kala mueller a hostage for mo are than a year for those who know her, she is what a defender of social justice, especially for those who cannot fight. carol thompson taught and then befriended mueller. >> she profoundly understood bales will not come without justice, and it's useless to have peace without justice. >> reporter: po fessor thompson teaches here in arizona. she's on sabbatical in zimbabwe helping farmers. kala mueller thought she might follow her footsteps and work in africa but it's this conflict syria, and its nearly 4 million refugees that captured her heart. he posted this video supporting refugees in 2011. >> i'm in solidarity with the syrian people. i reject the brutality and killing that the syrian authorities are committing against the syrian people. >> reporter: by the following years, she would make her first trip to the syrian/turkish border. professor thompson said they spoke often and at length. >> she went very much beyond me her professor, to join in the suffering. >> yes, she knew very profoundly the risks. >> that was her choice. >> a choice her parents se

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pointing the finger at jordan for dropping a bomb during an air strike yesterday they say killed kala muellerhe u.s. and in jordan say they cannot confirm the claim. we have fox team coverage. shepard smith is in jordan tonight. we begin with chief white house correspondent ed henry in the search for answers about an american aid worker. >> worked in syrian hospitals trying to help people. her possible death puts new

pointing the finger at jordan for dropping a bomb during an air strike yesterday they say killed kala mueller. officials here in the u.s. and in jordan say they cannot confirm the claim. we have fox team coverage. shepard smith is in jordan tonight. we begin with chief white house correspondent ed henry in the search for answers about an american aid worker. >> worked in syrian hospitals trying to help people. her possible death puts new pressure on the president tonight as he unveils an updated national security strategy already under fire. for the first time ever we are seeing kayla mueller her family allowed us to use this image. today the islamic militants claimed the young aid worker was killed after jordanian fighter planes bombed a building. officials dismissed that as propagand propaganda. >> i cannot confirm those reports in any way. obviously people are looking into them but cannot confirm them. >> reporter: mueller would be the fourth american hostage to die while in the hands of isis in a matter of months. u.s. officials say there are an unspecified number of hostages being held a

is waiting on any new developments on the fate of american prisoner kala mueller.isis claims she was killed by air strike. connor powell has the latest. >> america's ally offering upbeat assessment today of the fight against isis. after 56 in three days the military claiming the organization suffering heavy losses of men and equipment. and promising this is just the beginning of the revenge jordan will enact on the islamic state which they call dash for brutal murder of the pilot. >> we are going to destroy dash and that is the aim. that target and definitely -- >> in a coalition now numbering with a squadron to jordan after suspending floilth suspending flights. thanks in part to the forces and isis remains strong in syria. the u.s.-led coalition to support. >> thank you. jordan's king abdullah. >>> some say his leadership on counter terrorism is something president obama is lacking. the fox news political insiders are here and john is shaking his head yes. you can join the conversation on my facebook page, like us there or go on to twitter. you guys are already d

. >> reporter: the president faced harsh criticism from the family of kala mueller telling news getting her released was made harder by the swap by bowe bergdahl. >> that made the whole situation worse because that is when the demands got greater. they got larger. they realized that they had something. they realized if they are going to let five people go for one person why won't they do this or why won't they do that. >> the president spokesman responding by saying officials cannot imagine how much pain the family is experiencing. >> these families are in a particularly difficult position because the united states does have a policy that is clearly in our best interest and of the american people and our national security to not make concessions and not negotiate with terrorists. and and. >> given that policy her father said he asked the president directly why was it okay to negotiate directly with the taliban but not with isis. it is not clear that he got a satisfactory answer. >> thank you. >>> up next the national media scrutiny intensifies for wisconsin governor scott walker who is

she's 26-year-old kala mueller, an aid worker held captive by the militants since august 2013. an isis twitter post shows a collapsed building where they say mueller was being held. >> we don't have anyway to collaborate this information. secretary has been heavily engaged diplomatically with our partners around the region. anyone who could possibly help us locate and bring home any american being held. >> isis offering no evidence or proof of death. u.s. officials warning the unconfirmed claim should be met with skepticism. jordanian allies also responding calling the isis announcement a p.r. stunt. one meant to "drive a wedge between the coalition." the isis claims come as the white house rolls out its new national security policy one that counts on partnerships and policy to neutralize terror groups. >> to degrade and ultimately defeat isil we've assembled a broad coalition that is confronting this skorj from all angles from training opposition forces to encouraging political reforms in iraq that foster greater inclusion. >> coalition air strikes are expected to continue tar

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a message which was clearly meant to show their credibility and they said give our regards to kala mueller's first time that we had, their name and you could see in the twitter traffic, i mean the taunting of these families whose children are being, are being held. so again, based on our reporting, she was held in three separate locations in syria along with the other western hostages and as late as may last year, about seven weeks before the rescue attempt was launched all eight western hostages were together, in the same location. and at that time, she was able to communicate to at least one of the others who damages that she had not been abused by isis up until up until that point. and the argument has been made this is where there is real division with the white house as to why it took seven weeks to launch the rescue attempt based on this very specific information on the location of the remaining western hostages. the white house will say they wanted the intelligence to build up further. people who work in this area say that is a very unrealistic view of this kind of information which i