good morning, everyone. i am alex witt in for tamron hall. this is "newsnation." we have breaking news. we are getting word in just the past hour that jordan has launched intense new air strikes against isis targets in syria. they follow a wave of attacks yesterday, coming after they executed a jordanian pilot, burning him alive. video shows war planes hitting isis weapons depots command centers, and troop staging areas in the northeastern part of syria. also today, massive new demonstrations in jordan's capital, demanding revenge for murder of the captured pilot by isis. the queen among those taking to

the streets, joining in the demonstrations. yesterday she con sold the widow of the pilot in his hometown. joining us nbc news correspondent richard engel, and curd fighters take on the isis terrorists. first, to keir simmons in jordan's capital with the latest on the round of air strikes. what are you hearing? >> reporter: hey, alex. we are hearing there have been f-16s, and also reports unconfirmed by nbc news that f-22s, a-10s were also involved in accompanying the aircraft. certainly the u.s. will choose the targets. targets we believe include the

area of the isis strong hold in syria. also being reported that there are real attempts to ensure -- to rescue any pilots whose plane go down. what this has done alex appears from what we witnessed from the ground today is brought the jordanian people up in arms. speak to people on the streets, they say to us that this is a war between isis and jordan. quite a shift in public opinion here against isis. >> and can you estimate the numbers of people that took to the streets? appears the tenor of the march is filled with anger. >> reporter: real anger, thousands, one suggestion is around 7,000 people involved

here in this demonstration today, alex and ministers of the government saying they will do everything it takes to take on isis. strengthened by show of public support. this is a country that's predominantly sunni muslim it is a crucial piece in the fight against isis. i should say, alex i spoke to people on the ground asked them would you be prepared for jordanian troops on the ground acting against isis and that's a much more -- also point out that jordanians have a long history of fighting isis on the border with jordan and iraq. this has been a battle they have been waging quite some time. >> absolutely you're right. king abdullah promising a relentless war against isis. let's go to richard engel. you got a close up look at the battle against isis on the frontlines in northern iraq. what can you tell us about that?

>> reporter: well what we are seeing in jordan for example, for the last two days jordan intensifying air strikes with u.s. military coordination accompanied by u.s. war planes u.s. military picking the targets. this is becoming a moment for the jordanian monarchy to come out and say it is with the people. i was surprised at the number 7,000 people is not a very big demonstration, but it is a demonstration. it is a precise and apparently decisive way to enact this kind of revenge against isis. but what is involved in the war against isis is not just a war campaign, it is not just dialing up or down air strikes, there's a ground fight as well. we went with kurdish troops that

are the only effective american allies in the ground war. and the ground war we saw is not nearly as precise or effective. we joined kurdish fighters in northern iraq america's closest allies in the war, traveled to the newest front line position outside mosul, captured two weeks ago. the captain explained why he and his men fought so hard to take and hold this ground. this position is strategic because from here we control the road from syria, he said now we've cut it off. cutting the road means the curds have severed isis' main supply line between iraq and syria, and isis wants it back. >> there was just an incoming round in this area. luckily it overshot this position. you can see where soldiers there, kurdish fighters are looking at this there comes another round. let's try and find a more secure

area. the curds fire back to keep back isis. sometimes mortar attacks, followed by ambushes. the curds took this base have already lost three men holding it. they'll lose many more unless they get more help from washington and soon. the officials say that kind of attack happens all the time sometimes twice a day for that particular outpost. kurdish officials are shocked they're not getting more support, more weapons. yes, there are u.s. advisers here working with kurdish troops there are american air strikes helping kurdish forces, but not getting the weaponry or sophisticated weaponry to turn the tide of this war, and that

is disappointing to say the least for many kurdish officials. they say they the kurds, are the only ones actually fighting. they're loyal to the u.s. old american friends, and wondering why they're not getting more help. >> never one to shy away from dangers as you faced incoming mortar rounds. extraordinary footage, richard, thank you. more news to share. angela merkel and the french president arrived in moscow in the past hour in separate planes. immediately headed to the kremlin for talks with president putin. those talks aimed at halting fighting that's been raging between russian backed rebels and government troops in eastern ukraine ever since a cease-fire collapsed a month ago. they met with ukraine's leaders yesterday as did secretary of state john kerry. unbrussels, vice president biden said ukraine is fighting for its very survival. >> this is a moment where the united states and europe must

stand together stand firm. russia cannot be allowed to redraw the map of europe because that's exactly what they are doing. >> president obama is expected to decide in days whether to supply u.s. arms to ukraine as the government there has requested. five babies at the same daycare center in chicago have been diagnosed with measles, all under the age of one, too young to be vaccinated. another ten children at the daycare considered at risk. health officials expect more cases. john yang joins us outside that daycare center in illinois. john with a good debut, what's being done to protect other kids employees, do health officials think it stems from the disneyland outbreak? >> reporter: alex this daycare center went through a deep clean wednesday night. more importantly, asking both workers and children who have not been vaccinated against measles to stay home for at

least three weeks. there were ten other infants in the same room as five diagnosed with measles. all under the age of one. all unvaccinated. they're all on a 21 day quarantine at home. so that's one way they're trying to keep this from spreading. public health officials are fairly confident that they can keep it isolated. chicago, cook county in illinois, all have vaccination rates above 90%, relatively high across the country. they're investigating all of the cases, looking at all their contacts, trying to figure out the initial point of contact, initial point of infection for this outbreak. trying to figure out if it is connected to that outbreak in disneyland. that investigation is still under way. alex? >> all right. i think that 90% rate is good. the average across the country

is 84% vaccination. that's good news in that fight. thank you, john yang. developing now, big surprises in january jobs report. labor department released it a few hours ago. employers added a better than expected 257,000 jobs. the 12th straight month of healthy gains. however, the unemployment rate ticked up a tenth of a point to 5.7%. that's because 700,000 more people began looking for work. the figures show hiring was far stronger in november and december. november jobs gains were revised to 423,000 from 353,000. december up to 329,000 from 252,000. let's get wall street reaction the dow up almost 40 points. joining me in the studio zackary kara bell contributing editor at politico author of "the leading indicators".

numbers that rule the world. good morning to you. how do you feel about numbers in january? do you see them being strong do you think this only adds momentum given revised numbers for november and december? >> clearly they're strong. those revisions you flashed on the screen are extraordinary. all of these get revised up and down. >> the fact that you had good january numbers, suggests it was offset by permanent hiring. the reality is none of this changes the conversation we have been having for a year or year and a half which is we are out of whatever crisis we were in 2009 through 2012. we have a stable job market but have this long term product unemployment that hasn't budged at all past couple years and low participation. this was a good report in the

fact that more people are entering the job market even though unemployment is ticking up, says people are either seeing opportunity or could also in the cup half empty world feeling more desperate. say they're seeing more opportunity. you could see the unemployment rate go up this year and that being not a bad sign because more people are trying to participate. >> in the energy sector we are enjoying great prices at the pumps, but energy expected to layoff 21,000 workers because of that plunge. >> in the cup half empty world, that number expected to go up substantially over the year to the tune of several hundred thousand jobs not just tens of thousands, if oil remains as low as it is you have rigs not being used having refinery jobs. that could be negative for four to six months. in a work force of 140 million

people there are -- not saying losing 150,000 jobs is anything to ignore but does have to be looked at in context. >> i will ask the director jason to put up a graphic to show where jobs are now. are these the kinds of jobs you think are sustainable? are these going to last? >> the reality is none of job creation, has been good statistic cal job creation, none of it high paid. a lot of it is bartenders waitresses. real jobs that provide income. they are not jobs that provide increasing income over time not necessarily the foundation of a robust domestic economy. that's one of the reasons why numbers are increasingly confusing for people in that things look opt i cannily good. you flash numbers on the screen seems like things are good. people's experience is more complicated because of wages. this report wages ticked up.

>> slightly. >> but the reality up 2% in the past year and that's about the rate of inflation, which means wages are essentially flat. >> thank you very much. >> sure. up next pope francis purportedly says it is okay to smack misbehaving kids. and a wisconsin mother says brain injuries led to a suicide and blames the youth football league for it. and wild weather on both coasts drenching rains, worsening in the west, brutal cold in the northeast. i have been cold two months. we will get the latest forecast in a live report. join the conversation online. find the team on twitter @newsnation.

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pope francis hasn't shied away from controversial topics in the past. now he is weighing in on another tough subject, corporal punishment specifically spanking children. while speaking before a general audience in st. peter's square he began discussing the role of fathers and said spanking was okay in some conditions. one time i heard a father in a meeting with married couples say i sometimes have to smack my children a bit, but never in the face so as to not humiliate them. how beautiful he knows the sense of dignity. he has to punish them but does it justly and moves on. joining me now, senior analyst with national catholic reporter far reese, welcome to you. so far, sir, i don't believe the vatican is responding to questions about the pope's comments. what do you make of them? >> well i think we have to recognize that corporal punishment of children is a

reality in most nations and most cultures all over the world and what's important in terms of the reality of what the pope said is that you shouldn't be hitting your children in the face shouldn't be smacking them around, shouldn't be humiliating them. he is calling for a lessening of corporal punishment. in most places in the world, this is a significant improvement for the lives of children. now, is it what we would find acceptable in the united states? many people in the united states would say no corporal punishment at all. but in most places in the world, and the pope is speaking to the entire world here this is a call for moderation. >> yeah well you mention different countries and different cultures. there's a coordinator with the global alliance to end corporate punishment who says this. it is disappointing that anyone

with such influence would make such comment. 44 countries prohibited all physical punishment and 45 are clearly committed to doing so. usa today points out these comments come in terms of timing a year after united nations committee implemented a children's rights treaty recommended the vatican amend laws to ensure they prohibit corporal punishment. so we have the vatican saying previously no way do we promote corporal punishment but does this conflict that? >> again, i think that we have to recognize that the pope is speaking to the entire world. let face it corporal punishment is a reality there in most families. what he is calling for is reduction of it. now, would we like to see him call for total elimination of it? i think many would.

but you know the reality is that it is out there throughout the world and he is calling for parents not to smack their kids in the face not to humiliate them, and to you know restrain themselves and moderate any kind of corporal punishment they may use. >> the vatican is sharing more details, all about the pope's trip to the u.s. in the fall. set to make history as the first pope or religious head of state to address a joint session of congress after accepting invitation from speaker john boehner. he will appear september 24th. what are the issues you think we can expect him to address in the speech? >> well i think most americans would like him to use corporal punishment in the halls of congress to straighten it out. i don't think that's going to happen. i think what he is going to do is what he has done everywhere throughout the world, he is going to talk about our

responsibility to the poor. he is going to be very concerned and talk to the congress about their responsibility to care for the poor. let's face it. most politicians in the united states never talk about the poor. they talk about the middle class. the poor have been ignored and left out of the recovery we experienced. i think he is going to speak strongly for that. i think we're going to hear him talk to them about the importance of working together how partisanship is so divisive in our country, and how politicians should work together for the common good of the country. finally, i think he is going to talk about the united states' role in the world, not just in our own country. we know that he has really questioned the whole globalization of the economy, how there have been negative impacts on poor people around the world in terms of that. so i think he's got a lot of

challenging things to say to the congress. >> certainly relative to the poor, the pope giving voices to the sometimes voiceless. appreciate your time father thomas reese. >> you're welcome. new fallout on the sony hacking scandal. up next i talk with a legal editor from deadline hollywood. a terrifying crash seriously injures bode miller putting his career in doubt. the latest on his condition, one of those we are following around the "newsnation." mouths are watering, lemons are squeezing and stomachs are growling. or is it just me? every minute between you and red lobster's lobsterfest feels like an eternity. and who could blame you for craving our largest variety of succulent lobster dishes all year? dishes like dueling lobster tails. with one tail topped with creamy shrimp and a second tail stuffed with tender crab. i was hungry already and now you show me lobster lover's dream® let's make this dream a reality. a delicious, delicious reality.

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sony's top film executive whose e-mails were leaked in a hacking scandal is stepping down. she's resigning as co-chairman in may. her resignation comes on the heels of tumultuous few months. the hacking scandal exposed thousands of her personal

e-mails with disturbing remarks about stars and writers with whom she worked and comments about president obama's potential taste in movies. then the controversy surrounding "the interview." she green lighted that and was the movie's biggest supporter. she's stepping down to be a producer of some of sony's biggest movies. dominic, welcome to you. according to "the new york times," contract talks have been in the works for her before the horrific sony attack but this is a different role than the one she had at sony. first up do you think she was forced out? >> i think there were a number of factors. you mentioned embarrassing e-mails from the hack last year. let's be honest sony hasn't had a great box office run. failures the year before with "after earth" and "amazing spiderman 2" that

underperformed. and in hollywood, hits are what matter. it is important to remember that amy had been in charge at sony since 2006. in hollywood executive terms, that's eternity. >> absolutely is. good point. your publication points out she goes from being on the buying side of hollywood to producing films. talk about challenges that presents. >> in our scoop where we revealed that amy was leaving, not unexpected based on what happened last year but surprising, my colleague went in to talk about her as producer. amy is getting a four year funded deal from sony which is pretty sweet. she's still going to be around working with a lot of players she works with now. always known as a talent friendly executive. this gives her opportunity to mend fences and bruised egos from e-mails and take a nice pick of the sony litter at big projects. amazing spiderman two is pushed

back, ghost busters reboot and others. sony has a trick in its pocket with another bombed movie later this year. you could see amy being part of a big turnaround. >> interesting, i have spoken with one top talent over the years, cites creative risks she took to make films like "the social network" and money ball. do you think she will be able to attract new talent given all that was exposed in private e-mails? >> i think this is america. if you say sorry enough you're often forgiven. i also think this is hollywood. you're judged on hits and performance. if amy can get into a couple of projects that turn around get good box office a lot of this will disappear like the way old e-mails do go far down the river and look at what you've

got today. >> scott rude enseems to be doing okay. there you have it. good to talk with you. >> thank you alex. horrific details about a kidnapping hoax allegedly orchestrated by the young victim's own family. >> in 11 years in law enforcement, i have never seen anything like this. >> four adults accused of trying to teach a six-year-old boy a lesson by staging his abduction. among new york city millions of subway riders they found super bugs anthrax bubonic plague. one of the stories we are following around the "newsnation." you worry. you do whatever it takes to take care of your family. and when it's time to plan for your family's future we're here for you. we're legalzoom, and for over 10 years we've helped families just like yours with wills and living trusts. so when you're ready start with us. doing the right thing has never been easier. legalzoom. legal help is here.

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choice in things as well. >> i think there are good things, but parents should have some input. the state doesn't own your children parents own the children. >> the science is pretty indisputable. get your kids vaccinated. >> i don't know that we need another law. i believe all children ought to be vaccinated. >> 99% chance you'll run? >> i wouldn't bet against me on anything. >> since i took office we have cut our deficits by two third. going to repeat that. we have cut our deficits by about two-thirds. >> the president provided the american people a good laugh yesterday. he sent up the budget. same old policies that have failed for the last six years. >> i don't think anybody wants to get into a proxy war with russia. >> how in the world are we going to dislodge isil from syria without ground component. >> our ends with respect to isil needs to be last defeat. >> joining me from washington,

d.c. senior political editor mark murray. welcome to you, my friend. foreign policy is front and center this week in an hour and a half national security adviser susan rice will be at brookings institution where she will unveil the latest national security strategy. what do you expect to hear from her, given all of the criticism that the administration lacks clear strategy and lurches crisis to crisis? >> i think that's what we are listening for. it does seem that the administration goes from crisis to crisis. mainly because there has been crisis after crisis. a lot of things out of the united states' control, aggression in eastern ukraine or instability in the middle east after the arab spring certainly with culmination of isis what's gone on in iraq and syria. what americans want to know foreign policy experts want to know what is the plan for the long term not just reacting

crisis to crisis. >> from "the washington post," david ig nashs has an op-ed where he urges the obama administration to think an act like a super power. he writes you wouldn't know it listening to gloomy kmen at a timers, the united states has been lucky. the strength is more obvious. its adversaries suffered reversals. the united states shouldn't be shy about helping its friends or making adversaries pay for reckless behavior as in dealing with russia's aggression in ukraine. he is calling for a more robust foreign policy now. do you think there are those in the administration that share that view? >> interesting to see if susan rice shares that. i thought it was a provocative piece that what david is arguing is that united states economy now is better than anyone else's economy in the world. you have a situation where oil prices are down very low. it is hurting regimes like iran hurting russia as well. united states couldn't have a

stronger card to play than it has before. he is saying start playing that card now. >> thank you very much mark murray, as always. >> thanks. let's go to a disturbing story from missouri. four adults under arrest accused of taking part in an elaborate, terrifying kidnapping of a six-year-old family member all in an evident to teach the child a lesson about stranger danger. "today" show willie geist has more on this bizarre story. >> reporter: according to a police report the six-year-old's mother grandmother, aunt asked a 23-year-old, a family friend to kidnap the boy. the reason, to scare the six-year-old, teaching him a lesson about being too nice to strangers. >> they asked him, can you do this for a family favor, our son is too nice, too open too polite. >> reporter: monday he was walking home from school when he was lured into a truck. according to the report he told the victim he would never see his mommy again and would be

nailed to the wall of a shed before threatening the boy with a handgun. he allegedly took the boy to the basement of his own home hands and feet bound with plastic bags a jacket covering his face. with the boy unable to see, his aunt allegedly removed hits pants, telling him he could be sold into sex slavery. >> family members felt they did nothing wrong. >> reporter: after four harrowing hours, he was told to go upstairs where the family was there to lecture him about dangers of talking to strangers. throughout the ordeal adults stayed in touch by cell phone, all the while terrorizing the boy. the crime came to light after the boy told school officials what happened to him. >> in 11 years in law enforcement, never seen anything like this. when this is okay to terrorize a child, to tell them they're going to die. >> come on. that was nbc's willie geist. the boy in the story is staying

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doctor right away if you experience a sudden decrease or loss in vision or hearing. ask your doctor about viagra. a double weather whammy will be hitting the u.s. the pineapple express will drive in rains to the west coast, and significant snowstorm will blanket areas of the east coast already covered in snow. dr. greg postel has a list at a long weather weekend. i can't wait to hear about the snow. take it away. >> i will do my best thanks alex. look at what's going on saturday night. that's when it starts in the northeast and great lakes.

alex mentioned it will take its sweet time not all coming at once. notice it is predominantly a new england snow event. a lot of snow is coming not all at once over several days. watch on sunday night and monday morning for perhaps freezing rain or sleet in new york area. if you add it through supdnday boston, maybe 8 to 12. then it will keep coming monday guys. monday still snows in new york, northern pennsylvania, new england. great for ski resorts. watch out, rush hour monday morning and evening with a mixture of rain sleet, snow could make things slippery. snow continues in new england monday night. not even done there. turn the attention to the west. unlike in the east it is warmer out west. we are seeing a lot of rain moving into parts of seattle and portland, and not just northwest, it is california. redding, san francisco, sacramento, there's a lot more

rain to come thanks to pacific moisture coming in. rain in the west, relatively warm, cold and snowy seven more days to come. alex back to you. >> thank you so much. a lawsuit against the pop warner youth football organization tops a look at stories around the youth nation. a wisconsin mother filed a $5 million lawsuit blaming the organization for her son's suicide. her son hung himself at the age of 25 after developing brain diseases from playing in the league as a kid, starting at the age of 11. suit comes amid scrutiny and litigation over effects of the combat sport. after suffering a devastating crash yesterday, bode miller may be done competing on the world cup circuit. the 37-year-old olympic skier in the lead on the first race since back surgery, and he spun backwards, made a tumble down the hill. skis left a big gash on his right calf. he managed to finish with one

pole. he was later taken to a nearby hospital where he had surgery on a severed hamstring tendon. new study may make you think twice where you put your hands on new york city subways. they swabbed benches, handrails, seats, and poles and found hundreds of species of bacteria. hundreds. while the majority of dna samples were harmless some had anti-resistant back tear like e. coli, mrsa a few associated with bubonic plague anthrax. none were active bacteria. gets a big ew in the control room. let's move on. police officers in ferguson are testing a new device aimed at making weapons less lethal. the device developed by alternative ballistics. a small orange device attaches to the top of a normal handgun.

extends a small round of projectile in front of the muzzle of the gun. they released a video describing how it is intended to work. >> once the weapon is fired, the bullet traveled down the barrel embedding in the alloy projectile instantly becoming a solid unit. it separates from the weapon as the unit is instantly ejected. once it i am pacts the threat, sends a shock wave of pain without damage that a penetrating bullet would cause. >> they released a videogame like simulation for training. that is the closest to any action the service has seen. while critics say they believe it could put officers' lives in danger the mayor says they have a long way to go before officers would actually use it in the field. >> it gives you one more opportunity to neutralize the subject without killing him.

but we also can't guarantee they wouldn't be killed. >> this is something that would protect somebody protect officers protect our citizens preserve lives, even apprehension of a suspect. we are willing to look at it. >> joining me committee woman in ferguson twoip patricia biens. welcome to you. the mayor says it is not used for crowd control or any situation like the protests last fall, but rather potential police involved shootings or something similar. how do you feel about the device? >> hi alex. this is almost like somebody asking you the question how are you doing today, and somebody tells you it is friday. it is the answer to a different question. before we even get to the point where we are talking about shooting people, less lethal nonlethal, go back to the issues at hand that the community is asking about. police accountability basic

communication so that way you can de-escalate situations and we are at a point we are trying to neutralize suspects. this does not address racial profiling. this was some very low-hanging fruit and we certainly appreciate the effort and thought at this level, but there's a lot needs to take place before we even get to the point where an officer is pulling out any kind of weapon. pepper spray is effective. ask hundreds who have been pepper sprayed while protesting that's a nonlethal weapon in police use and they don't seem to use it. this is not answering the questions and the issues at hand. >> you're making a good point, we are putting the cart in front of the horse in terms of talking about this so much at the epicenter that needs to be addressed. that said relative to this particular add onto a gun, we did hear from former st. louis police commissioner tom fitch. here is what he said about the

devices. >> i don't have a problem looking at any kind of new technology, i have no problem with that at all, but the thoughts of implementing something like this would be dangerous for police officers because these situation happen quickly and you better be ready. >> do you have concerns that using the device would put in a time constraint that could put officers' lives at risk? they have to actually put it on the gun and deploy it. >> correct. i am not quite sure how the ferguson police department if the first shot will always be with something like this. i don't know where that would be in training. when the police are engaging suspects that have weapons, the community is not interested in the criminals being able to win and kill the police officers. that's not what the community is asking. we think proper engagement with criminals, especially when they are armed or potential criminals

when they're armed, that's a completely different subject. so i'm not quite sure if this device will always be on the the first shot but let's look how we treat people who are unarmed and some common and basic deescalation in the police culture on how they view people. democratic committee woman of ferguson township making great points thank you very much. our "news nation" gut check, should the operator be fired? we'll tell you how to weigh in next. ♪ ♪ ♪ "here i am. rock you like a hurricane." ♪ fiber one now makes cookies. find them in the cookie aisle. the exhilaration of a new engine. painstakingly engineered without compromise. to be more powerful... and, miraculously, unleash 46 mpg highway. an extravagance reserved for the privileged few.

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billionaire casino owner adelson in 2012. also seeing king abdullah paid for a christie family weekend at the end of the trip. a senior adviser to aaron schock is stepping down after racially charged comments the aide made on his facebook. he served as senior adviser and the website think progress uncovered a string of cold remarks, including this one from 2013 in which he compares two black people in a video he posted to zoo animals. representative schock said he was extremely disappointed by the offensive comments and those are the things we thought you should know. it is time for the quts"news nation" gut check. a 911 dispatcher is no longer taking call after he told an

emotional girl to stop whining when her dad was dying. the daughter and son were in the back of the car and she frantically called for help but the dispatcher was anything but helpful. listen to the phone call. >> can you please hurry up? >> ma'am, stop yelling, i need a location. >> yes they are both laying. let's stop whining. it's hard to understand you. >> they are just laying here. they are just laying here nothing. they are just laying here. >> is there someone else i can talk to -- >> it's only my little brother, i'm talking better than him right now. >> what? i could understand her, couldn't you? officials are admitting the dispatcher could have used better words and tried to calm the girl down. he's been assigned during an internal investigation and could be fired. what does your gut tell you? should the 911 dispatcher be fired. going to newsnation.msnbc.com.

isis claims an american female hostage has been killed in a jordanian air strike. this is not confirmed by nbc news. we're pursuing authentication of this news. andrea mitchell will have much more after a short break. that does it for this edition of "news nation. i'm alex witt in for tamron hall. see you tomorrow morning, 7:00 a.m. eastern. (sniff) uh honey isn't that the dog's towel? (dog noise) hey, mi towel, su towel. more gain scent, plus oxi boost and febreze for 3 big things in one gain fling. it's our best gain ever!

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about that, keir? >> reporter: well we want to be incredibly cautious and careful about this for obvious reasons because it is so sensitive and because we are only just hearing about this. as you rightly outlined what we are hearing are reports that isis is saying that an american female hostage has been killed in jordanian air strikes as you rightly say, we have absolutely no confirmation of this. no verification but that is what is being claimed. those air strikes as we understand it or air strikes have continued today by the jordanians. f-16s flying over target that will have been we think, chosen by the u.s. military including we know yesterday around the area of raqqa, which is an isis stronghold in