Isis shows peter kasik has been killed. The propaganda video not yet verified by nbc news shows a masked militant standing over who he claims to be the 26yearold captured by isis over a year ago while delivering humanitarian supplies in syria. While in captivity, he converted to islam and changed his name. Today his parents are asking for privacy. Theyve released a statement that reads in part, quote, the family respectfully asks that the news media avoid playing into the hostage takers hands and refrain from publishing or broadcasting photographs or video distributed by the hos ta hostage takers. The National Security council has issued a statement saying it is aware of the video and working quickly to verify the authenticity. If confirmed, kassig would be the fifth western hostage murdered by isis in similar brutal videos. Joining me now, who knew peter kassig. First of all, lets talk about peter, your friend and the last time you saw him. Well, we had a chance to see him just before
indonesian teams searched for ten hours today. they found nothing. the conditions were very bad. heavy rain, low visibility, choppy seas. they are hoping for slightly better weather tomorrow. most of those on board were with indonesian. no american passport holders. lots of families headed to singapore for a short vacation. a british passport holder with his 2-year-old daughter. a position their couple from south korea and their 1-year-old girl. in all, 17 children among the 162 people on board. some family members say they are praying for a miracle. for all of them, an agonizing few days and hours ahead as they wait to find out what happened. thank you for the latest from london. there was a lot of stormy weather in the area at the time the plane vanished. kelly mentioned that. mark elliot here to give us a closer look at what was happening there.
there are two pilots and five crew members on board. relatives of passengers on the missing flight mh 370 that disappeared nine months ago expressed sympathy to the members of the air asia flight. a man whose mother was on mh 370 said he understands how they feel. another person saying he wished for a miracle for the families of those on board the air asia flight. let s now go to kelly kobaya from the london bureau. indonesia is leading the search. it is largely on hold until day break tomorrow, a few hours from now. the founder of asia air, tony fernandez is in indonesia. he met with some of the families. he tweet theed, this is my worst nightmare. he told the families he s promising to do what he can to help them.