it's in the province in western syria and is under control of the syrian army.pposition fighters tell al jazeera this is the closest they have come to the city since the syrian war began. the gain resulted in a battle in which the opposition says it killed 30 syrian soldiers, including a senior officer. they also say they seized a tank and a significant amount of ammunition. >> translator: we under the leadership of [ inaudible ] and in cooperation with lines of islam brigade managed to cease the area. >> reporter: opposition fighters seized control of a barricade of a highway connecting homes to the north. they hope to now ultimately take control of the city. it was one of the first cities in the country where people protested against president bashar al-assad at the start of the syrian war more than three years ago, hundreds of people have since been killed as they tried to escape the fighting in the city. natasha ghoneim, al jazeera. >>> at least 49 people have been killed in yemen in the last 48 hours. the dead include houthi rebels who have been battling in

. >> in western syria, a camp for displaced syrians have been bombed. forces are on the attack. u.s. backed rebels lost ground with the al qaeda-linked al nusra front gaining territory. suspected boko haram fighters are gaining ground after launching a series of attacks. at least five government soldiers have been killed in gombe state. fighters are said to have robbed a bank. security forces in the democratic republic of congo arrested several men in connection with the killing of more than 100 people. they have been held in the town of beni in north kib u. as many as 120 people have been killed in night time raids in recent weeks. west african leaders are due to arrive in burkina faso for talks with the military obvious a new transitional government. the presidents of ghana, nigeria and senegal are expected to pressure the army into handing over control. many hope that new leadership will bring new opportunity. >> this man took part in protests resulting in the ousting of blaise compaore. >> i broke my arm and leg. it was worth it. we got rid of a dictator. i'm in pain, but pr

. >> in western syria, a camp has been bombed for displaced syrians. government forces are behind the attack. u.s. backed rebels lost ground with the al qaeda al nusra front gaining territory. >> iraqi forces are advancing on the refinery town of baiji. these pictures from local tv show troops changing fire with i.s.i.l. fighters. baiji is home to the largest oil refinery. fighters from the islamic state of iraq and levant are in control of mosul, the city home to the biggest dam. it's been under i.s.i.l. control since june. the provincial governor told al jazeera's charles stratford that he is coordinating with the iraqi defence ministry to try to retake the city. >> after the change of maliki the government in baghdad work hard with us. they send everything to the province, and we get more steps with the coalition forces and other parties. i think it's the time to start work. we work to prepare a lot of things in the period. but now we are starting to work in the exact plan to liberate mosul. we need some counties of coalition to attend these forces,

these bar barrack acts are those by cowards who have unleashed terror throughout the desert in western syria and northern iraq. they have mass cured entire villages, behead -- massacred entire villages, beheaded people. isis blows up history it does not agree with and sells artifacts to fund its ramage. i condemn this attack and all attacks against the innocent and call for neighboring countries to become more actively engage in defeated this threat. not only isis a threat to stability in the region, act like these show they're a threat to peace-loving people across the globe. . they have brainwashed thousands of individuals. last week isis even announce add partnership with al qaeda. to quote peter's parents, good will prevail. fortunately some have stepped up to the fight. the to fight the spread of isis our brave men and women in the u.s. air force and navy have led an incredible and efficient bombing campaign against isis targets, halting their advance. kurdish forces have gained ground and been an effective fighting horse. iraqi forces have organized and began an offensive to retake los

territory -- that is probably not the case but the notion that there will be a partition between a western syria that is under the control of the assad regime versus this kind of wild wild west wild wild east in eastern syria under control of probably a loose coalition of sunni militant groups and iraq i can see that happening. what i find interesting as a historian is many of these regimes in the middle east including those in iraq and elsewhere spent much of the past decades, this colonial adventure of the french and british according to their telling and the borders are not reflective of real communities on the ground and in many ways the exact people who decry the colonial intervention of the course of the 20 third century are committed to the protection and preservation of these borders. in the near term and midterm will be interesting to see what happens but we affectively see partition, and i think it will be longer before the borders become official borders if at all. >> thank you, the center for national policy. my question is about press reports that there is a lot of attainder against

>> the concern is foreign fighters, individuals from western nations going to syria to join the fight on behalf of the more radical groups there. the concern is they could come back to western europe or to the u.s. without a visa radicalized. the u.s. wants more information from them to better determine who should or should not be allowed into the country. >> no bail for a suburban chicago teen accused of trying to join isil in syria. a judge said muhammed chan is a flight risk and cannot be released. >> we'll talk to former u.s. ambassador he james jeffery about the u.s. strategy against isil and what role the u.s. should play in the spring offensive in iraq. >> in nigeria, thousands are fleeing their homes after a series of deadly attacks. on monday, a suicide bomber killed dozens. in recent days, boko haram seized towns and villages in the northern and eastern parts of the country. the government says its launching attacks against boko haram, but as we report, those who escaped the latest violence paint a very different picture. >> if we look at the past few months, boko haram has

"der spiegel" wonders what draws these young westerners to fight jihad in syria and iraq. it asks specialists to draw a profile of these westerners. they seem to have some similarities. they often are isolated, solitary, lone wolves, who become self radicalized by the internet. >> let's come back to france with the french edition of "vanity fair." it lists its ranking of the 50 most influential french people in the world. the winner might come as a surprise to some. >> the winner is christine lagarde, the most influential french person in the world. there you can see her on the front page of "vanity fair, the french edition." the head of the imf holds the reigns of the finance world in her hands and that makes her one of the most powerful people among not only in france but in the world. they wonder if she could use this influence in french politics. could she be the first female french president? you can see the front page of "vanity fair" asks the question. what if it were her? and last year, the band daft punk won. >> number four on the list is a frenchman that has gotte

the trip to syria to join isis. the western recruits braced themselves for a life without sit down toilets. learn to squat if you don't know how to. below is a picture of a man squating with correct form. and he is right. here is the picture. you know what? it is kind of pleasurable. they recommend rocks, leaves and straw while avoiding wet wipes. it is in a tone that is lighthearted. i believe we have tape of a jihady cleaning himself. >> ♪ i whip my hair back and forth ♪ >> all right, baker, do you think it will scare recruits away? >> oh no. no. i think it will draw them by the thousands. >> they point out you shouldn't use bones. >> or dung. >> or dung. that will keep people from joining. you know how pleasurable it is to wipe your ass with a bone. >> or dung. >> i think this is just one more example of their effort to do this media out reach. and we make fun of it. it is surprising how much better it was now than say three, four, five years ago. you look at what they were putting out there and the efforts they were making

so the challenge increases to defend towns like this >>> meanwhile inside syria, western-backed rebels faced a setback. the al nusra front, affiliated with al qaeda seized the town. affidavits. the withdrawal of an opposition group called the hassam movement, seen as a blow to western efforts to create and training an alternative force. people living there are protesting the ongoing violence caused by forces loyal to the bashar al-assad government and rebels. >>> civilians are paying a high price in the attacks. the syrian observatory for human rights says the military is stepping up barrel bombings, dropping more than 400 in less than two weeks, saying 230 civilians have been killed since october 20th. >>> now to breaking news out of burkina faso. we are hearing gun fire has broken out another the headquarters of state television in the capital, according to reuters newsagency. demonstrators returned to the streets of the capital, against the army's seizure of cower after the president resigned fleeing to the coast. here is gerald tan with for. >> reporter: a demand for constitutional

western intelligence. but so many fighters are heading to syria.ls, they admit it is a huge challenge. and of course the u.s. depends on those agencies to stop people with european passports flying to america. there has been a series of arrests in the uk and as far away as australia. but that reinforces the point that so many extremists are flocking to join and coming back to the west. >> the u.s. is intervening not just against isis. it's intervening in a civil war and as you know all too well, an incredibly complex region with overlapping alliances. and that may be ultimately increasing the threat to the west, richard. >> thanks for joining me tonight. despite more than three months of american led air strikes, information out today indicates that the attacks are on the rise. next, i'll speak with former cia director michael hayden. please stay with us. >> they've set up the screens to block isis. you have to stay below the screen, it blocks the line of sight. so ally bank really has no hidden fees on savings accounts? that's right. it's just tha

western iraq, it's paying sunni tribes. in north earn iraq, it's sending guns to the kurds. in southern syria, the regime is still in power. in a wider reason e reel joon, the u.s. is counting on support from muslim regions. >> but they have, at time, supported radical groups like isis. the u.s. has tried to sort out the divisions between sunnis and kurds in the past. it did not go well. now we're trying it again. on a larger scale and by remote control. the president has said it will take years. he's been fairly cautious. vice president biden, not so much. >> we will follow them to the gates of held until they are brought to justice. hell is where they will reside. >> well, for the past several weeks, the gaets of hell have had a very specific address. the town in southeasterly ya just across the border here. it was almost too late, but khobani is still holding on as we found out when we visited the little city that stood up to isis. >> there are two things about k e chobani that made this small, curdish city in syria the focus of gnash atepgs. the first is its location. just across the bord

we are now learning the denver teams were interacting online with other westerners who had already made it to syriathe teens to do the same and officials say this case yielded a wealth of information that shows just how isis is using westerners already in its ranks to recruit others through social media. cnn has learned hardened jihadists currently fighting jihadists overseas had direct contact with three denver teens, 15 and 17-year-old sisters and their 16-year-old friend. using social media to lure them to jihad. >> these were role models to them and people they could be in contact with and social media who was more immediate and allows you to immerse use and being used as a recruiting platform? some of the jihadist recruiters were westerners fighting in syria. they were encouraging the girls to join isis and givinging them them a road map to go from denver all of the way to syria and join the brutal terrorist group. >> rather than simply reading an article or posted a message board they can interact in real time with other people through tweets and this is very i%ive to them. >> in october the

syria. >>> police in western japan arrested a woman on suspicion she killed her husband. they believe she poisoned her husband with cyanide. she was taken into custody in kito. she did she denies killing her husband. she called an ambulance after finding him unconscious in their home. he was later pronounced dead. >> translator: we detected cyanide in the victim's blood. that led to today's arrest. >> police confiscated material containing cyanide to a site linking the woman. ingesting a small amount of the poison can be deadly. people close to the couple say the two met through a matchmaking service. he died one month after they got married. in march she claimed her innocence. >> translator: how would i get the poison? there is no way i would commit a murder. >> police reopened an investigation into the death of one of her acquaintances. the 71-year-old man died two years ago. police originally thought he died after he fell off his motorcycle, but they since found traces of cyanide in a stored blood sample. she denied involvement in that death. >>> japanese authorities s

>> turkey is the center of gravity, they are trained in a vast desert on the western side of syria for example and they cross the border, very porous border. one of the things we fix the relationship with turkey so that stops. >> can you compare any time in history where there's been this rush to join a disenfranchised group to join a religious group? >> in world war ii americans fought for the nazis, to support the mother land, same thing happened in russia in reverse. this is more of a war of religion, where i.s.i.s. has its attraction. they want this caliphate, they want it to happen. that's why we don't understand as to why it can happen that way. >> mike lyons, thanks very much. now to the violence clashes, west bank and jerusalem. it's been on the edge, since the end of the israeli-gaza war. the temple mount and the al-aqsa mosque was reopened to some today, and that's when israeli police shot and killed a palestinian man who was expected of shooting this week. mts tayeb has more. >> outside the damascus gate, in east jerusalem, is calm. the situation before friday prayers was an

we're now learning these denver teens were interacting on line with other westerners who made it to syria convince the girls to do the same. officials say this case yielded a wealth of information that shows how isis is using westerners in its rank to recruit others through social media. cnn has learned hardened jihadists fighting with isis overseas had direct contact with three american teens. using social immediatia to lure them to jihad. >> social media which allows you to immerse yourself in an extremist environment. >> reporter: a law enforcement official says some of the recruiters were westerners fighting in syria, encouraging the girls to join isis, giving them a road map how to go to syria. >> if they're interested in extremism, they can enter kt in real time with other people through tweets. >> reporter: in october, the teens made it halfway to syria before they were stopped by authorities in germany. after the teens didn't show up for school, their parents alerted authorities, who found a treasure trove of information on the teen's social media profiles. >> it's literally a cas

. >> is believed that isis is holding other americans and westerners hostage in syria. they have threatened to kill them. given everything we have seen and heard from isis -- from isis, there are real we reasons to be spared further lives. >> you'd -- recovery crews started to collect debris from the crash site of malaysian airlines flight 17. >>> that airline was shot down four months ago killing all 298 people on board. the recovered pieces will be taken to the nether blends -- netherlands. three ukrainian officials say the recovery is expected to take 10 days. >>> it is a year since the tunnel open. 160,000 vehicles passed through the tunnel everyday. many drivers say the additional has helped cut down the commute time by about 15 minutes. the $417 million project was funded by federal stimulus funds during the recession. >>> a reminder for drivers heading across the bay bridge this week. they continued project to limit traffic to just four lanes overnight. caltrans has resumed work that was canceled last month when the clunky metal plates that crews used caused traf

syria. the jihadists and westerners who already joined isis had direct contact with the girls on the internet. >> they were in communication with isis sisters online. women that were dedicated to recruit women. >> these were role models to them and people they could contact. then social media, more immediate and allows to you use this as a platform. >> the girls were stopped in germany. fbi officials are homing in on line recruiters in turkey and syria and iraq. >>> new this morning, russia forces on the move in eastern ukraine. stirring fears of a new war there. ukraine officials tell cnn this is in preparation of an offensive. >> russia has negotiated a peace plan and systimply fuelled a wa. >> and russian war planes capable of carrying nuclear weapons to crimea. we have matthew chance with more on this. the russians don't have much to say. >> reporter: they are saying that this is propaganda. they are rejecting the allegations that the russians are making their way to eastern ukraine to support the rebels. that is what they have said all along. they always denied anything but political and

syria. this is a tactic at that they do use, the west concentrate on the names that they understand, on the westernerscuts across both iraq and syria. >>> well, the white house responded quickly with a statement saying we are aware of a video claims to showed murder of the u.s. citizen party kassig by isil. the intelligence community is working as quickly as possible to determine its authenticity. if confirmed we are appalled by the brutal murder of an innocent american aid worker and we press our deepest condolence to his his family and friends. >>> now, to somalia where a senior airport official has been targeted by a car bomb explosion. one person killed and several others injured by the blast on a busy road in the capital mogadishu. it's not yet known if the official is among the casualties. no one has so far claimed responsibility. >>> nigeria's military has retaken the northern town of chibok from boko haram. the same town where nearly 300 school girls were kidnapped several months ago. let's talk live to our journalist there. can we confirm that boko haram has withdrawn in chibok box and the se

. >> a law firm official said some were westerners fighting in syria and encouraging the girls to joins. even giving them a road map how to go from denver to syria and eventually link up with the brutal terrorist group. >> they can interact in realtime with other people through tweets than is immersive to them. >> reporter: in october, the teens made it half way to syria before they were stopped in frankfurt, germany. after the teens didn't show up for school, their parents alerted authorities and found a treasure trove of information on their social media profiles. the intelligence group tracks international terrorists and tracks the teens' activity. >> the same girl asked how many hours a day of music you listen to on a daily basis and she used to say, i don't know. i can't count but i dance and listen to music hours and hours. then then a few months later she can was asked how many hours of music you listen to, she said, music, it's forbidden. >> u.s. officials say the case is a unique opportunity to track efforts by terrorist groups to recruit westerners. isis members have recruite

. >> both orthodox and latin or western christians are suffering greatly, just terrible massacres in syriats of iraq and in great pressure in lebanon and other eastern countries. so this sort of solidarity with the national or international leaders with the suffering people will be i think very important. >> reporter: and for the church here, a visit by the bishop of rome to the bishop of constantinople, will be a profound sign of the continuity of christianity in this ancient land. a continuity they hope will never end. i'm kim lawton in istanbul. >>> there was widespread condemnation of the videotaped beheading by isis of american aid worker peter abdul-rahman kassig. kassig had been captured in syria in october of last year, and is the 5th western hostage that isis claims to have beheaded since august. the council for american islamic relations, cair, denounced the killing as "anti-islamic." kassig's parents said their son had begun a sincere conversion to islam prior to his abduction, and they asked for prayers. >>> last week here we ran a report on what u.s. muslims are doing to try t

and those who have been defending it against isil advance, holding the southern and western side of the town. >> in syria, the al-qaeda linked nusra front have taken control of a town, saying it's now in charge after five days of fighting. >> to burkina faso now, the army says its backing lt. colonel as a transingsal leader. the former president who resigned friday after protests has arrived in neighboring ivory coast. we have the latest >> it may be a reflection of the fact people finally know who is running the country. presidential guard said he is now head of state. >> while we wait for a consensus by the people and all political parties, i will take responsibility for the transitional group. >> the army says he has its backing. >> the milling tear hiring arcky of the consultation with the army are in forming the nation and international community that lt. col. has been he elected unanimously to lead the transitional period. >> so far there's been no reaction to that statement. the general announced friday he would lead the transitional government, but others have welcomed the news. >> the lt. colone

forces swept across northern syria and northern and western iraq.apturing iraq's second-largest city, mosul in june. critics charged that turkey chose to overlook the black market, smuggled into turkey. by some estimates, black market oil supplies i.s.i.l. with as much as $2 million a day in revenue. now, if i.s.i.l. is smuggling oil over the border. maybe some turkish people benefit and it's not a threat to course. >> yes. it gives funds to the islamic state. turkey's view of the islamic state is slightly ambivalent in that they are determined to see the end of santa barbara. and they do not, in looking at syria see many players likely to achieve that help. >> one of turkey's complicated relationship is with the kurd, who have autonomy in northern iraq. turkey fought a three decade long insurgency in its own territory, which took the lives of 30,000 people. over the past few years, turkey forged a relationship, yielding 6.2 million barrels of oil, worth $600 million through a pipeline. the iraqi kurds, in turn, used the money to finance kurdish pes

syria, it's a tactic they use. the west concentrates on the names, the westerners, but it cuts across iraq and syria. >> imran khan reporting there. mike viqueira has more from washington d.c. his family. let's talk about kassig's family. what are we hearing from them? >> for most of the captivity of peter kassig, his mother, father and family tried to keep quiet in an effort to increase the odds that he would ultimately be released. they were home in indiana, and had a year, 13.5 months of agony, today they learnt the worst. they released a statement when it became apparent that their son was murdered. the statement reads in part: you recall a few months ago one of the captives held by i.s.i.l. within syria escaped and committed to memory a letter that was dictated to him by peter kassig. he talked about his love of his family, reminiscing about his childhood, but he said in anticipating his ultimate demise, i went out as a result of trying to alleviate suffering. >> that he did for sure. what is the white house saying? >> well, president obama is on his way back. of course, he's been in asia and australia on eco

syria. this is the fifth western hostage that has been beheaded by isis in syria and iraq so far this year.gain, those victims so far being james foley, u.s. journalist james foley, steven sotloff, british aide worker david haines and allen henning as well. this is someone who a lot of people had described as someone who was very compassionate, someone who had desperate, deep desire to save lives and help people. he had recently converted to islam. we know that his muslim name was abdul rahman and his parents repeatedly referred to him by his muslim name in videos where they were pleading for isis to set him free. we know his mother tried to communicate with isis leaders on twitter twitter but she did not response. isis had been threatening to behead him since last month when they beheaded allen henning. this was the british aide worker allen henning. if you're just joining us, we are getting pretty significant breaking news into cnn that peter kassig, also known as abdul rahman has now been beheaded in syria. he had been held in syria for about a year, ever since october 2013. he had gone

individual who is a charismatic leader and has been able to push out around his holding of eastern syria and western iraq. it will provide disruption in the leadership. that's a good thing. it doesn't mean that we wrapped up this problem if we take him out. this is a problem where he has cultivated leadership in a way that has been pretty impactful at them gaining ground and holding ground and including by the way using violence to control cities and it's the population. none of that is going away. we need to have a sustained high tempo effort if you will disrupt or dismantle isis the way they operate today. >> thank you so much. good to see you. keystone pipeline legislation, executive action on immigration, two more years of wrangling with the congress for president obama when he returns from asia. chuck todd is the moderator of "meet the press" and the author of the stranger. barack obama in the white house. i don't know how you do it all. your day job and night job and weekend job. you are just off a plane. y in doing the book, what did you learn going back over your notes and all your rich repo

it drug its feet for about a year, so now the comeuppance is eastern syria and western iraq are in the hands of the islamist radicals, and the question is will we now begin to discuss with others in the region, the steps that might bring them into the effort, including turkey. and they've indicated, look, we want to see a strategic plan, before we get engaged here. we're still, as you and i discussed, we're still not selling to the kurds the arms that they would like to have for their 190,000 soldiers there that are strung out across a 600 mile border, fighting this isis. fighting them without the anti-tank missiles, the artillery, the mortars, the tanks that they need. let's sell them the equipment. let them do the fighting, but let's get the administration off the dime on a plan here that's going to work and is going to have our allies or others in the field pick up the burden of carrying out the struggle. lou: mr. chairman, have you spoken to the complexity or part of the complexities that exist here in one instance. the turks are extraordinarily sensitive to the kurdish issue. kurd

syria. this is a tactic that they use. the west concentrates on the names that they understand, on the westerners, but it cuts across iraq and syria. >> imran khan reporting there. we turn to our white house correspondent mike viqueira. what are we hearing from the white house as these tapes keep coming? >> well, the president put out a statement a few hours ago. he's returning. he's mid air, returning from the week-long trip to asia and australia. the statement confirms that the white house does, in fact, believe that peter kassig was killed in this latest murderous video. this unspeakable video from i.s.i.l. the president calls it an act of pure evil by a group that is bent on sewing death and destruction, and goes on later to say the following: the islamic state group, i.s.i.l. killed a number of journalists, this is the third american, not a journalist unlike the previous two. this was as individual as imran noted. converting to islam while in captivity. but was an aid workers. former u.s. army aid workers, trying to help syrians. >> as they say images are released. each more brutal than before, could it affect the strat

syria. this is a tactic that they use. the west concentrates on the names that they understand, on the westerners. it cuts across iraq and syria. >> imran khan reporting. kimberley cal kak joins us from washington. what are we hearing from the white house? >> the white house issued a statement confirming the murder of peter kassig. in fact, we know that president obama was briefed by national security advisor on board his plane. the white house released a statement saying: >>> i can tell you that the white house has, in fact, not just confirmed the murder, but is continuing through the intelligence community to analyse the video released by i.s.i.l. fighters, not just for its authenticity, but to examine the threats against u.s. citizens and soldiers for its credibility. >> hopefully a lot of intelligence to gather from that. what is the family of peter kassig staying? >> well, the parents released their own statement this morning. in fact, saying that they'd like the media to respect their privacy, and employing the media not to release the images put out to social media, whether it be through pic

because of a growing concern over the rising number of islamist militants who fought in syria and iraq, but also hold westernassports. now intelligence officials say that over the past three years, more than 3,000 europeans have traveled to syria and iraq to fight alongside isis and other militant groups there. more now from our barbara starr at the pentagon. >> reporter: the intensity of the fighting in kobani grabs attention. but behind the scenes, a huge new worry for the u.s. in the last six weeks, 1,000 new foreign fighters streamed into syria and iraq. there are now 16,000 there. nearly 3,000 are westerners. >> i suspect that the air strikes are an additional motivating factor for some who want to go fight. >> reporter: today the fbi director warned it's extremely difficult to identify americans trying to join isis. >> the challenge of the traveler phenomenon, it's -- there's no typical profile. >> reporter: nato's top commander worries the fighters will return home and launch attacks. >> lone wolves don't plug into networks. so it's a tougher problem. and you've seen increased security across many of

. ♪ >> reporter: isis quickly built out its base in eastern syria and western iraq by tapping wealthyi sympathizers. >> they have managed to get into new areas and new fields of taking control of territories, taking control of oil fields, establish i establishing bases everywhere. >> reporter: air strikes have curbed the group's oil output, less than a third of the level of june, when it was earning $3 million a day. legislation dates back since the 9/11 attacks. experts suggest it was pressure from the united states and the international organizations to get the middle eastern states to push ahead with laws. now they suggest there's a gap between what's been put on the books and what's actually being enforced. u.n. security council resolutions have been expanded to force member states to step up international cooperation. >> once you have that political commitment, the second level and more important is that these institutions sometimes have lack of ability and lack of capacity, experience, expertise, cannot perform and use these tools efficiently. >> reporter: by the region's own me

syria. to western governments, they're kidnappers, murderers, terrorists. here, they're the people in charge. a local cameraman shows the town quiet and prosperous. of course, he filmed under escort, closely supervised. everything here is tightly controlled. that control is exercised by foreign fighters. a fighter from asia dismisses american air strikes. a militia's crusader's campaign, he says. it's only increased our resolution. this man has a north african accent. we will conquer the americans, he declares. we will sell their women in the slave market, god willing. we spoke to an islamic state defector in turkey. face hidden, voice disguised. i joined them out of fear, he says. some really believe that killing and whipping is the way to spread islam. when they discover that's all wrong, they can't leave. many syrians have been killed by the jihadis, not just the western hostages. this is the so-called islamic state's capital, raqqa. they've captured three regime soldiers. they're beaten to death. the defector said he watched a commander give a knife to

official are concerned about western fighters returning from syria. secretary johnson said that travelers from countries that fall under the visa waiver program need too give more information about themselves and more importantly their contacts. most of the countries are in europe. this is the second time in less than a week the secretary johnson announced security changes. last tuesday, he announced extra security measures as federal buildings in big cities across the nation, without specificity. might want to hold off before placing your next online order, especially if your thinking about shopping for the ohio. a new study shows huge businesses are charging customers different prices, in some case based on the equipment they use. in other words, are you on the computer or the phone? and what tide you pay last time you bought something? want to know how to beat this system of different prices for different people? we will show you, and that's next. virtually all your important legal matters in just minutes. now it's quicker and easier for you to sta

the connection between the west than westerners in iraq and syria makes it important to us. the visa waiver program can come to the united states to have though was allowing them to come. if we don't do anything and and this attracts westerners those small numbers of americans fell larger numbers of europeans it presents a problem especially with the small contingent that has attacks in europe and the united states. we cannot afford to stay out of this. we have the problem with afghanistan in 2001. but then what do you do? '' we don't want to do and i would strongly urge is the introduction of combat forces the levels of radicalization went way up. i would strongly stay away if you have a presence on the ground in its clandestine line intelligence. >> and we do a poor job as all of us it is a struggle of ideas we do a bad job to push back the at what the saudis did effectively was gave them a forum to speak about al qaeda tv interviews. i know their names and locations that people have gone to syria coming back to the united states are completely disillusioned they were sold

. -- or rather western hostage has been beheaded in syria. joining me now to talk about this is will gettys, an international security expert. will, obviously this is horrific news. my heart certainly goes out to his family members. what is the best way for the u.s. to prevent more lives being taken by isis? >> i think that's an incredibly difficult answer to a certain extent. it is quite evident that they have two categories of hostages they've been taking. there are a large number of locals and also internationals that they've held hostage, negotiated with their host countries for their release. but there's this other category, the second category as you say, of the five western hostages that have been used purely as a political tool in isis' propaganda to influence as much as they can the west but also potentially from this new video the arabian coalition in trying to cease and carry out cessation of their action obviously against isis positions across iraq and syria. >> you know, we know isis has more hostages. i mean, are they going to c

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really contr, western iraq and eastern syria.y also came to believe that the iraqi troops were a little more capable and it was time to move to the next stage. that said, i think they're putting u.s. troops in a more difficult and potentially dangerous position. >> woodruff: they're saying non-combat. >> right, and they're saying non-combat, but what's new here is there will be a whole new geographic reach. they will go to expedition gnash sites, quote, unquote, where they will be training and advising fighters on the ground. >> woodruff: this is new -- not at all. erbil and baghdad are pretty safe. all they needed was air strikes. these will be much more exposed areas, they haven't chosen by. fallujah, i.s. controls, the pentagon made a point of saying, yes, we understand, half of the u.s. forces won't be advisors, they will be force protection units, and the same with all the other new sites they'll establish to do training. so at least maybe as much as half of them may not be combat troops but will have to be ready for combat.

the arab countries in the region, with the exception of syria, the united states, other western countries, basically either support -- actively supported iran or sat on the sidelines. in a shameful incident, i say this -- i say this with all candor, even when saddam used poison gas against the iranians it was very little protest. reaction. we cozied up to saddam hussein during all of this. this was all a climate set by this -- by these events. no, we were willing before the embassy was taken -- the united states was willing to continue some kind of a military to military relationship with the iranians. maybe not as vast quantities of military equipment training, spare parts, all these things. and would like to continue it. it's all of that. and iran consequently was in a much weaker position. vis-a-vis the invaders. >> iraq invaded september, 1980. you were not released until january of 1981. >> that's right. >> so what did you know of the iraq-iran war where you were? did you know anything? and what do you remember about the release and coming back. >> here's the chronology as best as i

. >> some of the recruiters were westerners fighting in syria they were encouraging the girls to join isis, giving them a road map, how to go from denver to syria and link up with the brutal terrorist group. >> they can interact in real-time with other people through tweets, and this is very immersive to them. >> in october, the teens made it halfway to syria before they were stopped by authorities in frankfurt, germany. after the teens didn't show up for school, their parents alerted authorities, who found a treasure trove of information on the teen's social media profiles. >> it's literally a case study of radicalization through the internet. >> the site intelligence group tracks international terrorists and analyzed the teen's online activity. >> the same goal that was asked one day, how many hours of music you listen to in a daily basis and she used to say -- i don't know, i can't count, but i dance and i listen to music hours and hours. then a few months later she was asked how many hours of music you listen to. she said, music is forbidden. >> u.s. officials say this case is a u

but when you look at what isil dominates now, the swath of control they have, eastern syria, much of north and western iraq, you can change assad today, and that's not going to change all the dynamics quickly, certainly, and in syria. but who are you going to replace assad with and what kind of an army would take on isil? so, yes, assad is part of it, yes, it is the longer-term part of this, defto find a stable government, leader ys syria to be able to bring some stability to that country is part of it. but isil is right now, and isil is threatening the country of iraq and the government of iraq. and so that's why we are dealing with that component first, because we must. they're threat to our allies. they are a threat to us. >> thank you. mr. larson. >> thank you, mr. chairman. secretary hagel, you have my first two minutes, and general dempsey, you get the next two. so for secretary hagel, there's been no discussion yet of the oco request for '15, which is $5.6 billion. wondering not what's in it. we have some information on t t that. but what do you know about a current 2014 oco request through the

the arab countries in the region with the exception of syria, the united states, other western countries basically either actively supported iraq or sat on the sidelines, in a -- in a shameful incident, and i say this with all candor, even when saddam used poison gas against the iranians, there was very little protest or reaction. we cozied up to saddam hussein during all this. well, this was all a climate set by these events. we were willing, before the embassy was taken, the united states was willing to continue some kind of a military-to-military relationship with the iranians, maybe not as vast as it was under the shah, but we had sold or had in the pipeline vast quantities of military equipment, training, spare parts, all of these things. we would have liked to continue it. the embassy seizure obviously stopped all of that, and iran, consequently, was in a much weaker position, vis-a-vis the invaders. >> iraq invaded september 1980. you were not released until january 1981. >> that's right. >> so what did you know of that iraq-iran war, where you were? did you know anything? and wha

they are very active right now because they are free with in this ungoverned space in syria and now westerniness of boots on the ground will certly take some soldiers and not turned around strictly by air but the soldiers that we have in mind certainly in my mind are primarily iraqi in iraq and syria as things develop to try to help the free syrian forces have more capabilities and it's not going to happen overnight. and take it in steps and what happened is the air strikes have been very helpful in stopping and holding back from further gains but now to retake these areas there will going to be some boots on the ground, iraq boots if you would and u.s. would help with advising and assisting in tactical means and done by iraqis and iraq. >> thank you so much, admiral and former u.s. navy command who headed the command in 2007 and 2008. moving on and heavy shelling on the outskirts of ukraine city of donetsk and threatens a two--month-old ceasefire and at least 4,000 people died in the conflict in eastern ukraine. a memorial service will be held in the netherlands for an air disaster that to