In the days following my release on sunday, i have learned bit by bit that there have been literally hundreds of people, brave, determined and bighearted people, all over the world, working for my release. They have been working for two years on this. I had no idea when i was in prison. I had no idea that so much effort was being expended on my behalf. And now having found out, i am just overwhelmed with emotion. Im also overwhelmed by one other thing, and that is that total strangers have been coming up to me and saying, hey, were just glad youre home. Welcome home. Glad youre back. Glad youre safe. Great to see you. So i sudden low remember how good the American People are, and what kindness they have in their hearts. And to all of those people, i say, a huge thank you from my heart, from the bottom of my heart. And now, look, i am so grateful that you are expressing all this interest in me. At the same time, i have to bond with my mother and my family now. And i cant give you an int
Baghdadi eight days after the milttant group threatened to kill her son. Shirley demonstrates her knowledge of history, culture and morality. Ive learned a lot about islam . Trying to persuade stevens captors to release him, appealing to the same religion isis says justifies its violence. Ive learned that islam teaches that no individual should be held responsible for the sins of others. Reporter she even addresses baghd baghdady but his selfappointed title of caliph. You the caliph can grant amnesty. I ask you to spare his life. Reporter sotloff looking forward to a homecoming similar to Peter Theo Curtis earlier this week. Total strangers have come up to me and said hey, were glad youre home. Welcome home. Reporter cambridge in cambridge, massachusetts, with his mother held after two years of captivity by a different Jihadist Group. I say a huge thank you from my heart, from the bottom of my heart. Reporter this as were learning about more americans on the other side of the fight, re
Isis demanding a 200 million ransom be paid. The other man being held hostage was haruna yakawa. He was beheaded last week. There were hopes kenji goto would be spared possibly as part of a potential deal involving a prisoner swap with jordan. It now appears that was not the case. With me here in new york throughout the next few hours as we continue to report on this breaking news michael weiss. He writes for Foreign Policy. Also he authored the book isis inside the army of terror. Lets go first to jomanac jomanac karachi in ahman, jordan. She has been covering this throughout. It is an incredibly tragic development. There had been hope even up until this morning that the jordanian government may have reached a prisoner swap deal with isis. Do we know where things fell apart . Reporter as of thursday poppy, thats where things were not looking good for this prisoner swap to take place. We had heard earlier from the jordanian government saying that they were willing and they were going t
Every day. But now thats all changed all because of the kindness of strangers. The reason why i picked ford car i remember the old tower us is from tar russ. Taurus are. The hardest working man gets a surprise of a lifetime. Fox friends begins now. Its time for fox friends. [rooster crowing] that story continues to unfold. You probably heard about it this week we have been covering it from fox friends. Amazing. We have l. Have him on again to tell you the latest information. Ainsley so glad to he so you. Thank you. Anna kooiman is out today and she got engaged. Wow. I think she was going to tell everyone. It was on instagram. All over the place. She is in australia. Congratulations. Congratulations. So exciting. Jordan launched air strike in syria in revenge for their murdered pilot. This as the cia is investigating a isis claim that the lone american hostage kayla muir ler was killed in one of those air strikes. Momly henneberg is in washington with the latest. Clayton ainsley and tuc
We were waiting as the deadline passed waiting to hear the fate and hoping the jordanian government and isis head had been able to strike a deal for the release. Do we know where things fell apart . Reporter well poppy, it did look like late last week late week on wednesday there would be a deal that there was hope the jordanian government said it was releasing to release the convicted suicide bomber ices had been asking for. Thursday the government said that deal was off the deal a short time before the final deadline came out from isis saying sajida al rashawi had to be delivered by sunset or they threatened to kill kenji ifto and the jordanian pilot kasasbeh. The deal was off the deal until it was evidence of proof of life. There was evidence the pilot is still well and alive. They say they have demanding through indirect negotiations and channels request isis to try to release the pilot captured in december a mission of the antiisis mission and his jet crashed in isis territory in