isis leader al baghdadi. a senior u.s. military official tells cnn u.s.perations forces came "close to capturing or killing baghdadi in may of last year near raqqah, syria." >> the sooner the better. >> reporter: the u.s. military official said when u.s. forces raided a compound last year and killed an isis operative, that terrorist's wife, who was captured, told them they had been with baghdadi a few days earlier in raqqah. >> she was the den mother for a lot of the sex slaves, the yazidi girls and kayla mueller, the western hostage. she was baghdadi's personal sex slave. he was raping her. that was the location where the u.s. special forces raided. >> reporter: where is baghdadi now? earlier this year, u.s. officials said he was most likely hiding in raqqah, the isis stronghold. at some point he's believed to have gone to mosul, iraq. but iraqi sources tell cnn just after the iraqi offensive began in october, baghdadi is believed to have left mosul, despite recording this audio message for his fighters. >> translator: holding your ground in honor is 1,0

if you read isil'spropaganda, what baghdadi writes. we're working closely with the saudis in a whole range of areas to help degrade isil, particularly in the counterideological fights. they're very much in this as well. i'll let josh address the yemen question. >> gardner, i'll give you the last one. >> john brennan has suggested the campaign on the ground and the campaign against isil globally are going in two opposite directions. he said this summer we still have a ways to go before we're able to say wie've made some significant progress. the global violence point in opposite direction as the pressure mounts on isil. we judge it will intensify its global terror campaign to maintain its dominance of the global terrorism agenda. you are sort of saying the opposite. you're saying these two campaigns are going in exactly the same directions instead of opposite directions. and you're pointing to the three deaths of these external plotters as evidence of that. tell me why there's such a difference between what you're saying and what some o

if you read isil'spropaganda, what baghdadi writes. we're working closely with the saudis in a whole range of areas to help degrade isil, particularly in the counterideological fights. they're very much in this as well. i'll let josh address the yemen question. >> gardner, i'll give you the last one. >> john brennan has suggested the campaign on the ground and the campaign against isil globally are going in two opposite directions. he said this summer we still have a ways to go before we're able to say wie've made some significant progress. the global violence point in opposite direction as the pressure mounts on isil. we judge it will intensify its global terror campaign to maintain its dominance of the global terrorism agenda. you are sort of saying the opposite. you're saying these two campaigns are going in exactly the same directions instead of opposite directions. and you're pointing to the three deaths of these external plotters as evidence of that. tell me why there's such a difference between what you're saying and what some o

are coalition forces any closer to capturing or killing abu bakr al-baghdadi? we'll tell you what we're learn thing hour. >>> and not a big deal. trump insists his future plans for his business aren't all that complicated, even as he continues to withhold any details. tonight, widening concerns about conflicts of interests, and a possible conflict with the small thing of the constitution. >>> we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer is off today. i'm jim sciutto. you're in "the situation room." ♪ >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> and our breaking news tonight. vladamir putin's government is vowing to respond in kind to dramatic new punishment by the united states for russian meddling in the u.s. election. president obama ordering retaliation, including shutting down two russian compounds here in the u.s., and expelling some 35 of moscow's intelligence officers. for the first time, the names of russian officials allegedly involved in the hacks were revealed in public, including two who were already wanted by the

got information about where baghdadi might have recently been.hat everybody's aware of, the u.s. would now be going back looking at that location. we don't know what the location is. looking at the time frame, who might have been there, what are the signs that baghdadi might have been there, what can they develop going forward about where he might have gone from there, whatever the location was, or whether he's still hunkered down there. the u.s. looks at communications intercepts, telephone intercepts, overhead surveillance, it's got people on the ground throughout the region of syria and iraq where isis is located. there has been intelligence gathered from the military, the iraqi military assault on mosul, iraq, so lots of possibilities here. want to make very clear we are not disclosing where baghdadi is. we don't know. by all accounts, the u.s. doesn't know. but after months of no information, this is a clear sign, one of the clearest recent signs that baghdadi is alive or was as of a few weeks ago, and they may be able to work this tip and d

special forces raided. >> where is baghdadi now?lier this year, officials says he was most likely hiding in the isis stronghold. at some point, he was believed to go to iraq. but after the offensive to retake the city began in october, baghdadi is believed to have left mosul despite recording this audio message for his fighters. >> translator: holding your ground in honor is a thousand times better than retreating in disgrace. >> u.s. officials tell cnn baghdadi's days are numbered but he remains elusive known as the inadvice i believe sheik he's obsessive about secrecy. he's involved in the campaign against -- >> how good is he at evading detection? >> he takes it to a whole new level if you look at how he approaches operational security. >> there are rumors that this is the guy who used to cover his face even when meeting with some of his own people, someone who took extraordinary precautions when it came to his own security. >> that likely also applies to how he communicates. the u.s. intelligence official tells cnn baghdadi and

we are actively going after isil's leadership, including baghdadi.have from the start of this campaign and we're doing everything we can, working with our coalition partners, working with partners on the ground to try and assess intelligence, to try and achieve this goal but there's a larger gel of defeating isil and that's what we're most focused on. we're doing everything we can and rest assured the u.s. military and our partners are actively doing everything we can to identify where he may be and the rest of the leadership team for isil because we think if we tryke leadership it does skr an impact on the organization as a whole. that's what we've seen from the strikes we've conducted so far. >> let's tack about the offensive to retake mosul. isis forces have been battling there for a number of weeks now. how close are iraqi forces backed by coalition air strikes and forces to taking back the city? >> well, jim, this is a hard fight and you've seen that play out on cnn on a daily basis. the iraqi security forces have shown determination, they've sh

was able to capture or kill baghdadi? would it change the course of the war, possibly in the opening weeks of a trump administration? u.s. officials say they believe an isis ideology will live on for some time, long beyond baghdadi. jim? >> no questions, sadly, barbara starr. thanks very much. joining us now, bob baer, former longtime cia officer. also, cnn military analyst and retired lieutenant mark hertling. he's been in the war zone himself a few times as well. general hertling, if u.s. forces to find and kill baghdadi, how crippling will that be to isis? you have al qaeda, then isis lives on after bin laden. where does isis go without baghdadi? >> it's a territory victory, jim. you know that. you've seen so many of these kill or capture moments where people have been taken off the battlefield. and as barbara's report just said, there are quite a few dead over some of the pictures. and more operatives are being lost every day. so it's significantly affecting an organization. but the ideology is going to live on. baghd

military is aware of isis leader abu bakr al baghdadi's recent movements. will the military catch up to him before president obama leaves office? we'll discuss the breaking news with a member of the house foreign affairs committee. that's republican congressman ted yoho and our correspondents, analysts and guests have full coverage of the top stories. >>> cnn's athena jones is in hawaii where president obama is doing more than vacationing. tell us more, athena, about what you are hearing about the retaliatory steps against russia. >> reporter: hi, jim. the white house says russia should not be surprised by these actions. and they're stressing that the announced moves are not, quote, the sum total of our response. the administration is also taking covert measures, all of this aimed at delivering one message to russia. there is a cost and a consequence of their actions. the obama administration today announced new measures aimed at retaliating against russia for a series of cyberattacks and a disinformation campaign intelligence officials say was aimed at hur

is aware of isis lead eabu bakr al baghdadi. this after no sign of the terror chief. earlier this month, a reward was increased to $25 million for information leading to his capture. let's go to pentagon correspondent barbara starr. barbara, what are you hearing about al baghdadi's possible movement movements. >> well, high friday, a u.s. official is saying to quote correctly in the last few weeks we've been aware of some of baghdadi's movements. they're not saying what it means because it's sincive the information. it's not realtime intelligence. it's not telling where you say baghdadi is right now but it is telling us in the last few weeks they've had some kind of report that they are really exploring much further to see if they can begin to pin down where he's been, who he might have been talking to. where he's moving. they're not even saying this point whether he's in iraq or syria. this is one of the first indications we have in many, many months of the potential of his whereabouts. that video that shows him in the mosque in mosul, iraq, that's over two years old

in this video amri says he would serve baghdadi and vow to slaughter the crusaders who are shelling the muslims everyday, but he doesn't refer to monday's attack that left 12 dead and injured 48. one of those victims the body of an italian woman was transported to rome this morning. cnn international correspondent nina dos-santos is in milan for us. you spoke with counterterrorism officials there who said amri had, quote, hallmarks of being

faithful, al-baghdadi.ing allegiance. around the clock work on there are no trains on some lines. two men are accused and convicted at the old bailey, of funnelling cash to extremists in war zones through aid

how big of a priority is the killer or capture of al baghdadi to the u.s.? >> look, if they could find him they absolutely would want to capture or kill him. more likely kill him. hashed to put troops on the ground to capture him in any reasonable fashion, but getting baghdadi is a similar question to conquering mosul, conquering raqqah. what is defeating isis really mean these days? >> hard to define it. >> yes. none of these things are going to in and of themselves change the course of this war. isis now a worldwide ideology. you know, the fighting may have changed in iraq and syria, they may get baghdadi some day, but isis still has the ability to inspire a certain number of people to engage in violent activity and that will be the toughest thing to eradicate and something has could take generations. >> michael what does all of this mean for the incoming president? what's the first big question that the president-elect is going to face on the fight against isis? >> he's going to realize. he claimed he wanted to bomb the hell out of isis. he's realize it's

officials tell cnn they're aware of isis leader abu bakr al baghdadi's recent

> after the shooting you add the wife who went on social media and declared her allegiance to al baghdadi, the self-proclaimed caliphate leader. >> reporter: ironically agents discovered the couple wasn't even sure of baghdadi's name until the morning of the shooting. >> that particular morning, there was online research done with an account associated with them where they were researching maybe they didn't truly know who it was so they had to have the name to actually pledge their allegiance, so to speak. >> reporter: three hours after the shooting, an undercover san bernardino police team arrived at the home address for faruk. they saw him pull out in his black suv. >> just in time. had we been several seconds later we probably would have missed him. >> reporter: sergeant gary shulky, undercover narcotics detective in an unmarked consider, led the team following the suv with officerseh in an unmarked police van. >> like we do with a drug suspect, we don't want them to know we're following them. >> reporter: to their surprise, it appeared faruk was heading right back to the scene of the

is offering a $25 million reward for the capture of abu bakr al baghdadi.than double the $11 million the state department offered in 2007. he has been rarely seen in public. he shows up occasionally in videos. just this week, u.s. officials told cnn that the number of battle ready isis fighters has been whittled down to between 12 thousand and 15,000. adding that some 50,000 fighters have been killed. the uk disputes that number, saying that only about half that many were killed in the fighting. >>> the on again off again cease fire in aleppo is back on this morning. there have been multiple attempts at holding a cease fire this week. if it holds this time, it could allow thousands of civilian and rebels to flee the area around east aleppo as syrian regime troops move in. the you know says hundreds of children are trapped in the area and face death if they aren't rescued. the out going secretary general ban ki moon made a statement. >> the carnage in syria remains a gaping hole. it's now a synonym for hell. as i told the security council three days ago. we

was able to capture or kill al baghdadi? the war posly in the opening weeks of the trump administration. they belief the isis ideology will live on for some time, possibly long after al baghdadi meets his fate. barbara starr, cnn, the pentagon. >>> now to cnn exclusive. a man who says he was an assassin has come forward with explosive claims. he said that president duterte once ran a secret death squad. as mayor ordered him to commit unthinkable acts. mr. duterte threatens to jeopardize his country's military alliance with the u.s. for more on this cnn's will ripley is joining us from man a manila. will? >> reporter: hi, cyril. president duterte, whenever anyone criticizes his human rights record is outraged and that includes a rent interview to pull out the visiting forces agreement that allows u.s. troops to operate in the philippines. when you look at the greater drug war that entered the sixth month as of today, 6,000 people killed we need to look at where it began in the davao city in the philippines where he mayor decl

italy, isis releases a video which appears to show anis amri pledging allegiance to abu bakr al baghdadi but there's no mention of the attack and it is not clear where the video was shot. paul cruickshank is in london this hour. also with us is ben wedeman. ben, how is it that the authorities apprehended amri in this small town on the outskirts of milan? was it intelligence that led them there or was it chance? >> well, we understand from italian officials it was chance. it was sheer luck. at 3:00 in the morning, a police patrol was outside the train station which is a suburb, working class suburb of milan, when they saw what they said was a man acting suspiciously. they went up to him, asked him for some form of identification. instead of identification he pulled out a .22 caliber pistol, shouted "police bastards" and opened fire, shooting one of the policemen in the shoulder. then he ran behind a car. however, one of the police officers was able to get behind him. he fired two shots, one of them fatally to the chest of this man, anis amri. they found on his body in addition to that pis

al baghdadi has been often the radar for months but today a u.s. official told cnn, quote, in the last few weeks, we've been aware of some of al baghdadi's movements. that's significant because any sighting could potentially lead to his location. this official declined to say whether intelligence believes he's in iraq or syria. but it is believed, long believed, that he's in the isis strong hold of raqqah, which is in syria. after the break, blowback against secretary of state john kerry for his message for israel, for members of his own party's leadership. later this hour, president-elect trump incoming press secretary will join us live. will president-elect trump jump into the syrian crisis as president? stay with us. [ male announcer ] eligible for medicare? that's a good thing, but it doesn't cover everything. only about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. so consider an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. like all standardized medicare supplement insurance plans, they

isis affiliated media claims to show prime suspect anis amri pledging allegiance to abu bakr al baghdadiis emerging hours after amri was killed during a shootout with police near milan in italy. that's more than 500 miles from where he carried out his attack. cnn's ben wedeman joins us now from rome. give us the details of this altercation. >> reporter: yeah, what happened was that about 3:00 in the morning in a milan suburb, a police patrol which was just checking people for identification stopped a man they said was acting suspiciously. when they asked him for his i.d. instead of showing them an i.d. he pulled out a .22 caliber pistol, shouted "police bastards" and opened fire on the police patrol, wounding one of the police officers in the shoulder. another officer, however, was able to get behind this man anis amri who had hid behind a car and shoot him fat jally in the chest. they did find on his body not only the pistol but also a small knife and several hundred euro. police are obviously looking at why perhaps he was in that particular neighborhood of milan, very much a working cl

the words from al-baghdadi right from the beginning should have warned him he said from the beginning what he wanted to do create a caliphate, in middle east, and third, history should have taught him, we know since world war ii if america has withdrawn from a position where it has made sacrifices, and as reached a situation where we achieved our goals if we sudden walk away the disaster befell, bee achieved victory in vietnam until we withdrew. we fused to fund them street nam fell, korea, we stayed, and we are there today as a result the far east is a much different place than it would have been if u.s. walked out, president obama created this by removing u.s. influer inand military forces from iran to meet a political deadline to achieve total withdrawal from iraq by 2012 election, he is responsible for creating that vacuum in which isis rose. liz: president said there had been no terrorist as thats initiated by foreign groups on u.s. soil, we have counted 10 since 2009, your thoughts? >> he was very specific in way he worded it to claim he was being truthful. isis, has not carried

faithful, al-baghdadi.called islamic state releases footage of him pledging allegiance. around the clock work on there are no trains on some lines. two men are accused and convicted at the old bailey, of funnelling cash to extremists in war zones through aid convoys. also storm barbara kicks in, already causing power cuts and difficult travelling conditions as 90 mile an hour winds are forecast. taking over at the palace, sam allardyce is back in management in his firstjob since being sacked as england boss. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the man suspected of the christmas berlin attack is shot dead stop yellow at that moment, the man got hold of a pistol and without hesitation fired the man suspected of the berlin christmas market attack has been shot dead by police in italy. anis amri had been missing since the attack on monday — it appears he left germany for france, before crossing into italy — able to move undetected around the continent despite a europe wide manhunt. italian police stopped him

but intelligence officials followedal baghdadi since 2013. >> abu bakr al-baghdadi is a terrorist and is currently based in syria. his mission is clearly stated in his own statement. carve out a zone of governing territory from baghdad to syria to lebanon. >> the level of destruction they have and level of destruction they are doing inside of that country is terrible. >> from two years ago he was given detailed specific information about the rise of isis for a year before they started over taking large territory. with the information given to the president a policy maker could not come away with any other impression. this is getting bad. heather, abby, back to you. >> former navy seal karl higby slamming president obama for saying he is surprised isis. he had multiple aroundlings but was refused to admit it. >> anybody who told him isis was going to be a problem he fired them. all of the people that didn't speak up are the ones he got rid of. >> i know guys like general flynn told him this was going to be an issue. >> michael flynn has been named the new head of the national security

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to arrest and conviction of al-baghdadi. the state department says under his leadership isis has been responsible for thousands of deaths in the middle east and terrorist attacks elsewhere. >>> wind chills in the northeast hitting 20 to 30 degrees below 0, making for dangerous driving conditions. the national weather service claiming arctic air is going to get worse with overnight snow and ice moving into new york and pennsylvania. now, back to "hannity". for headlines log on to foxnews.com. foxnews.com. >>> welcome back to "hannity." president-elect trump is back out on his thank you tour speaking to supporters. here are some of the highlights. >> let's start off by saying merry christmas, everyone, merry christmas. i'm here today for one main reason. to say thank you to the incredible people of florida. what a group. as you know, florida is my second home. in many ways it's my first home. i love this state, i love the people, i love the people of the state. you propelled to victory a gr s grassroots movement, the likes of

this video showing him pledging allegiance to isis and abou bakar baghdadi. >>> and now cnn terrorist analysts, nina, tall, italians this was an accident how he was kaushg caught. take us through what happened? >> reporter: outside the spot he was actually gunned down here, 3:00 a.m. in the morning. just behind me on the tarmac, look closely, you can still see his blood. he turned up in a, has to be said, rather industrial neighborhood, northeastern part of milan, essentially a satellite town to italy's northern biggest city. and stopped for a random i.d. check. itted to present papers instead pulled out of a caliber pistol and immediately began firing. one was shot and remains in the hospital. the other one drew his gun and shot and within minutes anis rahm amri was dead. he has travelled over different countries in the past years, cross-checked firntprints and found they were the same as the one on the driving steering wheel of the truck that plowed into those pedestrians at the berlin christmas market. as you moengs entioned, isis ca with a video appeared to show him pledging alleg

short time later they posted a message on facebook pledging allegiance to isis leader abu bakr al-baghdadi. but officials say the couple actually had to conduct an online search that very morning, who is the leader of isis. who it was. >> reporter: two lone wolves, who died in a fierce gun battle with police, after killing so many. >> just incredible that was a year ago tomorrow. brian here with us tonight. they had mor terror planned th day. >> that's right, david, according to authorities they left behind three pipe bombs in they were stopped by police, re they were circling the neighborhood t detonate those >>> still much more ahead on "world news tonight" this evening. the health alert for buzz aldr. >>> the manhunt for a bombing suspect. new surlae images revealed tonight. >>> the abc news exclusive that husband of the missing mother speaking out and what he now says happened moments after the vehicle, changed and beaten and howhe got help. >>> prince hrynd rihanna, worl watching and the message coaching means making tough choices. jim! you're in! but when you have high blood pressure

baghdadi was hoping up the gates, come to the caliphate. there's pros and cons to each side. al qaeda has a lot longer to develop. had almost a decade, with very little harassment from us or anyone else. so it could afford to be a little more careful. isis developed very quickly, and decided to be very ambitious, jerry early -- very early on so they're more open to infiltration. hey with infill freighted isis? i don't know the answer to that. i would say that we -- it certainly hasn't been perfect infiltration because we have been surprised, really ugly surprises, like "charlie hebdo," like the paris attack, the brussels attack. what we're finding is -- rather than being the jv team of terrorism, isis is to me like al qaeda 3 .0. these are learning organizations and related and the people share lessons from fighting us for over a decade and they learned from al qaeda core, osama bin laden, how you can -- how the strategy of attacking the west brings you the point of the are realm which is money, prestige, recruits. they learned from al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, awlaki's

. >> al-baghdadi is global terrorist underu.s. law and he is based in syria.on is clearly stated in his own statements to carve out his own governing territory from baghdad to syria to lebanon. >> the level of destruction they're having, level of killing they're doing inside of that country, it's terrible. meghan: despite those repeated warnings, president obama is claiming that the spread of isis took him by surprise. he made the comments about the terror group in an interview on cnn. watch. >> the ability of isil to initiate major land offenses is, that was not on my intelligence radar screen. >> this despite intel on isis being included in his daily briefings, at least a year before the group seized territory in the middle east. meantime mr. obama saying earlier this week in florida, leaving troops in iraq back in 2011, would not have prevented the group from expanding. judge let me go to you first. i'm having a really hard time with president obama this week, i don't know if it is spin to save his legacy or if it is actual delusion. this statement is shame

and a video in which the attacker pledges allegiance to abu bakr al baghdadi the head of isis. the strong presumption is this was nymph filmed before the att because on the video he makes no mention of the attack. he may not have known whether he would survive the attack. and, so everything points at this point to this being prerecorded. and then uploaded to isis in syria, at some point. and it may well be that isis actually have this for quite a few hours, even though, because, the timing of this release was right after there was a confirmation by the italians that he had been killed in a shoot-out in milan. so it may well be that isis was waiting for that to happen for another attack or for him to be killed before putting out this video pledge of allegiance to isis. and he's doing this because he wants isis to be able to take ownership of this attack. in his advice for one of the jihadis in the west in launching truck attacks, isis in a recent communique said that it was absolutely vital for them in it some way to say that they were doing this on behalf of isis. and he's done

anyone with information leading to the location, arrest or conviction of isis leader abu bakr al baghdadit's a steep price jump for the terror leader. back in 2011, the reward was $10 million. government officials feel raising the reward is a proactive incentive, citing that taking out al baghdadi would better protect our homeland. >>> an american family caught in the brussels terror attack, five of them critically injured. their beloved mother and wife killed. >> well, they are graciously opening up exclusively to cnn about that very day that changed everything for them. cnn's chief pentagon correspondent barbara starr sat down with the martinez family. >> i'm pushing through it every day. it's difficult to go through the pain, but you have to look forward. >> reporter: for 18-year-old kiani martinez, her brothers and sisters, there is utter devastation beyond the pain of burns, shrapnel and broken bones. their mother, gayle, was killed. all four children and their father, air force colonel cado martinez, were among the americans critically wounded in the march isis suicide bomber attack

a video released by isis-friendly media of anis amri pledging allegiance to al baghdadi.lain the meanings this? >> new someone close to isis or how would he be able to upload it to them otherwise? it shows a deeper connection than just inspiration in this attack and that's not surprising, because the network he was part of had all sorts of ties back to isis in syria and iraq including communication. likely he would have uploaded this before the attack to isis, because he may not have thought he had an opportunity to do it afterwards. might have expected to die in that operation, in berlin which would mean isis had advance knowledge of this and waited until he sort of was killed to put it out. that sort of fits with the timing here. unfortunately, this is going to be a propaganda win for isis. that's why they've been putting out instructions for recruits and sympathizers in the west to do exactly this. to put out videos or some kind of pledge to baghdadi on social media before and we've seen that happen's in a string of cases. >> paul, what's the latest on the investigatio

what we have here is perhaps the most recent indication that baghdadi is alive somewhere out there. we don't have a location. we don't have a time frame. it's our understanding this is not realtime intelligence. we are not being told that they have information where he is right now. but they got information about where he might recently have been so u.s. intelligence, the u.s. military, now by all accounts working that tip, seeing what they can develop, whether they can carry any of that information forward and get more recent information about where he might be and could they possibly move against him. kate? >> barbara, great to see you. matthew, thank you so much. appreciate it. watching that as the cease-fire set to set in in just hours. >>> ahead for us, mixed signals. trump says the transition with president obama is going very smoothly just hours after he said it was not so much. which is it? >>> plus, hollywood in tears. just one day after her daughter's death, actress debbie reynolds passed away. we take a look back at her incredible career including how she learned to dance

with information leading to the location, the arrest or conviction of isis leader abu backer al-baghdadiit's a steep price. in 2011, the award was $10 million. lazing the award sa proactive incentive siting that taking out al-baghdadi would better protec our homeland. >>> lay the blame on vladimir putin, president barack obama pointing the finger at the highest levels of the russian government for interfering with the u.s. election campaign. russia's hacking and interference in the elections. >> in early september when i saw president putin in china, i felt that the most effective way to ensure that that didn't happen was to talk to him directly and tell him to cut it out and there were going to be serious consequences if he didn't. and, in fact, we did not see further tampering of the election process. >> but russia has a message back for the u.s. -- it says prove it or shut up. want to talk with this with clarissa ward who is live in moscow. clarissa, are you hearing anything about whether russia may retaliate when it comes to these and what they will do and how far they will go? >> at

closer to tracking down the isis leader abu bakr al baghdadi. >> they're not saying publicly becauseu're talking about, the very much intelligence structure that's now in place. drones over head, watching. intercepting communications, talking to people on the ground. all this is public knowledge. we are not disclosing anything. this is basically how the u.s. military intelligence community operates in trying to go after these isis targets. they are unpacking all of this communications, relationship inside of isis, taking people out one by one and hoping to, in fact, get to baghdadi as they make progress against these targets. >> barbara starr at the pentagon for us. thank you so much. >>> consumer warning now. this item is in kitchens everywhere and now 8 million of these popular kitchen gadgets are being recalled because they might cut your mouth. that warning ahead. you won't want to miss it. >>> then, donald trump says you can't catch a hacker unless you catch the hacker in the act. is that true? investigators and how they find cyber fingerprints. (vo) it's the holidays at verizon

bakr al—baghdadi, to obey and listen to him for better orfor worse.hallenge those in command isi will not challenge those in command is i see an overt act of disbelief to which i have proof from god. that was part of the video that has emerged, voiced of course by an interpreter. anis amri filmed himself, pledging allegiance to the leader of so—called islamic state. two men have been convicted of using aid convoys to get cash and supplies to terrorists in syria. the old bailey was told that the high profile muslim community—led convoys became unwitting vehicles for the plan to fund terrorism. our home affairs correspondent dominic casciani has the latest from the old bailey. this is quite a significant criminal conviction here at the old bailey, notjust because of the severity of the allegations, but also because it's the first official formal confirmation that the major aid convoys that people will remember from 2013, some of them were exploited and infiltrated by jihadists. this is a suspicion that was long held by intelligence chiefs and the verdic