Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/pbs-newshour-full-episode-wednesday-august-27-2014 Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Wednesday on the News Hour... Tonight on the program, we take a look at the Islamic State and examine why foreign fighters join the group. Also: looking at U.S. ransom policy in the wake of American hostages, Margaret Warner reports from Iraq, a "mind-boggingly expensive" race in Florida, whether online college courses can replace a campus education and Misty Copeland talks her life as an "unlikely" ballerina. Listen to the Broadcast Subscribe to the Full Show Podcast Segments From This Episode Misty Copeland makes a point of sharing her art with unlikely ballet fans ‘Mind-bogglingly expensive’ race brews in Florida as former and current governors go head-to-head Fearing massacre in Amirli, Iraqis ask U.S. for additional support U.S. considers expanding Islamic State mission with airstrikes over Syria What does it take to free a captured American? Why do foreign fighters join the Islamic State? American hostages renew focus on U.S. ransom policy News Wrap: UN investigators accuse Syrian government of additional poison gas attacks