finally, another message from jihadi john. he threatens that before long isis fighters will be carrying out attacks on foreign soil in the united states in the united kingdom. >> carl penhall, thank you so much. kassig's family is asking for privacy while they wait for confirmation that the isis video is real and indeed shows the execution of their son. cnn alexander fields reports, it's been an emotional roller coaster for the kassig family. >> paula and ed kassig asking for privacy and their son peter kassig to be remembered for his important work and the love he shared with friends and family. last month the parents publicly pleaded for mercy from kassig's cap tors. >> most of all know that we love you and our hearts ache for you to be granted your freedom. >> their 26-year-old son telling them in a letter i'm obviously pretty scared to die, but the hardest part is not knowing, wondering, hoping and wondering if i should even hope at all. >> i think he wanted to return back to the middle east and contribute in a very differ

we still have jihadi john, a man we've not identified so far.almost a random act, because they didn't tie it to a current political message. i'm wondering if isis is not on the ropes. they lost in kobani. they've lost around baghdad. they haven't -- they've lost the refinery and the rest of it. it looks like they're lashing out to remind people they're there. >> jihadi john, peter, you mentioned him, the masked man in black. how significant is jihadi john and what all do we know about him? >> well, we know that british officials identified him a long time ago. the fbi director said that his identity is known. he's part of a group known as the beatles, who are basically from london. they're the main captors of all these hostages. >> what i think is striking about this latest video is we know that there is another american, a woman, a 26-year-old. she's not in this video. what does that tell us? >> i think this is potentially good news. cnn is aware of her identity. we're not reporting it. but isis has also not mentioned her name or produced her i

there also is another message from this man we know as jihadi john. he says that he hopes once isis has fought american crusaders in syria and in iraq, then isis fighters will go on to fight on the streets of foreign countries including the united states and the united kingdom. that's certainly a threat there that isis could be readying to take its fight further afield. and certainly all of this comes within the context of coalition air strikes on isis positions, and the fact that for the first time isis indicates this video was shot in a town northeast of aleppo seems to indicate that peter kassig, who we understood had been held near the isis strong hold had been moved 125 miles west at this point where he appears to have been ex caughted, fredricka. >> all right. karl penhaul, thank you so much for that. >>> our next guest thinks the focus is not the beheadings. jeremiah o'keefe joins me from dallas, a former white house middle east adviser. jeremiah, explain that for me. >> good afternoon, fredricka. the video is approximately 16 minutes long, and

in this case, all we see is the body of kassig and the speech by the apparent killer jihadi john. know why that is exactly. but what we can say is over the weekend, there was a report here in a british tabloid that the masked militant had been wounded in an air strike and had been identified. that may be one reason why this video is coming out at this time. >> so different that this is the fifth hostage execution. the third american, but you don't see the into the camera anti-american or anti-western propaganda speech before he is killed. we don't know why that didn't happen if he refused or if there was some other circumstance that happened. we don't know why, do we? >> reporter: we don't know. it is also important to know they never acknowledge he converted to islam or aid work in syria. there was a lot of backlash from the muslim community round the world saying they were islamic and condemning isis for them. to see the killing of a fellow muslim is likely to be condemned widely around the world. that may be one reason why he wasn't allowed to speak. >> a fellow muslim working

jihady john says that peter kassig didn't have much to say.at perhaps an indication that peter kassig in fact just refused to say anything? is he the first of the hostage that's point blank said to his captors i'm not going to serve your propaganda purposes? is that the reason we only show the aftermath? so certainly significant differences. also the location as you mentioned. this one apparently filmed according to a slug that appears on the video in the count of their book. that is just northeast of the city of alep yoe. that is about 200 kilometers, about 150 miles from where we previous believed all the hostages are being held which is around the isis strong hold of ruker. >> carl, joe johns in atlanta right now. any notion of what the timing of this means? we do know the chairman of the u.s. joint chiefs of staff had said the united states has been make something head way against isis. he said that fairly recently. why would this video be timed for its release now? >> there's no indication as to actually when any of this video was filmed.

standing over him is the man known in the british press as jihadi john.litant with the accent that delivers that propaganda speech. it is not only peter kassig who is killed in the video, but in the preceding 15 minutes, a highly choreographed and style murder of a dozen syrian soldiers, again, led by the militant known as jihadi john and a number of other isis militants who are not masked. investigators are now poring over that video to try to identify all of the isis fighters in the video. >> that's right. we know the governments are looking to see if there is a french citizen among the unmasked people in the video. we have to wait and see what that shows. what i think is interesting here is that we don't know why we don't see peter kassig speaking. it could be that he would not say the propaganda that they wanted him to say as the others had. it could be that something else happened or could be also that the public relations value of killing him is just not good for this group. he is a man converted to islam and someone helping the syrian people. >> re

he's nick naked jihadi john. chilling, blood-curdling, however you want to describe the last minute describing kassig's end and the 15 minutes of gory propaganda that precede it, it's just a small glimpse of the totality of isis' terror. today, the number of executions by the jihadists are now at 1,500 since june, when isis declared its caliphate. jim sciutto joins us live now. jim, this new video very disturbing. what more can you tell us about it? >> reporter: what's different about this video is it goes off what has become the typical script for an isis video. there's no picture, for instance, of kassig on his knees in an orange jumpsuit as we saw with steven sotloff or others. some believe it was rushed. some believe the group is under pressure. but this one, even more brutal than the ones we've seen in the past. a graphic display of savagery in isis' latest video. jihadi john stands above an american's decapitated head. >> this is peter edward kassig, a u.s. citizen of your country. >> reporter: former u.s.

>>reporter: like previous videos, this features jihadi john. kassig was not kneeling this a orange jump suit and did not make a statement. shows i.s.i.s. soldiers executing syrian officers, there wasn't an additional western hostage at the end. susan rice briefed president obama on the video board ifers ah 1. the parents released a statement said we are incredibly proud of our son, we will work every day to keep his legacy alive as best we can. i.s.i.s. revealed they kassig in october following the beheading of allen henning. kassig was abducted delivering aid to syrian brutalized by the civil war. he converted to islam while in captivity. he spent the last seven months pleading for his release. in an interview from margaret brennan they shared a letter from their son. >> he said if i go down for this, i want everyone to know i went down for a good cause. what more can you ask? >> the video was released the day after the chairman joint chiefs of staff martin dempsey made a secret knowledge visit to iran. y jeff. >> julianna, thank you. we turn

also featured in that video, jihadi john whose known by the british press as jihadi john. he is known with a thick british accent. there had been reports over the weekend that he had been injured, but u.s. intelligence sources saying that they have no evidence to indicate that is the case. >> erin mclaughlin in london. we will talk to you in the next half hour. >>> meantime, president obama has ordered a top-to-bottom review of the response when americans are taken hostage overseas. this was revealed in a letter to duncan hunter. three americans have been killed by isis militants. it is not known if the government's strict no ransom policy is part of the review. >>> the parents of the latest victim is seeking prayers and privacy. ed kassig spoke out after the video of the beheading of their son. peter kassig converted to islam in captivity taking the name abdul rahman kassig. >> peter's life is evidence that he has been right all along. one person makes a difference. our hearts are battered, but they will mend. the world is broken, but it will be healed in the end. >>> pro

execution videos, this one features the same black-masked killer with a british accent known as jihadi johnssig did not appear kneeling in an orange jump suit befire he was killed and did not make a statement. the 15 minute video also identified the militants location and shows isis soldiers executing syrian officers. there also wasn't an additional western hostage at the end. national security advisor susan rice briefed president obama on the video board air force one. as he returned home from australia. the 26-year-old's parents released a statement saying they were heartbroken. isis had revealed that they had kassig in october following the beheading of british aid worker allen henning. kassig was an army ranger in iraq and then turned to humanitarian work. he was abducted delivering aid to syrian brutalized by the civil war. he converted to islam while in captivity and changed his name abdul rachman. his parents spent the last several weeks pleading for his release. in an interview from margaret t senan, they shared a letter from their son given to them by a released hostage. >> he said

the same british accented man known as jihadi john, is again prominent.is seen not against empty desert but fields. cameras behind him. britain believed to be responsible. >> we should be no doubt that i want jihadi john to face justice for the appalling things, the appalling acts createin syria. >> changing his name from peter to abdul rahman. in vein, t his parents pleaded with the militants to release him. >> we implore his can a captors to show mercy and let our son go. >> before his murder kassig had written a letter to his parents. his father recently read a short extract. >> if i go down i won't go down thinking anything but what i know to be true. that you and mom love me more than the moon. >> it is like a nightmare. just like happening again. >> and saloomi anderson whose father was captured in the middle east more than a decade ago, knew kassig well, pleaded with his captives to release him. >> he has done nothing but help the people in your country, just regular people, and that could be your wife, your child. >> i got you. >> the pleas there

it's the first time jihadi john is seen apparently killing someone. >> it was also a sign of desperationsuffering a bit like an animal caged into a corner. they have no response to the air strikes. the air strikes and the coalition led effort is really hurting them. >> reporter: after the beheadings, the faces of the killers are brazenly shown. analysts say there's a message there, too. >> they were trying to show that this was almost a united nations of jihadis. this was jihadis carrying out these beheadings from different places around the world. >> in the portion of the video depicting kassig's death, another point of difference. unlike if previous beheading videos, the militants don't seem to try to hide where they are. they show distinct buildings, roads and fields and they label the place dabiq, that's a town in syria, very symbolic where the ottoman empire won a historic battle, opening the region up to muslim conquest. carol? >> brian todd reporting live from washington. thanks so much. we're back in a minute. where the reward was that what if tnew car smelledit card and the free

. >> they may have injured the leader of isis and they may have injured -- >> jihadi john. >> jihadi john, right. so they're trying -- they're pushing what buttons they've got. >> they're trying but the president may be forced to push more and put more in there. >> did you hear -- >> again, on his own hook. >> he's again alone because we have the airpower, the great air force of the world. we have a problem no allies on the ground. the iraqi army according to richard engel is totally infiltrated by the revolutionary guard all working for iran. >> and that's a very good point, chris. >> we have no real good allies. >> it's not just that he's alone in these decisions and actions here in the united states politically, you're right. the same is true around the world. >> it's going to be something tomorrow. my accent you recognized. it seems to me the country overwhelmingly per capita is for this keystone pipeline. they like energy, any job they can get. it's infrastructure to most people. 60-25. tomorrow after the president's vote in the senate, he's going to come out against it. again he

isis shows the man intelligence sources believe is jihadi john and others in detail too graphic to show here beheading more than a dozen men. the militants claim they're syrian pilots. it's the first time jihadi john is seen apparently killing someone. >> it was a sign of desperation because isil really are suffering. they're like an animal caged into a corner where they've got no response to the air strikes. the air strikes and the coalition-led effort is really hurting them. >> reporter: after the beheadings, the faces of the killers are brazenly shown. analysts say there's a message there, too. >> they were trying to show that this of almost a united nation of jihadies. the jihadis were carrying out beheadings from different places around the world. >> reporter: in the portion of the video depicting peter kassig's death, another point of difference. unlike in previous videos, they don't seem to be trying to hide where they are. they depict specific buildings, roads, and fields. they label the place dabiq, a place in syria where the jot moon territory opened to regional conquests. >>>

led, again, by jihady john, and a number of isis militants that sht masked. they're actually clearly identified as they carry this out. it is, unfortunately, edited for maximum gore. it's clearly -- the brutality is something they are trying to highlight in this video. >> adding to that terror element. i guess that the lead terrorist there being given that western name of jihadi john. thank you so much. >> what does the family of explain teen michael brown think about the release of this video and audio from the day officer darren wilson shot and killed the unarmed young man. down. we'll even buy you out of your contract. so you can get the samsung galaxy note 4 for zero down today. celebrate what's new, with the bigger, better menu at red lobster! try our newest wood-grilled combination! maine lobster, extra jumbo shrimp, and salmon! all topped with decadent brown butter. or savory new lobster scampi linguini, with lobster in every bite. and, the ultimate feast. it's the ultimate ultimate! with more shrimp than ever. more of what you love, our new menu. it's

the one hooded isis militant known to many of us as, quote, jihadi john, he also speaks in the video but another difference is that he is actually seen killing someone for the first time. he's seen killing one of the syrian soldiers. so again, very strong differences between this video of peter kassig and previous videos. >> you just shake your head at the others who have already been so upsetting, this one even more so. thanks very much to brian todd in washington. sew just described some of the clues that international investigators are looking at and they are also looking closer at the other people in the video, as brian said. joining me now is our nic robertson from washington and intelligence and security analyst bob baer in irvine, california. bob, if i can start with you, looking at the differences in the video, what do they tell you, if anything, about the state of isis now and if it's under any sort of presh snur. >> jim, i think they are definitely under pressure. they failed in the siege of kobani and until beirut. this execution looks to me, or at least the publication of

jihadi john, the isis militant has been injured in recent u.s.r strikes and his condition is unknown. ainsley? >>> thank you, clayton. last month the unemployment rate for post-9/11 female veterans was 11.2%. that is five points higher than their male counterparts. why is it so hard for women who have served our country to find jobs in here to explain this from our sister network and my friend, cheryl casone. >> it is tough out there. >> why? >> many things are affecting the female veterans. a quarter of the women are married to men, their spouses are in the military as well. a lot of times they are the ones moving for the spouse. he remains employed in the military, she does not. and many of the women, they have kids. and so a lot of times, and i hate to say this but it's true, it's illegal to discriminate against women if you have children when going on a job interview, but it happens all the time and no one talks about it. >> what can our female veterans do differently? >> one of the things they have to learn how to do, specifically, women don

it is the first time jihadi john is seen apparently killing someone. >> it was a sign of desperation.l really are suffering. they're a bit like an animal caged into a country. noef response to the air strikes. the air strikes and the cole head effort is really hurting them. >> reporter: after the beheadings, the faces are brazenly shown. >> they were trying to show these were jihadis carrying out these beheadings from different places around the world. >> reporter: in the portion of the video depick peter kassig's death, another point of difference. unlike other videos the militants don't seem to hide where they are. though show distinct buildings, roads and fields and they label the place, a town in syria very symbolic where the ottoman empire won a significant battle. >> thank you very much to brian todd. peter kassig first went to the middle east after yoing the army in 2006. he was briefly deployed to iraq. then he returned in 2012 on his own because he wanted to make a difference. he helped deliver humanitarian aid to syrians and that's where our reporter first met him. tending t

have been reports that abu bakr al baghdadi had been wounded and a british tabloid report that jihadi john had been wounded and identified in that strike. neither has been confirmed but this video may be in response to those reports, perhaps a show of defiance, but also possibly a sign of growing desperation. atika schubert, cnn, london. >> well, for u.s. president obama questions about american military involvement in iraq and syria returned to center stage this weekend. >> wrapping up his tour of asia and the attendance at the g-20 summit in australia. more details from erin mcpike. >> reporter: as he headed home president obama was briefed aboard air force one by national security adviser susan rice on the latest aggressive move from isis, the apparent beheading of a third america, aid worker peter kassig of indiana. the video's release came just hours after the president shifted slightly from his vow that he would never commit u.s. combat ground troops to fight isis in iraq. >> there are always circumstances in which the united states might need to deploy u.s. ground troops. if we disc

the message that executioner jihadi john has for the u.s. and reaction from government officials coming in this morning. >>> condition, critical. a doctor who contracted ebola in west africa too sick to walk off the plane as he lands in nebraska for treatment. we're hearing from his family this morning, and we're getting an urgent update from his doctors. can he be saved? >>> one-two punch. it's spinout central as another round of dangerous cold weather is ready to slam much of the country with snow all the way from colorado to new york. rob marciano tracking it all. >>> and no joke. ♪ daddy's great >> the beloved comic bill cosby under fire as rape allegations resurface. >> i will not sit in silence any longer. >> one woman going public saying she was sexually assaulted by the star years ago. what the comedian just did when he was asked about it on the radio. >>> and good morning. we want to get straight to the breaking news this morning. the apparent beheading of a young american by isis. his name is peter kassig. >> he is a 26-year-old fo

worker taken captive in syria more than a year ago, and this man, appears to be the executioner, jihadi john. and the race to find other hostages in captivity. martha raddatz joins us in a moment. first, brian ross is here. >> the video turning up the heat on the brutal isis leaders, including the team of sadistic british recruits who despite the british air strikes have found a way to shock once again, the sooiflized world. for isis, it did not seem to mat their peter kassig converted to islam. he had come to syria to hempl, not fight. >> we each get one life, that's it. >> reporter: and the propaganda video made clear. a masked man with a knife appeared, claiming to be in the city of dabiq with kassig's severed head at his feet. >> here we are, burying the first american man. >> reporter: it appeared to be the same man seen in previous isis videos, known as jihad john. who appear nod other videos. >> it appeared to the same person. and obviously inside the government, working very hard to exactly identify him. >> reporter: he appears elsewhere on the video, where he gives order to dehead 1

the suspected londoner dubbed jihadi john remains masked. reports a man in cardiff, speaking in an earlier recruit if -- recruiting video, could be in these images. these videos have given western intelligence agencies a lot of clues about the foreign fighters who have gone to join the islamic state. they are using facial recognition software to try to match the spaces with those back in their home country. the islamic state does not care. it is deliberately showing the faces to show the diversity of recruits and to talk the west. >> when you see the faces of individuals involved, i think it is a message designed primarily for the muslim world. it says to muslims that nationalism is an outdated concept, and a muslim should be identified by his faith. >> jihadists going to fight in syria and returning here, radicalized, has become a top priority for the government. >> a counterterrorism bill would disrupt the ability of people to travel abroad to fight and return here, and bring back the ongoing ideology that sanctions terrorism. >> conflict

his head left at the feet of a man now known as jihadi john. he changed to islam in captivity has been held sense october, 20 fourteen 13, also showing videos of other men isis claim are syria's isis pilots, threatening the u.s., warning, we will slaughter your soldiers and eventually the islamic state will begin to slaughter your people on your streets. hours after the gruesome video is released, president obama said in a statement abdul ralman was taken from us in an act of pure evil like others before him. his life and deeds stand in stark contrast to everything isis represents. kassig turned humanitarian aid worker was in syria he told cnn he can make a difference. >> there is this belief there is no hope. that's when it's more important tan ever we come in against all odds and try to do something. >> reporter: last month, the 26-year-old's parents gave video pleading for their son. they are heart broken to find they have lost their son for the love of the syrian people. >> we have so very proud of you and the work you have done. >> another

i personally would like to get the -- >> jihadi john. >> interesting what you said about al qaeda.eory has been these groups have established like a franchise, like a mcdonald's franchise. but the original al qaeda no longer exists. >> i think they just put the name on it wherever they are because they're spread all over the place. >> you disagreed with bob and now we'll have to -- >> we wiwill never live it down. >> came right from the source. >> i wanted to talk about your parents. i had an opportunity to meet your father. really xwlgreat guy. >> he's been bragging about that forever. >> he was here. >> we came in with five other s.e.a.l.s. >> so your father, what an incredible guy. honestly, besides yourself, in the special, injuries the human emotion, the way he spoke about you, the scene where he was in the walmart parkinging lot talking to you on the phone, how has it been now for your parents? because with this being public, how do they feel about the level of safety for you? >> they're concerned more about me than they are of themselves. so we've taken precautions for every

the message that executioner jihadi john has for the u.s. and reaction from government officials coming in this morning. >>> condition, critical. a doctor who contracted ebola in west africa too sick to walk off the plane as he lands in nebraska for treatment. we're hearing from his family this morning, and we're getting an urgent update from his doctors. can he be saved? >>> one-two punch. it's spinout central as another round of dangerous cold weather is ready to slam much of the country with snow al

there is a belief, it's been reported in the uk press today, that jihadi john, the person seen in the, was severely injured last week in the u.s. air strike. so we don't actually know when these videos were made. i think it would have happened anyway, just the timing is based on the air strikes now. >> yes. so many unknowns. obviously very heartbreaking news especially when you look back at those videos of his mother pleading with isis, saying this is my only son, please let him go. obviously he was there to help the people of syria and iraq. all right, haras rafik of the quill quilliam, foundation, thank you. [ male announcer ] take zzzquil and sleep like... the kids went to nana's house... for the whole weekend! [ snoring ] [ male announcer ] zzzquil, the non habit forming sleep aid that helps you sleep easily and wake refreshed. because sleep is a beautiful thing. that helps you sleep easily and wake refreshed. will probably eat something or drink something that is acidic on a daily basis. those acids made over time wear the enamel. a lot of patients will not realize what's happeni

minister -- earlier this week, there were reports hairgs that this british executioner known as jihadi john in britain. we're seeing him now in this video, when actually peter kassig was killed is not clear and if this guy was injured or killed in u.s. air strikes. a lot of moving parts to the fighting in syria. we're all trying to piece it together. >> we grieve again at the loss of another american hostage taken by isis, good to see you, connor, thank you very much. for more information, let's bring in bob scales. our hearts are heavy, we know that this is a tactic, a cruel one and we are at war. what do you think our response will be militarily? >> right now it's not going to be very much, harris, as you know, general dempsey went to baghdad yesterday to try to get a sense of what the iraqi military is all about and to talk to our men and women on the ground to plan the future strategy. no, i think the strategy will continue as it's been up until now, the military will apply force as much as they can within the left and right political limits that are established by the administration, t

it's not that same jihadi john who may have been injured in the strike recently. this is just a whole group of them. and it's just one more example of how little fear, it seems, that the isis fighters who are doing the beheadings have, how much they clearly are intending to do it and to draw as big a reaction they can from the west. >> i saw today, the london times headline tomorrow morning reads worldwide manhunt for isis killers. that's coming out of london. and i wonder what our headlines will say tomorrow morning about the people that we see in this video. what is your take on the pentagon and what their next move is? >> >> couple things. one thing to think we are looking at individual killers doing killings. larger war. harminger military campaign. the hatest information right before i came out here that i'm hearing is that the pentagon under secretary policy has sent a letter to representative duncan hunter on the hill saying that the obama administration is going to take a look at their hostage policy which everyone knows is officially no negotiating for ho

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. >> reporter: he's nicknamed jihadi john, he's british, an i.s.i.l. fighter with middle east ambitions and a western beside and is not the only one. >> we have to confront the threat at its source. >> reporter: that's the leader of his country, david cameron, battling an enemy 3,000 miles away. >> this is a message to that swine david cameron. >> an enemy of britains who have left to join the ranks. more than 500 are thought to have made the trip to syria. half have come home. 200 made the trip. the problem the authorities have is stopping the radicalized. there's talk about banning extremists, talk like this. >> we must ban extremist preachers from the country, root out extremism from schools, university and prisons. >> reporter: there'll be more effort to stop them. suspect will not be allowed to move the u.k. those abroad could have this document, their passport, cancelled. they'll only be allowed in once escorted by the security services. there'll be bans on the skies, with aeroplanes refused landing. it's a stuff stance, but not enough, says the

the message that executioner jihadi john has for the u.s.n, critical. a doctor who contracted ebola in west africa too sick to walk off the plane as he lands in nebraska for treatment. we're hearing from his family this morning, and we're getting an urgent update from his doctors. can he be saved? >>> one-two punch. it's spinout central as another round of dangerous cold weather is ready to slam much of the

this is the one who the media in britain are calling jihadi john, which is a cozy, familiar, chummy nameody who has taken part, if not directly in atrocities. he appears to have a london accent. he gives these very vocal pieces to camera, where he says this is your fault, obama, you're the dog of rome, things like that. he's got this kind of gangster london accent that is very recognizable. so i'm sure they know who he is. for some reason unknown to us, they're not announcing who he is. >> indeed. okay, for the time being, frank gardner, as always, thank you very much. our security correspondent frank gardner there. >>> let's turn to the dutch government, because it says that a strain of bird flu discovered at a poultry farm does have the ability to infect humans and has imposed a three-day nationwide ban on the transportation of poultry and eggs. the european commission will decide on further temporary measures later. anna holligan reports from the hague. >> reporter: this is a job that no farmer worker would ever wish to undertake. all of the 150,000 hens on this farm are being destroy

i shows kassig's head, the feet of a man seen in previous videos who's become known as jihadi john. peter kassig is now the fifth westerner to be killed by the terrorist group. this video, however, is different. it shows only the aftermath, the grim aftermath of kassig's beheading. for the first time, the speaker identifies where he is standing with the victim. the video also shows beheadings of other men. now the timing is crucial here. it comes as u.s. officials are suggesting they could send more ground troops to iraq. in this latest video, the narrator taunts president obama to do just that. we want to turn to joe johns at this hour. joe, i hate that we have to talk about this again. it's becoming far too familiar of a thing we're seeing. we know that there is significance in the fact that this video was posted while the top u.s. general joint chiefs chairman martin dempsey was in iraq. >> i think that's true. the first thing, though, i think you have to say is it's not clear at all when the video was actually recorded. just no way to tell when it was actually recorded. no way t

. >> reporter: he's nicknamed jihadi john, british, an i.s.i.l. fighter with a western background. he is not the only one. >> we have to confront the threat at its course. >> that is the leader of his country, david cameron, battling an enemy. >> this is a message to that despicable swine david cameron... >> an enemy including britains that have left to join the ranks. >> more than 500 made the trip. half are thought to have come home. over 200 have been arrested for making threats in the last year alone. the problem is stopping radicalized youngsters from leaving here. there's talk of banning extremists. talk like this... >> we must ban extremist preachers from our countries. >> now there'll be more measures stop them. suspects will not be allowed to leave the u.k. those abroad could have this crucial document, their passport. cancelled. they'll only be allowed in, once escorted by the security service. there'll be bans on the sky, with aeroplanes excluded from landing. a stuff stance. this policeman should know. he spent years. >> we would like to see proper border controls, pass

. >> let's talk about the jihadi john. peter cassig's death comes on the death that this british man seen carrying out the beheadings, was wounded. do we know if that is true, and, if so, what the injuries are? >> all we really know is what has been released by the british intelligence services to british media, in that they are looking into whether this man has been killed in an air strike or injured. he was quite a famous figure, because he was involved in the i.s.i.l. videos showing a beheading and had a british accent and spoke in eloquent terms about why he was doing what he was doing. we don't know about whether he was killed or injured. and it will be questionable among jihadi circles. >> imran khan joining us from baghdad. >>> a shou don between the white house and congress looms, president obama addressed the g20 summit in australia. the president is considering acting on his own, by taking executive action to deal with 11 million living in this country illegally. ross shimabuku is here with more. what did the pre

it looks like jihadi john.ast night, unconfirmed reports came in saying he was wounded in an air strike. is there any indication there's a connection to the timing of the release of this video? would that be put out there to try to refute those claims or murky the waters. >> as an individual, he hasn't come out to play a substantial role in the organization. not, for example, the leader of the group who put out a statement because of the accounts he'd been wounded or killed. this individual has kept his anonymity, who has appeared in these videotapes. i'm sure intelligence agencies around the world are combing through the video looking for similar clues. there are issues about whether or not he used his left hand in some of these acts. they're trying to identify things, voice recognition patterns, things like that, eye recognition. i'm sure there will be at some point some intel about whether or not this is the same individual. keep in mind that, unfortunately, peter first appeared in the video of a killing of

>> i think ever since we saw the brutal video of john the jihadi, they have been poring all over these the french have certainly identified the catholic man from normandy who was part of the beheading. american and uk intelligence services will be doing the same thing. now identifying them is one thing because obviously they'll be able to go back, be able to track what their routes are, go and speak to family and friends and identify what the motives were, if you like, trying to get into the psychology of what turns someone from being a good person on the streets of london or america or europe into converting through radical islam what actually is the process of being disenfranchised. how did that come about? the imams, the mosques, what were the reasons for that? >> given your expertise, do you think they'll find something, the united states? >> the longer it goes on, i do. but the problem is at the moment when you're looking at actually apprehending someone, you need ground forces, you need boots on the ground. you need -- i used to hunt al qaeda in baghdad for years, drop special fo

jihadi organizations around the world, are declaring their allegiance to isis. so, no, the campaign at this point in time did not change the direction of the battle at this point in time. >> secretary of state john kerry saying yesterday that, you know, the us should be reaching out to russia and iran among others to seek some other new political negotiation. would you agree with that? >> the russia part, we can find some common errors that would have the problem with the czech and the jihadist and that could be done, but with iran. iran basically is waiting for us to weaken isis and come and replace us. who will -- the assad regime, hezbollah, and the iranian allies, it would be a strategic mistake to reach out to them for syria at this point in time. >> how concern are you that while we're seeing the fighters going into the middle east to join that cause, are you concerned some of those may come back and launch attacks from their home companies, the so-called lone wolf terrorists that can do a lot of damage. >> you're absolutely right. this is what i call the round world trip jihad. these trips are designed to train them, have them part of the fight and reinsert them in the battlefield. not ne