test. breaking news on "first look." jordan executes two jihadists. and the latest on a deadly plane crash in taiwan. dark darkcam appears to capture its final moments. good morning, everybody. thank you for joining us, lots of breaks news. first up, jordan pay back. the country executing two convicted jihadists hours after a pilot was reportedly caged and torched by isis.

here's richard engel. >> reporter: locked in a metal cage, doused in fuel, the young jordanian pilot moments before he died. the most savage act yet. the group known for its shocking brutality. ? jordan relatives cold to not contain their disgust and fury. he was just married in july. he was captured the day before christmas after ejecting from an f-16. on a mission to attack isis in syria part of the u.s.-led coalition. jordan's king abdullah, a close u.s. ally. at the white house before cutting short his washington visit. >> reporter: earlier on jordanian television, he called the murder cowardly terror, with a group with no relation to islam. >> should this video be

authentic, it's just one more indication of the viciousness and barbarity of this organization. >> reporter: jordan had been considering a prisoner swap for the pilot, exchanging him for three militants on death row including this woman who had a bomb on her vest jordan said last week it would free her, but first wanted proof that its pilot was still alive. in fact jordan believes he may have been dead. richard engel, nbc news, istanbul. the savagery of isis is causing global outrage. tracy potts is live at the white house. how is the white house responding to jordan's response. >> no response on the response,

the reaction to that horrific video jordan's pilot being burned alive, president obama called it barbaric and vicious the burning alive of the jordanian pilot saying that the ideals of this islamic state are bankrupt. we're getting reaction from the pentagon. the defense secretary nominee will be on capitol hill here today. the pentagon is saying we're not going to let up as they put it, nobody is letting off the gas as far as going after isis. they're still believed to be holding a young female aide worker. because she's a woman and because they haven't said a lot about holding her the possibility they will not execute her, it could offend some of their followers. >> indeed thank you. now to another breaking news

story, ntsb investigators are heading to the scene of a deadly commuter train accident mp reports say the female driver of an suv stopped on the tracks, the crossing gate came down, she got out of her car, then got back in that's when she was struck by the train, sparking an explosion. the suv driver and six train passengers died, making it the deadliest accident in metro history. about 650 of those passengers were onboard that train, most of them were safely evacuated by bus. 12 were taken to westchester medical center outside of new york city. that's where we find nbc's rehema ellis. what can you tell us about the condition of those passengers taken there? >> reporter: what we can tell you, as you pointed out, 12 passengers were brought to this medical center and we're

told that ten of them are seriously injured. we're going to pan the camera over so you can take a look at the facility where we went inside and saw some family and friends waiting in this in this facility for wait inging for word that their loved ones are going to be okay. they were waiting inside, and we're hoping we'll hear something a little bit later this morning. this tragic tragic accident occurred. but authorities point out that's important to remember that hundreds of passengers were able to walk away from this accident. let's hear from one of them. >> i felt a big bump and i got shot forward a little bit and then everything went silent and then there was a brief clip

statement from the conductor and then everything was silent after that, and then within, seconds or a minute after that happened, people in the front of the train started to say move back, move back, there's smoke in the front car, and that sort of built that kind of -- it wasn't panic because people were saying stay calm but people were getting more and more anxious and that's when we started to get the emergency doors and windows open. >> reporter: anxiety is the watch word here. again, at this hospital where family members are waiting for word on those 12 passengers brought here ten are seriously injured at this facility considered the number one trauma center in this region. hope to find and learn more about the exact condition of those passengers but at some point when the sun comes up. betty, back to you. >> thank you so much for that. yet another breaking news story, a terrifying crash in

taiwan, caught on video, you have to see this dramatic darkcam footage appears to show the plane, comes over these buildings, then it clips a bridge, here's what we know right now, aviation officials in taiwan said there were 58 people onboard. so far, they have found at least 28 of them. at least 13 people are dead. according to state media, the plane was going to airport off the southeast coast of china. it was a plane similar to this one. no word yet on cause. it was nine months old and had just completed a check last week. in boston, they are begging for a break there. the city is still coping with so much snow. how much? well crews have removed 6,000 truckloads so far from the last

two snow storms. let's get a look at the weather joudz, bill karins is here with that. melt we'll get some sun, but it's plenty cold. two weak storms on the map. one of them is heading up now through upstate new york, light snow shows. it will go through new england today. that will put down an inch or less. more moderate spot, nebraska. here's that light snow that i was talking about. also around scranton this will kick over into new york hud son valley through the next hour or two. here's the moderate snow this will produce a couple of inches. omaha, des moines driving to work in the snow, that will pass near chicago, but mostly south of it.

through central illinois chicago could pick up maybe an inch two at most. that continues tomorrow through new england, light event in new england. tomorrow, another inch or two. another school delay. betty, in new england, for boston today, 34 degrees is probably the warmest boston is going to be for a while. >> that's a heat wave? >> that's the heat wave. >> all right, thank you. some sports action right now. uconn women's basketball geno reaches 900 wins faster than any other college coach. he reached the milestone in just 1,034 games. and he is behind one on the women's all time list. in men's hoops. top-rablgd kentucky remains

unbeaten. they're now 22-on and 9-0 in the s.e.c. and anderson silva has tested positive for steroids. it happened in a random test and a second steroid and it happened before his match last week against diaz, but the results weren't available until this morning. and his opponent was also tested positive and the fighters could face potential fines and suspensions. a group of about 80 people are suing the pga for having to wear bibs. that feature sponsor logos. and the nfl has suspended browns josh gordon for violating the substance abuse policy. the nfl said he failed an alcohol test.

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15 minutes past the hour. stories making news this morning, a source close to the family tells nbc news that bobbi kristina has been moved from near roswell to a hospital near atlanta and she says bobbi kristina is not and has never been married to nick gordon. starting today, a never before seen collection of letters and pictures belonging to civil rights icon rosa parks, will be open to public. will be on display in the library of congress. and how about the luck of the irish? two friends from ireland snuck into the super bowl and snagged

$25,000 seats. they even posted pictures on their twitter accounts. they say they simply walked in behind two first aid workers and started hopping from seat to seat, and right before second quarter, a man told them that two women would be leaving to take part in the halftime show and lucky for them, but it has to make you wonder about security, hmm? scramblesed politics is next.

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18 minutes past the hour time for your hump day edition of scrambled politics. house republicans have once again to repeal obamacare, they tried more than 50 times to repeal all orrer parts of the law, democrats were unified in dissent, by three republicans actually voted against the repeal saying there wasn't yet a solution. who will get hollywood's vote in 2016 the hill is reporting more than 90 celebs saying they're ready for warren. in a letter signed by holly woods stars, they are urging the massachusetts senator to run for president in 2016 saying in part we need tireless champs like you warren to push for influence in politics. and democrats may skip

benjamin netanyahu's speech vice president joe biden are allegedly noncommittal on their attendance. netanyahu has expressed opposition to iran and nuclear weapons. mitt romney isn't running for president in 2016 what's next? this spring he'll give the commencement speech to st. anselm college. he was in a presidential debate there back in 2011 this time he'll be delivering the speech in yet another primary campaign season. senator cruz has cuffed edcoughed up to smoking weed. as a teenager. in texas, a snaek demo at the capitol in austin goes bad.

a dozen snakes were brought in when they a handler went to pick one up he was biten, the snack did not inject any venom. that's your morning dish of scrambled politics. joining me is reporter lauren french good morning to you. >> good morning. >> the bar baric killing of a jordan pilot at the hands of isis ratchet up support by u.s.? >> you saw king abdullah and his government saying there's going to be an earth-shattering response to this killing. already jordan has killed two islamic militants. >> president obama called the killing bar baric and vowed that the u coalition would redouble its -- >> militants -- u.s. trained

militants being trained in arab country to fight the islamic militants. there could be talk moreof more money to put more resources in the fight. the coalition fighting isis in syria, because you have country like the uae questioning whether the u.s. is really doing enough to protect pilots down there. >> lot of options on the table, it seems. could this actually lauren be a tipping point where the outrage propels the muslim world to take the lead in the fight against isis? >> you saw protests in jordan yesterday, a lot of those protests were against their own government for not doing enough to fays mouse this very famous and renowned pilot. if they do step up that could help the u.s. coalition push

forward and redouble its efforts to fight the islamic militants. >> all right, lauren we appreciate your insight today. thank you so much for joining us on that. just ahead -- the latest on that deadly metro north crash. and more trouble for lance armstrong. wait until you hear this what cops said what he did and how he allegedly wanted his girlfriend to take the rap for him. stay with us. ommmmmmm ommmmmmm

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26 past the hour. up to speed on three breaking news stories overnight, outrage is growing overseas following the apparent burning death of a

jordanian pilot by isis militants. jordanians say they have executed two militants in retaliation. authorities wanted the proof the pilot was still alive. seven people have died after a commuter train slammed into an suv just outside of new york city. witnesses say the railroad crossing gates came down on top of the suv, new york governor called the scene a truly ugly and brutal site. in taiwan darkcam video appears to show a plane crash, officials say at least 13 people are dead and several others injured after the plane crashed into a river, shortly after takeoff, the plane clipped a bridge and crashed into the shallow water, 58 people onboard the plane at the time. this morning in newspapers lance armstrong cited in a hit

and run accident. trying to pin it on his girlfriend. the cyclist who was stripped of his seven tour de france wins has crashed into cars. who is accused of lying to police. originally, his girlfriend was going to take the blame to avoid him getting national attention. no comment from armstrong or his attorneys. in usa today 80 monopoly sets celebrates with real money inside. yes, to celebrate in france, they are celebrating with real euros but one lucky person will find that one game has all real cash. that is a jackpot that totals over $23,000. i wish it was happening here in the u.s. >> imagine playing with real money, it would change everything. in entertainment news the mountain from game of thrones, broke a record.

look at that. that's some back-breaking work. that's huge guy. >> he's tall and his frame is like -- like he's wearing shoulders pads. >> it's all real. >> i'm betty nguyen and this is msnbc. "way too early" with thomas roberts starts right now. should in fact this video be authentic, it's one more indication of the viciousness and bar barry of this organization. it indicates the degree to which whatever iedology they're operating off of it's bankrupt. we're here to talk about how to make people healthier and make their lives better. and this organization appears only interested in death and december instruction. president obama not mincing words in his disgust there and

protesters in jordan express their outrage against isis after the murder of a jordanian prisoner is displayed to the world. back here at home a tragic commute, a suv crashing with a train. after this a 40 million copies sold of to kill a mockingbird, a sequel of sort from the author this is so exciting. harper lee, what has she done? we'll explain. this is "way too early." very good. hey, everybody. good morning. i'm thomas roberts. it's wednesday, february 4th. it wasn't the left shark at the super bowl halftime show. left shark was the best though. everybody loves the les shark. down to business.