And i am in Heather Nauert in for jenna leeh. The administration is starting to work to line up allies to fight the islamic terrorist. We have a briefing that is about to start. Doug has more from the white house. Doug . Reporter thats right, jon. Washington is gearing up for return for business after labor day. There is tremendous pressure building on the president to come up with a Long Term Strategy to address the isis threat not only in iraq but syria as well. Unless the president comes up with a strategy, and articulating his goal, i think we will continue to flail and well continue to see isis maintain and expand their influence there and throughout the region. And the president hasnt defined the strategy. And he expressed that yesterday in charlotte. And american combat troops will not return to fight in iraq and will not allow the United States to be dragged back to another ground war in iraq. And while he expresses that retissents. The white house is working to build a International Coalition to dress the growing isis threat. Secretary hagel said albannia and italy and france and the United Kingdom committed to helping the Kurdish Forces with arms and equipment. Operations have begun and will accelerate with more nations expected to contribute. Reporter today in a pentagon gaggle we found out what that amounts to, giving them small weapons and ammunition for small weapons and larger machine guns as well as motors. And choosing sides in this complex battle is fraught with danger. The u. N. Came out with a report today that said none of the warring factions in syria is crystal clean. They have all committed atrocitties and excesses and there are very few good guys in this battle. Doug, thank you. Chuck said ugly bed fellows. In the meantime, we have eyeopening details about the americans who died fighting isis in syria. The pentagon confirming Douglas Mccain was killed in battle in syria there was a potential threat to the home land here. Mccain was born in illinois and grew up in minnesota and spent time in california before heading to syria to fight along the terror group after converting to islam. The u. S. Officials were aware of what he was doing. Mccain was reportedly killed in the Northern Syria city after carrying out an attack. Isis is fighting for control of that area for the past several weeks. A senior official said 5,000 foreign fighter are a part of isis and that could include 100 americans. Of course, this is not the first time americans have joined terror groups. Alwacky was behind several bomb attacks. And the american born terrorist was killed in yemen by a drone strike. And you remember remember john walker lindh. And in may, a 22yearold guy travelled to syria to join a terror group and he died in a Suicide Attack earlier this year. We are hearing from an american journalist freed from captivity. Curtis was held for nearly two years before being released over the weekend. Curtis was reunited with his mother where he spoke to reporters this morning. Molly is live in cam bridge with more, mommy . Reporter well, petero curtis spoke for the first time, just briefly for a few moments outside of his mothers house. It is a brief walk down the street wearing a t shirt and stepping up to the microphones and talking about what it is like to be home. He returned to massachusetts, flying from tel aviv to new york liberty yesterday afternoon and then on to boston where he was met by his mother. He was held by the syrian group 22 months and believed to be captured in october of 2012. He said while in captivity he had no idea so much effort was extended on his pehalf. I am overwhelmed by one other thing, total strangers coming up to me, hey, we are glad you are home. Welcome home and glad you are back and safe. It is great to see you. And i remember how good the American People are and what kindness they have in their hearts and to all of those people, i say huge thank you from my heart. From the bottom of my heart. His family, of course, grateful to have him home, but the joy is tempered. I am overwhelmed with relief that my son is standing beside me. But it is a somber occasion because of the events of the past week and my heart goes out to the families that are suffers. That is referring to james foley who was also a new englander and others that are held today. Happy to have curtis home. Molly line, thank you. We are learning that isis is asking for 6. 6 million in ransom for a woman who is held. The family doesnt want her to be identified at this point. She is third of four americans known to be held by isis, the terrorist group that is behind the execution and murder of james foley. There is another american journalist who was seen approximate in the footage with the captors warning he will be next killed. And a senior irs lawyer admitted that the lois lerners black berry was intentionally destroyed after the irs targeting of conservative groups. Well bring in juan william and Charlie Herts for the washington time. Charlie, could there be a innocent explanation here . There could be something that we are not thinking of that makes it all innocent. But i cant imagine what it would be. That is damming declaration on you know, under oath. And certainly, the lawyer that makes the claim would know what hes talking about. And i think it is very unlikely that there is an innocent explanation. It raises the issue into a far more source as you mentioned criminal federal crime to, you know, to try to influence evidence or bury evidence or hide it. And it raises the whole scandal to a far more insidious level. Juan, i am certain if i took my phone or black berry to the guys here at fox and say erase that that would get done. It would not excuse lois lerner. She knew she was under investigation and why would she allow this to happen. She was in fear of something being there. I agree with you. It looks damming. It borders potential on obstruction of justice charge that is problematic for not only lerner you but the irs. There is no excuse for it in my book, again, we dont know. This is coming from one lawyer at irs and he signed it in terms of a declaration. We havent heard from other lawyers that confirmed this or not. According to irs officials, all that was on her black berry would have been on any back up tape that is available. They say some of the tapes were dedestroyeded and question of backups to the back ups and whether it was too onerous to get them. But is there a separate back up or not . And so many questions to be answered here . Charlie, this is the woman who went in front of the Congressional Committee and said i havent done anything wrong and i am innocent and i am going to take the fifth amendment. If juan is right, maybe she didnt want people to so what was on the black berry . She, everything that shes done since that time has suggested that there was something she knew and she didnt want investigators in congress to find out. But you know, this points to the most frightening scenario of all. It is a larger conspiracy that went beyond one person to politicalicize the federal government Tax Collection Agency. And thats why i sort of felt like this scandal and problems that the white house is dealing with now is most explosive and difficult to deal with. It cuts across party lines it doesnt matter the tea party groups, it is the politization of the Tax Collection Agency that should put the fear of god in everyone. Liberals and conservative and democrats and republicans and to look at this kind of thing, suggest that there is a larger conspiracy aside juan pointed out. Scratched back up tapes and now the destroyed blackberry. It suggest it is a larger conspiracy. And having the conspiracy going to the federalization of the Tax Collection Agency, that is like watergate. Well see what voters have to say in the upcoming midterm elections. We have to stay good bye, thank you. Jon, folks out there, kids are going back to school. There is a fight brewing over education. The lawsuit against the federal government over common core and one governor said it violates the constitution. And after news of an American Fighting for isis and new concerns about westeners fighting for the enemy. Should the u. S. Keep a closer eye on our passports . Our live chat is up and running and go to fox news and happening now and click on americas asking, well be right back. Boeb ginnedal filing a federal lawsuit against the federal government. It is a violation of the constitution. Critics say common core is meddorer. And invades privacy. This move could help him with conservative voters. The Obama Administration is lining up allies for potential air strikes against isis in syria the Obama Administration they are issuing conflicting statements. They are real and we take it very seriously. He said they were not on the same page. Now, are they . No, the issue here that the u. S. Military senior leadership, obviously they are civilian masters that are providing conflicting orientation. And in iraq there was staggered process in engaging the Islamic State. And in regards to syria, there is a broadcasted hesitation of not only what the United States might do but when and how it will do it . The president said we will not put boots on the ground. Does that help the situation by letting the enemy know what we wont to . Exactly that is the crux of the issue. If you are a military leadership you dont want to broadcast inat the present time or planning to the enemy. And now on surveillance flights over syria saying to the Islamic State that you should hide your assets. It makes no military sense and testing the waters of Public Opinion as a driving force behind the Foreign Policy strategy. The pentagon had a briefing and talking about the coalition that the u. S. Is trying to build and allies providing ak 47s and mortars to help out the kurds. Is that enough . No. They made a big deal out of this but it is not a whole lot. Part of the issue here, u. S. Allies are unwilling to help carry the burden for National Security and frankly the Administration Needs to be louder especially in regard to europe. But the real problem, the administration is doing low strat edgic gamits. You need an insurgy for the Islamic State and using western iraq and eastern sunni tribes and bring them ina, loyance. Well have to wait and see what the allies are doing. If they are overrun by isis they have a problem. Russia is in the middle of what they consider to be a self invasion of ukraine. The russian opened up a third front. It is in a new border town. Youve been following this story extensively. What can you tell us about it . The russian strategy led by president putin doing what he can to bring Eastern Ukraine in the russian orbit and because the west is unwilling to impose the sanctions. President putin sees he can push the line. We have seen over the past months, greatly increased movement of russian Intelligence Officers in Eastern Ukraine. And essentially an invasion in a slow way so that it doesnt generate the mass attention and controversy. What president putten is doing gambling on the prior record that president obama is unwilling to restrain him in ukraine and hes continuing to push the line. Reminding a lot of people here in the beginnings of the very early days of world war, two. And thank you for your expertise. Thank you. 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Fred is right. They could be warning shots and unless it is verified, it is difficult to speculate what it means and to the other question which i have lost. I am sorry. If there is a case a criminal case or whatever to come out of this event. Is this kind of thing admissible . It can be admissible if they linkup it was the audio from this shooting. And if you have other witnesses that say ten shots it is more likely. If witnesses say six shots and only six shots entered Michael Browns body it is not the tape. They will not make the link it to show it is reliable and admit it. Another case that involved new questions of evidence. We are talking about the murder case against the former nfl player aaron hernandez. The judge just tossed out some of the evident taken from cell phones and other Electronic Devices when authorities first searched his house. State troopers seized those Electronic Items after getting a search warrant to allow them to look for one cell phone hernandez owns. The judge said they went too far when they took cell phones and Electronic Devices they found at his home. Fred, talk about this. How do authorities know. I am sure you drew up search warrants. How dow upon the items of evidence in a particular suspects house. I have drawn up countless search warrants and i always seem to be doing them in the middle of the night. If the agents get there and the police are there. They come back and talk to the prosecutor you do another search warrant and you get those items. In this case they seized the additional items. If hernandez takes the witness stand they can use evidence to rebeaut evidence that he puts in. But not using in the case in chief. How badly does it hurt, estherthe prosecutors case. The prosecutor doesnt want to lose evidence and this is a blow to the prosecution. It depends what other evidence they have will convict or exxonerate aaron hernandez. If this was the entire case, it is a problem. But it doesnt sound like it is their entire case and this is a win for the Justice System showing that the police, and the government is not above the law. If you violate the Fourth Amendment of the constitution, you will pay for it by not allow the tainted evidence in a courtroom. You are sounding like a defense attorney. Fred, is it a rookie mistake. And sounds like you are suggesting that the authorities that are conducting the search could have easily gotten around the issue by getting the search warrant. I am slow to cast aspersions and from my own experience, i have done hundreds of search warrants. I have seen half of the u. S. Magistrates in their pajamas. You go back to the magistrate and get additional information. They may have come to the conclusion they department have prabable cause and grabbed. It estheris right, in this instance it is the way it works. I think we have it on the record and well readback in the commercial break. I will deny it. Estherand fred, thank you both. Thank you. And always agreeing with the ladies, too. Got some serious news. We have seen the brutality of isis and fanatics and are they capable of something that is worse. Advance copy of the new report that the whole Intelligence Community is waiting for. And the 2008 meltdown. And one of the guys and the guys in the center of the storm said it was a lot worse. What does he mean . Well explain. This is a fox first. A new analysis of the islamic militia group. This the senior Law Enforcement official confirming that Douglas Mccain was killed in battle after joining the terrorist group isis. In the meantime fox news is getting an advanced copy of the leading Counter Terrorism report and that includes new assessment of isis and the chief intelligence. Kathryn is live in washington with more. What does this report say . Reporter thank you, heather. The analysis which is publishing by the combating terrorism in west point and independently funded research group. Said that isis, or isil has taken a deliberate approach to gaining recruits and equipment. It reads in part. Isiowa l did not suddenly become effective in june 2014. It was steadily shaping the future operating environment for four years. They rebooted the organization in may 2010 and fundmental strad strad taking out the american Trained Security Forces and assassinations of the troops many checkpoints and car bombs. The spokesman acknowledged that isis was a crisis years in the making. We have watched isil for many months now and recognize their development and growth and increase in their capabilities hasnt happen overnight and it is regional and they operate freely in iraq and syria isis is a military pour in the region because of the weakness of the opposition. It does add that the risks can overroach and struggle to hold ground if it is attacked at multiple points in the ground and air. That is frightening information. And recently filed Court Documents paint a chilling picture of the 2008 financial crisis with the former reserve chairman saying that the meltdown was worse than the great depression. Here to talk about that is jerry willis. Jerry . Surprising comments. Bernanke said that the Financial Market meltdown is severe more than the great depression. It is his testimony actually in a lawsuit filed by hank greenberg, the man who ran a ig and that company fls bailed out by the federal reserve. Greenberg is always been critical of bernanke for that reason. Any other surprises coming out of bernanke . Other surprises in the testimony. 13 most important u. S. Banks 12 were close to collapse. And this is what he said specifically about a ig. A iowa gs demise would have been catastrophe and resulting in a economic meltdown with catastrophic implications for production, income and jobs. You have to understand that they were made in the context of a lawsuit, jon. We are still arguing or discussing all of this five years or six years later. We are still living with. It banks got bailed out but the American People did not. One of the ironies of this that gals me to this day. Jerry willis, thank you. And four states back here at home holding primaries and now eyes on the show down in florida. Governor rick scott winning the republican primary and gearing up for a contentious election. Former Florida Governor chaerl crist won the democrat primary. Steve is live in naples with more. Hi, steve, it is shaping up to be an unprecedented race. Reporter heather, that is right. Unprecedented because we have the current republican of governor running against the former republican of florida. Charlie crist was once a republican and just won the democratic primary last night. I am honored to be a nominee of the florida nom no for democratic. In cent days, we want to make florida scott free. And it is clear that every Campaign Stop that governor rick scott is linking crist to president obama and obama care. Here is governor scott. Barak obama is all in for charlie crist. That is the only politician i know of in the country that said obama care is great. I said charlie, it is not great. Right now, they are locked in a dead heat. And heather . And a lot of National Implications in this race. Tell us about that. Certainly National Implications, both sides are eager to control the governorship of the largest swing state. And money is pouring in for both sides and by the november election date Crist Campaign could spend 50 million and scott doubled that hundred million by september. Thank you. Stove. And a new study on bullying. What it says and why our next guest said preventing it starts in a home. And a tragedy in a shooting range after a young girl with the gun in her hand accidentally loses control. Ugh. Heartburn. Did someone say burn . Try alka seltzer reliefchews. They work just as fast and are proven to taste better than tums smoothies assorted fruit. Mmm. Amazing. Yeah, i get that a lot. Alka seltzer heartburn reliefchews. Enjoy the relief. Hey, everybody. I am martha in for gretchen. The mother of stephen, painings an emotional plea for her sons safe return. She is appealing to the leader and look at whether or not tell make a difference. A mom accidentally locks herself playing in the car. And she calls 911 for help and does not get the response that any parent wants to hear. That is more coming up on the real story. A shooting lesson going tragically long. A nineyearold girl accidentally shot and killed her instructor. And it happen in front of her parents who caught it on camera. We are seeing the instructor working with the youngster before she fired at the target when the recoil had it go over her head. He was hit in the head and later died. They allow children as young as eight to handle firearms with proper supervision. New research on the issue of bullying and something that every parent deals w. Overweight boys are likely to be bullied or be bullied themselves. We have a therapist and professor from the university. Good afternoon. Good afternoon. This study started at age three. Were you surprised by the findings . I am not and i will try not to bully you in my response. We see incidents of bullying starting as early as prekindergarten and that is before they get in the School Age Years and goes back to what we say. A lot of it starts in the home and teach our kids on the race or gender. And i have to tell you, there are so many times i am in the Grocery Store and hear how parents speak to their kids and calming them names and dumb and stupid and cartoons that use that language. This confirms what i see every day, they are getting it at home. Right. And we have to remember our kids watch what we do and how we behave around people who are different. My guess is that parents make fun of overweight kids. When kids see that an adult sees that someone is not liked in society that leads to taunting and teasing and bullying. Let me ask you this, the schools simply dont do enough parents say. But the schools say the parents dont do enough at home and the parents will not accept responsibility when their children are a problem. And how do you solve the problem . They are both at fault. We know that the majority of the day for School Age Children spend in school and therefore, schools have a primary responsibility to address that issue and most states have laws on the books that said you have to have effective anti bullying programs in the schools. But everything starts and ends in the home. When you hear parents say things they shouldnt say and their kids pick up on is called modelling. That moans what you do is something picked up by your kids and if you teach them negative behaviors, they will do negative behaviors and social behavors and how to relate to the peers in a right way. That is learned behaefr. And when i did behaviorial counseling. The kid was a bully because a parent was a bully and sometimes the parents bully the kids which is tragic. And key risk factors and you touch on them and that was weight. And the mothers level of education, actually played a role in whether or not her child would be bullied or be bullied. And if children had difficulty handling emotion. Can you speak to. That in households parents are highly educated and we know the things in which we are speaking to this afternoon. And they pass that on in a appropriate way and model them social behaviors are and how not to be a bully. With that kind of care and educated process happening from the primary care giver to the child that is a expression of concern and compassion and love and leads a kid to be emotional stable. Dr. Chuck williams that is valuable advice. Parents should be held responsible and schools play a role as well. Dr. Williams, thank you very much. We are the role models. That is really true. And a woman comes facetoface with a wild predator and forced to fight for her life 30 minutes before coming out on top. And her fight for survival was really at a start. And the soldier pays the price for love of country. And president obama is ready to bestou the highest military owner. And this soldier laid down his life a soldier receiving the medal of honor, always a stirring and rare moment. No one waited longer than lieutenant alonzo cushing. The white house is finally able to honor him. David lee miller is here to explain this unusual story. David . Indeed, john. 22yearold First Lieutenant alfonzo cushing helped to win the medal of honor. People have been waging a campaign for decades to give the fallen soldier the recognition they say he deserves. Under federal law an act of congress is required if the medal of honor is to be awarded more than three years after the incident took place. Cushing died on july 3rd, 1863. It was initiated by a 49yearold granddaughter of another union soldier. Through the years, the campaign gained momentum, eventually winning the support of congressmen and senators and next month, president obama will award the medal to cushing for distinguishing himself during the bloodiest battle of the civil war, a representative of the army will accept the award on his behalf. A white house statement says, describing his valor, i quote, he was wounded in stot ak and as well the right shoulder. Refusing to evacuate to the rear, despite his severe wounds, he directed the operation of his lone field piece, continuing to fire in the face of the enemy. With the rebels within 100 yards of his position, cushing was shot and killed during this heroic stand. His actions made it possible for the union army to repel advancing confederate soldiers. He was buried with full honors at west point which is by the way where he went to school. This is a day a long time and coming. Many have fought very hard to make this possible. Yes. There is a cemetery at west point. For those who havent been there, its a fascinating place. West point graduated, you know, officers who fought on both sides in the civil war. Interesting. That is an amazing story, david. In wisconsin, good folks there. Im from that area. They helped get this done. The actual ceremony will take place september 15th. No kidding. Also gettysburg, an incredible place to visit for those who have not done so. David lee, thanks, what a story. We are learning more about the growing problem of radicalized westerners who are taking up arms. Well tell you about the shocking number of americans who may now be fighting for isis. Thats coming up next. And a woman gets attack by a leopard. Look at those teeth right there. Amazingly, this woman lives to tell the tale. Well tell you the chilling details about that ordeal and how shes doing today. Well, here is an incredible survive story. A woman is recovering in a hospital with 50 stitches after a battle to the death with a leopard. It happened in india. A relative says the big cat attack her while working in a field. The two wrestled for 30 minutes before she managed to kill the leopard with a sickle. Then she had to walk to a village to get help. Experts say the depletion of their habitat is threatening leopards and that forces them to wander into communities where they often end up getting killed. Man, she is lucky to be alive. She stuck him with a sickle. They still make those things. Okay. Shes resourceful if nothing else. The real story with martha in for Gretchen Carlson starts now. Thank you, john and heather. The mother of a kidnapped american journalist is making a direct plea to her terrorist captors. Im Martha Mccallum in for gretchen today. Welcome to the real story. Isis terrorists apparently have three hostages, including a 26yearold American Woman kidnapped while doing humanitarian work in syria. Theyre also holding free lance journalist steven sokloff