KEILAR: Welcome back. I'm Brianna Keilar, reporting from Washington. We have some breaking news from the White House that we'll get to in just a moment. But first, the mother of James Foley says the United States let her son down. Foley was the American journalist who was beheaded by ISIS fighters three weeks ago. Now Diane Foley is revealing details of what she says happened behind the scenes while her son was held hostage.</s>DIANE FOLEY, JAMES FOLEY'S MOTHER: As an American, I was embarrassed and appalled. I think our efforts to get Jim freed were an annoyance, you know, and -</s>ANDERSON COOPER, CNN ANCHOR: An annoyance to the government?</s>FOLEY: Yes. And they - yes. And it wasn't -- didn't seem to be in our strategic interest, if you will. I was appalled as an American. Jim would have been saddened. Jim believed till the end that his country would come to their aid. I know, had he survived this ordeal, he would have been very passionate about the need to make kidnapped citizens a priority. A priority for our country and internationally to try to promote dialogue and strategy.
Mother of Slain Journalist Speaks Out