He was not playing. Thanks for joining us. Im natalie allen. Im john vause. There is grim confirmation from the white house that isis has yet again beheaded a fifth this time a fifth western hostage. Peter kassig first went to the middle east as a u. S. Soldier but returned as an aid worker. He began delivering food and medical supplies to refugee camps in lebanon. President Barack Obamas called it an act of pure evil. Kassigs family says he was detained in eastern syria, held hostage for more than a year and converted to islam going by the name abdulrahman. During the summer of 2012 peter kassig was helping to care for thousands of syrian civilians wounded in the civil w war. He spoke with ara damon about his need to do that work. Reporter the first time we met peter was during the summer of 2012. It was quite the sight. Peter a former army ranger pale, tattooed and though at the time speaking only a handful of arabic tending to wounded syrians with a compassion that transcended the language barrier. We each get one life. We dont get any doovers. For me it was time to put up or shut up. The way i saw it i didnt have a choice. Like this is what i was put here to do. I guess im just a hopeless romantic and idealist and i believe in hopeless causes. Reporter for peter doing something meant starting his own n nonprofit. Just months after we met him he was already delivering humanitarian aid and medical assistance to syrians and refugee camps and inside the wartorn country. Profoundly touching all who lived and worked with him. In the words of this syrian activist, he would treat everyone, no one was exempt. He trained many on first aid. He lived in the house with us. He was extremely kind. He was sad during our times of sorrow and happy for our times of joy. Dr. Ennis recalls his last conversation with peter saying, i asked him if he was afraid he would be killed and he said no. My life is not worth more than yours. And that he considers himself to be like any other person who was part of the syrian revolution. Peter was kidnapped shortly afterwards in october 2013. At some point during his captivity he converted to islam and took on the name abdulrahman. In this letter drafted to his parents during that time he wrote, if i do die, i figure that at least you and i can seek refuge and comfort in knowing that i went out as a result of trying to alleviate suffering and helping those in need. And that is how peter will be remembered, for his humor, laughter, but mostly his drive and compassion. And the way he inspired us all more than he could ever imagine. Theres this impression this, belief that there is no hope, you know, thats when its more important than ever that we come in against all odds and try to do something. Well, in this latest video the familiar isis figure is back dressed in all black and speaking what sounds like with an english accent. In other ways this video is different from the other ones. Atika schubert takes a close look at the discrepancies and what they might mean. Reporter well, this video is substantially different from previous hostage killing videos released by isis. Peter kassig or abdulrahman kassig doesnt really feature in this video until the very end. Its a very short part of a much longer video and this time there are no orange jumpsuits in the style of guantanamo. The hostage does not make a statement to camera. In fact, we never actually see the killing of peter kassig, we only see his decapitated head at the feet of that masked militant with a british accent known in the British Press here as jihadi john. He delivers a propaganda speech to camera and interestingly its vaunted with the location that says dabiq in syria, not in raqqah which is the isis stronghold where the previous videos are believed to have been shot. Now, most of the video actually features a sort of propaganda history of isis. It talks about the expanding caliphate, talking about allegiance that has come in from libertarian, yemen, saudi arabia, even featuring a map showing that expanding caliphate. It also features a very gruesome and brutal mass murder led by ji d hjihadi and a number of syrian soldiers and this is particularly brutal and edited for maximum gore. Now, why this video was coming out now, for what purpose, we really dont know. It still has to be awe meant indicated. However, we have to remember that there have been reports that Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi had been wounded and a british tabloid report that jihadi john had been wounded and identified in that strike. Neither has been confirmed but this video may be in response to those reports, perhaps a show of defiance, but also possibly a sign of growing desperation. Atika schubert, cnn, london. Well, for u. S. President obama questions about American Military involvement in iraq and syria returned to center stage this weekend. Wrapping up his tour of asia and the attendance at the g20 summit in australia. More details from erin mcpike. Reporter as he headed home president obama was briefed aboard air force one by National Security adviser susan rice on the latest aggressive move from isis, the apparent beheading of a third america, aid worker peter kassig of indiana. The videos release came just hours after the president shifted slightly from his vow that he would never commit u. S. Combat Ground Troops to fight isis in iraq. There are always circumstances in which the United States might need to deploy u. S. Ground troops. If we discovered that isil had gotten possession of a Nuclear Weapon and we had to run an operation to get it out of their hands, then, yes, you can anticipate that not only would chairman dempsey recommend me sending u. S. Ground troops to get that weapon out of their hands, but i would order it. Reporter dempsey, the nations top general has just been in iraq. Evaluating whether the u. S. Presence there is enough. The president , though, held firm that the u. S. Will not change its position against working with syrias president al assad to battle isis. Assad has ruthlessly murdered hundreds of thousands of his citizens. And as a consequence has completely lost legitimacy with the majority of the country. For us to then make common cause with him against isil would only turn more sunnis in syria in the direction of supporting isil and would weaken our coalition that sends a message around the region, this is not against a fight against sunni islam. Cnns erin mcpike. His comments come after reports he had ordered a wholesale review of his administrations policy on syria. In iraq now its believed isis is behind two bombings against Baghdad International airport. One targeting a u. N. Convoy headed to the green zone. No one hurt in that but the other attack was a suicide car bombing. Its unclear if there were casualties there. Well, japan flipped into a surprise recession after a dismal Third Quarter, the country expecting its economy to grow more than 2 , instead it contracted. The yen slipped to a sevenyear low against the u. S. Dollar and japanese stocks fell sharply, the nikkei closed down almost 3 , 16,974. Some analysts are saying shinsho abes policies could be blame. Jeffrey kingston joins me. Jeffrey, thank you for being with us. Do you agree with some analysts who say abes policies have tanked the economy . Well, certainly has been a really bad day for abe and for a abeonomics. I think that the fact is that he is going to postpone the tax increase means abe is acknowledging that abeonomics isnt working and a recent poll show that 85 of the jap people think its a flop. So the first arrow was monetary expansion and second is fiscal stimulus, the third arrow is Structural Reforms and everybody is waiting for that to happen. And so this third arrow, the incredibly shrinking arrow has not yet happened and a lot believe that is part of the problem and they see the recent massive increase in quantitative easing by the bank of japan as an act of desperation. And adding to his woes yesterday, he got his nose bloodied in the elections, voters there happened a landslide to the man who opposes abes policies on u. S. Bases in okinawa. Theres all this talk there could be the possibility of a snap election and to could make a decision to call it as soon as tuesday that could happen next month. Is that likely to happen and it seems likely it does, his party, the conservatives will win that easily, wouldnt they . Yeah, i think everybody believes he is going to call a snap election. The ldp will win comfortably. Theyll lose some seats but theyll still have a majority. But a lot of people think its a distraction, you know, theres a lot of important business at hand. The ldp already has a comfortable majority. Why doesnt he get on with it and looks like a great distraction from the accumulating failures and empty pledges of abe so it might be a miscalculation. I mean last month his popularity fell about 8 , so maybe he wants to get this election in before it gets worse and start some gloating. On the other hand the upside for him he gets a twoyear extension to his term in office and ldp in control, more time to get their agenda passed. Theres this real possibility that second stage of this sales tax increase will most likely be put on hold for a period of time. What message, though, does that send to the International Community . How crucial is it for abe to get that sales tax hike through to get japans debt under control . Well, yeah, there is a big concern that its rising. Clearly there is pressure to get the fiscal house in order, but because the economy tanked and contracted over 7 in the Second Quarter and an additional 1. 6 in the Third Quarter there is a fear that if he goes ahead with the tax increase, it will really derail the economic recovery and that tax receipts will actually decline so i think that theres a consensus thats probably a good idea to postpone the tax increase but things dont really look good for abe right now. If you look at all these numbers theyre pretty awful. Any good news . Is there a ray of sunshine they can look at. Well, i think the okinawans feel a ray of sunshine their candidate run and message is close down the base and stop the project to build a new base for the u. S. Marines. But other than that i think many japanese feel a bit down in the dumps, Household Income has shrunk under abe and things arent looking too good when you go on a trip, the yen sinking, everything is 5 more expensive so a lot more bad news. For abe the opposition is in total disarray and likely hell waltz to victory. Thank you very much for being with us. We appreciate it. Sorry to be depressing. Thats okay. We get that a lot here. Yes, we do. Ahead here, recovery crews picking up the pieces of what is left of malaysian flight 17. Their challenge, proving exactly what brought the plane down. Plus, we will tell you what steps are being taken to contain a bird flu outbreak in the netherlands. Q. After months of delay and chaos an conflict recovery of the wreckage for Malaysian Airlines flight 17 started on sunday. European crews used cranes to load pieces of the fuselage on to trucks that will then go to the netherlands for analysis. The violent conflict between ukraine and prorussia separatists kept crew as way from the crash site. There is a buildup happening of artillery. Earlier this week we reported very publicly that unmarked military convoys, 127 vehicles, were approaching towards this region of ukraine towing things like 120 millimeter howitzer artillery and multiple rocket launch systems and in donetsk, the heaviest shelling and very complex situation. Certainly is and you can see the complexities that they face with these pieces of the plane. The operation to remove it expected to take several days, investigators hope to reconstruct part of the plane to try to prove once and for all what and who shot it down. That is that recovery going on, some dramatic video surfaced that appears to show the terrifying minutes after mh17 hit the ground. The amateur video shows people yelling and attempting to put our fires. It broke up in the skies over ukraine. It was july, western countries blamed prorussian separatists for attacking the plane with a missile but russia insists a ukrainian fighter jet shot it down as you know, all 298 people on board were killed. The second round of romanias president ial election ended with a surprise winner. Ethnic german johannis is poised to become romanias next president. He overcame a tenpoint deficit against the Prime Minister after a first round election earlier this month. Johannis starts his fivemonth term at the end of the month. Outbreak of the bird flu hit a dutch farm. Authorities identified the virus as a highly contagious strain first detected in germany less than two weeks ago. The European Commission is expected to adopt urgent measures today to contain the outbreak and because the disease is lethal to poultry and can spread to humans, the dutch government has temporarily banned the transport of poultry and eggs across the country. The u. S. Centers for december control is investigating a fnorovirus. It was during a month long trip and it docked in los angeles after sailing to hawaii and tahiti. The cruise line says the ship will undergo deep cleaning before leaving on its next voyage. One would hope. The world of duh. Holiday from hell. Okay. The wife of an ebola patient being treated in the u. S. Says shes confident hes getting the care he needs but martin salia remains in extremely critical condition. Taken there saturday after contracting the virus in his native sierra leone. Dr. Salia is a legal u. S. Resident and treated several ebola patients before becoming infected. The u. S. Has begun enhanced airport screenings for those whose trips started in mali. The cd and Homeland Department started this after several ebola cases. Travelers will have the 21daimy monitoring. Liberia has set a goal of having no new ebola cases by christmas. The president made the announcement saying she thinks her country is making strides in stopping the spread of the disease. That is an ambitious goal. We hope it works. More than 2800 people have died in liberia since this outbreak began but just last week the w. H. O. Said there are signs new cases are on the decline. Some of the biggest names in the Music Industry are helping ebola victims as they celebrate the 30th anniversary of bandaid. Numbers of one direction and even bono just take a break. Theyre all singing on this version of do they know its christmas. Bob geldof who was behind the initial project, no surprise, he organized this new effort. I spoke to the u. N. And the truth of the matter is that they need 20 times now the resources that are in these not the money but the resources, the people, the medicines, the hospital. They need 20 times that. Now the allstar ensemble released it today available to download online. 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This ones a keeper. Rapid wrinkle repair. And for dark spots rapid tone repair. From neutrogena®. Anger is growing in mexico over the investigation into the disappearance of those 43 students from a teachers college. As rafael romo reports, even before the students were missing it was a hot bed for protest. Its the town square but it looks more like a tent city. In downtown guerrero state striking teachers have taken over not only the square but the town hall and other government buildings. Were against what the government is doing, she says. The striking teachers took over the town square seven weeks ago to protest education reforms and demand salary increases. Now their protest shifted to the disappearance of 43 students from a rural college. They were taken alive and we want them alive, they chapter during a meeting inside the town hall, a building that has been looted and vandalized. Nearby facilities have been spray painted with graffiti. This message says, im tired of the narcogovernment. Theyve been camping out since late september and will move from here until they get answers from their demands. Government officials are trying to build more Effective Police forces to improve security. Maybe a sign that we have is not up to these terrific. Reporter the teachers are not the only ones protesting. Marches like this have become a daily owe current. This one, the capital of guerrero state is staged by college students. Another Teachers Union is staging violent protests like this one where they tofshed the party building. Now it seems like the protesters are pushing back the Police Officers. Police forces are seemingly unable to contain the protests. There were no arrests made even after the demonstrators vandalized the entire building. Some protesters have taken it to other levels assaulting delivery trucks and taking their merchandise and vehicles, a situation that worries the locals and scares away investors and tourists alike. Rafael romo, cnn, mexico. We do try to find good news on occasion. This is not it. One of the coldest novembers is about to get even colder. Yeah. For people in the u. S. Pedram javaheri is over there at the International Weather center with the grim details on how long we should stay under the covers and when we should actually emerge. Are you guys going to call out . I feel a sick day coming around. I feel april, april might be a good time to come back to work. May. Give it a few months. Its going to be the coldest weve seen since march and april across portion