they have beheaded steven sotloff. this video has a title "the second message to america" and appears to show the brutal execution of the 31-year-old journalist. we need to be clear here, as we're getting new information at this point, the pentagon is not confirming any reports on steven sotloff. secretary rear admiral john kirby was asked about that and this is his response. >> we've all seen press reporting about the potential murder by isil of mr. sotloff. i don't have anything to confirm it today. obviously we're monitoring it as best we can. and our thoughts and prayers continue to go out to the sotloff family who has endured incredible hardship and suffering just by virtue of his captivity and being held hostage. i can't confirm those press reports right now. >> british prime minister david cameron has released a statement. he's saying sotloff's apparent death is, quote, an absolutely disgusting and despicable act. keep in mind the contents of this second beheading. it was just two weeks ago isis threatened to ki

we're talking about steven sotloff missing since 2013. i wa >> in the last few minutes i have been able to speak with someone who has seen the video posted in a very limited way online. they described it to me as a video fairly brief under three minutes in length and they said to me it's called a second message to america. you'll recall that the first message to america direct message from isis to the american people was execution video of journalist james foley. this is called the second message to america. and it begins again with video of the president announcing why there are air strikes in iraq and then it shows an individual we believe is steven sotloff. we don't have independent verification of the video's authenticity. an individual that looks like steven sotloff is kneeling next to the executioner. also wearing an orange jump suit. this is very clear messaging by isis. synonymous with guantanamo bay and his head is meishaven. it was described to me that sotloff gives a statement clearly made under duress in which he denounces ame

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christiane, you recall, as all of us do, shirley sotloff, the mother of steven sotloff, in that al arabiya video. she said, as a mother, i ask you to be merciful and not punish my son for matters he has no control over. he is an innocent journalist. those words, very poignant. our hearts go out to the sotloff family. clearly had no impact on isis. >> well, it wouldn't, would it. they are who they are. the united nations has put out a devastating and chilling report as to what exactly this group is. amnesty international overnight has done too. basically cataloging the horrors they perpetuate against women, children, men, foreigners as well, particularly in this case against americans. as they seek to put pressure on obama to stop the air strikes that have already been carried out in iraq. now, the amnesty has just put out, as i said, a horrifying catalog of its crimes. calling what it's done, turned iraq and syria into a blood-soaked field. so these are people who are the not just populated by fanatics, these religious crazies, but they also have a much more sinister and much more ominous

the murder of steven sotloff. we all know it is. i it would be inappropriate for the president to talk about such thing in advance. it's my guess he would not do that. that said -- there's always three helicopters flying with the president. you never know which one he will actually be on. so we'll continue to watch this, and when the president walks out, if he comes to the microphone, we'll take that live for you. >>> first, continuing coverage of the apparent murder of another american journalist, steven sotloff. a spokeswoman for the national security council now says intelligence teams are working to confirm definitively whether the video is authentic. jennifer griffin at the pentagon this afternoon. what else are we hearing officials saying about this video, jennifer? >> reporter: we just received the statement from the white house national security council spokeswoman who confirmed that u.s. officials have soon the video that purports to show the murder of steven sotloff. quote, if general win, we're appalled

we want to focus on is steven sotloff as a person. friends and family describe him as a brave journalist and a good friend. he had learned arabic. >> he spoke to cnn after the attack on the u.s. compound in libya back in 2012. he had a firsthand account from the guards who witnessed that violence. take a listen. >> there was no protest. they were armed with ak-47s, rpgs, they had blast demoliti demolitions, they had grenades. >> we'll have more on the steven sotloff later this hour. >>> in the meantime we're going to go back to charlotte, north carolina, we're about to hear from nancy writebol, she is the second victim to contract ebola in liberia. she's fully recovered, the 59-year-old health care worker speaking publicly for the first time. let's listen to what she says. >> a reference to a little bit of a story. during the time that nancy and i were in liberia, nancy was laying in bed, struggling with ebola, one of things we did is we read scripture and one particular time i read the entire letter of phillipians, i had been studyin

what they may have done to steven sotloff. they act like they are operating in the name of islam and nothing could be further from the truth. there is no justification for what they are doing. and they have shown their willingness to kill anyone in their path, not just americans, not just westerners. but iraqis of all faith, of all sex. they have shown their complete barberism in doing that. >> do you believe, assuming the video is authentic, that executioner of steven sotloff is the same executioner of james foley? >> that's one thing the intelligence community will be looking at. certainly as they look that video, we are still working on determining exactly who was james foley's killer as well. and brett wrb who you showed earlier -- >> the state department official. >> exactly, who works on iraq, is absolutely right. the president has shown if you hurt americans, harm our people, we will go to any length to hold you accountable and it will not go unanswered. the national security team is looking what the more we can do agai

his name was steven sotloff, a miami heat fan by all accounts, a kind and curious soul. he was missing for a year. now the worst has apparently happened. isis releasing a video claiming to show his execution just as the group vowed to carry out in retaliation for u.s. strikes in iraq. >>> the politics lead. the isis executioner in if the sotloff video was speaking right to president obama just days after the president admitted he didn't quite have the a strategy yet to fight isis in syria. how should the president respond now? and also in world news, while the pentagon still has plans to deal with isis on the drawing board, the u.s. dollars carry out a strike on a different terrorist target, no not in the syria. thousands of miles away in somalia. >>> good afternoon, everyone. welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. we'll begin with a horrific world lead. it is not as if the world needed more proof of the savagery of the terrorists of sifs but they have given it anyway. a video appearing to show a second american beheaded by these terrorists days after president obama sa

steven sotloff's last words on the video were clearly coerced. and for all we know, we thought that his life would be spared possibly if he cooperated. so here is a brief portion of his remarks on video. take a look. >> obama, your foreign policy of intervention in iraq was supposed to be for the preservation of american lives and interests. so why is it that i'm having to pay the price of the interference with my life? >> karl, show that message being interpreted tonight? >> well, there is no indication that u.s. administration is going to pull back from its campaign of air strikes on isis positions, and also the indications that the u.s. may be considering air strikes in syria. also in terms of britain, one of the united states' major allies there, britain has also said that it is considering arming the kurdish militias who we know are fighting isis, and also prime minister david cameron has said he will consider giving more intelligence to the u.s. to help it in its bombing campaign. and that brings a world of problems to the british prime min

our government determined that steven sotloff was taken from us in a horrific act of violence. we cannot imagine thing a agony of everyone would loved steven sotloff, especially his mother and father and younger sister we green with they. >> president obama expressed sadness and said justice will be served. he is in europe meeting with key allies including prime minister cameron. it is the president's weekend foreign policy contributing to the rise of the isis. at time of his capture he was covering the middle east for year as a freelance reporter. the obama administration carried out 100 airstrikes against isis and they are killing another brooklyn bridge journalist and believed two american aid workers. >>> a 2.6 earthquake struck near napa today centered five miles sweat of the city. there have been no reports of damage. napa is plagued by water main breaks including this one yesterday on stadium avenue. there have been 130 breaks since last thursday. crews dug to the 6" water main and rapped it with a steel clamp and restored the water service. but when the lines are repres

sotloff made a video appeal for the release. >> i'm shirley sotloff and my son steven is in your hands. steven is a loyal and generous son, brother and grandson. he's an honorable man and always tried to help the weak. we have not seen steven for over a year and we miss him very much. we want to see him home safe and sound and to hug him. >> we are joined live from washington, d.c., and so what we are hearing within the last hour or so in the position of not confirming that it is a real video and that this is true. >> right, the intelligence community is working to confirm the video. this video came out just as the hours of, the two hour window of briefings is beginning, that we were just watching, all three saying they are not confirming it right now. the state department and the white house is saying their hearts are going out to family of steven sotloff and that is it on the alleged execution. >> thank you very much indeed. >> now, the international come pain against the group in somalia is intensifying and targeting the leader. it is still not confirmed where the drone strike kille

steven sotloff is at least the second machine murdered in retaliation for air strikes on isis targets in iraq. in a statement, the national security council called the video "appalling." >> today the prayers of the american people are with the family of a devoted courageous journalist, steven sotloff. overnight, our government determineed that steven sotloff was danger were from us in a horrific act of violence. we cannot even begin to imagine the agony that everyone would loved steven is feeling especially his mother, his father, and his younger sister. today, our country grieves with them. >> president obama is meeting with key allies including the british prime minister to discuss syria's strategy. in the united states credit is say it is the weak fop policy that is contributing to the rise of the terror group. the obama administration has carried out 100 airstrikes again isis in iraq and the group is holding another british june left and it and believed two more american aid workers. >>> thanks, nick. new details of the third american missionary to become infected with the deadly

we have this video, the killing of steven sotloff. the timing of it regardless of, horrific no matter when it happens but the timing of course just adding to the pressure that you've been hearing for this drumbeat that the president needs to act more forcefully. the question is when you hear from the president this morning, is he going to do more? is the president, does this video change the course of the president is taking against isis? >> kate, i think you put it exactly right it's adding to the pressure and that is unfortunate, by which i mean that is the point of these videos. they are designed to go ad the united states into action. one of osama bin laden's, said all we have to do is put up a flag that says jihad and the americans come to our trap. we should respond in a manner of washington's choosing at a time of washington's choosing, when you have a real strategy in place, which is quite complicated, because if you're going to destroy isis and if that is the goal what that is going to do unintentionally is strengthen the ass

just two weeks two ago, isis threatened to kill steven sotloff if president barack obama did not back off u.s. air strikes in iraq. in this video, in the final moments of steven sotloff's life, he spoke directly to the camera and he said this. quote, he said that is he paying the price for u.s. intervention. sotloff's mother made a desperate plea for her son's life just last week in her video message, sotloff's mother shirley spoke directly to the leader of isis saying her son was not responsible for american actions in eye beiiraq. let me bring in a number of people and we will be digging in to christiane amanpour's interview. that said, i have athena jones standing by at the white house, national security analyst and former cia analyst bob baer, an anna coran and karl penhaul. let me begin with you, karl. you have seen the video. i have not. walk me through what you see. >> yeah. just to set it out for you, a video of about 2 minutes and 45 seconds, very similar in style to the execution of the other u.s. journalist james foley a couple of weeks ago now also in the production of thi

can you talk about steven sotloff? >> yes, first of all, we're horrified by the fact this is the second journalist in just over two weeks to be butchered in this way in front of a camera. stephen is one of those journalists who had a passion for the middle east. he learned arabic. he went with full knowledge of the great risks he was taking in order to bear witness for us and bring these reports. he has been brutally murdered. he is one of about 71 journalists that we have documented who have died as a result of reporting on the syrian conflict in the last three years. that is a very heavy toll. he is one of those who have been taken hostage, journalist. we believe there were around 20 -- the majority of those syrians. talks where are they being held? >> we don't know precisely, but they were taken in syria. the problem is, when journalists cross from turkey to syria, they can be captured been passed on by the many groups that are syria inurnalists in the last three years. they could be anywhere. the video looks like a

isis shows the beheading of steven sotloff. he went missing in august of last year. militants say they are prepared to kill a british hostage next. >> u.s. president barack obama has approved sending 350 additional u.s. troops to iraq to protect american facilities and personnel. mr. obama will meet with leaders. so far the u.s. carried out 124 air strikes against isis targets. >>> the european union is expected to unveil sanctions over its support of rebel fighters in ukraine. the sanctions would add to those implemented in july targeting access to foreign investment and technology and the u.s. is considering another round of sanctions. >>> we have more now on american journalist steven sotloff apparently beheaded on camera. a spokesman says they are aware of the isis video and are grieving privately. >> while the focus is on sotloff's breath l deautal deate trying to remember what sotloff achieved in his life. >> reporter: honest, thoughtful, courageo courageous, that's how those who knew him described him. the 31-year-old freelance journalist traveled the world. i

sotloff say isis militants have violated the koran by executing steven sotloff. they asked, where is your

steven sotloff was jewish and had dual citizen ship. the family confirmed that today but the captors may not have known about either. the news publish in a number of outlets today including in the jewish daily forward. jane isner joins us

i know you worked with steven sotloff. you've traveled with the same group a month before he did when he was on that route and he was ultimately captured. what was the story he was working on when he was out there? >> he was doing what a lot of us were doing, which is going to aleppo to see what the situation was there. it was a very important period in the war. the rebels were controlling aleppo. there's a lot of talk in the west about sending more arms to the rebels. they were in a strong position but also had this weakness and funds were running out and after some key gains by the regime in the south, they were using troops north. so a lot of us wanted to go and see for ourselves what was going on in the front lines, to see whether any of these weapons that the americans had promised were getting through. there's a big incentive to go through. as you clearly -- as we clearly all know, there were very big risks. >> clearly, we've all learned how much was at risk as you have captured that story for us. phillip hammond sai

steven sotloff was an american. he was a respected international journalist in a part of the world where it is very difficult to be a western reporter. certainly an american one at that. and the man joining me now sometimes has to make decisions and send professional journalists directly into harm's way. tony maddox is my colleague, also the executive vice president of cnn international and the managing editor of that organization as well. tony, it's one thing to be sending your troops into natural disasters and accidents. it's at thing to be sending them into war. and now it seep seems to be a other ball game, sending our colleagues into places where isis has proven that it is ruthless and not willing to negotiate. how is it you make these decisions? >> first of all, there needs to be a clear editorial imperative. it has to be a very strong story. it has to benefit from cnn's presence there. i always think that people expect cnn to be the voice of truth on these difficult and challenging stories. so if it's possibl

that's how those who knew steven sotloff describe him. the 31-year-old freelance journalist had traveled the world reporting for various publ in libya he wrote an article for "time magazine", a firsthand account from the guards who witnessed the attack on the u.s. compound in benghazi. he spoke with cnn about it in 2012. >> there was no protests. they were armed with a.k. 47s, rpgs. they had blast demolitions -- explosives for blast fishing, they had grenades. >> sotloff lovedoved journalism majored in journalism at the university of central florida. he grew up in south florida with his parents and younger sister. besides journalism his other love was the miami heat. june last year he tweeted, is it bad that i want to focus on syria but all i can think is a heat finals repeat? after college sotloff began taking arabic classes and writing freelance, sometimes taking chances. in egypt when a friend warned him not to meet with the muslim brotherhood he went anyway writing in the world affairs journal that he headed straight to the lair where

in that video is threatened steven sotloff would be next if the u.s. launched air strikes against them in iraq. steven sotloff's mother recorded an emotional video plea asking is to release her son. >> i ask you to please release my child. as a mother i ask your justice to be merciful, and not publish my son for matters he has no control over. >> since james foley's execution, the u.s. conditioned air strikes, paving the way for gains by iraqi forces. strikes around amerli, 100 miles north of baghdad helped to avert a looming humanitarian crisis. is identified david haines, british aid worker if other governments join the u.s. fighting against them. joining us from washington d.c. is ambassador james wol si, former director of central intelligence from 1993 to 1995, and ambassador for negotiation on conventional armed forces in vienna, and the chairman for the foundation of defense for democracies. pleasure to have you with us. >> good to be with you. >> two americans murdered on camera in two weeks. a british citizen threatened. the state department s

now we believe steven sotloff has been killed. the next video is threatening a british hostage. >> you know what, it is a dubious strategy. i don't know what the islamic group is thinking. i wouldn't want to be in their mindset. be u the idea of kidnapping the western journalist, that only strengthens the u.s.'s resolve to take more action against this group. >> their tactics are clever. we are also seeing their message they are using and car bombs, and as soon as they exployed they are putting the fear of god into the people. the idea of using the videos is influencing the mirn public opinion and swaying them the other way, and from you are sitting it is not succeeding. but that is the only real tactic they seem to be using here. maybe if the americans see the direct idea in the video and it is your policies that are causing this, and that would stick in the gut of americans, but it could be pushing them the other way. >> thank you. so the ebola outbreak killed 1500 people since march and warning that the food shortages and other

it has been going on since the summer of 2013 when steven sotloff was taken. i was in the same town, the same day that james foley was taken, and as luck would have it, for me, of course we managed to go through that town safely to our destination, and leave without anything happening to us, but he's not just a jermon, there have been media blackouts, and in the hope that there was no publicity and people didn't know about it, and there might be a better chance that they might be released. that of course didn't happen. and then we had the dreadful state when james foley was beheaded, you saw steven sotloff in the video, and he was beheaded. but if you go up against the campaign of the islamic state, steven sotloff will be the next one to be punished. and it looks like that is the case. and then the video with steven sotloff, another person is named, a british person, he's now being threatened, so how long is it going to go on? but as you say, the problem is he with can't stop doing our job. we still have to report as well as we can, but it looks like the campa

sotloff say isis militants have violated the koran by executing steven sotloff. they asked, where is your mercy? >> the executioner called it revenge for the air strikes. but sotloff's friends and family are focusing on his life rather than the way he died. >> he's always put himself ahead of everyone else. that's who i want to be remembered as. he did everything in his power to do the right thing. >> today we grieve. this week we mourn. but we will emerge from this ordeal. our village is strong. we will not allow our enemy to hold us hostage with the sole weapons they possess. fear. our prayers go out to the family of jim foley. like steve, he suffered but list hes jailers never broke him. >> meanwhile, the mother of james foley is offering her support to steven sotloff's family. foley had been held captive with sotloff before he was killed on camera by isis militants last month. >> i would hope that their deaths may not be in vain, that they might awaken the world that we must act as a unified world for peace and for goodness and just work together. >> u.s. pre

>>> family of steven sotloff sends a message directly to isis. where is your mercy. >>> and president obama says russia threw out the law book when it comes to ukraine. >>> and how two brothers were freed from prison. one was even on death row. how the victim's family is responding. >>> hello, and welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm max foster. the family of steven sotloff says isis militants have violated the rules of islam. they posted a video of sotloff being beheaded. a spokesman for the sotloff family addressed the media, speaking in arabic and asking al baghdady, where is your mercy. >> translator: you talk about the koran. fight those who fight you and do not transgress. i do not have a sword in my hand, and i'm ready for your answer. >> meanwhile, the mother of james foley is offering her comfort to the sotloff family. >> i would hope that their deaths might not be in vain, that they might awaken the world, that we must act as a unified world. for peace and for goodness and just work together. >> well, u.

jim phony and steven sotloff. -- foley and steven sotloff so say pose a threat to the people of iraq and syria and the middle east and american citizens, personals and facilities. they could pose a threat beyond that region, including to the united states. but we have not yet detected specific plotting against our homeland they have threatened leaders and allies. we believe thousands of foreigners joined them in syria and iraq. trained, these fighters could try to return to their home countries and carry out deadly attacks. i know many americans are concerned about these threats, tonight i want you to know that the united states of america is meeting them with strength and resolve. last month i ordered the military to take targeted action against them to stop its advances. we conducted 150 successful air strikes in iraq. they have protected american personnel and facilities, killed fighters, destroyed weapons and given space for forces to reclaim key territory. these strikes have also helped save the lives of thousands of innocent men, women and children. but this is not our fight al

steven sotloff was last seen in 2013 until appearing in a video last month. in is after the beheading of journalist james foley. >>> pakistan's parliament is meeting for a second date, trying to break a 3-week deadlock. prime minister nawaz sharif's position is looking week as the government struggles to clear the protesters. >>> israel's fired warning shots at palestinian fishermen off the coast of gaza, saying it violated a 10km fishing zone south of strip. the 50-day conflict between israel and gaza ended with an open-ended ceasefire brokered by egypt. palestinian authorities having talks with the secretary of state on the plan to push for statehood. it will be the first meeting between john kerry and palestinian negotiators since he tried to negotiate a truce in july. israel's offensive on gaza killed more than 2,000 palestinians, most civilians. the plo accusing israel of committing war crimes, and said it will take its case to the international criminal court. >>> it's thought the offensive left 370,000 children suffering from trauma. nearly 500 childre

it appears to show the murder of freelance journalist steven sotloff. we will not show the video here, only this one still hold from it. neither the pentagon, state department nor white house has yet confirmed sotloff's death. but the defense department says icy is in u.s. cross hairs. >> we've talked about isil for many months and as i've said before, we were very closely monitoring and tracking their progress, their growth, their development, well before they rolled into mosul. so this is not an organization that we haven't been watching. the speed with which they took control of the north in iraq, definitely got a lot of people's attention. and i've said that publicly, too. nobody expected that four divisions of the iraqi arm were just going to fall the way they did. so there was a speed there that certainly was -- did not go unnoticed. but there is an organization we've been long watching. >> we heard a desperate plea from steven's mother just last week. sotloff was kidnapped more than a year ago inside syria and isis had threatened to behead him af

more details on steven sotloff. reporter forlance time magazine when he was kidnapped last year. many articles focused on the struggles of ordinary people in war zones. he attended the university of central florida from 2002-2004. back with more on steven sotloff and the breaking news of his death. >> the mcdonnell corruption trial is in the hands of a jury as they's decide the fate of bob mcdonnell and his wife. what the jury has to mull over. celebration started at noon today. no verdict yet. not unsurprising. the jury had live weeks of testimony to digest and dense jury and then -- instructions. their attorneys walked into the court separately. get inside before the 5:00 closing time. at 5:30 with a will come inside and juries will tell them if they have a verdict. seven men, five women will conduct the jury. now in the hands of a jury, governor mcdonald says these are his lands. the time to be with my son. >> during jury instructions, the judge detailed the counts against the governor and his wife. spencer advised bob mcdonnell's testimony should be viewed like that of any ot

journalist steven sotloff is authentic. president obama condemning the murder and is promising continues action against the islamic group known as isis. kris sanchez joins us live with a message that the president is sending to isis and steven sotloff's family. >> both equally important, sam. when the moment before his death, steven sotloff read the statement condemning the action against isis, voice never wavering. this is the only image we'll show you of his last moment alongside the man that would become his killer. the same isis fighter who took the life of another u.s. journalist two weeks ago and promised a british journalist would be next if the air strikes continue. in the days leading up to the release of the video, sotloff's mother begged for her son's life, saying he has no control over the nation's foreign policy. >> as a mother, i ask for justice to be merciful and not punish my son over matters he has no control over. >> speaking from estonia, president obama tried to send words of comfort to sotloff's family.

the behelds of james foley and steven sotloff. the reaction swift, they do not know the name of humanity and in lebanon saying they contra tact the message of islam. here in the united states, condemn nation and a vow to destroy isis. >> we will not be intimidated. their horrific acts only unite us as a country and come together to stiffen the fight against terrorists. >> reporter: world leaders talking tough or is isis list ping or too busy see uploading videos online hoping to inspire young men in the arab world and west. >> they are playing to the bass here. they have a pornographic attraction to these violent scenes, these violent beheading videos that really energizes them, makes them want to go and join this group. they feel like this is holy war. they feel complete absolute hate of the united states deep in their bones. >> reporter: it's those people who spend time in password protected online chat rooms, forums where they repost videos and share comments about the beheadings. of the two main, amef, is where hard core engli

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journalist steven sotloff is authentic. and the militant who appears in the footage appears to be the same man who carried out the killing of james foley two weeks ago. president obama paid tribute to steven sotloff and said his killers would not succeed. >> whatever these murderers think they'll achieve by killing innocent americans like steven, they have already failed. they failed because like people around the world, americans are repulsed by their barbarism, we will not be intimidated, their horrific acts only unite us as a country and stiffen our resolve to take the fight against these terrorists. and those who make the mistake of harming americans will learn that we will not forget, and that our reach is long and that justice will be served. >> well, president obama also said it will take time to degrade and to destroy the islamic state group. he said an international effort was needed to combat what he called its bar barribaric and e vision. >> reporter: steven sotloff once described himself as a person who liked ad

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tape online showing the murder of steven sotloff. now they are trying to determine if the video is real. marcy gonzales is live now. >> u.s. intelligence officials have not been able to say if the video is authentic. his family is grieving asking for privacy as they await confirmation. word that another american journalist is executed by isis. this video appears to show steven sot loff calmly atting the camera, saying obama your foreign policy of intervention in iraq was to be for preservation for american lives and interest. why i am paying with my life. this comes just two weeks after james foley was bee heeded by isis. in that video they threatened that sotloff would be next. >> his mother made a failed video plea to the terrorists. >> as a mother i ask to you to be merciful and not punish my son for matters he has no control over. >> a militant with a knife on his side says he is back with response to u.s. strikes in iraq. and president obama is going to talk to nato allies. the president expressed sympathy and said that extensiv

. >> familiares y amigos rindieron tributo en la florida el periodista steven sotloff, que fue decapitado por integrantes del grupo extremista isis. fue precisamente en una escuela donde Él estudiÓ y su madre es profesora. nordeste el rÍo tiene el informe. >> el dolor y el respeto se hicieron presentes al sur de miami, donde amigos y familiares honraron la memoria del periodista steven sotloff. dicen que la terrible noticia de su muerte ha consternado a la comunidad judÍa en general. >> mis hijos son hebreos... que no puedan estar sometidas por el apellido, viajando a un acto asÍ... >> durante el servicio religioso que se prolongÓ durante hora y media y donde no se permitieron cÁmaras, amigos y familiares destacaron que steven sotloff fue un idealista que quiso usar su votaciÓn para el periodismo para ayudar a los oprimidos. su madre se dirigiÓ a los presentes diciendo que ella durante su dolor estÁ feliz por que su hijo pudo cumplir su sueÑo. estar los verlos prontos, decÍa, pero si no los vuelvo a ver dios nos unirÁ en el cielo. los otros ni -sotloff ni siquiera han podido

a lot of assumption it's the same person who killed steven sotloff. how much more evidence do they need? >> well, they're looking at everything from this man's eyes, because you can see his eyes in the video, you can't see much else, to his voice. and most experts tell us it's very likely the same person in both these videos. they're looking at his posture. his movements. the way he holds the knife, the way he waves the knife around. his build is similar to the first video. they're looking at that forensically, as well as the background, the areas this filming took place. being combed through frame by frame by forensic experts in great britain. as for the timetable, they said a week and a half ago, hey, we're close to being able to name this guy. i talked to british officials today. they wouldn't go there. they would just say we're working on this. we're making good progress. that's all they're saying about it. >> assuming he's from england and the accent seems to be somewhere from the southern part of england. someone there must recognize that voice.

steven sotloff was jewish and had dual citizen ship. the family confirmed that today but the captors may not have known about either. the news publish in a number of outlets today including in the jewish daily forward. jane isner joins us now. the fact he was jewish was held back while he was in captivity, is that correct? >> that's true, yes, anderson, it was. many of us knew about this and voluntarily desided it was the right thing to do to compile with their witchshes. >> as far as you know, did his captors know about his dual citizen ship? because he went to school in israel. did they know he was jewish? >> you're not necessarily dealing with rational actors when you talk about isis and the people they are. so i think that there was really a tendency to air on the side of great caution here and people's lives were at stake. as journalist, even though we have a great responsibility to report the news, we're also human beings and we shouldn't do things to endanger people unnecessarily. >> of course. an israeli news organization spoke

officials believe isis staged its barbaric murders of journalists steven sotloff and james foley. the president vowed isis will pay the price. >> we will not be intimidated. their horrific acts unite us as a country and stiffen the resolve to take the fight against terrorists. abdel-majed abdel bary are key, and so are the masked in the videos, and those not seen and part of the execution and video team. >> those who make the mistake of harming americans learn that well will not forget, our reach is long and justice will be served. >> reporter: in the search for clues, some gruesome isis videos offer leads. here the camera pans and briefly catches a glimpse of one of the isis camera operators. then another isis fighter driving a truck. part of the all important propaganda team that records and distributes the brutal videos. >> the act of communication that follows the act of violence is almost as important if not more important than the act itself. >> reporter: the family of steven sotloff said they were privately grieving for their 31-year-old journalist son. a friend speaking fo

sotloff. >> last week, you'll recall steven sotloff's mother released this video. >> as a mother, i ask your justice to be merciful and not punish my son for matters he has no control over. i ask you to spare his life and to use the example set by the prophet mohammed who protected people of the book. i want what every mother wants, to see my children's children. i plead with you to grant me this. >> today a sotloff family spokesman says, the family knows of this horrific tragedy and is grieving privately. tonight, president obama authorized defense department request for an additional 350 military personnel in iraq, bringing the total number of military personnel to approximately 820. and florida senator bill nelson said today he will introduce legislation giving president obama explicit authority to order air strikes against the islamic state within syria when congress returns from recess next week. joining me now is david rode, a reporter for reuters who was held prisoner himself by the taliban. also joining me, evan coleman, a msnbc terrorist analyst, and matthew van dyke, who becam

verifies authenticity of a video showing beheading of steven sotloff with the latest on the developing story, we bring you "today in the bay's" kris sanchez. heart wrenching development. >> yes. quickly developing situation, too, sam. the british government now saying it's considering special forces operation to rescue a british hostage now in the hands of islamist terrorists in order to keep him from the same fate as steven sotloff. the only image we will show you of sotloff's last moments spent reading criticism of u.s. foreign policy. obama said he was a courageous journalist whose lives and a stark contrast to the mission of the isis group that killed him. >> they make the absurd claim they kill in the name of religion but steve. en, his friends say deeply loved the islamic world. the killers try to claim they defend the oppressed but it was steve who traveled across the middle east risking his life to tell the story of muslim men and women demanding justice and dignity. >> speaking from is stonia, the president said the murders of sotloff and james foley only strengthened the u.s.

the president says justice for steven sotloff will be served. but did he finally lay out a strategy or dig himself deeper into a hole? laura ingraham on that just moments away. >>> the other question we're waiting for somebody to answer is this. >> clearly if you're saying the pentagon, one of the goals is to destroy it, we're at war with isis, aren't we? >> what did he say? the pentagon spokesperson responded right here on "fox & friends," kind of. we'll play you the official answer. >>> and a one-month-old baby turning blue only moments to react. how did a mechanic save his life? and there is an app for that. we'll explain. "fox & friends" final hour starts now. >>> we are getting right to that fox news alert now. justice will be served to isis. those words from president obama on the eve of a crucial nato meeting. this as the white house confirms a second american journalist has been killed by the terror group. peter doocy is live in washington with the latest. peter, what else is the president saying at this point? >> reporter: this morning

it was just days ago steven sotloff's mother beg is isis to spare her son. tonight an urgent manhunt for the mysterious man in a hood appearing now with a message now for president obama. we have team coverage and we begin with abc's chief investigative correspondent brian ross. >> reporter: u.s. officials said today steven sotloff never had a once the 31-year-old american journalist was in the hands of the group. the emotional plea for his life from his mother clearly had no impact on her son's killers. >> i ask you to please release my child. as a mother, i ask your justice to be merciful and not punish my son for matters he has no control over. >> reporter: isis said it killed sotloff because of president obama's decision to continue the u.s. bombing of isis targets in iraq. today as the president left for meetings in europe over the threat from isis, the only comment came from his press secretary. >> our thoughts and prayer is first and foremost are with mr. sotloff and his family and those who worked with him. >> reporter: the graphic video today was ti

steven sotloff's family speaks out on his death. a city u.s. journalist the second to be beheaded by the islamic state, was working to give a voice to those who had none. we will not take a look on what has been making headlines in the weekly news magazines. let's start with courier international. focusing on the thousands of young people go into syria and iraq to fight a holy war. >> let's take a look at the front page. it talks about destination jihad. it sounds like an adventure story. for many people from london and new delhi, washington and paris that is exactly what this is. it is an adventure. there is that special adventure backpack with a map, sunglasses and a kalashnikov. more and more young people, especially from europe, are taking this trip to join the jihad in syria and iraq. this is a global phenomenon which is a very serious concern for many western governments. it has been split -- put in the spotlight ever since the videos came out of the killings of the two american journalists, james foley and steven sotloff. the reason that

steven sotloff and his family were constituents of yours down in southern florida. have you had contact with the family yet and what is your initial reaction to news of his possible death? >> we have and i've stayed in touch through their representative with the family and we've reached out to that representative today to express how our hearts go out to the family and the friends of steven. his family not only lives here but he also went to college here. i am going to see this video next week in the one of our national security committees but you don't have to see a video to know that the united states is the only one that can put together a coalition to go after this outfit that is so intense barbaric cruelty. and in this case, we have to go after them in northern iraq and kurdstan and that helped in holding them at bay with our air strike so that ground troops and near the mosul dam and iraqi army, can go after them. now we're going to have to join with the free syrian army who not only started out fighting president assad's regime in syria, but fighting isis. so

a video surfaced showing steven sotloff reading a statement under duress, before a hooded terrorist from isis cut off his head. the posting was titled a second message to america. sotloff grew up in miami, decided on a career in journalism and based himself in the middle east, where he filed pieces for "time" magazine and others. he disappeared a year ago, while reporting from a syrian town, trying to document the barbarism there. he ultimately became a victim of it. this is the second time in as many weeks we have seen an american murdered on camera by this group. the british prime minister has already released a statement calling this a despicable disgusting act. isis is a threat to the british homeland and is implementing a crackdown on extremists. our president has said nothing about the second american to be decapitated by isis. late last week he did announce that we have no strategy for dealing with this group yet. and in the latest twist tonight, the pentagon moments ago, confirming that a new group of a few hundred american soldiers is now headed to baghdad to boost security at o