he's a british man thought to be from west london. more on this story, of course on the bbc's website, and we will bring you more on this story as we continue to get it here at bbc world news. >>> now let's return to ukraine. and in the face of the worsening crisis in the east of the country, a new report has accused nato countries of failing to live up to a pledge to increase their military budgets. nato had already set a target that member states should each spend a minimum of 2% of their national wealth or gdp on defense. but the think tank group, the european leadership network, shows that in 2014 the uk and the u.s. were the only two countries to beat that target. and so this year it found that six countries, including canada and big defense spenders such as germany and the uk will cut their spending. france is on course to freeze its defense spending. in contrast russia's increasing its defense spending this year to 4.2% and stepping up its military activity. the united states has already expressed concern about the scale of def

. >> the computer programmer from west london has been identified as the i.s. killer known as jihadi john. the revelation has shocked many, especially those who knew him. >> for many, this man is the face of islamic state. now, several organizations claim they have identified the man beneath the mask. independent analysts and journalists say he is a kuwaiti-born british citizen rom and affluent family. he moved to britain at the age of six. members of a british muslim group who have worked with him say they are shocked by his apparent radicalization. >> you might be surprised to know that the mohammed that i knew was extremely kind, extremely gentle, extremely soft-spoken, was the most humble young person that i knew. >> journalists flocked to the apartment in west london where he is believed to have lived before traveling to syria. neighbors were stunned by the news. >> i never thought that something would happen here something scary. >> for now there has been no official word on the claims. london's metropolitan police have refused to go term jihad -- to conf

he was raised in west london studied at westminster university. he was a computer programmer well-known for his good manners and this stylish dress. lots of papers are wondering how this young man, the son of a mini cab driver -- how did he become the world's most notorious murderer? "the independent closing -- "the independent" calls him "the sadistic jihadi john." another paper dug into his past and managed to pull out an old school photo of him. he talks about "the angelic schoolboy who turned into an executioner." annette: this has put a spotlight on british security services. he was arty on the mi5 watchlist. -- he was already on the mi5 watchlist. florence: people are focusing on an episode from 2009, when he was stopped with two friends in tanzania, allegedly en route to safari. he was detained and deported. he flew to amsterdam where he claimed that british intelligence agents from mi5 accused him of trying to go to somalia. he also says they tried to recruit him. you can see "the daily beast" saying if he was on the radar before he went t

the bbc has revealed he is mohammed emwazi, a 26-year-old from west london.t the family home of mohammed emwazi this morning, plainclothes police officers. his family are said to be in shock, although not sure it is him. he was born in kuwait in 1988, but moved to london in 1996. he went to school in london and then westman university where he did for a computing degree. he traveled to 10th in the on safari in 2009 -- to tanzania on safari in 2009, but was detained in court accused of trying to join al-shabaab in somalia. he subsequently complained about harassment from the security service. one person who knew mohammed emwazi the man who helped him when he claimed he was being harassed by mi5 officers. >> you might be surprised to know that the mohammed i knew was extremely kind, extremely gentle, extremely soft token the most humble young person -- soft spoken the most humble young person that i knew. it's hard to imagine a trajectory. >> for the families of the murdered hostages, alan hamming, david eight, james foley abdel-rahman config, and steven sotlof

he was reportedly born in kuwait grew up in west london and studied computer programming. >> the moment knew was extremely kind extremely gentle extremely soft-spoken, was the most humble young person. >> reporter: this man is with cage a london-based group that works with muslims who are under scrutiny from british in -- in -- intelligence service. he says he was radicalized by the british government. the group says in an email he wrote, i have a job waiting for me and marriage to get started, but now i feel like a prisoner only not in a cage in london. >> when are we going to finally learn that if we treat people as if they are outsiders they will feel like outsiders and look for belonging elsewhere. >> in the west london neighborhood where his family is believed to have lived one man who identified himself as an iraqi was shocked to hear the report. >> no, i'm telling you he is not jihad. no jihad. sorry. >> reporter: in washington there was no officialco corroboration. >> it's something i cannot confirm or deny. >> reporter: the state department was asked how it squared with his pre

authorities on the scene in this west london neighborhood. and this evening, we hear from president obama, his reaction as u.s. authorities learn quickly about this young man from a middle class family. he went to college, studied to be a computer programmer. abc's chief investigative correspondent brian ross, leading us off tonight. >> reporter: the identity of the world's most wanted man is confirmed tonight as a 26-year-old college educated british citizen, mohammed emwazi, whose masked face and voice have come to symbolize pure evil. >> our knife will continue to strike the necks of your people. >> reporter: president obama today vowed to get him, in an interview with abc station komo. >> eventually, if you hurt an american, you are going to be brought to justice in some fashion. >> reporter: it was soon after the beheading of american james foley in august that u.s. and british authorities first figured out who the masked man was, with his facial characteristics and british accent helping to give him away. >> i'm back, obama. >> reporter

>> not only is he from london, from west london. if you've been there you know it as the more of a fluent part of town, came from a well to do family allegedly, all confirmed by nbc news this morning. you can't see his face, really. he's all covered up, however, nbc news confirmed that the so-called jihadi john was at several beheadings, that revolted the world. a u.s. intelligence official confirms that jihadi john is mohammed emwazi, a british citizen born in kuwait but grew up in west london in the suburbs. he graduated from college. he has a degree in computer programming. we also know now that he traveled to syria in 2012, and that is where he joined isis. mohammed emwazi appeared in the videotape executions of american hostages james foley and stephen sotloff and present at the beheading of two brits as well and we know that we're learning his name for the first time, but u.s. officials and british officials have said they identified him long ago as the person who their captives called jihadi john. we hope to have more for you

but how diz this west london schoolboy turn into an executioner for the islamic group? >> today your military air force attacked in iraq. >> reporter: he's appeared in several videos showing the beheading of western hostages. rumors of his identity prompted an emotion nam response from the leader of the british hostage, david haines. >> i think the moral satisfaction for the families for all the people that he murdered are because if he gets the action that will be enough for him. and that is the last thing i actually want for someone like him. >> reporter: yesterday, police officers arrived edd at the house where he used to live in the capital. the 27-year-old had been a student at the university of westminster and graduated in 2009. >> working at the university of westminster, we found over the past few years, a number of events featuring extremist preachers and large amounts of extremist materials being shared with students. so it's only reasonable to conclude that a similar situation was happening during his time at the university. >> reporter: but the university sa

big investigative coup, that investigators have figured out he's mohammed emwazi growing up in west london. how would they have gone about piecing together his identity? >> i think they were able to find people in london that knew him. knew of his travel there. and his intention to join isis and eventually revealed that to the authorities. >> daveed here are some things we know. the bbc and the "washington post" are reporting his real identity they've done the background research into what exactly he is. he is a brit, he is allegedly from a well-to-do family. he grew up in west london he graduated from college, he graduated with a degree if computer programming. does this fit the mold of what we think about isis fighters? or does it break the mold? >> there's various molds. i wouldn't say that you have a single demographic. and you know the information that's coming out about these guys has been only a fraction of the whole. if you look at the foreign fighters who have gone over there's over 20,000 foreign fighters about 4,000 of them are from western countries, 16,000 are from the arab wo

a college graduate who grew up in west london those that knew him well, say before he left for syria and joined isis he claimed that the government was repeatedly harassing him and the family of steven sotloff is confident he will be caught. >> i want ey are not commenting on why it's all coming to light now but this is the man that is unmasked. jihadi john. >> thank you. all of this comes during a major funding fight in washington that could mean a partial shut down of the homeland security department. there is now legislation that would keep it running but house republicans are standing their ground they are demanding that the president roll back his bill on immigration. >> it is time now for the "action news" traffic report -- >> lets go to matt pellman on a thursday afternoon. so far this is fitting the bill for a pretty rough thursday afternoon commute. we started with a big accidents on the westbound side of the vine street expressway, involving a transit bus by broad street and they had both directions of 676 the vine shut down to all traffic and then an suv broke down, and we

he's a 26-year-old computer programmer from a well to do family in west london. the "washington post" and bbc report he was born in kuwait and moved to london when he was 6. neither the police nor the fbi are confirming the reports. plus have still not been able to catch him. >>> today a man faces charges after a fatal crash. a woman died when a truck hit the car she was riding in will head-on. alcohol may have been a factor in that crash. it happened on route 08 in the80 in the ridge road area. the truck crossed the lanes hitting the car head-on. troot the driver of the car had minor injuries. >>> spokesman for the republican party is stepping down. shipley will take a new job that will allow him more time with his young family. >>> your student in stafford county could be moving to a new school next year. the fredericksburg star reports the school board has decided to redistrict schools to help with overcrowding. students from rodney, thompson shirley hime and hhp middle into will go to new schools. stafford county middle school will receive the majority of tho

. >> reporter: the 26-year-old college educated, raised in this mixed income west london neighborhood where friends are stunned. >> mohammed that i knew was extremely kindly and gentle and soft-spoken and humble young person that i knew. >> reporter: authorities first thinged out his identity after -- first figured out his identity after the murder of james foley. the unmerciful isis leader two more americans and two britains and two japanese hostages. his identity confirmed always three young men from new york became the latest arrested while trying to travel to syria to join isis. counter terrorism officials say they are struggling to stop isis's reach through social media. we're losing the battle today the amount of use of social media and other internet based activities ecliptses -- eclipses our efforts. >> reporter: he has been known to security officials for years it's not known how he fell off the radar. >> "good morning america" will continue the identification of isis fighter known always jihadi john. >>> the woman who is known forgivenningon also wins low claims she has give

he grew up in west london, has a college degree in computer progrmi "the wasto" s first -- was the firstrt his identity and adam goldman, the reporter bro who broke this story a tracked down friends who confirmed emwazi's identity. adam, ths huge story. emwaz ds friends say from what they told you, does he fit the prof of someone who would go to syria and join isis and become th leader that he appearsbe? >> well, we're learning more about him today, andotust what we learned from the friends. it do look like he fit the profil he was radicalized in a west london neighborhood with other like-minded young men who initially wanted to go join al shab somalia. >> what turned him? this is man with a college degree in a nice family. that seems to be a little bit differe i thi we often think that these people come from more impoverd circumstances. >> it's not clear what turned him. the rt of line that's emerging is thatewog to go quote, unquote, on safari in tanzani 2009 and got turned back. tanzan just south of somalia e al shabab is. he says basically in his own e-mails obtained he felt persecut

he's from west london. his british accent is unmistakable. the take lloytabloids have nickd him jihadi john. >> you have 72 hours to pressure your government by paying the $200 million to save the lives of your citizens. otherwise this knife will become your nightmare. >> that voice, that accent, analyzing it was critical in identifying him. we'll go to cnn international correspondent nick roberts who joins us now from london. good morning, nic. >> this is a man from a middle class family, relatively well off, studied at university in london. had qualifications in computer programming, had at one time worked in kuwait which is where he was born originally, leaving there when he was 6 years old. we were told he had a job computer programming for eight months in kuwait, came back to the uk, but was getting in trouble with british intelligence authorities, particularly when he tried to take a trip to tanzania in 2009 that he said was a safari, a graduation gift from his parents. british security services believe he was trying to join up with al

. >> the "washington post" reports he is a native of kuwait who group in west london. >> he is in his mid-20s and went to syria to join isis just three years ago and authorities have known his identify for several months but are still trying to track him down, this has police and the fbi arrest three men that live in brooklyn new york, accusing them of plotting to help isis, that they wanted to fight alongside extremists overseas or launch attacks here in the u.s. coasting on isis websites about bombing coney island and killing police officers and assassinating president obama. >> this is real, the concern about the lone wolf inspires to act without going to the middle east. >> one man arrested yesterday just as investigators say he was trying to board a plane at jfk airport heading to syria. >> more than 20 other people in the u.s. have been arrested in the past year accused of trying to join isis, meanwhile the white house and british officials are not comments on muhammad emwazi. >> health officials in delaware announced there are three new flu related deaths and the number of flu

sources put a name to the face mohammed emwazi who was reportedly born in kuwait and grew up in west london studied computer programming at the university of westminster. >> you might be surprised to know the mohammed i knew was extremely kind and gentle and soft spoken and the most humble young person. >> reporter: he is with cage a london based group working with muslims under scrutiny from british intelligence services and we can't be 100% sure the i.s.i.l. killer on the videos is the same man he says mohammed emwazi was radical by the british government who allegedly prevented him from traveling to kuwait where he planned to marry. the group says in an e-mail mohammed emwazi wrote i had a job waiting for me and marriage to get started but now i feel like a prisoner only not in a cage in london. >> when are we going to find and learn that when we treat people as if they are outsiders they will feel like outsiders and look for belonging elsewhere. >> reporter: in the london neighborhood where mohammed emwazi's family is believed to have lived one man who identified himself as iraqi said h

now let's head to the west london neighborhood where jihadi john grew up. atika shubert is there following that part of the story for us. neighbors couldn't be surprised, right? we've known for a long time that it might be this guy. >> reporter: well the neighbors are certainly shocked. this is a family that kept to themselves. they didn't really interact too much with too many neighbors. i did speak to one man who said he knew mohammed emwazi but he said he was absolutely shocked to hear that he may be the man known here as jihadi john. he said that he saw him last a few years ago around the neighborhood. pretty much a quiet but otherwise very nice young man is how he described him. what we also know from cage which is a group, a rights group that represents a number of terror suspects they say that mohammed emwazi was flagged up to mi 5 security services here when he tried to travel to tanzania. he went to cage complaining of mi 5 harassment saying that they prevented him from traveling, even from vacations and he couldn't seem to leave the country at any

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>> not only is he from london, from west london. if you've been there you know it as the more of a fluent part of town, came from a well to do family allegedly, all confirmed by nbc news this morning. you can't see his face, really. he's all

. >> in the west london neighbourhood where his family is ploeffed to have lived. -- believed to have lived, a man, who identifies himself as an iraqi, he was surprised. >> he not jihad. sorry. >> reporter: in washington there was no official corroboration of the identification. >> whatever the person is the report is the person in question, i can't identify. >> it state department was asked how that scared with a statement, that joblessness among young men was fuelling extremism. >> our view is that is a factor but not the only factor. >> reporter: investigators in london are trying to find out if emwaysy was the scowl survivor of a group travelling to syria in 2012 and killed the following year. the u.s. government works where the british government and refuses to say what if any role it played in unmasking mohammed emwazi, but acts against any american citizen. president obama told a television station - if you hurt an american you'll be brought to justice in some fashion. >> jipt in washington much -- jamie mcintyre in washington thank you >>> we are learning about three men in ne

and why our cameras were turned away in west london. >> reporter: this is the face of isis, according to his neighbors, without his mask and his knife. mohammed emwazi, as seen on the front pages of british newspapers tonight, a london college student with a sneer and, unaccountably, a pittsburgh pirates baseball cap. how he went from this, to this is the puzzle authorities and friends are trying to answer tonight. >> we'll begin to slaughter your people on your streets. >> reporter: one friend told the bbc emwazi was happy with his life. after graduation. >> we never realized he would go to be jihadi. >> reporter: but one of emwazi's elementary school teachers told the bbc tonight that at the age of 11, he was put into anger management therapy because he was getting into fights. >> we'd find that he'd get very angry and worked up and it would take him a long time to calm himself down. >> reporter: by the age of 21, u.s. and british authorities say emwazi was desperate to find a terror group that would take him. first trying to be part of the al-shabaab group in somalia, and finally a

those who knew emwazi in west london say they have not heard from him in years.in canada believe six students from quebec have left the country to join the terror group. a college in montreal has severed ties with an instructor who may have influenced them. >>> well, isis isn't the only growing threat. the director of national intelligence told congress the threat posed by computer hackers in russia is more severe than previously thought. >>> health concern in san francisco. as many as 1500 commuters may have been exposed to measles. someone infected with the virus rode a b.a.r.t. train for 30 minutes last friday. even riders who got on the train after the patient got off could have been exposed. >>> shocking video from a convenience store in houston. a woman sitting at a gambling machine when a truck, look at that. comes crashing through the wall. this was no accident though. police say the people in the truck were trying to steal the atm. that woman is now being treated at the hospital. >>> now to prince william's historic visit to asia. the prince retracing th

. >> reporter: mohammad emwazi 26 years old, college educated raised in this mixed income west london neighborhood where friends are stunned. >> the mohammed that i knew was extremely kind extremely gentle. extremely soft-spoken. was the most humble young person that i knew. >> reporter: authorities figured out emwazi's identity soon after the beheading of american james foley in august. >> to me it's just tragic that he would -- such a talented young man would lose his way and become part of such a brutal network as isis. >> reporter: the unmerciful isis leader then slaying steven sotloff and peter kassig plus two britons and two japanese hostages. emwazi left britain for syria three years ago. his identity confirmed just as three young men from new york became the latest arrested while trying to travel to syria to join isis. counterterrorism officials say they are struggling to stop isis' reach through social media. >> we are losing the battle to the amount of use of social media and other internet-based activities. it eclipses our efforts. >> reporter: british security firms had be

. >> by the time the reporters turned up at the family home in west london, they were long gone. the police had already been around. reports emerged that their son was a murderer. easy to understand why they didn't want to be there. >> you have donated $100 million to kill our women and children. >> it's weeks since american security services said their voice recognition software helped identify the man who the newspapers called jihadi john. this was a man involved in beheading several captives, aid workers and journalists people who could not defend themselves and who had not gone to fight. he became the aims of an organization who tore through iraq and syria as the world looked on in disbelief. the question is raised as to what if anything the british security services new of him. neither they nor the police would comment. this organization, which routinely hears complaints prom muslims about life in prison did know him. he had told them he was repeatedly harassed by the security services, who blocked him from returning to kuwait, where he was born. the man who knew him describ

. >> hoping they'd be able to track him if he eventually called home to his family in west london where he grew up. >> he was my neighbor. >> that could reveal emwazi's location. james foley's mother said she hoped the college graduate turned savage killer is captured alive but adds justice won't end there. >> it's not all about him! it's about, you know, this whole culture of hate and brutality and all that isis is. >> still, the obama administration has not confirmed his identity saying doing so could only hinder their efforts to find him. marcy gonzalez abc not news. >> a militant group is claiming responsibility for an attack that killed an american brother. they were attacked with a cleaver on the way home from a book fair in capital. a previous member of the militant group says he was the target of "his crime against islam." he was a prominent voice against religious intolerance. >> israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is facing criticism now from israeli media, political opponents over his planned speech to congress next week. netanyahu agreed to the invitation from house sp

. >> we know that people from west london who did travel out to syria around this time, they are all themselves of arab or north african origin as he is basically as well. so he does fit the pattern. >> he's such a -- >> reporter: but the british human rights campaigner who knew emwazi argues he fits another pattern, that of minorities ail yented by society and a pattern of individuals pushed to the edge by heavy handed security services. >> we have created here in the uk an environment in which the security agencies can pact with impugnnity and destroy the lives of young people. >> reporter: security experts say the case highlights the challenges facing intelligence authorities. >> who mustn't alienate whole communities, and yet have to deal with making assessments about large numbers of people. >> reporter: the story of mohammed emwazi is just one of many involving foreigners who joined the islamic state group. more than 20,000 according to some estimates. young men and some women from dozens of nations lured to a dusty battlefield, in a war like no other. craig dale, nhk world. >>

. >> the "washington post" reports he is a native of kuwait, a college graduate who grew up in west london. >> a lot of the focus appears to be on this house in a quiet suburban street. >> emwazi is in his mid 20's and went to syria to join isis three years ago. authorities have reportedly known his identity for several months but are still trying to track him down. this as police and the f.b.i. arrested three men who live in brooklyn new york yesterday accusing them of plotting to help isis. investigators say they wanted to fight alongside extremists overseas or launch attacks here in the u.s. allegedly posting on isis websites about bombing coney island killing police officers and assassinating president obama. >> this is real. this is concern about the lone wolf inspired to act without ever going. >> one of the men a 24-year-old arrested yesterday just as investigators say he was trying to board a plane at j.f.k. airport heading to syria. and more than 20 other people in the u.s. have been arrested in just the past year accused of trying to join isis. meanwhile, the white house and brit

outlets are saying his real snay mohammed emwazi a computer program from a well to do family in west london. "washington post" and bbc are reporting he was born in kuwait and moved to london when he was 6. neither police nor the fbi are confirming the reports. jihadi john has been seen on multiple isis beheading videos but police still have not been able to catch him. >>> parents of an american journalist killed by isis tezsays the u.s. government needs to do more to fight the wrist group. diane and john foley says the government kept them in the dark and failed to help them when their son was being held captive. >> we really feel that our government needs to have a clearer policy and be more up front about what they can and cannot do or will and will not did. >> foley's parents say the government intentionally did not provide a network for families in will this situation. foley was kidnapped in syria in november of 2012 and executed in august of 2014. >>> developing right now from the live desk, surge crews in china looking for people that fell into the water after their boat capsized off

and tonight with the real name we are beginning to unravel his journey from the neighborhoods of west london to syria to the hierarchy of isis. with more, here's nbc's keir simmons. >> we are an islamic state. >> reporter: his british accent was one of the few clues to his identity. isis prop gand ta videos only his eyes showing from behind a hood. but today he was identified. he is mohammed emwazi mid-20s, came to the uk in 1994. the son of a well-to-do family that reportedly lives in this middle class london home where police and reporters gathered today far from the syrian desert where emwazi was the isis frontman for a string of murders. american journalist james foley, last august then journalist stephen sotloff, british aid workers, american aid worker peter kassig. and last month japanese hostages haruna ya ka wa and kenji goto. this man hew emwazi in london. does that sound like the man you knew? >> a little bit. i really don't want to be certain, but i can't deny the fact that i do find there were a number of similarities for sure. >> reporter: the reporter who identified emwazi say

he is a native of kuwait a college graduate who grew up in this neighborhood in west london. >> suchally it is hard to imagine the trajectory. >> reporter: those who knew him well say before he left for tear gentleman three years ago where he later joined isis emwazi had grown frustrated with the british government. the "washington post" reporter who uncovered his identity was told mi5 questioned emwazi and tried to recruit him. >> they had his dna, fingerprints had taken pictures of him. they were watching him. what happened? did he fall off their radar? >> reporter: u.s. and british intelligence officials have known who was behind the mask for months but still have not commenting. as the hunt for emwazi continues the family of one of his victims, american journalist steven sotloff said they are confident he will be caught. >> want to go and watch him be prosecuted and convicted in an american court of law. that's american justice. >> if you hurt an american you are going to be brought to justice in some fashion. >> reporter: there is some concern the search will be more complicated

. >> reporter: by the time the reporters turned up at the mohammed emwazi family home in west londonwere long gone the police had already been around and reports emerged their son was a murderer and you can understand why they didn't want to be there. >> we donated 100 million to kill our women and children to destroy the homes of the muslims. >> reporter: some weeks since the american security services said their voice recognition software helped them identify the man who the newspapers called jihadi john a slightly ridiculous sounding name with a man involved in be heading several captives and aid workers and journalists, people who could not defend themselves and who had not gone to fight. he became the aims of an organization which tore through iraq and syria as much of the world looked on in disbelief. inevitably the question is being raised as to what if anything the british security services knew of mohammed emwazi but neither they or the police would comment. but this organization which routinely hears complaints from muslims about their lives in britain did know mohammed emw

videos of hostages being the headed as an identified and they say that he is a british man from west london close under that had to identify some as mohammed has appeared in these videos session of the killings of crisis hostages there he is holding a knife of the videos include the beheading of u.s. journalist james and of stephen sell-off. we learned a number of christians kidnapped by islamic state militants and syria is not risen to 220 people kidnapped in some cases of families they say they adapted dozens of more christian hostages from 11 communities in northeastern syria the kidnappings have been taken place over the past three days and a tour group's actions are being felt in california charlottes and ronald davis says several of their family members are among those who were kidnapped by isis of the will not identify the family members taken the they're afraid for their safety. if anyone oppose any pictures of anyone to say anything derogatory another organization or affiliation they will single them out. >>darya: were stunned to go where in california the family lives in a detail

and tonight with the real name we are beginning to unravel his journey from the neighborhoods of west london to syria to the hierarchy of isis. with more, here's nbc's keir simmons. >> we are an islamic -- >> reporter: his british accent was one of the few clues to his identity in isis propaganda s eyes showing from behind a hood. but today he was identified. he is mohammed emwazi, came to uk in 1994. the son of a well-to-do family that reportedly lives middle class home wher gathered far from the desert where emwazi was the front man. american journalist james foley, then journalist stephen sotloff, british aid workers, american aid worker peter kassig. this man knew emwazi in london.sound like the man you knew? >> a little bit. i really don't want to be certain, but i can't deny the fact that i do find there were a number of similarities for sure. >> reporter: the identified emwazi says he wasn't always violent. >> he was a shy person. >> -- he was very interested devoted to religion, devoted to his family. >> reporter: he stud programming at wes university. leaving in 2009. emwazi did hav

actually born in kuwait grew up in west london. has a degree in computer programs. are any of his family members still in london nick? >> reporter: it's really not clear at the moment. according to the reports, reuters citing "the washington post," that they don't want to comment for legal reasons. certainly the cage organization has said that his family had been involved in the past by trying to help him in his dealings with british authorities. at one point his father suggesting he changed his name because he was trying to pursue a computing career in kuwait. they say he was blocked from doing that by the british intelligence services. the organization cage here is an organization that is if you will stuck up for a lot of the young men accused of going to join isis in iraq and syria. on the spectrum of organizations that do that they are towards the end of the spectrum that supports a lot of these young men and their explanations as to why, for example, young men go to iraq and syria, according to cage his family thought when british police informed it was thought

and this picture is from when he attended a church of england school in west london. >> pam: schoolmates say, he was polite and light hearted, but by his late teens, he was on the radar of british intelligence. and was told not to leave the country. >> pam: he managed to get away and emerged in syria two- years ago. >> grant:new at 8 tonight. >> grant:the a's and giants.taking extra time amid spring training workouts.to focus on domestic violence. >> grant:the two bay area squads are among the first teams in major league baseball to undergo domestic violance training. >> grant:those sessions last about an hour and a half.and are conducted by the san francisco based group. futures without violence. >> grant:domestic violence is in the spotlight after the nfl's troublesome season.and eventually all m- l-b teams will undergo the training. >> grant:a's d-h billy butler said this is absolutely a good thing.and that i f it helps one guy.it's done its job. the sessions were offered in english and spanish.and players described it as an open forum.which included smaller round-table sessions.where

. ♪ >> i'm cory johnson and this is "bloomberg west." londonohnson is in town highlighting a new report showing u.s. investors are putting more money into london startups than ever before, and investing more than $795 million in two startups, more than half of the city's venture capital funding in 2014. my guest played a large role in recruiting those investors. the digital adviser to the prime minister joins me from new york. but what's going on in london? how would it look different than what i had seen four or five years ago? >> the economy has completely transformed. the government recognized there were green shoots and tried to recognize how we could help these companies grow and give them the incentives they need. i'm happy to report we are the world's largest digital economy in terms of percentage of gdp. we will be at 12.4% of gdp next year. >> that's london? >> the u.k. >> the entire u.k.. that's more than any other country? >> it's the highest percentage of gdp of any g-20 country, so it is a thriving sector. we are the largest e-comm

he is identified as a west london native with a college degree in computer science.e has appeared in videos beheading several hostages. he was believed to have traveled to syria in 2012. prosecutors accusing three men for supporting islamic state. two of them planned to go to syria and jointly terrorist group. prosecutors say one suspect wrote on a website that he wanted to strike fear in the hearts of infidels by shooting president obama. israel's opposition leader is taking aim at benjamin netanyahu. he says the pm should cancel his upcoming speech because it will cause damage to the u.s.-israeli relationship. john boehner invited netanyahu to address a joint session of congress never told the white house he planned on doing it. those are your latest top stories. we have been hearing about u.s. companies getting hit by the stronger dollar. the impact is for those that have to do a lot of business overseas. the latest example is hewlett-packard. this chart shows that shares boomed and then went into freefall because of the greenback. against 90% of its business from

at the london west hollywood, sometime tuesday.le she was out of the room. >> pam: detectives are looking at >> pam: still ahead. arrests are made in the kidnapping of a woman in santa rosa. >> pam: what we are learning about the suspects. next. >> pam: and a high- speed llama chase. >> pam: yes. a llama chase! next, we have the video of the wild chase. and how the llamas were lassoed. (vo) at jennie-o, we heard of a place in iowa where every thursday people ride ten miles for tacos. we thought we'd show up and surprise them with a better kind of taco, made with jennie-o ground turkey, cooked thoroughly to 165. (mom) i'd feed my kids turkey tacos over regular tacos any day. (woman) i think that they're light and they're just fresh tasting. (vo) it's time for a better taco. (kid) the tacos tonight were pretty much perfect. (vo) make the switch. look for jennie-o ground turkey at a store near you. >> pam: rob? what happened? >> reporter: this all happened across the street over there at a business called all text technologies. ahead

emwazi was born in kuwait but grew up and liveded in this west london home.he graduated from the university of westminster in london in 2009 with a computer science degree and then in 2012 disappeared to syria and joined the terror group isis. people who knew emwazi say they saw no signs of what he could become. >> the man that i knew was extremely kind. extremely gentle. extremely soft spoken. was the most humble young person that i knew. >> british intelligence officials say while emwazi was in london they had been watching him. he was actually questioned and detained several times. authorities believe he had contacts with extremists. his friends say he felt mistreated by law enforcement and that caused him to be radicalized. >> more details on the many acts that isis is bragging about. the terror group is claiming responsibility for this video, showing priceless works of art being smashed to pieces. it happened inside a museum in the iraqi city of mosul. isis also destroyed a number of slimes and muslim holy sites. the militants have been known to save art

his mid-20s, he is a nate of of kuwait, a college graduate that grew up in this neighborhood in west london. >> a beautiful young man it's hard to imagine the trajectory. >> those that knew him said before he left for syria he later joined isis, he grew frustrated with the english government. m i-5 questioned him and even tried to recruit him. >> they have pictures of him and finger prints and they were watching him what happened? did he fall off the radar. they knew what was behind the mask for months but is still not commenting. >> as the hunt continues the family of one of his victims, american journalist steven - is confident he will be caught. >> we are told that british authorities wanted to keep it a secret hoping he would eventually call home and they would be able to track him. rick back to you. >> marcy thank you. >> there is more on the identify of that isis terrorist coming up on world news with david muir. >> turning to the forecast whether you saw snow today depends on where you live. south jersey was one part that saw snow. here in malaga there was snow on the ground. >> it w

they say he's british grew up in west london and he's from a welled to family.uthorities say he's beheaded several hostages held by isis. he reportedly graduated from college with a degree in computer programming and authorities believe emwazi traveled to syria in 2012 then joined the islamic state. tonight we know a man who the fb fbi says wanted to join isis ran a delaware mall kiosk. dover police say the bureau told them it was investigateing 30-year-old man. they say he was operating a kiosk at the dover mall. court records show he was sued for not paying rent on a dover apartment last august. right around the time federal authorities say he and two others began conspiring to join isis. as you first herd right here on fox 29, last note. fbi also says he oped kiosks in philadelphia but we do not yet know outer of which malls. >>> countdown is on tonight to make sure the nation's dement of homeland security is funded. funding expires tomorrow at midnight. late today house republicans agreed to pass a bill that will fund the department for the next three weeks.