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>> comedienne maya rudolph with an off keynote. i think she sounds pretty good. that was at tulane university. but some people arent laughing. "fox & friends" hour three starts now. that was funny. >> that was funny. >> she was pretending to be cristina aguilerra, i suppose. >> i was amused. great to see you this morning. >> welcome into the show. gets right to the fox news alert. a daring u.s. commando raid that killed a top isis commander in syria. >> they took out abu sayyaf in the middle o...

Built-up area, for instance, in raqqa or even in the desert. i think theyre getting very good at this. i think the chances of getting him back any time soon are fairly remote, at least by rescue. now, the jordanians do have the spiritual leader of the islamic state, the true spiritual leader in jail in jordan. are they going to negotiate for his release? they may do that, in fact. well just have to wait and see. >> im sure that will all be done under cloak and very, very quietly if its done at a...

Welcome back to the real story. new information for the timing of that failed u.s. raid last week to free an american hostage held in yemen. the "wall street journal" reporting plans for a commando raid were ready four days after identifying the possible identification of luke summers. but it took another four days for the white house to approve the plan. its still unknown if summers was actually at that location in a cave or was moved before the raid could take place. in any event, his captors ...

Anything can be done please let it be done. thank you very much. >> reporter: appearing in a video alongside his brother, lukes mother pleaded for his release. >> please show mercy and give us an opportunity to see our luke again. >> reporter: al qaeda says its giving the u.s. three days to meet unspecified demand or somers will meet his, quote, inevitable fate. unlike hostage tapes from isis driften mainly by ideology and violence, these militants may now be looking for ransom. >> when you have...

Any help to get me out of this situation. im certain that my life is in danger. so as i sit here now, i ask if anything can be done, please let it be done. thank you very much. >> reporter: al qaeda says its giving the u.s. three days to meet unspecified demand or somers will meet his, quote, inevitable fate. unlike hostage tapes from isis driven mainly by ideology and violence, these militants may now be looking for ransom. >> when you have an organization that sometimes is strapped for cash to...

Streets by an al qaeda affiliate, one of the most powerful groups in fact. and we havent heard much about him until late last month, a few weeks ago. there was a commando raid u.s. special operations forces using yemeni ground troops moved in to try to rescue him and he wasnt there. they managed to rescue some yemeni and saudi nationals, since they didnt get him it was a failed operation. and then overnight we saw this video which i think is al qaedas response. the video gave him three days to l...

Scored 200 kills. about 750 incoming rockets have hit ground and now the israelis, as we said, have suffered their first death. wolf blitzer with us now from jerusalem. wolf, does the failure of the cease-fire make it a lot more likely that there will be ground offensives which will likely result in many more deaths? >> i suspect the israelis will engage in some ground activity. there was a commando raid the other day, spent about 30 minutes on the ground, went after specific targets and then le...

Safely. slight injuries. meanwhile the death toll in gaza reached a new high. officials say 160 people have been killed and more than 1,000 injured from israeli airstrikes this week. >> residents in northern gaza get a grim warning. evacuate and do it now. >> lets go to wolf blitzer in jerusalem. were joined by phone by a doctor who is a member of the palestinian liberation organization also known as the plo. a moment ago wolf, you had with you lieutenant colonel peter lerner i think made news a...

Hamas seems to have upped the tempo. there was a commando raid from hamas militants on a beach just a couple of kilometers south from here. we dont know how they cape on to the beach, whether they swam or had dingies. they were confronted by israeli defense forces, five militants killed. we believe that operation is still ongoing. hamas on the offense here in an operation that seems to be ramping up. >> kids are being told to stay home, shopping malls have been quieted, if you will. what is goin...

Were directly related to the searches. moving up the chain of command special force over the course of the next year and a half figured out roughly where he was and began drawing up mission plans to do a clandestine commando raid to take him. even coming down to figuring out to the number of soldiers, haqqani network, militants who were guarding him. those mission plans were ultimately shelved because there was a sense that the price of u.s. blood, the combat that would likely result was too hig...