kassig under the bus.for whatever reason, the jordanian government did not want this to happen. i have my own theory. my theory is simple. there are surrogate states in the region that were very much concerned about nonstate actors such as these persons being able to accomplish what they could not accomplish, what would have caused a tremendous loss of financial aid from the u.s.. they did not want it to happen. they prevented it from happening. i'm convinced had sheik moqdisi not been arrested, mr. kassig would have been saved. >> and where is the sheik today? >> in prison. every 15 days he sees and intelligence judge. he just renews it, renews it rent is it. >> what about the motive of the u.s.? >> some believe the u.s. did not want it to happen, they were afraid of this rapprochement they wanted the best of all worlds. they wanted to say, we're trying an innovative approach to obtain the release, shocked at the speed by which we really move. this occurred within a 17-day period. eventually, the u.s. mad

these are people who go there to help like peter kassig and instead they get beheaded or shot. >> i think the only way to stop the hostage taking is to destroy the terrorist threat, to recognize that we're facing an ideological problem in many countries around the world. it doesn't have a corporate hierarchy, but it does share the same anti-american in particular ideology. unless we're committed to a global strategy to defeat it, i'm afraid this this kind of tragedy will simply continue to play itself out. perhaps in larger measure if the terrorists get their hands on weapons of mass destruction which has been an al qaeda objective these last 20 years. >> do you believe they're committed to that right now? >> i absolutely do not. i think the president still believes that the war on terror is over. he's focused on eliminating top al qaeda leadership along the afghan/pakistan border. that is not the only problem and these days it is far from the central problem is the continuing successes of isis in what used to be syria and iraq continues. look around, the beheadings in syria by isis, now

army ranger, peter kassig. welsh says this ongoing violence by some muslims in the middle east made any moves by a muslim group in georgia seem suspicious to some people in her community. >> and they're seeing it every single night on the news, and... and i think that instills... >> reporter: seeing isis and al- qaeda, beheadings... >> isis and al-qaeda, uh-huh. >> reporter: and so they thought that this was going to be an outpost for isis? >> yes, absolutely. >> reporter: over the last couple of days, we've been asking people around town what they think of the proposed mosque, and the reactions have been split about 50/50-- half the people for, half against. the interesting thing though is the people who are against the mosque were very reluctant to talk with us about it on-camera. people who support the mosque, however, they were very eager to talk. >> you know, they have every right to worship where they want. it really doesn't bother me. i mean, i hope it goes through for them and, you know, i hope it's suc

details have emerged of a failed attempt to secure the release of the kidnapped american aid worker kassig, who was killed by islamic state militants last month. a new york lawyer told the bbc he persuaded two radical muslim clerics to contact the militants, but the talks broke down when one of them was arrested by the jordanian government. >>> kenya's president has signed into law a controversial new security measures that he says are necessary to fight al shabab extremists. president kenyatta condemned parliamentary fighting on thursday. politicians pouring water over the deputy speaker. the legislation allows terror suspects to be detained without charge for up to a year. >>> a study in the united states has supported the theory that animals can tell when a natural disaster is about to happen. the research found that golden-winged warblers fled their nesting grounds in tennessee to avoid a series of severe tornados and they returned as soon as it was safe. researchers said the birds were probably alerted by a low frequency noise that humans simply can't hear. >>> the australian prime mi

the owner said he had kassig cars in in -- had classic cars n the garage. >>> alert safe way would beers heard ominous sounds coming from the roof and got out of the store in town. of the store in town. the cool for word if the store is open today. >> residents are recovering from a full day of rain, damage, and anxiety. in milpitas firefighters slog through 2' of water to warn residents at a mobile home park to evacuate. and residents here are trying to protect their homes and are cleaning drains while keeping a close eye on the river which is rising fast. >> some residents are still in the dark this o because of power outages. the biggest outage is the forth by affecting 1,400 customers. pg&e said a thousand homes are without power in the east bay. 500 customers are in the dark on the peninsula and 500 more without power in the south by. ten customers are without power if san francisco. >> most schools are re-opened. only a few decided to cancel classes. the closings include all schools in novato unified school district and self in santa rosa, petaluma, and throughout sonoma county. th