I ask you to please release my child. Steven is a journalist who traveled to the middle east to covering the suffering of muslims. We go live to jerusalem. Connor . Martha, in this video, Shirley Sotloff appealed to the vanity. She speaks to isiss leader, a title the isis commander has claimed for himself, though, hes not recognized in the wider muslim world as a religious or political leader. Steven sotloff was captured by isis last year and recently appeared in journalist james foleys execution video last week. They are saying sotloff will be executed next unless attacks are stopped. As a mother, i ask you just to be merciful and not punish my son for matters he has no control over. I ask you to use your authority to spare his life and to follow the example set by the Prophet Muhammad who protected people of the book. Now, isis of course has released some of their kidnapping victims but theyve killed others. Whether or not, martha, this video will work its unclear. A lot of people are hoping this will do something to city steven sotloff. Lets hope. Lets hope. What about the other american hostage, connor . What do we know there . We understand isis has several americans in captivitca including now a 26yearold american female aide worker whos reportedly captured last year. She was working for several different aid organizes. Isis is demanding 6. 6 million for her ransom or theyre threatening to kill her. Obviously those threats are very real. Weve seen just last week james foley being beheaded in one video. Isis has killed and released others as we know, whether or not, again, this one works or whether or not her family can come up with that money its a big unknown. Everyone is taking their threats very, very seriously. Some islamic groups released prisoners, weve seen some kill. Its a mixed bag in isis. The underlying issue in syria and iraq is its a very, very dangerous place to be an american right now, martha. So difficult for these families. Your heart breaks for them, watching all of this. Connor, thank you very much. Connor talked about journalists who had been freed. One of them is peter theo curtis. He spoke publicly today. He has been held hostage by them in syria for nearly two years and he came outside on a sunny day in cambridge, outside his moms home where he is back and expressed deep gratitude. Watch this. I had no idea when i was in prison, i had no idea that so much effort was being expended on my behalf. And now having found out, im just overwhelmed with emotion. Im also overwhelmed by one other thing, that is that total strangers have been coming up to me and saying were just glad youre home. Welcome home. Glad youre back. Glad youre safe. Get great to see you. Great. Curtis is 45 years old and he was reunited with his mom at Logan Airport last night. What a night it must have been for that family and for him sleeping in a real bed for the first time in a long time. Lets go to the white house. They are reportedly trying to recruit allied support for any new military mission, including air strikes on targets in syria. The administration hopes to firm up a strategy that the president would like something on his desk from his advisers by the end of this week. Thats the word that the president has asked for some kind of plan by the end of this week, right . Yes, the daily beast had a detailed piece today, laying out what the insiders in the white house are saying. They had a principles meeting, National Security meeting yesterday. It described possible strikes designed to convince one man, barack obama. There are of course, plans and operations and possibilities that the pentagon comes to the table with, contingency plans all the time. But a specific detailed plan to go after isis, were told, is not really gelled yet and the decision has not been made. Our own james rosen reporting that Senior Administration officials telling him that they concede this is a longterm threat that isis is going to be around after president obama leaves and theyre doing a number of Different Things beyond the military strikes to push it back. I mean, the president is historically very deliberative in his decisions. And every president has to find his own way with making what is the toughest decision that any president makes, perhaps, thats to put people in harms way and send perhaps even troops in to this mission. Is there any indication, bret, at this point, of which way he is leaning . Not yet. I mean, the white house signaled kind of people reading through the tea leaves in a picture they sent out of the president walking with the white house chief of staff, dennis mcdonough. You may remember there was a similar image walking on the south lawn before the president decided to not strike inside syria around the Chemical Attacks era and instead have Congress Weigh in. They never did. And those strikes never happened. Whether that was a signal by the white house that thats the way hes heading, we dont know. The bottom line is this, the president is rediscent to get involved. They continue to say this is not a 9 11 style attack thats pending. They do realize it is a real threat to the u. S. And western interests. Very significant time for the obama white house. Well see where this goes. Bret, thanks so much. Well see you tonight. See you, martha. President obama once again reportedly looking to sidestep congress. This situation to get the worlds biggest leaders in the economy to sign a u. N. Treaty to cut their fossil fuel emissions without the constitutional required congressional approval on this. It would be classified as a binding agreement instead. Sm semantics, perhaps. Welcome to both of you. Good to have you here. Thanks. Hi, martha. One minute were talking about a mother pleading for her sons life, were talking about the huge decision that the president has to make as to whether or not to go back to war in full in syria and in iraq. And for some reason, leslie, hes chosen to focus at this moment on Climate Change it appears. I dont think hes just focusing on Climate Change. I do think that the president is in a position as every worlds leader is, to not be able to avoid the inevitable. Were not just talking about environmental problems. Were talking about Health Problems worldwide. And whats happening is the International Community realizes that the president s not going to have the 67 votes that he needs in the senate and support for a treaty to be ratified. So basically theyre saying, hey, look, how do we do this, get around this if you will legally . Thats exactly what theyre doing. Youre correct, its a binding agreement and this would have the wealthiest nations in a sense promise to cut their emissions to a certain level and to help the poorer countries adapt to Climate ChangeGoing Forward. As leslie pointed out, chris, looks like he doesnt have the votes to do this in congress. Wouldnt that be an indication that thats where the sentiment lies on this issue . That would indicate precisely that, thats our system of government which barack obama apparently doesnt have a great deal of use for, and this is just the latest example of the president holding our system of government in contempt. He doesnt have the 67 votes. Its not just republicans, its democrats, too. Thats right. That are against the crazy cap and trade that would hobble our economy, kill jobs and not cure the problem theyre seeking to cure. But the president , once again, just has no use for the branches of government, for the constitution of the United States. Hes the president of the left wing of his party. And its another hand grenade that hes rolled down the aisle here. It doesnt solve a problem. It probably violates the law and the constitutional powers of the United States. Polarizing. Theres a couple issues that it appears the president and the administration feel they could get in their corner heading into the midterm election, perhaps thats one on the checklist that needs to be satisfied in terms of the base and heres another one. And Florida Republican senator marco rubio weighing in on this. Hes warning the president he shouldnt take executive action when it comes to immigration. He wrote a letter and said this, i have grown increasingly arm lad by news that your administration is considering sweeping executive action to give work permits to millions of people here illegally. Adding it will, quote, close the door to any chance of making progress on Immigration Reform for the foreseeable future. Leslie, what do you make of this . Oh, boy. Okay, you know what this reminds me of, martha, nobodys paying attention to me. This is whats happening with marco rubio, i think. He quite frankly was willing to work and did work with democrats schumer and reed. He had a rise in the Republican Party and a fall. He was backing and pushing Immigration Reform. Hes backed up because hes looking at 2016 and a president ial run. This is nothing but political and hopefully for him and his political gain for marco rubio, this is not a genuine concern for Immigration Reform. Republicans with or without rubio, in the future, very soon, are going to have to do something with regard to Immigration Reform or theyre going going to win elections. Its true, marco rubio did seek to find bipartisan Immigration Reform. But back to the president for a moment and the things he wants to deal with ahead of the electi election, what do you make of his move. The democrats will try to make it about marco rubio and try to smear him politically. Which is what the democrats do. This is a United StatesSenate Standing up forethe constitution and the separation of powers. This is a question of the separation of powers being abused once again, here we are twice in one day, by the Obama Administration and president obama. The democrats con try to make it about marco rubio but for adults, id like to see democrats in the senate stand up for this because theyre setting all kinds of herrorrendous pres sent s here that Going Forward there will be republican president s in the future, maybe very soon. If democrats love and wallow this abuse of power, i fear for the future of the republic. Thank you very much. Thank you, martha. New information on the american killed in syria fighting on the side of isis. So just how much do u. S. Officials know about this man before he went back on a plane overseas . Plus, a Training Exercise gone wrong. What we know about this military jet crash. Well tell you that when we come back as well. An a mothers desperate call for help. Her baby locked inside a hot car. Who eventually came to her aid . After she got this answer. They wont be able to gain access to the car unless the child is in some kind of distress. Were back and the search is under way for an Air National Guard pilot whose jet crashed this morning during a training run. Witnesses report hearing a loud boom and seeing smoke billowing from the mountainside. The pentagon said the pilot did issue a distress call moments before the team went down in the mountains near deerfield. There is an ongoing rescue mission. Its a joint effort between local fire and police, state police, the virginia Air National Guard and army National Guard and federal agencies. At this time, we have not had contact with our pilot. The colonel says they are hopeful the pilot was able to eject before that crash and everyone hopes they find him safe and sound. The search is on, as we said. The president as we have said is weighing a very big decision about whether or not he will launch new air strikes in syria on these isis terrorists. Republicans and democrats today split over whether he should seek congressional approval before giving that order. That is one of the things the president must be mulling over as he goes through this. Congressman jim jordan, republican of ohio is a member of the oversight committee. He joins me now. Good to have you with us today. Welcome. Good to be with you, martha. Where do you stand on whether or not the president needs to come to congress and get approval if he wants to do air strikes in syria . Well, he can certainly come to congress. This has been the problem with this administration on a number of issues with be whether its changing parts of the obamacare legislation. We have a constitution, thats pretty darn important. Of course he should come and talk to congress about this. I always tell people, the house of representatives is the body closest to the American People. Its why we stand for reelection every two years. Thats a good thing. The founders in their wisdom wanted the president to consult with congress before he made major decisions of this magnitude. Well, the president under the war powers act if they interpret it as the execution of james foley being an act of war, he could go ahead and come back to Congress Later for approval and funding, correct . He certainly could. I mean, the war powers, that gives him 60 days. Theres latitude for the commander in chief. I understand that. As a matter course, the president should come and talk to congress. And frankly in light of some of the things that happened recently, the five terrorist exchange for sergeant bergdahl. It seems like it would be in everybodys interest for the president to come to congress. The American People can weigh in. We have an election coming up. Do you think some democrats and maybe some republicans, too, dont want to be on the record as voting for this and thats why some of them are saying that they dont think the president should have to come to them for a vote . I wont speculate as to the motives of my colleagues. All ill say is this, the constitutions pretty clear. Decisions of this magnitude when youre going to put American Service men and women, their lives on the line, its something that should be fully debated. I understand the war powers act. Lets consult congress. Lets follow what the constitution wants us and describes we should do. Lets do it that way. All right. Congressman, thank you very much. For being with us today. Thank you. We have to go to the tease. Thank you very much. Great to have you with us. Well see you next time. You bet, martha. This story, a mom making a desperate plea for help after her 10monthold baby boy is accidentally locked inside a hot car. The jawdropping response she got when she called 911. Stick around. Well play that for you. And just what all of this white stuff is surrounding these military helicopters. They had a heck of a time cleaning it up, though. Well tell you whats going on there. And the london times is leaning on nostalgia to amp up energy levels. They are playing typewriter sounds across the newsroom. And our question of the day, what motivates you at work . I wonder. Send me a tweet. Theres the big question, what motivates you at work . Therealstory. Your comments, later in the show. Well be right back. Its a big mess. Major cleanup operation in tulsa, oklahoma. Covered ten blackhawk helicopters. The foam is like dish washing soap. Its not harmful to humans or the environment but Army Officials say theyre waiting to see if the choppers were damaged by that foamy mess. Somebodys in trouble. And this story for you, one Police Dispatcher in tampa, florida, in hot water after not offering to help a mother after her son locked himself inside her broiling hot car. Central florida is not the place you want to be locked in a hot car in august. The mother came out of a cvs drugstore and put his 10monthold in the car. She ran around the car, trying to open the door but she could not. Then she grabbed because her cell phone and purse were inside. She grabbed the cell phone of another customer coming out, called 911 and listen to what happened. Can somebody come out and open the door or i dont even know if thats something you guys do. They wont be able to try to gain access to the car unless the child is in some kind of distress. By that point they may just smash the windows. Can you imagine, sorry, no dice, we cant help you. The mom is getting panicky. The car is getting hotter and so is her son. Then an offduty Police Officer comes by, he also calls 911 but gets a much different result. Listen. Shes a little distraught. You want her license plate number . That will be fine. She says she called 911 and they said they wont come out if the baby is not in distress. Thats not true. Well be out there for her. Okay . So while police and firefighters are on the way there, another customer just went inside the drugstore, grabbed a wrench, came out, busted one of the windows and pulled the 10monthold boy out. When local stations began running this story, the tampa police were astounded at the reaction of the first dispatcher they have now started an investigation. But the mom says, look, shes just glad she was around good people. Listen to her. Id like to say thank you to them, to the man that let me use his phone, the retired officer that was able to get the police out there. Those were the First Responders that day. And you could see by the way, martha right there, the young boy is doing quite well. Yes. Thanks so the man with the wrench. That was the best idea of all. Thank you very much. Yes. Coming up, closing arguments in a socalled vigilante dad trial. This man is accused of gunning down the drunken driver who killed his boys. Public opinion seems to be on the dads side. Our legal panel on a, tough, tough story, thats ahead. New warnings about isis and their military strategy as we hear from the mother of an american journalist who is held by this vicious group. A man isis says it will kill if air strikes continue. New white house reaction to her ple