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It is not real. jillian: an american hero has fallen killed in the line of duty in afghanistan on new year's day. cory booker identifying the soldier as sergeant first class michael green, reportedly immigrated from latvia 13 years ago and wanted to serve his country immediately and leaves behind a 6-year-old daughter. four other servicemembers were injured. rob: isis executioner facing his own death sentence in iraq according to any rainy and news station. the evil terror boss earned his chilling reputation for several sick execution videos that were filmed before the recent collapse of mosul...

Pressure on isis. we are going after their oil resources, we are increasing the number of sorties, the russians are likely to increase more of their air power on isis and shift away from attacking the more moderate rebels. you have the offensive going on in sinjar by the peshmerga, you have the encirclement of ramadi. isis is feeling a lot of pressure on the one hand, yet on the other it has the resilience as well as the ability to attract followers that still makes it a very lethal threat around the world. >> how did we track this guy down, do you think, without -- i know you can't talk about...

Than her opponent. >> i work harder than she does. i want it more than she does. it is no big secret. i'm willing to die in there. she is there for a paycheck. that's the difference. >> guys, i give holmes zero chance of winning. >> you may set a high mark. andy scholes, we will start the steph curry is underrated. i have never seen a shooter do what he is doing. >> he is the best shooter ever to play the game of basketball. incredible. >> you hear it. thanks, andy. 25 minutes past the hour. u.s. air strikes targetting jihadi john, the isis executioner. what we are learning new this morning ...

Foreign fighters and part of our goal has to be to recruit more effective sunni partners in iraq to really go on offense rather than simply engage in defense. >> all right. let's bring in cnn pentagon correspondent barbara starr. she has more on jihadi john. good morning. >> good morning carol. cnn has learned the u.s. military had been tracked jihadi john across raqqa since wednesday. and yesterday when they saw him step out of a building and get into a vehicle they took the shot. breaking overnight. the pentagon confirming u.s. special operations forces launched a drone strike targeting the ...

>> well, first, we have to decide what is our policy here. when the president first rolled it out last year, he didn't use the word contain. he said to degrade and ultimately defeat. they're certainly not defeated. 15 months later, i would argue they're not degraded, either and very questionable if they're even contained. as the beirut bombing sadly shows us. the crash of the russian airliner is deeply disturbing. if it is in fact the case that islamic state planted that bomb, that would mark their first major attack on a western target that hasn't been part of their modus operandi thus far.