majed abdel bary. authorities suspect abdel majed abdel bary may have been the one to hold the knife to james foley's neckhere is a british rapper and his father is held in new york city for being part of the embassy bombings. >> if we cannot get that gay, we took down the leadership, repeatedly, the leadership of al-qaeda up to and including osama bin laden. this guy if we want him bad enough we can get him. a knucklehold like that will get waxed on the battlefield and that would be okay with me, too. >> drones and syria and yemens drones in somalia and pakistan have taken out terrorist leaders. how come we can't get these days? what happened today? they took a syrian airfield that could give them access to war planes and helicopters. come on, they not a country and they could have war planes and helicopters. >> that is occurring across the border between iraq and syria. the airfield was not only had aircraft on it but it was a storage area for ground combat vehicles. for the syrians to lose control of that, it is prettying do -- prettying do gone -- pretty dog gone important. there are 20,000 fighters t

abdel-majed abdel bary is responsible for the murder. >> and following an earthquake in northern california, the largest since 1989. >>> and fox news alert. fires, people trapped. homes destroyed, buildings leveled. those reports from the massive 6.0 earthquake that it has rocked northern california early this morning before dawn. the epicenter located about six miles southwest of napa, the largest quake to hit the bay area since 1989. and there are right now numerous reports of injuries, gas leaks, flooding, and as we said, multiple fires. also, downed power lines, leaving tens of thousands of people in the dark, buckling roads, making some major highways impassable. and officials, of course, now also checking the area bridges for any signs of damage. claudia cowen is live now in napa with the latest. hi, claudia. >> reporter: hi, eric. just a scene of total devastation here at the ranch market near downtown napa. you can see employees have been added for the better part of two-and-a-half hours, cleaning up the mess. so many jars and packages just falling into the aisles here. and this is just one store. this scene being repeated all around napa county, as well as sonoma county. we can tell you some updated numbers in terms of power outages. about 68,000 residents without power in napa, 15,000 in sonoma county. we're hearing reports of roads that buckled, the chp checking on them. this is the biggest earthquake in about a quarter century, since the 6.9 quake in 1989, the loma prieta earthquake. a big issue now is fires erupting because of broken gas mains, that kind of thing. and we understand there was a significant fire at a nearby mobile home park. we understand three or four mobile homes have been destroyed. six to eight have suffered significant damage. a big problem, eric, is that a number of water main breaks is making it hard for fighterefigh to get enough water on to those fires. so we're going to be monitoring this, still trying to confirm reports of injuries, people trapped in buildings with the doors buckled in, that kind of thing. but a big cleanup job under way here and throughout the bay area region, where folks have been so impacted by this very strong earthquake that woke me and so many others up at about 3:20 this morning. back to you. >> claudia, thanks so much. and, of course, still could be hundreds of aftershocks in the coming weeks. stay tuned to the fox news channel for live updates. "sunday morning futures" with maria bartiromo starts right now. >>> good morning. expanding the fight against isis. i'm maria bartiromo. this is "sunday morning futures." hi, everybody. comments by members of the obama administration suggesting this is the becoming more than a limited military mission, including taking the battle to syria. the vice chairman of the house armed services committee is joining us this morning, live. >>> plus, ukraine's leader ratcheting up has military budget. ahead of a meeting with vladimir putin and members of the eu, is there any way to end this crisis? >>> and after a string of contradictory stories about lois lerner's e-mails, will we finally get to the truth in the irs investigation? the chairman of the house oversight committee, darrell issa, on that and a lot more as we look ahead this morning on "sunday morning futures." >>> welcome back. the chairman of the joint chiefs general, martin dempsey, stating quite clearly, isis, a terror organization, that resides in syria, cannot be defeated merely with air strikes in iraq. general dempsey laid out using a quote, variety of instruments, diplomatic, economic information and military, to defeat the islamic state terror group. let's talk about this. max thornberry is with me, vice chairman of the house armed services committee. joining us right now. good to have you on the program, congressman. thank you so much for joining us. >> you're welcome. >> we're getting new information this morning, western sources saying that now the london rapper, abdel-majed abdel bary is the suspect, the person doing the beheading of james foley. what is the u.s. supposed to do at this point in response to these horrific acts? >> well, we've got to keep in mind first, this is a different kind of threat than we faced before from al qaeda. this is the best financed, best equipped, best trained terrorist organization, and the other way it's different is, they have more western passports making it easier to get to europe and back, easier to get to the united states and back than al qaeda ever did. so that's part of the reason this is such a unique and dangerous threat to us, and why we've got to take it seriously. a few bombs, you know, here and there is not going to make the difference. >> well, you know, i really want to get to the bottom of why it is that isis is the best financed, and why it is that isis has the best equipment. i recognize the u.s. left all of that artillery in iraq when we took our troops out. but stay with us, congressman. i want

. >> the report that abdel-majed abdel bary went to syria last year and is the son of an egyptian born militant currently awaiting trial in the states for charges relating to the 1998 u.s. embassy bombings in africa but sources caution, barry is just one of about 500 british citizen whose have linked up with radical extremist groups in iraq and though they are making progress they do not have a single suspect yet. cia deputy director mike morell says finding his killer is important but the mission is larger than any one person. >> it doesn't really matter who the executioner was, this was the group that killed james foley, and this order came from the very top of the group. >> reporter: fbi teams are headed to the uk to help with the search. a senior obama administration official tells cbs news they have to be careful. they want to find foley's killer but releasing too much information could put the remaining hostages in even greater danger. jim. >> axelrod: julianna goldman in washington, thank you. the families of michael brown and trayvon martin will appear together for the first ti

aources tell fox news a british paper named abdel-majed abdel bary as the principal suspect. investigators using voice andncs skin analysis ofpect the video n their investigation.herie her catherine herridge is at the pe pentagon tonight with our report. report. >> the family of this slain american journalist is celebrating their child's life. he is known on the british circuit posted a photo of himself on twitter holding a severed head. today the investigation is progressing. >> we are not in a position to say who the man in the video is but we are working with our british counterparts on that. reporter: he hid behind a mask but did not cover his hands. they say that that may have been a critical mistake. in addition to voice recording, they have distinguishing characteristics which is as unique as a fingerprint according to an fbi investigators. >> if you can get it to pictures were any markings on the spin matchup, there are very few people that have malls and veins that are the same in their hands and it's pretty good in a court of law tour the social media filmed this vi

abdel-majed abdel bary once was on a video holding a beheaded head. the terrorists hid behind a mask but did not cover his hands and a counterterrorism source says that may have been a critical mistake. in addition to voice recordings, analysts are analyzing the skin tone and characteristics such as the pattern of veins. >> if you can get two pictures where the veins match up, people have moles and veins in their hand and it's good in a court of law. >> reporter: the social media used the execution video that has been identified. the user described as a key part of the electronics evidence trail. >> it's not impossible to hide but it takes somebody who is very educated in not only the technology but also in the technology to investigate. >> reporter: a counterterrorism source adds that there are a dozen social media sites linked to the terrorist group and abdel provided his permission for the beheading. a dictated letter reads in part, i know you are thinking of me and praying for me. i am so thankful. i feel you all especially when i pray. i pray for you to stay strong and to believe. >> investigators want a high level of confidence about the identification of foley's killers because the administration says all options are available and private u.s. officials say that let that forces are among the threat. >>> e-mails from lois lerner are lost forever and that claim may not be true after all. the fascinating details for us tonight in a story that broke this afternoon. good evening, doug. >> good evening, bret. judicial watch tells fox news that justice department attorneys representing the irs admitted to him in a phone call last friday that the federal government backs up all computer records to ensure the continuity of government in a catastrophe. retrieving the lois lerner e-mails would be too onerous. >> so everybody that we've been hear

that led british intelligence to this man, a former hip-hop rapper from london, 23-year-old abdel-majed abdel bary, who left syria to fight with the terrorist group. he is believed to be the masked man in the video who beheaded foley. they dug into his background and published details about his rap career when he was known as lyricist jim. he posted lyrics like, i can't differentiate the angels from the demons, my heart's disintegra disintegrating. he had a twitter account and posted himself holding a severed head with a caption, quote, chilling with my homeie, or what's left of him. the leaders would not comment on bary, saying they shouldn't focus solely on foley's killer. >> we're getting closer to identifying the suspect, but i don't think that's happened yet. it doesn't matter who the executioner was. this is the group that killed james foley and this order came from the very top of the group. >> foley's egyptian born father was extradited to the u.s. on terrorism charges. the father was allegedly an associate of osama bin laden and they believe he was connected to the bombings of the u.s. em

abdel-majed abdel bary is confirmed to be the masked man that speaks with a british act september. officially, u.s. intelligence officials are not commenting. i say american-born father was extradited in 2008 for his alleged connection to osama bin laden. abdeld last year to fight with isis and recently showed a photo of him holding a head. in 1998, the father was originally arrested in egypt. he's an egyptian-born human rights lawyer. he was arrested and reportedly tortured inside an egyptian jail. he sought asylum in london. he received that asylum. when the brits investigated whether to -- whether to extradite him to the united states, it was a long process and finally two years ago the u.s. extradited him. the son was 6 years old in 1998 when his father was first arrested. increasingly in the last few months, he's been posting youtube videos, angry rap lyrics, he had become more radicalized and u.s. -- excuse me, western intelligence officials say that he traveled to syria last year and he is believed to be the one who is masked in the james foley video. i'm told that he is a leading suspect right now as they investigate further the james foley murder. back to you. >> jennifer griffin, bringing us the latest details on that. we appreciat

the sunday times which is a major broad sheet in the u.k., suggesting this man mind called abdel-majed abdel baryed. as he 24-year-old british rapper who is famous for making music, apparently one of his songs made it on to the bbc at one point. also the son of an egyptian national who is now serving a lengthy prison sentence in the united states for his role in two embassy bombings in east africa in the late 1990s. the father is said to be one of the closest confidantes of osama bin laden. so if this is confirmed and i think it is now more or less consensus that whoever did this, this awful beheading of james foley is indeed a british national based on his action single. if it is confirmed, i think the british government has a huge crisis on its hands. >> i think it is important that you say, if it is confirmed. again, it is not confirmed. that's not cnn's reporting. we saw in the piece that ice sis brutal. just look at that foley video. they also record with these softer videos. explains which ones the more recruits? the ones like foley or the softer ones? >> i think the softer ones. you're dea

. >> you said this is abdel-majed abdel bary. we can't confirm that. it is the person to whom they're leaning quite heavily at very minimum, i must say. this guy's a rapper in the uk, sort of -- has been a sort of jihadist hero, if you will, on social media over time, right? >> yeah. he's no shrinking violet. he's been on the front page of "the daily mail" the tabloid in england, he sent hundreds of tweets, he has posed before with severed heads. he's really on a roll. he wants to be famous. if you look at what isis sends out, they are very very p.r.-savvy. "vice" magazine did a whole series where they showed how they are trying to project who they are and what they're doing. this to me is just a p.r. video and once again, i think looking at who this is, it's quite easy to understand who this guy is based on his voice, he may or may not be the murderer. the point is why are we being dragged into something with these very inflammatory acts and video? >> we clearly are being dragged into something, because all of our leaders tell us there is no mission c

among the suspects is former british british rapper, abdel majed abdel bary. the state department saying it is looking at voice recordings. it's also looking closely at the video of foley's murder for clues. while the while the killer hid behind the mask, he mask, he did not cover his hands. and counterterrorism and counterterrorism sources say that that may have been a critical mistake. they say anything they say anything from skin tone to the to the pattern of veins in his hands can help hands can help them id this guy. even before the even before the horror of the foley foley murder, one marine corps vet vet was sending this message to this group by this group by posting an open letter in the letter in the world of social media that media that isis loves to use so much. much. he wrote he wrote in part, "do you really think you stand a chance on u.s. soil? do do you really think it would be smart to poke that bear? you you attack us and there is no mercy." nick nick powers a marine corps veteran who veteran who served in iraq in 2006 and he wrote 2006 and he