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I think that's highly dangerous for all the reasons i have cited. the islamic state is aiming at the disintegration, the destruction of the whole state system in the middle east. they may now be aiming at targets outside the middle east so i think containment is a perilous course. i think we really need to move into what the president said we were going to do which was degrade and defeat. >> ambassador, always good to see you. thank you very much for your service, sir. >> good to see you. thank you. and more on the drone strike coming up. the white house is about to brief. we'll have all the...

Lebanon, work with turkey. and we're going to seek a political settlement. that's exactly the strategy today, and it is working to a degree. not as fast as we would like, perhaps. but we are making gains. >> secretary of state john kerry speaking there. we are following breaking news as the u.s. announces an air strike targeting isis executioner jihadi john. we'll have the latest just ahead. plus u.s. president barack obama lashes out to donald trump's immigration plans but trump is not backing down. also ahead, hear what u.s. presidential candidates are saying about a college campus rocked by...

Think we have to wait for the long-term analysis to see what role jihadi john actually played in the organization, whether or not he was in any way, shape or form part of the command and control structure of isis in going after westerners, not just executing them. was he just simply executing orders and being involved in putting out the propaganda videos or was he in some way, shape or form also commanding troops on the ground, commanding units, commanding forces, and that's going to be determined perhaps in the long run. perhaps the u.s. and western intelligence agencies already have the answ...

Confirm actually that jihadi john has been killed. interestingly, they say one of the ways they might get that confirmation is from what we now regularly hear of, chatter between different members of isis. they aren't hearing that. they seem to be saying, and they aren't likely to get dna evidence because they are describing what happened to jihadi john as that he was incinerated. >> thanks so much to you for your expertise on all of this. and of course, your experience on the ground in beirut. for more about all this, i'm joined by congressman adam schiff, top democrat on the house intelligen...

Developments for you starting with frederik pleitgen in london. >> the british prime minister david cameron went in front of cameras here in london and once again confirmed the air strike had taken place. it wasn't clear at this point whether or not the air strike was a success. he called this an act of self-defense. because, he said, it's certain that jihadi john would have continued to kill people. let's have a look. breaking overnight, the pentagon confirming u.s. forces launch an air strike targeting the masked isis executioner known as jihadi john. a senior u.s. official says after track ...