here. >> i and it is "happening now" starts right now. >> and isis and a jordanian air strike. it is john scott. and jordan -- >> we begin with shepherd smith in aman, michael jordan. >> jordanians have spoken and said they have no information to support this. and the state department said the same thing. they are skeptical of the clachlt isis claimed that the jordanian air raids conducted air strikes over syria and one

of those air strikes killed the american hostage, a female who was held since august of 2013 and they are blaming the jordan air strikes. there is no reason to believe that that is true and in addition we can't confirm she is did, history tells us that hostages are alive in an effort for a prisoner swap in the last week or so. but never pretended someone was dead and not. the hostage after she was captured she was wearing a hijab at the time. i carefully avoided that sort of thing so it doesn't slip out of my mouth. analyst believe that she may have died many months ago. isis using it as a media propaganda tool and an effort to get the jordanians to think

twice about the bombing raids. the jordanians have given us no reason to believe doing that. but for now, no proof that this has happen and no reason to doubt the isis claim that she is dead. >> we showed bombing raids inside of syria, that is not the bombing raid in question. this is just footage of the jordanian campaign in syria you have a through at 3 o'clock. hou resolute are the jordanians to continue the air campaign and what else can we expect from them? >> reporter: it is a good question. i don't have the answer. the king and members of the crown said it is just the beginning and they will continue the air assault. they have increase the number of

sordis that they fly. they have 24 or 25 f- 16s in their fleet. half used in strikes today. the the pentagon did not give specific information on where the strikes were carried out and we don't know if targets were hit. i say that. targets are difficult to identify. and our ground eyes and ears are not as good as they could be and what we could so from the air is little. did they strike targets of significance. we don't know that. there is no discussion of a ground force. the jordanians have good intelligence services and a great help on the ground. flying of the jets according to the word of the jordanians will continue in the near future. let's be honest about all of this, the united states could have run the sortis as easily as

the jordanians did. the idea is to get a coalition that is broader to take out isis. it would be disingenuous to say that the jordanians are doing something different than they have. they are not. they are running f- 16. ground forces are not under discussion. >> shepherd thank you so much. >> we'll go down to the chief intelligence correspondent joining us live from washington. what more can we add to this. >> greg at this hour the u.s. ineltense is aware of the claim and ark sessioning the claim and in this case it includes identifying the twitter account that posted the claim and credibility and reliability of the account in the past and also how many followers it has, that is often an indicator if it is

a account that speaks for the organization. as shepherd mentioned, the state department was asked about the reported death of an american hostage and had little to offer on the record. >> i cannot confirm those reports in any way. people are looking into them. i will say secretary kerry and the team of the u.s. government are putting every effort to find the americans held overseas. >> reporter: the claim posted on the web posts images of what it said was the aftermath of the jordanian strikes. that is an important clue. the u.s. intelligence community can use imagery to see if it is as the isis claim states. >> given that isis has a long history of lies and deceptioning

and not to mention utter saveagerie and brutality. and i would imagine, there is healthy skepticism especially in recent past isis hadn't been speaking about the american hostage. >> that is a great phrase to use, greg. based on my conversations since the story broke. there is a healthy skepticism to think that the jordanian strikes would have been responsible for a reported death of the hostage would be convenient for the terrorist group as it tries to drive a wedge it thinks between the u.s. and jordan. and to recap what we have seen play out in the last week, isis has used hostage situations as part of a media roll out. we had the photoof the japanese hostage who was executed by isis, and again, i draw your

attention to the photohe was holding. it was not clear where the jordanian pilot was. that is an image of the 22 minute video that was released. the next thing to watch here and this is what the u.s. intelligence community is watching for. a video tape or image associated with the claim that the american hostage is dead and so far, there has not been one. >> kathryn thanks. in the mean time the president is expected to ask congress to authorized stepped up action with the islamic state. that is the question asked weeks now. and a live picture of the white house national security advisor susan rice will offer perspective on the president's latest strategy. she will be speaking at brookings event and delivering a speech and listen carefully for white house reaction to the

the most recent claim by isis. we'll go live to ed henry with more. >> reporter: jenna we have new information from the white house aides, they are deeply concerned that isis is claiming to have killing the american hostage and adding, that they have not verified these claims just yet. and they are actively and aggressively trying to confirm this and deeply concerned by the possibility. as you noted it comes in a broader context, with the president dealing with critics saying his isis strategy is not working. we have seen beheadings and the jordanian pilot burned this week. and susan rice stepping to the podium to unveil a new national security strategy. last time they unveiled a strategy in 2010, they talked

about down playing counter terror as a central part of their strategy. i pressed josh earnest. >> in retrospect was that naive? >> not at all. one clear piece of evidence to indicate that strategy had success. the president had success in building a coalition of 60 nations to take the fight to it isil. >> reporter: we are told that susan rice will say climate change is a major national security threat and a claim critics will jump on in a week in which his strategy in dealing with islamic militant its is very much under fire, jenna. >> we are watching the authorization of use of military force and if the president will go to congress and ask for that and the language that susan rice

will use to describe isis. will they talk about is slammic extremism in this big strategy speech or not? >> reporter: no violent extremism is the term they keep using. just this morning a top democrat on the house armed services committee said it is time for the president to call this out, listen. >> when you look at 99 percent of the terrorist attack conducted around the world for the last 15 years, there is one element that is in common and fuelled and motivated by the radical islamic extremist and in order to defeat that threat we have to come up with a strategy and defeat and ged get rid of. it>> reporter: white house aides tell me today and next week we'll see the president unveil the new authorization of use of military force. the president, the day after the

midterm election in november at a new's conference revealed he would send that new authorization to congress. that was in early november and here we are in the beginning of february about it coming up in the next few days. this is a long time and coming and the president's critics demanding he get it up the hill. >> there is questions of the administration's hesitancy and why congress is not pushing it more. thank you ed henry thank you for the breaking news for us as we continue to watch for the speech from susan rice. >> we have the clarion project and talk about terrorist activities with you, ryan. what do you think is important to pay attention to? >> notice they have not presented prove that she was there. the most they have done is tweeted out pictures of the building. and usual legal isis likes to be

dramatic. they think it happen. they would make a production out of it. they will try to make it sound like it was there and plant a body or do whatever they need to do. when you look at the announcement, they are characterizing the jordanian air strike as a failure. when you look at isis accounts on line. you realize they were not a failure and they were a success and isis doesn't want the media knowing. that >> susan rice stepped to the microphone and we want to listen to her briefly when she talking about the national security. >> as they said this was my home six years and truthfully i miss it and thank you for saying kind words about my mom, lois rice, whose ties to brookings go back

many, many years. looking around the room i am grateful to see many friends who challenged and encouraged me in my tenure here in brookings and continue to generate best ideas for america's foreign policy. so broadly speaking in every respect i am very glad to be here. this morning president obama released the 2015 national security strategy. fundmentally, it is a strategy to strengthen the foundations of america's power, political, economic and military. and to sustain american leadership in this new century so that we can surmount the challenges of today and capture the opportunities of tomorrow. our strategy is guyeded by the same four endowering national interest that we laid out in the 2010 national strategy. security and prosperity and

values and a rule's based international order. our interest are enduring and in many respects, 2015 is a whole new ball game. much has changed in the last five years. as a nation, we are stronger than we have been in a very long time. since president obama took office we have arrested the worst financial crisis and repaired the biggest collapse in world trade since the great depression. in 2010, unemployment in the united states was almost ten percent. today, businesses have added more than 11 million jobs and unemployment is down to 5.7 percent. and in 2010 our deficit topped $1 trillion. and today, we cut that in half to less than $5 billion. our kids are graduating in

higher rates and millions more americans have health care. we've unlocked the domestic energy bomb that made us the world's number one producer of oil and gas. strengthening our energy security with huge ripple affects for global oil markets and geo politics. and we brought home almost 170000 american troops and responsibly ending two long and costly ground wars and repurposing our military strength so that we can better respond to emerging threats and crisis. the diversity and creativity of the american people continue to be a well spring of american power. driving invasions that are revolutionizing everything from the way we hail a cab to the way we treat disease. but fort foying our foundational

strengths, america is in a better position to confront current crisis and seize the opportunities of this new century. yet few know better than we the complexity of the challenges that america faces. every day, i start my morning with a briefing that covers the most sober threats and difficult problems that confront us around the world. these include the fallout from the arab uprising russian aggression, ebola, cyber attacks and more defuse terrorist threat. but too often what is missing here in washington is a sense of perspective. yes, there is a lot going on. still, while the dangers we face may be more numerous and

varied, they are not of the nature we confronted in world war ii or during the cold war. we cannot afford to be buffeted by alarmism and a nearly instantous news cycle. we must continue to do the hard work of leading in a complex and rapidly evolving world. of seizing of opportunities and winning the future for our children. strong is sustained american leadership remains as essential as ever. think for a minute where the world would be today without decisive american leadership? bullbull would be spreading throughout west africa and likely to far corners of the world. instead. >> susan rice national security advisor speaking about national security strategy for the year ahead and speaking about

sustained american leadership in the world and saying 2015 is a new ball game and the nation is stronger than we have been in a long time it. she said we are better positioned to confront crisis in the world. and distinguished the fact that it is not the same threats that we faced in world war ii and the cold wars and oftentimes washington is missing perspective of that. in the meantime, i want to bring in back in ryanmarrow. it is timely we are listening to the strategy and talking about the threats of today not equal to the past. what are your thoughts on that and and what is the american reaction should be, not only the new reports of isis, but in the weekend, continued bombing by jordan of isis targets in syria. >> over the short term one of the things we need to do. if indeed, the american hostage

passed away at the hands of hostage. she was trying to help syrian refugees and we need to emphasize that. isis go around saying they are the saviors of the syrian people and building a future. an american woman put her life on the line for the sake of syrians and look how isis treated her. and secondly getting better at political warfare. how does a political campaign work. your opponent says something and in a minute you respond with a well produced video. we need to do the same thing for isis. when we hurt them we need to make sure the world knows about it and grab the world's attention just like isis can do it. we do it with truth as they do it with lies. >> what does that look like, ryan. you think we'll see that as far as our reaction in the last several years to isis'

brutality. >> the jordanian government responded with a video out on the internet and show casing the air strikes. we need to do it more constantly and creatative. and i am not seeing the u.s. doing in a dramatic way where it is put on the arab media. isis knows how to write our headlines and we need to respond to that. and when we cover tragedy like the american woman may have been killed by isis. we need to put it in the context of what they are trying to do. they are trying to make the jordanian air strikes seem like a failure and they are not. they talked about the air strikes being effective. and isis doesn't want your odd yebs to know that. they are reports of an american being killed. as ryan points out to us the reaction from isis could be a sign that the jordanian air

strikes are effective. ryan, good to have you and thank you for the perspective as always. >> coming up next. we'll have more on the breaking news that isis claiming that an american hostage was killed in syria by a jordanian air strike. republicans trying to cut funding for the president's immigration orders from the home land security budget. what will they do in the month before the funding runs out?

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skeptism by those in washington d.c. we'll watch the reports and bring you the news. certainly a lot happening in the middle east. we'll watch the reaction out of the jordan as well greg? >> there is a battle royale going on in congress over funding for homeland security and president obama's executive action on immigration. republicans want to strip funds from the immigration measure and the democrats say no way and they are threatening a filibuster and procedural moves. with a slim majority in the senate is the gop learning the limits of power? >> the house fought the fight and can won the fight. now it is time for the senate to work to stop the president. >> three times a charm, what is next. >> i don't know why you are asking me. why do the senate democrats

broke it? >> david kennedy is a writer with u.s. news and world report. good to see you. republicans now have a majority in the u.s. senate and they can do anything they want. no they can't. often you need 60 votes to move bills forward, right? >> it is a procedural vote and they need 60 and only 54 republicans. they are in a bit of a jam. speaker boehner was asked, is mitch mcconnell going to be able to figure it out and compromise? he said i don't know. february 27th comes up and the department of homeland security is not funded, it will shut down and given what you are spending time on in the previous 30 minutes about the growing and continuing threat from isis that puts republicans in a perilous

position. usually congress gets blamed for any time of shut down. republicans control both chambers not only the house and senate. >> you are right. it is high anxiety given what is happening on the terrorism front. it would be ugly for the republicans not to fund homeland security to punish the president over the executive action in immigration however illegal it may have been. it is true that 60 percent of the americans think that the president exceeded his authority and did what was wrong. they want them to get over it. should congress repeal obama's executive orders? just 45 percent say should and 39 percent should not. is there a sense that the president won that one. come on, republicans, move on? >> i think it is more of a sense of frustration from the american public about the continuous grid

lock in washington. we voted for change in the senate and what has this gotten us? we still have grid lock on high profile issues like immigration. you can see the positioning there in speaker boehner's comments and the senate democrats, even though they are blocking the republican efforts they are more than happy to see the government shutdown because they are calculating they will not get blamed. and republicans are going to say as speaker boehner said. why rrnt they acting with us. we won the fight. democrats have calculated and saying good luck. we are in the minority. >> and republicans will learn elections are easy and governing is hard. david kennedy thank you. >> and a lot on "happening now". isis claiming that jordanian air

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>> fox news alert. new video coming out of jordan that is the queen ranna, joining the crowd and protesting against isis and in favor of the jordanian air strikes that took place in syria and the big news today are the reports by isis that those air strikes killed an american hostage. that is not confirmed and met with a healthy dose of skepticism. you can see the crowds in jordan as the news of the death of the jordanian pilot is still ricochetting the country. >> many wonder about the fate of the american present that was seized in it the ref lugz. castro confiscated land and homes and bank accounts and personal possessions.

and happen as so called nationalization of cuba. in truth it was outright theft. it was hard to put a dollar amount on how much was left. it is 6 billion in today's terms. joining me to talk about it. immigration attorney mario uticzar. there are roughly 6000 plus certified legal claims against castro and his government. any hopes of those americans and not to mention cuban exiles confiscated and stolen from them? >> i am of the opinion no, not any time soon. $6 billion is a lot of money and given that the cuban government has a ten percent gd p.

they will not result in monetary returns for the victims. i don't see it happening soon. >> in fact, five ways that president obama could make president castro pay. you can read it on fox news.com. but one of the ways that is suggested give the property back. that's pretty improblemable given that the castro regime is not compromising on the socialist principles? >> you are correct in your article. i don't see the castro regime budging on giving properties back. a lot of the people probably want nothing to do with cuba anymore. they want just compensation of what was taken from them. >> one of the ways in the future to negotiate some sort of a compensatory board that would approve certain amounts to be

paid let's say on user fees. any time an american cash goes into cuba a certain portion is paid out. and that would require president obama to put pressure on castro do you see any indication of that? >> the way the negotiations are going, i think they are slowly stepping and want to it make sure to keep the negotiations going on further on negotiate on the bigger terms and that would be the just compensation of what was taken from americans. and let's keep in mind, with these negotiations and with these talks, what is important is getting back what was taken from the u.s. nationals. >> >> and so these are, it can be a option for them. it is improbable. and part of the complaints that in attempting with cuba president obama seems to be giving away the store.

what are we getting in return? they get commercialization and trade and dollars to prop up their government. what are we get nothing return, anything? >> maybe leverage. maybe they are taking it slow to gave the leverage. and as the talks keep going. they may hit him with a bigger thing. this is something you took unfairly. and at that point, after the cubans have seen they have gotten so much from us they may not want to go back to where they had nothing. that is only feasibility that i can figure out of where it is going right now. >> mario uriczar thank you very much. >> the latest on the measle's outrage. five infants were affected in a day care in chicago. others are under careful watch

to see if they get the disease. a three-year-old daughter who has leukemia we mains under care for watch and as does her baby brother exposed to measles in an outpatient clinic in arizona. the girl's father wrote about this affair for the family. it is great to have you on the program. it sounds like quoit an ordeal. can you walk us through what happened. how did you find out potentially your children were exposed? >> yeah thank you for having me. it is a long road for us in the last few weeks and months. my daughter, maggie is three years old now and she was diagnosed with leukemia six months ago. and part of her treatment involves hospital visits and regular visits to an outpatient clinic to get infusions and

treatment and lab draws. and that's where the exposure took place. we were in a routine outpatient visit. we got a lab draw and everything was great and four days later, we got a call from the hospital saying our children had been exposed to measles. >> you have beautiful kids. we are looking at photos of them now. and they are gorgeous. >> what happens when you get a call that potentially your child could have been exposed to measles. >> it is shock initially. as much as our family personally has gone through, this isq%q ñ0lhn,j and so we asked all of the questions. we talked to the hospital and figured out what is the risk, where do we need to go from here? what do we do to try to protect our children after this exposure. and that's what we did. we were into that same clinic

the next day. and both of our children got shots of the measles antibody and provides them with some path of protection but far from a guarantee that they would be fully protected. >> are they showing signs of being sick? >> right now, they are not. and we are certainly grateful for that. they are far from out of the woods though. the time when you can showing signs of measles is anywhere from 7- 21 days after exposure and right now we are about two and half weeks into that. >> so you have a few. >> a week or so. >> it will be a crucial week. i want to finish up with this question. we talk about the most vulnerable be in our population to the disease. those who are sick like maggie and those under the age of twel months like your soon who shouldn't be vaccinated yet for

measles. and you are a pediatrician and you confront the questions on vaccinations on a daily basis. what would you like our viewers to consider when they hear about vaccinations and measles. what would your message be. not only as a doctor but as a dad. >> and as a father, i would say just consider the maggies and elis out there. there is a lot of kids out there for a good reason have not been vaccinated yet or cannot be vaccinated. keep them in mind as you make your decision. as a pediatrician, i say that vaccinations are safe in the case of measles extremely effective. and it is okay to have questions. you need to talk to your pediatrician and get good information before you make the decisions. >> well said. and thank you for sharing your story with us. and we'll see how maggie and eli

are doing. and rooting for them both and your family. thanks for the time today. >> thank you. >> fox news alert. we received word that it u.s. congressman patrickanly has died after a battle with brain cancer. the mississippi republican was elected to congress in 2010. he had lost much of his eyesight. he had a degenerative disease. and gained noityit about god and last year he suffered a strong and underwent brain surgery to remove a tumor. congressman nunnelee was 56 years old. >> a father who draws his entire monthly salary in dollar bills to teach his kid about money.

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>> new developments in the story of nbc news anchor brian williams who is facing a public fire storm not only about the iraq war story and when he was reporting in 2003 and his reporting on hurricane katrina. and it is certainly a hot topic. what is the impact of all of this swirling controversy about brian williams. >> this shoes you how deep the self inflicted wounds after brian williams admitting making up the story. i am skeptical of the new orleans report saying that brian

williams embellished the reporting on katrina. he was emotionally invested and he told me about the stories. i know he went back 38 or 9 times after the rest of the media moved on. and it does show you once your credibility is tarnished as it has been in this case it opens you up to questions. >> dow think it will impact the viewership of the program? >> this si story not just people who follow the media or politics, everyone is talking about this. over time does it mean nbc nightly news which is top graded will suddenly plunge in the the ratings, i don't think so. but it is possible if people feel less confident in brian williams. he is so entrenched and embedded part of the news operation.

it is difficult for nbc to do something. if another correspondent told a falsehood on the air he wouldn't be. >> and the nightly news did not cover the comments that the president made in the national prayer break fast. >> and unless we get on our high horse and think it is unique to some other place remember in the crusades and inquisition people committed terrible deeds in the name of christ and our home country, slavery and jim crowe all too often was justified in the name of christ. >> why is this ignored, howard? did it deserve coverage by the major newscast. >> it is not ignored by everybody. the story where the president

brought in past instances going back 6 or 7 centuries and the discovery of brutality. and on the front page of the washington post and the new york times put it inside. but nothing on the abc or nbc or nightly news. whether you thought they were offensive or justifiable. it is a big controversy and i don't see how they can possibly ignore it. >> you have a full plate for media buzz. you have a lot of things. >> we are dealing with this and the vaccination controversy. it will be a very full hour. thank you jenna. >> thank you so much. >> guess what, this could be the most complicated tax season ever thanks to obama care. the impact of the affordable care act on every day americans just like you. and a big win for a teenager fighting to keep the words under

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do you discuss how much money you make with your children? what if i told you, you should tell them everything, down to the last dime? that's the lesson profiled by ron lieber, author of "the opposite of spoiled," the "new york times" columnist on money. ron, great to have you on the program. we want our children to be the opposite of spoiled certainly. >> that is one thing we all have in common. >> absolutely. why do you say we should tell them everything about how much money we make? >> i think it's important for kids to understand what it takes to create or re-create the life

they are actually living. it's important for them to have context for how money works and what happens when you spend it and when you need it and when you save it. really the only way to do that is to give them that context to tell them what you have and what you earn. but it takes a decade to get them ready for that point. >> i'm thinking about that. i don't discuss money with anybody. my husband specifically, but other than that i don't go into detail. the thought of telling this to my child seems just shocking. what about privacy? what about parental privacy, ron? >> sure. look, i think family business stays within the family. but it's our job to create adults here, right? you're going to start when they're ages 6 to 10 give them allowance, give them the idea of saving money. toward the middle aged year whz they're in middle school, you'll introduce them to the household budget. you're going to test them for discretion. you'll see if they keep their frrets if they keep other family private information

private. then you're going to pose it to them as a test. we think you are ready. you are 16 17 18, we want you to know how money works and what it is that we have and we expect you to keep it to yourself. most kids don't want to flunk that test. they know the information doesn't have much value outside of their family. >> sound goods to me. you've got me keeping a secret just based on that. what about those who say i want my kids to be innocent there is a certain part of childhood where the allowance is one thing, but getting into the household finances, i don't want to ruin their childhood with worry. because when i think about money, i think about worry. >> well, one of the things that parents need to do is reframe it for themselves. remind themselves that, look, kids are going to pick up on a lot of this anyway. they're going to hear the two of you if there are two parents in the house talking about money. they might hear arguments. if you're a single parent they may hear you on the phone with the bank or with a creditor or a credit agency. they know about your problems and your challenges. they sense it. it's nice the idea that we can

protect them, but i think it's a little bit naive because they're going to pick this stuff up and really it's part of the process of educating them in the first place. >> really interesting. my 5-month-old probably sees the shopping bags if i come home with any. i can't hide it. can't put it underneath the stroller. i've tried that. ron, a fascinating take. his new book "the opposite of spoiled" something for us all to check out as that is what we want to achieve. ron, thank you so much. >> thank you. you know like you i've always been secretive with it about my kids. now ron has changed my mind. >> right? that's a lot of information. >> but i get the point. he makes valid, valid points. i'm going to tell all from now on. >> great. >> only to my kids. more breaking news coming up. the cia investigating the claim by isis that jordanian air strikes have killed an american hostage. we'll have more on that as we get it.

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everybody, thank you for joining us. >> jamie is in for gretchen on "the real story" which begins right now. thanks, guys. we begin with a fox news alert on a claim that an american hostage has been killed in the war against isis. the terror group isis says the hostage believed to be an american aide worker kayla mueller was killed in a barrage of jordanian air strikes today. hello, everyone. i'm in for gretchen carlson. we're here to bring you "the real story" as we work to confirm this claim. mueller was reportedly kidnap nd syria in august 2013. she was there helping victims in the ongoing civil war. now, as we wait for word from the white house, we fear the worst for a woman who gave up so much to help others who were suffering. our own shepard smith live in oman, jordan with the latest. shep? >> reporter: we're giving her name, jamie, and