let's go to atika shubert in amman for the latest. atika. >> reporter: that is right. we are now hearing that king abdullah may soon leave for the village of karak. that is the town where the al kaseasbeh family lives. he will pay condolences and assure them that their son's death will not be in vain. that means stepping up more strikes against isis and taking the fight directly to isis to syria and iraq. we know from one u.s. official that jordan requested to fly more missions against isis. clearly, jordan wants to do more. it has requested more missions. it needs to carry out the air strikes. with the jordanian public firmly behind king abdullah he wants to take action as soon as possible. >> he has the window of opportunity to increase the involvement if he so chooses. it will be interesting to see what happens. atika shubert for us. >>> the united states is moving more troops and hardware in northern iraq. teams shifted in the event if a plane is shot down in the isis territory. isis brutality showing no signs of slowing down. united nations committee says militant

let's get the latest from atika shubert from london. atika, what can you tell snusus? >> reporter: they are absolutely devastated. her family had no idea she was interested in syria. since she has left she has become prolific as a blogger online urging young women to join isis in syria telling them what to bring and what to wear and what to expect when they get to isis-controlled territory. what we know is one of the school girls that went missing last week actually contacted her on twitter. it is possible exchanged more communication with her on some sort of an encrypted forum. this is an angle that police are looking at whether or not mahmood set the trail for the young women to go to syria. there are other possibilities as well and this is why british police are in turkey trying to find the girls and figure out where they have gone. >> that is the last contact they have had in turkey. interesting, atika, the digital link with the girls and sort of fixer for the jihadist groups. thank you. >>> it is not just the northeast getting socked by the cold snap. the south ge

we have our atika shubert with the latest from amman.d morning, atika. >> reporter: good morning, john. we know that it will mean more air strikes by jordanian jets. this is something a u.s. official has requested. that really just has to go up the command structure to figure out which targets will be hit. in the meantime king abdullah is likely to meet with the al kaseasbeh family in the village where the jordanian's pilot family is from. this is key for king abdullah to shore up his political support. he has overwhelming support for the fight against isis but he needs to maintain it. for that, he needs the support of the al kaseasbeh family but other prominent families and tribes across jordan. at the moment they are calling for isis to be annihilated. it is the next steps for king abdullah. >> thank you, atika shubert. we will let you know what the king says. thanks. >>> another big hack to tell you about. hackers stealing information from anthem. the company is still investigating, but up to 80 million customer records compromised. t

atika shubert live for us in amman. atika, so good to get the info. thank you. >>> and u.s. there's no proof that american aid worker kayla mueller has been killed. isis, remember, claims that she died on friday during a wave of jourdardanian airstrikes. she was captured in 2013. this morning her parents say they are still hoping she's alive. they claim they've had contact with the terror group. in a statement to isis, the mueller family writes this. "we've sent you a private message and asked that you respond to us privately. you told us that you treated kayla as your guest. as your guest, her safety and well-being remains your responsibility." again, no news as to the whereabouts of kayla mueller. >>> also this morning, secretary of state john kerry says the u.s. and europe are united in support of ukraine. and in degrading and ultimately destroying isis. >> he spoke just a short time ago in munich where he's attending an international security conference. listen to this. >> we are united. we are working closely together. we all agree that this challenge will not end throu

atika shubert, thank you. >>> let's turn to the weather. left the house this morning. wicked cold. it is not just the northeast getting hit by the winter blast. the south, a big mess down there. widespread school closures. students from texas to arkansas to the carolinas will not be in school today because the region expecting bone-chilling cold. some places may get snow and freezing rain. all this weather is prompting airlines to cancel more than 600 flights across the country today. yesterday was more than 1,000. what a mess. scary moments for passengers on an american airlines flight at dallas/ft. worth airport. the nose gear slipped off the runway. none of the 68 people on board was hurt. the icy conditions left the truck dangling off the overpass in dallas. i think that picture is stunning. the driver did manage to get out safely. >> check out this scene in flagstaff, arizona. flakes coming down hard. the area could be slammed with up to 11 inches of snow. >> in maine, the suv was submerged in an icy river. pushed off the bridge in an

following the story for us is atika shubert.ree young women vanishing to join the fight with isis. these families must be so upset. >> reporter: they are devastated. they say there is no sign their children were talking to or interested in politics in the middle east. one said they were going to a wedding and they disappeared. take a listen to what the sister of the girl schools had to say. >> she is an "a" student. to convince young girls of that age that are vulnerable. it's just wrong. it's evil thing to do. you are breaking up families. we want her to come home. if you are watching this baby please come home. mom loves you more than anything in the world. you're our baby. >> reporter: the reason the families are speaking out and police have issued those unblurred photos of the girls is they are still believed to be in turkey. they may not have crossed into syria yet. they want to let them know they should come back home. >> atika, what is the investigation showing how they got the money to get there and in direct contact wit

atika shubert for us on the ground in amman. and we'll go back there as soon as king abdullah arrives. >> that is a really good point, john. >>> the brutality of the isis murder of the pilot mu'ath al kaseasbeh is prompting outrage. the terror group has also launched a new attack against kirkuk in iraq. iraqi forces along with the kurdish peshmerga are fighting back. standing by live miles from the front line in that fight is international correspondent phil black with the latest on this advance. hi, phil. >> reporter: hey, christine. yes, here on the ground the kurdish officials in this kurdish region of iraq tell that you everyone in the international coalition against isis here in northern iraq must do more. and that is because every day there is evidence that isis remains a potent fighting force. despite the fact they have been slowed down in some cases, even driven back across some of the territory that they claimed so rapidly when they first advanced through northern iraq last year. they still hold mosul, iraq's second lar

cnn's atika shubert is in jordan's capital where fighter jets are overhead. let's begin with barbara starr. she's at the pentagon this morning. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, carol. u.s. officials telling cnn at this hour jordanian and u.s. war planes are returning along with other coalition airplanes from that round of airstrikes against isis in syria. these are the jordanian airstrikes that king abdullah has been working on behind the scenes. this is jordan's retribution for its retaliation for the murder of its pilot. is this going to change the coalition? not likely. this is going to be the same strategy but jordan making a very very strong statement in going after isis. we are likely to see additional airstrikes in the coming hours. jordan is being accompanied in the air by u.s. war planes. the u.s. providing support with intelligence reconnaissance surveillance and targeting support. on the ground the question is what is isis up to? we know the isis fighters are basically trying to disappear into the woodwork if you will. mek mingle their prof

atika shubert, cnn, amman, jordan. >> thanks for that report. joining me to talk about it michael weiss, co-author of "isis: inside the army of terror." first your take on how significant it is that the uae has jumped back in because in december they pulled back and didn't do any more strikes saying we feel like the search-and-rescue abilities over syria especially are not strong enough right now wishgs not going to risk it. now they're back in. >> they had a series of complaints. they feel the u.s. strategy is doing too much to empower iran in both syria and iraq and they feel as do many other arab countries in the coalition without sunni support you can't defeat a sunni terrorist organization like isis. >> saying they're back in. >> good news certainly for the president of the united states who is worrying this whole coalition might crumble. indeed isis' core goal with the horrific immolation was to do that to drive a wedge between the united states and its arab allies. the first two-thirds of that they exhibited was completely just ante jorda

awe atika, what are you learning about this man there? >> reporter: this is this last known address. we've knocked on the door of the home. nobody answering there. i did have a chance to speak to one man who said he did know mohammed emwazi. he described him as a polite young man. he said he didn't know him very well. the last he saw them was a few years ago. but he was very shocked he would be linked to this video in any way much less be the man behind jihadi john. listen to what some of the other neighbors in the neighborhood here had to say. >> this is a nice area. everybody mixes. you've got affluent you've got working class, everybody gets on with everybody. >> you don't expect it to be on your doorstep. that's what shocked me mostly. >> i mean you get the sense right there that people are completely stunned by this development. and you heard from one neighbor it is a very mixed neighborhood. there are some affluent parts, some working class parts. what we know about his family and where he grew up is that he had a good education fro

let's get more from cnn's atika shubert in amman, jordan., we're awaiting an update from the general command of the jordanian air force to learn what they've accomplished over the last couple of days since ramping up these airstrikes. but specifically, the rejoining of the uae, what's the significance of that? >> reporter: well, it's very significant. you probably remember that the united arab emirates suspended their flights after that jordanian air pilot went down over enemy lines in syria. there were a lot of concerns about pilot safety, and so they suspended it for several months. it now seems, however, they are rejoining and resuming those flights. perhaps more importantly, they are basing that squadron of f-16 fighters out of jordan. this is significant because it really shows solidarity with other arab ebb mamembers of the coalition. they'll be flying side by side as they hit those isis targets. so it's quite a strong message that's being sent out, especially when the number of airstrikes is now being ramped up considerably at jordan'

we begin with atika shubert in oman jordan. atika? >> that's right, michaela. i'm here where prayers took place, you can see the banners that say farewell to the pilot and we are all martyrs, showing solidarity for him. these are the kinds of things we've been seeing all across the city. this sort of spontaneous support by people. in fact there are people lined up at the airport right now, waiting for the arrival of the king, to show their support to him as well and their anger for what's happened. so if isis' goal was to try to divide opinion here in jordan it does not seem to be working. i spoke to one man who said he believes this will become a turning point in which not only does jordanian public opinion turn united against isis but that this will turn the opinion throughout the arab world. >> all right. atika shubert reporting, thank you so much for that. >>> we're getting a little sense of what it's like on the streets in jordan. the big question -- what will happen next. let's bring in pentagon correspondent barbara starr. there are obvious questions her

our atika shubert is joining us. you've been there all week long covering this.nner of this jordanian pilot being burnt alive, do you see that strengthening king abdullah inside of jordan in terms of really going hard to combat isis? >> reporter: well it certainly has for now. we've seen demonstrations in support of king abdullah. everywhere you go here you see posters, not only of muath al kaseasbeh, the jordanian pilot so brutally murdered but also king abdullah. all of that imagery has been used to take the fight home to isis. but that's now. for later on down the line it's going to be much more trickier politically. this is why it's important for him to visit the tribes in the region to make sure that he has their backing and support, not just now but for the long term as well. >> why is that atika, that it's going to be harder longer term? >> reporter: the longer the war drags on and the toll it takes particularly on those who have sons serving in the military. when kaseasbeh was behind enemy lines, they were full of doubt, maybe this is not our war. maybe w

atika shubert, london. >> atika, thank you. >>> coming up next a cease-fire in ukraine. by a thread. we're live in donetsk and eastern ukraine coming up. >>> and as isis terrorists brutally killed these egyptian christians in libya egypt takes swift action. does this change the strategy for the u.s.-led coalition? stay right here. i've always loved exploring and looking for something better. that's the way i look at life. especially now that i live with a higher risk of stroke due to afib a type of irregular heartbeat, not caused by a heart valve problem. i was taking warfarin, but wondered if i kept digging could i come up with something better. my doctor told me about eliquis... for three important reasons. one, in a clinical trial, eliquis was proven to reduce the risk of stroke better than warfarin. two, eliquis had less major bleeding than warfarin. and three, unlike warfarin there's no routine blood testing. don't stop taking eliquis unless your doctor tells you to, as stopping increases your risk of having a stroke. eliquis can cause serious and in rare cases fata

atika shubert on the ground for us in amman, jordan. coming up we'll look at how this brutal murder and anger it created will impact the fight against isis. no one wants to see something like that. i felt the need to watch it for our viewers. i get goose bumps even thinking about it. it's the most horrific thing i've ever seen. >> cnn is not showing it because it is nothing less than isis propaganda and something people don't need to see. >>> unbelievable footage to show you of a plane crash that had dozens of people onboard. this happened in taiwan. the plane lurches between buildings. falls into a river after it clips a taxi. amazing to see that. there are survivors and emergency crews are still searching for additional possible survivors in the water right now. david mckenzie joins us with the latest. >> reporter: that's right, john. certainly quite incredible that there were survivors. some 15 survivors they say. unfortunately now the death toll has risen to 25 people confirmed dead. the civil aviation authority in taiwan pulled tha

hi atika. >> reporter: hi carol.ally saw the fighter jets and we know the strikes against isis were timed with the visit of king abdullah and the family of mu'ath kasasbeh. we have spoke tone the father of the pilot. he says king abdullah told him personally the fighters jets that flew overhead today were returning from their mission, striking isis targets in raqqa, the isis stronghold in syria. it does appear jordan has unleased that retaliation against isis. we are, however, still waiting for more details from the jordanian military. >> i'll ask you a question anyway. do we know how long these air strikes will continue? >> reporter: we don't know exactly. but the jordanian air force has been asking to do -- fly more missions and fly more missions striking not just stationary targets but also possibly targets of opportunity which may mean for example, hitting at the command structure of isis. jordan has made it very clear that it is not intimidated by this video. but redoubling the efforts. >> cnn's atika shubert re

atika. >> reporter: that's right.ampaign has stepped up and continues to be relentless as they hit targets, particularly around raqqa, the isis strong hold in syria, but also yesterday we know they hit targets as well in kobani and hasaqqa. that is continuing. in the meantime the development is that the united arab emirates have sent over a squadron of f-16 fighters apparently to be based out of jordan. that's quite a significant move. in december the uae actually suspended flying with the coalition roughly around the same time that that jordanian air pilot went down behind enemy lines. it seems that the uae is recommitted to the coalition and they will literally be flying side by side with jordanian jets. it really does support what jordan has been saying that it is the spearhead now in the war against isis and it is now being helped it seems, by the uae. >> so jordan has said they would get revenge. it appears from the video that we're seeing that they are. now that the uae is joining in does anyone know how long th

atika shubert is there following that part of the story for us. neighbors couldn't be surprised, right? we've known for a long time that it might be this guy. >> reporter: well the neighbors are certainly shocked. this is a family that kept to themselves. they didn't really interact too much with too many neighbors. i did speak to one man who said he knew mohammed emwazi but he said he was absolutely shocked to hear that he may be the man known here as jihadi john. he said that he saw him last a few years ago around the neighborhood. pretty much a quiet but otherwise very nice young man is how he described him. what we also know from cage which is a group, a rights group that represents a number of terror suspects they say that mohammed emwazi was flagged up to mi 5 security services here when he tried to travel to tanzania. he went to cage complaining of mi 5 harassment saying that they prevented him from traveling, even from vacations and he couldn't seem to leave the country at any point because he kept being flagged by security services. we do

we're getting more reaction from the jordanians, atika? atika, can you hear me?reporter: yes, i hear you, wolf. as you can imagine, we're still trying to get to the bottom of that. but we have already heard from jordanian officials here who say that this has been simply a p.r. stunt and lies. they say this is an old tactic that's been used by groups like isis claiming that hostages like this used as human shields are killed in raids. and so they are simply dismissing this. but obviously everybody wants to know what is happening on the ground. as you can imagine, trying to find out what possible -- what the results may be on the ground from this wolf. >> i'm sure the reaction from jordan is going to be intense. there's absolutely absolutely -- i want to be precise, i spoke to the jordanian foreign minister last night, nasser judeh. they say they're only just beginning their retaliation, their efforts to try not only to degrade isis but to destroy isis in collaboration with other coalition partners led by the united states. they are determined in jordan to not only

. >> is it possible atika, that jordan will send ground troops into syria or iraq to fight isis? >> reporter: it's possible but unlikely at this point. right now i spoke to one man today who said yes, we want to see the jordanian military victorious over isis. when i asked him whether or not he would support sending ground troops he said no. he said more can be done with air strikes alone at this point. of course the reality on the ground is that you can't get back territory from isis unless you've got boots on the ground as well. so far that push has been from iraqi troops in iraq. the big question of course is what happens to that territory in syria? for that reason the u.s. government has talked about training syrian rebels at training camps in countries like jordan but that's still a ways away now. we don't know when that next ground phase of the war on isis will really begin. >> all right. atika shubert reporting live from amman, jordan this morning. >>> jordan vows it won't be intimidated by isis. cnn learned that the united arab emirates suspended its air strikes. what doe

let's get the latest on this story, cnn's atika shubert following developments in oman jordan atika? we actually saw four jordanian fighter jets flying overhead in the skies of oman. we understand that these are jets that just recently returned from flying missions against isis in syria and iraq. and they've actually passed through not only oman but also the skies over karak, wb king be a dull aaabdullah is paying respects to the kasabeh family. jordan's king abdullah vowing an a relentless war on isis. the arab kingdom seeking to launch more airstrikes against the terrorist group. the king in line with his people's cries for revenge, the possible increase in firepower a direct retaliation for one of their own. pilot muath al-kasasbeh. it's still unclear what form their earth-shaking retaliation might take. meanwhile, word that the united arab emirates, a key player in the coalition against isis suspended airstrikes after the jordanian pilot was captured in december the white house is downplaying the loss of the uae's air power. >> we've appreciated the wide range of commitments that

. >> i want to bring in cnn's atika shubert reporting in the jordanian capital of amman and joining me from washington is former jordanian foreign minister. what is jordan doing specifically militarily with regard to what it suffered through yesterday? >> reporter: we already now just have a statement coming in from the royal court quoting king abdullah as saying the response will be severe and that the blood of hero mu'ath kaseasbeh will not be in vain. specifically the king said this terrorist organization, referring of course to isis, is not only fighting us but the nobility of islam. so clearly the king saying he will continue this fight and in fact will bring that earth-shattering response. the question is, what exactly will that be? more air strikes or will there be other kinds of military strikes? for the moment, he seems to be getting the support from the street. throughout the day, we've seen spontaneous gatherings of people in support of the king as he arrived at the airport but also prayers at churches and mosques and other community centers all in support of furthering stri

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atika shubert, cnn. >> as you know there's now a summit going on in washington to combat isis' effortsline. i'm joined by the director for george washington university center for cyber and homeland security and jason, wire magazine's editor at large. welcome to both of you. the story was chilling right? really chilling. jason, talk a little bit about why isis has been able to be so effective online? >> isis is doing what any major corporation does when they launch a new product. they have a very sophisticated marketing campaign and it starts with their infrastructure. in four months before the james foley beheading video was released thisey set up 60,000 social accounts. very sophisticated. very targeted. >> they made it difficult for messages to be taken off twitter and facebook right? >> they have an app right now that's called dawn of glad tidings. it's an android app and they space messages hours apart so the twitter won't see that it's spam and won't take it down. twitter has tried to take down their accounts and isis responded with death threats against twitter. it's a terrifying

cnn's atika shubert is live in london for us. >> reporter: good morning, john. this is the issue where we have seen large amounts of women traveling to join groups like isis and syria. part of that is because of the recruitment drive to get them there. just like we heard earlier about the siren song it is quite a similar romantic notion these young women are sold. they will come and won't be fighting fighting but helping in a good cause by marries a jihadi fighter. that role may also be evolving. they may be used as spies. some terror analysts are saying. as reconnaissance and possibly an internal police force within isis. >> interesting. i was reading an article that isis doesn't want 15-year-old boys. they can to the do much for them but 15-year-old girls, must more desirable for isis. atika shubert, thank you. >>> with concern over terrorism at fever pitch, we are tracking the showdown that could lead to a partial shutdown at homeland security. senate now deciding to send a clean dhs funding bill back to the house. no add-ons to the immigration reforms. fundi

the executioner in the isis beheading videos has been temperature feed and atika scubert is retracing his steps from london to the epicenter of isis. >> reporter: his british accent was one of the only ways to identify him. the man may be muhammad enwasi. this is his last known address. we've knocked on the door, but nobody from the family is answering. i spoke to a neighbor who told me he knew muhammad and described him as a polite young man. other neighbors say the family is quiet, kept to themselves. but everyone here is shocked to learn the news. >> this is a nice area. everybody mixes. you've got afluent. you've got working class. everybody gets along with everybody. >> you don't expect it to be on your doorstep. that's what shocked me. >> so evil, and it's disgusting. >> reporter: he came from a middle class family had a degree in computer programming from westminster university. but this was a young man on the edge. allegedly harassed by british security services when he tried to travel to tanzania in 2009 and was put on a terror watch list. >> when are we going to finally lear

atika scubert, cnn. >>> a police department in st., missouri is under fire for turning off a dash cam during a very physical arrest. >> the camera was rolling. you can see the officers pull the driver from the car, kick him repeatedly and then stun him with a taser. but then one of the officers walks back and turns the camera off and take a listen to what she says. >> hold up, hold up. everybody, hold up. if you guys are worried about cameras, just wait. >> red light is slang for a rolling camera. the confrontation happened last year but the video was only just released because the driver in the footage filed a lawsuit. >> that does not look good for them. >>> the italian coast guard has released video of 300 migrants crossing the sea on monday. >> all those on board were transferred to a medical center for treatment. in the last few days at least 1,000 migrants have been rescued at sea. and more than 300 died last week attempting to make the same journey. >>> in the meantime in haiti's capital, an accident during the national parade

. >> joining me now, atika schubert. when you look at the numbers, that could mean 250 islamic militants in prison and two others on death row. what are you hearing about the potential of future expedited executions? >> reporter: well it's certainly a possibility but i do think we have to remember that these are, the two executed this morning, had already been convicted and were already on death row. it's simply that for a while, jordan had suspended the death penalty for a while. clearly, it resumed again this morning. so we could see further executions but what we are more likely to see is the ramping up of air strikes carried out by jordanian planes. in fact the u.s. official has told cnn that jordan has specifically requested to do more air strikes. so that is working its way up to coalition command structure as we speak, but there is no question that king abdullah is under tremendous pressure to hit isis and hit isis hard. the big question is going to be whether or not public opinion will hold for the next few days

atika, hello. >> reporter: this is a significant show of solidarity by the united arab emirates. entire squad ran of f-16s to be based out of jordan. and they will help carry out missions to strike isis targets in syria. so it's an expression not only of solidarity but reenforces jordan's view that after the murder of that jordanian air pilot, jordan sees itself as the spearhead in the war against isis. and it seems that the uae very much supports them in that role at the moment natalie. >> yes, and it seems that all the brutality that we've seen from isis for so many months that it took the one death of this pilot, and certainly it was horrific to wake up the region didn't it? >> reporter: well i think prior to this, there was a lot of debate and a lot of discussion among various sectors of jordanian society whether or not this was jordan's war. i think there were even families. we know the family of that downed family had their doubts about whether or not jordan should be involved. after that horrific video came out, however, the father of the pilot actually told kick abdullah

atika scubert takes a look back. >> reporter: it was november of 2013 when tensions in ukraine boiledsident back pedaled on a major deal that would have strengthened economic and defense ties with europe opting for greater cooperation with moscow. thousands protested in the streets of kiev. their numbers growing to 800,000, blurring the lines between demonstration and revolution. by february yanukovich fled the capital. his offices occupied by protesters his parliament voting to remove him from power. for a moment it seemed the crisis was over but the pro-western sentiment in kiev wasn't shared in the south and east of the country where pro-russian protests were taking place. by march, a russian referendum gave crime two options, leave ukraine and become independent. there was no option to stay as part of ukraine. 97% of voters chose russia. 298 people on board from four different continents were killed. western governments believe rebels used a russian supplied missile system like this to shoot down the jet. having mistaken it for a military aircraft. ukraine says it was a russian of

our correspondent, atika shubert, is joining us now live from the captain of jordan in amman. a government spokesperson is promising earth-shaking retaliation. what do we expect to happen next? >> reporter: this is the big question. and there is no doubt that king abdullah is under incredible public pressure to strike back hard at isis. we've just had a statement recently issued by the royal hashamitte court. and the king said the blood of mu'ath al kaseasbeh will not be in vain. the response of the jordanian army will be severe. he also went on to say that this fight with isis -- that isis is not only fighting jordan but fighting islam itself. so very strong words from the king. what will happen next? a lot of that depends not only on the coalition and what kind of air strikes, for example are coming up next but also what kind of support king abdullah can get from the prominent families and tribes in jordan. it is likely the king will be visiting that family in the town of karak very soon. that is in part not only to offer condolences but to get the support to carry out that

. >> cnn's atika shubert is live in london with more. >> reporter: you can hear from the sister therehard broken the families are. for many of them they are completely shocked that this would happen. they had no idea that their daughters were even interested in politics in the middle east. one of them said they were going to a wedding. the other said they were going to study for extra classes. they never came home and it turns out they were on a plane headed for turkey. the reason the families are speaking out is precisely because british police believe they may still be in turkey. they're hoping to get the message across to prevent them from crossing over the border into syria. it's been several days now. it's possible they may already be in syria. >> turkish officials are doing everything they can to locate these girls. do you think -- i mean i don't think there's much hope in that right? >> reporter: it seems unlikely. if they can somehow get to the people who may still be in touch with them they may be able to convince them to come back. the other problem is they are also dealing

atika, we know at this stage one the king got back he was very well received by the people there. there's a sense of unity even though the isis video was designed to divide. they're seeing the opposite of that. talk about reactionings now and how long -- reactions now and how long the king is likely to enjoy the support, this unity from people within jordan. >> reporter: i think that's going to depend on the next critical steps. what kind of solid action jordan can take against isis. we already know, for example, from the u.s. official that spoke to cnn that jordan has requested to participate in more air strikes against isis. that has to go up the command structure for the coalition. that's not something that can happen right away. but clearly jordan wants to do more while it still has public support. one of the key things we expect to happen today at some point is we expect king abdullah to visit the kasasbeh family. this is critical not only because he wishes to convey condolences to the family, to reassure them that their son's death was not in vain. for that, he's going to ha

let's go live to cnn's atika shubert. isis tried to deceive officials by negotiating a prisoner swap with a hostage they had already killed. we know in jordan officials there think isis can't be trusted at all, of course. >> reporter: exactly. jordan says they are investigating this but they say there is good reason to believe this is nothing but propaganda and a p.r. stunt. they say they have been negotiating with them for a month now only to learn in the last few days of course that mu'ath al kaseasbeh, the jordanian air pilot was brutally murdered weeks ago. as far as the jordanian governments concerned, isis has simply proven that they are capable of lying like this and there are multiple reasons they say not to believe this claim, but specifically there is no evidence that this claim is true at this point. they say it's simply an opportunity by isis to try and drive a wedge into the coalition, to try and tarnish jordan once again, and they say the world should not fall for it. >> atika shubert, thank you so much. >>>

. >> and maybe atika can help fill in some of those holes. i know you have been speaking to people in that neighborhood where he used to live. what are you learning about enwazi there? >> reporter: you know, he hasn't been here for a few years. and most of the neighbors say they didn't know him. and the family was very quiet, kept to themselves really didn't interact with many people. i did speak to one man who said he knew mohamed enwazi that he described him as a very polite young man. he didn't have any problems with him. he said he only said hello to him once or twice in the neighborhood. it seems he very much kept to himself. we also know he went to school -- he went to college, actually at westminster university and got a degree in kpugt computer programming. we note history from cage he went to go live or tried to start a new life in kuwait before eventually leaving britain all together in late 2012 possibly early 2013. and according to cage security services actually came to them to the family to tell the family that their son was now

atika shubert takes a look. >> reporter: they crossed through security and immigration, three schoolgirls from east london. a 15 year old and 16 year old. they flew from london to istanbul believed to be hided for the border of syria. but what convinced the girls to leave their families and head to syria and were there any red flags that their families and police should have noticed? police talked to the girls about the dangers of traveling to syria. but the school principal insists they were radicalized online not in school. >> access to social media networks at the academy is also strictly regulated. students are unable to access twitter or facebook on academy computers. with such measures in place, police have advised us that there is no evidence that radicalization of the missing students took place at the academy. >> reporter: social media chats indicate that at least one of the girls were in touch with a woman who left for syria at the age of 19 more than a year ago. she runs a blog urging young muslim women to join isis giving them step by step instructions in what to bring, how to

atika shubert is joining us live from london. what's the latest on the investigation? >> reporter: the latest is that british police believe or hope they're in turkey and haven't slipped across the border yet. it's been several days since the british police first put out the appeal. this is why over the weekend we've heard directly from the family members of the school girls urging them to come back home before it's too late. take a listen to what one of the sisters had to say. >> we just hope that obviously a friend previously traveled oubt. we're hoping that maybe she's gone to see her friend talk some sense into her. because she wowas upset about her friend leaving. a conversation that she had that she knew it was a silly thing to do. i asked her, you wouldn't do anything stupid. it wasn't a reason to ask. she said she was upset that her friend had left and she didn't know why she had done it. >> you could hear there the family is heart broken. completely shocked that these girls would think about going into syria. this follows the case from a classmate who left for

cnn's atika scubert reports from the jordanian capital.ere she is. >> reporter: they chanted, we will pay our soul and blood for your sake, moath. an outpouring of grief and anger over the killing of moath al kasasbeh by isis. protests erupted in amman and in the 27-year-old pilot's hometown, where his brother echoed calls for a united fight. >> translator: i call on all jordanians to unite. we live in jordan and we will protect jordan and we will die in jordan. if god wills, the colleagues of moath will take revenge for moath al kasasbeh. >> reporter: the jordanian government had pledged a strong response and before dawn on wednesday, executed two al qaeda prisoners. one of them was would-be suicide bomber sajida al rishawi, whose release isis demanded. but the executions have done little to assuage the young pilot's father who wants the elimination of isis. >> translator: i demand that the government of jordan avenge the murder of moath. i demand that this criminal organization to be annihilated. >> reporter: jordan's king has called for

atika, we've heard from the jordanian foreign affairs minister tweeting this. so they behead innocent uk u.s. and japan hostages and burn a brave jordan pilot alive, and now a hostage is killed by an air strike? sure. sick. jordan saying this is a pr stunt. >> reporter: exactly. in that tweet there, you can hear the utter disbelief and what sounds like utter contempt. the jordanian government has been dealing with a terrorist organization lying to them the last month about the jordanian air pilot downed over raqqa. they were acting as though they would trade him for a jordanian prisoner. turns out they killed him weeks ago in the most brutal fashion. as far as jordan is concerned, there's no reason to believe claims from isis. they make two further points which is that kayla mueller was in the house alone, according to isis and no other people were killed. fm she was held against her will, you expect somebody to be holding her there. how does isis know it was a jordanian plane that hit the target? it's impossible to identify an f-16 fighter jet going over head.

atika shubert, reporting live from aman jordan. >>> within hours president obama welcomed jordanian king abdullah to the white house for a hastily arranged meeting. president obama extended his condolences. the king was already in washington for a visit that had long been scheduled. cut the trip short and arrived back in jordan just a few hours ago. so what does this latest act of brutality mean for the global fight against isis? joining me now is amal madulali. she's a senior scholar at the woodrow wilson center and former adviser to lebanon. welcome. >> thank you. >> thank you for being here. jordan vowed vengeance and it meant it. it executed two terrorists in retaliation. some suggests that really achieves very little. do you agree? >> you know we saw all the calls in jordan for revenge, and i think the pressure led to these executions tonight. but i think what you see around the -- in jordan even and in the arab world and the muslim world, a call for a bigger strategy a strategy that's more comprehensive that deals with the real problem. i don't think this problem you can solve it o

atika schubert reports on jordan's efforts to stop this terror group. >> reporter: ever since isis released horrific video of the jordanian pile being murdered -- pilot being murdered jordan has been the spearhead in the fight against isis alongside coalition forces. plane after plane loaded with bombs and taking off, delivering one punishing strike after another on isis positions deep in syria. now isis claims one of those strikes hit this building on the outskirts of the town killing inside 26-year-old american aid worker kayla mueller, held hostage since august 2013. but isis gave no evidence to back up their claim. jordan says it is investigating but warned that this is a macabre p. are. stunt designed to divide the coalition. >> what we know about this terrorist organization is that they are liars when it comes to these things. they use these events to manipulate facts and to manipulate public opinion. we think this is part of their propaganda. >> reporter: for the last month, jordan says it had been negotiating for the safe transfer of downed air pilot kasasbeh only to find he had bee

atika schubert cnn, london. >>> the chair of contemporary middle east study at the london school of economics joins us. >> his book is "the new middle east: protest and revolution in the arab world." he joins us live from london. thanks for your time this morning. how do we separate the propaganda from the reality on the ground? of course isis wants it to appear as if a new generation of young radicals is being trained. what really is going on? >> well really we do not know what's going on. and you cannot really separate the propaganda from basically actions on the ground. i think the reason why isis or isil appeals to a small segment of young men and women in the west you have about 3,400 westerners fighting with isis today. we estimate there are between 10% and 20% of the 3,400 are women. it tells a great deal about the effectiveness of the propaganda message of isis. isis provides a utopian political project. the so-called caliphate, the centralized islamic rule. isis provides these deluded young men and women with an adventurous trip. it convinces them that it's a winning horse. it wants

atika schubert looks at their movements and why some say more should have been done. >> reporter: they crossed the security and immigration, three schoolgirls from east london. 15-year-old and 16-year-old shamima begum, kadiza sultana, and amira abase. they are believed to be headed for the border with syria. what convinced the girls leave their families and head to syria? were there any red flags police and family should have noticed? in fact one of their classmates left for syria in december. police talked to the girls at the time, warning of the darngs of going to -- dangers of going to syria. >> access to social media networks at the academy is also strictly regulated. students are unable to access twitter or facebook on academy computers. with such measures in place, police have advised us that there is no evidence that radicalization of the missing students took place at the academy. >> reporter: social media chats indicate that at least one of the girls were in touch with a girl who left for syria age of age. she runs a blog giving students step-by-step instructions on what to b

. >> cnn's atika shubert is live from london with the latest. have there been any new leads on their whereabouts? >> reporter: police believe they may still be in turkey but it already has been nearly a week since they left so it is quite possible that they slipped over the border to syria. what police are trying to do is trace their route, see who they were in contact with and if they were met by anybody in turkey that would quickly lead them across the border. they are looking at a number of people online that may have been isis recruiters and see what kind of instructions or guidance they were given to actually get to isis-controlled areas within syria. >> thank you so much. a new propaganda video released by isis today shows the terrorist group drilling its hateful messages into the minds of what it calls jihadists in training little children. some seemingly as young as 5 years old. cnn cannot independently verify the authenticity of the video which also shows what appear to be kurdish peshmerga soldiers in cages being paraded through the st

cnn's atika schubert is in amman, jordan.s continuing to hit at those isis targets in syria. today we know a number of targets were hit around raqqa, specifically weapons depots storage areas. but also a mobile oil brigade and a number of vehicle convoys, as well. so those strikes have been continuing and, in fact they're likely to increase. the uae, the united arab emirates has now said it will send a squadron of its own f-16 jets to help also fly alongside jordan's planes. remember the uae actually suspended flights when the jourdain an air pilot was downed last year but have resumed flying again to show solidarity with jordan that they will be literally flying right along side. >> all right atika schubert thank you so much from aman. still ahead, there appears to be month letting up in the fighting in ukraine, even after president putin got involved in peace talks. what is his real agenda? >>> plus criminals may already be using the personal information of 80 million people who are victims of the massive anthem health insu

>> all right atika with that thank you. >>> ukraine's army getting some much-needed help from the west. british prime minister david cameron announcing 75 soldiers will be sent to ukraine to provide training and nonlethal support. this as the u.s. announces its own plan to deploy troops to ukraine to complete a second round of combat medical training. >>> a missionary has been kidnapped in nigeria. demanding a ransom of more than $300,000. officials say it is purely criminal, this action. they haven't identified any responsible group. sorter is a missionary for the free methodist church runs an organization that educate children in the region. >> take a look at this unbelievable video. 15 people were hurt after a natural gas explosion leveled this home in new jersey on tuesday morning. neighbors reported a strong smell of gas and crews headed to the scene to fix a suspected leak. officials say the house was evacuated before the blast. neighbors say the explosion could be felt more than a mile away. two utility workers were critically injured in that blast. so scary. >> terribly frighte