. >> in iraq, kurdish forces, known as peshmerga say they've pushed isil fighters out of the northern city of kirkuk. it was seized in june when the iraqi army abandoned its position. since then, kirkuk has come under repeat attacks, hoping to take control of the oil fields near the city. we have a report. >> in the heart of kirkuk, in broad daylight, the islamic state of iraq and the levant made its presence felt. three armed men in black detonate add car bomb outside the hotel before storming the empty building. the attack on friday destabilized the security situation in this northern city. it was part of a coordinated assault that involved isil fighters attacking kurdish peshmerga positions west and southwest of kirkuk. kurdish peshmerga soldiers told that you say they ended the hotel siege after a two our gun battle but the armed men preferred to detonate their explosive belts instead of being captured. it was a fierce fight for a six story building to cause chaos in kirkuk's city center. >> kurdish commanders say isil's objective was to capture the city of kirkuk. it failed to do that

kurdish forces known as the peshmerga say they've managed to push isil fighters out of the northern iraqi city of kirkuk. they seized the city in june when the iraqi army abandoned its decisions there. kirkuk has been under repeated attacks by isil fighters, hoping to take control of the oil fields surrounding the city. >> reporter: in the heart of kirkuk in broad daylight, the islamic state of the iraq and llevan make their presence felt. before storming the empty building the attack on friday destabilized the security situation in this northern city. it was part of a coordinated assault that involved isil fighters attacking kurdish peshmerga positions west and southwest of kirkuk. kurdish peshmerga soldiers told us that they ended the hotel siege after a two- gun battle. it was a fierce fight for a six-story building that previously gave the islamic state fighters a good vantage point. >> kurdish commanders hearsay isil objective was to capture the city of kirkuk. it failed to do that, but it managed to send a message. the armed group wants to show it has not been defeated, especially after

and in the northern city of aleppo, they joined forces with other rebel groups but fighters say the integration was limited and aleppo remains a city besieged by raging forces. in-fighting has weakened the opposition, but rebel groups say they're on the offensive. bashar al-assad visited this neighborhood recently. the rebels say that's untrue because they control the area. >> we dismissed the false reports perpetrated that bashar al-assad has been to this area. as you can see that's the parliament square. >> near the lebanese border, the al nusra front has attacked the area. assad forces has the backing of hezbollah. syria's war is not a simple one. it's opposition verse government. there are many groups and many allegiances. the fighting and the chaos shows no sign of ending. >> from monday syrians will require visas to enter lebanon. the new law effects to control the fleeing of the civil war. syrians will have to apply for a tourist student visa and prove that they have hotel reservations and at least $1,000 in cash. >>> iraqi government forces have retaken part of anbar province from the i

. >>> a group of syrian rebels has reportedly captured territory in the northern city of aleppo. they had been battling government forces. the london based association for syrian rights, newly elected president of syrian national coalition says they have not agreed to russia's request to resume negotiations. >> there is no initiative, what we have is a invitation by russia for negotiations between opposition and the regime. this is unthinkable. neither the coalition nor any of the opposition side accepts the principal with the regime. the principal, add to that the syrian people and the internal syrian forces decide on the direction to be taken by coalition. also this distance hasn't affected the revolution. >> tear gas in the suburban of manama. angry over the opposition leader sheik ali salman. advisors to yemen's president are in the northeast the delegation agreed to set up a joint committee to set up current disputes. the main discussion points will include a new constitution, separating yemen into six states and withdrawal ever houthi fighters from territory they took over.

late last year we have seen so many girls involved in suicide bombings in the northern city of canal. this is a warning development and people are actually at the mosque now because they see boko haram using another device or another tactic. attack military are trs centers. >> most killed when taliban gunmen stormed the school in pa sharepashpeshower. >> 1400 schools 1200 schools have not come up to the mark and will not get the no objection steskt. there are also concerns that stepped up security including the walk through gates the metal detectors and the razor wires will add to the costs adding burden to the parents and students who are studying at those institutions. also has to take adequate measures to ensure the safety of the children. >> now indonesia search and rescue teams say thez they have recorded the flight data recorder from the airasia flight. al jazeera's step vaessen is following story. from jakarta. >> finally two weeks of a very difficult recovery process divers have now found the flight data recorder under the wing of the airasia wreckage. people hope in a few wee

in the northern city of aleppo they joined forces with other rebel group. but fighters say that integration was limited and aleppo remains a city besieged by regime forces. infighting has weakened groups radios syria. syrian tv say president bashar al-assad visited this neighborhood recently. the rebels say that's untrue because they control the area. >> we dismissed the false report perpetrated by the regime lying media regime that bashar al-assad has been in this area. that's the parliament square and the hospital. >> near the lebanese border al nusra front has attacked the area. they have the backing of hezbollah, a lebanese shia organization. syria's war is not a simple one of opposition versus government. there are many groups and many allegiances. what is clear that whatever side syrians are on the fighting and the chaos show no sign of ending. al jazeera. >> still ahead for you this half hour. >> dealing with an incredibly dangerous fire. >> areas at risk in australia where bush fires are out of control. >> and what a journey the russian railway line

staying in lebanon, hundreds of protesters took to the streets of the northern city of tripoli earlier on today to protest against french satirical magazine charlie hebdo, which depicted as satirical picture of the prophet mohammed in its latest issue. government forces fired warning shots and tear gas to disperse those crowds, which chanted, "down with charlie." pakistan and iran also saw large protests. when a victory jihadist gunmen who carried out the attacks in paris are earlier on this month was to be buried at a conservatory around 20 kilometers south of the french capital. his country of origin was mali, but they refused to accept his body. he killed a policewoman and for hostages between the seventh and ninth of january before being shot dead in a standoff with police. he has been buried in an unmarked grave to prevent it from becoming a side of pilgrimage for extremist. officials in tokyo say they are still working to secure the release of two japanese hostages cope being held by the islamic state organization. the men were captured in syria last year. on tuesday, the militan

the attack on friday destabilize the security situation in this northern city. it was part of an coordinate the assault that involved isil fighters attacking peshmerga positions west and northwest of kirkuk. peshmerga told us that they ended the siege after a two-hour gun battle but the armed men preferred to detonate their explosive belts instead of being capture. edcaptured. it was a fierce fight that caused chaos in kirkuk's city center. they say that isil's objective was to capture kirkuk, it failed to do that, but it managed to send a message. kirkuk has long been a dangerous city. over the decades various people have laid claim to this oil-rich region. friday's attack was not the first isil has tried to take control. >> we know that they want kirkuk. we've been telling supporters that it's only a matter of time been kirkuk will be theirs. >> it was an aggressive attack. the worst in months. >> isil attacked us from many directions. at the beginning they were able to surround us, and we lost our positions. >> kurds have since managed to recapture most areas

the first time the game is being played in a northern city in a building without a roof. >> bringing super bowl to the new york region has been a decade-long effort for tisch. it all started after 9/11 when he began pitching the idea to nfl and local politicians as a way to jumpstart the stuttering economy. it was not until the metlife stadium was built in 2010 that idea caught on. >> the nfl owners liked to bring the game to some of the newer stadiums to highlight them. could see this great facility. >> millions of people around the world will be watching super bowl xlviii. perhaps no venue is better prepared or staffed for an event like this. 20 times a season, metlife undergoes a transformation. a staff of about 20 takes two days to change it from one team to the other -- from jets green to giants blue, or vice versa. that includes the removable endzone. the turf from one team is rolled up and stored under the stands and the other team's turf is rolled out. special end zones will be rolled out for the broncos and seahawks. that is about all nfl is saying. >> what are some of the c

. >> the attack took place near the northern city. no group has claimed responsibility. but they control territory on the iraqi side of the border. they threatened revenge for joining airstrikes against i.s. in syria. military sources say libyan government warplane has bombed a greek owned oil tanker anchored off libya. >> the tanker was in the eastern libyan port when it was attacked. the port is considered a base for islamist militias that have pledged allegiance to islamic state. the attack is seen as a major escalation in the internationally recognized governments' struggle against the militias. >>investigation continues slowly into the cause of a fire on a ferry that was carrying almost 500 people from greece to italy. >> 13 people have died. the ship was pulled into a port. the fire is still burning hampering efforts to find more victims. >> it continues to belch smoke and fumes. 11 have died aboard the ship. since the rec., firemen and investigators have been working around-the-clock to determine how the blaze started. they've already managed to salvage the black

several airlines say they may end up canceling every flight in northern cities tomorrow and of course you know what happens then. the domino effect. delays and crowd ed flights the whole week long. already had an impact on one traveler we talked to today. his flight south had to be canceled because the plane was coming from newark, new jersey. >> with the storm and had conditions we have to wait tomorrow the only flight i could find. headed to puerto rico the nice warm island but stuck here with the snow. >> he thought he was going to make it out but apparently not this time. according to flight aware, airlines have canceled 3200 flights for tomorrow with more to come. >>> new information tonight on that tragic annapolis mansion fire. investigators say they have found the body of the sixth and final missing victim. it's been a week since flames burned that 16,000-square-foot home to the ground, apparently taking with it don and sandy pyle and their four grandchildren alexis caitlin charlotte and wes. today our cameras saw the crane used in the investigation leave the scene and a compa

. >>> isil fighters have killed a senior kurdish commander and eight of his soerlsd in the northern citykirkuk. dozens of people were injured in the violence. the kurdish forces known as peshmerga took control of kirkuk province in june when the irane army abandoned his positions there. >>> al jazeera has gained a glimpse into what life is like for people in mosul. it was home to an estimated 3 million people. tens of thousands have since fled the violence there. it is considered strategic because of the nearby mosul dam. right now, kurdish fighters have control of the dam. the city is predominantly sunni, many of whom had become recentful of the shia dominated central government and welcomed isil fighters in june last year. but there's growing opposition to the group's rule. >> reporter: mosul is under the control of the islamic state of iraq and the levant. it has become almost impossible for its residents to leave, isil demands they provide a garn anner to. >> we cannot believe the isil guards refuse anyone to depart. they want us for human shields. >> reporter: they left the city whe

warns nigerian presidential contenders about election violence and boka haram attacks a major northern cityand we will see the welcome given to the new president of zambia. at least 20 people have been killed in violent protests across egypt. demonstrators were marking the fourth an visaversary of the revolution that ousted president hosni mubarak. reporter: >> reporter: four years since the revolution that led to the overthrow of hosni mubarak. but the unrest persists. despite the army filling up tahrir square protesters have been taking to the streets to mark the day the uprising began. he job descriptions marched in cairo, alexandria and several cities to demand an end to what they dahl military rule and a return to the path of the revolution. >> we stand at the situation that's even worse than the mubarak days four years after the revolution. and in my own personal view i think that the first wave of the egyptian revolution has been defeated. we have to be frank with ourselves about this. >> there have been death ins alexandria after violent skirmishes with the police. on a district in

late last year we are seeing so many girls involved in suicide bombings in the northern city. is a worrying development for nigerians and people are actually at a loss now because they see boko haram using a new device or another tactic to attack military positions and other strategic areas in nigeria. >>> indonesian search and rescue teams say they have found one of the two flight recorders from the crashed air asia plane. while the flight data recorder has been retrieved. teams are still searching for the cockpit voice reporter. the tail of the plane has already been brought ashore after being lifted from the sea bed. the plane crashed in to the java sea on december 28th. step vaessen is following the story from jakarta. >> reporter: finally two weeks after a long and difficult recovery process with very bad weather conditions, divers have now found the flight data recorder under are the wing of the air asia flight on the way to singapore. the recorder will be brought to jakarta and it will all be investigated right here and people hope here that in a few weeks to a few mont

important to point out to people that if you're looking at something like housing and wealth in northern cities that it actually runs counter to the civil rights movement. things get worse. >> yeah. >> over most of the period that we're talking about. things got worse in terms of segregation, from 1940 to 1980. it moderated a little bit. but since the great recession, you know, the collapse, foreclosure crisis, the collapse in black wealth. that's a very powerful piece of evidence that, you know, in fact, if you're thinking of sort of institutional story in which, you know, everything that just gets a little bit better. not as good as we hope it would get but gets a little better. it's not true. >> well, i think we've had a wonderful discussion. i want to thank you for participating in it and bearing with us. i want to thank the panelists. thank you for coming out. >> you're watching american history tv. all weekend every weekend on c-span 3. to join the conversation, "like" us on facebook at c-span history. >> president obama delivers his state of the union address on tuesday, january 20th to

the northern iraqi city of mosul has been under the control of the islamic state of iraq and lavonte june and many in the sunni majority initially welcomed isil take over accusing the army of waging a sectarian war against them but there are signs that public opinion may be changing. zana is outside mosul in northern iraq. >> reporter: mosul iraq's second largest city is under control of isil and lavonte and impossible for residents to leave and isil says they need a guaranty to make sure they return. >> we cannot leave. the isis guns and refuse anyone to depart. >> really? >> they want us as human shields. >> reporter: for security reasons this person has to remain anonymous and been communicating inside mosul to his friends in the kurdish capitol erbil and even they hide their identity and left the city when isil took over in june and the armed group cutoff most communication lines in mosul but the voices that do come out speak of isil's harsh laws and hardships. >> there is no money because there is unemployment. but we can still have hope that the liberation it's this hope that k

. >>> the northern iraqi city of mosul has been under the control of the islamic state of iraq and the levant since june. many in the sunni majority welcome i.s.i.l.'s takeover accusing the government of waging a war against them. zeina khodr has the story. >> i.s.i.l. now demands they provide a guarantor to ensure they return. >> they cannot leave the i.s.i.s. can't refuse anyone to depart. >> really? >> they want us as human shields. >> reporter: for security reasons this person has to remain anonymous. he has been communicating inside to his friends. the turkish capital of erbil. they left when i.s.i.l. took over in june. cut off most of the communication lines of mosul but much of the lines that come out speak of i.s.i.l.'s harsh conditions. >> there is not enough food because there is unemployment. but we can still have hope that the liberation, it is this hope that keeps us alive. >> some of the people at the same time there are hundred of thousand people who were sitting at home crying about the city. >> reporter: many in the predominantly sunni city welcomed the i.s.i.l. fighte

state media reporting two suicide-bombers have killed seven in an attack on a cafe in the northern citytripcally. that's what we have at the moment. the number of deaths, suicide-bombers blamed in tripoli and northern lebanon. we'll have more on that as we have it. we go to another suicide attack. this one in nigeria where police believe a girl as young as ten was carrying the suicide vest. more than six people have lost their lives. let's start with this one the horrible fact that this was a child, a very young child the police say was responsible. >> exactly. that's what the police are saying. a child as young as ten or even less may have carried out the attack on monday. this is the third time there has been an attack in three months. but this is not the first time also that young girls have been engaged by boko haram to carry out such deadly attacks on civilians and the military. we've heard incidents in bombay. we have incidents elsewhere. late last year a 12-13-year-old girl was arrested after she failed to detonate the device. she said she was introduced to boko haram by her fath

and in the northern city of aleppo the islamic front in turn joined forces with other rebel groups. but fighters say the integration was limited and aleppo remained a city besieged by raging forces. disunity has weakened the forces. rebel groups say they are on the offensive. syrian state tv said bashar al-assad visited this area recently. be rebels say this is untrue because they control the area. >> we dismiss the false reports perpetrated by the administration's lying media machine. that bashar al-assad has been in this area. as you can see that is the hospital. >> near the lebanese bother another armed group syria's armed group the al nusra group assad's forces have the back of the al asha. syria's position is not one clear, but whatever is clear whatever side yrnz are syrian are on, are are victoria gatenby, al jazeera. >> fighter jet crashed near raqqa in northern syria. air strikes in september. for most syrians fleeing from i.s.i.l. and other dangers of the civil war crossing the border doesn't always mean safety. many have escaped to turkey have been killed or maimed by land

described as of no fixed address a homeless young man has in fact turned himself in to police in the northern cityof chavez mesier where the police raid took place earlier tonight. the older suspects 34 and 32 years old brothers on the run one of them at least has previous known affiliations to terror organizations and it was in fact convicted in 2008 of being part of a network that was sending young men to fight against the u.s. coalition or the u.s. led coalition in iraq. he is a man who went to prison who apparently in prison worked hard at making himself very physically fit. we know very little else about his affiliations or the affiliation he ever his brother at thiss of his brother atthis points. >> how are frenching officials doing handling this situation? >> we are hours past this event. they have some line on these suspects but others not a trace. looking for more evidence. it appears that there is not a trace of those two. this will become very embarrassing for them. we have seen a french police officer killed in a most public and horrifying way. this will strengthsen their resolve if it

it happened close to the northern city when boko haram fighters invaded that area and open fired on security personnel there. now what we're hearing from that particular area is the area is now calm. this is not the first time that boko haram has been targeting military formations both. last year they killed a lot of soldiers and the cameroonian soldiers followed them, and killed several boko haram fighters in the process. now the targeting of military formations in the northeast in particular and parts of cameroon by the security forces or rather by boko haram by security forces because security forces have been applying a lot of pressure, trying to push them out from areas they're holding and territoryies they are attacked and continue to attack. >> so the remeron cameroon forces are combining combining with the nigerian forces. how successful have they been? >> well, there have been some level of cooperation between the two countries because they realize they face the same enemy. initially cameroon was reluctant to cooperate but when they realized it was in the best interest of both count

and in the northern city of aleppo the islamic front joined forces with other rebel groups. fighters say the integration was limited. and aleppo was a city besieged by regime forces. infighting and disunity weakened the opposition. in the jova area rebel groups are on the offensive. syrian state tv said bashar al-assad visited the neighbourhood. the rebels say that is untrue. they controlled the area. >> translation: we dismiss the media reports that bashar al-assad has been into this area. that is the parliament square and the hospital. >> reporter: near a lebanese boarder, another armed group, al nusra front, has attacked hezbollah positions. bashar al-assad's forces have the backing of the military wing of hezbollah, a lebanese shia organization. the rule is if the a simply opposition versus government. there are many groups and allegiances. whatever side syrians are on the fighting and chaos show no sign of ending. >>> the death of muammar gaddafi in 2011 created a power vacuum in libya that has not been filled. coming up next we examine the deteriorating situations in th

and in the northern city of aleppo the islamic front, in turn joined forces with other rebel groups. fighters say the integration was limited and aleppo is a city besieged by regime forces. infighting and disunity weakened the opposition across syria. in the joba area rebel groups are on the offensive. syrian state tv said president bashar al-assad visited. the rebels say it's untrue because they control the area. >> translation: we dismissed the false reports, perpetrated by the regime's lying media machine, that bashar al-assad has been into that area. as you can see, that is the parliament square and the hospital. >> near the lebanese border another group, al qaeda, the al nusra front attacked hezbollah positions around the town. assad's forces have the backing of the military wing of hezbollah, a military shia organization. syria's wore is not a six one of opposition versus the government. there are many groups and allegiances allegiances. whatever side the fighting is on, the chaos shows no signs of ending >>> the death of muammar gaddafi created a vacuum of power in libya ha has

a large blast was reported in the northern city of asn a a. asanaa. >> i want to assert again that the crisis cannot be resolved other than what you agreed upon through the outcomes of the peace and national partnership agreement. i call on you all to have wisdom in national spirit and use dialogue and political action to resolve any disagreement. >> the two sides appeared to have struck another deal earlier this week that would have ended months of political unrest, but the governor later backed out of the deal in protest, and resigning. destabilizing the fragile economy. >> they are destroying all the values of our peaceful revolution and the most important thing that they destroy was. >> houthies want greater autonomy and a say in central government but the rebels are accused of working with deposed president saleh and being spurned on by iran, which the houthies deny. >> based on what we know right now, it is not clear that iran is exerting any sort of command and control influence over the houthi rebels. we're certainly aware of the repor

in particular with planned upcoming effort to retake the northern city of mosil. it's within months. they say they're ready. u.s. commanders say they're not quite ready. the pentagon reserving the right to send the military advisors with them. question would be would the president accept that recommendation. >> thank you very much. we're learning more about the two men held hostage by isis. will is out front. >> reporter: isis deadline to execute has past. the hostages fate unknown. since tuesday, japanese government officials have tried to reach isis through third parties. nhk says they have been exchanging e-mails and were awaiting a statement. just hours before the deadline his mother made an emotional plea for her son's life. >> translator: i would like to say to all the members of islamic state, he's not an enemy of islamic state. i ask for his release. >> reporter: she noted her surprise that her son left his wife and then two week old child to search for his friend in syria. >> translator: my son left this very, very young baby to go and leave his family. i

houthi leaders were allegedly targeted in two bombings today a huge blast was reported in the northern city of sada. u.n. envoy had tried to bring the are sides together. >> i want to assert again that the crisis can't be resolved other than what you agreed upon through the outcomes of the nds and the peace and national partnership agreement. i call on you all to have wisdom in national spirit and to use the dialogue and political action to resolve any disagreement. >> reporter: the two sides appear to have struck another deal but the government backed out of the deal in protest instead resignation. going >> the counterresolution the most important thing that they destroyed is the peaceful method. >> reporter: houthis say they want greater autonomy and say in the central government, but being spurred on by iran which the houthis deny. the white house says it is rachg events closely. -- watching events close hi. >> it is not clear that iran is exerting any command and control influence over the houthi rebels. ties between rebel group and the iranians and we are concerned about that. >> repor

haider al-abadi, mohammad adow has more from the northern iraqi city of erbil. >> reporter: heavy fighting from the northern iraqi town of gwer . in pursuit of i.s.i.l. tighters who attacked their positions in town. opened fire at him. he tries escape by running. he's unlucky. soon the peshmerga arrive at where he now lies, dead. he's from chechnya one of them announces, before escaping fighters. i.s.i.l.'s attack on gwer was the worst since last queer. 45 kilometers from erbil. >> translator: i don't want to give numbers but our losses were heavy. taking advantage of the darkness and fog they came by boats and rafts and attacked us. we only managed to repel them after we took more troops gwer. >> reporter: the peshmerga say they are often outgunned by their opponents. >> we have received weapons from the coalition we need heavy arms too if we are going to get the upper hand in the almost daily fighting. >> the air strikes have made a huge difference for peshmerga. the coalition jets have been bombing the city of sul sultan abdalla. a personnel carrier is one of the targets hit by the jets

the attack on friday destabilized the security situation in this northern city.t was part of a coordinated assault that involved isil fighters attacking kurdish peshmerga positions west and southwest of kirkuk. kurdish peshmerga soldiers told us that they ended the hotel siege after a two-hour gun battle but the armed men preferred to deton ate their explosive belts instead of being captured. it was a fierce fight for a .6-story building that will briefly gave the isil fighters a good vantage point to cause chaos in kirkuk's city center. kurdish commanders say isil objective was to capture the city of kirkuk. it failed to do that. but it managed to send a message: the armed group wants to show it hasn't been defeated e especially after it suffered recentsetbacks on the battleground. >> kirkuk has long been a dangerous city. over the decades, various people have laid claim to this oil-rich region. friday's attack wasn't the first time isil tried to take control. >> translator: we know that isil wants kirkuk. in fact they have been telling the supporters it is a ma

we want to begin in iraq where kurdish forces have regained control of a key building in the northern city

we want to begin in iraq where kurdish forces have regained control of a key building in the northern city of sir kuck. isis fighters attacked a makeshift police headquarters friday. analysts say it could be part of an isis offensive to take over more oil facilities or just a diversionary tactic. senior international correspondence fred flight again explains. >> reporter: these are the sounds residents of kirkuk woke up to this morning, heavy gunfire around this former hotel now used as a base by the local police. . the lis say militants raided the building and put snipers on the roof while consideredish peshmerga fighters fired back. kurdish forces moved in and retook the building. the militants detonated a car bomb this general says. about three terrors who stormed into the hotel started firing at our troops. after a period of time our forces are able to kill two and wound another. the military operation ended, the situation is now stable. the seen was possibly part of a larger isis assault on kirkuk. in the morning hours the extremist group invaded an area southwest of the city. this vi

in the northern city of allep 0 the islamic front joined fors with other rebel groups.ers say the integration was limited and aleppo remains a city besieged by regime forces. infighting and disunity has weakened the opposition across syria but in the jova area rebel groups say they are on the offensive. syrian state t.v. said president bashar al-assad visited this area recently. the rebels say that's untrue because they control the area. >> we dismiss the false reports person trade by the regime's lying media machine that bashar al-assad has been in this area. as you can see that is the parliament skwa and the wada hospital. >> neither leb -- near the lebanese border the al-qaeda branings the nusra front has attacked hezbollah positions. they have the backing of the military wing of hezbollah, a lebanon legal leb an easy group. there are many groups and many aleak answers. what is clear is whatever side syrians are on, the fighting and the chaos show no sign of ending. victoria gatinbia, al jazeera. >> for many syrians fleeing the civil war, getting out of the country d

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police efforts are focusing on the northern city of reims. >> european terror expert claude moniqut sayingid the "charlie hedbo" attack attack proves that the terrorism is increasing in europe. >> today, we have a few hundred of those people in each urban country. that means thousands of people in europe and thousands of people willing to kill people and willing to go to wound. in syria and europe. >> all of them with passports allowing them to move freely. one sign of the heightened anxiety is the announcement that spain raised its terror alert status to level three. joining us with more on the situation in europe, cnn's max foster at 10 downing street. max, you have home grown people french nationals who could get on a train or get on a plane easily and travel around the european union. >> reporter: so many things that are worrying about this. home grown terrorists. a military-style operation. that sort of thing can happen in any country in europe. governments have been warning about that as well. you have that situation with spain and the terror alert increased. they are now concerned s

the terrorists attacking the northern city of kirkuk a major center of oil production. they haven't been able to take the city itself. meanwhile, kurdish forces have taken control of about 90% of kobani declaring victory in that area. >>> mitt romney, the 2012 republican presidential nominee announcing he will not pursue another campaign for the white house. >> i believe that one of our next generation republican leaders, one who may not be as well known as i am today one who has not yet taken their message across the country, one who is just getting started may well emerge as being better able to defeat the democrat nominee. in fact i expect and hope that to be the case. >> former florida governor jeb bush reacting on twitter. he writes, mitt is a patriot and i join many in hoping his days in serving our nation and our party are not over. what does it mean for the rest of the gop field? dana perino is joining us. great to see you. we were waiting on this announcement this morning. either way it was bound to send shock watches. what does this do to the remaining field?

he described people's lives in the northern syrian city of aleppo where the government forces were dropping what they called barrel bombs. >> severe fighting has turned this asian city into rubble and debris. [ speaking japanese ] children are terrified. many are crying. >> before departing for raqaa in october, goto recorded a video message. in it he said if anything happens to him the people of syria should not be blamed. >> if something incident happens, no -- all responsibility is upon me. so please don't claim my claim to the syrian people. >> reporter: in the video goto makes a promise to come back alive. goto's mother met with reporters shortly after the online message was confirmed to be goto's voice. >> translator: we don't have much time left. it is extremely urgent. i want the government to do whatever it takes. >> people in the jordanian capital amman have reacted to the new footage. they called on their government to take action to resolve the hostage crisis. >> translator: the most important thing is to release the jordanian pilot. i hope the government will take every possibl

military says coalition forces have driven out islamic state militants from 90% of a key city in northern syria. >>> japan's cabinet ministers have approved a plan to create conditions where people with dementia can live with a better quality of life. > and, one family in china says the country has a long way to go to improve its judicial system. >>> japanese government officials are searching for a way to bring freelance journalist kenji goto back home. they've been trying to use every diplomatic channel available to reach out to members of islamic state who are believed to be holding him hostage. and they're also seeking assistance from their jordanian counterparts. the militant group is demanding that the government of jordan free sagida al rishawi in exchange for goto's release. she's a death row inmate convicted of a 2005 terrorist attack. but people in the country say she should be exchanged for a jordanian pilot who was captured last month by extremists. >> translator: i want jordan and japan to closely cooperate and to the jordanian pilot and japanese journalist goto return to the

. >>> islamic extremists are threatening the largest city in northern nigeria. the residents of city of 1 million people are at grave risk. meanwhile, president obama has voiced outrage of the apparent beheading of the japanese hostage goto. president obama and indian prime minister have achieved a break threw -- break through that that will athe nuclear development in the country. the leaders have talked about trade and defense and climate change. >>> catholic schools across the area and the country have kicked off catholic schools week today. the prish ners e -- parishners of saint moornts church celebrated today. this year's theme is catholic schools community of faith knowledge and service. >>> there's much more to come on "action news" this noon, next the pennsylvania ballet is set to perform a legendary story from a renown choreograph. >>> taking a live look now sky6 live hd over philadelphia international airport mealings chris sowers returns with the full accuweather forecast and all the details of the 1-2 punch with snow coming up when we come back. >> s

to -- i'm an international affairs correspondent now and i interviewed a radical sheikh in the northern city of lebanon called tripoli, this is a guy called omar bakri. he's a radical sheikh that used to support the jihadists and al qaeda movement. he was open in telling me isis. had a number of different recruitment centers throughout europe n france germany, italy and the uk where people who were disenfranchised could sign up to this list, and the list was about self-sacrificing missions. it was about suicide bombers, the jihadists call themselves sacrificing missions. i found that staggering but the point is that is one of the major modus operandis of the jihadists, is the suicide bomber. because it allows them to carry out a devastating attack but it allows them to do it with minimalist equipment minimalist knowledge. >> right. >> and creating the maximum collateral. now this is very different, and this has been talked about a lot over the last 48 hours, this was almost a professional assassination. >> right. slunt colonel, i'm going to ask you to stand by just for a moment because we ne

more than 200, mostly elderly or infant yazidis released in the area of the kurdish controlled northern cityisis has lost some ground to the kurdish pesh merg ga over the course of the two months, in some cases that have been armed by an international coalition of governments, including the u.s. and backed by coalition air strikes as well. you recall that mountain shin gar mountain where yazidis were trapped last summer. that was recaptured by the peshmerga forces. it could be that there is pressure there to give up the prisoners. there is no mistaking, however, that since they went on the offensive in the summer in northern iraq, that isis have ethically cleansed hundreds of thousands f members of iraqi minorities, they're chris chance, shiite muslims and members of the yazidi sect. and they have also taken public responsibility for the enslavement of thousands of kidnapped yazidi women and girls. isis, as recently as december, were distributing pamphlets in mosque in the isis controlled city of mos l describing the rules for keeping a yazidi woman as your slave, explaining, for example, wh

it depicts the lives of people in the northern syrian city of aleppo, where the government forces were dropping what they called barrel bombs. >> reporter: severe fighting has turned this asian city into rubble and debris. children are terrified. many are crying. the bomb are not controlled by any guiding device. they fall wherever the wind takes them. >> a lot of killed men, injured men, every day. >> every day? >> every day. we have every day. >> reporter: they cut holes inside building walls and walk through them. people only have rainwater to drink. many say they have no choice but to live here. children go to school, even as the fighting continues. their drawings paint a picture of the world around them. people bleeding and killed. but malak tells me there are things she enjoys every day. at night, words on paper help her to escape the violence. she says she wants to become a professional artist one day. >> translator: i would like to paint what's happened up to now and what's happening now. >> reporter: life isn't easy. many here are just doing what they can to survive. kenji got

cnn that about 250 yazidi prisoners had been released on saturday near the kurdish-controlled northern iraqi city of kirkuk. i spoke with a yazidi activist traveling in a convoy with these released prisoners from kirkuk to the yazidi basically religious shrine called lalish. they're traveling by bus with a kurdish peshmerga guard unit. 196 prisoners why released. all but five of them he says are basically senior citizens, elderly. there were about five children with them. he says the condition of the majority of these released prisoners is pretty frightful, that some of them are very dirty, that many of them are ill. some of them complained about not being fed with any regularity while they were held hostage for months. some of them, he says, that they preferred not to have been released, that they would have preferred for their younger relatives who are still being held hostage by isis, for them to have been released in their stead, for the elderly to still be held prisoner. so while one might assume that this is a good day, that this is a happy day that 196 at least of these civilians who have

he described people's lives in the northern syrian city of aleppo, where the government forces were dropping what they called barrel bombs. >> severe fighting has turned this asian city into rubble and debris. >> reporter: children are terrified. many are crying. >> reporter: before departing for raqqah in october, goto recorded a video message. in it he says he understands the risks. >> if something incident happens, know all responsibility is on me. so please don't claim any claim to the syrian people. >> reporter: in the video, goto makes a promise to come back alive. >> joining us in the studio is a senior research fellow at the institute of energy economics japan. he's a specialist in the middle east and has been following the islamic state. thanks for coming in today. mr. osaka what is the current situation of the hostage crisis? >> well the situation is very critical. i'm very much worried about the lives of the two japanese hostages. the time is running out. but, we still have to keep our hopes up that they can be rescued. >> this is the first time islamic state has taken japanese na