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Authorized this mission. >> reporter: somers brother and mother posted this heartbreaking message on youtube. >> give us an opportunity to see our luke again. he is all that we have. >> reporter: some, who grew up in sacramento, california, is now the fourth american to be faced with the possibility of execution unless the u.s. agrees to negotiate with the terrorists holding them. three others have died and u.s. officials now fear for the plight of luke somers. brian ross, abc news, new york. ...

Charles reaction was shared by a lot of people, and legal experts who looked at it saying there is a low bar for an indictment to go to trial. >> i have to say, i cant breathe, i cant breathe. its very clear. i talked to a number of law enforcement officials regarding chokeholds and the various types of choke holds. but in someone is screaming i cant breathe and hes on the ground webs subdued. he did not have a weapon and to the point of race, the bottom line is the statistics are overwhelming w...

On the ground as we look at our live picture and see a bunch of people standing around. what are they saying? >> here where im standing, just a few feet from the site where eric garner died that july day, the response has been rather measured. there is not so much anger as reflection. a group is gathering for a vigil and rally. across the city theres this unfurling of anger and nrpg, here people have been more reflective. i spoke with eric garners mother and father today, separate occasions. and...

New raw reaction from the ferguson community during the latest meeting of the commission tasked by missouris governor with fighting solutions to community problems following michael browns fatal shooting. this was the commissions first meeting since the grand jurys decision not to indict officer darren wilson. >> you dont know our plight unless you walk in our shoes. i mean theres a lot of underlying issues. >> st. louis is the most racist city in the country. >> if im in trouble, i want the pol...

Perhaps they had made a big mistake there, listen. >> democrats blew the opportunity the american people gave them. we took their mandate and put all of our focus on the wrong problem. health care reform. now the plight of uninsured americans and the hardships caused by unfair insurance company practices certainly needed to be addressed. but it wasnt the change we were hired to make. >> nancy ploes selosi came out response to that, she said there were 14 million reasons they did the right thing,...

Tsunami. boats and cars are all over this field, reminders of all the people who died here. akiko prays for her mother and father-in-law. small shrines like this are everywhere. its been almost four years, she says, and its so sad to come here and remember that theyre gone. fukushima tour guides hope by sharing the plight of these people others will be inspired to come here and rebuild. >> we want to encourage local people for revitalization. >> reporter: they hope this school gym graduation ban...

Good morning. im michelle franzen. >> im devin dwyer. here are some of the top headlines were following this morning on "world news now." tensions running high, protesters and police face off for another night in ferguson, missouri, as we learn that most of the violence in recent days may have been instigated by outsiders. well take you there live. u.s. officials are working to verify a video purported to show an islamic militant executing american journalist james foley. he went missing nearl...

Of a burger joint, where he sat down with a woman who had written a letter about her economic plight. hes got air force one, secure phone lines, he can call world leaders, which is something hes done several times in recent days even when he was on the road. yet tonight there are signs some optics may be getting to the white house a little bit. he was planning to go on jimmy kimmels late night show but were now told that has been canceled. the white house sent word hes not going to do it at leas...

Of a burger joint, where he sat down with a woman who had written a letter about her economic plight. hes got air force one, secure phone lines, he can call world leaders, which is something hes done several times in recent days even when he was on the road. yet tonight there are signs some optics may be getting to the white house a little bit. he was planning to go on jimmy kimmels late night show but were now told that has been canceled. the white house sent word hes not going to do it at leas...

Moments of freedom, back inside wabash convicted murderer leonard mcquay fights for a different freedom. he has a review hearing with his case manager to determine if hes ready to be released back into general population from administrative segregation, the only world hes nope for the past 16 years. >> you going all the way out with it, aint you? dog leash and all. >> all right. >> the prospect of mcquay, the killer of a corrections officer, being released to general population naturally has som...