will see in the span of two weeks isis terrorists attacks aimed at civilians with russian targets, shiaaezbollah, lebanese targets and french targets. what is the possibly strategic logic of this group escalating against three different, powerful entities in the span of two weeks. >> isis has to stay global. it's trying to diversify the areas where it's claiming attacks now far beyond iraq and syria and libya. we're seeing the france, egyptian and russian but also far beyond. we see them targeting kuwait, saudi arabia. we see them targeting bangladesh in attacks that isis wants to create more operational cells worldwide to create it's truly being accepted on a global level and that's head butting with major super powers. that keeps it relevant. >> you're speaking in terms of from the perspective of isis they are attempting to convert a fairly small, significant number of people to the belief that they are, indeed, the one true path for their believers. in order to do that these acts of violence are the means of facilitating them. >> absolutely. it's their way to reassert themselves. thre

there's a population caught between assad and the shiaa on the one hand and isis on the other. if we don't give them a safe haven they'll wind up gravita gravitating to the extremists. >> pleasure to have you on. one programming note, on tuesday night at 9:00 p.m. eastern you can catch my special report on isis. it's called blind sided. how isis shook the world. don't miss it. next, we'll take you back to paris and talk about the whys of it all. why paris? why france again? ok, we're here. here's dad. mom. the twins. aunt alice... you didn't tell me aunt alice was coming. of course. don't forget grandpa. can the test drive be over now? maybe just head back to the dealership? don't you want to meet my family? yep, totally. it's practically yours, but we still need your signature. the sign then drive event. zero due at signing, zero down, zero deposit, and zero first months payment on a new jetta and other select volkswagen models. theand to help you accelerate,. we've created a new company... one totally focused on what's next for your business. the true partnership where people

will see in the span of two weeks isis terrorists attacks aimed at civilians with russian targets, shiaahezbollah, lebanese targets and french targets. what is the possibly strategic logic of this group escalating against three different, powerful entities in the span of two weeks. >> isis has to stay global. it's trying to diversify the areas where it's claiming attacks now far beyond iraq and syria and libya. we're seeing the france, egyptian and russian but also far beyond. we see them targeting kuwait, saudi arabia. we see them targeting bangladesh in attacks that isis wants to create more operational cells worldwide to create it's truly being accepted on a global level and that's head butting with major super powers. that keeps it relevant. >> you're speaking in termsf from the perspective of isis they are attempting to convert a fairly small, significant number of people to the belief that they are, indeed, the one true path for their believers. in order to do that these acts of violence are the means of facilitating them. >> absolutely. it's their way to reassert themselves. threa

these terrorist organizations began as exclusively anti-western but now it's the sunnis killing the shiaates? how should westerners view what is an internal debate within islam. how to help the good guys. >> what you try and do is create a situation in which moderates see good practice in other faiths. see the arguments set out. that's what i've tried to do. that way you speak to people's outerism. young muslims are hearing the radical extremist voice, the voices that shout loudest. i know with my encounters and muslims in the united states and many of them from the middle east that they are looking for another way, another voice. something that will speak to the better angels. choose a different and better way. >> very briefly, are you hopeful? >> i'm not an optimist but no one with real faith can ever lose hope. >> thank you. i hope you will all stay with cnn after gps today. i'll be on reliable sources talking about the media's response to terror, which is very important. up next, a week from tomorrow many of the world's most important and most tightly protected leaders including barac

the sunnis try to do, they goaded the shiaa government into over reacting. that's what isis is trying to do. create a world between muslims and non-muslims. here is what president said at a press conference earlier today. >> can't beat us on the battlefield so they try to terrorize us into being afraid and changing our patterns of behavior and panicking and abandoning our allies and partners and to retreating from the world. as president, i will not let that happen. >> that's similar to what you're saying. it's it dissatisfying and when we hear congressmen commentatorr answer it's because that answer is disfieing. >> these people have done something so outrageous that you want to do something. it's not just fear. it's the desire for revenge. >> it's a very basic human emotion. >> these guys never win. you just have to have patience and remember what you have is the combined power of the world's largest countries, particularly isis, which doesn't have a regional power sponsoring. you have to be patient. you have to wear them out. what we have to do is to prov

and lep nies shiaa. they will try anything they can. if they see an opportunity to attack either the united states or great britain, they would do it regardless of whether we had killed jihadi john. >> it's always great to have your perspective this evening. >> good to be on the program. >> where did jihadi john come from. we went to learn more about the man behind the mask. >> teenage boys goofing around with a basketball, won wearing a backpack shows off some fancy footwork, then someone calls out the name to match the now famous face. mohammed emwazi, confirmed to be jihadi john. in this video, you can see him throw a playful bunch when a bottle is chucked at him. but in front of the camera, he covers his face. emwazi was shy, but not a problem student said his head teacher. she describes the moment she heard her former student wuss the man behind the mask for isis. >> he was reserve pd .he didn't have a huge circle of friends. but he had a few good friends. he was bullied a little bit because he was quiet and he was reserved. t gene