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we begin with defense secretary chuck hagel raising the alarm about the islamic militant group known as isis. the sobering new warning the sobering new warning about the imminent threat comes as an international hunt is under way for the militants who murdered journalist james foley. they ve also threatened to kill a second american journalist they re still holding hostage. abc s susan saulny has the latest now from washington. reporter: a new long-term military offensive opening in the battle against militant islam in iraq and possibly syria. as the international hunt for the brutal killers from isis who executed american journalist james foley intensifies, the officials at the pentagon and state department preparing americans for what could be an extended operation to crush the terrorist group and bring foley s captors to justice. we re pursuing a long-term strategy against isil because isil clearly poses a long-term threat. reporter: u.s. military officials ....
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i betty fick that out. because you re which is cents back to school time. getting your kids ready to go, probably said to yourself few times, oh, i remember back when i was going off to school. so, jen, i want let s talk about, let s just pick a decayed, pick the 70s, how it differs from the 70s to 2014. and let me start you off. first up, we shop way different now. everyone would go shopping for, you know, with a being to school clothes, and you wouldn t spends very much money back in the 70s. today, you go shopping on line, parents also spending way more on clothes. of course. another back to school necessity. now, jen, your kids are going back to school. compare the 70s to 2014 on expense and how you buy the clothes? well, first of all, i told my children, my birthday is august 3rd. every year of my live, for my birthday present, i got fancy something. one outfit. right? but that was not my back to school shopping. that will was my birthday present. those ....
even cooler then yesterday. ten out of ten today n rain in the forecast like the rain we had in some places, not every place, yesterday. it is a kyle comfortable friday. bus stop buddy is waiting for a great day at the beach. the notice he has licensing sleeves on this morning, because, temperatures are actually in the 50 s and 60 s. and, even with that sunshine. so, not that we have anything on ultimate doppler radar, we have 61 degrees. northwesterly at 14. it will be a breezy day as well. relative humidity at 60 percent. that high does not even make it to 80 degrees today, and mostly sunny skies, and then tonight down to 60 in the city, 50 s in the suburbs. that is your fox cast, here is kacie. thanks, sue, mighty nice outside but a lot going on, once we get outside. so hatboro we ve got an accident west county line road at meeting house road use some caution there. coatsville we have been telling but this all morning long, dawn and chris will have more on this com ....
what that means is you have the emotional appeal and these hostage who s are being held on one side. you have americans who reportedly fighting with isis on other side. the u.s. government is now dealing with americans on both sides of this conflict. it appears douglas mcarthur mccain was not alone. this morning there are reports a second american has been killed fighting with isis militants in syria. the concern foreign fighters can go over, there get radicalized and get equipped and trained and come back to their homeland. the u.s. believes 100 americans may have joined isis, the beheading of james foley raised concern about another american hostage. his mother made a direct appeal to islamic leaders. as a mother, i ask you 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. reporter: the white house says they re working to bring him home but will not pay ransom. it only serves to allo ....