one of the things we continue to hear is that this area of northern syria may not have the level of air defenses that you see the syrian regime maintain further south around baghdad -- pardon me, around damascus and other key areas. the syrian air defense is very well built up over the years, also along the coastline, because they feared an israeli incursion, if you will. so this area in the north may be something that the u.s. can deal with without coordinating directly with the syrians. if you start air strikes, they could go on for months to have any meaningful impact. so we'll see if not coordinating with the assad regime to something they can stick to. >> we'll see what the president decides to do. barbara, thank you. >>> let's get some more now on the funeral of michael brown, the 18-year-old whose death touched off protests and marches. jake, give us a little sense of the message we're hearing from brown's funeral service today, after days of angry protests. is there a sense of hope coming from the service? >> well, wolf, i think it's fair to say, apart from all the cameras and t

that is very far from where he was picked up in northern syria and held in aleppo.ery complicated journey, past regime held areas and disputed turf. many questions still to be answered. above all, a very relieved family to learn he is free after the horrifying news of last week's execution. >> must be such a relief for that family, nick. as you say, the family of theo curtis was told no ransom was paid. is there a way of knowing for sure there was no money here? >> the american government is clear, it does not negotiate over hostage or pay. whether they felt they should, nobody will ever really know. they do, it's sad to say, have a lot of influence over the syrian rebel groups fighting there. there will, of course, always be questions. will we fine le get to the bottom of what happened? probably not. now their son is free. they are just glad this two-year old deer is over. >> they are overjoyed. thank you very much. >>> british intelligence zeroing in on the terrorist seen beheading james foley in the video released. britain's u.s. ambassador say as trail of accent

military tried to rescue foley and either from the site in northern syria. landing with helicopters and six wing aircraft and engaging isis fighters in heavy fire but the hostages were not there. one u.s. pilot was injured this this failed rescue mission. >> reporter: jim foley was dedicated, passionate, fearless and only 40 years old. mourned today by friends in far corners of the world and in his hometown of rochester, new hampshire, by his grieving family. his mother, diane. >> so many people were praying for jim. and i really think that's what gave jim an unusual courage. jim just could feel the prayers. >> reporter: foley had been kidnapped for 44 days by gadhafi forces in libya in 2011 and spoke about it after his release. >> it's not worth your life, no matter what romantic ideal you have, no matter what ethnic you think you have, you know, it's never worth that. >> reporter: but when the civil war broke out in syria, he was determined to tell the story of the uprising. today, once u.s. intelligence confirmed that the gruesome beheading video was auth

in syria, that is what we have seen over the past week or so, isis making significant advances in the northern part of syria where their presence has been in a province that the city has been their de facto headquarters. they have been battling for the takeover of that keierre base. we are told by the syrian observatory monitoring the situation on the ground and developments after intense battles between isis militants and regime forces they were able to, isis was able to take over the base despite air strikes to try to stop that. solidifying their presence there. all of the province to be under the control of isis. really undercoring the importance of going after isis in terms of trying to weaken them to try to defeat them as u.s. officials say, it is going to take more than air trikes here in iraq. >>> in missouri, michael brown being laid to rest. just over two weeks since the unarmed teenager was shot to death by ferguson, missouri police officer, darren wilson. days of protest have given way to calm, relative calm. in a rally on sunday, michael brown's father wants just one thing on the d

.- backed rebels in northern syria. he is the first american to die fighting for isis. he never graduated high school in minnesota and had several run ins with the law for theft and drug possession. he converted to islam in recent years but is not known yet how he was recruited by isis. according to the new york times he may have tried to disguise his intentions by traveling to canada and sweden last year before winding up in turkey where he crossed the border and to syria. relatives say they have not heard from him in a month and his death as an isis fighter was a surprise. >> we are in contact with the family and are providing all possible ... >> estimated 7000 foreigners are believed to be fighting among the extremists and syria including about a hundred americans. live in the newsroom, nancy loo wgn news. >> thank you. cardinal francis george will miss an upcoming trip to see the pope. the cardinals plan to go wrong in october that his cancer treatment will keep them home. the archdiocese said that the new medicine he is taking requires treatment at the time of his

they took control of the oil fields in syria and now controls seven in northern iraq. the production capacity, 80,000 barrel as day. they sell it for $25 to 60 bucks a barrel. it's a deep discount to the $100 globally. they are bringing in $3 million a day in oil sales. criminal activity like kidnapping, smuggling and extortion bring in revenue as do wealthy private donors around the world. the government has been trying to freeze the assets of the fund-raisers around the world. it's clear isis is trying to become self-financing. there are plenty of traitors and black market barterers willing to do business as well. six minutes past the hour. now, an "early start" on your money. futures barely moving. the s&p 500 briefly topped 2,000 yesterday. it closed at a record high of 8% this year. futures hold this morning. it will be a record. record day. >> not bad at all. >> not bad. >>> freed american hostage, peter theo curtis is waiting to be reunited with his family. he was held captive for nearly two years. his mother telling abc news after learning her son was alive and

syria. the brutal jihadist group is now celebrating its seizure of a syrian air base which only days ago was operating against the rebels. and now, isis has basically taken control of the northern province of raqqah and holds a vast stretch of territory in both syria and iraq. usair power has slowed the isis advances in iraq but after the beheading of an american hostage by isis, the obama administration is weighing strikesing in syria. our correspondents and guests are standing by with full coverage of both of these stories. let's begin with our pentagon correspondent barbara starr. barbara? >> wolf, right now the question is just how much of a threat does isis have to be? what would trigger u.s. air strikes? >> fighters parade through raqqah in northern syria after isis takes over an air base from bashar al assad's regime. consolidating its grip across the region. officially, the white house is still thinking about getting more involved. >> the president has not made a decision to pursue any sort of military action in syria. >> also unclear, how much the president's top military advisor general martin dempsey, supports immediate u.s. military action. dempsey has advocated goi

in northern syria, islamic state is gaining more territory. they're taking it from other rebel groups in a in offensive. syria opposition called for u.s. military to bomb here just as they're doing in iraq. there are refugee camps spread across the whole region. syria, turkey, lebanon and here in iraq. some of the camps like this one are starting to get an air of perm nans about them. these people, syrian kurds fled to iraq two and a half years ago. jihads were not powerful then. they used the civil war to become stronger and stronger. now they're using the fighting in iraq to carve out their own islamic fate, their own state they hope will make the borders between iraq and syria simply irrelevant. >> the americans have been drawn back to iraq, but air power alone will not decide this conflict. refugees may have a long wait before they can go home. bbc news northern iraq. >> keep all latest developments on iraq and syria on our website. find background and analysis on the rise of the state and humanitarian crisis paul was reporting on in the co

some time ago, isis has been very busy consolidating their territory, they own a province in northern syria. they moving into alleppo in that area. obviously with the border in iraq, they moved right there, as they put their boots on the ground in iraq, so this is a very important move. my concern is that air strikes alone are not going to handle this problem. >> well, the big problem at least from my perspective and you know more than i do obviously, is that isis has moved into iraq, for example. they have taken over a town. they are integrated with syrian citizens, innocent civilians, so how do you target your air strikes? >> it's a great question and it's not a town again. it's an entire province. it's not one city or one town. it's many, many areas. and they have proven they are very good at adapting. once we started the air strikes, they adjusted their tactics, they blended in with the local population. it makes it very difficult to do surgical strikes and not have the risk of civilian casualty. that's going to happen. somebody, whether it's us or our allies, somebody has to put boots

foley was captured by sunni militants two years ago while on as ninety northern syria.s said he was beheaded because of president obama's airstrikes against isis. isis says it has anoth american journalist steven sutlauff and warns he could be killed if airstrikes don't stop. >>> stay tuned for live reports at 7:00 a.m. right after "action news." >> a shootout between philadelphia police and an armed gunman leaves the suspect dead an veteran cop nursing ahead wound. officer steven korpalski is out of the hospital after a very close call. a bullet grazed the left side of his head the moment he stepped out of h police vehicle at torresdale and mcgee in tacony. officers returne fire killing twenty nine-year-old david ellis of frankford. >>> meanwhile police officers build bridges with neighbors in upper darby. michael chitwood handed out thousands of cups of water ice. they -- organizers say forming relationships make bette communities and cuts down on crime. >> if yoget connected with the communityou solve problems and you also solve crime. they have ownership of this com

. >> up the border into northern syria, the celebration.slamic state radicals celebrate after they captured an airbase. this isis video shows how they out to my massive suicide bomb followed by a ground offensive. it's the result of detailed planning. this, serious as and ready to work with west coordinated airstrikes on isis. >> it is aggression. >> back with the kurds, the broughtstate has been down here, but it is a small victory. i'm now joined by clark kent ervin, former inspector general of the u.s. department of homeland security. the white house says no decision has been made yet on whether they will help syria. but we know the situation is deteriorating. how much time does the president have to make up his mind? >> not much. the president met with his advisers for much of the day. given the tone of what is national security advisor said the other day, that the beheading of the journalist in syria [indiscernible] i find it surprising if in the minimum, they will not order airstrikes in syria. has it muddied the waters for the u.s. n

he was abducted in northern syria and held in aleppo for some time in the north. we know a little bit about hi time in aleppo. his cell mate actually escaped last year and spoke to me in august. talked about how they shared that cell, how they had been tortured, deprived of food and how they tried to escape. the plan was for theo curtis to push matt through a window. he got through and tried to pull theo behind him, he got stuck and he had to make the agonizing decision to go and face the failed consequence. when i talked to him he was thrilled, this tears, at this. two very relieved and more americans today. >> nick, you have been to syria and in touch with the families of other captives held there. we saw the circumstances of jim foley's grisly death a few days ago. make you can explain how remarkable it is for an american, a journalist, foreigner, but an american in particular to manage to escape from syria with his life. >> they spent a lot of time in the cell looking at the potential witnesses because the torture got worse and more worried about their life, a

the hostages w at this camp inside of an oil refinery in northern syria an are a that is now controlledwoozen special operations operations commandos dricopte aith ste de overhead that team began sear they did encounter;<9ç hostages.er not several isis fighters were . we have also learned today isis has demanded ransom or did demand a m2 mif7lln retureers at emory university. jrhe and hess wife6o he cany called [. >> i'm thrilled to be alive to be well and to be reunited with family. i cannot thank you enough for your prayers and your support. >> brantly and his co-worker nan so wright bowl were sickened with ebola in liberahia both received the experimental drug known as z map. >> on the health watch tonight a new article from consumer reports seems to contradict fda recommendations. the magazine says that pregnant women should avoid eating tuna because america row levels can varyotown they cite the positives ofa says that pregnant women should eat up to 12-ounces of fish each week which can include small amoun canned tuna 500 people comen broad streetn rush hour. "eyewitness news" wa

you have to bear in mind there are a lot of freelancers who operate in the turkish northern syria areaoctober 2012 when he first went missing. we don't precisely know where he was abducted. there are suggestions perhaps it may have been closer to the turkish side of the border. it's complicated. details have been kept out of the public domain for so long to facilitate these kind of kidnap negotiations. you are trying to delicately arrange the freedom of someone held hostage, you don't need media reporting on how that's going. it does appear he's a free man and that will be a huge relief for his loved ones and also for matthew who a lengthy period of time had to deal with the choice he made of leaving peter curtis in that cell unavoidable situation. >> we're happy to here that american peter curtis has been released by the islamic rebels who were holding him hostage in syria as we work to gather more information about details of his release and exactly who was holding him. we appreciate your reporting as we learn a little bit more from who was his cellmate at one time while he was held

rescue james foley and several other hostages include something americans from an isis site in northern syria. they landed in syria, they will helicopters, fixed wing aircraft and engaged in a serious fire fight. but the hostages were not there. one u.s. pilot was injured in this failed rescue mission. also tonight, the state department requested 300 more troops to guard the u.s. embassy in baghdad and the airport in baghdad against the growing isis threat in iraq. and the president announced that despite this failed rescue mission, he will not rest until isis is punished for the death of james foley. back to you. >> president obama spoke to foley's parent by phone today. they had held out hope for almost two years their son would be rescued. they want to make sure this doesn't happen again, especially with isis threatening to kill another u.s. journalist, steven sotloff. >> we pray that somehow steven and the others might be spared. >> he felt this was his passion in life. >> yeah. >> it is just what he wanted to do. >> president obama says the world is appalled at foley's death and that u.s

how are they so much on the march across northern syria and across the border into iraq?sident obama expected to make a decision at some point about whether or not to conduct air strikes to challenge all of that. what the goal is u.s. officials tell us is air strikes would not defeat isis at this point, but to stop their momentum, to stop them from being able to move around to terrorize across northern syria and across the border into iraq. so that's the goal that they're looking at. the decision, still, of course, absolutely in the president's hand. does he want to go forward with all of this. carol? >> all right, barbara starr reporting live from the pentagon this morning, thank you. >>> as those american spy planes continue to fly over the iraqi/syrian border the president and lawmakers are struggling to decide what to do next. senator graham accuses mr. obama becoming derelict in his duties for not aggressively protecting the homeland. lawmakers are on vacation, no emergency session in sight. larry sabeteau the director of virginia center for politics and krisial wrig

special operations forces were dropped in northern syria by heavily armed blackhawk helicopters. four hostages including foley were thought to be in an oil refinery by isis, but the prisoners were not there. michelle segona is in new york. >> good morning, anne-marie. it was authorized by president obama because it was believed they were in danger. on the ground the u.s. forces exchanged fire with isis militants. one american commando was injured. the attempt to rescue foley was revealed after foley was executed. the hostages weren't there. >> we rely on cellular traffic. we don't always pick up those indicators, that kind of information. and so because of that we had to -- the intelligence wasn't great. they took a risk. clearly in some ways i think they'll always err on the side of trying to rescue those individuals again with great confidence in their equipment and knowing in the terrain what's going on. >> reporter: the exact location of the hostages remains unknown. isis demanded ransom for foley's release, and it was just a week ago that foley's family received a taunting e

>> well, as i mentioned earlier, the ypg forces have been fighting against those groups in northern syriathree years and they have been able to create a semi-safe and protected area with those three regions. there's kurdish yazidi people fleeing to that area. they're looking for semi-protected -- will be living in a semi-protected area. however, this is only possible because of the kurdish involvement. there is no -- i mean, they are fleeing from a crisis region into another crisis region so i don't know if this is really what international community is looking for. we need to protect those people on a different dimension. this is only a short-term solution. >> all right. rosa burc, many thanks to you for joining us from london. we'll take a very short break and be back in a moment. >>> welcome back. rory mcilroy is celebrating back-to-back majors today. >> that's right. we're approaching 4:00 a.m. maybe he's finished partying. he's made it three straight victories with a dramatic one-shot win at the pga championship. 25-year-old from northern ireland overcame americans phil mickelson and

calling itself the islamic state are reported to have taken over from the town of akhtarin in northern syria>>> in neighboring iraq, the united nations is warning that a humanitarian crisis of huge proportions is unfolding. >>> david cameron just returned from his holiday to chair an emergency meeting on the crisis in iraq. but perhaps that is a segue from iraq -- >> how did you do that? >> aaron, it is close to my heart. >> going on holiday. guard dogs, we'll take care of it. cracking down on car rentals, the european commission said that drivers are being charged different prices online for the same car rental based on where they live in europe. now, the eu commission says this price discrimination is against the eu's single market rules. hertz, avis and euro cars have to review their pricing structures by the end of the month. but they said we're not doing anything wrong, we're compliant with eu regulations. we'll keep on that throughout the rest of the day. japan's economy, big backward step, biggest contraction since 2011 when it was devastated by that earthquake and tsunami. the shock

in northern syria where islamic state controls large areas, public executions are common. the population, including children, are forced to watch. dead bodies are displayed often on crucifixes for days afterwards. women are lashed for failing to cover their faces. minor crimes punished by amputation. meanwhile, syrian government forces continue to inflict violence. barrel bombs and chlorine gas are dropped from helicopters. hospitals are she would, civilians, arrested, tortured, and killed. the u.n. investigators say no side seems capable of victory. there is no military solution to the long suffering of syria's people. but no side is ready to stop fighting. the international community has been unable to broker even a brief cease-fire. instead, the u.n. fears syria's conflict is about to spread across the region with devastating consequences for millions of people. bbc news, geneva. >> now, let me take you to ukraine because its president petro poroshenko says a road map will be agreed for a cease-fire. it follows talks with his russian counterpart. mr. poroshenko had a pr

selling crude from oil fields they took control of in northern syria, right back to the syrian government new york times" reports isis is also selling electricity from captured power plants back to the government, too. >> they also do -- a lot of the traditional terrorist fundraising activities, kidnappings, robbing, thieving, they're involved in the drug trade. they have money laundering schemes. >> reporter: in "daily beast" josh rogan reports that isis has been funded for years by wealthy private donors living in countries the u.s. considers allies, countries like kuwait, qatar and saudi arabia. and that those governments, says rogan, know it's happening but choose to look away. >> the governments could have some plausible liability and say they're not funding them directly. at the very least, they're looking the other way. >> reporter: now back to the numbers. if you do the math, isis may be worth at least $500 million after that last attack on that bank in mosul. in 2011, the taliban is said to be worth an estimated $70 million to $400 million. even al qaeda can't compete. al qaeda h

this time an air base in northern syria. ite house now appears to be downplaying expectations for military action in syria right away. >> chairman dempsey himself talked about over the weekend and he indicated that according to intelligence assessments, that there is no evidence of a active plot right now. that said, we are well aware of the threat that is posed by isil. >> white house press secretary josh earnest was pointing to a comment made by joint chiefs chairman martin dempsey who says isis in syria does not pose a threat against the u.s. homeland. i can tell you if great clarity if that threat existed inside syria, it would certainly be my strong recommendation we would deal with it that's different what other officials said last week after the beheading of american journalist james foley. >> this is beyond anything that we've seen. so we must prepare for everything. >> can they be defeated without addressing that part of their organization which resides in syria in the answer is no. >> earnest acknowledged semantics

troops were dropped into northern syria. actually had to shoot it out with some of the militants. they did kill some militants. but they couldn't find foley. you know, at that point he and others were already gone. in a situation like this, though, how do you go in, how do you rescue your target without getting killed by captors first? i mean, that has to be a massive risk. >> well, you know, the element of surprise is very important here. so i can't give away any operational details. but the point is that we'll put up a fight. and we're willing to lay down our lives for the sake of freedom to go after men like this. so instead of dishing out money, we're willing to shed blood. if it was my own family, i would say i want the very best man on this. you send them out there, i know what they're willing to do. i used to be one of these guys. and you know what, foley's own mother, you know, she put out that she's never been prouder of her son. that he did lay down his life, really, for the sake of freedom. and that is an example of the greatest act of love. there is no greater love tha

the hostages were believed to be at this camp inside of an oil refinery in northern syria an are a thats now controlled by isis. dozen operations operations commandos dropped from black hawk helicopters outed with stealth technology to avoid detect. with surveillance aircraft overhead that team began to search for the hostage. they did encounter isis militants. they engaged in far fight. when it was all over, the hostages were not several isis fighters were killed. one ameas the rest were flown to safety. we have also learned today isis has demanded ransom or did demand a ransom of for foley's return. >> we are also hearing tonight from one of two american missionaries sickened by e bella bella. both of that many are now out of the hospital. today dr. kent brantly emerged from weeks of isolation to cheers at emory university hospital in atlanta. he and hess wife he can changed hugs with hospital workers. antly called miraculous. >> i'm thrqsilled to be alive ted you enough for your sup >> brantly and his co-worker nan so wright bowl were sickened with ebola in liberia re div known as zo

there's been a good deal about planning about what it would take to conduct air strikes inside northern syria against isis strong holds if president obama made the decision to go ahead and do that. what we know is the first step is going to be reconnaissance flights over that area to get precise intelligence on where isis troops are, training camps, strongholds, that kind of thing. look, they've been flying satellites over the region, but that only gives you a snapshot in time. they really need to get in there and get that very precise real-time intelligence about where isis is. and as they do that, the president has to make a decision if he wants to go down that road and strike isis. maybe one of the big hints was late last week, ben rhodes, the deputy national security adviser, said the u.s. would not be limited by the border, the essentially nonexistent border between iraq and syria. there's nothing that says they won't go into syria, but the president has to make the decision. >> colonel, what about the notion that the americans thought it prudent enough to send a number of advisers to ef

think isis is trying to assert themselves as the sole resistance, and carve out that area of northern syriaand existing supplies in the region. and in iraq, they're making it so there's no room for consensus and extremism is the only option. >> in what way is isis vulnerable? >> you see the maps that are pup out, the thin red line, that shows vulnerability in the sense that their supply lines, their lines of communication, are vulnerable to being is choked. of course that will require greater american military power, it would also require a much stronger willingness of the united states to engage in the tribal belts along an bar and eastern syria. but if you were willing to do that, then you could limit their ability to move people, supplies, equipment, communication, and through that, you limit their ability to continue their advance. and you slowly continue to degrade them. the american, we don't have a strategy yet, so that's not happening. >> so quickly tell me how much team work and a global coalition is needed to stop them? >> the problem with the administration is that so far they're

air power can keep them out of baghdad but the are no ground forces now who can take back northern syria so you are going to have an islamic state there, tabesserring and growing, anales--festering and growing unless you get some ground troops from season and they need to come from the turks, the syriaens, and the curds together, but that would take a diplomat to pup that crowd together. >> okay, who is supporting the u.s. and its mission to iraq? >> answer, our key allies. but with important qualifiers. >> i want to thank in particular the united kingdom, france, and other countries for working with us to provide much needed assistance to the iraqi people. >> but while only france is now providing arms to the curds, other american key allyings including britain and canada are supplying only humanitarian aid. but the british prime minister is considering equipping the curds to fight and they are saying that britain and the assented to join in air strikes against isis. but for now, the strikes are being left solely to american troops. >> and is this true, have we once again doned the unif

is still advancing across northern syria. >> people across the middle east , there has to be a common effort to extract this cancer so it does not spread. there has to be a rejection of these kind of nihilistic ideologies. one thing we can agree on, a no place insil has the 21st century. ofjames foley is one of tens thousands of people to have died at the hands of militants, rebels, and government forces in syria. he was aware of the dangers, having been taken captive in the beer. he felt it was his duty to tell the story of the people. >> it is not you worth your life. no matter what i did you have, -- idea you have, it is never worth that. >> james and his parents knew this day might come. >> it is horrific. people can die in a lot of ways. this was the most terrific. he -- how muchat pain he was in. this method of execution is. it testifies to his courage. >> nichol worked with james in syria. they were to be met on the day he was kidnapped. i'm going to remember him very fondly. he is an amazing person and an amazing friend. i think he was better than all of us. i'm going to miss

people like these kurds from northern syria. they have been living in bulgaria for almost a year now. they escaped war and violence and landed in abject poverty. >> children could not sleep that night. we've got too many things. >> bulgaria, the poorest european union member, does not have the money to handle the influx. it's lunchtime at a refugee camp on the outskirts of the capital. according to the you guidelines, more meals are to be provided to all refugees within the eu, but bulgaria simply does not have the resources, even if conditions are improving. >> a year ago, we did not have hot meals. now we have hot meals. the difference is tremendous. >> this old school is being thoroughly renovated. soon it will have a kitchen of its own, some small consolation for the refugees here. he hopes to come to germany or somewhere else in western europe like most of his fellow refugees, but he can only do so illegally. this volunteer program coordinator has to explain that this is the only way refugees have been able to make it to th

people like these kurds from northern syria. they have been living in bulgaria for almost a year now. they escaped war and violence and landed in abject poverty. >> children could not sleep that night. we've got too many things. >> bulgaria, the poorest european union member, does not have the money to handle the influx. it's lunchtime at a refugee camp on the outskirts of the capital. according to the you guidelines, more meals are to be provided to all refugees within the eu, but bulgaria simply does not have the resources, even if conditions are improving. >> a year ago, we did not have hot meals. now we have hot meals. the difference is tremendous. >> this old school is being thoroughly renovated. soon it will have a kitchen of its own, some small consolation for the refugees here. he hopes to come to germany or somewhere else in western europe like most of his fellow refugees, but he can only do so illegally. this volunteer program coordinator has to explain that this is the only way refugees have been able to make it to th

able to confirm, myself and one of my rock star colleagues, that he was fighting with isis in northern syria. >> and has his family made any statements? have we heard anything from his family here in the u.s.? >> at this point, i'd rather not say. they're aware, and that's as far as i'm going to go for now. >> all right. we'll leave it there. >> as you know, they're grieving. >> of course. we appreciate your reporting. thank you very much. >>> and up next, civil rights leaders and influential politicians are call can go on president obama to use his executive power to enact policies that would improve the relationship between law enforcement and minority communities. that's next. hey. i'm ted and this is rudy. say "hi" rudy. [ barks ] [ chuckles ] i'd do anything to keep this guy happy and healthy. that's why i'm so excited about these new milk-bone brushing chews. whoa, i'm not the only one. it's a brilliant new way to take care of his teeth. clinically proven as effective as brushing. ok, here you go. have you ever seen a dog brush his own teeth? the twist and nub design cleans all the way

military is flying surveillance flights over northern syria. >> authorized the flights for the purposee u.s. air strikes against isis. the president preparing the american people for a long-term commitment. >> rooting a cancer like isil won't be easy or quick. >> this is a serious threat from a serious group of terrorists. >> it's very important to push back aggressively. >> not going

it's been open for a while in southern turkey, northern syria. they've crossed over.say, just going to fight jihad. to assist other muslims. but others clearer, especially on twitter, they're there to assist isis because that's their broader vision for the caliphate they have self-declared in northern syria and iraq, anderson. >> and of course as you intimated, flying in from turkey, some from lebanon, which makes it all the more difficult for u.s. intelligence, for western intelligence to actually track their movements. it's not as if they're flying directly into iraq, flying directly into syria. they're crossing over the border. here's the president. >> today, the entire world is appalled by the brutal murder of jim foley by the terrorist group is isil. jim was a journal it'ist, a son brother and a friend. he reported from difficult and dangerous places, bearing witness to the lives of people a world away. he was taken hostage nearly two years ago in syria. he was courageously reporting at the time on the conflict there. jim was taken from us in an act of violence t

gabriel, bbc news in northern syria. >> for more on the threat posed by the islamic state and the u.k.'s elevation of the terror level, i spoke earlier with barry from the atlantic council, formerly served as senior director at the national security council. the u.k. has raised its terror threat level. what is the threat to the u.s.? >> i think it's unclear. my best sort of informed speculation is that the u.k. did so on some very specific intelligence that is not privy to the general public. i think it's a very serious matter and they're taking it, you know, with the appropriate degree of concern. perhaps the u.s. intelligence community haven't seen that level of specificity regarding specific threats to the united states homeland from the isis group. >> the u.s. has citizens who've gone over into iraq and syria. what's to stop them coming back and committing attacks against the u.s.? >> well, i think we developed -- both countries have developed a pretty comprehensive system for homeland security and defense in the aftermath of 9/11 and in the many years since then, many lessons lea

officials believe foley was being held at the isis strong hold in northern syria, along with other captured western journalists and aide workers. foley's family appealed for his release on the "today" show last year. >> we ask his captors to recognize his innocence and his desire to help the syrian people. and to please have mercy and let him be free. >> reporter: foley was intrepid. he had also been captured in the civil war in libya and was held for 44 days. he talked about his experiences to the boston globe. >> kind of the presumption is that you're a spy. you have to prove to them that you're not a spy. you have to be very careful and detailed what you tell them. >> reporter: other journalists french, spanish, danish had also been held by isis in syria, but were released, reportedly after their governments or intermediaries paid ransom. although that was denied. friends of foley have been pleading with the state department to do more to rescue him. officials feared any covert operation will result in the death of the hostages being held. the u.s. has refused to pay terrorists. now isis

the 40-year-old new hampshire native was captured nearly two years ago while on assignment in northern syria. isis said they killed him because of president obama's airstrikes in iraq. isis warns another american journalist, steven sutloff could also be killed if the airstrikes don't stop. >>> "good morning america" will be updating the situation in both the middle east and in ferguson, missouri. that's coming up at 7:00 a.m. right after "action news." >> ♪ >> it is now 5:35 and new this morning, a driver lost control, crashed through a fence then slammed up against so fage un a.m. no oth ha we"action newng. phil hosp. rire on the suspect killing 29-year-old david ellis of frankford. the police calls from the scene of the shootout have now p >> i'm hit. , shots fired. >> authorities say ellis had a long criminal history and was out onalro happeng the uchampionship game e line for the taney dragons today and their star player who has hit the lea"ation news"kaerinecogth hse rallying for the team later today. rie.ywo lefin tatherine. hee heons buidsth to go.l-biti victory overlle. ur thy e taag

starts bombing isis in northern -- in syria, mostly northern syria, and eastern syria. but across a broad part of sir why out of government's control, we start bombing them, what does that mean? it means al-assad gets a pass. we are effectively helping him because we are neutralizing an enemy force. by the way, al-assad was happy to have isis flourish in his country for the last several months. he never attacked them because isis was busy fighting other rebels and new that they have become such a ferocious threat to him and to us, he is quite happy it seems to have the united states come in and clean up a mess that he was very happy to see ferment in his country. aside from that, if we start doing this, start bombing isis, we give assad a pass. he goats stay, but probably control a smaller state. there will be a bombing campaign in this area of no-man's land. in that band outside of damascus. that is isis stand, if you will. and this continues for a long time. this become a no-man's land, dangerous place. controlled by air strikes while bashar al-assad stays, rehabilita

in other parts of the country the government campaign against opposition-held areas and northern syriaighters have been trying to stop attempts to take the area. extensive damage and fires as you can see here after nightly air raids in the country side of hamas in western syria. the syrian government say it targets opposition groups it calls terrorists but rights groups say in most cases it's civilians who are killed or injured, i'm with al jazeera. >>> ukraine military continuing its campaign to penetrate rebel-controlled areas in the east. as renewed fighting on the pro-russian stronghold of donsk and it covers the skyline and tens of thousands were killed on sunday and they advanced in the city of lahonsk taking control of one suburb. germany foreign minister is urging a cease fire between ukraine's army and separatists and they discussed this between ukraine ministers in berlin. >> translator: difficult talks but i think and hope we made progress on some points and agree we will go back to the capitol and report to the government and on tuesday we will decide when to continue the t

[indiscernible] northern and eastern syria. [indiscernible] but not in syria -- from my perspective, the problems in iraq are more than brutality and atrocities of i.s. and link to what the u.s. did not do in syria. for example, one person is accepting of this fact. journal the atlantic that. this is what turkeys has been saying for the last few years actually. -- what turkey has been saying. assad has left them alone. the last point that i would like to rise here before we go to is about the humanitarian disaster in iraq. there was the murder of the american journalist james foley, and other unacceptable disasters , affecting a lot of people in america and all over the world. we have to do everything to stop , butbarbaric savageness you have to realize also that local people are in danger. there is a great threat of i.s,cre by was ao days ago, there call to prevent a possible , and it has been under siege. the ethnicities are different .here before we go to the speakers, i would like to express my gratitude to the organizers o

, including journalist james foley, were thought to be at this camp inside an oil refinery in northern syria. an area controlled by isis. two dozen special operations commandos dropped from blackhawk helicopters, outfitted with stealth technology to avoid detection. with surveillance aircraft overhead, the team searched for the hostages, they encountered isis militants, engaged in a gun fight. but the hostages were gone. several isis commandos were killed, one american fighter was injured. the rest were flown to safety. now, isis demands add ransom of $132 million for foley's return. >>> also new this morning, remains of 20 malaysians killed when their malaysia air nine flight 17 was shot down over ukraine last month have arrived in kulae almost purr. char i had from amsterdam, and greeted by malaysian royalty. all 298 people on board, the plane were killed. forty-three of them malaysians. the government is observe ago moment of silence for the victims in their honor. >>> and now 5:36. in business news this morning, another ice bucket challenge, and another big recall from auto maker. money

blackhawk helicopters dropped two dozen commandos as an isis- held oil refinery in northern syria.one u.s. commando was injured in a firefight before the team flew to safety. no hostages were found. >> now they know that we may make an attempt to go after hostages so they will better protect them. >> reporter: the obama administration revealed the mission a day after militants posted a video of foley's beheading. in the video, the group threatens the life of another captured american journalist steven sotloff. president obama promised justice for foley as the u.s. launched new strikes against isis targets in northern iraq. >> the united states of america will continue to do what we must do to protect our people. we will be vigilant and we will be relentless. >> reporter: craig boswell cbs news, the white house. >> and there's now growing concern that isis may attack the u.s. >>> video is surfacing showing the events just before the moments a st. louis police officer kills a man in a confrontation. police say the man went toward them with a knife after he was caught allegedly steali

it won't be hurt badly while it still has a power base in northern syria. and that is why there's talk of doing a deal with president assad. >> i think on practical grounds, we have to possibly consider taking a deep breath and holding our nose and saying that it would seem to us now that the extremely vicious and evil nature of islamic state and its objectives are actually worse than what assad has been doing. and it may be one of those situations in history where my enemy's enemy becomes my friend. >> but the west's main so far failed strategy for ending the syrian war includes the departure of president assad. britain says it won't change its mind about him. >> i've said very often that one of the first things you learn in the middle east is that my enemy's enemy is not necessarily my friend. we may very well find that we're aligned against a common enemy, but that doesn't make us friends with someone, it doesn't make us able to trust them. it doesn't make us able to work with them. >> sectarian conflict in iraq and across the region makes building a coa