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
Ahead of this story from the very beginning and has the latest developments for us from the pentagon. Good morning, barbara. Good morning, john. A u. S. Official does confirm to cnn that president obama has authorized those reconnaissance flights to collect intelligence about isis positions inside of syria, but the question, of course, now is what exactly will trigger a decision for air strikes . U. S. Reconnaissance flights could begin over syria at any time, according to u. S. Officials using possibly drones, u2 supply planes or f18s. The pentagon is drafting options to strike inside syria, but the u. S. Wont warn the Syrian Government who says carrying out air strikes without their consent would be a breach of its sovereignty and an act of aggression. Its unclear, however, how much the president s top military adviser, general Martin Dempsey, supports immediate u. S. Military action. A spokesman confirmed dempsey is preparing options to address isis, both in iraq and syria, with a v
Conversation with somebody else basically in a similar circumstance that they were in when they decided to sign up. Somebody from the same part of the country, roughly the same age. Somebody who might be thinking about a career in the armed forces the way this young soldier plainly did. Right . That u. S. Army recruiting strategy is how in june 2009 these two young Army Privates were standing together just outside an Army Recruiting station in little rock, arkansas. They were on a smoke break and standing outside together having a cigarette. One was 23 years old from conway, arkansas, 30 miles north of little rock which is where the Recruitment Center was. The other man was 18 years old, the man on the right. He was from arkansas as well. From just outside little rock in the town called jacksonville, arkansas. So, those two local men, these two native sons of arkansas, they were standing together outside the recruiting center in little rock when this man drove up in a pickup truck and
That theyre bombing in iraq, and they may want to bomb in syria as well. When the white house talks about that group, they call them isil. Lets be clear about isil. Isil speaks for no religion, they have no ideology of any value to human beings. We will be relentless against isil. Isil a lot of terms about isils vision. Isil. When the administration and the pentagon talk about who theyre bombing in iraq right now, and who they may want to bomb inside syria as well, they call the group isil. Everybody else calls the group isis. Why are there these two different names. The group in question speaks arabic, and what they would prefer to be called in english, the Islamic State, so that would be i. S. Frankly i think nobody cares what they would prefer to be called. There is this difference in how they are described in terms of english language acronyms. When they are called isis, that is sometimes translated as an acronym for the Islamic State in iraq and syria. Thats not where it came from
Had this so say, my heart is full at the extraordinary, dedicated, incredible people, too many to name individually, who have become my friends and tirelessly helped us over these many months. Please know that we will be eternally grateful. We are also so relieved that theo is healthy and safe and finally headed home after his ordeal but also deeply saddened by the terrorible, unjustified killing last week of his fellow journalist, jim foley, at the hands of the Islamic State in iraq and syria. We are learning fascinating details on peter curtis release. Joining me now are cnn Law Enforcement analyst, tom fuentes and bob baer, used to be with the cia. First, bob, go to you. Isis, we saw what they were capable of this week, the grisly killing of james foley, now see this, al us in rah, another group believed to be Holding Peter curtis releasing them. Why that difference . Why did foley die . Why was curtis released . Well, i think that us in rah is i wouldnt use the word moderate, but i