. >> and democratic congressman gregory meeks of new york joins me in a short time says he has questions about the president's proposal. he will join us in a few minutes. stick around for that. >>> also developing, days after the death of kayla mueller, american aid worker held by isis, hearing from the parents of the last known american held hostage in syria. the parents of free-lance journalist austin tice say neither the u.s. government nor do they have any idea where their son is being held by isis. tice former marine was kidnapped two-and-a-half years ago. so far there have been no ransom demands from captors. in an interview with my colleague, andrea mitchell his parents say they're frustrated because they have no idea what, if any progress has been made in finding their son. >> what we really want our government to do is to engage in a dialogue with the syrian government. you know how can we have this fantastic state department and global diplomacy if we are not speaking. how does that work? >> there needs to be someone made accountable directly for the safe return of hostages. >>

. >>> joining me now is congressman gregory meeks, democrat of new york. he serves on the house foreign affairs committee. also with me is jim arkedis, a truman fellow and former pentagon analyst. thank you both for being here. >> thank you. >> thank you, rev. >>> kayla mueller's death is obviously a real tragedy for her family and for all americans. will this stiffen resolved to fight isis, in your opinion? >> well i think we have the resolve to fight isis and we will continue that resolve. i think that united states utilizing our air powers and working and coordinating with our allies will stiffen it. hopefully even on you arab allies jordan, saudi arabia others stepping up their commitment to this fight, because we have to get rid of this terrorism group. >> jim, the mueller family received a forecast of kale kayla's body. is isis trying to avoid responsibility for her death? >> they are absolutely trying to avote responsibility. the importance thing for us all for remember is they are 100% responsible for it. they took her hostage. so it's heartbreakin

but we feel they really did want to release kayla. >> talking now, gregory meeks, member of the housee you. >> good to be with you. >> after hearing that father how comfortable are you leaving the policy with u.s. hostages where it is? >> i feel for the family of kayla, but if in fact we give in to ransom we are then supporting these terrorists. then it would put a lot of other individuals in jeopardy because anybody they will try to capture, control, try to utilize them to continue funding their terrorist activities so i think our policy is right, we just got to make sure we destroy this group they call isil. >> some of the critics are saying where do you draw the line because an american that is in the hands of terrorists for example, bergdahl, was released after there was exchange of five taliban prisoners. that's an american. this was an american. why the difference. >> well one scenario you're talking about post war, that was where you generally trade those that have been prisoners of war. this is a scenario where you're talking about an active terrorist group that's looking to k

joining me here in studio democratic congressman gregory meeks, member of the foreign affairs committee sir. i know you voted in favor of this short-term extension very late last night, wrapping up about 10:00 at night. late yesterday, minority leader pelosi until that point called on democrats to stand against it. what changed and why did you vote for it? >> well it is that the leader said -- and we believe that next week we will have a clean dhs bill that we can vote on that will be good for the year as opposed to just postponing it and doing it piecemeal. >> band-aid measures. >> band-aid. we're told we are going to have within the next seven days a clean dhs bill that will keep america safe and keep the employees of the department of homeland security paid. so that's what we look forward to. we hope the republican leadership can governor. >> all that you've just said the goals and what you hope to achieve, can you understand why viewers of this broadcast, your constituents, people across this country are saying come on, this is happening again? >> well listen the republicans have th

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gregory meeks of new york. >> mr. secretary, it's good to see you. some have said that the united states no longer leads. i think they mean leading in a unilateral way. i want to complement you on leading and thin administration because leading in a multilateral way and what you and this administration have done is bring a lead by bringing countries together whether it's bringing the countries together on the p5 which those sanctions is what put iran in a position that it's currently in whether it's bringing countries together to fight ebola, whether we deal with the russian situation, bringing countries together to deal with isil. that's leadership. and it's difficult leadership when everybody had their own competing interests. and i think that the leadership that we're doing today so that we can share this world has slunk. we can't do it it our way with no one else is real leadership it's hard work and it is sometimes not thankful. so i appreciate the work that you're goingdoing in those regards. it's difficult because when i look at my constituent