Emwazi. They say emwazi is a british man from a well off family in london. Hes best in syria since 2012. His face and british accent became a symbol months earlier. Recovering were covering the story from all angles. We have Nic Robertson from new scotland yard. Good morning, nic. Tell us more. Reporter good morning, carol. The metropolitan police who are in charge of Counter Terrorism here and would have had in theory emwazi on their radar say they wont comment about him. Life is at stake, they say. Were also hoping the British Foreign office they say they wont be commenting on this. They have an ongoing active terror investigation and it is common practice therefore, that they wouldnt be commenting on this. That emwazi has been seen as as jihadi john executing james foley, august last summer, steven sotloff, hemming, alan haynes, peter kessig and the japanese journalist kenji goto. He has a long track record of brutal murder. Thats what the police here are investigating and this name
Young women. Why is americas most famous feminist planning to take part in the demonstration . Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Breaking now. Terrorist forces on the rampage and threatening new attacks. The al qaeda affiliate in kenya responsible for that University Massacre is now vowing that the countrys streets quote, will run red with blood. And now both al qaeda and isis forces have seized control of a refugee camp in syria and 18,000 people are trapped inside. Their lives profoundly threatened. Right now according to United Nations officials, amid growing reports of atrocities. We are also following the deadly crisis in yemen, where an american citizen has been killed in the escalating fighting. Cnn was at the airport in the capital today as hundreds of people scrambled to get on one of the few flights out of the collapsing country. The death toll is climbing assad saudi war leanplanes lead the offensive. Our correspondents are working their sources but we begin with
The main highway in and out of that town. There was a tip last night that sent investigates into that area and then last night, with a search dog picked up a scent of one or perhaps both of the escapees. We dont know which. They secure the area because they cant do an effective search at dark and went in this morning at about 6 00 when they had daylight. The search has been going on ever since. Theyve got about 500 people on the ground helicopters in the air, dogs on the ground fixed wing aircraft in the air. So far, we havent heard anything about what theyve found, what they havent found. Theyre taking a long time they say, because it is heavily wooded. Its taking a while to make sure that they thoroughly check this area to see if they can find anybody in here. We just saw a little bit ago some lights from the department of the transportation like they put up around construction areas at night on the highways suggests theyre preparing for a long night ahead. Very unettlesettling there
Hello again, everyone and thank you for joining us. Two teens have been arrested on charges they were preparing to commit an act of terrorism. British Police Arrested a 14yearold boy on thursday after, quote, examining some electronic devices. The next day officials raided another home in Northern England and arrested a 16yearold girl on related charges. Police arent releasing details yet, but both suspects have been released on bail and have Court Hearings set for may 28th now. For more lets bring in National Security analyst, the tenyear search for bin laden. So you say the arrest of the 14 and 16yearolds in the uk may not be that unusual . Why . Well, we dont know the exact charges, fredericka right now, but if the charges are to join isis trying to go to syria to join isis or something of that nature in fact were seeing quite a number of teenagers who are trying to do this, not just in the uk, two teenaged girls from colorado who were trying to join isis. We have seen a case in chi
Significantly damaged an isisheld building. The u. S. Military has conducted a total of 115 air strikes against isis in iraq. This comes as secretary of state john kerry has written a strongly worded oped in the New York Times calling for more nation nations to help the u. S. Fighting isis. A much fuller response is demanded from the world. No civilized country should shirk its responsibility to help stamp out this disease. As concern over russias actions in ukraine continues to grow, were hearing a frightening warning from one of the top european leaders meeting in belgium today. He says russia is nearing a, quote, point of no return in ukraine. Meanwhile, a cnn team in the port city of maria paul saw ukraine kran forces stre thernt evening defensive positions on the outskirts of the city, reenforcing checkpoints, digging trenches along roads leading toward the russian border. This a day after russians foreign minister denied accusations that they crossed into ukraine despite these na