Welcome to your world this morning im stephanie sy. And im dell walters and a drone strike targeting i. S. I. L. s most recognizable figures the man known as jihad john sgln it was his covered face that appeared in multiple videos showing the killings of american and other western hostages, in august 2014 he was shown in a video be heading journalists james foley and seen later killing journalist sotlof and peter kasik and promised to track him down. Born in kuwait and grew up in london where Officials Say he was radicalized and moved in 2012 and 2014 he began making headlines. Otherwise this knife will become your nightmare. Reporter his british accent named him the nickname jihad john and he is shown be heading hostages and blaming them for their deaths and they promised to hunt him down. Making mistake of harming americans we will not forget and our reach is long and justice will be served. And he later apologized to his family for the attention those videos generated but he showed no remorse for the be headings or being part of the most brutal and gruesome organization. The pentagon says the air strikes targeting jihad john took place in the syrian city of raqqa would be i. S. I. L. s capitol, the morning the mothers of those killed said the death would bring little comfort and wont bring back their sons and a short time ago David Cameron spoke about the reported drone strike targeting jihad john. This was a combined effort and a contribution of both our countries was essential. And he is a barbaric murderer and shown in those sickening videos of be heading of aid workers and has an on going and serious threat to innocent civilians not only in syria but around the world and in the United Kingdom too. He was i. S. I. L. s lead executioner and let us never forget he killed many, many muslims too. And he was intent on murdering many more people so this was an act of selfdefense. It was the right thing to do. U. S. And british officials have still yet to confirm whether he was killed. In about ten minutes we will take a close r look at what the death of jihad john would mean against the fight against i. S. I. L. Kurdish forces in iraq saying they made major gains in their fight against i. S. I. L. Retaking the key city of sinjar on the supply route to i. S. I. L. Strongholds and the group held the town since last year and al jazeera amronkhan has the strategic significance if it has been retaken. Without facing any stiff opposition the Kurdish Peshmerga forces have gone in the center of the town of sinjar and declared that control the whole town and came from the north and the north was controlled by them before the north of the mountain and they took that in an opposition in december where they opened up a humanitarian corridor and allowing them in the mountain to flee and since december they had some attacks on the town of sinjar but the last push was easy for the peshmerga fighters. There is something quite strange happening we have not seen before and i. S. I. L. Social media accounts are on blackout it seems and no information coming out from them on this operation and normally they are quite active and i have spoken to a proi. S. I. L. Journalist who told me a lot of the i. S. I. L. Fighters that left on november 11 but there is a diplomacy because what they are told by the Kurdish Peshmerga is they were monitoring radio transmissions where i. S. I. L. Commanders were telling them they needed to stay or would be executed and that has not happen and got in the town without facing much resistance and said they control it. Now its very crucial and very strategic the town because of where it lies and im on one of the major supply routes and let me just show you what is happening behind me and you can see a sign there that says mosul and the local name for the sinjar and this is important because that is where the kurdish president is and he is here and monitoring events quite closely and one of the key supply lines and when they took over and i. S. I. L. Took over in august they actually got as far as where im standing at the moment before they were beaten back by Kurdish Peshmerga forces but right now the Kurdish Peshmerga are inside the town of sinjar and say they control it. And despite todays progress u. S. And kurdish officials are saying the situation in sinjar is still very dangerous and john kerry is in tunisia today trying to bolster social and economic ties with young democracys there and head to vienna for talks on syria, russia, iran and saudi arabia will be at the table, kerry saying the goal is to start a political transition in syria, acknowledging though on thursday that the u. S. , russia and iran all differ on the future role of Bashar Alassad and i. S. I. L. This morning saying it was responszable for the twin suicide bombings that tore through southern beirut and 44 People Killed after explosions hit a predominately shia area of the city and 200 injured and witnesses saying the blasts happening a few minutes apart. Translator they targeted this place because they dont have any other way to fight us back. They have run out of options and let me be clear they targeted this area because we are shia but we wont be saved. Reporter stronghold of hezbollah with a string of explosions back in 2014. This morning military officials investigating a member of the pentagon brass general to ron lewis on the left was removed for allegations of misconduct but pentagon are not saying what the allegations are and he is a west point graduate who led troops in afghanistan and iraq. Due in court today for charges he solicited a minor for sex and lee moore was arrested on monday accused of sending obscene messages to an under cover agent posing as a teenage girl and he sent the messages while he was on duty at the white house. This morning new leadership at the university of missouri after weeks of protest that ousted the president and the chancellor. This is a learning experience for us all and pretty much tighten our focus, improve our culture and climate across all of our campuses. Reporter that is law professor Michael Middleton and will serve as the interim president replacing this man tim wolf who resigned over his handling of racially charged incidents on the campus and one of the law schools first black graduates and will deal with cases of racial harassment swiftly and Howard University in washington d. C. Investigating a death threat to students and threatening to kill any black person on campus after 10 00 p. M. Or taking transit and they are investigating and writing in the statement aban caution and encourage the community and neighbors to stay vigilant and report suspicious activity. The Florida Police officer who shot and killed a muscina whose car broke down on a highway has been fired. The city of Palm Beach Gardens says the officer raja may still face charges in the case and we are in miami with the details. The city put out a statement saying an independent criminal investigation into the officerinvolved shooting is still ongoing. On october 18th jones was stopped on the side of the road waiting for a tow truck after performing at a show, officer raja not in uniform stopped to investigate the stopped vehicle and we still dont know all the details of that encounter but the lawyer for jones family said they were told by the state attorney that raja did not show his badge when he approached jones. Jones was shot three times and the gun that jones was carrying was never fired according to the family attorney. His death sparked protest in the palm beach area with the families demanding answers as to why jones was shot. As for rajas termination jones family put out a statement saying we are pleased that the city of Palm Beach Gardens has terminated the employment of the officer who gunned down korey jones. We maintain that the officer in question also must be criminally liable for the reckless actions that night. The Police Union Says they are disappointed at the termination, the head of the union saying that the city did not get all the facts before firing the officer. And im al jazeera miami. Alleged monster is free this morning, 80yearold vincent walking out of a brooklyn courtroom after a mob trial decades in the making and guilty of the movie good fellas and we have the details. Reporter its the organized crime caper in martins good fellas. These are the guys that jimmy put together for what turned out to be the biggest heist in american history. Reporter but on wednesday nearly 40 years after that infamous job the only person to stand trial for it was acquitted and aging alleged wise guy invent lasoro. A hold up of historic proporti proportions. Reporter and not less than on the screen. Authorities are not saying much more than they believe it to be the largest robbery in american history. Reporter robbers made off with loot from a cargo building at jfk airport and found an empty black van and not the robbers or the goods. 5 million in undocumented cash and a million in gems and jewelry which today would be worth over 20 million. Journalist rob spent his career covering the mob. The various mafia families had big pieces of action at jfk at the airport. Everybody was involved, banano, gambino family so when the master mind of the job planned it he had to give cuts to everybody. Reporter that alleged master mind was jimmy burke, aka jimmy the gent. Played in the movie by robert dinero. Never rat on your friends and always keep your mouth shut. Reporter burke died in prison in 1996 serving time for unrelated charges. He is vincent leaving his wake in one of the many pictures snapped over the years by federal agents but the mobs once sacred code of silence has begun to crack, leading to his day in court. Most of the people involved in the case have been either were killed, bumped off or knocked off or died of natural deaths so he is one of the last survivors so longevity in the long run did him in. He was indicted last year for charges going back decades including the 1969 murder of a suspected informant and during a three week trial they said he helped with the plan of the airport hold up and got a hefty cut and testifying against them mobsters including his own first cousin but in the end he beat the wrap, as the verdict was read he pumped his fist and kissed his attorney on the lips. Got two years here and dying to get home. Al jazeera. Investigators say they are still hoping to find the data recorder from a cargo ship that went down last month and they found the deck caught in a hurricane, hurricane joukeen with 33 members on board and its 33 feet below the water in the bahamas. The eastern country affecting a lot of you and we will turn to Nicole Mitchell. Good morning, less impacts of it but dealing with it nonetheless, this is a look of it moving through the great lakes and its the remnant moisture but significant remnant moisture and a lot more in the Morning Hours and tapering off and we have the high winds of this in the great lakes and winds gusting to 40 Miles Per Hour and here is a look at some hazards, on the coast of Lake Michigan some coasting flooding because that wind action is welding up the waves and then more significantly we have all the snow that is coming down and it is driving snow with the wind in some cases reducing visibility so anywhere this morning for the up of michigan and some places by the time we get to midday could see 410 of total, a pretty significant snowstorm for early in the season and the time of year we see that and duluth, minnesota to hayward, wisconsin to the up we are dealing with snow right now so here is that wide picture through the course of the day, as i said a lot of what you see in the Great Lakes Region is in the Morning Hours and then it starts to wind down and also want to mention and more to this a little later but a lot of heavy rain into the northwest but as we continue through the course of the day the other thing the system did is Cool Temperatures and not significantly below average but when we are above average and 40s in the north and 50s in the coastline and chicago 46 and the average High Temperature would be closer to 50 so as we said we are not that far below average and get back to it within the next couple of days but it was a little bit of reversal of the warm fortunes. Nicole mitchell thank you. This morning donald trump making headlines again for his latest comments on the campaign trail and going affront runner ben carson over his personal history and in iowa he said this about the tales of nearly stabbing a friend and having a bad temper. He took a knife and he went after a friend and he lunged, he lunged that knife into the stomach of his friend but low and be hold it hit the belt, it hit the belt and the knife broke. Give me a break. I have a belt. Somebody hits me with the belt its going in because the belt moves this way, it moves this way. How stupid are the people of iowa . How stupid are the people of the country to believe this crap . So here is the good news, he is now saying all of that stuff happened because otherwise he is a liar. Reporter trump going on to mock carsons religious awakening calling anybody who wants to vote for carson in his words a fuel. And suu kyi wins majority in myanmars election but who will become president. And the custody complication, the state of utah stepping in fighting a ruling that took a foster child away from a lesbian couple. We are more on this mornings breaking news u. S. Targeting the masked i. S. I. L. Member known as jihad john with air strikes over syria and a vehicle he was riding in was destroyed. Recall the uk citizen shown in videos showing the be headings including journalist foley and sotlof and Prime MinisterDavid Cameron says there is no confirmation the i. S. I. L. Member was killed. We have a person with International Peace and long time staff member of john kerry and part of his middle east policy staff and is live this morning from washington d. C. And thanks for being with us, how important would it be in the fight against i. S. I. L. If those reports are true that jihad john is dead . Well, it certainly would be a tactic of a victory and it would be good news but plenty where he came from and its not a game changer and actually the sinjar news is probably a bigger development right now. I want to ask the question this way because what is good news to some seems to back fire in many cases, will this improve or hurt the diplomatic standing after all this is fueling what i. S. I. L. Wants, they want to be viewed as this tiny person taking on the world, will this increase their recruiting . In the long run, i dont know it will be and there is plenty where jihad john came from but can target the leadership again assuming its true you talked about sinjar and want to go back to that before we pivot on the secretary of states talks and that is sinjar and why is sinjar so important . It is the strategic hub or a strategic hub between raqqa and mosul so if you can cut sinjar you really complicate i. S. I. L. s ability frankly over the long run to function as a coherent state and we will see what happens but that is actually the Development Im watching more carefully than the jihad john situation. Lets go to the talks in vein that and the latest effort to end the war in syria and john carry and iran and russia will be there, what do you expect . I think its worth remembering that iran talks took 18 months and were at the beginning of the process and not aware of a war that ended with a meeting so its important to establish a process. Im not expecting quick results but i would say this is the most promising diplomatic result with syria we have seen for a long time but we have to let the process unfold. If anything can be said about this white house is that it doesnt do things publically until the lastminute, are there backdoor negotiations going on in sinjar and seeing a coordinated effort between russia, iran, the United States and some of the other partners . Well, i think its a little by early for that, del. I mean the talks in vienna and there are 17 countries or so involved. At this point in the process i think that is appropriate, you need the big tent basically to get saudi arabia and iran in particular in the same room but ultimately and i think you alluded to this del in your question if you are really going to get progress you are going to have to find a way to get the core countries and that would be the u. S. , russia, saudi arabia, iran and probably turkey as well to create some smaller consolation of countries but i think this big ten shapo if you will is appropriate for the time being. If you jump into the more delicate discussions i think the process would fall pretty quickly and right now there is not enough consensus on the political outcome. The secretary of state john kerry your old boss down playing expectations is that a tactic or a realistic setting of the table . Can i say both . Like i said i think its too soon to expect quick results but by the same token kind of down playing expectations is never a bad negotiating strategy. Joining us from washington d. C. This morning and thank you very much. Also developing overnight Election Officials in myanmar say it is official the Suu Kyi Party won a historic majority in myanmars parliament and makes it possible for the league of Democracy Party to form the first civilian government in decades and suu kyi will not herself be able to become president and al jazeeras wayne hay has more. Reporter the magic number for the National League for Democracy Party was 329eats combined in both the upper and lower houses of parliament. That is the total it needed to win to be able to form the next government, to enjoy a so called super majority, form the next government on its own and encounter any combined by the Development Party and ar