to deal with isis and you bring the different groups, element, countries, leaders together on some unification. we re going to have differences with iran for years and years weather russia for year, but you can t let those differences dictate or you can t become captive to the differences. let s center on the core threat, the common threat, build out from there. if you can build some platform of stability, that gettious to a point where you can start to maybe unravel some of this. let s discuss this further with lieutenant general mark hurdley, a cnn military analyst and retired army commanding general out of europe and as well as the 7th army. good to see you. your title gets longer and longer every time we talk. but i learn new stuff all the time. all right, general. so, you know, the president is pretty confident when he says, you know, isis will be destroyed. so is the president s confidence in your view i guess gaining strength in large part because
fearful nation back home, president obama sounded more like a leader at war. our coalition will not relent. destroying isil is not only a realistic goal, we re going get it done and we re going to pursue it with every aspect of american power and with all the coalition partners that we ve assembled. it s going to get done. reporter: at a news conference in malaysia, the president once again defended his strategy for defeating isis, but instead of brushing off questions about his policy as he did last week, he acknowledged americans are deeply worried. we re not afraid. to not elevate, to somehow buy into their fantasy that they re doing something important. they re a bunch of killers.
absolutely. on the black market then, you know, terror groups like isis continue to have the money that they need to recruit, to, you know, dispatch people, and carry out these attacks. yeah. exactly. you are exactly right, fred. that is probably you know, everyone likes to focus on the bombing, but i would suggest the number-one line of effort against isis is drying out their money supply. and that comes from a variety of resources. it s not just the oil flow that they re working on the black market, but it s also contributions from some nations in the area that actually contribute to terrorism. so those are the things better identifying some of those nations and putting the pressure on. absolutely. that s a huge pressure. and when you have more members of the coalition they can help dry up that funding, that s almost as dangerous as bombing isis and syria. okay. we ll leave it right there. lieutenant general mark hertling, thanks so much. thank you, fred. the fr
and that they say he is certain that he is dead. and also, families of the hostages that jihadi john had killed were know notified before. and we are following news around the world. kurdish troops have said that they have chased out ter isis from sinjar, and also once again, another big story, it is reasonably certain a that the jihadi john who is the masked man seen in many videos beheading hostages is now dead. one called him the manifestation of evil, and one called him grotesque, and fond of sadistic torture techniques and now his reign has come to an end. and now, mohammed emwazi is the