. >> reporter: 27-year-old mohamed amin is from virginia, awe 27-year-old mohamed amin, born in the u.s. to a palestinian father and iraqi mother. amin reportedly entered syria through turkey a couple month as go and made his way off to the isis held city of mosul. thought it would be and decided to make his way become to turkey. kurdish troops came upon amin outside the city of sinjarks he surrendered. carrying a virginia driver's license. couple credit card. three cell phones. and what he described as a large amount of turkish cash. he remains in kurdish custody. mohamed amin is lucky he got out alive. holly williams is is in iraq. >> reporter: it is close to midnight on the front line just outside mosul. these kurdish soldiers are hundreds of yards into no-man's land. some one coming? >> yes. >> they're not isis fighters. but a man and a teenage girl. guarded by the kurdish soldiers. who fear he could be a suicide bomber. these people have risked death to escape isis. walking for miles through the night. and they're finally allowed to cross through a trench. and into safety. and then

mohamed amin is lucky he got out alive.s is in iraq. >> reporter: it is close to midnight on the front line just outside mosul. these kurdish soldiers are hundreds of yards into no-man's land. some one coming? >> yes. >> they're not isis fighters. but a man and a teenage girl. the man strips to his underwear to be searched. guarded by the kurdish soldiers. who fear he could be a suicide bomber. these people have risked death to escape isis. walking for miles through the night. and they're finally allowed to cross through a trench. and into safety. and then, one by one, come 12 more men. some of them hanged over guns. it is an extraordinary sight. very few people have managed to leave mosul after isis began sealing it off. stopping civilians from fleeing. and banning cell phones. overcome with relief, these men wanted to tell us why they fled. but begged us to hide their identitied to protect family members still living in mosul. these are torture marks said this man. they heated wire and used it to burn me. his only crime w

is investigating mohammed amin as he is being held and interrogated by troops in iraq. >> happening today a virginia woman is said to be sentenced in connection with her mother's murder. they is accused of murdering her mother last may and christina's wife is also charged in the case. nancy mercer was found shot to death. she worked as a nurse for med star washington hospital cente center. >>> starting now politics reckoning day for the presidential candidates. tonight is win or stay home for marco rubio or john kasich. both must clinch wins in home state of florida and ohio to stay in game. both states are winner take al all. trump is leading rubio and trump is ohio many have already cast absentee ballots for tonight's primary. >> 4:35 is the time now. let's get a check of today's forecast. gary in the weather sent erin not that great a day. >> i know. it's gloomy out. and hopefully we keep our fingers crossed. we get sunshine. i hate to say it, we're not having real nice weather for this last week of fall going into spring. here are temperatures this morning. 4 degrees. even though at t

isis is in custody this morning after he according to his driver's license, he's identified as mohamed amin of alexandria, virginia. he gave himself up to kurdish forces yesterday, and he said the situation with isis is not good. he was carrying a large amount of cash, three cell phones and several forms of identification. >> don't take a picture! don't take a picture! >> outside, an address listed on the driver's license of the captured isis fighter, two men shouted and pushed reporters. at one point turning a garden hose on cameramen. the men never confirmed that the isis fighter was related to them. >>> the pentagon confirms, though, that an isis commander known as omar the chechen is dead. he's described as isis's secretary of defense. the u.s. government had a longstanding $5 million bounty on his head. he survived a u.s. airstrike in syria earlier in march but has since died of his wounds. will begin withdrawing most of its forces from syria. president vladimir putin made the surprise announcement yesterday, ending a 5 1/2-month air campaign that bolstered the syrian effort against re

mohammed amin's wife is now in critical condition. his daughter still traumatized.he keeps screaming, bang, bang, and crying for her mother, he says. a splinter group from the taliban did this. it once pledged allegiance to isis but now murders independently. the park is now desserted. the rides abandoned. the carnage here haunting a troubled country. tonight pakistan's prime minister vowed to avenge this bombing. so an army crackdown is likely. but that's happened before, and it hasn't stopped these attacks. this is one of the worst in a country that feels itself in a long war. >> painful images. thank you. >>> back in this country, there's growing backlash over what some call religious freedom laws and others call anti-lgbt discrimination. in georgia, the governor says he will veto a bill that has generated a backlash. in north carolina, the governor has already signed a similar bill there. and as nbc's janet shamlian reports, he says he's not budging. >> reporter: the stakes were high. with georgia's economic viability on the line, governor nathan deal announced

. >> reporter: kurdish tv shows documents that identify him as mohammed jamal amin including a virginia state driver's license. it's believed he was born in virginia to a palestinian immigrant and making his way from mosul to iraq. back to turkey he was captured. they first thought he was a suicide bomber and fired warning shots at him. he said he was an isis defector and wanted to turn himself is currently being detained. worth noting there is a military presence in that ankara. co urity officials say one happened in a beach resort town. the area is popular with western tourists. six gunmen began shooting people on the beach. 16 people died and special forces later killed the attackers. this is the third terror attack in west africa since november. >>> flags in maryland are flying at half-staff this morning to honor a murdered police officer. jacai colson was killed yesterday. his chief called it an unprovoked attack. it happened in is expected to survive. a second man bederful new super computer giving more americans more time to announcer: this portion of "cbs this morning" sponsored

northern virginia man held in iraq this morning accused of fighting for isis this is video of mohammed jam am amin of alexandria and he got lost to way back to turkey and surrendered to kurdish military identifying himself as former mill at that particular time with isis he was only fighting in a couple months and they found a virginia driver's license and two bank cards it's not clear if or when he'll be turned over to u.s. authoritie authorities. >> well, today could be the real turning point white house as voteers in ohio, illinois, missouri, north carolina and florida all head to polls. presidential front runner donald trump and hillary clinton are trying to solidify nominations and marco rubio is fighting for his life in his home state where he's trailing trum in polls and in ohio governor john kasich is ahead of trump in the polls there. he's cam paining hard in the buckeye state trying to counter act the home court advantage and mitt romney endorsement. >> single biggest story in politics today in the world is what's happening of all things to the republican party. and we had a party that w