she's been held hostage by isis ever since is.ay isis claiming she's dead as a result of a jordanian air strike in raqqa, isis strong hold. there's no corroboration, no evidence. u.s. officials are making it clear they're obviously concerned about this point but they have no evidence to back this up. all of us take the isis claim very skeptically for good reason. explain why. >> it's far too convenient from an isis point of view she would happen to be in this building alone without any guards during friday prayers, which itself is farfetched. why would she be left alone despite the fact she's of high value to isis. she alone was killed in the strike and that it was jordanian aircraft particularly according to isis that were responsible for this. how on earth would isis know this was a strike by jordanian rather than american aircraft? it's all too convenient from an isis point of view. it really smacks propaganda trying to drive a wedge between jordanians and americans. that's going to fail big time. jordanians and americans resol

>> we should be held to a high standard.hese are questions that should be asked about his credibility. i think it is crazy that journalists should be held at a higher standard. i think we should be held at an equal standard. you are doing your job and you need to be honest. >> i tend to think that we do need to be held to a slightly higher standard. at this point politicians -- the notion of spin and fish tales of evasions, of all those various things, politicians do all that stuff. we accepted because that is the way politics are. that is not the way journalists should be. we are entrusted to be truth tellers. if we are going to take that mantle, we should accept the notion that we are going to be held to a higher standard. i think that an internal investigation and an organization investigating itself in all cases are inherently suspect every time. any journalist who sees that, whether it is a corporation or government office, if you are investigating yourself people are never going to be best going to completely believe i

but isis knows that the obama administration knows that there is a woman being held. and there's a certain amount of emotional baggage that goes along with that. we have never seen her in any of these videotapes in recent months. we've never seen them acknowledge her identity in any substantive way until this today. and i emphasize substantive, everybody knew this woman was there but not a lot of talking about it. so you have to wonder, perhaps, if now that the jordanians have come in and really galvanized the arab governments in the middle east to fight back against isis, was isis turning to what they thought maybe was their ultimate propaganda tool, which was the fate of a woman at their hands? oddly enough, i was speaking earlier today to a top u.s. military official about all these videotapes. and what this official was pointing out is you look at the videotape, you look at the isis propaganda. it's very heavily produced. it's well-thought-out by them. they know what they want to show in the terrible murder video -- it's a highly produced video that has got a lot

she was held hostage for 18 months. president obama told "buzzfeed" news the u.s. tried to rescue mueller last year. >> you know, i deployed an entire operation at significant risk to rescue not only her but the other individuals that had been held and probably miss them by a day or two. >> as early as today the president is expected to ask congress for its approval to use force against isis. susan mcginnis is in washington. susan, good morning. >> good morning, lauren. the president said in a statement, no matter how long it takes, the u.s. will bring to justice those responsible for kayla's death. the president will ask congress for this new authorization to use military force against isis but he is asking a congress deeply divided over the possibility of using u.s. combat troops. so the legislation apparently is going to include language to apiece both sides rngs but it's still highly unlikely to get approved quickly. >> my immediate reaction is just heartbreak. >> just a day after the retaliation, president obama will ask congress to authorize a three-year plan

and any other americans are being held.sis will pry to keep the press attention on them and the message that they are trying to get out. it shouldn't be long before we hear more about this as they try to use them as human shields. >> we are told time and time again, the air strikes the thousands that the u.s. forces have led and the coalition in iraq and not only syria are effective against isis. and there are reports that the jordanians are affected as well. the end result is the same. more americans are doing in the hands of isis. what do we need to it change? >> a couple of things need to change and it is inevitable that there is more american involvement in the use against isis. and in order to stop the american policy we need to pay more attention in a policy level to them other than when they are just in front of us. >> what do you mean by that? >> it took the administration a year to it get up to speed on this. they had been ignoring it. and ignoring the security they need. they are fighting the most recent battle an

again, it's been raining most of the dale, but it's held off for the work -- day, but it's held off forkout. back to you guys in the studio. stay warm. we will. >>> minnesota viking running back adrian petersen is one step closer to playing in the nfl again. he was at least april 15th after allegations of child abuse. a federal judge overruled the nfl arbitrator overseeing the case that he simply disregarded the law of the shop and in doing so did not complete his duty. the ball is in the nfl's court. >>> the georgetown hoyas have three games remaining beginning with st. john's on saturday which you can see here on wusa9. jt3 is expecting a much different challenge. >> in the league that has the round robin format you throw out the first one. so we played very well here at the verizon center. it coincided with them having a bad day. there's no way we're going to expect that to happen again. >>> we have mrs. marion webster over here. upeptic. >> the word used by matt williams could be of or having good digestion or cheerful and optimistic. we'll go with the second one. >> that's it for u

held corporations. you could just look to the articles of incorporation, bylaws and so forth and see what the corporate owners want to do. and if they wish to raise religious objection, seems to me the court would be hard-pressed to draw a principled line between closely held and not closely held corporations. >> i should sort of make the point, if you look at just kind of justice alito's reasoning it applies to both closely held corporations, some of which are quite big as well as public ones. the thing that was grappled with at oral argument some of the opinion in what circumstance which shareholders say we have a religious point of view? and the court sort of has left us with kind of a broad view of the right of corporation that would encompass the public corporation with her assist technical question with a public corporation assess this is our religious view. i mean i remember in the run up there was talk about jetblue makes arguments in sort of religious terms but we're still kind of waiting to se

maybe she was held in raqqa. we've seen a lot of other western hostages held in and around raqqa. far from clear whether she was in the building that was allegedly destroyed earlier today. >> to your point kim dozier often times families ask for proof of life. we know that was given some time ago. we don't know what's happened behind the scenes since then. ultimately the way to prove it would be a proof of death video or photograph. >> some sort of picture of the woman now passed away. even then there would be a doubt as to did she die at isis hand? one of the other things isis has learned through rekrenltcent rescue attempts is they were reportedly moving the hostages around freely. they didn't want to keep a whole bunch of people with them. they did keep people nearby just in case to fight back any attempted rescuers. so it's two things. yes, she could have been held in a building by herself as a safety measure. you think will there would be isis fighters nearby and casualties because of this. >> and also why raqqa? if this is isis strong hold, the world knows that. that would b

american hostage who was held by isis has been killed. again, absolutely no confirmation -- >> and i have evan kohlmann on the phone. i want to advise everyone we are not at this time naming the american woman publicly it has been disclosed she is 26 years old. the white house and the state department have indicated that. there's no other information about her, her background. we're aware of it but not confirming anything publicly at this point about the 26-year-old aid worker who had been captured in august of 2013. evan, can you tell us anything about the isis report and what they are claiming and your efforts to try to verify the credibility of their claim? >> sure the claim itself appears and it's hard to tell because the main isis chat forum is offline, it appears to come from a legitimate isis media unit. it's a fairly short message. essentially says that continuous raids by the jordanian air force outside the city of raqqa killed this female american hostage. the hostage was identified, her phone numbers were provided and e-mail ad

everyone held their breath and some plrayed. suddenly victory. a repeat of 1992. >> how many years we have been rating -- we have been waiting for it and it is here. we're going to celebrate it. >> we are scared that we had confidence because they are like elephants, strong, very strong. >> it was planned by god. i believe the victory will allow us to unite and reconcile and love each other and move forward. >> it has taken 22 years but the ivorians are once again the kings of africa. this is going be one huge party. now fans away the homecoming of the trophy and the team will be welcomed as heroes. >> let's take a look at our headlines for those of you joining us here. a deadly stampede in egypt as football fans pack cairo stadium. 22 people are dead after they tried to storm the arena, and riot police fired tear gas. pushing for peace in eastern ukraine, leaders from ukraine russia, germany, and france promised to meet in belarus after the four-way phone call on sunday failed to yield a concrete agreement. and a sweet second victory for ivory c

are they being held hostage by isis or other terror groups? >> all i can tell you is we know at least of one other hostage being held in syria. >> is isis holding that individual hostage? >> i won't go any further than i just did, wolf. look, isil this is a tactic they use, holding people hostage putting their lives in danger, in harm's way. and then of course executing and killing them as a result of some of that captivity. this is a reminder of just the brutal ideology that this group spouses and how dangerous they remain. >> is the american being held hostage in syria a man or a woman? >> i really don't want to go into any more detail. we know there's one american hostage in syria. i'll tell you another thing, wolf. we don't lose focus on this. we monitor as close as we can. as you well know, if the intelligence is there and the capability is there, the united states military will and will continue to mount rescue operations if they're needed. >> so the u.s. will have rescue operations to go after this one individual? is that right? >> we a

those fund and more speveng the difference between the fund for the infrastructure conducting those held by the a bag financing authority and the stabilization fund and close for the priorities of the fund and the properties to be used to distribute those fund in the future i'm sure you're aware of in august of 2005 the rincon hill area plan was to transform the mixed use neighborhood with this development will be impact fees associated where the impact fees can be used for infrastructure improvement of the impact fees are traditionally held by the planning department to offset the impacts on affordable housing community or generally the board established a separate selma fund with an additional fee on the rincon hill development so we have to depth funds that it is source of confusion the additional impact fee for improvement and the additional silver stabilization fee that was imposed and to further complicate the matter $6 million of the infrastructure fee that is continually managed by the planning department was through this legislation mandatory to be adopted into the silver commun

she was held more than a year without any contact. then fast forward to may 2014 when her family was contacted and provided proof of life. here's the news just in the last hour or so. isis is now claiming that kayla mueller was killed in this bombing in the building where they say came under fire from air strikes launched by jordan. meantime jordan's government is responding swiftly saying this is a pr stunt from this terror group and should not be trusted. this is driving a wedge in the coalition. when you think about how this young woman was held by isis a year and a half what kind of conditions would she have been in all that time? >> hi brooke. her conditions would have been awful, something we wouldn't wish on our worst enemies. if you look at any hostages that have been released from isis and other groups that are constantly shifted from place to place, held in terrible conditions malnourished and kept in dank cells and treated probably very very badly. potentially she was treated better because she was a woman, but we really do

among them men and women are held captive. it seems as if almost everyone has an unpleasant story to dell. >> local authorities say they are preparing for more displaced. >>> still to come on al jazeera - a rebel fighter with links to al qaeda is killed in the philippines after a 10 year man hunt. we'll tell you more. >> organs for sale in bangladesh. we travel to a hub of illegal trade. >>>hello again, top stories in al jazeera. intense fighting in eastern ukraine, a central bus station in donetsk was targeted with heavy shelling coming hours before talks in the russian capital minsk, where leaders from ukraine, russia germany and france will try to put an end to the violence. >> the family of u.s. aid worker kayla mueller who was held host binge by islamic state of iraq and levant have confirmed her death. i.s.i.l. say she was killed in a collision strike >>> bailout talks in wednesday for greece. germany warns against proposing the debt terms. >>> the u.s. and u.k. closed embassy in the yemeni cattle. it's four years today

she said that woman was never held against her will. authorities say she was held captive inside this home for nearly two months here, according to investigators. a woman who just came out and spoke with us told us that story is made up. she believes the victim made that story up. authorities say the 22-year-old woman was held at that rural property on stony point road. authorities say the homeowner in this case was the mastermind behind the crimes. three men were arrested yesterday when they showed up at the sheriff's office to get property that was taken during a search of the home last week. that's when deputies took them into custody. we spoke a few minutes ago with the girlfriend of one of those three men. she didn't want to show her face. >> you're saying she made this story up? >> everything. i met her months ago but i didn't know her by the name she's going by. i know her by a different name. she's my facebook friend. >> was she ever at this house? >> she lived here. she moved in before christmas. >> reporter: again, that woman

this is a home where a woman was kidnapped and held for two months.ments coming up in about two minutes. >>> good morning and thank you for joining us thursday, february 26th. i'm dave clark. >> i'm pam cook. steve, changes coming this weekend? >> friday and saturday. today looks mild and warm. i tell you, there's upper 50s to near 60 degrees. we have some warm air aloft. mostly clear, some higher clouds. this is down from the north an northwest for friday but not today. cool to mild, really not that cold compared to a couple days ago. there are some 30s but a lot more 40s and 50s. there will be snow and low snow levels as well this weekend, 3500 feet by saturday. you can see the clouds out there. 38 in napa but a lot of 40s and 50s including san francisco. i want to show you, any travel plans, it won't stop. the wind chill is crazy, 5 degrees in oklahoma city, the snow if you're flying through the northeast, there are issues because there's snow from washington to new york and boston. keeping an eye on the north. that's where the system will come in

>> we should be held to a super high standard.e don't know the facts about what happened with brian williams but these are questions that should be asked about his credibility. i think it's crazy that journalists should be held to a higher standard. i think we should be held to an equal standard as politicians. you're doing your job, you need to be honest. i wouldn't say higher. i'd say equal. >> i tend to think that i think we do have to be held to a slightly higher standard. at this point now, politicians, the notion of spin, of fish tails, of evasions, of all those various things not -- i don't think anybody should outright lie but politician does all that stuff. we basically accept it. because that's the way politics are. that's not the job of journalists. journalists should be -- we are entrusted with the notion of being truth tells of -- tellers. if we're going to take that mantle and parade as truth tellers, we should accept the notion that we're going to be held to a higher standard. >> what about nbc doing an investigatio

for more than a year, very few people knew kayla mueller was being held hostage by isis. and that was very much on purpose. days ago, her captors claimed that she was killed. they said by a coalition air strike. but they didn't give proof of that. so the young arizona woman's family, u.s. officials and everyone who knew her incredible story or her terrible plight, they all held out hope. and that hope has now ended. late this morning, the white house confirmed that kayla jane mueller is dead, dead at the hands of hateful and abhorrent terrorists. aides say that president obama has spoken with kayla's family who we understand received word -- personal word from isis, personal word accompanied by photographs that came just this past weekend. and as if this family hasn't suffered enough, after she was taken hostage more than a year and a half ago, wondering if she'd be okay and then wondering since last week if it was true, was she really dead, now comes the news that they just have to accommodate, she is dead. and they've released this statement. i just want to read it for

is great uncertainty among the people here as to whether this latest truce will be implemented and heldrles stratford, al jazeera, eastern ukraine. >>> the ceasefire may be as much about the bottom line as diplomacy and fact is the sanctions have taken a severe toll on russia's economy. one way to look at the impact is with capitol flight that is the money that investors are pulling out of russia consider this in 2013 russia central bank said $63 billion left the country. in 2014 when the sanctions started the capitol flight nearly doubled to $123 billion. now, it's not just the money that is leaving, it's in 2010 33,000 people left russia. in 2014 the exodus topped 200,000. alexander is a former kremlin adviser in london this evening and welcome, tell me what you think of this ceasefire and whether you think it will hold. >> well it's a difficult, you know difficult to say whether it will hold or not because there are so many small things on every side of the story that we don't really we can't really anticipate. and already certain games have started surrounding this agreement. the we

he has been held hostage after his jet crashed in syria in december. led all the jordanians know that those that doubted the atrocities now have the proof. but those that doubted jordan's power will see the proof as well. the pilot was not the son of one tribe, or one city. he is the son of all of jordan. his blood will not be shed in vain. live us from in the capitol. so official confirmation there from the jordanian government spokesman. jordan has vowed punishment and revenge what more are officials saying? we can tell from the information ministers response that there will be sop kind of retaliation or response. we also saw a statement on jordan t.v., jordan state t.v. as well, from the spokesperson of the army saying that the response will be as grave as the anger of all jordanians right now. separately we are getting reports. these are attributed to an unnamed jordanian source. as saying that who is on deodara who are oven death row and convicted to crimes related to terrorism will be executed in the coming hours. we cannot confirm these reports

killed while the islamic state terrorists held her hostage.la's handwritten letter with you, and we'll bring you specific details about her captivity captivity. details we could not report earlier because of our concerns for her safety. we're also expecting a pentagon briefing on the latest news. it's set to begin at any moment. we will take you there for live coverage. and this comes as we get confirmation that jordanian troops are now on iraq's border. what is about to happen there, if anything? plus as we fight

as to when this latest truce will be implementand held. charles stratford, al jazeera northeast ukraine. >> that was charles stratford reporting not rory challenge. the fighters have gained significant territory since the previous minsk agreement. according to the defense council of ukraine this is the ground the separatists held back then and these are the areas they captured since then, the donetsk airport and the railway hub of debaltseve. if and when the buffer zone is established this is where it could run between government and separatist held territory. let's here now from rory challenge on the deal. >> vladimir putin says it's not the best night of his life. the rest of the members agree. trying to reach an agreement on ukraine. many hopes of an announcement dashed then well into thursday it came. >> the first thing is a ceasefire starting at midnight on the 15th of february. then withdrawing of ukrainian troops and the withdrawal of don donbath region. >> even now, with the agreement signed, angela merkel says much hard work remai

forces are training. >>> talks have been held in yemen between houthi rebels and the party of former president ali abdullah selah. it comes when there are protests across the country. >> reporter: angry protesters set fire to a shia houthi vehicle in yemen's third largest city. they say the car was being used by the houthis to prevent them from holding a demonstration. it's one of the many predominant predominantly sunni regions where anti-houthi sentiment is on the rise. this is a city south of the capitol of sanaa. the shia houthies are in control of parts of the city, but people are worried. protesters are out on the streets to denounce what they say is a houthi crackdown. >> they kept beating me, torturing me for hours. they wanted false confessions things that i was never involved in. they wanted me to lie to say that they were paying us to protest against them. american and british organizations are instigating the youth in yemen against them as they're paying us money to protest against the houthies. all lies. >> anti-houthi protests are spreading across the country. in the ci

hostage held by isis. family of kayla mueller along with the white house say the humanitarian worker is dead. still unknown, though how she died and when she was killed. >> according to fresh intelligence isis is working on plans now to kidnap more americans, more westerners also possibly people from other middle eastern countries and doing this in countries such as jordan and lebanon. we're joined now by our terrorism analyst, paul cruickshank cruickshank. we don't know for sure how kayla mueller died. senator jeff flake says the death of kayla mueller can be laid squarely at the feet of isil. isil says she died last week. we don't know one way or another. why does it matter? >> i think the family will want to know for their peace of mind how she died. that will be important to them. they clearly don't know yet. the administration doesn't appear to know yet either whether she could have been kill in an air strike last week or if isis themselves killed her and sort of framed it as her being killed in an ai

that he was held temporarily released. try to convince isis to release her but was unsuccessful. we were also able to confirm but were asked to withhold very specific details for the sake of her safety and also for national security interests and we'll continue to do that here in the discussion but we understood that cale law was held at three separate locations in syria, most notably one back in may where we understood that all of the eight western hostages were being held together and if it is any comfort to the family, she was able to communicate to one of the others who stages a european eventually released after a ransom, then at that point they had not been the women had not been abused by their captors. what is also significant is that there was very specific information as we've reported here at fox news, back in the middle of may, prior to this rescue attempt about the location of the hostages. when i say specific specific as to a building and location in raqqa, syria. but the administration waited the better part

held in pakistan as well.d that through many years. we've weathered it. i think this is a situation where the president and senior members of the administration have to talk about that and prepare the american people for this type of event happening, but, by defining our clear objectives there, we take those types of risk because we cannot allow the terrorists by taking one american hostage to inhibit the most powerful military on the face of the earth. then the terrorists win. based on your defense experience or tactical experience, what are the challenges that have prevented these supposed operations we've heard reports of to save hostages from succeeding? >> it's very difficult. when i was last in govern i was trying very hard to find sergeant bergdahl. we spend a lot of time trying to find him and there were a lot of issues involved. how many assets will you take away from protecting american forces to go look for a hostage? secondly, even if you do find that person is it possible to even mount a rescue? s

within days the top prosecutor announced they were being held on terror-related charges, alleging they were aiding the outlawed muslim brotherhood. the journalists and al jazeera network rejected the charges. >> so did the global media community, protesters around the world demonstrated in solidarity with the three men. when the trial began in february the three fleeted not guilty. the proceedings were ridiculed by legal experts around the world. evidence presented by the prosecution included footage from a different channel. music on the journalist's laptops and some work in africa. on june 23rd the verdict guilty. mohammed and peter sentenced to seven years. six other colleagues from al jazeera were sentenced in absentia to 10 years in prison. criticism came from the corridors of power around the world. >> the issue of al jazeera - we have been clear publicly and privately that they should be released. they had to wait several months before the case was reviewed. the court of cessation failed to find that there was a link to the muslim brotherhood. the court ordered a retrial. the th

artillery fire that's being heard in the rebel-held city of donetsk and shelling reported in the rebel-heldn of luhansk. these pictures are said to be of that heavy shelling taking place in lieu hanks last night. although they have they have been broadcast on ukrainian television they cannot be independentlily verified. separatists said three people were killed. ukraine's arm says eight of its soldiers were killed and 34 were wounded in the past 24 hours in fighting that was taking place around the town of debaltseve. from the rebel-held city of donetsk, let's hear from james reynolds. >> reporter: the cease-fire has yet to begin and here in donetsk, we continue to hear the sounds of war. the sounds of explosions in the distance of artillery fire. we've also seen footage posted online from the rebel-held city of luhansk which shows heavy fighting at night. and the ukrainian army has said in the last 24 hours, it has lost a number of its own service men. in other words, in the run-up to this cease-fire this planned cease-fire the conflict does continue. and we know that all sides are now loo

held hostage by isil in syria. >> hello there. you are watching al jazeera live from london.o coming up. ukraine's worsens crisis, rockets kill at least 12 people deep in government held territory, hours before crucial peace talks. >> extending the hand of friendship, the egyptian president welcomes russia's vladimir putin to cairo. >> and india's common man party sweeps to a landslide victory in the deli state elections. hello, the u.s. has confirmed the death of kayla muller, the american aid worker held hostage by islamic state of iraq. the 26-year-old was captured in august 2013. last week, isil said she died in a jordanian air strike. who is vowing to hunt her captain tors and bring them to justice. >> confirmation of her death came just hours after a candlelight vigil was held for her. these students had been holding out hope for the worker would be found alive. and well. live now to washington d.c., al jazeera correspondent and tom, how is the family get confirmation of her death. >> well, according the the white house, it was the family that first received a private m

that was an attempt to find all american hostages held at that time. now, that raid last summer, that special-ops raid in syria, it was not a fiasco. none of the special operators were killed or seriously wounded. there was one minor injury. they got in and safely got out of that most dangerous place on earth where they believed the hostages were being held. the place they went where they thought the hostages would be, the hostages were not there. after that raid, three of the four americans held by isis, the three men, were all killed by isis in those brutal murders that isis turned into execution propaganda videos. all of this time it has been interesting that isis, who reportedly have held her since august of 2013, they have never chosen to parade her on camera. nobody knows exactly why that was. i will say there is speculation that in the internal logic of their theologically inflected crazy barbarity there was it was strategic that they didn't want to be filmed treating a woman the way they were treating the men. maybe it seems unlikely the way th

a freedom of speech meeting was being held there at the event. the event is organized by a swedish artist who has been threatened in the past for the caricature of the prophet muhammad in 2007. >>> in ukraine there are reports of battles in the government-held port city of mariupol. in yemen talks continue between houthi rebels and former president ali abdullah saleh. >>> we go to copenhagen. peter, what's happened? >> there was a debate--talks in copenhagen. apparently the copenhagen police just told one of the attackers came into the scene and open fired with an automatic weapon. three policemen from the copenhagen police have been wounded. the hunt has gone on in the northern part of copenhagen, and the rest of the city as well it should be two or three men that the police are looking for right now. >> so they are on the run. what do we know--some of the policemen have been injured. what do we know about this meeting? if it does, indeed, involve the artist we know that he has been under security some time since depicting the prophet prophet mu

he's identified as aaron lorda 29 years old, and he's now being held on $100,000 bail. scott, no serious injuries have been reported from all of those collisions. >> pelley: john, thank you very much. there was quite a rumble in las vegas overnight. >> a demolition team brought down the only clarion hotel and casino, most of it anyway after two tons of explosives went off the building easel vary core survived and they plan to use cables to pull that down. >> little little league baseball officials met today to consider whether the national champions broke the rules.ew they cited new information that the jackie robinson west team from chicago may have added players from the suburbs. players are supposed to live in the district they represent. a decision on whether the team will keep the title is expectedis soon. late today, we got word that jon stewart made a surprising announcement during the taping of the "daily show" on comedyin central. stewart announced that he will be stepping down at the end ofno the year. just the latest change in the late-night tv landscape. ste

he is held on $1 million bail and will be in court tomorrow morning. as for the victim, she is getting help with housing and with counseling services. >> are authorities looking for more victims in the case? >> reporter: you know, i asked that question and they tell me right now they are only prepared to talk about this one victim. >> thank you. >>> we are hearing from a girlfriend of one of three men accused of raping a woman who was held hostage and weeks inside a home near santa rosa. deputies arrested the three men including the owner who was the master mind. the men held a woman captive for two months and police say they sexually assaulted her repeatedly before she escaped through an unlocked door last week. this morning the girlfriend of one of the suspects told us the victim was living there similarity with him. and they say the two had an ongoing relationship. despite the fact that he was married. >> wasn't kidnapped. she wasn't held against her will. >> the victim reported to us that she was not free to leave. she had to make an escape. when s

he apparently had been paraded through the streets where he was being held. and there is a line of fire that appears to be approaching the cage where he is being held in a standing position. and then subsequent photographs show him engulfed in flames from the waist down. but it is just a terrifying situation and a horrible, horrible depiction of what now is believed to be the murder of this jordanian pilot, moaz al kassasbeh. i want to bring in our cnn correspondent who is live in amman, jordan. jomana, the king is here in the united states. he is in washington, d.c. as we speak. has there been any reaction either where you are or here from the government and from the kingdom? >> reporter: ashleigh, we still do not have confirmation from jordanian authorities. as you mentioned, the king, king abdullah, of jordan is currently in washington, d.c. and also high-level delegation of jordanian officials there. we have not heard from them here in jordan or in the united states yet. but, of course, a lot of people, we're starting to see a lot of reaction from jordani

ot publicly that there is indeed at least one more american hostage being held in that region. some hoping that means the effort to defeat isil will step up dramatically now. prayers for kayla mueller's return now replaced with piles of flowers. the mueller family sharing an emotional letter she wrote her parents last year. >> she wrote -- "i have to come to see there's good in every situation. sometimes we just have to look for it. and right now, that's what we're all trying to do. >> while president obama vowed to find those responsible, the white house revealed there is at least one other american held captive. >> we have avoided discussing the individual cases of americans who are being held hostage. but we are aware of other american hostages being held in the region. >> the united arab emirates that grounded its fighter jets after the capture and eventual killing of jordan's pilot returned to the skies today. and here at home congress is one step closer to debating the scale of this war. >> somebody's got to go in on the ground in syria. i am convinced that we'll have to

a woman held for three weeks and brutally assaulted.ur elizabeth cook has details. >> reporter: the details on this one sound like the plot of a horror movie! the 22-year-old woman tells sheriff's deputies the kidnapping occurred three weeks ago in the roseland area of santa rosa. she was taken at gunpoint and held prisoner in a home on the 3000 block of stony point road. now, during that time she says she was beaten and sexually abused. detectives say she has injuries consistent with such an ordeal. what's more, the woman tells a story of a dramatic escape. she broke free when she noticed her captors had left a door open. yesterday, the woman made it out and got help. now, base on the woman's story a s.w.a.t. team was sent to the house today. several people have been detained and detectives are still on scene. we have a crew on the way, as well. we'll have more on the story as it comes in. >> thank you. >>> now to some developing news. two people arrested in connection with a shooting death of a south bay security guard. kpix 5's betty

some of them held a protest in the city. a government offensive in the rebel-held area, some 200 people have reportedly been killed. >>> negotiations between the syrian government and the rebels have broken down in homs. government demand that they put down their arms in the safety of civilians are unacceptable. >> this has been the scene in homs. constant bombardment of review forces where the rebel stands. the government has asked fight tours give up their arms for the city. but they're not leaving. >> we're here to fight. we'll stay and defend our people. >> an earlier opposition fighters in arms and positions in return for allowing police and government institutions to get back to work. it also meant that aid workers could deliver food supplies for civilian in the area. they hope that there is an agreement this time. >> why didn't anybody caring for us? we suffer in silence while the whole world watches. >> for the people of homs the end that have suffering is seen as a long way off. >> well, to iraq now where forces fro

there is deeply held suspicion about the establishment and various parties at play. the bottom line is somebody lost his live because of a particular view that he has held and that is totally unacceptable, and nobody should be facing such violence. >> we no that avijit roy advocating secularism what is the situation in bangladesh with regards to free speech. is it suppressed by the government? >> that's an interesting thing, isn't it? if you look at the free speech scenario in bangladesh unfortunately the free speech is violated every day by the government. as we speak, a number of journalist journalists are rotting in jail and one has been subjected to torture a number of times. only last week or so an individual was arrested and prosecuted for apparently insulting the prime minister. so unfortunately in bangladesh what happens is that free speech in a difficult terrain and we should not frame it as secular versus religious extremist. the prime minister's government which often is named as the government -- a secular government is often one of the worst offenders of

tonight there is praise and concern for proposed four-day concerts held at sonoma raceway. tonight neighbors got to voice their concerns for the first time. cornell bernard is live at the raceway. >> the music festival doesn't have a name or date yet, but it promises to be big. that's what some neighbors are worried about. the place famous for its fast cars is changing its tune. sonoma raceway wants to be the home to the bay area's music event. a four-day festival that could rival outside lands. people packed into the sonoma advisory committee meeting to learn more about the proposal, but pam sloan who lives in the sonoma valley says no. >> come on. that's just like pro tracted torture. >> traffic and noise is already terrible on race day weekends. she worries the music festival that could attract 50,000 fans a day could be worse. >> we can't have the tree dom to come and go. >> they may have a venue playing dance music like this until 4:00 a.m. many worry about the noise. >> the other events that are on the list are going to be like bringing the burning man festival to son

people who had held offices and other places. you have a large number of people who were traveling south, serving in military governments in the south, provisional governments. people are moving south as representatives. the notion that the replacements would be unqualified i think is a presumption that is false. i do agree with you though that this is the sort of -- we think about the crux of the southern debate over this issue. when we see southern public opinion in the newspaper is, for example, because we scour newspapers, when you see southern opinion in newspapers people say i am the best person for this job. i have held it for 25 years. who can do this job better than me? even if we as historians and after-the-fact observer should not presume that they were replaced by unqualified republicans, there was definitely a believe that somehow these local governments would collapse if these people were not able to serve, and maybe in a sense they were right. after four years, five years -- congress abandons the experiment and det

who had been kidnapped and held for almost a year. he was rescued about 15 miles outside of baghdad. in 2009 there was the incredibly tense and dangerous and dramatic rescue of captain richard phillips held by somali pilots. u.s. navy s.e.a.l.s were successful in saving captain phillips. just a couple of years ago, navy s.e.a.l.s rescued two americans held in somalia. at the time the obama administration called that rescue, quote, a daring raid that will be the hallmark of future u.s. military missions. when we are successful at going in, and saving american hostages, it's an amazing success, and they're stories that we tell forever. but sometimes that kind of rescue operation fails. one of the most harrowing new details that was just reported today in the wake of that isis propaganda video and the murder of that pilot that we all saw the film of yesterday, one of the most horrifying things reported today concerning isis and the remaining hostages that they hold was this detail. the obama administration apparently divided internally a

when the woman rejected his advances, he held her down and soughted her. she managed to get free and call 911. >>> grief counselors and psychologists will be at e. brook lee middle school today in montgomery county one day after a seventh grader took his own life. school officials say the boy walked into the bathroom stall, locked the door and harmed himself. he was eventually found and taken to the hop where he died. the student's identity has not been released. >>> today the montgomery county school board is scheduled to make a decision on school start times. >> sleeping in or not sleeping in. board members will consider several different options. they include everything from the start times to changing nothing at all. delia goncalves is live outside the headquarters in rockville, even the amount this could cost is changeable, too. >> reporter: right. and they vary drastically so there is an option of no cost at all to the school system to an option that cost $6 million, essentially in transportation costs because the buses need to shift their schedules.

finally escaping through an unlocked door last week. >> she was held hostage in horrific conditions. >> yesterday three men were arrested including the homeowner who was described as the mastermind. the other men, guillermo and jaime, were accomplices and kept her from leaving. but this morning we heard another side to the story from the girlfriend of one of those accused accomplices. this woman did not want to show her face. she said that the victim's story is made up your. >> >> she was not kidnapped at any time. she was not held her against her will at any time. >> she said the victim was living here with the suspect and she says that they had an ongoing relationship despite the fact that he was married. >> she started going a little crazy when he he said he would not be with her because he loved his wife. >> why would you make this up? >> i wish i knew, honestly, so i could ask her, because this is hurting a lot of people. >> reporter: but these surgeons as it is not appear that the victim knew the three men involved in the plot and the woman was held hostage and assaulted. >> i

activists say 12 were killed and dozens injured in air strikes on a rebel held area. duma another stronghold has come under attack. 10 people were killed, dozens injured, including women and children. an air strike in damascus killed and injured dozens. it was to the east of the capital. >>> al jazeera journalist peter greste spoke of his relief of being released after 400 days in an egyptian gaol it was with incredible angst he left two colleagues behind. in his first interview he asked for egyptian to free mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed. stephanie dekker spoke to peter greste about the moment he learnt he was being released. >> look i can't tell you how relieved i am at being free. i didn't expect. we were settling in for an appeared of months behind prison for the retrial. to be out now, today, with a few minutes notice really is just extraordinary. but i also feel incredible angst about my colleagues leaving them behind. i know that there is mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed, and other people that were convicted along side us in absentia and four others

is out of the north bay where three men are under arrest suspected of sexually assaulting a woman heldptive for months. >> and tonight we are learning new details about a horrific crime. good evening. i'm dan ashley. >> i'm ama daetz. it is a story we first brought you last week on abc news at 11:00. >> that's when a 22-year-old woman turned up at the petaluma police station. she told them she was kidnapped and held captive and beaten and sexually assaulted at a home on stoney point road in unincorporated santa rosa. >> she was held sometime during the holidays and was able to escape when her captors left the door open. they arrested jose angel bough bough -- barellas. he was the mastermind and the one who carried out the uh -- attacks. he is being held on $6 million bail. >> the other two suspects are charged with false imprisonment. all three are being arraigned on friday. the sonoma county sheriff's office says it is an on going investigation and charges could be filed. >> one man is dead and a woman is in serious condition. abc7 news reporter alan wang is live with what police say

the mother of six was held with 160 other women. she gave up hope of getting out alive at one point. >> i gathered my children and told them to prey. maybe there'll be a miracle. it's hard to sleep will. we heard gunshots day and night. poox were dies on mass -- people were dying on mass. they told us though leave and followed us killing those they could. those at risk of sexual abuse and exploitation by the fighters. >> thousands gained refuge. >> people were forced to leave their homes. men and women held captive. it seems as if almost everyone here has an unpleasant story to tell. as the force begins locals are preparing for more displaced >>> al jazeera calls for the release of two journalists gaoled in cairo for 4010 games. mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed are accused of falsely supporting the muslim brotherhood. charges they and al jazeera deny. convictions were thrown out. a new trial starts thursday a third, peter greste was unconditionally released and is back home in az. >> in argentina, conspiracy they are chris are

so this hostage, mueller, has been held captive by isis for about a year and a half.you know of any attempts to negotiate behind the scenes? was anyone in the u.s. government trying to do something to secure her release or was her family trying anything? >> reporter: we know that the u.s. government was working on it. they don't go into any detail. for a long time they didn't want to mention her name or any detail surrounding this hostage, but they did say that they were using every effort repeatedly we heard this using every effort intelligence diplomacy, to try to secure her release. they don't really like to go into a lot of details about these things but now that this news or this report has come out, we are hearing from her family that there was a demand made for five million euros and they put a deadline on it back in august. so far, the u.s. government has not commented on any of that. >> we know there have been similar stories about other american hostages held by isis with those families saying the obama administration dissuaded them discouraged them from pay