Arizona shooting range goes terribliy wrong, a nineyearold loses control of a submarine gun. Great to see you today. Were going to be beginning with freed Peter Theo Curtis back in the United States. He is speaking out. Pretty extraordinary, we just heard from him last hour from his mothers home in cambridge, massachusetts. He got right to expressing thanks for being brought home, the effort that went into bringing him home. Lets take a listen at what he had to say. First of all, i want to thank you all for coming out here on this beautiful wednesday morning. In the days following my release on sunday, i have learned bit by bit that there have been literally hundreds of people, brave, dempled, and big hearted 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. Now having found out, im just overwhelmed with emotion. Im also overwhelmed by one
Lets get right to the breaking news. Isis relations a new video apparently showing the beheading of another american, Steven Sotloff, who disappeared last year in syria. The brutal execution video comes two weeks after the murder of american james foley. This one comes with a direct warning to president obama. Our correspondents and guests are standing by with full coverage. Lets begin with Global Affairs correspondent elise la by the. She has the latest. It appears very similar to the video showing the beheading of james foley. It is equally as shocking. Its a gruesome image. American Steven Sotloff dressed in an orange jump suit, kneeling at the feet of his executioner. A hand on his throat, the masked figure all in black brandishes a knife and speaks to president obama. So just as your to strike our people, our neck will continue to strike the necks of your people. Before his apparent beheading, sotloff speaks to the camera, saying under duress that he is having to pay the price for
Alive. Now, to see those pictures with mr. Curtis with his mother at Logan International really says it all. You can see her beaming when she looks at her husband. He looks physically in much better shape. We saw videos earlier this week released. They were taken in the last months of his captivity. He was unshaven, unshowered. His clothes did not look particularly clean. To see him in a clean shirt and shaved and showered, looking like the human that he is, is clearly a sign that things are Getting Better for him. We expect as they have said that they are going to be down here around 10 00. Were expecting them to come down any memo. There is a gathering outside the house right and we hope to hear more very soon. I cant imagine how the reunion was between theo and his mother at logan last night. Can you tell us more about that . Reporter it was joyous for them. He did release a statement thanking everybody. Here is a guy who has been kept in captivity in a basement for 22 months and is
After the president admitted he didnt 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. Im jake tapper. Well 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 says he doesnt have a strategy yet for fighting isis in syria, that americans name is Steven Sotloff. Isis threatened to kill him if the u. S. Did not stop its air strikes against isis in iraq. While the u. S. Has not confirmed the authenticity of the video, theres very little to doubt that isis would follow through on tha
Syria . New criticism from within his own party. Hello, everyone. Happy labor day. Im john berman. Happy monday, im michaela pereira. We begin with pleas. Pleas this morning from three americans detain in communist north korea. These three detainees are separate to come home and are begging for washingtons help. Each man was granted five minutes to speak exclusively with cnn. Missionary kenneth bae has been sentenced to prison for a plot. And Matthew Miller and Jeffrey Edward fowle says hes desperate to get back to ohio. His crime was leaving a bible behind. Their interviews with our will ripley certainly came to a surprise even to all of us here at cnn. Listen to them in their own words. Will ripley, cnn. Can you tell me about the charges that you are facing here in north korea . I will not find out until i go to trial, but i will say that i prepared to violate the law of the dprk before coming here, and i deliberately committed my crime. I have already admitted my guilt and apologize