>> he's been in a very hardcore environment. >> he sees his opportunity when najib khaja, now a journalist, says he wants to shoot a film about mujahadin in yemen. >> the access that he gave me in yemen was very unique. it was crazy, you know, some of the persons that he introduced me to. >> including the radical cleric anwar al awlaki. >> jihad against america is binding upon myself. >> they talk a lot about jihad, for example, and, again, storm was an extreme guy. storm was being talked down by anwar al awlaki. >> talked down from an extreme view? >> yes. awlaki was telling storm to chill out. >> yet storm won't be calmed. he decides to join jihadists in somalia. >> and i had to join that. i had to join a call to my religious belief.