ms. foley's son was kidnapped two years ago he was killed by isil in august. dianne, welcome to the program. >> thank you, ray. i appreciate being on the program today. >> when it was clear that your son had been taken, what was the nature of the relationship between the united states government and your family. >> you and your family, were visible, active advocates was there a constant communication between you and the state department? >> no, there wasn't. we -- we did have an fbi agent, who was assigned to us. and we were told to keep kie yet about it, for the first six weeks we did. all through that christmas we said not a word to anyone. finally in january of 2013, i felt it was necessary to be public, because nobody knew where jim was. he had disappeared so at that time, i began frequent trips to washington. and i would go to the state department, go to the fbi, i went to tushish ambassador, and began a routine of doing this about every other month. would seek out people to speak to. just to remind them that jim was still missing. >> rei rated to you and