Hosting the Oreilly Factor was a bigger priority than being here. Anyway, lets welcome our guests. I am here tonight with Washington Free beacon reporter ellison barber. And ms. Joanne nosuchunsky. And next to me is writer and comedian bonnie mcfarland. And todays hash tag one lucky guy, tvs andy levy. Unlucky guy. Were they after pay back or a pay day . The militant group isis said they killed american journalist james foley in retaliation for airstrikes. Before executing him they demanded a multimilliondollar ransom which the u. S. Refused to pay. On thursday, a state Department Spokesperson explained the decision using an alternate abbreviation for the group. We do not make concessions to terrorists. One of the main ways it has been funded throughout the conflict was from ransom payments that others have paid. We believe it is in the millions of dollars. We believe paying ransoms and making concessions would put americans at greater risk for being in harms way. The ransoms would als