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Kassig of indiana, threatened with execution late friday. over the weekend his parents ed and paula pleaded for mercy, revealing their son had willingly converted to islam during his captivity. >> our son is abdul rahman, formerly known as peter. >> reporter: kassig, a former u.s. army ranger medic went to syria to provide medical care, seen in a cnn report two years ago. >> we each get one life, that's it. >> reporter: kassig's mother wearing a head scarf spoke directly to her son. >> most of all, know that we love you and our hearts ache for you to be granted your freedom so we can hug you a...

But there was some sort of computer glitch and they couldn't -- >> jihad and bomb making. >> they couldn't find that, like a printing press going. come on, jihad john, keep the magazines cranking out. >> they're bent on annihilation of democracy globally. >> far behind the rest of us, you know? >> anyway, listen to this. a big fight over the war funding bill. it's not just about the war anymore. there's all kinds of other stuff lumped inside of this. molini wilks is live in washington and explains. >> just before leaving for the july 4th recess the house approved an $830 billion bill to pay fo...

Good to have you with us tonight, folks. thanks for watching as a red headed, red blooded tax paying american, i didn't hear what i thought i was going to hear today. first things first, this guy right here. jihad john. apparently intelligence sources around the world have identified this guy as mohammed emwazi. all right. he's the guy we all know jihad john. he's been cutting americans' heads off. i thought today, since the intelligence is good everybody is reporting it that we know who this guy is that someone in washington would have said we're going to get this bastard, the same way we got...

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So does the unmasking mean that the intelligence is closer to finding his location or other main members of isis? >> reporter: i don't think so. intelligence agencies knew who he was for sometime now. it was the media and the public at large who didn't know his name. he's still on a -- he's still wanted as all of the top al qaeda and isis members are. there is an air campaign going on. but no i don't think this brings us any close. what it might do is de-mystify him a little bit. his main role jihad john his main purpose, was to be an object of terror to frighten the world. there in his ski ma...