>> the english speaking terrorist seen in horrific isis beheading videos has been identified. and there may be a new market for cuba's legendary cigars. hello. i'm natalie allen. and welcome to our viewers from around the world. this is cnn newsroom.

it is 2:00 a.m. in montreal where canadian police are looking for at least four missing young people who they believe have have headed to the middle east to join isis. authorities say they may have been exposed to extremist views. police say they left last month headed for turkey and possibly on to syria. their families alerted police after they became worried the children were becoming radicalized. >> for months we have only known him as jihadi john. now we know his name. mohamed emwazi. >> i think all the families will

feel closure. >> another family member though reportedly said that he hoped he is brought to justice in course. alexander field reports on how they figured it out. >> reporter: the chief isis killer now revealed as mo mohammed emwazi seen in videos claiming to murder a group of syria syrian pilots.

ofessional family. he once lived in this london neighborhood. >> this is a nice area. >> responsible, polite quiet. everything you would want a student to be. >> he graduated from the university of west minister with a degree in computer programming. for years he claimed intelligence officers harassed him. it is said to have started in 2009 and emwazi traveled to tanzania when he was stopped at the airport and sent back to the uk. emwazi reportedly claimed officers accused him of trying to go somalia. but emwazi said he planned to

join his fiance in kuwait. onths ago, both u.s. and british intelligence officers claimed to know the idea offy yof jihadi john. >> it is possibly that he will still be a face of isis but my guess is he's going to go underground. >> he was last pubically seen in another japanese hostage. >> you now have 72 hours to pressure your government.

>> cnn, new york. >> and joining me now is sergeant gohel, a terrorism expert. he's currently the international security director. he's live from london. thank you for being with us. >> pleasure to be with you. >> first, why do you think the u.s. went public with his identity? >> well unfortunately, what this individual now being unmasked as mohammed emwazi has been demystified. the aura of fear that he was instilling in the minds of people have been exposed. he thought that somehow he could keep getting away with thints and his identity was somehow

protected. now there's a name identity and background. >> in the meantime what does the fact that he has been identified what does that do to the hunt to find him? according to many of our officials here in the u.s. they just don't have the intelligence here in syria. >> there is very little that can be done in all likelihood he is probably in the capital of isis that is heavily guarded and very well protected and has been no effective rescue effort to take those individuals that have been captured by isis either the americans and bring taps or the ordinary iraqis and syrians that he has brutally murdered.

. now that his name has come out, a lot of information will also pour out about him and also other keks to other britains that have traveled abroad. that is very important to build a wider picture of his network. >> and it of course will be interesting to see how this plays out on social media and the fbi says it's quite concerned about social media's ability to recruit young people. our top story was about four college students from canada who had gone missing. the belief is they are headed to join isis.

>> there are essentially three paradigm shifts. the concern is that with the number of social media companies with encryption we are continuing to go dark as a law enforcement community and an intelligence community. >> so the question is how do we in the west counter this pr machine that isis seems to be winning? >> it's a very difficult challenge. the media campaign is relentless. it serves as their oxygen of publicity and they use modern technology to carry out medieval brutality.

or the social media platforms. and the more radical extreme ones are using it in order to get their message out. thank you for joining us. >> yes. >> and coming up later this hour. >> i'm your brother in islam here in syria. i originally come from canada.

we will explore just how easy it is to join a group. >> militants have sparked new outrage in the meantime in iraq by smashing statues. >> isis said they were made by infidels though analysts say that many were replicas. and as thousands of christians take shelter in northeastern syria, a local militia now says as many as 360 syrians were taken hostage in isis raids earlier this week.

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and abuse without other people knowing it. i work almost 24 hours a day. >> cnn goes along on the hunt for boko haram. >> the soldiers were yelling as we were driving by. >> we take you to the front lines in nigeria. also ahead hear sweeping new changes to keep the internet in the u.s. free and open. what does it all mean? we will explain. plus they were once banned in the u.s. now cuba's cigars are making quite the come back.

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>> at least 35 people are dead after two bomb attacks in northeast and central nigeria. a suicide bomber detonated explosives at a bus station near the town thursday killing 18 people wounding six others and then hours later someone tossed

bombs into crowds in jos. no one has claimed responsibility but boko haram militants are the prime suspects. tions have resulted in poor visibility forcing the helicopters to fly quite low. we will be passing over cameroom. >> we're with one of the region's most feared military forces and also apparently one of the most effective. some say heavy handed. after coming under attack by

boko haram, this unit gave chase following the militants right across the border into northern nigeria. we were invited along with the top brass. the convoy to the front is massive, heavily armed, packed with jubilant troops. >> we passed through the abandoned town. it was firmly under boko haram's control. >> we see a handful of women as the convoy speeds past.

we can't see what they are shooting at. then the distinct hissing of bullets close by. our vehicle moves forward past the militant who had been shooting at our convoy. we don't see a weapon. soldiers say they grabbed it. we see about half a dozen bodies left to rot.

before he went to syria. >> and many call it a victory for a free and open internet. we will guide you through net neutrality.

>> an update on a trial we have been covering for some time in the u.s. a jury in arizona will return to court on monday to decide if jodi will get the death penalty. thousands of people watched the trial on live tv two years ago. arias maintained that she killed him in self-defense. >> a huge victory for proponents for the free fast and open internet. the u.s. federal communications voted in favor of net neutrality. approving new rules to stop internet service providers from speeding up or slowing down individual websites and other

services. here are the basics. >> what is net neutrality? it has nothing to do with a volleyball or tennis court. the net refers to the internet. something that has become as necessary as water and power for most of us. it is about keeping the net the way it is today. >> in order, speeding up access to some sights and slowing down access to others. so are these rules a bad thing? it depends who you ask. the companies that deliver your internet has spent millions in lobbying money to get rid of net neutrality. on the other side our internet

giants like facebook and google and president obama. they all argue the internet is a public good and should be regulated like one. they t say that companies can play favorites. a content provider like netflix is in direct competition with comcast which owns nbc universal and controls access to the internet for more than 20 million customers. you can imagine a scenario where nbc might want to speed up speeds of its show and slow down netflix. netflix can afford to pay for a fast lane. but the next netflix, some awesome start up can't. >> brian with that handy guide. >> hours from now, u.s. and cuban officials meet to

re-establish full diplomatic ties after 50 years. if cigar industry is already receiving a boost from the effort to improve relations. >> cuba's green gold. one leaf at a time. the island's legendary cigars bring in hundreds of millions of dollars, a bright spot in an otherwise teetering economy. but many more may soon be lighting up a legal cuban cigar. it now allows u.s. citizens to bring back up to 100 dollars in cuban to bako. >> the first thing swre to do with the americans is create an appetite for our product because they have lost that.

because what we make is excellent. as soon as they try it they will see the difference. the question now is whether cuba can begin to supply a new market for their famed smokes. >> much of the work has been done by hand. cuban producers say that they make some of the best cigars in the world but that means they can't cut any corners. >> at cuba's yearly say gar festival the air is filled with smoke. >> there is obviously built up demand skpex sitement. they haven't been able to smoke them legally for more than 50 years. all cigar smockers in america are going to want to give a legal cuban cigar a try.

>> quality is something we could never give up including the u.s. market will happen with a product of maximum quality. cuba's cigar producers say their tobacco doesn't like to be rushed which means that americans may have to wait a little longer before they can fully quench their taste for the island's once forbidden cigars. >> last year's winner was able to accumulate nearly six and a half inches of ash before it

fell. this year's winner will be announced in just a few hours. we'll let you know. >> still ahead here on cnn newsroom a kiss may be just a kiss. >> when we make decisions, i'll let you know. >> in the case of john boehner, it was more of kiss off i guess we should say. we will explain what caused the dubious expression of love when we come back. in my world, wall isn't a street. return on investment isn't the only return i'm looking forward to. for some every dollar is earned with sweat, sacrifice, courage. which is why usaa is honored to help our members with everything from investing for retirement to saving for college. our commitment to current and former military members and their families is without equal. start investing with as little as fifty dollars. ready for another reason to switch to t-mobile?, how about getting america's best unlimited

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coverage. here are our top stories. a hong kong woman is serving a sentence for brutally abusing her house maid. she was starved and even assaulted with a vacuum cleaner tube shoved into her mouth. >> a judge has dismissed charges against argentina's president. the case does not meet the standards to warrant a criminal investigation. >> the number of christians feared kidnapped by isis and syria keeps going up. a local militia now says up to 360 were taken hostage in a series of raids this week. many are women, children, and elderly. as many of the men were fighting against isis elsewhere.

>> the u.s. officials tell cnn the man behind the british voice in the brutal isis beheading videos has been idded. he is said to be 26 or 27 born in kuwait and raised in britain. and reportedly graduated from the university of west minister. it is believed he traveled to syria in 2012 where he joined isis. emwazi was known to british intelligence. how does such a violent terrorist slip through the fingers of intelligence? >> that is the question that is being asked. many people asking that very question.

this is two of several newspapers here in the uk that are asking that question. you mentioned that the authorities here knew him and were tracking him back from 2009. if you remember this was being reported widely from the washington post. he traveled emwazi he traveled to tanzania in 2009. on arrival there he was topped. he was questioned about his links. many saying perhaps he was there traveling hoping to travel to somalia and have links with the terror group. but this is just one side of the story that we are hearing.

he was questioned about his thoughts on 7/7 and 9/11. various other points this is according to kaij and clearly they knew who he was. they had an eye on him but authorities work in very different ways from the u.s. the idea is that you wait you watch and you monitor. you keep an eye on them before they actually go operational. for every single person that you need to monitor 24/7. and they clearly stretch. this is something that authorities have told us on the record. they have been recruiting recently but this is still a huge concern. natalie?

>> yes. is it interesting that there are some reports that uk authorities drove him to violent extremism? >> this is one line one story that we're hearing. they spoke yesterday and they basically have had been in contact with him since 2009. we know so much information.

oing to finally learn that when we treat people as if they are outsiders, they will inevitably feel like outsiders and they will look for belonging elsewhere? our entire national security strategy for the last 13 years had only increased alienation has only increased people feeling like they don't belong. why? because the narrative of injustice has taken route.

d he not? and we now know who he was. thank you so much. isis may be medieval in its tactics and ideology but the islamic terrorists are not above exploiting modern technology. randy kay has more about that. >> you might think this is a commercial from the tourism board of canada. it's actually a video from isis posted on social media, aimed at convincing want to be jihadis to join isis in syria. >> a canadian convert was the ultimate pitch man for isis until he was killed fighting for them. but even that won't stop would be extremists from searching out isis online connecting in member-only chatrooms. is it that easy to just contact

isis online? >> when these wannabes say they are e-mailing isis are they really e-mailing isis? >> they are e-mailing a coordinator or liaison. >> there are thousands of online forums where jihad is the draw. available in all sorts of languages including english. >> why aren't they being shut down? >> some of them are hard to find. how do you -- what are you going to do? shut down all of twitter or face book? s is a group that beheads people crucifies others, sub ju

gait -- what exactly is the attraction? according to weis everything i just mentioned. >> the grotesquery that they exhibit is designed to attract the jihadis. owing online. randy kay, cnn, new york. >> the u.s. department of homeland security is set to run out of money today. that's the agency in charge of airport screenings and border security and that has some

people worried about protecting the u.s. against attack extremist groups. >> the final accounting is done 2014 would have been the most lethal year for global terrorism. about the dangers of cutting off funding for the agency that keeps americans safe. >> american people are frightened and rightfully so. isis appears to have money. terrorist ace peer to have money. why shouldn't our homeland have the ability to protect itself? >> meanwhile the homeland security secretary is on capital hill again walking the halls,

begging lawmakers to fully fund his department. >> this is not just an inside the beltway political jousting. a failure to fund the department of homeland security fully has real impacts on public safety. >> this is a vieolation of our constitution and it needs to be addressed and we are doing it. >> is it worth shutting down the homeland security over? >> we have passed a bill to fund the department. >> but it stops the president from allowing undocumented immigrants legally. to save face with conservatives,

some senate republicans argue a texas court is already stopping the president's immigration plan. >> accept the victory that the courts have given us which is that the president does not have the authority to do what he has done and vote to continue to fund the department of homeland security. >> the house speak ser in a bind. >> if ands and buts were candy and nuts. >> he did this. >> when we make decisions, i will let you know. >> that was an interesting thing that he did there wasn't it? the senate could start debate there in a republican bill to block executive orders on immigration we will have a live

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>> anger is boiling over in venezuela. anti-government protests are swelling and thement has been cracking down hard on dissent.

he joins opposition figure lopez on the right thrown into jail a year ago. >> we are in a crisis. an economic crisis as you said. we are in a social crisis and a political crisis. we need to stop this. dissent is not a crime. protest is not a crime. dreaming of a better country is not a crime. >> india is trying to stage its

own economic come back. a plan to overhaul the economy. he has announced more than $100 billion of funding for the country's railways and that's not even the main event. that happens on saturday when the full budget is revealed. and the report from india shows there are very high expectations.

ried potholed roads for decades but the hardest part of his job, he says is the waiting. at every check point i have to wait an average of five to ix hours, he says. two-thirds of india's freight travels over land by truck but the world pank estimates 60% of the travel time is wasted at border check points like this. he shows me the various taxes that had to be paid. he is carrying about 200 kilograms of soap and this is all the paper work he has to submit at every single border. there must be at least 30 pages in here. for about an hour our journey is

relatively pleasant but then another hurdle. >> he says see those cops over there? they are going to stop and ask me for a bribe so i'm going to wait here. >> this is india. this is the way it works here a fellow truck driver says. the way it works may soon change if the goods and services tax is implemented. >> the manufacturers are spending 10 to 12% on logistics cost because of all of this. we are able to bring that cost down. it's a whole ripple effect that will fake place over time.

f. thank you for being with us. no doubt you have been hearing all of the woes that were just pointed out in that story but i hear the budget is a big tv event in india. what are expectations like? >> it really is a tv event.

which gives them the power at the very least to push through difficult reforms and what are the reforms? one of them is a goods and services tax but there is so many more. china has 300 million taxpayers. so india has a long ways to go. the question is does it have the political will to push through difficult reforms this time? >> how many million did you say out of 35 million pay taxes? >> 35 million are ineligible.

in china that is about 300 million. >> so this is a make or break budget, right? has come to power raising expectations talking about how he's going to create a business friendly environment and how he's going to bring money to india. if he doesn't achieve that there will be disappointment here. >> all right. we will be hearing back from you as this comes down to a budget battle. thank you. it is white, full of pearls. per has you saw it.

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down the eastern sea board. but here is the next weather maker in the four corners of the united states. yes, that's the next weather maker for the eastern sea board. it travels towards the central plains and into the lower great lakes eventually into new england. and we will probably adjust the track of this which we will need to natalie, but it looks like spring can't come soon enough. >> i want to tell you about the next story. >> and this $150,000 oscar dress has been stolen. this may be the last we see of

this pearl studded stunner. the actress dropped jaws but now it is gone apparently stolen from her hotel on wednesday. detectives are investigating. the hotel says it is an unfortunate situation. >> i am back. i will be back for another hour of cnn newsroom. hope you stay with us.

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