i'm john cantlie. in the last film in the series we're in a city that has been at the heart of the fighting since summer of 2012. >> still no word on the fate of american hostage kayla mueller. the state department says it is working around the clock to determine whether she is still alive. new intelligence reveals isis is plotting to kill more western and international hostages in lebanon and jordan as they prepare to take back parts of the country controlled by isis. i want to bring in phil black from erbil. phil a lot going on now in iraq. >> reporter: indeed john. it is isis that is significantly under pressure. militarily in the corner of northern iraq with kurdish fighters on the ground having the assistance of international air power and pushed them back to the territory around the city of mosul. kurdish fighters are worried part of the job is done. they need a military campaign to free the territory, including that iraqi city that is depend dependent of rebuilding the force that fled from isis

let's watch a bit of it. >> hello, i'm john cantlie. the last film in this series, we're in a city that's been at the heart of the fighting since summer 2012. >> what do we make of this thing? what would you call this, michael kay? tokyo rose kind of thing where the enemy is using someone or with the -- how do we measure it from here what role that person speaking there had and the words he's speaking? the freedom he had. >> chris, i think it's significant, and the reason for that is one of isis' critical capabilities is the ability to reach out across the world through social media and through galvanizing the western media and infect and therefore recruit. john cantlie is the last in a long series of western hostages, whether it be journalists or whether it be aide workers. so they will have to leverage this last man they have in order to galvanize that. >> just to get it clear, he's saying words that he's being ordered to use. he's a prisoner in every way. he is probably fearful what they're going to do with him, so we shouldn't assum

i'm john cantlie. in the last film in the series we are in the city that has been at the heart of fighting since summer of 2012. >> notice he says last in the series. that has some people concerned isis may have devious plans for him soon. still no word on the fate of american hostage kayla mueller. state department is working around the clock to determine if she is still alive. new intelligence reveals isis is plotting to kidnapped more western and international hostages in lebanon and jordan. that as an offensive is moving forward. our phil black reported that the iraqi forces are making up considerable ground against isis. >>> time for an early start on your money. cristina alesci is here. >> it is too calm for me right now. i want a bit more action. u.s. stock futures are barely moving. it is still too early to tell if stocks can shake off the slide. the dow dropped 95 points. worries about greece's debt and bailout conditions are dragging down markets around the world. investors are weighing the p

i'm john cantlie.e last film in this series we're in a city that has been in the middle of the fighting since the summer of 2012. >> reporter: it's a 12-minute tour of aleppo like something that the chamber of commerce may produce. he appears clean-shaven rested and relaxed as he paints a picture of schools and mosques all under the safe watch of isis. but western officials call it a charade. after all, he is a prisoner and he does perhaps ominously refer to this as his last message. in november 2012, cantlie and james foley were captured by isis. >> jim was taken from us by an act of violence. >> reporter: shortly afterwards the first video showed up in a series called "lepd me your ears." while he acknowledged his life was under threat there the similarity ended. through the series cantlie has defended the fairness of sharia law and portrayed isis fighters as heroes. >> hello, i'm john cantlie and today we're in the city of kobani on the syrian/turkish border. >> reporter: he's presented more and mor

when he says i'm john cantlie in the last series of the film. he's referring to aleppo. that what goes through your mind? >> well i agree with paul on his -- on john's safety. that's number one. but number two, what i really see is isis continuing to show them as a nation state. number two, they're attempting to drive the wenl and continue to drive the wedge between isis and their sunni backing and the iranian shia backing. right now they're trying to show we're the ones in here we're the aleppo. we're helping everybody. the assad regime is not. again, it's the slap in the face of us, the u.s. and the obama administration with the series of red lines that we did not take care of in syria. it's an incredible piece of cinematography. >> do you accept the latest comments come in not only from u.s. officials but others that isis is on the run right now, that they may be losing? >> i think isis is losing in iraq. that is -- i do agree with that. mosul, they are isolated up there. their supply lines have been cut off. but as you said in your previous showing here the lines have

i'm john cantlie. in the last film in this series we're in a city that's been at the heart of the fighting since the summer 2012. >> reporter: this as jordan continues to strike isis. 56 combat missions in the days since learning their pilot was burned alive, but none they say, near where kayla was believed held. and kayla's family disputes a report that they asked the white house to delay a rescue mission. they only asked for advance notice. when special forces did try to find kayla and the other hostages in july, they found strands of her hair but not kayla. andrea mitchell, nbc news, washington. >>> a jury has now been seated in a murder trial connected to the hit movie "american sniper." it concerns the death of chris kyle, the former navy s.e.a.l. whose autobiography inspired the oscar-nominated film. jacob rascon has our report tonight from stephenville, texas. >> reporter: it's hard to find anyone in erath county texas, who hasn't heard of chris kyle. the welsh family lived across the street fro

i can't even begin to put myself in john cantly's shoes. his number one priority is waking up every morning and maintaining the -- making sure that he keeps alive for another day. and he will be doing everything to buy time. now, i mean we can speculate on whether he's suffering from stockholm syndrome or just how much duress he's under, but the bottom line for john cantly is the longer is he can stay alive then the grateater the chances are of potentially some sort of rescue taking place. it works both ways. as long as he's useful in spreading that message to isis hopefully he'll stay alive. as long as we keep watching the videos and they keep building up, you know hundreds if not thousands of views on youtube, that's useful to isis but the time that that stops happening, the time i fear for my life if i was john cantly. every day he wakes up he's looking to live another 24 hours and we should not underestimate the duress that that poor man is under. >> that's the great irony here. he convinces people he's really part of the isis push, he

. >>> i'm john cantlie. >> reporter: british hostage john cantlie frequently seen in isis propagandaeos is one of the last western hostages held by the terror group. the others from american journalist james foley now to aid worker kayla mueller dead while in isis' hands. now renewed concerns isis may attempt to replenish its supply of hostages by abducting foreigners outside of syria. >> it would be very easy for isis members to go up to these refugee areas, target a westerner, whether journalist or aid worker, and try to conduct a kidnapping within the area of those refugee camps and just pull them back into syria. >> reporter: as u.s. and coalition warplanes continue to strike isis fighters in syria, syrian president bashar al assad said he will not stand in the coalition's way. in an exclusive interview with the bbc's jeremy bowen, he hinted at even limited cooperation saying his country receives information about u.s. operations over syria via third parties such as iraq. >> through third party, more than one party. in other countries, sometimes they convey message, general messa

. >> another piece of this came out today john cantly, one of the hostages seen in multiple videos, thisame out in t propagandist video reporting from i believe it's aleppo, and we have a short clip we'll play for you.Ñzmí7 e in a city that has beenx/jl at the heart of the fighting since summer 2012. >> what stuck me is when he says, i'm john cantly and this is the last film in this series. how do you!4Ñ read "qc >> he's under enormous duress. there are a lot of people who have questioned why he's making these videos. if kayla isn't alive, he may be the lastn/remaining western hostage in isis' hands. i think it's not fair to judge someone in this kind of ó situatio he knows he could die. this could be an act of desperation on his part. and again -- >> not judge him, but to hear him say, this is theo5g?hfinal video, it's frightening. >> absolutely. and the blame -- there's criticism on the u.s. government and many governments pay ransomw7d÷ orcing him to make these it's terrible. >> david rhodes thank you.` ing question. this one about the nbc anchor's time in israel. plus, hear from one

i'm john cantlie.the last film in this series we're in a city that has been at the heart of the fighting since summer 2012. >> i mean obviously, i use "air quotes" on reporting because he's clearly forced into doing this. but the thing that gets me mike, is that he says, "the last in the series," the last film in the series. what do you hear when you hear that? >> well, it's really tough to assess at this point. you can't trust anything that first of all, the islamic state is saying. we know that already. you know that's not rocket science. you, at the same time you know, we're having a really difficult time in assessing everything from intel for these hostages to intel for the result of our air campaign, as an example. and, so this latest situation with miss mueller as a u.s. hostage, when islamic state comes out and says, look she died in the latest round of strikes by the jordanian air force, nobody really takes that as credible. at the same time, you know, you can't really back it up with human int

. >> i'm john cantly. >> british hostage john cantly frequently seen in propaganda videos is one of the last western hostages held. others dead while in isis' hands. now renewed concerns isis may attempt to reflernmrernish its hostages outside of syria. >> it will be easy for isis members to go to the refugee areas target a westerner, journalist or aid worker and conduct a kidnapping within the area of those refugee camp and just pull them back into syria. >> as u.s. and coalition war planes continue to strike isis fighters in syria, syrian president bashar al assad said elle not stand in the coalition's way. in an exclusionive interview with bbc, assad hinted at even some limited cooperation saying his country receives information about u.s. operations over syria via third parties such as iraq. >> that through a third party, more than one party, iraq and other parties, sometimes they convey general message but nothing tactical. >> they don't tell you, we're going to be bombing raqqa at 10:00 p.m. keep out of the way. >> we know about the campaign before it started but we dbt know the d

. >> reporter: kyung lah, cnn, prescott, arizona. >>> more on the isis video featuring hostage john cantlie. he appears as a reporter describing battle damage and daily life in the syrian city of aleppo. >> cantlie had shown up in earlier isis videos but calls this "the last film in the series." he was kidnapped along with american journalist james foley. a video released by isis back in august showed foley being beheaded. >>> syria's president says his government is receiving messages on coalition efforts to fight isis. >> in an interview with bbc world, bashar al assad says his regime has been getting information indirectly from third parties like iraq. he added there had been no direct cooperation with the u.s. since air strikes began in syria in september. >> the american planes in the air above syria the whole time. do you coordinate? >> no. because we don't talk to anyone and they triumph over international lay which is about international sovereignty. they don't talk to us. we don't talk to them. >> i'm curious at a time when there's american military in the air above syria and your

he called it the last to be filmed in this series. >> hello, i'm john cantlie. in the last film in this series we're in a city that has been at the heart of the fighting since summer 2012. >> and the video comes as jordan steps up air-strikes retaliation for the brutal killing of one of its own pilots. through saturday jordanian pilots had taken part in 56 strikes since the pilot's death. for more we turn to keir simmons in amman, jordan. >> reporter: the jordanians have been using these f-16 fighters to pound isis targets and at the same time king abdullah has been pulling together more nations to join him, in particular the uae has sent a number of their own f-16s like these to his base and they were persuaded to do that by the jordanians who are leading this fight now using these planes to pound isis targets in three days, 56 air raids were carried out. remember that it was a jordanian pilot flying an f-16 like these from this very base who had to eject who was captured by isis and then so who ifric ic-- horrifically killed and that has changed sentiment in t

i'm john cantlie. in the last film in this series, we are in a city that has been at the heart of the fighting since summer 2012. >> cantlie was seized by the militant group in syria about two years ago. in the video posted online on monday, cantlie reports from a town believed to be in northern syria. he describes how air raids by syria's army and the u.s. air force have destroyed large parts of the town. he also interviews a member of the group about a series of attacks in france last month. cantlie first appeared in an islamic state video last september wearing an orange jumpsuit. since then he has been in a series of videos by the group. earlier the president of the international committee of the red cross sat down with gene otani. peter morer talked about the challenges of trying to protect victims of war and the increasing risks journalists face in conflict zones. >> first off, icrc's main mission is to assist victims of violent conflict. this has been going on since world war i. you have been a

they do have british journalist john cantlie and views him as a mouthpiece. in a video released this week, cantlie calls to a isis supporters in the west to launch attacks. with the dwindling number of hostages left to kill, such attacks may be a way for isis to goad the west deeper into battle. having and killing hostages has been a central way for isis to lash out at nations attacking it. now that it is running out of hostages, the fear is isis could look for other ways to do that, lester. >> richard engel tonight, thank you. >>> tonight u.s. officials are telling nbc news the u.s. will announce shortly that it is temporarily closing the american embassy in yemen because of the government's takeover by hardline shiite rebels linked to iran. as unrest grew there three weeks ago, most personnel were already moved out and all but emergency services were suspended. the rebel group announced a formal takeover of the capital on friday, but the pentagon insisted today that critical american counterterror operations will continue inside the country. >>> tonight the

among them british journalist john cantlie, who appeared in a new video today, again forced to be a spokesperson for isis, pointing out what he said was a surveillance drone overhead. >> at some point, that drone will be taking photographs, dropping bombs or firing missiles. >> reporter: u.s. officials say an american rescue mission last july 4th weekend into syria missed all of the american hostages including kayla mueller, by just two days. the mother of one of those hostages killed after that failed mission, james foley, is now renewing her criticism of the white house efforts to save the young americans. >> kayla, along with our son and others were held for nearly two years, and there were many opportunities along the way and yet, nothing was done to save our young americans. >> reporter: kayla's parents are now asking that isis communicate with them privately, as they apparently had done before saying "you told us you treated kayla as your guest, as your guest, her well-being and safety remains your responsibility." david? >> brian, thank you. and abc's chief global affairs correspondent ma

. >> or in the case of john cantly. fourth journal to die in one syrian village in as many days. >> syria is the most dangerous place to be right now. >> china, 44 are in prison the highest number ever. protesters carry are pictures of gao yu. and hong kong where chinese authorities exert massive influence, made journalists the targets. >> china has been the biggest for professional journalists and nonprofessional journalists since years. >> iran is the leading jailer of female journalists. reporter yevgeni later released. but hard line clerics and military commanders trying to scare or silence journalists by accusing them of, quote antigovernment propaganda. the journalist who claimed that no journalists were gay. won a press freedom award. >> i experienced the most pressures in prison but once i was released, more determined than ever i wanted to continue my profession and career. >> then there's egypt. the egyptian revolution replaced by a muslim brotherhood leader forcing into compile or imprisonment. peter greste's

. >> i'm john cantlie. >> reporter: british hostage john cantlie is one of the last western hostagesthe others from american journalist james foley now to aid worker, kayla mueller, dead while in isis' hands. new concerns that isis may attempt to replenish its hostages by abducting foreigners outside of syria. >> it would be very easy for isis members to go up to these refugee areas, target a westerner, a journalist or aid worker and try to conduct a kidnapping within those refugee camps and pull them back into syria. >> reporter: as u.s. coalition and warplanes continue to strike isis fighters in syria, syria's president bashar al assad says he will not stand in the coalition's way. in an exclusive interview, assad hinted at some limited cooperation, saying that his country receives information about u.s. operations over syria via third parties, such as iraq. >> through a third party, more than one party. sometimes they convey a message, a general message but there's nothing technical. >> so they don't tell you, we're going to be bombing at raqqa at 10:00 this evening, please be out

. >>> isis releasing a new video showing john cantly. is a still frame from that video. this is the eighth video ca appeared in. i was kidnapped with american journalist james foley more than two years ago. foley was executed last august. >>> german chancellor angela merkel said the international t to try again and again to work on ending co e and russia. merkel spent yet immediating with preside canada's prime minister. germany, france and russia are holding a four-way talk tomorrow. >>> harry reid will be at gw hospital tomorrow for surgery on his eye. you probably s band the righ he w year's d see out of the e this is his se fix he's expected this month. >>> jury selecti texa killin the former mar kill friend. he faces capit kyle's service portrayed in t movie "america >>> nasa may try to launch the falcon 9 rocket if the wea cooperates. the mission was rescheduled yesterday and delayed because of weather concerns at cape canaveral. it will carry a weather satellite that monitor solar wind. liftoff is scheduled for 6:05 eastern time tonight. >>> it looks like we're ha

. >> isis is still holding john cantlie, he was pointing out a surveillance droneover head. >> president obama spoke to kale amueller's family to express his condolences and in a statement vowed to bring to justice those responsible for her captivity and her death. karen travers, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you karen. >>> 56 people from a flight from philadelphia to texas had to get out quickly during an emergency landing, sparks flew after the u.s. airways plan landed without their nose gear, they braced for impact but it was not as bad as they feared. >> we touched down it was smooth and we came to a stop and there were sparks and things flying out the window and smoke and you could smell kind of burning rubber. but we slid to a stop. >> foam was applied and everyone was forced off on inflatable slides and one person had minor injuries, investigators are trying to figure out why the nose gear would not deploy. >>> we have new information on a deadly crash in bear, a total of six cars were involved in the crash this morning, police say it all began when the honda accord was speedi

i'm john cantlie.m in this series we're in a city that's been at the heart of the fighting since summer 2012. >> reporter: we know isis' propaganda twitter, facebook and youtube is notorious for shock and horror but muslim activists say it's also disturbingly effective. >> the problem is you have violent extremeist recruiters who use online mechanisms to lure people into thinking that committing acts of violence are somehow glorious or godly. >> reporter: it's an uphill climb of catchup. isis has been using fighters that speak english to connect with westerners especially teenagers, on the same social media sites this 50-page guidebook for those looking to get to syria, how to get there, who to call and what to pack. a world that tries to show the softer side of isis educating future fighters among this group of children a caucasian boy with red hireer seeking to redefine civilization. >> an eye popping number of 90,000 tweets and propaganda that isis puts out on a daily basis. peter bergen is still wi

. >>> isis has released a new video showing john cantlie.as a reporter describing scenes in aleppo. cantlie has appeared in other isis video but says this one is the last film in this series. >>> the latest topicort has upheld the conviction on sodomy charges. the acquittal was overturned last year and he was sentenced to five years in prison. on tuesday, the federal court rejected an appeal of that conviction. >>> justice for an indonesian woman in a hong kong court. ariana's case received international attention when photos of her beaten body were put on the internet. earlier, she thanked her supporters outside the court. >>> narendra modi's conceded his party's defeat in the elections. it's the first major defeat since they took power last year. the party's defeat may embolden opposition parties trying to block many of the prime minister's policies. >>> okay so more snow for the northeast. being hit hard by another snowstorm and it is in a third week in a row. >> a lot of family time stuck in the house. flights are canceled. miguel marque

they used john cantlie in a propaganda video and he said that this is the last video in a series opening the question will he be killed next? >> all right. i want to head to turkey and check in with our reporter. isis claims that kayla mueller was killed in a jordanian air strike. they also might have said that because they want to be seen as -- would they want the world to see they kill women? >> reporter: it's very difficult to ascertain exactly what isis' motivations may have been when they did claim on friday that kayla mueller was killed in a jordanian air strike. that could have been because if you remember last week jordan did launch a series of air strikes and reamped its effort in trying to target isis locations following that horrific video we saw of the jordanian pilot being set on fire by isis. that brutal end brought about to his own life. we don't know how this woman was killed or when she was killed. what we do about her is she, like so many others was drawn to syria because of humanitarian reasons. she first traveled there in december of 2012 working with a number of diff

among them, british journalist john cantlie, who appeared in a new video, again forced to be a spokespersonut what he said was a surveillance drone overhead. >> at some point that drone will be taking photographs, dropping bombs or firing missiles. >> reporter: u.s. officials say an american rescue mission last july 4th weekend into syria missed all of the american hostages including kayla mueller by just two days. the mother of one of the hostages killed after that failed mission, james foley, is now renewing her criticism of the white house efforts to save the young americans. >> kayla along with our son and others were held for nearly two years and there were many opportunities along the way. and yet nothing was done to save our young americans. >> reporter: kayla's parents are now asking that isis communicate with them privately as they apparently had done before, saying "you told us you treated kayla as your guest. as your guest her well-being and safety remains your responsibility." brian ross, abc news. >>> the atlanta community joined with the family of bobbi kristina brown to pray

john cantlie was captured in 2012. isis is currently using him as a spokesperson. jesuit priest went missing in july of 2012. at the time, he was traveling to meet islamic militants in rocca. an american woman was captured last year in syria working for an aid group but u.s. officials have asked that she not be identified to protect her safety, and three unidentified red cross workers are also believed to have been captured. isis, we should know, has freed several hostages but their countries won't confirm if ransoms were paid to secure their release. shep. >> and this jordanian pilot, just the latest in a series of executions on behalf of isis. >> yeah, you'll recall the first execution videotape was released in august, showing the beheading of james foley. the executioner spoke with a british accent. foley had been missing in syria since 2012. in early september, isis released a video showing stephen sotloff beheaded by the same man with a british acsbt, and just days after that came the release of a third video showing british aid worker david haynes being decap