jim schuto, cnn, washington. >> ian, this was a horrific twin bombing. what's the latest? the latest at this hour is they're still investigating to figure out exactly how this was carried out, where these guys come from. two of the suicide bombers believed to be from a nearby palestinian refugee camp. one is from triply in the northern part of lebanon. they're trying to figure out how these men were able to get into lebanon. as we heard, they were dispatched from syria. how they got these weapons. but officials say this is still early in the investigation to figure out how they also were able to get this area past the security check points that were set up. not only by the army, but also by hezbollah down there in the south. >> today there were checkpoints. generally speaking, how tight is security in that part of beirut? >> security has always been tight. they had these checkpoints for quite some time. but when you look at the timing of this incident, that really is telling. that happened at 6:00 p.m. when a lot of people are out and about shopping. there's large crowds i

jim schuto reports. >> you now have 72 hours. >>. >> reporter: he's been the voice of some of isis' most brutal terrorist videos, calm, ruthless and with a distinct and surprising british accent. >> our knife will continue to strike the necks of your people. >> now uk authorities have identified the terrorist known as jihadi john as mohammed emwazi, a 26-year-old british national born in kuwait but raised in london. though u.s. officials would not publicly discuss his suspected identity, the white house said jihadi john is a top terror target. >> in the mind of the president, he ranks highly on the list because that individual is responsible for the murder of innocent americans. >> from a welloff family, earning a college degree in technology at the university of westminster. and until his travel to syria in 2012, enjoying a life of privilege. >> he was a diligent, hard work, lovely young man responsible, po lied, quiet. he was everything that you would want a student to be. >> reporter: his friends say they never saw signs of his future as a terrorist. >> he was such a beautiful young m

jim schuto, cnn, washington. >> kurdish forces say the second day of operation free sinjar is well under way. they expect to enter the northern iraqi think soon to clear it of improvised explosive devices and seize it from isis. nick payton walsh is there on the lines as fighters are there. but first, we want to go to arwar damon. i understand that she is on the island of lesbos, following the migrant crisis. let's go to her. i think we have that live signal now. >> if you can hear me, the scenes here are just so incredible. i mean, this is a boat that has just arrived. and it's packed with children. they have not seen this many children in a boat at this one stage, at the same time. the children are ul crying, that ir parents very, very understandably relieved that the that the finally been able to make it to shore. and they are just crying. and the rescue workers here, these are all volunteer groups, are trying to help them up. i'm just going to let these pictures roll for a minute. these are from syria. she's looking for her daughter. a lot of the time whence they're trying to empty t

our chief national security correspondent jim schuto on the ground with me in paris. and this is the real fear. you have this many people involved. they had the weapons that they had, they had explosives. they had suicide vests or belts or whatever it was that all were identical and matched. this wasn't just those seven people. >> no, it was not. they believe there would have been a support network to allow those seven people to carry out the attacks they did here. this was the mumbai style attack that officials have been worrying about since we saw mumbai take place in india and now it's happened here. so what we know now, seven attackers working in three groups. they use explosive vests and automatic weapons so common in the middle east to carry out. and they fired a lot of bullets. we know at the restaurant down the street here where more than 10 people were killed, there were 100 bullet casings on the ground. they were well prepared, well armed, well supplied. at this point, we know that one of them was french. was from the south of paris. he was known to french a

jim schuto reports. >> reporter: the explosion struck during the height of rush hour. open market just south of beirut. coordinated, powerful and deadly. first one suicide blast draws a crowd of onlookers. then a second blast strikes that crowd, maximizing saz you'llties. -- casualties. a third bomber, killed by the blast before he could detonate his own explosionives. but a fourth was allegedly captured, seen here taken away as security forces fire into the air to clear the crowd. this man said he was praying when the blast blew a door right over his head. the victims carried by bystanders over rubble from damaged buildings and rushed to nearby hospitals. >> the suicide bombing went off, the area is mostly empty. it's been cordoned off by the army. otherwise, there's a lot of shattered glass on the street, a lot of blood. and it's really just a scene of chaos and carnage. >> reporter: within hours, isis claimed responsibility. the lebanese fish fighting alongside bashar al assad there. >> isis doesn't have boreds. you say isis, i say isil, they call themselves i.s., i

want to get more from that from our chief security correspondent, jim schuto. he has the latest. >> tonight, an ur gent manhunt is under way across europe. one suspected attacker, still at large, and still dangerous. salah abdeslam, briefly stopped hours after the adaks but then let go before authorities knew of his role in friday's deadly rampa rampage. six raids have failed to catch him. >> translator: the republic is doing everything to destroy terrorism. >> french securities services have netted perhaps their most dangerous suspects, abdelhamid abaaoud abaaoud, the alleged mastermind, killed in a gun battle wednesday. >> translator: in the operation in saint-denis, there was a target and it was reached. >> and tonight we're seeing chilly new video of the saint-denis raid, just moments before police killed abaaoud. france is now working feverishly at the height of friday's attacks, obtained by daily mail.com. one woman saved here in front of the restaurant only because the terrorists assault rifle appears to jam. today, french lawmakers voted nearly unanimou