he went into syria, was picked up, i believe, in the prove incident in eastern syria and very little has been heard from him since other than pleas by his family and friends of his trying to get him released. >> ben hubbard, we wanted to ask you, a visit, a surprise visit by general martin dempsey there in iraq. tell us a little bit about the nature of this visit. >> well t seems like the main focus of the u.s. effort right now is trying to get advisors in place earlier this month that they were going to basically double the number of american military advisors here to about 3,000. so they are trying to get these in place mainly to arm, equip and training missions for the iraqi military and also trying to get some of the tribal fighters on board from some of the sunni tribes, particularly in anbar prove incident. these are groups that people remember hearing about the sunni awakening in iraq when u.s. forces were still here. this was -- these were -- these tribes ended up playing a large role in cooperating with american forces to get rid of al-qaeda in iraq, the predecessor of the g

hava limited number of special forces with iraqi special forces, with the syrian rebels and in eastern syriahaving people on the ground, americans using airstrikes, you lack the response of intelligence. ability that enables you to smash, to punish isis in the way you need to to begin limiting them, taking away that supply line and stopping them from continuing to destabilize the region. heather: to your point you don't always necessarily know who you are targeting. you have a sense but you don't know if it is a mix of civilians. let's talk about syria. an area where u.s. coalition forces and also syrian troops had a series of airstrikes apparently about 100 people killed, it sounds like these fighters and family members living in this town, sounds like things are a bit of a mess. >> the capital city of islamic state is a place lot of the europeans have gone, it is the place essentially to be if you want to join the islamic state. syrian government aggressively much less concerned. going back to the broader issue of airstrikes, the key of having people on the ground is if you have an america

but also carries over into eastern syria -- that also carries over into eastern syria. there are no borders when it comes to terrorism, especially with the ruthlessness of isis. we are doing what we can in syria to facilitate our anti-isil strategy, and that is eventually, as we degrade isil, to destroy. >> but i do not getting pressure to do more against assad? >> there are different views from different coalition partners. >> are there different views and secretary kerry? whether, if you defeat isil, it helps or hurts assad. >> i just explained what our strategy is regarding isil. is assad helped by what we are doing against isil? he is indirectly benefiting, but let's review the landscape. why has all of this occurred? this is all occurred because over the last three years, assad, his brutality, his lack of responsible government and legitimacy, what he has done to his own people has produced this. there will not be a military solution in syria. there only can be a diplomatic solution and people coming together enough. no one wants a completely failed government in s

i think in the last two or three months, particularly since the beheading of americans in eastern syriathe american people are waking up and they understand that obama's foreign policy of retreat and inaction isn't working. it's making the world more dangerous and they are looking for a foreign policy recipe that doesn't go quite as far as the bush administration's freedom doctrine, trying to heal crippled society. but it's serious, sober and politically sellable. i hope this book is read by the next crop of presidential contenders who want a foreign policy leadership. remember, we were in the same place in the late 1970s with a weak leader. there was a sense our leaders were on the march as they were in iran and afghanistan. and low and behold we got the right set of policies and the right charismatic leader in ronald reagan to reverse that. >> and america responded to that trend in the late 1970s, wholeheartedly responded to it. >> americans don't like to see our citizens killed and don't like to be humiliated by dictators like assad. >> bret stevens is the author. thank you. when we

then he was taken captive while en route to eastern syria to deliver medical supplies and teach civilians how to be first responders. during captivity, he converted to islam and changed his name. and then last month, on october 3rd, he is identified by his captors in a video message while announcing the death of alan henning. today, we sadly fear the worst. >>> now to the latest ebola patient being treated in our country. it's occurring at the nebraska medical center. he is now said to be in extremely critical condition. he entered the hospital's bio containment unit yesterday. they say it seems that he is sicker than others were. he was not able to walk from the ambulance to the hospital on his own power. he is 44 years old. he's a surgeon from maryland. they say he contracted ebola while working as a general surgeon at a hospital in sierra leon. he has a wife in maryland and two children. >>> two brothers among the four people killed in a hazardous chemical leak in texas. relatives of the victim say he rushed to save his brother with a gas mask when a chemical started leaking at du pont

in the last two or three months, since the beheading of americans in eastern syria, the american peoplep and understand obama's foreign policy of retreat and inaction isn't working and making the world more dangerous and looking for a foreign policy recipe that doesn't go quite as far as the freedom doctrine but serious, sober and politically sellable. i hope this is read by the next crop of presidential contenders who want a foreign policy that's worthy of a great power. >> is it simply a matter of leadership. >> it's almost entirely a matter of leadership. we were in the same place in the late 1970s, we had a weak leader and lo and behold we got the right leader in ronald reagan to reverse that. >> and america responded to that trend in the late 1970s, wholeheartedly responded to it. >> americans don't like seeing fellow citizens killed and being hum i wiiliated and i think ames are new ready for foreigncy lead everiship. >> thank you, brad, we have to take one more break. when we come back, our hits and misses of the week. >>> time for our hits and misses of the week of the dan, firs

he was kidnapped the following year while delivering supplies in eastern syria.fter 12 months in captivity, he was murdered. islamic state released a video of the execution style slaying. footage is believed to show another extremist to has joined. these images were released online, but can't -- the convert reportedly joined last year. >> our intelligence services have analyze your video and are attempting to establish a highly probable scenario that a french citizen may have directly participated in committing these horrible crimes. >> french authorities believe that a second frenchman that appears in the video, a man from wales told british authorities that he leave his son was among the militants. the man has since recounted that claim. >> the islamic state is operating at will in parts of neighboring lebanon. increasingly they are taking captives for ransom, selling them off in the region's growing slave markets. a correspondent in beirut met with some of the relatives and sent us this report. >> a stone's throw from the lebanese parliament sits a protest cam

, a former army ranger-turned aide worker, was captured last year while delivering supplies in eastern syria. unlike previous isis execution videos, kassig did not address the camera and his captor is not in the same desolate desert location. this time he says he's in dabiq, northern syria. the british-act sengtded executioner appears to be the same one who held american journalists james foley and steven sotloff. he again issued a threat to president obama. >> and tomorrow we will slaughter more soldiers. >> reporter: the 15-minute-long video also includes a gruesome mass beheading of 18 syrian soldiers. in a show of defiance, one of their executioners were masked. in a letter to his parents earlier this year, peter kassig wrote that if he did die, it was for a good cause. ed kassig said a new phase of their ordeal is now beginning. >> please allow our small family the time and privacy to mourn, cry and, yes, forgive and begin to heal. >> reporter: as for isis, it is still believed to hold other hostages, including a female american aid worker. but, scott, unlike in other videos, this time

but when you look at what isil dominates now, the swath of control they have, eastern syria, much of north and western iraq, you can change assad today, and that's not going to change all the dynamics quickly, certainly, and in syria. but who are you going to replace assad with and what kind of an army would take on isil? so, yes, assad is part of it, yes, it is the longer-term part of this, defto find a stable government, leader ys syria to be able to bring some stability to that country is part of it. but isil is right now, and isil is threatening the country of iraq and the government of iraq. and so that's why we are dealing with that component first, because we must. they're threat to our allies. they are a threat to us. >> thank you. mr. larson. >> thank you, mr. chairman. secretary hagel, you have my first two minutes, and general dempsey, you get the next two. so for secretary hagel, there's been no discussion yet of the oco request for '15, which is $5.6 billion. wondering not what's in it. we have some information on t t that. but what do you know about a current 2014 oco re

but when you look at what isil dominates now, the swath of control they have, eastern syria, much of north and western iraq, you can change assad today, and that's not going to change all the dynamics quickly, certainly, and in syria. but who are you going to replace assad with and what kind of an army would take on isil? so, yes, assad is part of it, yes, it is the longer-term part of this, defto find a stable government, leader ys syria to be able to bring some stability to that country is part of it. but isil is right now, and isil is threatening the country of iraq and the government of iraq. and so that's why we are dealing with that component first, because we must. they're threat to our allies. they are a threat to us. >> thank you. mr. larson. >> thank you, mr. chairman. secretary hagel, you have my first two minutes, and general dempsey, you get the next two. so for secretary hagel, there's been no discussion yet of the oco request for '15, which is $5.6 billion. wondering not what's in it. we have some information on t t that. but what do you know about a current 2014 oco re

thinking about the future of syria, will we be looking in a decade in a different middle eastern map, an independent kurdistan, both around bosnia, the assad regime, what you see as the future of that middle eastern matt? >> we see participation of the middle east already, it will be interesting to see what the international community does to formalize or not formalize these borders but there have been various appellations in the area under assad's control as called by people, the territory -- that is probably not the case but the notion that there will be a partition between a western syria that is under the control of the assad regime versus this kind of wild wild west wild wild east in eastern syria under control of probably a loose coalition of sunni militant groups and iraq i can see that happening. what i find interesting as a historian is many of these regimes in the middle east including those in iraq and elsewhere spent much of the past decades, this colonial adventure of the french and british according to their telling and the borders are not reflective of real communities

. >> reporter: kassig, a muslim convert, was kidnapped in 2013 in eastern syria and now his family is seeking closure. >> we're asking for time in privacy to mourn, cry and yes forgive. >> reporter: the -- inter -- maxine from normandy france and british norths question whether this -- steve on sotloff to be decap pated. >> our friends and partners are not intimidated. isil is very, very wrong. >> reporter: the video was also released in a novel way i r by sitting several distribution networks overnight. isis kept the video up longer and it spread more widely. >> isis is just one of the policy headaches greeting president obama now that he ee' back from a week-long asia trip. >> reporter: president obama was briefed on the execution of a third american by isis as he returned from china, burma and australia. at a news conference on his final stop, he admitted he could envision a scenario in which u.s. ground forces might need to take on the group. >> there are always circumstances in which the united states might need to deploy u.s. ground troops, so the question just ends up being wha

this individual who is a charismatic leader and has been able to push out around his holding of eastern syria and western iraq. it will provide disruption in the leadership. that's a good thing. it doesn't mean that we wrapped up this problem if we take him out. this is a problem where he has cultivated leadership in a way that has been pretty impactful at them gaining ground and holding ground and including by the way using violence to control cities and it's the population. none of that is going away. we need to have a sustained high tempo effort if you will disrupt or dismantle isis the way they operate today. >> thank you so much. good to see you. keystone pipeline legislation, executive action on immigration, two more years of wrangling with the congress for president obama when he returns from asia. chuck todd is the moderator of "meet the press" and the author of the stranger. barack obama in the white house. i don't know how you do it all. your day job and night job and weekend job. you are just off a plane. y in doing the book, what did you learn going back over your notes and all yo

it drug its feet for about a year, so now the comeuppance is eastern syria and western iraq are in the hands of the islamist radicals, and the question is will we now begin to discuss with others in the region, the steps that might bring them into the effort, including turkey. and they've indicated, look, we want to see a strategic plan, before we get engaged here. we're still, as you and i discussed, we're still not selling to the kurds the arms that they would like to have for their 190,000 soldiers there that are strung out across a 600 mile border, fighting this isis. fighting them without the anti-tank missiles, the artillery, the mortars, the tanks that they need. let's sell them the equipment. let them do the fighting, but let's get the administration off the dime on a plan here that's going to work and is going to have our allies or others in the field pick up the burden of carrying out the struggle. lou: mr. chairman, have you spoken to the complexity or part of the complexities that exist here in one instance. the turks are extraordinarily sensitive to the kurdish issue. kurd

tens of thousands have fled to regyou've e camps in turkey and eastern syria.urther south, fighting between the syrian army and rebels in several areas of the country. government forces have been trying to drive rebels out ant the cease-fire line dividing syria from the israeli occupied golan heights. they are caught between opposing forces. kim vinnell reports. >> the fight to control the southwestern prove incident is fierce. separating syria and the israeli occupied golan heights. now, villagers inside the demil tarized zone are coming under attack from syrian forces. u.n. peacekeepers retreated to the israeli site of the cease-fire line in september after syrian rebels took control of the only crossing. those living or taking refuge inside the cease-fire zone hoped they would be safe. >> this is the result. i am a civilian. i lost my eye. i also lost my hand the . i have been treated here in the hospital but i need to go abroad as doctors there might be able to do something better for my case. we don't have the medicines h e here. >> the crossing is a gatew

since his capture in eastern syria last october he converted to islam and changed his name. his parents pleaded with isis leaders not to harm their son, a fell muslim. the 26-year-old served as an army ranger in iraq. he moved to syria in 201 and founded a medical aid mission. he wrote, if i do go down, i will know that you and mom loved me more than the moon and the stars. he lived in beruit a young and passionate young man dedicated to others. isis is holding another female american, so far no threats against her life. >>> streets around city hall are close to do make way for the second attempt to remove the famed pnb letters from 1 south broad building. the action cam was there as they started to remove the letters. it was a delicate operation, but they removed the remaining 9 letters. you can see the letters being lifted by a helicopter and gingerly set down. back in august, the crews tried to remove the 63-year-old by sin by helicopter, but now they are all down, the streets are still closed. >>> a 10-year-old boy is in critical condition at children's hospital after he

air force, and reports on the scene say that's what likely caused that fire ball in north eastern syria the turkish border. we'll getting rare video in from syria's largest oil feel. it was produced by kurds and syria who share the revenue, but for now, production has halted because that oil field is surrounded by isis. ty? >>> brazil's company owned by the government is going down in flames. michelle caruso-cabrera has details on a mushrooming scandal. >> the hits keep oncoming, not meeting the production targets, and this is on top of friday when the offices were raided across the country and arrests were made, and now they are saying as of friday, their earnings report, it's going to be delayed indefinitely because they don't know what effect the scandal has on asset prices. what do the allegations do when it comes to the scandal? bribery, money laundering, calling it the car wash scandal, and allegation is at least hundreds of millions of dollars may have been siphoned away from petrobras. the stock is hammered as a result of this and declining oil prices, remember, oil production i

there is influence through the territory in western and northern iraq and eastern syria. >> nbc's chief correspondent joins me from turkey. thank you very much. it's too soon to analyze whether this audio message was released, we know when it was released, but when it was record and what his state was and why it was released. >> i head a tribute of the recording and one indication could hint to when it was recorded, not necessarily by whom, but when. it makes a reference to recent pledges of allegiance by militant groups, particular lly group in egypt that decided to pledge loyalty tow the group isis or as it likes to call it, the islamic state. it makes a reference to the decision to snend an additional 1,500 trainers and advisers to iraq. if it is genuine, it does seem to be quite recent. it's about four pages long and the first half is a rallying telling them that god is on their side and it is a war against jews and crusaders. it calls on other groups around the world like the group in egypt like the group that joined up with isis in libya. it brings the jihad to their own countries

. ♪ >> reporter: isis quickly built out its base in eastern syria and western iraq by tapping wealthyi sympathizers. >> they have managed to get into new areas and new fields of taking control of territories, taking control of oil fields, establish i establishing bases everywhere. >> reporter: air strikes have curbed the group's oil output, less than a third of the level of june, when it was earning $3 million a day. legislation dates back since the 9/11 attacks. experts suggest it was pressure from the united states and the international organizations to get the middle eastern states to push ahead with laws. now they suggest there's a gap between what's been put on the books and what's actually being enforced. u.n. security council resolutions have been expanded to force member states to step up international cooperation. >> once you have that political commitment, the second level and more important is that these institutions sometimes have lack of ability and lack of capacity, experience, expertise, cannot perform and use these tools efficiently. >> reporter: by the region's own me

he was kidnaped last year in eastern syria while trying to deliver aid to displaced syrians. >> he risked his life every day to save the lives of the people that he didn't have any relation to. >> he chose to go back to help with all of the suffering in syria caused by the civil war. >> a familiar figure appearing in that execution video released video, a man, this man, speaking with an english accent and fits the same description of the militant from other videos showing beheadings of westerners. u.s. defense secretary says u.s. is speeding up efforts to train iraqi forces that are fighting isis militants. >>> all right. here it goes. a lot of hype leading up to the game, matched the tease out there on market street. >> yes, we cut the cheese yesterday. >> it cut us. >> unfortunately the packers lived up to the hype and only the packers. >> if we won this game it would have been exciting about the super bowl implications. packers jumped all over mark sanchez and rest of the eagles early, and they never looked back. aaron rodgers had his way with the birds defense, 53-20 green bay. we wil

kassig's death comes have after he was kidnaped a nearby in eastern syria. he is 26 year-old from indianapolis and he return to the middle east to provide aid for displaced syrians. his loved ones say they are very proud of his humanitarian work. >> every day, to, you know, save the life of the people, who he didn't have any relation to. >> he chose to go back, and to help with all of the suffering from syria caused by the civil war. >> a familiar figure, appeared in the execution, of the rid ohio that was released yesterday. this man speaking with an eveningish accent and fits the same description of a militant from other videos shown beheadings of westerners. >>> 6:12. warning for ships on the high seas, why this cruise ship didn't want any other boat sailing nearby. bob? >>> 6:12. here's a live look, at a car fire along, i-95, good news, bad news they are allowing one lane to squeeze through. bad news we are backup bumper to bumper heading north on i-95 through delaware county. to bumper heading north on i-95 through delaware county. iwe put all the apps

kassig, the 26 year-old humanitarian and army ranger from indianapolis was kidnaped last year in eastern syria while trying to deliver aid to displaced syrians. >>> risk his life every day to save the lives of people that he didn't have any relation to. >> he chose to go back and to help with all of the suffering in syria caused by the civil war. >> familiar figure appeared in the execution video released yesterday in the video. man speaking with an eveningish accent and fits save description, shows beheadings of westerners. u.s. defense secretary says u.s. is speeding up effort to train iraqi forces fighting isis militants. >>> hackers are always looking for ways to attack the u.s. government but something that they just did has the state department taking the unprecedented step have of shutting down its entire unclass fight e-mail system. senior department official say that the feds detect a quote, activity of concern of how they are describing it, in their system. and they discovered it at about the same time as another incident targeted the white house computer network. the official says t

more obvious oil sales as they have -- as you know, taken control of some of the oil fields in eastern syria as -- as -- and -- and they did have some in western iraq. we have been able to take back some of that. the iraqis have and most all of it, beiji oil refinery and so on. that's one thing we are doing and been pretty effective to not only disrupt that, but stop that oil flow out of there that gets into the borders, and they were -- they were getting a few million dollars a day from that. now other things, our treasury department is taking the lead on this. with partners all over the world, united nations, european partners, middle eastern partners. we're trying to shut those -- those money markets off any way of funding and resourcing isil has, continues to have. we had made a global effort that we lead. as you know, they also get funds from contributions inside. we try to stop that through our intelligence communities, so this is as much of a focus as it was when i was hear two months ago, has to be for the reasons that i mentioned, and as i always said in our comprehensive strategy,

that also carries over into eastern syria. as we have said there are no borders when it comes to terrorism especially the ruthlessness brutality of isis. we're doing what we can in syria to facilitate our anti-isil strategy. and that is eventually as we degrade isil. >> rose: aren't you getting pressure from your allies to do more against assad. >> there are different points of view by some of the coalition partners. i understand that. there are points of view among our allies on everything. >> rose: are there different points of view in this administration between you and secretary kerry. >> no. >> rose: if you defeat isil it helps or hurts assad. >> wellcm5explained what our sts regarding isil, is assad being benefited, helped by the what we're doing, are other countries against isil. he's indirectly benefiting. but here, let's review the landscape here. why has all of this occurred? this has all occurred because over the last three years, assad his brutality, his lack of responsibility government, his legitimacy in governmen

various opposition groups, and of course the islamic state, which continues to advance across north eastern syria, despite what have been months of air strikes by arab and western forces. over the past three years, my colleague ian panel has been visiting northern syria, visiting areas controlled by the rebel forces. and reports today on what he sees as a declining morale and the possible collapse of the opposition in some areas. >> reporter: they're the youngest victims of syria's war. children who have had to run for their lives now living as refugees in turkey. their smiling faces belie the horrors they've seen. they still sing about freedom. but the uprising their parents began looks close to collapse. >> translator: there was a lot of shelling and the situation worsened day by day. at first, it was one shell. that was normal. but then they used missiles and then bombs. it was becoming worse and we became more afraid. >> reporter: their teacher is ibrahim. we first met him three years ago inside syria when he was a rebel fighter. ibrahim signed up for the free syrian army. a moderate group of

kassig's family says he was detained in eastern syria, held hostage for more than a year and converted to islam going by the name abdul-rahman. >> during the summer of 2012 peter kassig was helping to care for thousands of syrian civilians wounded in the civil w war. >> he spoke with ara damon about his need to do that work. >> reporter: the first time we met peter was during the summer of 2012. it was quite the sight. peter a former army ranger pale, tattooed and though at the time speaking only a handful of arabic tending to wounded syrians with a compassion that transcended the language barrier. >> we each get one life. we don't get any do-overs. for me it was time to put up or shut up. the way i saw it i didn't have a choice. like this is what i was put here to do. i guess i'm just a hopeless romantic and idealist and i believe in hopeless causes. >> reporter: for peter doing something meant starting his own n nonprofit. just months after we met him he was already delivering humanitarian aid and medical assistance to syrians and refugee camps and inside the war-torn country. profou

. >> when you look at what isil dominates now, the swath of the control they have, eastern syria, much of north and western iraq, you could change assad today and that's not going to change all the dynamics quickly, certainly in syria. >> warner: syrian rebel leaders reported the islamic state and al-qaida's branch in syria, the al-nusra front, have agreed to stop fighting each other, and work together. >> ifill: now, for a closer look at the administration's strategy to defeat the i.s. group inside syria, we turn to former u.s. ambassador to iraq james jeffrey. he's now a distinguished fellow at the washington institute for near east policy. and phyllis bennis, director of the new iernationalism project at the institute for policy studies. ambassador jeffrey, is our strategy, such as we understand it to be, the same for deeffect the islamic state as as our strategy in syria? >> no, it's quite different. as both secretary hagel and general dempsey said we have an iraq-first strategy but importantly dempsey underlined it is not an iraq-only strategy. we have put considerable resources i

islamic state holds a band across northern and eastern syria, toward iraq. al-nusra is strong along the southern border near israel and in the northwest. and the kurds hold territory along the border with turkey. other groups and the f.s.a. are strongest in the south. the free syrian army and its allies still hold areas in the north, including a vital crossing into turkey called bab al-hawa. vital aid passes through here-- a lifeline to rebels and to thousands of internally- displaced syrians. now, al-nusra forces are closing in on the border crossing, as alliances once again shuffle. but the u.s. central command was careful to say it did not target the nusra front as a whole. that's because in the syrian war, the group has sometimes allied with american-supported factions against the syrian government. and andrew tabler a senior fellow at the washington institute for near east policy. welcome both of you back to the program. andrew tabler, let me start with you. this is almost an alphabet-like collection of groups in suryoo so i'm going to keep it simple fo

really contr, western iraq and eastern syria.y also came to believe that the iraqi troops were a little more capable and it was time to move to the next stage. that said, i think they're putting u.s. troops in a more difficult and potentially dangerous position. >> woodruff: they're saying non-combat. >> right, and they're saying non-combat, but what's new here is there will be a whole new geographic reach. they will go to expedition gnash sites, quote, unquote, where they will be training and advising fighters on the ground. >> woodruff: this is new -- not at all. erbil and baghdad are pretty safe. all they needed was air strikes. these will be much more exposed areas, they haven't chosen by. fallujah, i.s. controls, the pentagon made a point of saying, yes, we understand, half of the u.s. forces won't be advisors, they will be force protection units, and the same with all the other new sites they'll establish to do training. so at least maybe as much as half of them may not be combat troops but will have to be ready for combat.

east and we will still influence over a broad swath of territory in western and northern iraq and eastern syriabut as president obama has said, i.s.i.l. will not be defeated through military force alone. our comprehensive strategy is focused on supporting inclusive governments and sustained a broad based regional and broad coalition and strengthening local forces on the ground. it also includes under cutting i.s.i.l.'s flow of resources, encountering i.s.i.l.'s messaging, constricting the flow of foreign fighters, providing humanitarian assistance and our intensive regional and global diplomatic effort. in iraq much more needs to be done to achieve political reform. but we are seeing steps in the right direction. in the wake of years of polarizing leadership, iraqi prime minister abaddi is leaning forward by the diverse communities and appointed a sunni defense minister, after that post was left vacant for more than four years. and he is moving to create an iraqi national guard which would empower local forces especially in sunni tribal areas of anbar providence aligning them with the central g

donated his own money to the cause and in october of last year kassig was captured while heading to eastern syriarents say his embrace of the religion had become much earlier. yesterday isis showed a video showing kassig had been killed. he was 26. he wrote a letter to his parents in captivity, smuggled out by a former prisoner. he knew the militants claims his parents had abandoned him were lies. his father read from the letter last month. >> don't worry, dad. if i go down, i won't go down thinking anything but what i know to be true, that you and mom love me more than the moon and the stars. >> kassig's parents who you saw asked that contributions in their son's honor be sent to the syrian american medical society to help syrians displaced and injured by war. it is a cause worthy of his memory. rest in peace. that is "all in" for this evening. the rachel maddow show starts this evening. >> powerful stuff. thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. >>> so the pope. turns out the pope faxes. specifically, the pope faxes this man. his name is cardinal shawn omalley of boston and on the kaegss

he went into syria, was picked up, i believe, in the prove incident in eastern syria and very little has been heard from him since other than pleas by his family and friends of his trying to get him released. >> ben hubbard, we wanted to ask you, a visit, a surprise visit by general martin dempsey there in iraq. tell us a little bit about the nature of this visit. >> well t seems like the main focus of the u.s. effort right now is trying to get advisors in place earlier this month that they were going to basically double the number of american military advisors here to about 3,000. so they are trying to get these in place mainly to arm, equip and training missions for the iraqi military and also trying to get some of the tribal fighters on board from some of the sunni tribes, particularly in anbar prove incident. these are groups that people remember hearing about the sunni awakening in iraq when u.s. forces were still here. this was -- these were -- these tribes ended up playing a large role in cooperating with american forces to get rid of al-qaeda in iraq, the predecessor of the g

correspondent ayman mohyeldin knew peter and had lunch with him weeks before he was captured in eastern syria. >> he was a great guy. very calm. a person who is driven by great sense of ideals after several years of questioning all that was happening around him in the middle east, he felt, finally, he had a purpose in trying to help the syrian refugee. >> more on the execution of kassig richard engel reports from turkey. >> unfortunately a graphic 16 minute video released by isis has been awe then candidated. we will not be showing it here. no need to spread the group's propaganda. peter was the fifth western hostage murdered and the third american. at the vigil in indianapolis, friends, supporters, and peter kassig's parents remembered the young man who decided to dedicate his life to helping others but paid for it with his own. president obama called the murder by isis an act of pure evil. the 26-year-old former army ranger who served in iraq travelled to syria last year to volunteer as a medic. isis militants stopped him and kidnapped him at the check point. he is said to have endured trau

his family says he was detained in eastern syria and held hostage for more than a year. he converted to islam while in captivity, going by the name abdul rahman. >> once again a figure dressed all in black and speaking with what sounds like an english accent appears in sunday's video. but this video was longer and even more graphic. it showed the beheadings of other men the militants claim were pilots for the syrian government. unlike previous videos, this one did not include a statement by the victim. peter kassig's parents say they are heartbroken their son lost his life as a result of his love for the syrian people and his desire to ease their suffering. alexander field reports his family and friends remember a brave young man who just wanted to help. >> reporter: paula and ed kassig asking for privacy and asking for their son peter kassig to be remembered for his important work and the love he shared with friends and family. last month the parents publicly pleaded for mercy from kassig's captors. >> most of all, know that we love you and our hearts ache for you to be

targets that occupied europe and can't hesitate to bomb targets in isis-controlled northern iraq and eastern syria. finally, we have learned that the control of the new york fed and its ability to clear dollar transactions is perhaps the most powerful sanction that we have against terrorist states like iran and i'll be interested to see whether that would play a role. it has brought iran to the point they are willing to pretend o to negotiate with us. i yield back. >> the chair now recognizes the vice chairman of the subcommittee, the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. fitzpatrick for two minutes. >> i thank you, mr. chairman. this past month i had the opportunity to travel to the e region to investigate terror financing at meeting in qatar and turkey with the department of treasury officials to roubd out my understanding of terror financing and specifically the threat posed byist uist. i look forward to working with my colleagues on this committee to provide oversight over the government's response to isis and ensure that we have all the tools necessary to meet this unique challenge. isis is an ene