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Made history . The biggest stars in the industry, now together for a new cause, bringing band aid back together, today november 16th, 2014. Welcome to today on this sunday morning. Im erica hill. Im lester holt. We woke up to some awful news. Isis militants have released a new video. In it, they claim to have beheaded another american hostage. That would be u. S. Aid worker peter kassik. Richard is covering that story for us. The family hads issued a written statement saying they are aware of this claim by the militant group isis. They say they are still waiting however for confirmation from u. S. Authorities. American authorities have also said they are aware of the video but are trying to confirm it. I have seen the video. It is very similar to other videos that we have seen before. The same style, the same graphic. It looks quite authentic. In it we dont actually see kassig beheaded. In a lot of the beheadings, you see a lot of the soldiers. The masked militant says he was beheaded.
History. The biggest stars in the industry coming together for a new cause bringing bands back together today. Sunday november 16, 2014. From nbc news, this is today. With lester holt and erica hill live from studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza. And welcome to today on this sunday morning. Im erica hill. Im lester holt with shanel jones. Isis claim to have beheaded another american hostage. This is the u. S. Aid worker peter kassing. Richard angle is covering that story for us this morning in istanbul, turkey. Good morning richard. Reporter good morning. The family has issued a written statement saying they are aware of this claim by the militant group isis. They say they are still waiting for confirmation from u. S. Authorities. American authorities are aware of the video but trying to confirm it. Ive seen the video. Its similar to other videos weve seen before, the same style, graphics. It looks quite authentic. In it we dont actually see kassig be beheaded. You see mass executions but th
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Isis shows peter kasik has been killed. The propaganda video not yet verified by nbc news shows a masked militant standing over who he claims to be the 26yearold captured by isis over a year ago while delivering humanitarian supplies in syria. While in captivity, he converted to islam and changed his name. Today his parents are asking for privacy. Theyve released a statement that reads in part, quote, the family respectfully asks that the news media avoid playing into the hostage takers hands and refrain from publishing or broadcasting photographs or video distributed by the hos ta hostage takers. The National Security council has issued a statement saying it is aware of the video and working quickly to verify the authenticity. If confirmed, kassig would be the fifth western hostage murdered by isis in similar brutal videos. Joining me now, who knew peter kassig. First of all, lets talk about peter, your friend and the last time you saw him. Well, we had a chance to see him just before