to kill a hostage from his country. has the murder mystery surrounding the 43 missing college students in mexico been solved? we'll bring you an update. >> make a pass about every 45 minutes. mother nature's winning. >> it was predicted to be much worse in many places, but those who got hit in the big u.s. snowstorm have been pummelled hard. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and, of course around the world. i'm rosemary church. >> i'm errol barnett. thanks for joining us. we want to begin this hour in tokyo where japanese prime minister shinzo abe says his government is working to win the release of isis hostage kenji goto. >> isis released a new picture of goto on tuesday holding a photo of a jordanian pile captured by the terror group last month. the message says isis will kill boeing men in 24 hours unless jordan releases a female prisoner convicted in a series of bombings in 2005.

>> all right. let's bring in will ripley who is following developments from tokyo. hill this is a critical negotiation. we know that the japanese envoy is there in jordan talking with representative of the jordanian government. the clock is ticking. there's only hours left. what is the situation? what are we learning? what is the latest on this? >> reporter: eight hours until the apparent isis deadline. we've heard strong words from the prime minister shinzo abe himself calling the actions of isis despicable but stressing the japanese government is doing everything possible to work with the jordanian government to secure the release of kenji goto. of course goto's life threatened in this video along with the jordanian pilot captured last month. of course he's a key -- a key interest to the jordanian government. by isis threatening his life they're upping the stakes. on the streets in tokyo, we are

hearing mixed opinions from people about how exactly both governments should proceed here. >> translator: as a fellow japanese i really wish goto will be released and comes home safely. >> translator: i do not think the hostage should be swapped. the released prisoner can potentially kill tens or hundreds after the release. there's not a simple one-to-one swap. we should not swap. >> translator: it was shocking. my impression on the lee was somewhere very far. it was shocking that a japanese was targeted. >> reporter: that is the reaction that we're hearing from a lot of people. the middle east conflict of something that people here in this fairly remote island nation passivist nation whose military doesn't get involved in conflicts beyond its borders, only is involved in self-defense. they've watched this happen on television but to have now one japanese life taken and another very much in peril now, it's a

tremendously troubling situation for people in this country. they feel for kenji goto's wife mother of his two young daughters, and also for his mother who has been so emotional. crying sobbing on camera pleading with the japanese government to do what it can to bring her son home safely. >> of course it is a heartbreaking situation for those loved ones those family members in japan. for the japanese hostage and the same goes for the jordanian pilot, of course and his family back in jordan. so both these governments, jordan and japan, have a big interest in seeing the outcome here the release of these two hostages. of course the complication is the release of this prisoner. talk to us about that and who she is and what the fallout could be if an exchange is indeed made. >> reporter: al rishawi well

known for her role in the 2005 bombings that killed about 60 people. she is not the most extremist or the most dangerous prisoner that jordan holds. however, he has ties to the founder of isis. his father is one of the top isis groups in iraq. she's iraqi. many of the top isis leaders are iraqi. so you can see why the terror group upon to get her out of jordan at a time when she could be facing the death penalty. she sentenced to death. the death penalty was suspended in jordan for a number of years. it was just reinstated in recent months. it does complicate things because obviously jordan, if they're going to work out a prisoner exchange would upon their pilot returned -- would want their pilot returned home as part of the deal. this isis deal is only offering the life of goto in exchange for al rishawi. but they are threatening to kill the pilot and journalist if their demands are not met. you can bet there are intense discussions, negotiations

happening as we speak. we may not know the outcome until deal is done or if the worst happens. we just don't know now. >> we don't. will ripley live from tokyo with the latest that we know at this point. many thanks to you. we know that relatives now are speaking out. the father of that jordanian pile held by isis says he approves of a trade that would free his son. >> he says the iraqi woman held in the jordanian prison is of little persons compared to his son. take a listen. >> al rishawi commit a crime before. now she is in prison. it is meaningless to keep her in jordan. she's nothing compared with this. from now on our country should know that in the eyes of the jordanian people al rishawi is not at all important compared with this. why not let her go? >> a libyan branch of isis is

claiming responsibility for an attack on a luxury hotel in tripoli that has left ten people dead there. the group released pictures of the two attackers who were also killed. one is thought to be from tunisia, the other from sudan. we have more on that attack. >> reporter: it was a complex attack in the heart of the libyan capital. despite attacks that we have seen bombings over the last few months targeting foreign missions and embassies in tripoli tripoli. this of the first time we were seeing this kind of coordinated attack taking place in the western part of the country, specifically in tripoli. perhaps a shift in tactics that we are seeing here with this more organized and aggressive attack. the target this time a hotel. one of the last few places where members of the international community, whether diplomats or businessmen meet and stay in trip three. most diplomatic missions embassies, and international

organizations have shut down in libya as the situation worsened in tripoli last summer. the attack was claimed by a group affiliated with isis and it miles a main concern in libya. the growing threat from extremist radical groups amid the chaos and violence in the country. many libyans say that this should be a wake-up call for the international community. they believe the international community that came to their aid and helped overthrow the regime of muammar ka dafy in y infy in 2011 -- muammar gadhafikagadhafi in 2011. there will be another round of peace talks with various factions meeting in geneva. they hoped the talks would lead to a uniy government and bring stable to the country. but many fear that these efforts are too little, too late. cnn, aman. we've got new information coming in to cnn right now of

israeli air strikes overnight on several syrian targets. here's the latest information we have for you. a spokesman for the israel defense forces says the strikes were in response to hezbollah rocket fire into israel from syrian air bases. he said, "if the syrians think they're going to open a new front on the golan after 40 years, we are not willing to accept that." the spokesman says there is now a tense calm in the area. >> all right. up and down eastern new england and eastern long island this is what it looked like yesterday. snow snow and more snow. the blizzard dumped up to three feet of snow in hard-hit areas of connecticut, massachusetts, and new hampshire. blizzard warning are canceled. it's still snowing in parts of new england. >> nantucket island on the massachusetts coast just got the brunt of the storm. take a look. gale-force spin and a storm

surge -- winds and a storm surge combined and knocked out power, as well. several thousand have their lights back on. the island's police chief says the damage of actually worse than expected. cnn's nick valencia has been out all night in the cold and snow. he joins us now from scituate southeast of boston. thanks for joining us. you're on the ground. there has been a lot of problems there particularly with the floodwaters rising. people being evacuated. it's 3:00 in the morning now, but at midnight they lifted the travel ban. what has been the situation the last few hours and now? >> reporter: certainly, it's coastal communities that end up getting hit the hardest. places like the one i'm in now, scituate. it's impressive what the storm was able to do over the course of the last 48 hours. we just took a trip down there

behind me to the atlantic ocean. that's -- the community kisses the atlantic ocean, bordered by a harbor as well. this community no stranger to these major flooding events. some people even though the massachusetts governor was out front and center over the weekend, saying this storm was on its way. some in the community decided not to pay attention to that. the result was that the national guard had to send two teams here into this community to rescue a handful of families. there were some power outage as well. but if you look around me now, this porch light's on for instance. you, sort of see the scale. [ inaudible ] >> we've been having problems with our communications with nick valencia in scituate. as he was pointing out, there have been problems with the water, it had broken the sea wall. it had been a situation where the national guard had to come in and evacuate some of those families. they actually had to turn off the power at one point because they were worrieded about a fire hazard. and of course there's the problem, too, with downed power

lines of people being electrocuted, as well. we know the travel ban has been lifted. people are allowed to get out there, but they've been told to be careful and only get out on the streets if need be. we will try to get hold of -- have we got a chance of getting nick back for those of you in the control room? are we going to try and get him? we'll continue and see if we can get hold of him. >> in new york city it was a blizzard gone bust. in the end, about ten inches fell. far less than initially forecast. >> the storm's track veered to the east sparing new york of its full impact. the travel ban is over there, as well. mayor de blasio isn't apologizing for his decision to shut down city streets. >> late into yesterday it was still projected two feet. two feet of snow would have paralyzed the city. let's bring in meteorologist pedram javaheri talk about this.

pedram the storm still lingering across new england with additional snowfall. correct? >> yeah. just a little bit more snow left in the region. i think maybe an inch at the most left on top of what's already come down boston one of the areas you see pockets of ban from portland maine, toward boston. montauk maybe getting flurries. new york done with. again, the storm system has been slow to exit. it's been me with annering the last seven to eight hours. we expected to be on the move by this point. looks like it will be the case as it pushes over nova scotia the next several hours. the general consensus is that anything left will be about an inch maybe two inches in and around portions of maine. more weather detail in about ten minutes. also more news coming up. >> yeah. people wanting to see the end of it for sure. thanks. indonesian search team will resume efforts to recover bodies from the wreckage of airasia flight 8501. we'll get you live to indonesia after this shore break. plus apple posts its

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more. and let's talk about this. of course it spark concern, the decision by the military to suspend the search and rescue effort. what impact will that have going forward, and what are the families saying about this? >> reporter: rosemary the families are incredibly concerned. so far, only 70 of the 162 people on board the flight have been recovered. the bodies recovered. 92 are still left at sea. a lot of family members were concerned when they thought that the operation of going to be brought to a halt. today there was a press conference. a lot of clarification. the natural search and rescue operation saying they will continue the operation. i'll talk about that in a moment. first of all i spoke to one of the family members who was at the press conference himself.

he's left his brother on board that flight. there is-- this is what he had to say. >> now things getting clear who handled this thing. some family centralized there understand the conditions. the mission will not stop. so continuing. the information now clear. the misunderstandings being clarified. >> reporter: the military is out, but the national search and rescue teams will still remain. they're also bringing in oil and gas divers. now that's because they are experts at deep sea diving. they're experts at salvage operations. they're bringing in another salvage team to the effort. by no means is this search and recovery operation at an end. it is on a pause, though.

they're pausing for the time being because a number of divers have fallen ill. they've been working so hard round the clock making the effort to bring the victims' body home to the families. 19 out of the 81 divers have suffered from the bends. there is a pause for now. sudden the operation will room -- saturday the operation will resume for another week and then they'll reevaluate. bow. >> thank you for the latest on that from jakarta. many thank as always. britain's public inquiry into the death of a russian spy is underway in london. as he lay dying in 2006 he accused russian president vladimir putin of ordering his poisoning with radioactive material at a london hotel. a lawyer told the inquiry there is evidence that lip venenko may have been poisoned twice. the kremlin steadfastly denies the accusation. he was a fierce critic of mr.

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jordan has, a female prisoner. isis in its latest video also said a jordanian pilot that they have possession of is at risk of losing his life as well. we expect the deputy minister of foreign affairs to update us all as we approach the deadline the 24-hour deadline which is roughly seven hours -- seven to eight hours from now is the deadline. you just hear the translator lack of time is making this a very important message to hear. we're going to take it to you live.

in other stories -- european stock markets are open for trading after tuesday's big sell-off on wall street. >> investors in europe were already nervous about greece's anti-austerity government. here's a look at the early numbers. you can see there london up about a quarter of a percent. the dex down 1.5%. the cac 40 down also under 1% there. zurich up about 1.25%. >> if we go ahead and check wednesday's trading in the asia pacific markets, mostly green, but a might bed bag. the nikkei up .15%. shanghai composite pulling back almost a percentage and a half. and the composite up as is the hang seng as well. wall street took a nose-dive after disappointing reports. the three major indices, the red there, down more than 1%. the nasdaq losses approaching 2%.

despite the drop in stocks there were a couple of companies reporting positive news. first, we are learning that yahoo! shares soared 8% after the company said it will spin off its remaining stake in alibaba into a separate company. stock in the new publicly trade company called spinco is expected to be distributed to yahoo! investors by the end of the year. what's key about the deal is that it's tax free and could save shareholders $16 billion in tax costs. >> apple has posted the biggest quire profit ever. $18 billion in profits over the last three months. cancer that. this came after it -- consider that. this came after it sold a record number of fountains, 74.5 million to be precise. how china's playing a large part in apple's success here. >> reporter: china has shown how crucial it is to the u.s. technology giant apple.

analysts say there are two main reasons that apple is doing so well in china with its iphone. first, they finally managed to do a deal with china mobile the world's biggest cell phone carrier. also, it's the immense popularity of the iphone 6. chinese customers are still willing to pay premium prices for their smartphones. "the performance of the iphone is worth the price," he says. "we are used to the operating system so we don't switch brands." "my dad bought me the iphone," he says "i like it. apple is aggressively expanding its storefronts in china, opening a new massive store in china this week to much fanfare. despite its rock star status apple still faces challenges in china from government regulations and competitors like an upstart company that is selling incredibly well in

china. still with more than 800 million smart iphone users in the country, the sense is there are plenty of profits to go around. david mckenney, cnn, beijing, china. let's turn to the weather. in the u.s. air travel has come to a near standstill across some of the busiest airports this week. meteorologist pedram javaheri joins us from the internal weather center with the outlook, the forecast. so give us an idea on how it is looking now. you were mentioning that this is tending to move east. not all the trouble's over for some in various pars of the u.s. and the northeast. talk to us about what is likely ahead. >> so many people stranded the last few days. some 8,000 flights canceled. sharing photos out of jfk, eight flights delayed out of jfk wednesday. about 90% of the flights canceled. if you were able to get out, that's what it looks like across

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you're watching cnn. thank you very much for staying with us. i'm errol barnett. >> i'm rosemary church. in top stories, isis says it will kill a japanese hostage and jordanian pilot within 24 hours unless jordan frees a female prisoner. less than eight hours left on that deadline. the terror group released this image of the jordanian pilot. the prime minister calls it despicable and the country's deputy minister of foreign affairs said the country will never give up. a libyan branch of isis is claiming responsibility for an attack on a luxury hotel in tripoli, libya. at least ten people were killed including a french citizen, an american contractor and three

people from tajikistan. two of the attackers were also killed. blizzard warnings are canceled. snow is still falling in eastern new england. the blizzard dumped up to three feet of snow roughly 90 centimeters in some areas. new york city only got ten inches of snow much less than the forecast for the storm's track there to the east. kurdish forces have driven isis militants out of the syrian border town of cobb -- kobani in a fight for control. >> we have a detailed look at isis advance up until this point and where the terror group is losing ground. >> reporter: late last year this of our glimpse of the turkey-

turkey-syria border. flighting their presence within sight of an international border. since then, they continue to trumpet territorial gains on social media. seeking to create the impression of unstoppable tide. what is the reality on the ground? you see here this is a battlefield control map showing isis control zones and isis support zones. now starting in june last year, you see areas of iraq. the areas of baghdad under isis control. you see the yellow, august they began consolidateing from a. >> reporter: -- aleppo into anbar province in iraq creating an unbroken line of territory from syria across the border into iraq. september, where the incursion into kobani, the border is

almost a solid line of isis territory. they've also almost moved through the north of iraq. november they further consolidate in northern syria, pushing west of aleppo. then december sees them further entrenched in northern syria. along that turkey/syria border. they've been ceding control closer to the iraqi capital, baghdad. mid-january, that trend continues. they're also building up their presence near the syrian capital, damascus. we're seeing a growth of support in anbar province. but in terms of territorial gains, they have been reversed. that brings us to the present day. the province in green, north of baghdad, has now declared itself isis free. add to that the loss of kobani an important coalition victory breaking up their hole ahold along the turkey/syria border.

you can see in concrete term the impact of coalition air strikes doling a pretty good propaganda blow. blow. mexican officials say 43 college students missing since september have been legally declared murdered. mexico's attorney general says that 99 suspects have been detained and others are still at large. we have more. it's been more than four months since they went missing. 43 since from a mexican teachers college -- students from a mexican teachers college who disappeared the night of september 26th mysteriously. now mexican officials say the investigation shows conclusively that they were all killed and stop short of saying the case is closed. mexican the mexican attorney general says police have detained suspects. authorities have obtained hundreds of testimonies, confessions, and pieces of

evidence. >> translator: these and other elements we found during the investigation allowed us to carry out an analysis about the logical causes and without a doubt we can conclude that students at the teachers college were abducted killed burned, and thrown into the san juan river in that area. >> reporter: the case has caused an uproar in mexico with countless protests and demonstrations which at times turned violent. the parents of the students refuse to believe authorities, even suggesting the mexican military might have been behind the disappearance of the young men. left wing anti-government activists, mostly in their late teens and early 20s. the mexican president says it's time to turn the page. >> translator: i'm convinced that we should not remain trapped in this instant. this moment in mexico's history. of sorrow of tragedy and pain. we just can dwell here. >> part of the problem is that so far the remain of only one

student have been positively identified. and parent are asking what happened to the other 42. the mexican authorities say the remains were so badly burned that extracting dna samples for identification is now impossible. >> translator: the dental remains in the middle of the fire showed the fire reached 1,600 degrees celsius which dehydrated decomposed and fused the remains. it makes it impossible to extract dna samples even with the most advanced technology. >> reporter: officials say there are still suspects to be detained and detainees to be tried and sentenced. other than that a case that has left more questions than answers is for all practical purposes closed. cnn, atlanta. we have another headline out of mexico for you. reuters news agency reports that prosecutors suspect the mayor of a small town in the country is connected to the apparent murder of a journalist.

the body of newspaper editor of found over the weekend in the state of vera cruz. he'll been missing since january -- he'd been missing since january 2nd. reuters says a local drug member confessed that he and five others kidnapped and killed the journalist. the gang member said he got orders to do it by a police official and the bodyguard of mayor cruz. the visit was brief, but the make-up of the delegation underscored the key role saudi arabia plays in u.s. policy in the middle east. president barack obama led a high-level delegation to riyadh to offer condolences on king abdullah's death and to pay respects to the new man o -- new monarch. they met discussing the campaign against isis, the civil war in syria and political unrest in yemen yemen. he sidestepped the issue of saw's human rights record specifically the case of a blogger who's been sentenced to

1,000 lashes for insulting the country's clerics investment an interview with cnn's fareed zakaria, the president defended washington's strategic alliance with the kingdom. take a listen. >> we have maintained a sustained dialogue with the saudis. and with all the other countries that we work with. you know what i've found effective is to apply steady consistent pressure evena we are getting business done that needs to get done. oftentimes that makes some of our allies uncomfortable, frustrated. sometimes we have to balance our need to speak to them about human rights issues with immediate concerns that we have in terms of countering terrorism or dealing with regional stable. >> even before president obama arrived there in riyadh there have been some subtle reshuffling in the kingdom's

corridors of power. becky anderson examine the possible consequences. >> reporter: before the late saudi king was even buried six royal decrees issued. a slew of newarkppointments that grab the attention of the kingdom orchestrated by the new king salmon bin abdel aziz al saud. the king's nephew now second in line has deputy crown prince. and salmon's son, 34-year-old muhammad to key positions of defense minister and head of the royal court. replacing once the most influential adviser and gatekeeper to the late king. >> youth is an person part of saudi arabia's future. and by apointing these leaders it gives hope to younger saudis that this country will move in a positive direction. >> reporter: but there is more than youth at stake.

the house that rule the kingdom is by no means monolithic. the succession invigorated a conflict between two of the most powerful branches of the family. the ruling monarch salmon and lineage of the late king abdul abdullah abdullah. analysts say many of the new posts intended to secure the next generation of the so-called alliance of brothers whose mother of one of the founding king's favorite wives. the move sidelines central figures in the court of the late monarch. particularly abdullah's son, minister of the national guard. so what does this mean for the politics of the conservative state? >> between the branches within the saudi elite, there is always some kind of dispute or argument or -- then an agreement appears.

i think what we should be looking for are change in policy both internal and in foreign affairs that reflects the more conservative side of the branch. >> reporter: in his maiden speech as king salmon stressed continuity and call for uniy and solidarity among muslim. indeed the public transition has been swift and peaceful. but questions remain if this saudi house is divided. becky anderson cnn, abu dhabi. a short break now. still to come the salon of nantucket was -- island of nantucket was socked in with snow. a special delivery still made it through. we'll introduce you to 2015's first blizzard baby. that's next. plus, it ain't easy hiding a missing tooth, especially when you're tiger woods. he's talking about the incident that captured world headlines. hear from the pro golfer later

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the northeastern u.s. apparently no different. >> yep, brings good news while the rest of the island of nantucket was without power and riding out the storm. littlecated cadden keith moore came into the world thanks to a backup generator and dedicated team of doctors and nurses. >> with the weather being so bad, we encourage her to stay. she took us up on that. it was a good thing because of a sudden labor really kicked in. you see that sometimes happen when the barometric pressure drops on nantucket. so a little after midnight i think it was our power went out. so we were on generator for about four hours before danielle delivered. >> now mom danielle smith says she was nervous about having her baby in a hospital while it was running on generator power. the staff calmed her fears. she popped it out no problem.

>> just that easy? >> from this perspective, they make it seem so simple. we've been showing scene of the blizzard that pummelled the northeast u.s. coastline. >> two-foot snow totals are common from long island all the way into maine. some areas got up to three feet. people still ventured outside. some because they had to, others just for fine. -- just for fun. >> 23. >> the win's killing us -- wind's killing us, the highway goes they go by one time and the wind blows it back over. >> you ever keep ahead of the -- could you ever keep ahead of the storm? >> no. there was a time with a whiteout blizzard. you coop see anything. i had to stoop for-- i had to stop for two hours. >> we haven't lost power. it's not bad. the wind is the big thing. >> it's great. i love it. new england weather's perfect.

>> it's perfect. get some clam chowder. >> there you go. meteorologist pedram javaheri joins us. that wasn't so bad. some called it perfect, fine. they say they're used to this. all in all now that we've seen the worst part move on how bad of the storm? >> for some, you know this is an area that's seen hundreds of snowstorms over the past 85 or so years. for some areas, this of the top three biggest snowstorm, boston in particular. >> it was sizable. >> absolutely it was for these regions. new york city a foot of snow -- >> they seemed disappointed. >> we were talking about on air about a deficit in new york city in snowfall earlier in the week. now they've more than double and tripled the area as far as snow is concerned. this is big area for people. we'll show you the scenes out of areas around boston the last 24 hours. breaking out the gear on brighton avenue. not far from boston college out there across west of the city. this of the scene across this region on tuesday. of course, you know it was a mess at the airports as well.

total accumulations, 24.4 inches. boston the forecast was two-plus feet. top six right now, still one to three inches could come down. if you get one to two inches, you would be in the top three of biggest snowstorms ever. they've never seen a snowstorm this large in the month of january before whether it comes to snow in boston. newark, six inches. about a foot comes down ten miles away in new york city. 50 miles away toward islip on the corner of long island. more than two feet of snowfall. that range of the system tracked other frommer east made all the -- from the east made all the difference. nantucket, the blizzard baby born around that region. 125, 130 kilometers per hour. they had 16 consecutive hours in nantucket with gusts of at least 60 miles per hour. it tells you why the power of out. the heaviest snowfall falling across western massachusetts. the storm system to the gulf of

maine, nova scotia new found land and the canadian maritimes. it will be develop in the next couple of hours. cold weather. boston minus one fahrenheit what it feels like. minus 19 celsius. brutally cold weather. new york city down into about 8 fahrenheit the windchill. everything on the ground is going to freeze. the perspective on the eastern half of the united states below freezing across the northeastern united states. how about temperatures -- the place to beat, dallas pushing up close to 80. freezing a couple of weeks ago across the region. denver 61 for the high. 70s tuesday in denver. look at these coming out of montauk, eastern long island. video out of the region. it doesn't look like we have it. incredible because surfers were out enjoying the rough tide, as well.

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them. until he put the temporaries on. i couldn't have anything touch it. even breathing hurt because anything -- air rushed over the nerve of the tooth that was still alive but it was cracked. it means a new world. we need to talk about. the story is about lindsay breaking the record. that's the story. geez. we all have -- every sport you get teeth knocked out. and unfortunately i wasn't -- i wasn't actually competing, got my teeth knocked out. >> overshadowed it. >> didn't want to talk about his knocked out tooth. meanwhile deflate-gate didn't take all the air out of the usual antic we come to expect from the super bowl's media day. we had fun with the players in light of the controversy. ♪

>> reporter: media from around the world gathering here in phoenix, arizona, for super bowl media day. it's always a crazy atmosphere but it's even more inflated thanks to deflate live gate. i want you to pick out which of these footballs is under inflated. >> the patriots ball -- >> reporter: neutral. cnn ball. >> i don't know. it feels like it's proper. >> that's under. >> reporter: how could you tell so quick? that one? you're right. how easy was it to pick out which was under inflated? >> a slight squeeze. >> reporter: a slight squeeze? all right. this one -- oh 11. this is a deflated football. tom brady said this week his feelings got hurt. when is the last time your feeling got hurt? >> today. i was trying to wear the super bowl hat. made me put on the seahawks hat. >> i went for the last cookie in the cookie jar, and it wasn't

there. i was like, you know that was my cookie. >> my mom didn't cook for me when i came home for the bye week. >> earlier in the season tom braid oh throwback thursday -- brady on throwback thursday posted his sixth round pick. if you had to put together a resume other than football experience what could you put on there? >> i don't know if it would be that long. my degree's in anthropology. maybe i'll find some dinosaur bones. >> my first job was a bus boy. >> cut hair. >> i was a pretty good umpire in college. >> great people skills. i'm a hard worker. >> my job at target in high school. i was a cashier. i was a good cashier, too. >> now, before we let you go, we want to update you on our top story this hour. the attempt to secure the release of a japanese journalist being held hostage by isis. japan's special envoy spoke with reporters within this past hour there in amman, jordan. he said he's still working with the jordanian government on winning kenji goto's freedom. take a listen. >> we will never give up until

the japanese hostage, mr. goto is safely coming back to our nation. we pray for him and we never give up. meanwhile, the father of the jordanian pilot held by isis is calling on the government to do whatever it takes to free his son. listen. >> translator: i send a message to the government starting with the top of the pyramid, his majesty the king, going down to the chief of staff, intelligence and whoever has a hand to do whatever it takes to bring him back no matter what it takes. to link the situation with the japanese journalist this has nothing to do with us. the japanese journalist has the country to defend him. as for us our son is jordanian, and that journalist is japanese.

that is it for us this hour. thanks for watching cnn. i'm errol barnett. >> i'm rosemary church. "early start" is coming up for viewers in the u.s. for viewers elsewhere, stay tuned for cnn "newsroom."

the northeast digs out. look at that. some areas just smacked with catastrophic deadly snow.

overnight, the last of the travelen bas were lifted. airports slowly getting back to business but it will take time lots of it for cities to clean up this mess. we have team coverage from the places hardest hit and also talk about what comes next. good morning. i hope you're warm. i'm john berman. >> and i'm christine romans. breaking overnight, the northeast starting to dig out from this huge deadly blizzard.