drone strike on a car in the city of raqqa in syria. jihadi john was believed to be inside that car. all of this unfolding just a day after isis claimed responsibility for a deadly series of bombings near a refugee camp in beirut. so joining me from beirut is our correspondent clarissa ward. let me begin on what more we know today with regard to the cents bombings. what more do we know about the bombers themselves? what we know definitively is at least two suicide bombers hit that area. this is a shiite/muslim enclave. we know that 43 people were killed, more than 200 people were injured. additionally, there appear to be conflicting reports about a possible third and fourth bomb er. cnn has spoke on to a lebanese security official who says there was a third bomber, who was
attacking trump. defending carson s character. not on the point of china. but trump yesterday even for trump this was off the tracks. this was something different in the last 24 hours. the way he s going after ben carson is quite honestly beneath even the donald. buck sexton, great to e see you. thank you so much. still ahead, donald trump, rails on anything and everything from ben carson suggesting voters in iowa and around the country are stupid for believing what is in the doctor s book, for supporting him. we have more on that. ams more on the breaking news, the u.s. confident jihadi john is dead. we will take you to the front lines in the war against isis. nick paton walsh embedded with forces as they declared a major victory in. sinjar in iraq.
converted. he joined the army in 2006, was deployed to iraq the following year. he answered a different calling. he founded a a nonprofit to deliver aid to syrians. isis militants captured him in 2013. joining me is a friend of his and also the daughter of an ex-hostage who spent seven years in captivity bf he was released in 1991. thank you for coming in. i just wanted to hear the personal stories of people who have lost loved ones through this murder. when you first hard the news, what was your gut reaction? i mean, i m not wasting any tears on him. i think the larger problem here is that somebody asked me ear earlier in an interview and i replied that the jihadi john was like a wart on isis s nose. he s the first thing we notice, but his loss is not going to so many others above him.
killed, but whose vest did not detonate and a fourth bomber has, in fact, been arrested. authorities are continuing to question him. what we know for certain is this is really the first time that isis has claimed responsibility for such a large and bloody attack. it is important to emphasize that while lebanon is no stranger to sectarian conflict and spillover from the war in syria, this is the bloodiest attack we have seen here in well over a year. what about bigger picture. you have u.s. has been ie highlighting the developments with regard to jihadi john, mount sinjar, talking to a reporter in iraq raising the kurdish flag, retaking that from isis. but as you point out in the last 48 hours, they say they carried out this terrorist attack in beirut. does this really showcase the reach that isis s influence has? i think what it really
trail and followed him in raqqa as he made several stops, went into buildings, came out and at the last site he went in, came out, got into a car and that s when they took the shot. under the rules of engagement that the military has, they had their so-called eyes on him at all times. they are convinced that that was jihadi john and that he got into that car and that s when they took the shot. they don t have people on the ground. they don t have the dead body to verify it or the dna evidence, but they trailed him the whole way and really do believe they got him. barbara starr, thank you so much. certainly r for families and friends of different isis victims, the probable end of jihadi john is absolutely personal. the masked man taunting them before slaugt eeri erinerin ere slaughtering their loved ones. while in captivitcaptivity, one