Curtis was held prisoner by alnusra front, a syrian group with ties to al qaeda. Curtis speaking today, says hell tell the rest of his story later, once he spends time with his family, once hes bonded properly with his mother and family and recovered from this horrendous ordeal. First of all, i want to thank you all for coming out here 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 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 with one other thing, and that is total strangers coming up to me saying were glad youre home, welcome home, glad youre back, glad youre safe. Great to see you. So i suddenly remember how good th
Why many u. S. Police officers prefer guns to tasers. Hey there, everyone, thanks for staying with us, im Errol Barnett at soon then center. And im natalie allen, thank you for joining us in the u. S. And around the world. We want to begin with this story. A 45yearold american held hostage for nearly two years is now free. Journalist Peter Theo Curtis expected soon to be reunited with his family. He was take on the tel aviv following his release sunday by a syrian group linked to al qaeda. The u. S. Rejects paying ransoms for hostages, but its not known whether anyone else paid curtis kidnappers. His freedom comes days after another captured american journalist, james foley, was executed by the militant group isis. Nick paton walsh has more. Reporter after a week of horror, some good news. Finally an american citizen, a freelance author and journalist, a man called Peter Theo Curtis, released sunday from an Extremist Group in the syrian rebel ranks known as jabhat al nusra. Released af
Director, Richard Attenborough. Thanks for joining us, everyone, the mother of american journalist peter curtis says her heart is full. That was her reaction to her sons release after his nearly two years as a hostage. Theo is now in tel aviv. The u. S. Government refuses to pay ransom for hostages. Curtiss freedom comes another day after being eexecuted by the militant group isis. Nick payton walsh reports. After a week of horror, some good news finally an american citizen, a freelance author and journalist, a man called Peter Theo Curtis released sunday from an Extremist Group and the syrian rebel ranks, released, it seems, according to a statement from his family, after a negotiation from the americans and the qatari government thats said to be a humanitarian gesture. He was handed over on the golan heights, an area between israel and syria. He was actually kidnapped in october 2012, up in the north of syria and held in aleppo as well. We also know a built about his captivity becaus
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 Interna
Sources tell us that saudi arabia, the United Arab Emirates, bahrain, jordan and qatar. White house correspondent chris jansing, what is the white house saying publicly at this moment . Publicly they are saying absolutely nothing. What we know is this is significant what you just said. These partner nations. We heard from the president that he planned to have a coalition. We heard from Samantha Power, the un ambassador. If air strikes happen in syria, the United States was not going to go it alone and sig knave cant that it comes on the eve of the president going to the United Nations to do what he calls rallying the world around this threat that is posed by isis. You had bombers and fighter jets and tomahawk cruise missiles raining down. We are about 2 3 where they are in syria. The president , we expect will hear from him tomorrow. He leaves at around 10 20 eastern time. The president went before the American People and gave a speech and he said that he was willing to go into syria a