it matters. now one thing i will say is we re always mindful to try to not cause collateral damage or civilian casualties. what i will tell you is as we put pressure on them from the air we re going to continue to be just as precise as we can be. exactly. i can only imagine how difficult it is to launch airstrikes when there are 262 innocent christians being held somewhere and the coalition doesn t know where they re being held. well again, i wouldn t get into specific intelligence matters about where they may be but what i can tell you is that we re going to be very mindful, as we have been as we go against isil from the air not to try to cause any collateral damage or civilian casualties. when you have a group this big, that s assuming they re altogether we don t know that they could be split up. we re always going to be mindful of civilians in any kind of airstrike that they take. admiral, can you confirm that there are airstrikes underway around the town of al baghdadi and th
black. sure. you only see his eyes. he speaks english. he has a british accent. right. it seems as though if we were to be able to figure out his identity definitively that that would be a major piece of the puzzle. i think everybody would like to know who this individual is of course. certainly to assist in the investigative efforts. there a s no doubt about that but at the pent gone here militarily we re focused more on a broader fight against isil from the time air and getting our iraqi security partners on the ground ready to continue to retake territory from isil. our focus is more on a military perspective here. we want to ask you from a military perspective about what s happening with the 262 assyrian christians that have been taken hostage. right. we re told they re mostly women, children and the elderly. how is the coalition going about trying to find these people? well it s very troubling, there s no question about that. we ve seen these reports.
on board with that plan? i certainly would be on board based on what i ve learned about the plan preliminarily. i think that it is important to separate the issue of dhs funding from the issue of president obama s executive action on immigration, which i support. but reasonable minds can of course differ about it. i believe it was entirely constitutional and consistent with his presidential authority. if others disagree, handle that issue legislatively or of course allow the court process to take its place and we ll see what ultimately judges determine, but separate out the important issue of the safety and security of the american people. congressman hakeem jeffries we appreciate you coming on and we will be watching closely to see what happens in washington d.c. today. thanks so much. isis hostage numbers are spiking in syria. a human rights organization says the terror group is now holding 262 christians hostage. their growing fears about their faith.
thanks janice. other stories making headlines, breaking right at this hour, four suspected jihadists under arrest in spain. the group accused of forming a terrorist cell and posting a video online urging others to wage jihad. police are now investigating whether they were planning an attack in the country. and another fox news alert 15 people are dead and more than 50 injured. after a series of rocket attacks in ukraine s port city of mariopol. this shows burned out cars and flaming buildings and smoke in the air as people run for cover. ukrainian officials right now linking the attack to pro-russian rebels. the rebels denying any involvement as they reject peace talks. 262 people have been killed in ukraineian fighting in the last nine days. in two hours a suspected terrorist charged with murdering five u.s. soldiers will face a federal judge in new york. farooq khalil muhammad issa is
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