right now on cnn, new information about the young woman who died as an isis hostage. >> three muslim students shot to death in the u.s. now is are calling this a hate crime. and new development on the bloodshed in ukraine. it look like leaders are ready to sign a deal on several key

points. hello, i'm rosemary church. hello, and welcome to our viewers in the united states and across the world. >> good to be with you. hey, everyone i am errol barnett. thanks for joining us or staying with us. we want to begin with what were apparently all night crisis talks on ukraine in minsk, belarus. it appears this hour there has been some progress. >> russian media report the leaders of ukraine, russia tran and germany have reached agreement on several areas and will sign a document when the talks end. nick robertson is in minsk and has the latest. so nic, of course the first point here is they're calling this a document not an agreement which is critical. when more do we know about this? and what might number that document? >> reporter: rosemary we're just learning at the moment that the talks have nowened. this has been an absolutely will marathon session, 14 hours with these four leader president

putin, president poroshenko chancellor merkel and president hollande of france. now breaking up this mammoth session of -- we're getting details. we heard in the last hour or so that there was sort of 80% grammy to get a pull did back of heavy weapontosh get a buffer zone finish the separatists and ukrainian forces. the devil is in the detail. the last 20% that the indications were they didn't have grammy on,a little as an hour or so ago could be the major stumbling block to getting a deal here that can really last. it is significant that we've been told to expect the signing of a document rather than an agreement after such long talks.

these began last night. essentially the leaders have been up over 24 hours. the impression is being created at the this stage before we get more information that they appear to be set to park, if you will what they've been able to agree so far. the indications are that they've fallen short of a complete agreement. however, we may begin to get more details on that soon. this by any -- by any measure has been an absolute marathon session through the night. and its length indicative of some of the really tough issues that they've been up against here. rosemary? >> after 14 hours of talks, presumably a great deal of pressure to come one something, whether it be a document or an agreement. look like we have a document here. the discussion points of these talks were expected to be the withdrawal of heavy weapons, the creation of demilitarized zone. and of course too, the status around luhansk and donetsk.

which would represent the biggest challenge and possibly stumbling block in reaching an agreement or even going as far as a cease-fire? >> reporter: i think perhaps the really big and fundamental issue is the goodwill of all sides. and in this -- certainly for the ukrainian government this would be the government -- view of goodwill from the separatists who stated recently there are more areas they want to take control of. the sense that russia will no longer continue to support militarily financially the separatists in that push. so those are the sort of fundamental issue behind the scenes. the stumbling blocks, while the cease-fire line what we know is that since there was an agreement in minsk in september last year the cease-fire lines that were agreed then have been breached. the rebels, the separatists have taken more territory. will it be rolled back will they be asked for even more? that's a contentious issue. the cease-fire and pulling back heavy weapons agreed last

nightmare september. if there is good will around the table, that shouldn't be so tough. but it's the level of autonomy for the separatists, the status of the dialogue between the separatists and the ukrainian government and another issue that's been tough for the ukrainian government is who controls the border between any autonomous separatist area and russia. the ukrainian government has said it wants international european monitors on that border because they don't want the separatists to be sort of -- and russia to have free access and free flow of more military and troops across that border. so these have been some of the issue that we've understood so far at least to be the tough suspense points of negotiation. >> as you point out, after 14 hours or so of talks, critical talks, we understand a document has possibly been signed and we should hear what has been accomplished in the coming hours.

nick robertson live from minsk. >> now to u.s. president the barack obama's request to congress for the authority to use military force against isis. >> he authorized air strikes against the militants months ago under the same authorization he used for the invasion of iraq. this new plan comes with some key differences. jim accosta respects from the white house. >> reporter: president obama insisted the new authorization for the war on isis will not plunge hundreds of thousands of u.s. troops back into combat. president points out his authorization is aimed at more limited explosions such as rescue attempts and missions to take out isis leadership. he did take note of the three-year time him that's built into the authorization that would require congress to revisit the issue again under the next president. and here's what the president had to say about that -- >> the resolution we've submitted today does not call for the deployment of u.s. ground combat forces to iraq or syria. it is not the authorization of another ground war.

like afghanistan or iraq. the 2,600 american troops in iraq largely serve on bases. yes, they serve the risks that come with service in any dangerous environment. they do not have a combat mission. >> reporter: president obama is finding out why there's not been a war authorization vote in congress for 13 years. he's already taking heat from all sides. republicans who say he doesn't have a plan. democrats who say the president's proposal is too vague. i pressed white house press secretary earnest on the measure's fuzzy language. he said that was by design to give the president the flexibility he needs. congress may want better answers than that. >> jim accosta there reporting from the white house. the u.s. of course is already fighting isis from the air. despite several months of coalition air strikes, isis still controls vast territory in syria and iraq. >> which is staggering when you consider that they industrial this much space. we have it broken down on the map. it will showplaces still under isis control. it's huge.

you see stretches from aleppo syria, to areas around baghdad. >> the red areas, you see on the map, show isis' direct control, the yellow zones, areas where isis has support of top u.s. -- support. a top u.s. official says it's believed some 20,000 foreign fighters now on the the battle field. new details about the latest american killed in isis captivity. while kayla mueller's family and friends mourn her death, officials are talking about what she may have gone through in her long months of captivity. pamela brown has more. >> reporter: intelligence suggests 26-year-old cale mueller of begin to an isis fighter possibly as a bride after she was kidnapped in 2014 according to u.s. government officials. officials say there are also indications mueller converted to islam, a practice seen in the past by hostages in the middle east. >> these hostages duress for a long

time talented with death and so forth. to say we're going to convert to the religion of our hostagetakers suggests that maybe they can curry favor that way. >> reporter: cnn has learned that pictures sent privately to mueller's family from isis helped confirm her death. according to official pictures included mueller wearing muslim garb and a public of her wrapped in a burial shroud. a stark contrast from the brutal beheading of other male hostages. former fbi hostage negotiator chris voss says it's clear isis treated mueller differently. >> because she was a remarkably decent human being, and because she was a woman, it wouldn't be surprising for them to treat her with more respect in life and death. if they covered her and wrapped her properly those are respectful actions. >> reporter: how she died remain a mystery. the u.s. military says there is no evidence backing up the isis claim that mueller was killeded in a jordanian air strike. arizona congressman paul gosar says there were several failed

rescue attempts investment one attempt a man claimed to be her husband from her hometown of prescott, arizona, and demanded her lease at a terrorist camp but was turned away after mueller denied being anyone's wife. >> she said she wasn't married and didn't through her captors that she wasn't mary. so it foiled the plan. >> reporter: we learned from a family spokesperson that the man who posed as kayla's husband at the that terrorist training camp of actually her boyfriend who she was kidnapped with in the city of aleppo. apparently he was released after that and then risked his life to go back and try rescue her. pamela brown, cnn, washington. isis claims the widow of paris supermarket gunman amedy coulibaly has fled to the militants' territory. that's what a french language magazine from isis is saying. an article entitled "may allah curse france" says hyatt

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a 46-year-old man in the u.s. state of north carolina is facing charges in a triple murder after who's believe to have been an argument over a parking space. so far, officials are not ruling out the possibility that the killings could have been a hate crime. mourners gathered in the college town of chapel hill wednesday night to pay their respects to the three victims, all of them muslims. as jason carroll reports, the fourth of two of the -- the father of two of the victims said the suspect had scared them in the past. >> i heard eight shots go off in an apartment -- >> reporter: a frantic 911 call.

shot fired at an apartment complex near the university of north carolina's chapel hill campus. >> about three girls -- more than one girl screaming, then there was nothing. >> reporter: the three were muslims. muslims and his wife and sister. all shot execution style, a bullet to the head. later this man, 46-year-old craig hicks, turned himself in to police. they soon charged him with three count of first-degree murder. what triggered the shooting? the suspect's attorney said it was over a parking spot. >> it has nothing to do but the mundane of this man being frustrated day in and out of not being able to park where he

wanted to barkpark. >> i feel have no doubt that he would not have acted this way if they were not clearly muslim. >> reporter: a family spokeswoman called for an investigation. >> we ask that the authorities investigate these senseless and heinous murders as a hate crime. >> reporter: hicks, who claims he is an atheist, allegedly posted anti-religious sometimes to his facebook page. "when it comes to insults your religion started this not me familiar your religion kept its big mouth shut so would i." cnn cannot independently confirm the authenticity of the post or his facebook page. hicks' wife expressed shock and her deepest simple thee killings but said whatever happened, it was not a hate crime. >> one of the things i know about him, everyone is equal. doesn't matter what you hook like or who you are or what you believe. >> reporter: barakat was a second year dental student. his wife was about to begin

study at the same unc school of dentistry. her sister was also a student at nearby nfl c. state in raleigh -- nearby nc state in raleigh. and he was raising money to provide dental air is to syrian refugees in turkey. his website has raised more than $100,000 most of that donated after supporters learned of his death. jason carroll, cnn, chapel hill north carolina. >> all three victims are being remembered in their community as role models. the 23-year-old was known for his many, many ax of kindness. his sister suzanne, spoke to our anderson cooper about her brother and why she think this was much more than an argument over parking. >> my brother of a 6'3" young man who had the kindest heart. who loved everyone he met.

greeted strangers with hugs and dedicated his life to service. he loved his family. he loved his wife yusor, he loved his in-laws, and it's a sad day for boeing of our families. >> there were reports that the suspect and your brother that they had had interactions prior to this. is that to your knowledge true? were you aware of that? >> to my knowledge, yes. there had been issues of some disrespect and harassment from the neighbor's standpoint. it's basically infriendible to me that you can murder throw people -- incomprehensible to me that you can murder three people by shooting a bullet into their head and killing them over a parking spot. let's leave it at that. >> you think there's more to it? >> absolutely. >> i don't want to ask anything

you don't want to talk about, so feel free just say "i don't want to talk about it," but you say there had been some interactions. do you think that they had anything to do with your brother's religion? with how he was perceived by this person? >> having heard secondhand from what a very close friend of yusor's had said, basically he said because of the way you look and not comfortable with a, the way you look and -- i'm really sorry. >> it's okay. >> this is really hard. >> i know. >> i go from being in denial to being really numb to being really angry. i came here today in hopes of shining light on the legacy for

the three of them that has been dedication to service. and i want to make sure that they are recognized for that and that the world realizes what we have lost in the loss of these three incredibly brilliant, bright beautiful, accomplished successful respectful loved, three young people. >> shocking crime and a very brave woman there. this story is being talked about well beyond u.s. borders. for example, the hash tag #chapelhillshooting has been tweeted from almost every quarter of the globe more than a million times at the last count. >> the number still climbing fast. we see that take off million after this horrific incident took place. also the hash tag #-muslimlivesmatter trending on social media, as well.

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we want to return to our top story. marathon crisis talks on the conflict eastern ukraine havened. russian media report leaders of ukraine, russia france and germany are expected to sign a ten-point document soon. it is expected to cover the withdrawal of heavy weapons, the creation of a demilitarized zone and the future status of luhansk and donetsk. we don't know much on the details now. the report says the group is working toward a cease-fire within 48 hours.

so appears to be some progress made there. we'll be watching for the details. >> absolutely. tlnchlg are some other big deals to be hashed out in europe. greek and eurozone leaders will talk again on monday after they failed to reach a deal over greece's debt. >> the biggest disagreement is over whether greece should request a bailout extension. it expire the end of this month. greece doesn't want an extention and blames the bailout for the country's economic woes. the holders of three lucky powerball tickets will have no economic woes any time soon, it seems. >> right. those winners will be sharing a pretax jackpot of more than half a b-b-billion, with a "b," dollars. the third largest jackpot for the multistate powerball lottery in the u.s. the winning tickets are in texas, north carolina, and puerto rico. >> ridiculous amount of money, isn't it? how much do americans love playing the lottery?

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the storm system literally put on the parking brakes across the eastern med. when you talk about syria, lebanon, jordan millions displaced this the way of refugees. and this pattern not one you were to see. the particular weather event in the warmer variety. across the areas we mentioned, going to be all rain. across istanbul and ankara to turkey -- look at ankara in recent days. a one-day holiday anounce because of the amount of snow that came from machine into tuesday. now tapering off as we head into the later portion of the week. notice the models suggest this storm system not going anywhere any time soon. in fact it will be blustery right there from damascus toward jerusalem. they could still pick up 75 to 85 millerimeters possible. how about jerusalem -- look at the scenes coming out of the region. visibilities reduced, stanstorm kicked up across the area.

not unusual. you see the sahara desert typically the culprit for sandstorm. this particular event being a more easterly known. the sand displaced over the region of the looet. while -- out of the middle east. and we've had sandstorms go the way of florida. it is possible for the upper level winds carrying the sand grains. quickly leave with scenes out of seoul, south korea. this is near the international airport not far from seoul. a bridge connecting the airport all the way to the city itself, a 100-plus-car pileup. two fatalities 68 injuries. visibilities down to just several feet across this region. and we had another accident take place back in 2006 in a similar area because of fog. it's something that this area unfortunately is prone to. but incredible that the fatalities were only two because, of course a lot of people involved with that. >> unbelievable. and a lesson to all of us. when your visibility slow you slow down.

>> absolutely. >> yeah. >> thank you very much pedram. appreciate it. still to come here on cnn, a verdict could be handed down soon in the nut rage trial. and a former korean air executive may be headed to jail. all for behaving badly over a bag of macadamia nuts. back in a moment.

welcome back to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm rosemary church. >> i'm errol barnett. we'll update you on our top stories. first, a 14-hour marathon meeting on the ukraine is over. russian state media report the leaders of ukraine, russia germany, and france will sign a document soon. so far there are no details on

what agreements have been reached specifically. the four leader are working toward a cease-fire in the area of ukraine we not within 48 hours -- we understand within 4 hours. six inmates in a taiwan prison killed themselves after a hostage standoff. taiwan's deputy justice minister says the prisoners were holding the head warden and guard hostage. officials say the prisoners pretended they needed medical attention, then took the hostages broke into an armory and stole guns and bullets. both hostages are okay. relatives of those aboard the malaysia airlines flight that disappeared last year are on a fact-finding mission. reuters reports a group of mainly chinese relatives arrived in the capital in a trip arranged after the government officially declared that flight an accident. the families want to learn more about the fate of the flight and discuss financial assistance. in egypt, the retrill of two jailed al jazeera journalists is

scheduled to begin next hour. the journalists were arrested with one other colleague in december of 2013. they denied charges against them of supporting egypt's banned muslim brotherhood. we have more from cairo on this developing story. why are we seeing the retrial happening not long after the release of their colleague, peter greste? what do analysts think the likely outcome will be? >> reporter: well the trial's just about to get underway. the judge issue a retrial giving a fairly damning appeal of the last trial saying the initial trial failed to provide evidence that the al jazeera journalists belonged to the muslim brotherhood or aiding the muslim brotherhood. it also condemned last year's trial for not investigating whether any statements were given under duress and condemned

that they were fined in a terrorism court and not a regular court because the original crimes were nonviolent. family members today are cautiously optimistic although we see them cautiously optimistic every trial that it will go their way, pointing to the lack of evidence, as we saw from the judge that issued the appeal. peter greste also issued -- tweeted something out saying it's a strange feeling to watch my cellmates and brothers in court from out. my heart is in the cage with them. the trial expected to get underway in a couple of hours. we know fahmy is on his way to the trial from the hospital. >> ian lee reporting from cairo. many thanks. we want to get more information on the developing story this hour. russian media reporting leaders from ukraine, russia germany,

and france will soon sign a document as it relates to the crisis in eastern ukraine. nic robertson standing by with the latest. i understand because this is being reported from various outlets, we don't have our own confirmation that we don't know what's in the document or what's happening. what is the latest you have on the status i guess of the document? >> reporter: we're in a position only to analyze what we're hearing. pretty much all we're we have heard after the marathon 14 hours of talks is coming from russian news eggsagencies. an hour ago they said they were close to 0% agreement. then that the talks were ending haddened and a document would be signed. a ten-point document that will lead to a cease-fire by sudden.

a pull-back of heavy weapons, demilitarized zone. housewife, we have heard now -- however, we have heard now from the new principally russian news agencies that the ukrainian president said that when -- that what has been discussed so far is not acceptable. we understand that the ukrainian president has gone back into talk with german chancellor angela merkel francois hollande of france. talks are continuing. what we have is if you will the russian media really taking the lead on putting the impression that there is a positive outcome, that there is an agreement of sorts. now essentially, if you will casting the ukrainian government as the spoiler in this. the bottom line at the moment is until we hear from the ukrainians independently, until we hear independently from the french and german governments,

we will not have a full picture of the success or failure of the talks. does seem at the moment that they are far from a strong agreement. and of course we have to remember in september last year there was a similar type of grammy here. the devil of in the detail. the talks broke down on the ground. very much in ukraine's eyes and european and u.s. eyes because russia flooded the -- gave increased military support, troops and weapons. at the moment it seems the impression being created by what we're hearing and seeing at the moment is that talks are done. there isn't an agreement. there is an aspiration for an agreement, and the tough sticking details, we don't know what they are at the moment. >> since we don't know the details of whatever's inside this document and if and when it will be signed, what do we make

of the bigger picture? the previous grammy of in writing only and violated almost as soon as it was issued. in the past week we've seen a lot of what you, call shuttle diplomacy. german chancellor angela merkel visited u.s. president barack obama, obama spoke with putin over the phone earlier this week. the tone the characterization of these talks from russia i think had been quite telling in that they say this is moving forward and things are balanced. what should we make of the fact that right now the only folks we're hearing from are the russians? they seem to say that this is on track? >> reporter: there's an escalating military crisis in the southwest of ukraine. more than 5,000 killed. civilians increasingly killed in the uptick in fighting over the past couple of weeks. and increased assessment from europeans and the united states that russia is putting more troops more weapons in supporting the separatists which is allowing the separatists to take more ukrainian territory

because of both the increasing humanitarian situation and because of the apparent increasing russian push to give the separatists more power on the battlefield, there's been an increased diplomatic push from the european side in particular german chancellor angela merkel spearheading it, to try to head off this increasing crisis. she has been at loggerheads, it appears, behind the scenes with perhaps president obama of the united states. they've been trying to both countries, trying to put a positive spin on the fact that they're both on the same page. the bottom line has been the united states want a more aggressive approach to russia. has been talking about arming with increased defensive military hardware. arming the ukrainian government. these talks have been seen as a last-ditch diplomatic effort to bring a political solution. we heard it yesterday from the president of uyan saying that

failure of talks, he would put in place a marshal law across the country which indicated the potential for escalation of military conflict. the german foreign minister was saying yesterday just how important these talks were how much was at stake, and that this really was a last big diplomatic push. so there is a huge stake behind the scenes. at the moment it seems to be a degree of brinkmanship involved. it's not clear if the final gaps can be bridged to everyone's satisfaction which, of course is what is required to make this something that can work. >> you're right. we saw the four meeting. and you could photoshop barack obama in there, as well. the threat of arming the ukrainian military which if you listen to german chancellor angela merkel, it's not what european neighbors want. it's not what ukraine wants as far as escalating violence. but that is what's at stake if these talks, this document isn't signed and sorted out soon.

nic robertson we'll bring you more information as it becomes available. thanks a lot. rosemary? we now have a verdict in the infamous nut rage trial, a south korean court found former korean air vice president had -- cho was sentenced to one year in the case. paula, we know at the this point that she has been found guilty. we know the prosecution had asked that she would have three years, be sentenced to three years in prison. what was the outcome on that part of this? >> reporter: we have that heather cho has been convicted of one year in print. she will serve prison time for these crimes. this has come the last couple of minutes. we heard from the judge, there were three judges that she was guilty of violating aviation

security. the most serious charge against her saying that she was also guilty of changing the flight path. saying even though the flight only moved back 17 meters before it returned to the gate it is still deviating from the flight path and it is still a security risk. the judge also said the reason the captain went back to the gate is because of cho herself and because of the cursing and way she was treating the crew. and so she has been found guilty of pretty much most of the charges that were against her saying also that she was a passenger, she was not there in an official capacity. she had no power to override the crew members and had no power to be giving these orders. so obviously this is a case that's been covered very closely here in south korea. people are watching closely. it's not just about one woman and her crimes. it is about one powerful family

of a big con dplam rat of which there were many in this country, growing resentment this they have been let off and judges have been lenient in the past about bad behavior. we know now that heather cho will serve one year or at least she's been sentenced to one year in prison. rosemary? >> as you say, this case in particular has shone a light on how the elite take -- they expand their opportunities there out in society. and for a lot of people across south korea, they have said enough is enough. so talk to us about how they will read this. one year given the prosecutor had asked for three. will it be seen as fair? >> reporter: i think it may. i think the concern among some that was she would get a suspended prison sentence. in the past we've seen many chiefs of big companies, for example, hyundai motors the

head of korean air, cho's father have been found guilty in the past of crimes like tax evasion, bribery, embezzlement. they have received suspended prison sentences and then followeded by that presidential pardons, politicians saying that it was necessary for the good of the country's economy. this has increased ventment over these large -- resentment over these large family conglomerates. the perception that the families can do what they want and get away with it. the fact it's not a suspended print sentence i think will make some people pleased that at least there has been some kind of punishment. south koreans i spoke to the streets over the past couple of months have been saying that they wanted to see that heather cho of treated as anybody else would be. they don't want to see undue leniency. and certainly the three judges who made the decision were well aware that this decision was going to be scrutinized to make sure that there was no undue leniency. rosemary? >> all right.

our paula hancocks reporting there from seoul. of course we've learned in the nut rage trial there has been a verdict. heather cho found guilty. she will go to prison for one year. many thanks to you, paula. you're watching breaking news as it happens because you're tuned to cnn. more after the break. [door bell rings] ♪ [door bell rings] [phone rings] hello.

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