sotloff, those who died having been held in captivity for lengthy period of times. i wanted to drill down on a specific piece of language you and see if we can't get to some resolution on what this is going to mean ultimately for the greater problem of hostage taking and this is that the president says that the united states government will not make substantive concessions? in this new notion the government can negotiate it won't make substantive concessions. do you have an idea of what that truly means. >> that means the u.s. government not pay ransoms. that's, again, what this is about. the estimate by the u.s. government that governments, france, italy, germany and spain have paid up to 200ed in ransoms between the last ten years and the u.s. has refused to do that. britain does not pay ransom, canada does not. the argue system you're reducing the incentive to kidnap an american but there's such publicity value in getting an person that the kidnappings continue and i think these steps are positive but until there's a more coordinated response between the u.s. and

sotloff. the agency is setting up a fusion center with the fbi. the united states will not negotiate or pay ransom directly to terrorists. some fear allows families to pay could be dangerous. >>> we're learning new information about the suspect in the mansion murders here in the district. cnn is rt rolling that the man charged in that case daron wint has a cousin who worked for the company. sources say immigration leaders were not notified at the time. wint was born in guyana. the arrest would have put wint in danger of losing his green card. >>> d.c. police are trying to figure out who stuffed a body into a trash can and set it on fire. this happened yesterday behind a vacant property on holbrook terrace northeast in the trinidad neighbors. investigators sate body was burned beyond recognition. neighbors are calling the crime senseless. >>> a former white house chef's death is ruled an accident, walter scheid drowned in a new mexico stream while he was out earlier this month. state police fou

sotloff -- foley and steven on saturday love, and the mass atrocities isis inflicts on thousands across syria and iraq. but the pentagon immediately warned air strikes would never be enough. >> there's no air power alone solution to isil either in iraq or syria. >> reporter: the tactics to carry out the strategy and win, build a coalition, conduct air strike, and train local forces on the ground to do the fighting. from the beginning, most of the effort was in iraq. the u.s. believing it could work with the iraqi government. but when isis took over ramadi, that stunning statement from defense secretary ash carter. >> the iraqi forces just showed no will to fight. they were not outnumbered, in fact, they vastly outnumbered the opposing force. we can give them training, equipment, we obviously can't give them the will to fight. the people who live in that territory, particularly the sunni tribes, they're the ones who have to get in the night and win the fight and then hold the territory after isil's defeat. >> reporter: and ash carter will also tell you he is not recommending u.s. troops

. >> reporter: it is too late for american isis captives james foley and steven sotloff and abdul rahman, who were beheaded and too late for warren weinstein and kayla mueller killed in captivity by u.s. air strikes but terrorists still hold more than 30 americans a shocking number revealed at the white house. >> it is over 30 right now. >> reporter: president obama promised hostage safety will be priority one and he vowed hostage families will no longer feel let down by the u.s. government. >> that ends today. i am making clear that these families are to be treated like what they are our trusted partners and active partners in the recovery of their loved ones. >> reporter: that means no threat of prosecution if u.s. families try to pay a ransom like some western governments have, reportedly more than two dozen of their hostages have been freed. james foley's parents wanted that option and more information. >> we felt we were in the dark a lot. >> the government could have done a lot more. ransom is a very complicated issue. >> reporter: u.s. government will still not pay the likes of is

sotloff and aid worker peter kassig. all of them were beheaded by isis. since then three other americans have been killed while in militant custody. i want to go to you first, taya. the administration doesn't seem to have a policy when it comes to getting u.s. hostages back. should we? >> you know i think there is a very personal thing. you know, i do go back a little bit to the benghazi thing if you will bear with me for a minute. hillary clinton saying soaething like people die in america every day. is so in the face of what it is like for a family member. if that was her daughter over there i don't think she would have the same take on it. so by involving the family members i think you get a more impassioned response and i think you get a well-thought out response. you have to be careful when you're negative negotiating with terrorists or anything else kidnapping for ransom or beheading because it only encourages more. the whole somali pirate issue. the pirates were out there. became a way of life. you show up. give t

sotloff. everyone has two lives, the second one begins when you realize you only have one. as a government and as a nation we can learn from the example and the strength of their lives, the kind of strength we've seen in all these held hostages including kayla mueller. kayla devoted her life to serving those in need around the world, to refugees in syria who had lost everything. she was a source of comfort and hope. before her tragic death she was held by isil in syria for a year and a half. during her captivity, kayla managed to smuggle a letter to her family. she said none of us could have known it would be this long but i know i'm also fighting for my side in the ways that i am able and i have a lot of fight left in me. i'm not breaking down and i will not give in no matter how long it takes. today my message to anyone who harms americans is that we do not forget. our reach is long. justice will be done. my message over toy american being held unjustly around the world who is fighting from

sotloff, who wrote "everyone has to wo lives, the second one begins when you realize when you only have one." as a government and as a nation we can learn from the example of the strength we have seen in all of these held hostage, including kayla mueller. kayla devoted her life to serving those in need around the world, to refugees in syria who lost everything. she was a source of comfort and hope. before her tragic death, she was held by isil in syria for a year and a half and during her activity she managed to smuggle a letter to her family. she said "none of us could have known it would be this long, but i know i am also fighting for my side in the ways i am able and i have a lot of fight left in me. i'm not breaking in and i will give in a matter how long it takes." today, my message to anyone who harms americans is that we do not forget. our reach is long justice will , be done. my message to every american being held unjustly around the world who was fighting from the inside to survive another day, my message to their families who want to hold them once more, is that the united st

sotloff who wrote that everyone has two loves and the second one realizes begins when you realize you only have one. as a government and a nation we can learn from the strength of their lives and the kind of strength we've seen in all of these held hostages, including kayla mueller. kayla devoted her life to serving those in need around the world, to refugees in syria who lost everything, she was a source of comfort and home. before her tragic death she was held in syria by isil for a year and a half and she managed to smuggle a letter to her family. she said none of us could known it would be this long but i know i'm fighting for my side and the ways that i'm able and i have say lot of fight left in me. i'm not breaking down and i will not give in, no matter how long it takes. today my message to anyone who harms americans is that we do not forget. our reach is long, justice will be done. my message to every american being held unjustly around the world who is fighting from the inside to survive another day, my message to their families who long to hold them once more is that the uni

sotloff who wrote "everyone has to lives, the second one begins when you realize when you only have one." as a nation, we can learn from the example of the strength we have seen in all of these held hostage, including kayla mueller. kayla devoted her life to serving those in need around the world, to refugees in syria who lost everything. she was a source of comfort and hope. before her tragic death, she was held by isil in syria for a year and a half and during her activity she managed to smuggle a letter to her family. she said "none of us could have known it would be this long, but i know i am also fighting for in the ways i am able and i have a lot of fight left in me. i'm not breaking in and i will give in a matter how long it takes." today, my message to anyone who harms americans is that we do not forget. our reach as long, justice will be done. my message to every american being held unjustly around the world who was fighting from the inside to survive another day my message to their families who want to hold them once more, is that the united states of america will never st