hostage kayla muriel.is still alive. just simply made the claim and left it at that very unlike isis which generally has provided some type of evidence that somebody has been killed. one of their hostages. a lot of speculation here in jordan really across the middle east that this was an attempt by isis to try to deflect attention away from the brutal killing of that jr. deignian pilot. still, u.s. and cia and state department officials are trying to investigate this claim. trying to hold out hope that maybe she is, in fact, still alive. there is a lot of speculation that maybe she was killed long before the recent claims. isis in iraq and syria. jordan continue the stepped up assault on isis on the video that was release that jordanian pilot being killed. it's not really clear that jordan has a sizeable arsenal to continue this sort of expanded fight against isis themselves. it's very much part of the u.s. led coalition. and jordan still says that they are going to continue expanding the fight against isi

and at this hour american intelligence officials are trying to confirm whether 26-year-old kayla murielce 2013 is dead or alive. isis claims she is dead. blaming jordan air strikes for claimed death. but how can anyone believe isis. "on the record" is investigating. we have fox team coverage from jordan to washington starting with shepard smith reporting right now live from ammon. shep? >> greta, here in ammon, there is deep skepticism about the claims. in the first place, they don't believe anybody could have spotted what sort of jet might have been in the sky. in the second plac

the americans beheaded and now we hear that kayla muriel, an american, was killed. isis savages say by bombing but, you know, they probably killed her, right? hitler was not an existential threat until 1938. to flail around while killer groups gain power as isis has is unwise to say least. but the obama administration apparently believes the bombing campaign and other secondary measures will eventually downgrade the isis savages, mean time thousands of people are dying and thousands of people are plotting to come here to kill americans. the rest of the speech was your standard issue we are doing great, what's the problem? it's kind of bizarre though to hear ambassador rice refer to climate change as a strategic talking point but hey, standard issue on the left right? there was mention of universal values and international order. that kind of stuff which means absolutely nothing. summing up, president obama believes that isis can be degraded without ground confrontation. that his policies in iraq and afghanistan have made the u.s.a. stronger and that iran will give u

and at this hour american intelligence officials are trying to confirm whether 26-year-old kayla muriel by isis since 2013 is dead or alive. isis claims she is dead. blaming jordan air strikes for claimed death. but how can anyone believe isis. "on the record" is investigating. we have fox team coverage from jordan to washington starting with shepard smith reporting right now live from ammon. shep? >> greta, here in ammon, there is deep skepticism about the claims. in the first place, they don't believe anybody could have spotted what sort of jet might have been in the sky. in the second place

the same day that kayla muriel confirmed dead and same day we are evacuating the embassy in yemen. this picture of him smiling after james folly and shooting pool and we have a crisis at the border and he wouldn't go down interest. how many more excuses do we make for his multitasking. >> no white house ever been as aggressive in seeking out ways to go around the traditional media and just send a message that look we don't really care about the perceptions of the presidency around this if we can get a message home. in this case, if it's about talking about healthcare.gov they will go and have the president go and do patently silly things that don't look like something the president would do. it's about that. >> i have a good sense of humor and i think it's important to get your message out. for me, on the day that we are learning about kayla mueller being confirmed dead and if he were a first offender on, this it's so tone deaf and bad taste. >> we should be thankful that he didn't do it wearing green lipstick as he did with the other luminaires from youtube that he did interviews

and at this hour american intelligence officials are trying to confirm whether 26-year-old kayla muriel and american woman held hostage by isis since 2013 is dead or alive. isis claims she is dead. blaming jordan air strikes for claimed death. but how can anyone believe isis. "on the record" is investigating. we have fox team coverage from jordan to washington starting with shepard smith reporting right now live from ammon. shep? >> greta, here in ammon, there is deep skepticism about the claims. in the first place, they don't believe anybody could have spotted what sort of jet might have been in the sky. in the second place it seems they don't believe anything isis has to say for obvious reasons. i have spoke to the person in charge for the information for the kingdom just a few hours ago. listen. >> it just doesn't add up. we are highly suspicious of this story. nobody can identify the nationality of an airplane in the sky. plus what would that lady be in a storage of weapons and training centers for terrorists? there is no reason for us to believe their new propaganda. we think this

. >>> stunning news from the family of american hostage kayla mueller who was killed while in isis captivity in syria. today, muriel's family saying the obama administration's trade of five taliban leaders for accused army desserter bowe bergdahl killed any hopes of a deal for mueller's release. >> i made the whole situation worse because that's when the demands got got greater. they got larger though realized they had something. they realized if they would let five people go for one person. why won't they do this or why won't they do that. >> did you personally feel why is that trade okay but something similar is not okay for kayla? >> i actually asked the president that question. when we were in the white house and that was pretty hard, you know to take. >> and representative martha blackburn joins us, good evening, congresswoman and what is the answer to this family? they want to know why we would deal with five taliban for bergdahl but apparently we don't negotiate with these hostages. >> well, you are right. and they do deserve an answer. and think think the american people are having a tough time with how this