ALISYN CAMEROTA, CNN ANCHOR: We are following breaking news this morning. There are reports that the ISIS executioner in many of those beheading videos has been identified. He is identified as a British national. "The Washington Post" and BBC say he grew up in West London and it's believed he travelled to Syria in 2012 and later joined ISIS. We will have many more details for you at the top of the hour.</s>CHRIS CUOMO, CNN ANCHOR: That situation obviously feeding into our understanding of what just happened here in New York City. Another case of home-grown terror, three Brooklyn men taken into custody for allegedly aiding ISIS. According to federal authorities, two of the suspects plotted to fly to Turkey and cross the border into Syria to join ISIS on the battlefield. The third suspect allegedly hatched and financed the scheme. Authorities say if the plot failed, the suspects threatened to bomb Coney Island and shoot Barack Obama.</s>CAMEROTA: ISIS hostage numbers spiking in Syria. A human rights organization says the terror group is holding 262 Assyrian Christians hostage and they fear they could be forced into sex slavery or executed. All of this unfolding as fighting intensifies between Kurdish forces and</s>ISIS. MICHAELA PEREIRA, CNN ANCHOR: French police arresting three al Jazeera journalists for flying illegal drones in Paris. They have now been released, although officials say one of them is still facing charges. Authorities in Paris are no closer rather to solving the mystery of those other troubling drones sightings this week over some of their infamous or famous landmarks in the city. They say whoever is doing this is deliberately interfering with official surveillance capabilities.</s>CUOMO: All right. So, we have the reports of the identity of the man who has been called Jihadi John. We told you that. We have the three Brooklyn men who have been arrested for a plot here, domestically. So, how will this all play into the homeland security funding fight? Is this enough pressure for Congress to get past their petty politics and keep this country safe? We asked. Hopefully, they have an answer.
Brooklyn Men Busted in Alleged ISIS Plot