carding to rwandans, they were too privileged, greedy, bigot, racists, they were dangerous. everything about tutsiness was repulsive. for the most part actual tutsis in rwanda ignored this, hutu radio was not aimed at them. in july of 1994, nine months after rtlm went on the air, a genocide began in rwanda. tutsis were killed by rwandans, entire families dragged from their homes and hacked to death with machetes. hundreds of thousands of women were raped. the world watched in horror as it happened, but did nothing to intervene. instead our leaders told us at the time the genocide in rwanda would live forever as a lesson to the rest of us about the capacity of evil that lurks inside every human heart and the day, of reducing our neighbors to the sum total of their ethnicity, their individuals, not ethic groups. bill clinton gave an el eloquent speech back in 1998, and ask any democratic party official today could say the same words. look it up. it s hard to believe on msnbc. h
Ll, good morning, reena. John. Emwazi. He was unmasked finally in a series of leaked news reports early in the winter of this year after presiding over the video beheading of a number of u. S. , british, japanese aid workers and journalists. Theyve been track him for quite a long time. And thentelligence agencies of the u. U. Finally zeroed in on hiss location. And gotthe green light to attack him with a drone strike in raqqah, syria. As he was exiting the vehicle, a drone missile hit the vehicle he was in. And as one official said to me, evaporated. And on the impact, leaving his car in flames. Okay, so james, were getting that from one official. But will the u. S. Ever have 100 confirmation that he is dead . And how will they possibly try to confirm this . Well, they may not ever 1010, but they can come close, because ey will be looking theyll be l ltening to the chatterf isis operatives, as well as social media and other chatter, cell phones of people in the vicinity of the strike w
Strike the necks of your people. Reporter earlier this year his true identity was revealed to be Mohamed Emwazi seen here wearing an american baseball cap, the son of kuwaiti parents who emigrated to the united kingdom. Even as a schoolboy in london, emwazi was spotted by teachers as having a violent streak. One teacher told the bbc that at the age of 1 1 he was put in anger management t trapy. Wed find that hed get very angry and worked u and it would take him a long time to calm himself down. Reporter flaunting his role as executioner once he joined isis with his piercing eyes and gravelly voice, emwazi became one of the worlds most wanted men. Brian ross, abc news, new york. And the vehicle that emwazi was in burst into flames and one official said essentially evaporated. And brian mentioned o of the hostages believed to have been killed by jihadi john, american james foley. Foleys family has been highly critical of the administrations efforts to rescue hostages. From our brian ross
His real name, Mohamed Emwazi. Hes a masked executioner seen on video beheaeang hostages. The cia has been tracking emwazi for more than a year. He was killed in a drone strike in the syrian city of raqqah, an isis stronghold and though the pentagon has not confirmed his death, sources tell abc news it was a 100 direct hit. Abcs brian ross has been tracking the story overnight. Reporter the world first came to know jihadi john a little over a year ago when he appeared i ithis video wearing a black mask holding a knife and threatening the life of american journalist james foley. His voice was disguised, bute could not hide his british accent. You have plotted against us and gone far out of your way to find reasons to interfere in our affairs. Reporter one after another he presided over the murders of foley, american steven sotloff, peter kassig, plus two britons and two japanese hostages. Our knife will continue to strike the necks of your people. Reporter earlier this year his true ide
On this friday morning we begin with that breaking news, the targeting of one of the most despised figures on the planet. Were talking about isis terrorist jihadi john believed to have been killed in a u. S. Drone strike. His real name, Mohamed Emwazi. Hes a masked executioner seen on video beheading hostages. The cia has been tracking emwazi for more than a year. He was killed in a drone strike in the syrian city of raqqah, an isis stronghold and though the pentagon has not confirmed his death, sources tell abc news it was a 100 direct hit. Abcs brian ross has been tracking the story overnight. Reporter the world first came to know jihadi john a little over a year ago when he appeared in this video wearing a black mask holding a knife and threatening the life of american journalist james foley. His voice was disguised, but he could not hide his british accent. You have plotted against us and gone far out of your way to find reasons to interfere in our affairs. Reporter one after anoth