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A a major face of isis and out there carrying out the horrific executions. the cutting off of the heads is just absolutely horrible, and so it is important symbolically and psychologically, and going to hurt isis in the short run as far as recruiting and takes away the image of themming being invincible, and so it is significant and i give the military a lot of credit, because we have very little if any intelligence on the ground from syria, and for them to find him and track him and kill him, if that is the case, it is an extraordinary achievement. >> and the coalition air strikes led by the ...

And that they say he is certain that he is dead. and also, families of the hostages that jihadi john had killed were know notified before. and we are following news around the world. kurdish troops have said that they have chased out ter isis from sinjar, and also once again, another big story, it is reasonably certain a that the jihadi john who is the masked man seen in many videos beheading hostages is now dead. one called him the manifestation of evil, and one called him grotesque, and fond of sadistic torture techniques and now his reign has come to an end. and now, mohammed emwazi is the

They have now controlled it for a couple years. no indications of the iraqi military stepping up to the plate to retake that city. there's still a long battle ahead, right? >> i think so. this would probably be one of the first steps. it's very important. and i think this was important that they cut the supply line. now as the congresswoman says, isis will probably try to retake sinjar because that route 47 that runs all the way from raqqa into mosul is their key supply line. replicating that is going to be difficult. we're going to see more fighting there. the city is not clear yet. although ...

It followed a two-day coalition-backed firing. we go nick paton walsh, and you were there, and the kurds were moving quickly and got the u.s. air strike assistance, and so where does it go from here? >> the question is, i think, is this a new momentum on behalf of the peshmerga working in coordination with other group, but the remarkable as e set of the coalition air power and so persistent and effective over the last two days, to ush her in the extraordinarily quick victory for the peshmerga. is this new momentum doing to point them into the west of sinjar, raqqah, the capital of the self-dec...