fox news chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge with the report. >> reporter: the father of the jordanian pilot lieutenant moaz al-kassabeh overcome by grief after learning the news his son was dead, burned alive by isis terrorists. the jordanian government was quick to confirm what it called an assassination which would not go unanswered. >> whoever doubted the unity of jordan will be proved wrong. whoever doubts jordan's stern and lethal response will be proved wrong. >> reporter: mr. obama condemned isis and yet another savage act. >> we'll redouble the vigilance and determination on the part of a global coalition to make

fox news chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge joins us live from guantanamo bay, cuba.atherine? photograph paragraph thank you very much there was appear assessment back in july of last year. they said 14,000. so if do you the math real quick, what you see is that it is an additional thousand fighters every month over the last seven months. what's even more important is the assessment says the rate at which traveling surpasses anything the intelligence community has seen in the last two decades much faster rated than what they saw in iraq, also afghanistan. foreign fighters going to the tribal areas of pakistan as well as yemen and somalia the reason that matters all this has france spider since the u.s. along with the coalition started air strikes in syria and iraq. cleary make the argument it may have escalated the flow of fighters into the region, greta. >> catherine, you know, what's the u.s. doing in terms of those 150 americans? do we know who they are and where they are? >> one of the most interesting elements of the testimony that was on capitol hill today. beca

our chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge has been following the developments from washington. catherine, what does this video tell us? does it tell us anything about when it was made? >> first of all, really at in point, it is a foregone conclusion that it is authentic. jordanian forces have confirmed that the pilot is dead and they have vowed to exact revenge. and sky news is reporting that the al qaeda prisoners held by jordan could be executed as early as this evening in retaliation, and just too kind of give you a scene setter of how things are here in washington right know, we had two events scheduled with the jordanian king this afternoon on capitol hill and at this point they're not indicating whether he will in fact attend, lending credence that he will in fact cut his trip short here in the united states. the video is extremely high production value it almost plays like a theater release. it would have taken several days to compile it and put it together. and it may have been possible to insert or edit in at the final moment es the burning alive of the pilots. i have

team coverage for you catherine herridge and conor powell. let's start with conor. >> egypt wasting no time retaliating. for the second time in just a few months, launching air strikes in libya in the town of derna, a hotbed of islam xichl extremism there for a long time. libyan officials say the air strikes were carried out with the full support of both the libyan armed forces and of the government there and that the two countries, libya and egypt, coordinated the attacks. it's tough to verify the actual claims as to how many were killed. but the egyptian air force targeted isis equipment and training centers and vehicles. and many analysts fear that libya is ripe for isis to extend into from iraq and syria. it has a large and sort of experienced militant community that's fought in wars in afghanistan, in iraq and syria and its proximity to syria in terms of the larger middle eastern mediterranean area really puts it in a dangerous spot. it also lacks a real central government. it's sort of descending into chaos. egyptian officials said they

chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge is live for us. glad to have you safe back from gitmo. but you're still working hard. now we have this latest attack on the base. what do you know? >> gretchen military officials in washington are putting the best possible face on the incursion thshgs is the first time a limited number of isis fighter vz come so close to penetrating the base perimeter. a former intelligence officer who was stationed in 2006 tells fox news the base is gigantic and territory rain offers no natural defense. the idea that 320 marines can hold the perimeter 24/7 and at the same time train the iraqi army, this source said is simply not credibility, especially if isis maintain a's persistent presence in the neighboring town gretchen. >> so what is the latest intelligence assessment on this isis threat? >> well, this morning one of the most credible voices on the threat, former head of the defense agency, michael flynn testified before the house armed services committee and flynn said in every way, recruitment, financing, th

we know about a european woman and of course that british national as well shep. >> catherine herridge at the southern tip of cuba, as the storm clouds build terrific i mean terrific reporting as always catherine. so nice to have you here. thank you. safe travels. >> you're welcome. >> while catherine was bringing us all of that, as astounding as what we just heard was, i just got a crazy bit of information in my ear. guess who called vladimir putin? that's next. when it comes to good nutrition...i'm no expert. that would be my daughter -- hi dad. she's a dietitian. and back when i wasn't eating right, she got me drinking boost. it's got a great taste and it helps give me the nutrition i was missing. helping me stay more like me. [ female announcer ] boost complete nutritional drink has 26 essential vitamins and minerals, including calcium and vitamin d to support strong bones and 10 grams of protein to help maintain muscle. all with a delicious taste. grandpa! [ female announcer ] stay strong, stay active with boost. [ male announcer ] at northrop grumman, we know in the cyber world,

catherine herridge. the fort hood victims received good news today. hundreds of workers in california are regal from thereelingfrom the news that they're losing their jobs. those losing their jobs blame president president obama's open borders policy and unilateral position to bring in millions of illegal immigrants. (?) >> last week, president obama promised executives in india the us would continue to welcome their high-tech guest workers. 500 us workers at southern california edison paid the price. >> while the 500 jobs will be directly replaced at southern california edison. in addition it facilitates the offshoring additional work. >> they have to train their foreign replacements. brought in with their visas may violate an immigration law which requires foreign workers not adversely affect the wages and working conditions of us workers. >> the problem is that that's never been enforced. the secretary of labor across multiple administrations has decided never to do anything about it. >> edison admits it's outsourcing some tech work to be more cost

standing by tonight from guantanamo bay with more details is fox's own catherine herridge. catherine, very disturbing report. big discrepancies in timelines. and maybe opportunities missed? >> reporter: well, that's right sean. two sources with direct knowledge of the efforts to free the western hostages confirmed to fox news that there was strong and specific intelligence about the location of the western hostages in may of 2014. that's five weeks at least before the president signed off on the operation. and the intelligence we're told was so specific that there was even the identification of a building they believe was holding the hostages in the isis stronghold of raqqa syria. even more significantly during that period of time the hostages had been held in the same location for at least two weeks. and this is highly unusual because typically hostages are moved every day to hide their location. the president saying he signed off when there was intelligence and had the best opportunity for success. but these two sources with direct knowledge with efforts to free the americ

-led coalition, in washington catherine herridge fox news. lou: it's been nearly two years since the internal revenue scandal publicly grope but republicans are grappling with an administration that has stonewalled throughout as they search for answers and accountability. the senate holding a hearing on the matter, another document dump on tens of thousands of e-mails including those from the woman at the center of the scandal lois lerner. our chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel with the report. >> the american taxpayer deserves better from the federal agency that collects their taxes, and we're going to do everything we can to make sure that the irs is held accountable. >> reporter: yet 20 months into the irs investigation frustraugz is building as congress pushes for answers but the obama administration content to drag it out. in addition to as many as six congressional committees looking into the irs targeting of conservative groups there is a probe at the justice department. >> these are matters that have been under investigati

we begin tonight with chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge with egypt's response to the brutal murder of 21 christians. good evening catherine. >> thank you ed. while there's no independent confirmation tonight, libya media is reporting that more egyptians have been kidnapped in retaliation for today's air strikes. egyptian warplanes struck islamic state targets in libya today hours after the terror group released a grisly video showing terrorists cutting off the heads of nearly two dozen egyptian coptic christians. the strikes ordered by the egyptian president general el sisi on public tv, taking military action in neighboring libya. >> we need to pull our forces together and face this threat that is coming closer to home. >> the five-minute video is described as a watershed because it's believed to be the largest documented mass execution by isis outside of iraq and syria. pope francis left no doubt the egyptians working in libya to send money home to their families were singled out for their faith. >> translator: there only words were, jesus, help me. they were assass

because the seven weeks that catherine herridge reported is a pretty significant period of time.t will depend on the definition of confidence in the intelligence. josh earnest the white house spokesman was asked about this today. and he said, i can tell you there was no delay. and the white house is going to say there was no delay once they were confident that the intelligence was right. the republicans in congress are certainly going to want to know more about this basically to second guess the white house decision. melissa: meanwhile, an unprecedented amount of foreign fighters, 20,000 people from around the world have flocked to syria or iraq to join isis or other extremist groups. this is according to the associated press. intelligence agencies believe there may be as many as 150 americans that tried to reach the syrian war zone. some of them have been successful. i was seeing a report in the last hour about hundreds of al-qaeda fighters who have now just recently changed their flag and come over to isis. chris harmer, this seems like it's a literally growing problem. >> it a

following the terror bust on our homeland, but we start with chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge with the latest on the man they call jihadi john and the isis hearings. catherine, what are we learning? >> reporter: well, thank you jon, and good morning. separately, the nation's most senior intelligence official james clapper, has been testifying this morning. the 2014 is on track to be the worst on record for terrorism with isis responsible for the lion's share. >> in my 50-plus years in the intelligence business, i don't know of a time that has been more beset by challenges and crises around the world. i worry a lot about the safety and security of this country. >> reporter: clapper is testifying this morning before senate lawmakers alongside the head of the defense intelligence agency, general stewart. you see that hearing is continuing at this hour, and so far there are statements that the threat is worse now than at any time in recent history sharply conflicting with the statements of secretary of state john kerry who has now said americans are safer and the threat has been d

chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge with this report. >> reporter: the fbi director also says they're finding credible terrorism leads in every part of the country. >> we have investigations of people in various stages of radicalizing in all 50 states. i tell my state and local partners, this is about all of us being connected tightly to each other. this isn't a new york phenomenon or washington phenomenon. this is all 50 states. >> reporter: privately, law enforcement officials dispute the idea that american home grown recruits are not the real thing, and the same officials tell fox news u.s. citizens could easily take on high-profile roles like the isis executioner jihad john who is a british national. three new york city men arraigned are a growing number of americans who are alleged isis supporters. according to court documents, the men in 20s were determined to support terror group and launch attacks inside the u.s. if they couldn't reach syria or iraq. 180 americans fit a similar profile as the threat expands in fragments. >> in my 50+ years in the intelligence busi

catherine herridge in washington. often you have to read between the lines. can you help with that at all? >> based on that excellent interview, shep, what he said, sort of to decode it is when they finally got the videotape it itself, there was details that corroborated some of the details they had, that the pilot had been killed within a short period of time after his capture, after a few days or as the foreign minister said maybe perhaps as late as ten days. what happens in these situations is that when they get a piece of data, for example, we've been reviewing some tweets in the last couple of days here at fox news that indicate the pilot was in raqqah syria on december 4th, and he was paraded through one of the main centers in that town in that cage. that is the kind of image you can pick up from aerial satellites. so if you have that data point with that date, you can kind of go into the wayback machine for aerial satellites and you can look down on raqqah, syria, to see if you think that's the pilot in the cage going around that specific section of th

we turn to catherine herridge for what's going on. >> thank you, tucker. while military officials here in washington are putting the best possible face on the incursion this is the first time numbers of isis fighters penetrated and today we learned they used stolen uniforms as a disguise. >> early indications are that, yes, some of them did detonate their vests, detonate themselves. and then they were followed by roughly something on the order of 15 or so other fighters. it does appear now that most, if not all of them were wearing iraqi uniforms. >> but a former intelligence officer who was stationed at al asad in 2006 says the base is gigantic and the terrain offers no natural defenses. and the idea 320 marines can hold a 13-mile perimeter 24/7 and at the same time train the iraqi military is simply not credible. this morning one of the most authoritative voices on the threat, the former head of the defense intelligence agency general michael flynn testified the threat has expanded in every possible way in the last year. and the administration has not do

let's first get to catherine herridge in washington.what are you contacts telling you> i've watched the five-minute video in it's entirety and while not as highly produced as recent tapes, the video uses multiple effects as well as camera angles and what appears to be a crane shot overheight. isis is to comfortable in eastern libya, its like a movie set on the beast, and this jihadi who delivers the bulk of the message speaks with aerican accent and wears they same campo worn by the executioners who burned the jordanian pilot in january. analysts say this is significant and meant to show coordination between isis in syria and north sprinkle. >> hundreds of miles away from syria and iraq you have isis jihaddists in libya north africa, wearing the same uniform and the black execution uniform, and the same way they displayed the victims and the slaughter. all that is telling me this is now an international organized isis jihaddist group. >> a week before the video was posted, fox news was told that isis twitter acco

fox news chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge joins us. catherine. >> we were able to review state department emails. they were unclassified emails. they show that the ambassador on the ground also a senior executive here in washington, patrick kennedy who oversees the embassies worldwide, they were so concerned this evacuation plan might go south they left open a communication system kind of like a lifeline so the ambassador and a the staff had to return to the embassy they had an effective way to communicate. but, what we heard consistently from diplomatic sources is when you evacuate and bug out, you get out and shut down everything they feared they would be in bigger trouble if they had to go in. in hindsight they should have shut down everything. if they might have to go back in. they say this is a plan they had been working on for weeks if not years. let me go to one of the emails. can you get a sense of what level of anxiety there was in washington because this system was left up. and in recent part we need to quickly think about th

bill: catherine herridge is our chief intelligence correspondent live streaming out of the gitmo on the of a delay yesterday. take us through the back channels catherine to try to locate her and even possibly send in a team to possibly get her out. do you have more on this now? >> reporter: thank you bill. i want to begin first with the execution of james foley because it was after that execution last fall that fox news was able to confirm very specific details about the kidnapping of kayla mueller. we were able to understand that she was kidnapped along with her syrian boyfriend, both aid workers. that he was held temporarily released. and then went back to try to convince isis to release her but was unsuccessful. we were also able to confirm but were asked to withhold very specific details for the sake of her safety and also for national security interests and we'll continue to do that here in the discussion but we understood that cale law was held at three separate locations in syria, most notably one back in may where we understood that all of the eight western hostages were being h

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bill: catherine herridge live on that from washington d.c. patti ann?well, pope francis this morning speaking off the cuff denouncing the brutal execution of those christians in libya. this as the horrific video fuels fears of takes in nearby italy. the pope saying, quote: they only said jesus help me. the blood of our christian brothers is testimony that cries out. be they catholic orthodox, copts, lutheran it doesn't matter. they're christian. isis is vowing the strike rome the seat of catholicism. >>> two men arrested in connection with the terror attacks in copenhagen appearing in court today. investigators accuse the two of helping the man who killed two people and wounded five officers in this weekend's shootings. they happened at a synagogue and a free speech event and put all of denmark on high alert. >> we have now experienced the fear that terrorism seeks to spread. but we have as a community also responded with determination and resolve. sunday morning the presumed perpetrator lost his life in the shooting with the danish police. patti ann: g

catherine herridge fox news is reporting that. january 3rd. ices is was trying to do some sort of negotiation and couldn't. because is he already dead. did the king say anything about that. >> no. they had an inkling that he had been killed but they didn't know for sure until today. >> did they say anything at all in terms of the woman that's expected to be executed today who is part of the suicide bombing in the hotel in amman where 60 were killed? >> he said retribution it's going to be swift and powerful and the jordanians are going to bring it to them. >> why would isis even care if she is killed, executed? i mean they care about nothing. they care about absolutely nothing. why do they care about this woman? they asked for her in trade but what do they care? >> they are immune. like i said, they are going to regret. this because i think this could be what, you know, coalesces the arab world together in going after isis which is great. that's what we should have been doing all along and we haven't done it so someone else is going to step up

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chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge joins us live from guantanamo bay, cuba. what are the implications of pulling our intelligence people out of that region? >> reporter: greg, this decision to shut down the u.s. embassy in sanaa and withdraw 200 u.s. government personnel is clearly a set back for counterterrorism operations in that country. there is no other way to assess it. the u.s. government's most senior intelligence officer on the ground is the cia's chief of station. in almost every case they are based in the embassy in that country. in addition, with the withdraw of military forces not all but most this limits the cia's ability to move around the country. after all the cia is a human intelligence gathering operation. finally the cia has worked really very hard since 2009 to cultivate this network of informants in the cooperation of the yemeni government. it was that intelligence that allowed the cia to target high-profile operatives with this group al qaeda in yemen. this will be much more difficult in the future. despite all of these setback this is

we've heard some from them and it's important and we'll get to it, but i want to begin now with catherine herridge. catherine, it's our understanding from the jordanians that the video was made a month from today january 3rd. >> this comes from a spokesman of the jordanian armed forces saying the pilot was killed ten days after his capture and this now explains why the jordanian authorities were so adamant about getting this proof of life before trading the al qaeda suicide bomber in their custody for the pilot. also, the afp is now reporting that the bomber who is now part of the 2005 hotel plot that killed 60 will be executed tomorrow along with other al qaeda prisoners. the execution video of the japanese hostage over the weekend significantly made no reference to the negotiations for the pilot, thea bomber nor the $200 million ransom isis had demanded, and the length of the video, as you note, the way it was produced with that video game feel all point to the fact that the hostages were killed some days ago, and if you look at the secretary image that was released last week the japanese journa

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chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge is covering that story. appened with all of that today? >> reporter: well, what we learninged in court today, gretchen is this translator was employ bid the fbi. -- an alleged member of the hamburg cell where the 9/11 plot was finalized. this is a man they recognized from the cia black sites, this is where the men were subjected to the enhanced interrogation program and what critics call torture. there was a difference of opinion between the prosecution and the defense today on the magnitude of this issue. the prosecution said there was no evidence of some grand conspiracy by the federal government to insert what amounted to an informant on the defense team the defense said that it was too early to say based on the little evidence that was available. significantly within the last couple of hours, we have heard from the lawyers for khalid sheikh mohammed as the architect of the 9/11 plot. what he has asked the court to do is suspend the proceeding until this issue is worked out. so what we have seen is a that

standing by in washington tonight with the full report fox's own catherine herridge. catherine. >> sean, i've watched the five-minute video in its entirety and analysts say it's a watershed and believed to be the first documented mass execution by isis outside of its stronghold in syria and iraq. well, not as highly produced as recent prop began ta tapes, the video uses multiple effects as well as camera angles and what appears to be a crane for overhead shots as it showcases isis terrorists cutting off the heads of nearly two dozen christian egyptians. this man wears the same -- analysts say this is significant and meant to show coordination between isis and syria and north africa. >> all that is telling me this is now the rise of an international organized isis jihadist group. look, this is the beginning of a genocide perpetrated by the jihadist of isis. >> video references to rome are not only about targeting christianity, but meant to draw in libyans who resent italy's colonial past. and tonight italy's interior ministry is reportedly calling on nato to intervene.

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catherine herridge with our report. >> a federal government watchdog has concluded the administrationbroke the law when it didn't give congress the required 30-day notice before they were swapped for bowe bergdahl. this morning, a defense department witness testified, it was all done with the okay of attorney general holder. >> my understanding is the department of justice and mr. preston interpreted the president's powers. because of the security risk and safety of sergeant bergdahl, necessitated proceeding without the 30 day notice. >> the number of detainees who are confirmed or suspected of returning to terrorism is 33% under the bush administration. and since january 2009, under the obama administration, 8% fall into this category. but for context the figures can be misleading because the vast majority of detainees were transferred out of the camps under mr. bush. more than 600. and under mr. obama only 120. and the head of gitmo policy made the argument today that the camp should be closed, pointing to the execution of hostages by isis this week, citing the jordanian pilot who w

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catherine herridge is live in washington with more.from today's testimony before house around services committee? >> reporter: well, gregg, food morning. the maintainingaway so far is this really is a war of ideas that cannot be won with kinetic action alone, and in the last two years there is now an arc of instability that spreads from yemen in the east to iraq in syria and then into north africa with the collapse of yemen. this morning the principal witness before the house armed services committee is the former director of the intelligence agency, michael flynn, who you see here. he's a critic of the administration's refusal to identify the threat as radical islam. >> i wouldn't sit here today and say isis is an existential threat to this country the broader ideology. but the broader ideology is one that will get inside of our blood stream, get inside of our dna, if you will and will permeate over time if we don't do something about it now. so it doesn't help us to just kind of wait to do something. >> reporter: separately, fox news

we turn to catherine herridge for what's going on. >> thank you, tucker. while military officials here in washington are putting the best possible face on the incursion this is the first time numbers of isis fighters penetrated and today

chief intelligence continue catherine herridge live in guantanamo bay cuba for us with much more on this story. catherine, i know you were told last fall not to discuss kayla's case but you can discuss it today? >> reporter: we're free to discuss some but not all of those details at this time. our contact had been involved in some efforts to free the hostages. what we can report today based on that contact is new information about her kidnapping in syria, what we understand is that she was traveling with a syrian man who she introduced as her boyfriend to her colleagues, they were traveling not far from aleppo when their car was forceded off the road. and the two were kidnapped together some days later. the syrian manage was released by isis. and tlvpszhere was a real question at this time whether this boyfriend was somehow bait to get her into the trap. that was somehow dismissed after the syrian man went back to isis to try to secure her release but unfortunately to no avail. we were able to confirm the location where the hostages were all held together between 20 -- there were three s

our chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge. >> clapper testified that the threat is expandingng and that at the same time fragmenting. >> in my 50 plus years in the intelligence business i don't know of a time that has been more beset by challenges and crises around the world. i worry a lot about the safety and security of this country. the home-grown violent extremist continue to pose the most likely threat to the homeland. >> his testimony today reinforces the rare public assessment this week from the fbi director that the bureau is finding credible terrorism leads in every part of the country. >> we have investigations of people in various stages of radicalizing in all 50 states. i tell my state and local partners, this is about al off us being'm'm#@$ connect -- all of us being connected. this isn't just new york or washington, this is all 50 states. >> on the cyber issue, clapper testified that a cyber armageddon or seniorber pearl harbor is pretty unlikely. what is more likely or incremental attacks where nation states like north korea russia, and china, steal u.s. govern

fox news chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge is at guantanamo bay. erine, what happened? >> thank you greta. right now we are standing about 20 yards from the maximum security courthouse, which where we had the hearing today really what went down inside that courthouse will either be a monumental disaster 9/11 case or go down as embarrassing baseless accusation by some of the 9/11 conspirators two of the men in court today alleged one of the translators they had seen before in the cia secret prisons and that the man could not be trusted. the accusation cass first leveled by 9/11 con spiritter ramzi bin al shibh who is accused of being part of the cell where the plot was finalized. this accusation was then followed up by walid ben attash who is accused of training the 9/11 hijackers in afghanistan. what's key here, greta is that the defense attorneys in the case say this is all part of a troubling pattern where they believe the government is entrying on some level with the prosecution. they rattle off a whole host of examples they allege they found lis

let's bring in catherine herridge. now they're using this high production of all these video. >> social media has really become the life blood of the new digital jihad. it's like pouring gasoline on the fire of self-radicalization. and the new video showing the execution of the jordanian pilot really takes it to another level. it's 22 minutes long. it has multi layers of video, audio, and then the final scene at the execution and it has -- i don't know if you would agree, this almost video game like feel to it. >> done little video game stuff. i think one of the things that these guys have decided to do is to attract not just your average -- somebody who is a camel herder. they're looking to get into their organization as a part of it relatively well-educated, people who are technologically aware. they can do things with a iphone or blackberry or one of those devices and see essentially the history that's being made by this organization. >> stand by. coming up, how isis is using yelp reviews, earthquakes and sometimes

fox news chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge joins us. what's the information about the coordination with isis in libya iraq, and syria? >> well, isis in iraq and syria under its leader, abu al baghdadi has its own media production company called the al-hyayat media center. this video of the 21 egyptian christians executed, this was districted by al-hyayat. that means that when the video went out it went out with the blessing of the isis leadership in iraq and syria. like a big movie production company for these groups. when they send it out to the theaters or when they post it online it's all done from a stragglely controlled area. and, in this case it was isis in iraq and syria. not isis in libya. >> all right. now, we now our biggest nightmare was it expanded to libya. it's there now it has expanded. >> clear coordination. >> clear coordination. where is our next sort of, you know what should would he be looking at and what should would he be fearing? what's the next level of coordination? >> if you recall the execution video of the eg

catherine herridge is in washington with the latest. >> reporter: i watched the video in its entirety, and while not as highly produced as recent propaganda tapes the video uses multiple effects and camera ang angles and what appears to be a crane for overhead shots. it's like ag46cbiy movie set on the beach and this jihadi who delivers the bulk of the message speaks withrej6:çñ a north american accent and wears the same uniform worn by the executioners who burned a jordanian pilot to death.í 4%!isç is meant to show coordination between isis in sear syria and followers in libya. >> believe that this is part of the whole phenomenon facing in egypt and throughout the arab world. wefrñ need to pull our force together and face this threat that is coming closer to home, and by home i mean not only egypt but i mean also europe. >> reporter: video references in the tames are not only about clubbity but meant to draw in libyans who resent italy's colonial past and refer reins to osama bin laden are meant to give isis the man tell of the jihad. the focus of the air strikes is home to the train