we have another issue on isis. kurdish peshmerga forces fighting to retake the city of sinjar from isis. they entered the city from all directions and up to 7,500 troops reclaimed 60 square miles of territory with the help of some 650 air strikes by the u.s.-led coalition in recent days. commanders are going up against 600 isis fighters in sinjar. they are dug in behind land mines and booby traps. our senior don t nick paton walsh is embedded with the forces outside of sinjar. nick, be careful. set the scene for us right now. reporter: john, you joined me an hour after we returned from inside the city. in a distance behind me, a key
beheaded in a brutal fashion. threats to the united states and threats to the united kingdom. it was the beheadings that put the united states on track to given air strikes or coalition air strikes, if you will, inside syria. but from the details that we are learning at the moment are preliminary. the pentagon says they may provide more details as that becomes necessary. the british prime minister s office here, david cameron s office at 10 downing street, say they, like the united states, won t be providing comment at this stage. what this means for isis, they lost a prominent figure head. having said that, jihadi john had been very much out of the headlines for many, many months now. what this will mean to the tactic cally on the ground means very little. nic robertson, cnn, london.
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breaking news this morning. the u.s. launching new attacks on isis in iraq and syria. drone strikes targeting the isis executioner jihadi john. this as isis launches a new deadly attack. we have a statement from the british prime minister. the gloves are off in the race for president. donald trump launching stunning insults. welcome back to early start. i m christine romans. i m john berman. breaking news. the united states targeting one of the most notorious terrorists. a drone strike with this man in the cross-hair. he is known as jihadi john. a british citizen. his real name is mohammed emwazi. he appeared in a series of brutal isis execution videos. the pentagon is assessing the results of the strike, but they are confident the air strike did kill emwazi.
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