and abc's alex marquardt scored a ticket. >> reporter: it's the vip flying experience. that private domain of the rich and famous that most of us can only dream of. >> glass of champagne? >> reporter: i'd love one. welcome to one of the most expensive and luxurious flights in the world. for $15,000, you get five-star dining, a real bed -- by far the most comfortable thing i've seen. and endless champagne. tonight, we're getting on board. can i have the caviar? >> absolutely. >> reporter: while most of us are cramped and cranky in coach, this is how the other half lives. airlines are now forcing more passengers into the ever smaller sardine can known as economy, charging extra for bags, food and even leg room, which has provoked a growing number of incidents of air rage. >> hey, hey! >> reporter: this, as they're pimping out the front of the plane, making more room for the rich, who shell out thousands for a serious upgrade. why are these first class cabins getting more elaborate as more and more people are being cramped into economy class? >> well, it's down to money. t

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here's abc's alex marquardt. >> reporter: kobani is surrounded by isis militants who battled their way in. u.s. officials warnings its capture could be imminent. over 200,000 residents have fled across the border into turkey. the umpts n. has warned of a possible massacre of those who reman. some 50 u.s.-led air strikes against isis positions in the past week have failed to stop their advance. and chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, general mart be dempsey, acknowledged in an interview with abc's martha raddatz that isis is now changing tactics. >> the enemy adapts. they'll be harder to target, yeah. they know how to maneuver and how to use populations and concealment. >> reporter: the generalls revealed isis inu rack had come been 15 miles of baghdad's airport. so close that the u.s. had to call in apache attack helicopters for the first time. general dempsey warned he expects to start seeing isis firing into baghdad from nearby positions. for now he says there are no immediate plans for u.s. ground troops in iraq, but he said the role of u.s. military advisers there may have to ev

alex marquardt has been to lebanon and the dangerous parts of iraq.ading it for lots of luxury high in the sky. >>> also inner next half hour, those laser incidents during an nfl game last weekend. guess who won't be heading back to the nfl stadium any time soon. you're watching "world news now." >> announcer: "world news now" continues after this from our ab >>> poor alex marquardt. >> poor guy. >> he's had plenty of tough assignments. he's fond himself in lots of inn savory places around the world. i think this may be gaza. >> given where he's been, we're okay with alex enjoying himself every once in a while. especially for this latest assignment. >> i'd love a glass of sham pan. >> reporter: this is how the other half lives. as more and more people are crammed into coach at the front of the plane, airlines are now taking first class to new heights. >> it's becoming increasingly competitive. they are all one-upping. >> reporter: they are about to debut a three-room apartment called the res dense where a butler attends to your every need. >> this is

alex marquardt is in the region tonight. >> reporter: the tide may be turning in america's most crucial battle yet in the campaign against isis. the bloody fight for the syrian city of kobani, right on the turkish border, has been playing out in front of the world. it's important more symbolic than strategic. isis looking to score a propaganda victory in the face of relentless us-led air strikes have now helped push isis back and weaken its ranks. >> and if he continues to present us with major targets, as he has done in the kobani area, then clearly, we'll service those targets, and we've done so very, very effectively here of late. >> reporter: american officials admit kobani could still fall but insist the real goal is degrading isis as a whole and its capacity to wage war, which is why the u.s. is again pounding the group's captured oil refineries and transportation hubs, which has netted isis as much $2 million a day, money essential for arming and paying fighters as well as supporting the towns they've captured in syria and iraq. and it's iraq that is america's main focus, u.s. of

listen to what they told our alex marquardt, just outside court. >> reporter: everyone in court was on the edge of their seats as pistorius rose to hear his fate. >> the sentence imposed is the maximum imprisonment of five years. >> reporter: pistorius was stone-faced throughout, showing little emotion when the sentence was read. he then paused for a quick good-bye with his family before being taken away for his first day in prison. but the family of reeva steenkamp told reporters after the sentencing that they're satisfied. >> doesn't matter. he's going to pay something. >> reporter: under south african law, pistorius could be transferred to house arrest in as little as ten months. house arrest in this house, his uncle's mansion. as they exited the court, steenkamp's mother told me that justice was served, but they will never have closure. do you have closure now? >> if you could bring my daughter back, then i will have closure. >> reporter: tonight, pistorius spends his first night behind bars, wearing a new prison uniform and held alone in a cell in the hospital wing. the question i

here's abc's alex marquardt. >> reporter: tonight, the northern syrian city of kobani is surrounded by isis militants who have now battled their way in. u.s. officials warning its capture could be imminent. over 200,000 residents have fled across the border into turkey. the u.n. has warned of a possible massacre of those who remain. some 50 u.s.-led air strikes against isis positions in the past week have failed to stop their advance. and chairman of the joint chiefs of staff general martin dempsey acknowledged in an interview with abc's martha raddatz that isis is now changing tactics. >> the enemy adapts and they'll be harder to target, yeah. they know how to maneuver and how to use populations and concealment. >> reporter: the general also revealed today that isis in iraq had come within 15 miles of baghdad's airport. so close that the u.s. had to call in apache attack helicopters for the first time. general dempsey warned that he expects to start seeing isis firing into baghdad from nearby positions. he says, for now, there are no immediate plans for u.s. ground troops in iraq, but

alex marquardt has the latest on this fierce fighting. good morning, alex. >> reporter: good morning, paula. that's right. this morning, all eyes on the city of kobani where dozens of u.s. air strikes have failed to stop the march of isis. american officials now warning that its fall may be imminent. and then over in iraq isis creeping closer and closer to the capital of baghdad, fueling criticism of the u.s.-led air campaign. this morning the violence and bloody siege of kobani is raising questions about the effectiveness of the u.s.-led air campaign. this new isis propaganda video showing militants methodically moving in street to street, house to house. advancing in defiance of the around 50 mostly american air strikes against them here in the past week. already the black flags of isis are flying from the large parts of town they control and american officials have warned that the fall of kobani may be inevitable. >> we're doing everything we can from the air to try to halt the momentum of isil against that town. that air power is not g

march march -- alex marquardt is here with more. >> good morning. this is the fourth brutal execution of a westerner by isis in six weeks. a response to the american-led air strikes in syria and iraq. and as the u.s. ramps up the air campaign against the group, they're now warning that the life of a young american army veteran is on the line. he's peter kassig, a 26-year-old from indiana. shown in the latest isis video kneeling in the desert next to a man threatening to kill him. he's a former army ranger who served in iraq. a medic who find a cause in the syrian civil war. founding a non-profit dedicated to providing medical supplies and food to the masses fleeing the endless cycle violence. >> this is yet another very clear example of the brutality of this group. >> reporter: it was this time last year that he was kidnapped on his way to eastern syria. his would-be executioner now saying he and other americans will pay the price for american-led air strikes. the warning coming moments after the beheading of british aid worker alan henning, a forme

abc's alex marquardt joins us now with the very latest. morning, alex. >> reporter: good morning, robin. the reaction in the courtroom was very muted. pistorius quite stoic. none of the crying we have seen from him during the course of this trial. as if he expected this sentence. i spoke with the steenkamp family afterwards, who told me they feel justice has now been served. >> mr. pistorius, please rise. >> reporter: this morning, after eight months of twists and turns, the sentence handed down. >> the sentence imposed is the maximum imprisonment of five years. >> reporter: a maximum of five years in prison, along with a three-year suspended sentence for a second gun charge. pistorius watching the proceedings stoically in a dark suit. then quietly saying good-bye to his family before being taken into custody. and being driven to pretoria's central prison in a police van. as the court adjourned, the families emerged. here comes the steenkamp family, they said they don't want revenge, they want statement. do you feel that justice was served

alexander marquardt was in the courtroom and joins us now with the very latest. good morning, alex reporter: good morning, robin. the reaction in the courtroom was very muted. pistorius quite stoic. none of the crying we have seen from him during the course of the trial. the steenkamp family feels that justice has been served. this morning, after eight eight months of twists and turns, the sentence handed down. >> the sentence imposed is the maximum imprisonment of five years. >> reporter: a maximum of five years in prison, along with a three year suspended sentence for a second gun charge. watching it solemnly in a dark suit. then quietly saying good-bye to his family before being taken into custody. as the court adjourned. here comes the steenkamp family, they said they don't want revenge, they want statement. do you feel that justice was served today? it was. do you have closure now? never have closure. but you are content be the sentences. >> if they could bring my daughter back, then i would have closure. >> reporter: they don't plan to appeal the sentence. >> the court has no