We killed the target that we intended to kill, which is jihady john. Killing him is making the world a better place. This news here as we are also getting word that the isis reign in at least one city is now over. This twoday war operation free sinjar bolstered by u. S. Air power declared a success. The city no longer rule d by tht black isis flag because peshmerga troops are seen now raising a kurdish flag. I have jim sciutto and on the phone just outside of sinjar is nick peyton walsh. Jim, first to you on this belief that the u. S. Got this terrorist. What more do you know about the strike . They were filming him if for a good couple of days inside and around raqqa. They. Picked up his trail some time before that, but they surveillance for a day and a half. When he came out of one of those stops, he was alone and fired a muscle sill, which what they can tell got him. They dont have boots on the ground to take a dna sample. They look at open source and social media sites to see if th
The others say his brother, khalid was killed and a massive hunt is under way for the third man seen at the airport. In a moment, well get to the report on the Military Hospital working to identify victims of the attack and well be speaking to others throughout the hour. But first, fred pleiken has been in the neighborhood a taxi driver led investigators to after he recognized the airport bombing suspects as passengers that he had picked up. Fred has more on what police found the. According to the authorities, an apartment in this building, in the district was used as the main bomb making factories both for the attacks on the Brussels Airport and the one on the metro, as well. The police say that they have recovered some 15 kilograms or almost 40 pounds of the explosive tapt as well as chemicals, screws, which, of course, are often used to mix into explosive device toes make them even more deadly and an isis flag inside one of the apartments in that building. Now, we were able to speak
Reports of a top syrian rebel leader killed in an airstrike. Who he was, what this means to the war on isis. Your new day starts right now. Happy saturday to you. Im kristi paul. Im Errol Barnett in for vict victor black well. We want to deal with this unrelenting weather the region hit by a tornadoes outbreak earlier this week, now, look at these pictures were getting in. Drenched with double digit rain totals. Terrible flooding in some parts. Were talking 14 Million People today facing new Severe Threats. More than 22 million tomorrow overnight the death toll from this weeks tornado disaster did go up. At least 15 people are now confirmed dead. Dozens more are injured. Good morning, kristi, some of the states battered by this brutal string of storms the last couple days hit hard again overnight. We are talking mississippi, georgia, tennessee and alabama to those states affected. Reporter Severe Weather batters Southern States, parts of alabama, at least 20 inches fell in less than 24
As many as 180 injured, maybe more. Americans are among the injured. What we dont know is just how many. French Police Continue to look for suspects. Police have identified one of the attackers as a French National. These attacks were incredibly coordinated. The pictures quite disturbing. We want you to warn yourselves to be very careful as you watch because some of it is quite graphic. This video shows survivors of the nightclub attack jumping from the windows to escape the carnage taking place inside. That is just behind where were standing now. It was at the bataclan, and a concert was going on at the time. Other victims rushed out of the theater. First responders literally trying to drive people to safety. Gunmen opened fire killing at least 80 people. Paris Police Say Three of the four attackers were wearing explosive belts around the same time, john there were explosions at a soccer stadium, the main soccer stadium in the northern part of paris. Explosions rang out. Video capture
Investigation, obviously, there is a manhunt now under way. Authorities are seeking the man they believe to be the eighth terrorist involved in the terror attacks on friday night. This is a man who was believed to have gotten away, to have driven one of the vehicles that was used in the attacks on the number of bars and restaurants. That vehicle has been found in a suburb of paris. The man, the driver, the eighth alleged terrorist was actually apprehended along a highway heading toward belgium after the attacks. He was in a vehicle with two other people. They at that point did not know his connection to the attacks and so they let him go. There is a manhunt under way for him. Hes believed to be in belgium. The threat level in belgium has been raised to its second highest level that they have. There have been raids throughout belgium and throughout france over the last several days. Those raids continue. Many of those who were arrested over the weekend in belgium have since been release