august 19th isis revealed its murder of journalist james foley through this video release on youtube. was held for nearly two years at various isis sites in syria before being beheaded. two weeks after the foley mading isis announced another american suffered the same fate. since then isis beheaded two britains and now threatening to kill another american. those death scenes in the desert as chilling as they are, they represent, the culmination of months and months of brutality suffered at the hands of isis. that part of the story came out over this past weekend through pain staking reporting by this correspondent. herpes in the "new york times" documents beating, torture, suffered by 23 isis hostages including those we mentioned. thank you so much for coming on. it's a phenomenal read. tough read. but the details are stunning. if i may let me begin there. my first question is how, how did you manage to piece this story together how they were kidnapped, how they were held down to the proof of life questions. how did you get that? >> it started almost by mistake. i was in europe this p

county attorney is determining what additional charges to bring against him. >>> the parents of james foleyamerican journalist executed by isis, are talking about the steps they're taking to help families in similar situations. diane and john foley spoke to nbc's andrea mitchell yesterday. they told her they talked to released hostages from spain and france who had contact with james while he was in captivity. the hostages told them that james organized games and lectures to keep everybody going, keep their spirits up. his parents are now establishing a james foley legacy fund in his memory. >> one of the main things we hope to accomplish is to be a support for any american families who have a loved one who is hostage and to encourage a dialogue. >> isis militants abducted james foley in 2012 while he was working in syria. he was beheaded in august, becoming the first american citizen killed by isis. >>> 16 coal miners are dead after their shaft collapsed in northwestern china. another 11 miners were hurt in the disaster. it struck just before midnight our time. work safety officials in chi

james foley volunteered to be the first executed.hat's how his brother said he lived his life. >> jim put others before himself and did it consistently throughout his life. churchill said he made a living. by what we get. gym was always giving, not caring about the return. >> the james foley family created a legacy fund in james foley's memory, supporting journalists in conflict zones. >>> vipt confrontations continue on the streets of hong kong, where police and demonstrators clash again in the mongkok district after the government agreed to meet with student leaders. the protesters wants complete and full democracy. beijing is allowing candidates to run. the late pope paul vi. pope francis beautifying him. the miracle pope paul is credited with is a woman who prayed for him told that her unborn child had fatal birth defects. the baby turned out fine. >> the mass coming after catholic bishops ended their 2-week meeting. at the end they had backtracked on welcoming gay members into the church. the move revealing a split. ross shimabu

she took out the video of james foley and put out this statement, charlie. edited the opening two seconds of her 30-second commercial to maintain focus on the vote. >> thanks. >>> for the first time they tell us they're running a labor camp for detainees. they would not discuss the country's leader. kim jong-un has been out of sight for more than a movement seth doane has been in hong kong and he reports people are starting to wonder. >> reporter: good morning. the affairs of the so-called hermit kingdom are not exactly transparent so that makes people lead to speculation. he has disappeared before in the past, but never for this long. this photograph from september 3rd shows the last time kim jong-un was seen in public. when the 30-something dictator did not show up to major parliamentary meeting later that month, it only fuelled the chatter as to why this supreme leader is mia. victor cha was president bush's top adviser. >> any time you're talking an country run by one person if that one person is missing, we have to be concerned. >> reporter: then there'

we are establishing a james foley legacy foundation.the main things we hope to accomplish is to be a support for any american families who have a loved one who is hostage. to encourage a dialogue in the world as far as about policy, but also within our own government so that we can have better communication. we have a big bureaucracy in our country and we really want the foundation to be part of some improvement there in terms of support for hostage families. >> one of the issues has been ransom. some of the european hostages, the french and others get out and while everyone denies it, there is clear an exchange. what is your view of that, john? >> that's a very difficult question and we are not world policy makers, but we feel that there needs to be an international open discussion to revisit this. there currently four outstanding young men who lot of their lives as a result and the negotiation component sort of thing. the brits and the uk and the americans who don't pay ran som. did you have fbi officials working with you? >> definite

was nk it's possible that from james foley, and may have been killed in a the time -- context.have them in the origin jumpsuits. we know that they have been waterboarded. where did this come from? this is inspired by what we did to muslim prisoners around the world when we put them in poland, thailand, in the so-called black sites, when we took them to guantanamo, or we threaten their families, or we put them in small boxes where they could not lay down or stand up. and then we brought in psychiatrists to investigate and exploit the fears of the prisoners that we took under the auspices of fighting terrorism and we would stick people in boxes and if they had a fear of spiders, we would put them in a box and tell them that there was a tarantula in there. aoc ran a torture factory at camp in iraq. torturing people, trying to find the next target. these militants are adopting the very tactics that the u.s. used, and continues to use against the muslims it captures. there has never been a more intensely dangerous time for journalists. on the one hand, you have episodes like this, w

drenching to read it and james foley say anything else, he's a great american.raises the question of ransom, too. all these european countries and these prisoners are basically grouped according to what country they're from. the hostage takers know which countries are paying the ransoms and which aren't and a bunch of them get out and they go home and their governments pay the money. here, in our case, apparently, not only does the united states have the policy of not paying ransoms but foley's family was starting a collection to get him out and they were told by the government, no, you can't do that. you'd be breaking the law. left in this desperate situation. what your take is on the whole question of ransoms? >> that is a difficult question for me to answer. i'm not a parent. i think if you're a parent and you see your son in a situation like that, you'll move heaven and earth to do what you can to try and free and rescue them. at the same time, i can understand what the u.s. government's position is based on. there are hundreds, if not, you know, dozens at l

we have been watching james foley. let's talk more about it with ayman mohyeldin. you spent 15 years in the region. this article, very long and extensive. what surprised you. >> the tremendous amount of detail. that's a lot of good solid reporting to piece together not only the accounts from the journalists that have been released or have been released. but to get accounts to the article from people who are very close, particularly even some of oh those that may be considered as captors. >> you spoke to kasig days before everybody had last seen him. for you, a lot of the details are personal then. >> absolutely. he actually knew and was particularly close to a lot of journalists in the region. a few days before he went to syria i was on beirut on assignment. we got a chance to get to know him, his personality, what drives him. when you see and hear these accounts about how the hostages were treated and are being treated it hits close to home. >> the article lays out how they are treated, tortured throughout months if not years here. it seems to mirror allegedly wha

tambiÉn, el segundo britÁnico en ser decapitado ademÁs de los perredistas estadounidenses james foleyÍa implorado al grupo que mostrara clemencia y que liberara a su esposo. >> pido al estado islÁmico que por favor lo libere. lo necesitamos de vuelta en casa. decÍa la mujer en un mensaje. su esposo, un taxista de 47 aÑos de inglaterra, fue secuestrado el pasado diciembre cuando realizaba trabajo humanitario atendiendo a las vÍctimas de la guerra en siria. >> estoy segura que aquellos que quieren ser reconocidos como un estado actuarÁn como estadistas. demostrarÁn compasiÓn y clemencia. segÚn el ministerio de relaciones exteriores britÁnicos, la semana pasada recibiÓ un mensaje en el que su marido suplica por su vida. >> el primer ministro britÁnico lamentÓ el asesinato de alan henning y en un mensaje de twitter dijo que muestra la barbÁricos que son estos terroristas y que sus oraciones estÁn con la esposa y los hijos de henning. el video divulgado hoy termina con un militante del grupo terrorista amenazando a otro hombre, un ciudadano norteamericano secuestrado. jorge, regreso contig

here is john riding across a war zone in a humvee with james foley.e of a destroyed city. that's him on the left with a helmet and the camera. all this footage was shot by my next guest, matthew van dyke, twice has been taken captive covering hot zones across the middle east. joining me is the fellow brookings constitution center for middle east policy. thank you for being with me. i want to start with you, matthew. let's talk about the footage of yours about the john you know. what drove him, do you think, to want to cover this dangerous part of the world? the more i see the videos you have, the more i realize how dangerous the situation was and and continues to be. >> right. john, you know, like anybody he believes in his work and believes it needs to be done. people need see what is really happening in the conflicts. i was with him in libya and syria. he was always very brave, very determined. he was good at what he did. >> all of you, the foley, i mean, the videos you have are extraordinary. and to see you guys going through really bombed out, des

. >>> meanwhile, a somber day for family and friends of james foley. an american journalist beheaded by isis. ♪ >> mourners gathered for a memorial service in new hampshire on what would have been his 41st birthday. james foley was killed in august nearly two years after he was kidnapped while covering the syrian war. his family remembering him as a beautiful person. >> i'll never make complete sense of why jim died, but i don't think that is for me to understand. but he did not die in vain. he reminded us simply that good does triumph over evil. >> and british aid worker remembered in his hometown in scotland. he was killed last month. isis also beheaded british aid worker alan henning and american journalist steven sotloff. >>> right now supreme court decision that could impact the crucial midterm elections. the justices will allow texas to go ahead with their voter i.d. law that had been put on hold by a lower court. we're going to break down the decision and its potential impact. also possible sightings of a fugitive on the run for a month after po

the commander in chief was spotted on the golf course after the beheading of james foley, something for which he expressed regret. but typically he had gone out, fund raised, gone golfing without apology. not so tonight. ed henry is live at the white house with more. ed. >> megyn, bottom line is the president is playing defense on a range of crises like isis in addition to the ebola situation. what he was doing today was to try to move aggressively to show he's on top of the ebola emergency. you're right, it was out of character for him, certainly different from what he's done before. he cancelled not guilty just one but two trips. he was supposed to do fund raidsing in new jersey, campaigning in connecticut, an economic speech in rhode island, canceled now we're told. even though he's repeatedly continued campaigning through other crises. in fact, this summer when he faced heat over that his communications director had a very interesting quote to "new york times." "it is rarely a good idea to return to the white house just for show when the situation can be handled responsibly from the

that led to the fate of american journalists james foley and steve sotloff. >> after his arrest following attack in brussels, i saw quite a bit of visual material showing mehdi nemmouche, and i was able to defy him with certainty as abu omar, who i met several times during six-month of my captivity in syria. >> did he threaten to execute me? yes, he threatens to cut my throat among other things, but he had his orders and strict discipline prevailed and fear because terrorist organizations and still fear both internally and externally. >> islamic state recruits members by advocating extreme violence will stop most prepared to use violence often have a criminal past. terrorism experts are fatalistic about what can be done when they return. >> even if we had the capacity to shadow every suspicious person in belelum, we still could not eliminate the risk from people who are not from belgium. we are doing the most we can to limit the risk, but zero risk would be hard to obtain. >> certainly no one was able to stop the murders on may 24. a plaque at the jewish museum now commemorates the victim

reporter: on the other side of the world in new hampshire, family and friends attending a mass for james foley rememberedads someone who tried to see the good in everyone and gave voice for those trapped in war. today would have been his birthday. >>> teens looking for a missing university of virginia student found human remains today. crews have been searching for hannah graham since she vanished in september. now they're treating the investigation as a homicide. police have arrested a 32-year-old man in connection with graham's disappearance. >>> we'll tell you about the bay area retailer looking to hire 60,000 seasonal employees and how the job market is looking. >> also hawaii gearing up for hurricane ana. the impact the storm is expected to bring. ♪ ♪ thank you! thank you! dedicated bankers born to go the extra mile. you've been such a big help. it's what i like to do. so you can choose a bank where helping people comes first. chase. so you can. . >>> nasa's research center welcomed to public to attend an event which featured experts ready to answer questions about space exploration and t

. >> reporter: meantime, a memorial service was held saturday for journalist, james foley executed in kidnapped in syria while covering the war. saturday would have been his 41st birthday. >> the syrian observatory for human rights says that 7 civilians were killed in air strikes on an oil factory in northeastern syria and another three civilians were killed by coalition air strikes targeting oilfields. >>> police in pennsylvania believe they are close to finding an accused cop killer who has been on the run for more than a month. eric frein has been the subject of a massive manhunt after police say he ambushed two state troopers on september 12. one of the troopers was killed. the other seriously wounded. police say frein was spotted last fight by a woman out for a walk. >> the individual description was consistent with frein and he was observed carrying a rifle. the individual's face was covered with mud and so a positive identification could not be made. a search of that area is ongoing as we speak. >> frein is described as a survivalist and skilled marksman. the fbi put him on its

. >>> in this country, a memorial today in new hampshire for james foley, the american journalist who was murdered by isis in august. today would have been foley's 41st birthday. >>> and more than 600 people attended a memorial service in scotland today for david haines, the british aid worker murdered by isis last month. he was 44 years old. >>> when "nbc nightly news" continues on this saturday, friendly fire. a former u.s. army ranger speaks out about an awful day in afghanistan when he believes he may have shot a fellow soldier. >>> and later hit the road with a remarkable young couple who decided to give something back in all 50 states. >>> the 9/11 attacks inspired a generation of americans to join the military and fight for their country. tonight, the story of two such young men, strangers to each other who would later join up and become elite army rangers. their fates would collide in a darkened ridgeline in afghanistan. one would die celebrated as an american hero, the other who you're about to meet would be left to carry the burden of a tragic mistake that would turn his lif

. >> osgood: in new hampshire yesterday, mourners gathered on what would have been james foley's 41stthday to remember the american journalist beheaded by isis militants in syria. how our government deals with these brutal acts is the subject of our commentary, contributor ben stein. >> could anything be worse than being made to neal in the kneel in the sand, read a slammedder against your own country and then have a psychotic killer slowly cut your head off with a fairly small knife? you are all alone in the desert, in unspeakable fear and pain. >> as most of us know this is what recently happened to two americans, steven sotloff and james foley, both journalists at the hands of the horrifyingly cruel terror group, the so-called islamic state. the same horrific fate happened to two british aid workers, david haines and alan henning kidnapped recently by isis. >> according to news reports which could be wrong, part of the reason isis did these cruel acts was because the governments of the usa and the united kingdom refused to pay ran on the to the terrorists as the kidnappers. the rea

. >>> meantime family and friends gathered at a new hampshire church to remember the life of james foleyo showed his killing at the hands of isis militants in august. today would have been foley's 41st birthday. >>> and new developments in the case of michael brown, the ferguson, missouri teen shot and cold by a police officer. the new york times report tests showed brown's blood was found on the gun, uniform and inside the police car. the officer reportedly told investigators that he was trying to get out of his car when brown shoved him back inside hit him and tried to get his gun. brown's family calls the officer's account self serving. the teenager's killing sparked weeks and weeks of protests and racial 81 rest -- unrest in ferguson. >>> catholic bishop scrap their welcome to gays and catholics who are divorced and married. this shows deep divisions at the ends of a two week meeting sought by pope francis to chart a more merciful approach to ministering to catholic families. it will serve as the basis for future debate leading up to another meeting of bishops next october. >>> a clo

in addition to alan henning isis has executed american journalist james foley and steven sotloff, and another british aid worker, david haines. so who is that masked executioner? the new director of the f.b.i. says he knows, and in his first major television interview for "60 minutes," we asked james comey about the work to hunt down the isis killer. >> well, it's not work i really want to talk about on a lot of dimensions using our intelligence tools our military tools, obviously our relationships with our partners, especially our great partners in the british services. we are working pretty hard, not just to identify and find that savage but all of them. >> pelley: do you know who he is? >> i believe we do. >> pelley: do you have a name gihave it in my head. >> pelley: but you're not willing to share it. >> i am not. >> pelley: how do you capture him? >> that's a very good question, one i'm probably going to stay away from speculating about. >> pelley: but you want him. >> i want to see our country and our allies bring justice to him whether that means capturing him or killing him,

>> reporter: within the last two months, desperate appeals from the families of the murdered00s james foley, steven sotloff, david haines, and alan henning were ignored. and now, as has become the practice of yi, the end of mr. haines' video, the life of another hostage is threaten. he's peter kasig, ex-u.s. military, now an aid worker. his family has responded the same way as the others -- with an appeal. >> we implore those who are holding you to show mercy and use their power to let you go. >> reporter: they, like the other families, are helpless, a situation acknowledged today by the prime minister. >> what we see with this organization is that there is no level of depravity to which they will not sink. no it appeals made any difference. >> reporter: but that was all alan henning's family could hang on to-- the belief that they could make a difference. > >> sreenivasan: a key u.s. ally in the fight against isis, president erdogan of turkey demanded and received an apology from vice president joe biden. biden said thursday that erdogan had admitted making a mistake by allowing jihadists

the american journalist, james foley, reportedly was waterboarded and tortured in the months leading up to his beheading. this according to a detailed report published in today's "new york times." according to the account, several other hostages were set free after european governments agreed to meet the extremists ransom demands. britain and the united states have said they will not pay ransom because, they say, it would only encourage more kidnappings. another sign today of europe's still precarious financial condition. the european central bank said 13 of europe's biggest banks need to shore up their reserves to ensure their well-being in the event of another financial crisis. collectively, those banks reportedly need another 31 billion dollars to guarantee their safety. the number of people who have died trying to cross into the united states from mexico has hit a 15-year low, according to the associated press. the news agency says 307 people died during the 12-month period ending last month, the lowest total since 1999. authorities cite a number of factors, including increased s

. >> reporter: in rapid succession, isis' recent beheadings of american journalists james foley, stevensotloff, and british aid worker david haines, shocked and outraged the public, and prompted an american military response. >> if you threaten america, you will find no safe haven. >> reporter: and now another british aid worker, alan henning, has suffered the same fate. a story that prompted another round of intense coverage. despite the widespread coverage of the four recent isis beheadings, dr. dawn perlmutter, an author and scholar who for years has studied ritualistic crimes and religious terrorism, says video-taped beheadings are nothing new, and that these recent events are actually just the tip of the iceberg. she told us just yesterday, it would be safe to say there have been at least two dozen beheadings around the world since the start of september. among them, four people killed by mexican drug cartels, four by an extremist group in the sinai peninsula, and another person beheaded by boko haram militants who posted their own video just this past friday. few, if any, of those

isis has already beheaded two americans, james foley and steven sotloff. the obama administration late today did confirm the authenticity of that video. >>> well, we have new details tonight in the manhunt for the accused trooper killer eric frein. >> investigators believe he's somewhere in the woods along the border between monroe and pike counties. today pennsylvania state police showed us a photo of a campsite that they found in that area. food and ammunition were in these bags according to officials. they believe frein left them behind because he was in a hurry to get out of the woods. >> we're can confident than ever that he is stressed then we are pushing him hard and it's only a matter of time. he's made a number of significant mistakes in the course of this manhunt. i have no doubt he will make additional mistakes and when he does we'll capitalize on those mistakes and capture him. >> eric frein is accused of ambushing two state troopers three weeks ago today. corporal bryon dixon was killed and trooper alex douglas critically wounded. >>> new toni

. >> family and friends gathered today to remember journalist james foley beheaded by isis terroristsmorial service was held at our lady of holy rosary parish in rochester, new hampshire. foley would have been 41 years old today. the terrorist group isis beheaded him on video back in august after holding him captive for two years. >> his work in telling the presence, the personal stories of people, trapped by war and senseless violence continues even to this day. >> foley was on assignment covering the war in syria when he was kidnapped. >>> meantime, more u.s. strikes today right near the syrian turkey border as that fight against isis is continuing. reports say that isis shells landed on the turkish side of the border. fox's greg palkot reports from that region. >> reporter: the battle in the syrian border kaboni is turning out to be a major test for all sides involved. isis terrorists, local kurds, and the united states perhaps very good reason why the fight there is still going on. our contacts more clashes today between isis and the curdish defenders right in the center of town w

. >>> in this country, a memorial today in new hampshire for james foley, the american journalist who was murdered by isis in august. today would have been foley's 41st birthday. and more than 600 people attended a memorial service in scotland today for david haines, the british aid worker murdered by isis last month. he was 44 years old. >>> when "nbc nightly news" continues on this saturday, friendly fire. an army soldier speaks out about an awful day in afghanistan. >>> and later hit the road with a remarkable young couple who decided to give something back a remarkable young couple who dso i can reach ally bank 24/7, but there are no branches? 24/7 it's just i'm a little reluctant to try new things. what's wrong with trying new things? feel that in your muscles? yeah... i do... try a new way to bank, where no branches equals great rates. i wish... please, please, please, please, please. [ male announcer ] the wish we wish above all...is health. so we quit selling cigarettes in our cvs pharmacies. expanded minuteclinic, for walk-in medical care. and created programs that encourage

isis has previously beheaded two other americans reporters james foley and steven sotloff. >> now to a fire at the sight of the flight 93 national memorial in shanksville, pennsylvania. the flames broke out there late this afternoon and destroyed three administrative buildings. one of them houses archival material but much of it is kept in fireproof vault much the flames did not reach the memorial itself. no injuries have been reported. >> new information on day 21 puff the manhunt for accused trooper killer eric frein. investigators believe as running out of food in the woods along the border between monroe and pike counties. today pennsylvania state police showed us a photo of a camp sight they found in that area. police discovered tuna fish, instant noodles and ammunition they believe belonged to him. he's could you said of killing a trooper and wounding another during an ambush at the blooming grove barrack. >> melissa rivers will sue the doctor who performed an unscheduled biopsy on her mother joan riffs went into cardiac arrest during a vocal cord procedure. her personal doctor

. >> reporter: the obama administration faced similar criticism from the parents of hostage james foley after he was executed by isis in august. >> the higher we went, the more difficult. >> right. and we were an annoyance, it felt, at some level. that they really didn't have time for us. >> reporter: the attempts by other hostage families to reach out directly to isis leadership has only served to prove it is a group of murderers who know no mercy. in fact, some of the people who mrs. kassig sent her message to responded with predictable ugliness. "you trying to ask me for help makes no sense had i the chance, i would have already killed him." u.s. officials say kassig and the other western hostages including one young american woman, are still believed to be in and around the isis stronghold of the syrian city of raqqa, being moved from one location to another on a regular basis, david. >> brian ross reporting in tonight. brian, thank you. >>> and now to the severe weather this evening. and look at the images coming in from the southwest. powerful storms making it stret treacherous fo

meantime, family and friends gathered at a new hampshire church to remember the life of journalist james foley video showed his killing at the hands of isis militants in august. today would have been foley's 41st birthday. >> new developments in the case of michael brown. the ferguson, missouri teenager shot and killed by a police officer. the new york times roars tests show brown's blood was found on the gun the uniform and inside officer darrin wilson's police car. the times also gives wilson's side of the story. the officer reportedly told investigator that is he was trying to get out of his car when brown shoved him back inside hit him and tried to get his gun. brown's family calls the officer's account self-serving. the teenager's killing has spark weeks and weeks of protests and racial unrest in ferguson. >>> and catholic bishops scrap their landmark welcome to gays and catholics who are divorced and, and remarried. the move shows deep division that the end of a two-week meeting thought by pope francis to charge merciful approach to ministering to catholic famili families. he insisted a

it opens with video of american journalist james foley just before he was beheaded. >> keeping us safe and secure is congress' job. kirsten sinema hasn't done her job. >> reporter: a democratic spokesman called the ad reprehensible and accused rogers of using footage of an american tragedy for political gain. but the rogers campaign argued it was only using current events to show differences between the candidates, like several other republican challengers have done. >> while isis grew, obama kept waiting, and kay hagan kept quiet. >> reporter: in ad after ad, republicans fault the president and, by extension, democrats in congress for allowing isis to grow unchecked. >> president obama and senator shaheen seem confused about the nature of the threat. not me. >> reporter: it's a potent argument for outsiders. in today's cbs news poll, 36% of americans said the obama administration's policies have made the country less safe from terrorism. 77% of respondents said congress did only a fair or poor job assessing the isis threat. anticipating such attacks, some incumbent democrats like colo

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