isis militants. other airstrikes targeted oil wells in the area. oil, by the way, is a key source of income for isis. coalition airstrikes on the syrian border town of kobani are also continuing. isis militants have been trying to seize the town since last month. kobani is close to the border with turkey. a town officials that the airstrikes have helped halt the advance of isis. but according to kurdish fighters defending kobani, they still need more weapons and ammunition to save the town. >>> in nepal, officials there say that rescue operations have been scaled down at the trekking trail where hundreds of hikers were caught in a blizzard last week. some helicopter flights were cut this morning because most of the trekkers who were stranded left the area. at least 38 people were killed in a series of snowstorms and avalanches during what's being called nepal's worst-ever hiking disaster. >>> let's head to

-led airstrike killed at least eight people in eastern syria today.ccording to syrian activists, the attack targeted a gas facility being held by isis militants. other airstrikes targeted oil wells in the area. oil, by the way, is a key source of income for isis. coalition airstrikes on the syrian border town of kobani are also continuing. isis militants have been trying to seize the town since last month. koba in. i is close to the border with turkey. a town officials that the airstrikes there have helped halt the advance of isis. kurdish fighters say they still need more weapon, though, and ammunition to save the town. >>> back in our area, this weekend in bucks county, a murdered musician is being remembered by friends, family and fans. a statue of the late danny dejannero was unveiled before a benefit tribute concert last night. nbc 10 was at the bucks county playhouse in new hope for the event. dejannero was murdered during a botched robbery in 2011. musicians who played with him for over four decades performed his music in his honor. >>> actor s

and what has been happening across northern parts of iraq and eastern syria.are going to move now back to where we started this news hour that is kobane on th on on the turkey-syria border we will talk with a retired army general joining us from beirut. general, looking at the notes predeuced and prepared for me that you having had a conversation with him, i am staggered at the way you think isil is organized with support staff for every soldier, with backup logistics, et cetera, et cetera. >> yes, when you talk about this huge fight, this blitzkrieg that started in anibal and muse toll baghdad, lately syria, and then to c kobane, we are not talking about like ad hoc group of people fighting like gorilla warfare. i think it's like more than 30,000. and they have the safe haven, they have the population, friendly population, friends i environment, so that's why hardened, highly experienced in iraq and outside of iraq and the main element is interiorly, i mean, in the interior. now in kobane, they are really the extension, i mean, the -- i mean, it would be the

will not be any great loyalty and we will reconfigure the middle east to create a sunny state in eastern syriaht be a possibility but right now isis is the most radical right now. and they have taken the lead. so right now i would argue. >> but there are people that say we need to get to boots on the ground to go face-to-face with the enemy. >> so what? would you going to fight? they put to ied everywhere do not support with the population's what will happen? with this language and culture i don't care is the people and we will take the mouth. so that makes this situation worse and that is what we will see boosts of the ground will get you anywhere. you have to build the political structure but its tactics and strategy the right now that is not a strategy. >>. >> everytime we have intervened since carter we alienate people and we create and governed spaces. so with that succession but the middle east and toward democracy are dead so we're trying to achieve? will be rebuild syria? we could not rebuild iraq. successfully at any case cu roughly have 20 percent of that population at stake in the c

was expanding and winning pledges of allegiance from other tribes, they -- in three hours, in eastern syria, they killed 800 men from an area part of agada. so these are the guys trying to join us. and they were dying. so what we have to show is we have to show resolve long term and then you will see the tribes. and of course funds of money. and then you will see the tribes coming to our side. and then you can use them maybe in combination with the u.s. air power and beat isis in their areas. >> that's a good transition into this. i did want to pick it up in syria, especially the background. how do you earn the trust of the tribes? how do you earn the trust of any iraqi sunnis if people would look to syria and they would say this administration has sat on its hands while more than 200,000 arab sunnis have been slaughtered? azhidis,mped to defend y christians and kurds. , however, when the sunni lives seemed to matter nothing at all. and as they keep saying the administration has kept insulting the fsa saying they're doctors, pharmacists, carpenters. how do you get if you're looking at syria

warplanes over syria struck a fuel depot in eastern syria. that caused a fair to erupt at the site. his is part of the strategy to essentially hit the oil resources provided a crucial funding as they move through syria and providing them billions of dollars a day in black market oil, martha. martha: both sides have ramped up in this battle. the meeting with foreign leaders who are allies in this effort so we will see given this new information especially the significant moves today. thank you very much. >> i don't fault him for becoming a multimillionaire. that is what america is about. but he has gotten rich while voting to keep kentucky poor. >> her family has been more money off the government in the last 10 years and i have been paid all my time in the senate. bill: karl rove is with me now. this is what we looks like on the numbers a week ago. he put all the averages together, really clear politics average and you have a difference of three points. it is a tough, tight race still, carl. give me 20 seconds, who wins and why? >> i think mcconnell does. it turns out it was the wife

in the same part of eastern syria where cassic was providing syrian age before he was taken hostage. that post got the attention of reinvigorated online testimony from aid workers like this man who said he witnessed ka sag helping refugees and called on the islamic tweets to release him. but it's the tweet that got their attention debating whether it's moral to execute someone who helped them. if this is about seiching a life or simply competition is unclear. he is skeptical. do you think this helps or hurts kassig? >> i don't know how much pull that really has, but i'm quite sure it's a 3-d game of chess. and news rah knows how to handle it as does isis. >> he's smart, he's compassionate, has love for all who need help. >> in her tweet last night, paula kassig asked for instrulkzs on how to save her son. she has directly made a plea to isis before but has not received a response. norah? >> margaret, thank you so much. >>> isis is accused of using chemical weapons in iraq. 11 officers went to the hospital. it was chlorine poisoning. there are two other incidents where they suspect te

in the same part of eastern syria where kassig was providing emergency aid before he was taken hostage. that post got the attention of kassig's parents and reinvigorated their online campaign featuring testimony from aid workers. like this man, who said he witnessed kassig helping refugees and called on the islamic tweets to release him. but it's the tweet that got their attention debating whether it's moral to execute someone who helped them. if this is about saving a life or simply competition is unclear. terror analyst phillip smythe is skeptical. do you think this appeal helps or hurts kassig? >> i don't know how much pull that really has, but i'm quite sure that this is, you know it's a 3-d game of chess and nusra understands how to play the game, as does isis. >> reporter: but kassig's mother wants the world to know her son is more than a hostage. >> he's smart, he's compassionate, has love for all who need help. >> reporter: in her tweet last night, paula kassig asked for instructions on how to save her son. she has tried to make direct con tangt beforecontact before but has not

and create a sunni state in, what is it eastern syria and western iraq. that might be a possibility. but right now you know, the sunnis feel encircled and isil or isis, however you want to call it, is the most radical movement and they, they have taken the lead. they are the protectors. now some people think obviously sunnis, not all sunnis agree with them, but right now i would argue they probably have legitimacy. >> before i hand off to my colleagues, there are people who say what we need to do is get boots on the ground and we need to go face-to-face with the enemy. does this seem like a sensible strategy? >> so what? what are you going to fight? they will start putting ied's everywhere. you will not have support from local population. what will happen, i can tell you, my students say, this language and culture, as soon as i lose two of my guys, i don't care about hearts and minds. it is people who are hiding these bad guys and we're going to take them out and we don't really care about that. boots on the ground will not get you anywhere. you have to b

he was captured a year ago on october 1 on his way to eastern syria. a u.s. tells cnn tonight that u.s. intelligence is very aware of this videotape, looking into it, examining it for clues, as it has with the other isis videotaped execution videos. this u.s. official says there's no reason to doubt tonight to believe that this videotape is not authentic. the official had no comment on the threat to peter kassig. allen henning is a taxi cab driver, part of a team of volunteers that traveled to syria in 2013 to deliver food, water, ambulances and other supplies to people affected by the civil war there. he was abducted the day after christmas by masked gunmen. last week, the british foreign office released an audio file pleading for his wife. his wife's appeals, also joined by voices of muslim leaders around the world, have weighed in, appealing to isis to release him. if the authenticity is confirmed, hen willing be the fourth werner to be beheaded on camera this summer. the group claimed its first british victim, david hanes on september 13. allen henning ap

was expanding and winning pledges of allegiance from other tribes, they -- in three hours, in eastern syria, they killed 800 men from an area part of agada. so these are the guys trying to join us. so what we have to show is we have to show resolve long term and then you will see the tribes. and of course funds of money. and then you will see the tribes coming to our side. and then you can use them maybe in combination with the u.s. air power and beat isis in their areas. >> that's a good transition into this. in syria, especially the background. how do you earn the trust of the tribes? how do you earn the trust of any iraqi sunnis if people would look to syria and they would say this administration has sat on its hands while more than 200,000 arab sunnis have been slaughtered? they jumped to defeendeeie zeeties christian and kurds. however, when the sunni lives seemed to matter nothing at all. and as they keep saying the administration has kept insulting the fsa saying they're doctors pharmacists carpenters. how do you get if you're looking at syria's and the administration's policy has be

several in northern and eastern syria. three, in fact, four in western and northern iraq today.here were many targets, isis targets, mortar teams, humvees, a couple of isis units, and the pentagon says all aircraft returned safely. u.s. led. >> thank you for that information, i'll take this back with robert casey who joins me again. you heard kelly reporting, the prime minister considering a special forces raid to get these terrorists who have beheaded these four westerners. do you think the u.s. should join the potential raid on the ground in syria? >> well, alex, i think that has to be guided by the intelligence and by the determinations that are made by military commanders on the ground or who were making that assessment. i'd leave that to them. but i think you're seeing in the last couple of days and weeks really now a coming together, a coalition which is substantial. it's going to require a lot of work to keep the coalition together. but i think we have to be cognizant that this strategy is going to take a long time to be implemented, it's going to take a long time to be e

and create a sunni state in, what is it eastern syria and western iraq. that might be a possibility. but right now you know, the sunnis feel encircled and isil or isis, however you want to call it, is the most radical movement and they, they have taken the lead. they are the protectors. now some people think obviously sunnis, not all sunnis agree with them, but right now i would argue they probably have legitimacy. >> before i hand off to my colleagues, there are people who say what we need to do is get boots on the ground and we need to go face-to-face with the enemy. does this seem like a sensible strategy? >> so what? what are you going to fight? they will start putting ieds everywhere. you will not have support from local population. what will happen, i can tell you, my students say, this language and culture, as soon as i lose two of my guys, i don't care about hearts and minds. it is people who are hiding these bad guys and we're going to take them out and we don't really care about that. so that is going to make the situation worse. it will lead to

you see happening now with isis is you had a group take an opportunity for gaining safe haven in eastern syria, further radicalizing their individuals, employing their harsh version of sharia law that includes beheadings, cutting hands off, summary executions, burning churches, killing christians, killing people of the muslim faith who don't agree with their version of the muslim faith, and they took that opportunity to grow. they found oil refinery, took over oil refineries and were able to sell it on the black market, 1 million bucks a day. we think they have $1 billion in cash and precious metals to sustain their operations. once they got strong enough, they go over the berm, now they're in iraq. and so some notion we can call any of these teams jv or any of these teams -- or these al qaeda operations as less than serious is a serious mistake. we're getting ready to make that mistake again. i'm very, very proud of the president candidly that he decided to change his path. he stood up last night and said, all right, we have to do something about it. that's a good start, it's a good day. i'm

he was seized by isis in eastern syria a year ago this month while delivering food and medical aid.simple message of hope and love for their only son whose mission they say has always been to serve others. >> i'm hoping that he will somehow hear of this and of other conversations we've had or other times we've spoken in public. that way he'll know that we haven't forgotten him. we haven't abandoned him, and we certainly do love him. >> joining me now is tom portias of human rights watch. it's so hard to listen to these parents. and short of some miraculous rescue mission, can anything be done to free kassig and the other hostages? >> that is a tragic message. and judging by recent events, i think it's going to be very difficult. there was an effort to free the hostages back in the summer. and as we know, that failed. and now, isis is executing the hostages it holds one by one in a very deliberate way in order to promote their propaganda. it's very tragic. >> how are most of these western hostages captured, tom? are they betrayed by fixers? do they just run into the wrong road block?

saying it only he listened to me on syria dance lions would be spreading across northern iraq and eastern syriad, mark, at some point, barack obama is going to have to face the fact that he is alone and isolated in washington, d.c., every bit as much or i would say more than george w. bush in 2006. i commented at the time that republicans in 2006 would come to me in green rooms and talk about how absolutely horrific george w. bush was in the white house, what a terrible leader he was and then the red light would come on and they wouldn't say anything. of course, i would so i was hated. i was a disloyal benedict arnold republican for saying on what what they would never say on air. it's such a carbon copy of that where democratic senators, senior democratic senators trashing barack obama up and down when the red light is not on. red light comes on, they're muted. only difference between panetta and 80% of democrats in washington i've talked to is leon panetta is saying it while the camera light is on. what are your experiences. >> what panetta is saying what you hear from washington but hollywoo

. ♪ ♪ >>> there has been more fierce fighting in the southern and eastern parts of the town of kobane on the syriakey border. that's what spokes people for kurdish troops told al jazerra. a thursday night the united states hit the embattled syrian town with seven air strikes, activists say the u.s. led coalition targeted four isil position on his a southern suburb and three in an eastern one. nine kurdish fighters were reported killed overnight and a number of isil fighters were also killed. kurdish forces capitalized on the air strikes and managed to stop isil from reaching the townsendetownsender and makeingr advances live now to near the turkish-sear request boredder, al jazerra's stefanie decker is there, stephanopoulos, de stef n see behind and you bring us up to speed on the latest. >> reporter: we are actually outside a town close to cobane. it's quite hazy. there is a massive plume of black smoke coming from there, also smaller ones in the distance which the camera probably can't pick you feel so as you were saying this is a very much ongoing battle, very fluid ore night heavy fighting eve

syria and iraq. two davis a video surfaced reportedly showing the execution of a british aid worker at the hands of the extremist group. the pentagon says u.s. fighter jets hit isis targets of easternnorthern syria and iraq. they're the first bombings since isis released the video of hostage allen henning being killed on friday. prime minister david cameron is said to be considering more action in the region to free british hostages being held by isis. >> we will use all the assets we have, as we have been up to now to try to find these hostages, to try to help these hostages. >> the prime minister will apparently have no problem getting support for that plan. a recent poll taken before henning was killed shows support at 57%. >>> and we won't know this year's nobel peace prize winner for another six days, but some of the nominees may surprise you. among them russian president vladimir putin. he was nominated not for russia's role in ukraine, but for his efforts to stop u.s. air strikes against syria. other nominees include nsa turncoat edward snowden. a record 278 people were nominated this year. the nominations can be made by anyone or any group who qualifies with the nobel found

post" had a story, nobody paid attention to this in late august, 700 sunni tribesmen in an eastern province in syria executed. talking beheaded, crucified, you name it by isis. nobody reported on this. it was because those tribesmen, sunni tribesmen had risen up against isis to try to push them out. these are the forces on the ground in syria begging for u.s. assistan assistance, through the running of weapons or supplies or no-fly zone and the u.s. so far is saying sorry, you're not really the priority. what worries me, i've seen this, i've been doing syria for three years and have seen the devolution of free syrian army commanders who have gone across the spectrum from moderates to islamist, to now isis. arabs in syria is saying the u.s. is now our enemy. they have abandoned us. we don't support isis ideologically but see this as a panserian struggle. >> they believe, you're saying moderate rebels so to speak on the ground if syria now believe the u.s. is aligning itself with assad? >> absolutely. that has been the going assumption since 20 11 because we didn't come to their assistance. the proble

. >> i do not want to catch you unguarded, but in the eastern part of syria, it is oil rich.slamic state has taken this territory. >> what is interesting is this is important to the islamic state, but not necessarily so important in global oil markets. we tend to fixate on the global oil market. you can take 10,000 barrels off the market, given to me, and i would be very happy. i would be rich and no one would notice. our usesis upset that are going to iraq more than syria. >> the syrian rebels in many cases -- you know what we are going to do right now? we are going to move from the brutal to the ridiculous. obama in chicago, the only place where he is accepted and wanted as a political figure, casting a ballot in early voting. brutal.re >> he is not campaigning anywhere because he is not wanted. defense, president's he is not the first. >> he is not the first, but this is particularly stark right now. >> he is voting in the midterm elections right now on october 20. to pointk it is also out the importance of early voting. he is not making an accidental political statement.

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syria. one group flew from iraq to a south eastern turkish airport. another group carrying weapons including artillery are traveling separately over land through turkey. the battle on the turkish syria boerd has lasted six weeks. fighting has forced 200,000 to flee across the turkish border. 800 have died during it will fighting. we are joined from the syrian, turkish border. you've been speaking to a kurdish leader there that a says there are no extra syrian free army troops traveling to kobani. >> reporter: yes exactly. i just talked to one of the kurdish. as a matter of fact the people's protection unit spokesman said there's no new free syrian army in the city. he acknowledged in the past year, there has been around 200 free syrian army in the city fighting i.s. militants in the past six weeks with kurdish forces. however, obviously one of the commanders has told our colleague in bbc arabic they have sent new reinforcement to the city. the commander in the city, they deny such news. >> what does this tell us about the state of this battle now? >> o

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eastern time on al jazeera america. >>> in northern syria, coalition forces are preparing for an assault to defend the town of khobani from isis fighters. isil fighters began shelling them almost immediately. >>> turning to iraq now where government forces are advancing against isil strong holds, they have taken territory from the rebels and regained control of the country's largest refinery. al jazeera has exclusive coverage of the fighting. >>reporter: this is what most of the fighting against isil now looks like. street to street in deserted neighborhoods. isil fighters are just a few hundred meters up the road. this is less than 20 kilometers south of one of iraq's largest oil refineries and a city that is now an isil command center. this special forces unit of the iraqi unit has made gains and the commander says he's confident. >> as we advance, we've managed to clear the town. after securing these towns, we'll move to nearby towns and then the goal is to reach the city. now we're in sweep mode and holding the ground on these areas. so far we have gained control over these territori

wicked, in fact some of the worst people on earth have filled in in libya, in syria, in iraq, putin's on the margin in eastern everybody sees america is there, our allies are concerned about the support they're going to get. so the consequences of a policy, and domestically the great idea of expansion and title mrvelts and a new economy and all this stuff, is this a crisis of competence? the irs, the va, the secret service, all the institutions in the past you would make a movie about, the secret service has to be acknowledged has the hero. all of these agencies that are trusted are showing how badly that government is run. you combine them and you get a sense that things are out of control. >> mara, today with the secret service director resigning, capped what has been a bad few weeks. >> it's been a bad few weeks and the voters as they have for some time think the country is on the wrong track, 2-1. however, the secret service problems predated president obama and so far they skrhaven' been turned into a political indictment of him so far. although there was a republican congressman who said at the hearing,

two journalists on the ground in kobani, syria say at least one air strike has targeted isis locations in easternthe city. that's where isis raised at least two of their black flags on monday. cnn cannot independently confirm the strike. >>> a nurse's assistant in spain is now the first person in the current outbreak known to have contracted ebola outside of africa. she was part of a medical team that treated a spanish missionary and a priest. they both got the virus in west africa and died after returning to spain. >>> well, the first patient to be diagnosed with ebola in the u.s. remains in critical condition. >> yeah. we're speaking of thomas eric duncan. he's being treated now with an experimental anti-viral drug originally intended for viruses like smallpox. it's not the same drug that was used for dr. ken brantly or nancy writebol. >> louise doesn't want her full name used. take a listen. >> so louise, what are you hearing about thomas's condition? >> it's from critical to worse. that's why i really want to go to ask the american government to please help me. i want him to be safe, for them

american has divided groups fighting in syria, especially in the light of his apparent conversion to islam. let's now talk to the chair of contemporary middle easternicy in london. good to talk to you again. help us to understand this mosaic of rebel groups that make up the free syria army. >> well, first of all, the first point is that there's a civil war raging within the so-called jihadists, you have the islamic state, and isil, and on the other hand you have the [ inaudible ] front. a major battle has taken place between the official arm of al-qaeda and isil or the islamic state which has basically revolted. thousands of skilled fighters have been killed, and any so-called islamic state of iraq and the levant, of isil has destroyed the front. so it doesn't carry much weight with isil. the importance of the statement lies in the fact that it confirms that the american convert was basically a humanitarian worker, a convert. he did great good deeds, and complicates the efforts by isil to basically behead him if they have not already done so. >> we have several elements of the free syrian army, about five separate factions that agreeing to help the