such a heartbreaking story for so many families involved. that's it for me. for our international viewers christiane amanpour is next. for our viewers in north america, newsroom with pamela brown starts right now. hello i'm pamela brown in for brooke baldwin. thanks for here with us on this monday. live during this show we're expecting to hear from the heartbroken parties of peter kassig the third american beladied by isis in syria. the gritty and chilling clip is takd on the latest propaganda video. his decapitation is not seen. his head is at the feet of a man. president obama is condemning the murder as an act of pure

evil. kassig was in syria as a medical aide worker when he was captured. he said he was driven to help after witnessing so much civilian suffering in iraq where he served as an army ranger. >> we each get one life and that's it. we get one shot at this. you don't get any do overs. for me it was time to put up or shut up. the way i saw it i didn't have a choice. you know, this is what i was put here to do. i guess i'm a hopeless romantic, i'm an idealist and i believe in hopeless causes. >> joining me now to talk about this, nic robertson. he's been following this story. his parents didn't take his capture lying down, went to twitter. they released a statement about their 26-year-old son. tell us what did they say? >> reporter: they say that they are incredibly proud of their son, they are incredibly proud he had dedicated his life to

helping the lives of other people. they say in their statement we're heartbroken to learn that our son peter kassig has lost his life as a result of his love for the syrian people and a desire to ease their suffering. our heart also goes out to the families of the syrians who lost their lives along with our son. that last reference there is to the syrian soldiers, air force men seen slaughtered, beheaded in the same video clip by isis, the most horrific clip and propaganda stunt, if you will, that they've done so far, pamela. >> absolutely. nic, what do we know about the u.s. efforts of trying to find kassig? >> reporter: there were certainly efforts to reach out to his captors. indeed one of the al qaeda groups linked to isis on many occasions, sometimes they fight against them, sometimes they

fight with them, one of the leaders said peter had helped save his life and helped treat him in hospital, in syria. so that was one, if you will, sort of statement of effort. but behind-the-scenes were efforts to reach out to his captors, there were efforts to convince them that peter was there in a capacity to help and not to hurt and there was a real hope that that would, coming from such a senior level from al qaeda even that this sort of appeal might have carried water. but isis is just literally so barbaric they didn't listen to none of it. >> just really no words. we're expecting again to hear from peter kassig's parents at 3:30 eastern time. thanks so much, nic robertson, we appreciate it. shifting our focus to another big story. any day now ferguson grand jury could come down with its decision of whether to charge

officer darren wilson for killing unarmed teenager michael brown. it's likely the grand jurors have stheen video right here of the officer two hours of the killing on august 9th. wilson is headed from the police station to the hospital with a swollen face and bruises. that's according to the "st. louis post-dispatch" which just obtained the surveillance footage and police radio calls. and the paper says the audio shows the confrontation between will so and brown that took less than 90 seconds according to the paper and in this police call wilson acknowledges he's going to investigate a theft. >> so that was at 12:02:00 p.m.. the paper says at 12:03 somebody tweeted about the shooting. the officer told police brown

went after him and his gun. some witnesses say brown was running from the officer when wilson shot him. what is certain within ten minutes of wilson's call dispatch was receiving its first unrest that would hit ferguson streets. >> joining me now to talk about this cnn legal nachlt, sanalyst hostin and mel robins. wilson said he was in fear of his life. >> i don't think we know enough about the video in terms of how far away from the shooting and when it took place was the video actually taken. number two, just like we saw in the george zimmerman case, there was a video of zimmerman walking

through the police station, wait a minute this guy said he was in a fight there's nothing wrong with him. the more compelling evidence if there is that evidence if there's any photographs or medical reports from the hospital documents actual injuries. to me that video really doesn't show much of anything. >> i think that's just a reminder we only have one tinny piece of the overall puzzle. we're seeing just a glimmer of it. tell me your thoughts about this sunny. you think it cuts both ways. >> right. i disagree with mel. i think the initial information that we were given from the police department was that he had a, you know, a broken eye socket, he had this orbital injury that was just so terrible that he would have been blinded by it. well you look at the video, he was walking through the police station hours after the shooting. he appears to be walking just fine. so i think that given what we've heard and what the grand jury

probably has heard, his injuries don't seem significant enough to justify seven shots to an unarmed man. let's remember, pam, that is the issue here. whether or not each and every shot was justified. now if he's saying i feared for my life because i was injured, because i had this scuffle. i think what may cut both ways is what we've heard. you know, the dispatch information from 911. bottom line is this happened in 90 seconds and so if you're a grand juror you're thinking he had to make these really quick decisions, it happened in only 90 seconds so who are we to challenge what his perception was. but the other side of it is well you're a trained police officer. you shot at an unarmed man. you're trained to act effectively. if you overreacted then that's

not justifiable homicide. >> unless they determine based on the evidence if they believe the officer's account he fired on somebody that assaulted on him inside the car and if the physical evidence also tends to corroborate that and you got a bunch of witnesses, sunny is right, there's evidence that goes both ways in this case. >> how much do you think what happens at the car, if he actually feared for his life should impact the actions he took outside of the car when those shots were fired? >> i think it depends what we learned about what happened in the car. if it's a simple scuffle and 30 minutes passed and a long amount of time and he has his hands up in the air that witnesses say. that's one scenario. punched in the face and his eye socket isn't broken and he's been assaulted and the gun went off and not seeing clearly and it happens in quick succession from his vantage point the hands up looks like a lunge forward.

that's a different scenario. it depends a lot. >> what's so interesting mel and pam, if we have all of this evidence that liens both ways, that is enough for probable cause. that's the standard in front of the grand jury. it's more likely than not, mere tipping of the scales that a crime was committed. that this was not an appropriate use of force. and so if it cuts both ways then we should be seeing an indictment in a case like this. maybe a jury should decide. >> i think that's an element of this. also there's been a lot of false, you know, speculation about the grand jury and how it's been going. in fact there's an interesting article out today by one of your fellow legal analysts and he's defending the use of the grand jury in this case in his piece in the daily beast. he said there's no conspiracy in ferguson's secret grand jury. had the st. louis prosecutor proceeded by summary arrest and

probable cause hearing behalf single judge, the resulting judicial decision whether ordering dismissal or a murder trial would have been subjected to criticism based upon the race or reputation of the judge. as he says the prosecutor had a choice, right? he chose to go the route of the grand jury. >> i think paul is wrong and i told him this to his face. it's nothing new. bottom line is we have never seen this done. i don't care who you talk to. even in a police shooting we have never seen a prosecutor who is seeking an indictment throw everything in front of the grand jury, including evidence that would never even be admissible at trial to somehow procure an indictment. so the suggestion that somehow it's not very transparent. >> paul and i were in a cab a couple of nights ago and he was calling a friend of his who is a sitting d. a.and said this is how they do it in police shootings.

they try to be objective. >> does that mean it's police procedure across the country. >> the prosecutor has indicated he's never done think it way and that's what we need to be looking at. >> thank you both for that lively discussion. i appreciate it as always. i'm sure paul appreciates it as well. coming up, did president obama just soften his tone on sending american ground troops to fight isis. hear what he says would force him to completely change the mission. plus, explosive claims from al qaeda terrorists whose called the 20th hijacker. he talks about who funded the hijackers and a plot against air force one. first taylor swift breaks up spotify. garth brooks coming up with his own way to sell his albums. i'll speak to the music superstar just ahead.

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explosive claims from the man known as september 11th 20th hijack from 9/11. cnn learned zacarias moussaoui recently wrote two federal courts offering inside information about al qaeda in connection to the saudi royal family. you actually covered the zacarias moussaoui trial so you know a lot about this man. tell us, are his claims being taken seriously? >> very interestingly back then

tlarp lot of serious issues about what he knew and whether, in fact he was crazy. he was diagnosed a paranoid schizophrenic. but he's portrayed as the missing 20th hijacker. now in a four page written letter he's reviving old claims that have been debunked. zacarias moussaoui claims saudi embassy officials were involved in a plot to shoot down air force one and assassinate bill clinton and/or hillary clinton during a trip to the united kingdom. he said he met with the secret service agents several months ago and told them what he new. zacarias moussaoui's court appointed trial lawyers back in 2006 portrayed him as a paranoid schizophrenic and even 9/11 mastermind bin laden denied zacarias moussaoui was part of the hijacking plot. he's eight years into a life sentence after pleading guilty to terrorism and murder conspiracy in connection with 9/11. but he's claiming in this letter that he was attacked in prison on orders of another terrorist

ramsey yousef and tried to get zacarias moussaoui not to testify against the saudis. zacarias moussaoui is asking for a new lawyer in exchange for what i can provide, new information, he wants to be moved out of this h unit. he want as warmer cell that's not infested with rodents and his money back to buy stamps. zacarias moussaoui has been making these claims. now the justice department is doing due diligence and looking into it. >> they have repeatedly denied this. >> they have. it's interesting not only has the family continued to sue the saudi royals and basically lawyers for those families say the information that was provide is relevance, it's pertinent and could be critical. the justice department is taking its time, it's reviewing. saudi government in court papers has denied any involvement financial or otherwise saying that the saudi kingdom was

cleared many years ago. so it's still very much alive. >> we know in the 9/11 commission that basically it says there's no clear evidence linking saudi arabia to 9/11 but there's 28 pages, right, of classified documents regarding saudi arabia. what do we know about that? >> this is what's so interesting and what keeps the fuel going because there are a number of allegations and accusations allegedly in those 28 pages of documents that have so far not been released. the person who put out the 9/11 commission report said everything should be made public it's been more than ten years. the fear for some is that, in fact, it's going to renew allegations, accusations, that simply aren't true. it's going to hurt the relationships between the u.s. and the saudis. also some people say the 28 pages, in fact, really show a much tighter relationship between saudi royal family and george w. bush which many people knew back then at the time. so, again -- >> until those are unclassified the conspiracy theorists will

come up with their own theorys on what's in those pages. thank you so much. so, are these false claims of a rambling convicted terrorist who is known for his explosive behavior or real accusations that need to be sploerd. let me bring in the vice president for research at the foundation for defense of democracy isis and former terrorist finance analyst at the u.s. department of treasury. jonathan great to have you on the show. first off, what do you make of these allegations? >> well, they are allegations that simply won't go away. the saudis have long been at the center of that plot of 9/11 primarily because 15 out of those 19 hijackers were saudis. on top of that you mentioned the 9/11 report. there was significant verbiage that was focused on saudi arabia primarily because we know that there was something called the golden chain. this was a group of deep pocket donors based primarily in saudi arabia and parts of the gulf

that were funding al qaeda. now, obviously there are questions that have emerged as to whether the saudi royal family was directly involved or whether this was just individuals who were freelancing but nevertheless we know saudi arabia played an incredibly important role in the 9/11 attacks and so this is just revived this, of course. >> right. how credible do you think these claims are coming from this man, zacarias moussaoui? >> look he's incredibly erratic if you watched his court behavior. you just heard about some of the diagnoses that came down, the fact that he fire his lawyers, the sorts of requests he's making, the kind of claims he's making. you can't trust him. then again he did have access to some of the planners of the 9/11 attacks. he did have access to some of the leaders of al qaeda. so i think you at least have to listen to him and try to figure out if what he says checks out. >> at least the justice department is looking into this. i want to circle back around and

talk about saudi arabia. they have denied these claims citing quote no evidence to link them in anyway to september 11th and the 9/11 commission cleared the saudi government but there are 28 pages of the report regarding saudi arabia and those remain classified. but what is your take? is there anything, any concrete evidence linking the two? >> well, there is in the sense that saudi society and this was actually mentioned in the 9/11 report that saudi society has really enabled this kind of radical ideology that spawned al qaeda, that radical leg of islam was at the core of all of this. it's been very disingenuous to call saudi arabia one of the moderate arab countries. it was not moderate in the least. it just may be more moderate when you start to compare to it the islamic state because the saudis fearful of it and fighting it. saudi arabia has played a very

dangerous role in the rise of radicalism across the middle east for the last two or three decades. >> you point out the most extreme strain of the religion, correct? >> that's right. or among them. jihadism stems from wasa bism. very troubling that they have been propa investigating this through schools around the world and that's not stopped and that's something we continue to talk about, the kind of curriculum that the saudis are spreading around the world as the custodians of the two holdly mosques. >> several nfl teams giving surprise inspection after their games from dea agents. players weren't being investigated it was the doctors, the trainers. hear why. plus new video surfaces of

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the nfl's practices are once again under the spotlight after federal drug agents conducted surprise inspections on multiple teams. it happened right after yesterday's games and included medical staffs from the san francisco 49ers, tampa bay buccaneers and seattle seahawks. the visits are part of an ongoing federal probe on alleged

prescription drug abuse. our senior sports correspondent rachel nichols is here to talk about this. this was really a surprise seemingly. has this ever happened before and what were they looking for? >> it's rare. basically looking for pain killers and prescription drugs. we're talking about high level prescription drugs serious stuff that's being distributed to players either by people who aren't supposed to do it, they are supposed to get these kinds of medications from doctors or nurse practitioners or without the proper prescriptions. they are seeing if these teams are giving them, not supposed to be giving them. they are also basically following up, there's a class action lawsuit where more than 1,000 nfl retired players said hey we've been given these drugs in a way where we weren't told the repercussions of them, weren't told they are addictive. that's all illegal. they were cocktailing given

drugs that shouldn't be given together. they were being handed drugs. some of these players allege they were distributed on team planes basically the way you or i might get a blanket on our seats with a beer to wash them down which you're not supposed to be taking high level prescription medication. this lawsuit was filed in the may. federal government got involved saying hey we've been tipped off this is happening. this is legal ramifications. >> they are not only looking at the doctors, the team trainers as well, is that correct >> absolutely. because there are certain people who are not allowed the give this out. also you might notice they visited with visiting teams at these stadiums this weekend. they didn't visit any of the home teams. the reason, again, is physicians are licensed to give out these prescriptions in their home states. they can't cross in another state. in theory if a player needs it in that visiting location they are supposed to go the home team doctor and get them and that doesn't happen a lot of the time

hey why help out your pony. there's that attitude in the nfl. maybe these players are getting prescription medication in places they legally are not allowed to. >> it's written in the law. rachel nichols, thank you very much. up next right here in newsroom president obama now said that ground troops will not be used in the war against aisis unless the group acquired a nuclear weapon. my next guest says that's not impossible.

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just as soon as the white house announced their mission to degrade and destroy islamic militant group isis it was fold by this. >> american combat troops will not be returning to fight in iraq. >> you heard it. now president obama for the first time is suggesting u.s. troops could be sent in on the ground to fight isis after all. >> if we discover 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 hand but i would order it. >> joining us now the president of the global security foundation and member of

secretary of state john kerry's international security advisory board. so, joe, you hear president obama say the first question that comes to mind is isis even capable, interested in developing a nuclear weapon or getting their hands on one? what do you think? >> the official u.s. national security strategy says that the number one threat to america is the risk of a nuclear terrorist incident. to be frank that threat has declined over the years as we broke up and scattered al qaeda. the emr. again of isis changes that cal can you laws. we've never seen a group like this. they are different from any other terrorist group we've seen. they control large chunks of territory including urban centers. they have an enormous financial resources maybe as much as $2 billion and international recruitment network to bring in expertise or deliver a bomb should they build one. the risk right now of isis getting a nuclear weapon is small but it's not zero so the

president is right to be concerned about this. >> you talk about the network, the isis network, one organization, in fact, terrorism research claims a total of 60 distinct groups have pledged support isis. so in your view how do you think they will use this net network their benefit and possibly acquiring the materials they need for something like this? >> i tell you, a terrorist group cannot build a nuclear weapon from scratch. because they can't make the material. the highly enriched uranium in particular. but if they could acquire that material, the other steps are well within their capabilities. where would isis get the material? the two most likely sources are russia, which has tons of this material still unsecured in fully protected spots and pakistan. the most disturbing information that came to my attention over the last couple of months is factions of the pakistan taliban had pledged their aless fwansle

isil. an insider job in the pakistan establishment with they have hundreds of nuclear weapons getting that material into the territory controlled by isis. >> right. but it's one thing to acquire the materials. it's another to actually know how to make it. especially even making something like a dirty bomb. it takes, i would think a lot of expertise to do something like that. >> that's exactly right. that's why the risk is low. this kind of expertise isn't lying around but a determined group with the resources and the territory could do this. numerous studies have shown over the last ten, 15 years and particularly is in 9/11 it was well within the capabilities of a group like al qaeda now like isis to accumulate that material, the engineers, the metalurgists, weapons designers to put that package together. it's not as hard as you think pup have to stop them from

getting that material in the first place. you got to secure the nuclear sites and i think as president obama just did you have to show them that if they take this step, they will be annihilated. you have to deter and prevent isis from getting such a weapon in the first place. >> thank you very much. appreciate your insight there. >> thank you. >> and just ahead, he was the first artist to go platinum in a week, selling more than a million copies of his album "double life." garth brooks is up next. we talk about everything including what he thinks about taylor swift and her break up from spotify and what he's doing to protect his own music. garth brooks up next. down.

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after a 13 year hiatus, country music mega star garth brooks is back on the scene. ♪ s and it's not so much he's selling a come back album it's how he's selling it that's revolutionizing the music industry with the release of his new album "man against machine" garth brooks is launching his only music store. the music legend has refused to sell his music on itunes he's off earring platform author thousands of artists to sell their music along with concert ticket and streaming options.

i had the pleasure to speak with the man just a few moments ago. garth, first off congratulations on the new album. >> thank you very much. it was fun to get back in and kind of knock the rust off and start making music again. >> first off i want to talk about this new platform. you're putting a lot at stake in this new platform for something as important as your come back album. tell us how ghost tunes works. >> ghost tunes works pretty easy, actually. you know, with itunes you ask them and beg them please, i'm an album artist, it's how i want to do it and they just say no. they say look you play our way or don't play at all. nice people but that's what they give you. so we made our stuff digitally available for the first time on garthbrooks.com. then the question was don't you care about other people's music. oh, crap, i didn't plan on other people's music. but this company came and approached me and we started

this ghost tunes.com together and i got to tell you, man, it's cool. it comes in a billion different ways however the artist wants to do it. you can do singles, albums, stream, hundreds of way to do it. it's cool and helps to have an alternative or another option. >> so basically as an artist you can choose how you want your music to be presented and bought by the consumer, is that right? >> yeah. isn't that crazy the people that create it get to choose what the price is and how it's brought to the people. that's everything else. but, you know, when you're the big diogu can make your own rules and until we, you know, until we push back they are never going to change. so this was just an attempt to get our music to our people and then when other people call and said hey man how do we get in on this thing then it kind of grew from there. >> in 1998 you actually became the first artist to go platinum with your album within a week

setting the stage for a handful of other artists. as we're discussing the landscape has dramatically changed. what are your thoughts. are the days of the platinum artist over do you think? >> no, i don't think the days of the platinum artists are over. music takes charge of music again. problem is the labels. big time problem. i know these guys, love these guy, they are my family but they are the problem and i told them this a thousand times because they will sell their mother for 25 bucks. they just need to buckle down and understand that together we have strength and nobody needs to dictate, you know, music. music should always be out front and anybody that is selling music is very lucky to be selling music. we feel very lucky to sell music and should be treated that way. >> you're not the only artist fighting this cause. a fellow artist taylor swift is engaged in a public breakup with the music streaming site spotify. their ceo arguing their pay out

to artists far outovals the zero return from pirated sites. wouldn't artists rather get something for their music than nothing? >> you know, everybody talks about this hey you're going against free. itunes did it first. did anybody see their $2 billion net and look in the music industry and seeing songwriters are losing their life and job. having to fine jobs somewhere else. the music industry is dwindling. nobody can argue that except the people that are doing the music, itunes, youtube, spotify, they are all going through the roof. so something is not right here and we'll figure it out. >> tell us a little bit about your album, if you would, garth. there's a lot of anticipation for it. what can consumers expect? >> they can expect a garth album. with 13, 14 years off the thought is do you put this pressure to make this big album

and the truth is people that loved you got around you and said make a garth album. that's what we did. it will take its play along the other albums. we'll get our first week in. start from there. start working this record and making sure it gets, you know, in front as many people as it can and its job is to touch people and we'll see if the music does that. >> okay, garth brooks thank you so much and best of luck with both your album and ghost tunes. thanks for coming on to talk with us. >> i can use it. thank you. coming up right here in newsroom what the rising cost of college some are wondering is the price of higher education worth it? up next i'm going to talk to the professor of a class called feminist perspectives, politicizing beyonce and why he says class like this are essential to the college experience. up next. ♪

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>> colleges are offering classes on everything from rock climbing to wine tasting and harry party. but with skyrocketing costs of a degree shouldn't colleges and universities be giving the students what they need, the skills and opportunity to land a job? well a new cnn film tackles the costs head on asking whose to blame and if the degrees are worth it. >> the rise in student tuition is unsustainable. we cannot continue to charge significantly more year after year after year without running into some kind of a brick wall.

>> college tuition has increased more than any other good or service in the entire u.s. economy since 1978. >> so let me bring in rutgers university professor kevin a allred. he has a class politicizing beyonce and it's raised some eyebrows. a little bit of criticism about this because as we just saw in the documentary colleges are getting more and more expensive, some people may argue classes like yours are a waste of time. what do you say to that? >> i argue exactly the opposite that these are some of the skills you learn in a class like mine which isn't just about beyonce but a lot of other things as well. those are giving them skills to get out in the world, be critical, be analytical about the world around them. that will help them get jobs in whatever chosen field they want to go out in. >> you've been receiving some emails from parents, is that right? tell us about that. >> some. i've gotten some.

from different variety of folks. some not very happy. a lot very encouraging as well wondering why i'm teaching a class called politicizing beyonce. i'm usually able to sway them around this is about other things not just, you know, you won't learn dance moves and that kind of stuff, you'll learn practical stuff. >> which i'm sure people would love to learn dance moves. educate us. what can you learn from beyonce. what are you teaching that can be applied to the real world that can set these students up for success. >> what we do in class i pair beyonce's music with black feminism. we talk about political issues. we talk about current issues. there's a lot of similarities between yon's music, the images she points out and black feminist authors, writers. we learn to be critical of those things and come up with our own opinions, come up with critical ideas of looking at pop culture. we're inundated with so many

images. we break them down and think about them. those are skills that translate into any number of jobs. >> have you seen that firsthand. have you kept in touch with your students that have moved on. >> i haven't been around so long to keep track with a lot of them. same are in law school. some are just working grad school, in the working world. and they do say that this class helped them in kind of honing those critical skills. >> let's talk about some of the bigger picture. as we have seen in the films this discussion about the rising costs of colleges and your view. who do you think is to blame for this. is this the schools, lawmakers, students? where do you place the blame. why is this happening >> schools. i think it is lawmakers. i think you're right, debt is becoming astronomical. i have this same kind of debt. it's hard to blame just one

person. there's a, you know -- it falls all over the place, i guess. and students are having a hard time. that doesn't mean we can cut down all the classes that don't just provide, you know, the practical skills that will help them get a job and do many kinds of work. there's electives. there's a little room to have a break in college too. >> all right. really interesting to hear your thoughts on this subject and best of luck with your class. thank you very much. be sure to catch the cnn film special this thursday night "ivory tower" thursday night at 9:00 p.m. eastern only on cnn. up next, new video purportedly from the moments after the crash of flight mh-17. what eyewitnesss did seconds after that plane fell from the sky. ameriprise asked people a simple question: in retirement, will you have enough money to live life on your terms?

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new video has emerged showing what appears to be the first moments after malaysian flight 17 was shot down over eastern ukraine. the flight went down in july with 298 passengers and crew aboard. the video showing a raging fire and wreckage posted on youtube by the washington newspaper. we have more on the video and

crash from donetsk. >> that's right. extraordinary video that's come to light four months after the crash and to watch it really confirms what you suspect when you stand on that particular spot on the crash site and that's there was an enormous inferno at the point of impact. mh-17 broke up in the sky. the section that hit there was the largest piece of the wreckage. main middle section of the fuselage, wings, engine, rear, under carriage. the economy class landed there. dutch have begun an operation to collect large pieces of that debris and transport it back to the netherlands to be reconstructed as part of the investigation to determine what brought this aircraft down. the last couple of days they have been at the site. they lifted up large sections of the wreckage, cutting some of

them down to make them more transportable. this is also important because as they move those pieces of wreckage around in recent days and weeks they discovered human remains. that's crucial because nine of the 298 people aboard that aircraft are still to be accounted for. >> think about their families. phil black, thank you very much for bringing that reporting to us. top of the hour now i'm pamela brown in for brooke baldwin. in minutes from now we'll go live to indianapolis where the parents of peter kassig are about to speak. kassig is the former army ranger who went to syria as a humanitarian aide worker but captured by isis. he became the third northeastern beheaded at the hands of militants. proof of his decapitation coming in the form of a short clip tacked on to the end of the group's latest