i know that jim foley was doing some work for global post.onder how that jives with your experience. >> well i think everyone was doing everything they possibly could to try to get jim foley home. the frustrating thing was to watch the family going into a system that was so chaotic, so confusing and broken. i mean they were being threatened with prosecution, you know, if they actually went forward with negotiations with the islamic state or if they had paid the ransom. i mean that was just adding so much hurt to the devastating time they were going through to begin with. it was very difficult to watch. and yes, david bradley at the atlantic was amazing. i think the whole team at global post also made great efforts to try to get jim foley home. and i think all of us watched this today with great regret recognizing that we failed and that this just came too late. this policy review was long awaited, much needed and hard not to watch it. and just think if only we had been more coordinated could we have possibly changed the outcome here. >> let m

august 19 at september 2nd isis executed jim foley and stephen follow. british and japanese hostages with subsequently be murdered. iraqi prime minister nouri al-maliki was replaced by abadi in the face of tremendous pressure from inside and outside of a win. two days later september 10th president obama announced the coalition to combat isis on september 24th 2014 president obama speaking at the u.n. spoke out against isis. isis supporters began appearing around the region in groups in egypt sinai libya declaring allegiance or acting on behalf of a isis. february 2015 isis released a video showing the burning death of jordanian who was shot down over inferior. i suspect secure christians in libya to to stir the ancient iraqi city of the security pledge of allegiance from boca her mom in nature and claimed responsibilities in tunisia and a massive suicide bombing in yemen. in may this year we saw delta force operators penetrate syria and kelley senior isis later during a firefight. the next day may 17 isis took a mighty iraq in the ancient city and on ju

diane foley, whose son, jim, was killed last year said as americans we can do better.ly agree. we must do better. and that's why i ordered a comprehensive review of our hostage policy. i want to thank everybody who contributed to this review inside and outside of government. some of whom are here today. i especially want to thank the former hostages and families who contributed. i've come to know some of these families, often under the most heart-breaking of circumstances. when her son peter, also known as abdul raman was being held in syria, his mother wrote me a letter. in it she described how on clear nights she and her husband would look up at the stars and the moon and wonder if perhaps their son might be able to see them too, a reminder of the bond they might still share. i've called these families to offer our condolences after they have received gut-wrenching news no parent has wanted to hear. i've visited with them i've hugged them i've grieved with them. i just spent time with some of the families as well as some former hostages here at the white house. needl

diane foley, whose son jim was kill by isil last year said as americans we can do better.ly agree. we must do better. that's why i ordered a comprehensive review of our hostage policy. >> let's discuss what's going on and bring in a special guest, david levin son is joining us. his father was detained in march of 2007 while traveling on kish island in iran. although his family has not been able to communicate with levinson they did receive a video and pictures of him a few years ago. david is joining us from new york. david, first of all, i don't know if you had a chance to hear what the president had to say, this shift in policy and how to deal with efforts to try to win the hostages' release, but if you did, what did you think and what impact, if any, might that have on the fate of your dad? >> well wolf my family and i haven't had an opportunity to review the policy so i'm unable to comment. but i can say whatever policy will get my father home safely is the -- is what we want to happen. >> how long has it been david, since you've had any proof of life -- video, a pictu

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diane foley whose son jim was killed last year said as americans we can do better. i totally agree.we must do better. and that's why i ordered a comprehensive review of our hostage policy. i want to thank everybody who contributed to this review inside and outside of government. some of whom are here today. i especially want to thank the former hostages and families who contributed. i've come to know some of these families often under the most heartbreaking of circumstances. when her son peter also known as abdul ak mon was being held in syria his mother wrote me a letter. and in it she described how on clear nights she and her husband would look up at the stars and the moon and wonder if perhaps their son might be able to see them too. a reminder of the bond they might still share. i've called these families to offer our condolences after they've received gut wrenching news no parents ever want to hear. i visited with them. i've hugged them. i've grieved with them. i just spent time with some of the families as well as some former hostages here at the white house. and needless to s

jim warren, denny hastert was chosen in a panic. not as if they did a serious vetting about his background. they needed to get someone and get someone fast. and then the mark foley foley being too close to the male pages in the house and the speaker was then publicly accused, his office was publicly accused of knowing about this for a very long time and taking absolutely no action. >> yeah, i mean i was watching bureau chief of the chicago bureau at the time and i have known him since '93 and you are a bureau chief in washington. lynn has been in the delegation for a long time. we heard rumors about philandering of different people, of deceit by different people, alcoholism. you name it. a lot of alleged depravity. i never heard anything about dennis hastert. also, remember this is guy who got in to the political life late in life, mid to late 30s. recruited to the legislator, solid citizen there, well respected before he went to congress. now of course with this new lens, it includes my looking at a piece you did i think for huffington post that reference the fact that in somewhat odd living arrangement, particularly in retrospect. i think he was living and ren