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Little bit rough with him. all of a sudden he decides to head off join isis and become a beheader if you will. what do you make of that interpretation of his motivation? >> i dont buy it at all. i think the police were onto him for a very good reason. he was already radicalized. looks like he was on a safari he was joining the al qaeda affiliate there. ive been talking to somebody who knows the families of the hostages taken by jihadi john. they are saying that he would often force the hostages ...

Not just against this organization or that organization but against the whole movement. and that was a consistent theme in the hearing we just had on the aumf that its not just the legal authority to take military action. you have to have a real strategy that will be effective against this movement. so far, we dont have one. >> aumf is the authorization for the use of military force thats now under consideration in the united states congress. thanks very much for joining us. >> yes, sir. >> the ...

So i know how important that is. were continuing to follow the latest developments on a terror story out of the u.k. were learning now the identity of the man who had been known as jihadi john. u.s. officials tell us his name is mohammed emwazi. hes from west london but was actually born in kuwait. our national security analyst is joining us on the phone right now. what have you learned about him, peter? >> well, he sort of fits the profile of what wed expect in a

Terrorists. >> i know there have been major u.s. air strikes over iraq and syria, coalition-led air strikes. and there are reports out there now that the u.s. is searching for the leader of isis. maybe theyre also searching for this jihadi john as hes called, mohammed emwazi. do you know whether or not these air strikes are specifically targeting these kinds of isis leaders? >> well, if we have specific information about a leader obviously they are targeted. but there are other targets as well. ...

To the emwazi they knew. what we dont know about, and this is very important, is why emwazi in the first place got on the radar of the british intelligence services. before 2009 before this cage organization picks up the narrative, and certainly here to the metropolitan police in london they all have that sort of information. but they are refusing at this time to confirm the identity of jihadi john. they say life is still at stake here that they have an ongoing terror investigation. so officiall...

This more is mack thorn berry, the chairman of the house arms services committee. thanks for joining us. what can you tell us about this guy jihadi john now identified as mohammad emwazi. >> i dont have information other than what your reports indicate. what strikes me is he is one person apparently there is some more information about, but there are approximately 20,000 of them foreign fighters that have gone to iraq and syria to join isis. so i think its interesting as we dig down a little mor...