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His decisions and causing a lot of tension between the president and his top military advisers to where they believe as president biden told us earlier today he believes he is firing his senior advisers or placing them under house arrest because he is so displeased with what has been happening in ukraine because of course remember going into this the u.s. had assessed putin believed they could take kyiv in about 72 hours. obviously that has not happened. they have tried. it has been fruitless fo...

Do you know if they were specifically trying to target this guy called jihadi john we now know his name or the leader of isis abu bakr elleal baghdadi? >> i dont know the answer to that and at this point im not able to even confirm the identity, the united states and britain arent making any confirmation of these press reports. thats not something im able to confirm. >> thats what i dont understand. i assume you have been briefed on all this but now that the name is public and we know the britis...

>> i think this points up one of the real dangers here is that they dont have to have a direct link. they dont have to be taking orders. i think one of the greatest threats we face is what they call lone wolf. people who are in america who have been radicalized. they cant get over to join this army. they do something on their own, go to a mall or an airport or whatever. i do think though if theres any good news in all of this both in the london case -- in the jihadi john case and in the new york...

Thats his name. we all know now thats his name. do you understand whats going on here? >> well, kwie offquite often when you have a non-confirmation they dont want to reveal operational details or give away knowledge that they have obtained order how they obtained it. theres usually some reasonable basis for that. as you say, its pretty widely known. im not going to confirm it. but i think its an operational intelligence reason for not owe fushlly ly fishl -- >> if you cant confirm it you dont h...

That they can try to talk to people who have been held by these groups in libya, perhaps they can try to gather some intelligence there. obviously now we are at the very beginning of the isis presence in libya and they dont know nearly as much about that group as they do the one in syria and iraq. >> tom fuentes, they have known, uk authorities, u.s. authorities, his real name his identity for months and months. after they saw the video. apparently it was not all that hard to find out who the ma...

White house would veto that. at least 29 democrats now are not going to netanyahus speech. the former senator ben lieberman says while there was a misstep in protocol he thinks it has been blown out of proportion that the speech is important. >> now the netanyahu speech has gotten caught up in the politics of washington which is not surprising these days because everything seems to be political in washington. but it really is regrettable. >> reporter: so the u.s. and israel and analysts say the ...

Brian todd is here in "the situation room." he has been looking into this part of the story. what are you learning? >> well its a very interesting question tonight and we are getting a picture from u.s. intelligence and law enforcement officials now of just how important jihadi john is to isis. many of the officials and analysts we spoke to dont think his importance will diminish now that we know his name. this is a man who has simply become too identifiable with isis, its message and brutality....

The director of national intelligence you were there today, he said 180 americans have tried to go to syria, supposedly to hook up with isis. thats a big enough. >> it is. were a country of 300 million. as you say, all it takes is one. this is a dangerous time. this ideology is so dangerous and -- i think the identification of this guy from london london london, gives us an opportunity to go into his history and see what happened so we can understand whats motivating people. this guy had a good ...

London. also our law enforcement analyst tom fuentes, former fbi assistant director and former u.s. congresswoman jane harmon was the ranking democrat on the intelligence committee and is now president and ceo of the wilson center here in washington. evan what are you learning about the hunt for the so-called jihadi john mohammad emwazi the revelation of his identity? how is all that playing? >> reporter: well the fbi played a big role in trying to gather the intelligence you know working with b...

Around the world. u.s. officials are confirming the identity of the mass killer. his real name mohammed emwazi, a british citizen born in kuwait. as more air strikes in iraq and syria, the white house is emphasizing the isis killer is one of americas top terror targets. i will ask senator angus king what he is learning about this. he is a key member of the intelligence and armed services committees. our correspondents and analysts are standing by. they are covering all the news breaking right no...