String of hotel attacks that killed at least 57 people. Jordans government says it is willing to release her if isis frees a pilot captured last month while conducting coalition airstrikes. Now this pilots fighter jet crashed while flying over syria, but a big question remains. Is this pilot actually alive . Jordans foreign minister telling cnn his government has requested proof of life from isis but so far has not received it. Also facing an uncertain fate another hostage. Japanese journalist kenji goto. Its not clear if isis will spare his life if jordan meets the demands. Were following the latest developments with our team of experts. Cnns will ripley live in tokyo, joe mona is in aman jordan. At the pentagon cnns barbara starr. In washington peter bergen. I want to start with you first, will. Do we have any indication that this exchange will actually happen . Reporter well this news carol, just coming out of jordan that they still have yet to receive proof of life is very discouraging for government officials here in tokyo. According to the latest isis propaganda message, the condition for kenji gotos survival is a Prisoner Exchange at the border between syria and Southern Turkey in less than 30 minutes from now. Isis demanding that sajida alrishawi be handed over in exchange for gotos life. While this new propaganda message doesnt specifically threaten gotos life if this deal doesnt go down it does tlezen the life of the jordanian pilot. Given, carol, that were dealing with isis a group that weve covered and we know of their brutality, unpredictability this is a very tense time here. There of course has been hope that kenji goto will make it out of this okay but its all it all depends on what happens with isis. We just dont know right now. So jomana still no proof of life from isis . Reporter still no proof of life carol, according to the jordanian government a short time ago. Were hearing from the government spokesman here talking to state media saying that jordan is ready and its still willing as it announced yesterday to release sajida alrishawi but what theyre saying is they will only do this on two conditions one, they want that proof of life. They have not received that yet saying that they have asked for it. Weve heard this from the jordanian government saying for several weeks now in their indirect negotiations theyve been asking for proof of life that they have not received. The other issue here carol, is they are saying that they are willing to release her but only in exchange for the captured pilot muadh safi yusuf alkasasibah. This is not the demand that isis has put out there. They said they will kill him if the exchange between sajida alrishawi and kenji goto does not happen. Jordan is putting out these terms and conditions but it does not really fulfill what isis is asking for so a very tough situation here. As you mentioned, the clock is ticking, very tense situation in jordan. A lot of people waiting to see how this is going to end. Peter, its strange. Isis has kenji gotos voice on tape but no proof of life from this pilotelotpilot. Why would that be . Reporter i dont know. Its interesting to me the audiotape there was some speculation i think illinformed that this was not kenji goto its very easy to make a voice analysis that matches to the voice and clearly the japanese government is convinced that this is him. I think that you know isis may have lost whatever that location was, whether it was in the desert or in a studio may have security concerns be about a videotape and audio is basically its harder to you know make any kind of intelligence clues from an audiotape. So it may go to the fact that theyre under pressure that they have released it this way without the kind of production that weve cena soesh yated with other tapes but why they went to audio isnt clear. Thats an indication that a terrorist group has lost its sophisticated propaganda many a machine for one reason or another. Peter, what youre saying is the reason isis isnt offering jordan proof of life is because its too dangerous for isis to do so . I just dont know. Im focusing on the audio portion of this. It is strange were not seeing videos. It may be related to the location they had may not be something that they can use again. Whether that was in a studio as some people have speculated whether that was outside, and i think it may go to the pressure that theyre under. Weve heard from centcom that 6,000 isis fighters have been killed in strikes in the last six months. Thats 200 a week since the campaign began. Weve heard from centcoms commander that theyre having a manpower issue. This audiotape may be an indicator that the group is under more pressure than we perhaps have assumed so far. Barbara, its also interesting in a ma kab kind of way in the way they want jordan to exchange prisoners, right . They want it at the syrian Turkish Border at sunset. If that happens, what exactly would that look like . Reporter well i think one of the key questions there is exactly who the jordanians may have been talking to in isis or what third parties theyre discussing these negotiations with. The arrangement typically in these kinds of matters are very precise. Who shows up where they show up what time the proof of life exchanged ahead of time and the procedures. Youll remember in the exchange for bo bergdahl that happened on very short notice in terms of the location. U. S. Special forces were able to fly there very quickly, but it had been worked out. There were security procedures in place. Very quietly the deal had been cooked. So whether the deal is exactly cooked right now remains to be seen. One of the keys is this female prisoner is going to have to come all the way from jordan if this is going to happen into this border region between Northern Syria and turkey. No indication that shes left jordan yet, that shes been transferred in any way. These are all the things all the signs that people are looking for, carol. Jomana, if this deal falls through, how will the people of jordan react . Because theyre not exactly thrilled that jordans involved in this fight anyway right . Reporter there is a difference of opinion here carol. First of all, we have to look at the family of the pilot. He comes from an influential tribe in jordan. Theyre important for the support of the monarchy here. There is a level of anger amongst his tribes members, his family blaming the government saying the government has not done enough but there are other jordanians carol, who say he is the soldier end of the day and soldiers sign up to serve their country and they do take these kinds of risks. But, of course this whole situation as you mentioned has really ignited this discussion in jordan. Should this country have joined the u. S. Led coalition in the fight against isis or not . Some believe that this is not jordans fight, they should not have taken part in these airstrikes and jordan would not have been in this position if it had stayed out of it. And, will i know kenji goto is part of the negotiations but the japanese government or military is not directly involved right . Reporter well theyre involved in the sense that they have a special envoy on the ground in aman who has been intimately involved in the discussions but, yes, in the end this is jordans decision. It is their prisoner. It is their exchange and it is their citizen who is also in grave danger at the hands of isis, but japan does have some leverage in the region. They as you know recently pledged 200 million in humanitarian aid. Some of that money, presumably would go to help the iraqi and Syrian Refugees a large number of them who are in jordan. So japan certainly is at the table, but in the end it is the king of jordan who must make the call whether or not to move forward and that is an unanswered question. Just how painful for kenji gotos family. Peter, when you sit back and take a look at this from afar and put everything together does it tell you anything about the strength of isis . Reporter well i mean one thing that i think is very interesting building off something barbara said is who is the interlocutor on the jordanian side from isis . As far as i can tell this seems to be the first time that a government has had direct negotiations with isis. Weve seen in the past for instance theo curtis was an american journalist taken by the al qaeda affiliate in syria, the nusra front. The qatari government got involved in negotiations. Negotiating with al qaeda and syria turns out to be easier than dealing with isis. Hitherto we havent had a direct line of communication with isis through a legitimate government. You know thats good poe tepgsly because there are other hostages being held. We have an american female 26yearold aide worker being held by isis by the same People Holding mr. Goto. We also have a british citizen being held. We have others potentially. So to me in the long term this may be a good sign that we have some kind of avenue of communication into this group because of these other hostages as well. And, barbara, as far as the wider war against isis are there indications because of all thats happening right now that the u. S. Air strikes might be effective after all . Well i mean certainly theyre effective on the ground where they happen. We have seen in the last couple of days that Northern Syrian city of kobani now essentially back in kurdish hands, the city virtually destroyed, but back in kurdish hands. Isis pretty much driven out of there. We have seen areas where isis has had some problems. They have not been able to hold on to all of the territory. There is a sense, if you will that they are having trouble governing delivering on the promises that they made to the people where they are so theyre resorting to more terror to hold on to all of this. The next big challenge is iraqs second largest city mosul. The iraqi forces along with u. S. Advisers are getting readied. Were seeing a lot of action up in mosul. Theyre going to try to retake mosul from isis. That is the big get, if you will to put, you know a serious crimp in isiss capability. All of that said the head of u. S. Special forces this week said that isis is still a recruiting powerhouse that they are able to recruit foreign fighters to come to this battlefield in what he called a staggering rate. So while people are saying the airstrikes are having an effect the real question i suppose, is what is the effect on isis as a terrorist organization . They may not be able to hold on to territory forever but is this going to put them down and out . Right now there is perhaps very little indication of that. All right. Im going to have to leave it there. Barbara starr, peter bergen jomana will ripley thanks to all of you. The deadline fast approaching. 20 minutes to go. Will we see a Prisoner Exchange . We just dont know. Ill keep you posted. Also to come in the newsroom, from the locker room to the courtroom, an nfl star in handcuffs and now on trial. Cnns alexandra field and the murder case against Aaron Hernandez. Reporter good morning, carol. 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In what has been a series of bombshell allegations, hes charged with the cold blooded murder of three people and the first case is going to trial right now. Cnns Susan Candiotti sets the stage. Reporter for Aaron Hernandez, the opposing team takes the field first with prosecutors attempting to prove he is a killer beyond a reasonable doubt alleging he orchestrated the executionstyle murder of odin lloyd. If his former bosses Team Owner Bob Kraft and coach Bill Belichick take the stand, theyre expected to testify about their conversations with their onetime superstar just days after the bullet riddled body of semipro player lloyd is found. A Law Enforcement source says both kraft and belichick spoke face to face with hernandez. Kraft alleging hernandez flat out denies he had anything to do with lloyds murder. A source says hernandez also tells belichick the same thing. He wasnt there. As the patriots get ready for the super bowl former teammates still trying to make sense of it. A lot of people are definitely affected by that situation so theyre all in my prayers. Reporter at first it seems that theres a mountain of circumstantial evidence against the star tight end whos pleaded not guilty. 18 months later the case isnt the same. The universe of damming evidence has shrunk. Reporter shrunk thanks to a defense team scoring some victories. Arguably the biggest a text message from lloyd to his sister about who he was with sent minutes before lloyd was killed. Lloyd writes nfl, just so you know. A judge ruling its inadmissible. Not enough proof lloyd thought he was going to die, yet prosecutors say they have surveillance videos of the victim getting into a car with hernandez and codefendants earnest wallace and carlos ortiz who have also pleaded not guilty to murder. Video of that same car driving into an Industrial Park and later hernandez back home less than a mile away holding what prosecutors say is the alleged murder weapon but it was never found. There is no murder weapon or a witness thats credible would testify that Aaron Hernandez did it. There is no such witness. It just isnt the slam dunk case that it seemed to be. All right. Lets head to the courthouse and alexandra field. Whats happening inside the courthouse right now . Reporter hey, carol. This is all about to get started. We have seen the arrival of family members. Right now we just saw Aaron Hernandezs mother his brother arrive to the courthouse. Before that his fiance arrived here. We know that when court gets underway the jury will have to be sworn in and then they can proceed to opening arguments. Were hearing from our own Susan Candiotti who is inside the courtroom that the prosecution will be limited to 45 minutes for their Opening Statements. The defense has requested 30 minutes for their opening statement. They have been given that by the judge. Susan is telling us that the prosecution is telling us that one of the first witnesses that they could call to testify is odin lloyds mother. I would assume its going to be a packed courthouse because theres high interest in this case . Reporter carol, timing is everything. Interest couldnt be higher right now. Youve got the patriots who are, of course off to the super bowl right now. The last time the patriots were in the super bowl Aaron Hernandez scored the teams last touchdown. I mean this is all coming together at a time where people just cant take their eyes off of this case. Look the patriots severed ties with Aaron Hernandez a long time ago after he was arrested and charged in this case. Certainly hes a figure who looms very large in this part of the country, and the interest magnifies here given some of the people who we could see called to testify in this case. Were talking about Bill Belichick, bob kraft. These are huge figures in this part of the country and a lot of people are keenly interested in what they could say about private conversations that they had with Aaron Hernandez before he was arrested carol. All right. Alexandra field, well get back to you. Thanks so much. The man who sits at that defendants table will not look like the person most are familiar with. Jurors will not see Aaron Hernandez wearing a new England Patriots jersey, they wont see him with his shirt off. Instead, hell look like every other member of his legal team. Lets talk about that and more with cnns legal analyst paul call len and ann bremner. Welcome to you both. Good morning. Good morning. Lets talk first about the injury. 13 women, 5 men including the alternates. Some experts say women are more likely to go easy on a charming man, a handsome man, so cue the picture. Example, jurors will not see the tattooed Aaron Hernandez, theyll see but theyll see an exnfl superstar dressed in a suit, hell be handsome, maybe hell be smiling. Will that make a difference paul to the women on the jury . I dont think it will and, frankly, i think weve gotten a little more sophisticated now about how women deal with sports heroes and men. You know back in the old days people would stereotype women and say they would handle a case in a certain way. I dont think it applies so much anymore. I do think one thing is apparent. Men are more enamored of sports heroes. Theyve become godlike figures to men. I think women are kind of more realistic about it. Hes going to get the benefit of celebrity status but i dont think hes going to be viewed as sort of a godlike sports figure that sometimes men view Football Players or any other players. As the trial goes on theres no motive. Wont they wonder about that . Well i was just going to say, dont ask me about women and charming men, but the fact is you know the zimmerman jury was all women, six women and they acquitted him. We are the gentler gender in a lot of ways. I agree with paul weve come a long way in terms of the stereotypical considerations. That having been said hes charming. He seems not to have any kind of guilt. Hes somebody whos very high profile. I think that woman jurors oftentimes can be more favorable to a defendant in this kind of a case. With respect to motive thats a big deal in this case. There is no motive. Maybe he thought that there was some chill in the people we didnt know. Other than that what is the motive . The prosecutor doesnt have to prove motive we know that with you its a tough sell that he would throw away 40 million, fiveyear contract brand new baby and everything in the world for Something Like this. Some say his fiance knows more than shes saying. She may well testify and she has to testify because theyre not married. Right. She doesnt have spousal privilege. Unless this fiance gets up on that stand and says something that makes the jurors say, hey, thats why he might have murdered odin lloyd, or you did hide the murder weapon thats kind of nebulous too, isnt it paul . In a murder case we look for means, motive and opportunity, okay . Means we have in this case because theres actually a videotape of him shortly after the murder with a gun in his hand hernandez. We have opportunity because we have evidence putting him in the car with the murder victim shortly before the murder. So the one thing were missing is motive. Now this weird relationship with two sisters. His fiance is the sister of the girlfriend of the deceased guy, lloyd. Now, is the motive the fact that one woman told the other woman about some nefarious things in his background and maybe he was afraid that lloyd was going to reveal these things . Now im speculating here but with that close a relationship between the two women, maybe thats a possibility. And maybe thats the reason why the prosecutor said im going to leave more women on this jury because they understand about the intimate relationship between women and how they might be willing to discuss, you know the fiance. Im not stereotyping women. Dont look at me like that carol. Dont look at me. But women do tend to get involved in these discussions in a way that i think men do not. So maybe motive appears. In order to achieve that the prosecutors are going to have to put on one fine case right, ann . Aaron hernandez has some pretty fine attorneys of his own. Reporter he does. I mean theyre both you know harvard, 20 30 years of experience. You know nature can be sliced so thin so it doesnt have two sides. Defense has a case. No motive no eye witnesses. Theres absolutely no forensic evidence theyre saying. Theres no exculpatory statements. Theyre coming into this by surgically getting rid of the and shrinking the universe of damming evidence theyre coming into this where theyve excluded you know texts, theyve excluded. 45 ammo thats the murder weapon from his apartment. Theyve excluded sfoengs, texts, theyve excluded the tablet evidence. Its Pretty Amazing what theyve gotten out of this case. Great lawyers, indeed. I have to leave it there. Thanks to both of you. Paul cowen, ann bremner. Dont put the shovel away. More snow. Jennifer gray is in boston. Reporter thats right, we are in boston. When you look behind me, look at all of this snow. The last thing you want to hear is more snow. Thats exactly what were telling the northeast. Well talk about it all coming up after the break. Before earning enough cash back from bank of america to help pay for her kids ice time. Before earning 1 cash back everywhere, every time. And 2 back at the grocery store. Even before she got 3 back on gas all with no hoops to jump through. Katie used her bankamericard cash rewards credit card to stay warm and toasty during the heat of competition. Thats the comfort of rewarding connections. Apply online or at a bank of america near you. Announcer this is cnn breaking news. And good morning, im carol costello. Thanks so much for joining me. That isis deadline now just minutes away. A key washington ally faces a gutt wrenching decision. Isis says it will murder this jordanian pilot unless jordan hands over this woman. She is on death row in jordan. A wouldbe suicide bomber in an attack that killed dozens of people. And possibly hanging in the balance of that prisoners luck the life of another isis hostage. This japanese war journalist is at the center of the demands and threats. A fellow prisoner also from japan has already been killed. Cnns jomana karachi is joining us from aman jordan. Tell us more. Reporter carol, were hearing from the jordanian government in the last hour saying they are willing to release sajida alrishawi as they said they would do yesterday, but theyre saying they will not do that unless they receive a proof of life. They say for weeks now they have asked isis through the indirect channels theyve been using for these negotiations to provide them with proof of life but they say they have nothing to prove that that pilot is still alive. Another issue here carol, is they say they are ready for an exchange. Now as you mention, with this deadline up if this deadline is in fact at this time as we believe in that message purportedly from isis its not looking good. Jordan jordanian officials in the last half hour saying sajida alrishawi is still in jordan and she is still in prison. Now we have to wait and see what isis will do this unpredictable and brutal organization. Cnns jomana thanks so much. Lets talk about the weather now. The big digout is winding down in boston. People needed a yard stick to measure the snow from this wicked storm. The recordbreaking blizzard blanketing the city this week. That didnt stop one man from showing his boston pride. Check out the symbolic snapshot. A bartender battling conditions to uncover the races finish line. Talk about boston strong right . Unfortunately, just as people were finally finishing their shoveling a new system could leave crews cleaning up all over again. Jennifer gray is in boston this morning. Good morning. Good morning to you, carol. Look at all of this snow behind me. Some people are still digging their cars out as we speak. A lot of those secondary roads still havent been plowed and more snow on the way, however, i was just talk to go a local that walked by about five minutes ago. You know what when theres this much snow on the ground a couple more inches doesnt matter. To some people it really does. Thats what boston could see over the next couple of days. Were actually tracking a storm system thats going to pull through and dump a couple of inches on boston any time between tonight through the Early Morning hours of saturday morning. We will be watching that. It will make for extremely windy conditions and temperatures are going to stay very very cold. Well barely get to freezing today and will be in the teens for high temperatures for the weekend. Of course the wind chill this morning was well below zero so it has been cold and will continue to stay cold. Now we do have another system on the way, just as if that wasnt bad enough. Were going to see another one come in by monday. That could also add a couple more inches to the northeast. So well be watching that one. Still a little early to tell exactly the track on that. We have a couple more days to watch it. Nonetheless, carol, looks like were going to see more snow in boston. The travel ban was pretty controversial. The governor did address it in a press conference. Listen to what he had to say. I do not want the travel ban to become the first lever that everybody pulls every time we have a snowstorm. Weve been quite successful as a common commonwealth for managing through snowstorms for a fairly high degree of success. I dont view this as something you would do except in extreme situations. Reporter of course the travel ban is what kept the people off the roads and it allowed the plows to get in and clear the roads so quickly. So the citys back up and running in a matter of no time but of course those decisions will be made as we go along, carol. Yeah a lot of snow here in boston and its january. tis the season for snow here in the northeast. That is very true jennifer gray. Thank you so much. Still to come on the newsroom, barbecue must make mitt romney saucy. Just hours after chowing down on pulled pork he slams Hillary Clinton for being out of touch. 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This was a maternity hospital. A truck carrying gas crashed into this hospital and exploded. We understand according to officials 54 people were injured including 22 children. There are still people trapped in this maternity hospital. Rescuers are just arriving on the scene trying to get people out. When we know more about this situation, of course well bring you back to mexico city. On to american politics now. It may be a bit too early to call it the campaign trail, but mitt romney is taking his message on the road. Hes been slammed as too rich and too out of touch with everyday americans. Now he says he wants to tackle this countrys, quote, chronic generational poverty. In a speech yesterday at Mississippi State university mitt romney said quote, the rich have done historically well. Im concerned about the middle class and poor in this country. Romney also made what the boston globe described as a Campaign Style stop at a local barbecue joint. With its reporter noting that romney stepped out of its black suv quote wearing hudson jeans, open collared shirt proclaiming i like pulled pork. The jeans are like 200 bucks a pair but hes admitting hes wealthy and he can afford them. Lets talk about all of this and the new mitt romney. Joining me now Republican National committee shaun spicer. Democratic strategist and former Senior Adviser to Hillary Clinton kiki mcclain and kimberly dozer. Cnn Global Economic annual lits,ke nomconomic analyst rona. Romney showed up joking about his wealth and mormon faith all good. Heres the question. Even if voters do see a different mitt romney how will they know its the real mitt romney . Reporter well i think you and i talked about this before. Weve got about 28 or so candidates that are really looking at this race. Each one has to make a case to the Republican Voters that theyre the best they have the best policies and they relate best to them. Mitt romney is out there testing the waters. It looks like hes trying to do it differently than did he last time. I think youre seeing that with a lot of our candidates going out there making the case. Its going to be up to our activists and to our grassroots voters to decide whos making that best case and ill leave it up to them. But will it be difficult for mitt romney shawn, to demonstrate who the real mitt romney is to the voters because they didnt know last time around . Well again, i mean thats up to mitt romney to decide what parts i mean i think romney really is a guy that has done a lot for his community. Hes been very generous to folks. I think that he looks at the campaign in terms of the last campaign as something that his experience as a governor as an executive, as someone who saved the olympics really would benefit the united states. In retrospect hes looking at it saying i think if people cared a lot more about me and my believes hes trying to share that. Hillary clinton is in a similar boat where shes trying to figure out how does a woman who has made all of this money and done very well for herself while in Public Office communicate that after comments that she was dead broke with two mansions and flying around that she relates to people. So youre absolutely right about that shawn. That is my next question. Ill pose this to kiki. There are reports mitt romney is selling his house with the car elevator and rumor has it his legal residents will be utah and not massachusetts. I think it will take more than that to make up for the infamous 47 comment although hes already started jabbing at Hillary Clinton for her wealth and her missteps because shawn is right about this remember when she said this we came out of the white house not only dead broke but in debt. We struggled to piece together the resources for mortgages for houses for chelseas education. You know it was not easy. So kiki most politicians are wealthy. Cant we just be honest with that . Cant we just stop the were just like you stuff . Cant they just sit in a restaurant eating caviar because we get it . I dont think thats what they all come from. There are some people who may have done well in their life and maybe thats not what they come from and thats not what informs their values. I dont think its surprising that governor romney wanted to throw a couple of shots. Hes trying to generate a little more enthusiasm for his potential candidacy and his party. What we didnt hear at least in all the coverage i read because i was not in mississippi for the speech we didnt hear him talk about what he wants to do for people who are living in poverty and he doesnt have a big track record on that. I think if secretary clinton decides to run for president shell have that conversation with the American People and shell talk about the policies and shell talk about her record starting in her early 20s as a young staffer for the Childrens Defense Fund and the kind of fight that shes put up her whole fight in advocating for children and families. She cant escape shes a very wealthy woman who makes a lot of money for speaking for an hour. The questions youre raising are tactics. Thats what governor romney talked about are tactics. Lets talk about real issues. I think whats really important going into 2016 because the most critical consumer of a campaign are the american voters. They get it. Theres a reason governor romney didnt get elected last time and there are certainly reasons why people win and lose. Secretary clinton decides to pursue that path shell have that conversation with the American People. Okay. So there was a little red meat in romneys speech because he did describe some ways in which he wants to help the middle class. Here are a couple of them. He wants to create work charter schools, he wanted kids to have life coaches. I wasnt quite sure what that meant. He wants people to have incentives to get married because, of course that means that your Financial Life will be a lot easier. He wants to provide incentives for employers to hire firsttime job seekers. Rana as i said im not sure what the life coach is. Maybe he meant mentors, i dont know. But the other stuff sounds a lot well it sounds safe bipartisan ideas. The question is will any of these ideas solve the wage gap . No. These are really things at the margins. I do think its interesting though mr. Mitt romney mr. 47 , is talking about these issues. I think that what this says is that the wage stagnation problem, the plight of the middle class is going to be the economic issue for the election in 2016 on both sides of the aisle and that both sides are going to have to come up with an answer for that. I dont hear that here. I think these are very minor things that could help with the margins. They dont address the core issue. Shawn, what do you think . Hey, carol no go ahead, shawn. What do you think . I was going to say, i mean i know that you know it was just romneys comment on 47 got brought up. He was in the spotlight the last cycle, but i think equally as important and what youre going to hear a lot this cycle is that Hillary Clinton went out and said dont let anybody fool you. Businesses and corporations dont create jobs. To the average person out there whether or not youre a worker or an actual employer that just doesnt pass, you know, economics 101. Shawn, you know that shawn knows that quote was taken out of context and she was referring to trickle down economics. No no no. It was never taken out of context. She actually said it. Yeah. The way that everybody wait. Wait. Hold on. Shawn, out of context refers to the full discussion. Read the full transcript. Shawn, you know it. So you like the back to governor romney you like the 47 on governor romney. Shawn, take the full transcript. The comment that governor romney said take it out of context, okay great. I didnt shawn. I didnt say that today. Its taken out of context today. Lets get to the underlying issue. Lets go to the underlying issue and what exactly will help the middle class and the poor in america. So rana youre an economist. What will help . Well unfortunately, its not shortterm fixes. We need a total overhaul of the educational system. I think we need some major tax reform that really addresses the fact that were living in a new age. Globalization is not stopping. Techrelated job is going to get bigger as a trend and affect more middle class jobs. We really need to address the short termism in the markets. A lot of businesses are pushed to make decisions that might be good for shareholders but arent good for underlying growth and job creation. Thats something that can be addressed with the tax system. We should take on i think, short termism and i think thats going to be an issue for romney to address because private equity is a part of that. On to Foreign Policy right now. Kimberly i know youve been waiting patiently. Here it is. This is what romney said about isis. Quote, isis represents a new level of threat given its oil revenues vast territory and ability to recruit even in the west. I dont know how the president expects to defeat the jihadist if he wont even call them what they are. So mr. Romneys solution appears to be call isis islamic terrorists and stop being timid, mr. Obama. Got to be more than that right . Well he is echoing what a lot of special operations officials have been saying at a conference this week. The former head of the Defense Intelligence agency came out and lashed out against the agency that hes just left. You have to call them islamic militants. That makes you identify whats driving them and you can come up with the right tools to combat them. Romney also struck out at Hillary Clinton on her Foreign Policy record on two areas, russia and benghazi saying that in the russian case she favored a reset and now look. Russia has invaded ukraine. That is something that she has been trying to reset ever since then positioning herself to run. On benghazi she has said i will testify before the new benghazi investigation committee, and that will give her a chance hopefully to erase that piece of tape thats going to haunt her when she said what difference does it make . She was referring to questions did the administration change the talking points describing the benghazi attack but it has come to reflect did she really value the loss of four american lives there. She wants to erase that. She also has to show that shes not going to lose temper this time around under questioning because thats not very president ial. Yeah. Kiki do you agree . Well, listen i think in the hearing a lot of americans saw she didnt lose her temper she showed her passion and the deep deep heartbreak that many americans, most importantly the family members of those americans serving who were lost those four american lives. She showed a passion for them and her concern for them and their families. I think that on governor romneys attempt to take a shot at her on russia the reality is as secretary of state she has a terrific track record there. She is the person who really brought russia around and got them into the coalition to put more stringent binds on iran which temporarily slowed down their nuclear growth. Shes the one who which temporarily slowed down their nuclear growth. Shes the one who pushed for wort the new s. T. A. R. T. Treaty and she said watch out for putin, i dont trust him, a former kgb officer. Not a lot of room there. Like i said earlier, governor romney is trying to generate a little enthusiasm in his party for a potential candidacy and thats where were going. Before my time is up sean i want you to have the last word. I would say the greatest accomplishment of Hillary Clinton as secretary of state may be she can give a good Vladimir Putin impersonation. Thats where it stops. Russias reset is a failure, north africa is a failure, the middle east. Shes given a good impersonation of vladimir put tin. I think thats where herit stops. Still to come in the newsroom, the man best known as beast mode may be soon known as repeat mode as Marshawn Lynch face it is media one more time. Andy scholes live in phoenix. Lynch started with im just here so i dont get fined. Then he goes on to you know why im here. What will he do today . Well discuss when newsroom continues. It has the p f three medicines to take on your worst pain and fever, cough and nasal congestion. Theraflu breaks you free from your toughest cold and flu symptoms. So you never miss a day. Theraflu. Serious power. E financial noise financial noise financial noise financial noise seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch is at it again, not playing ball with the media yesterday. The nfl just isnt happy about that. Andy scholes live in arizona with more. Good morning. Reporter good morning, carol. Marshawn lynch is not bundling when it comes to answering questions from Sports Reporters like me. On tuesday at media day he repeated im just here so i wont get fined 29 times and he got up and left. And yesterday he had a new phrase ready for us. Take a listen. So aint nothing changed from yesterday. You know why im here. You know why im here. Yall know why im here. Reporter he said you know why im here 14 times before leaving after the mandatory five minutes. Lynch is putting on these short performances because he was repeatedly looking at a 500,000 fine if he refused to talk to the media during super bowl week. It turns out he may get fined anyway. He may be penalized for wearing his beat mode hat over the last two days its against the nfl rules to promote your own brand. Lynchs teammates say they have his back hes being who he s. They think the league should be spending more time dealing with other issues as opposed to finding lynch for things like a hat. Its childish. They focus on the wrong things. Its about the game the patriots versus the seahawks. Its not about a hat. Its about this game. They take it away from us. Its not about a hat. Its about football. The people with the media, the people want to see us guys play football. They dont care about a hat. They want us to go out and vow to compete and show good sportsmanship. Reporter so the patriots and seahawks players will talk one last time today. Lynch has one more chance to Say Something and nothing all at the same time. On the patriots side of things tom brady, hes got the sniffles. He said his kids and wife gisele are also sick. Hes been under the weather the last four or five days. He said hes using an old remedy of eating lots of garlic and should be 100 by the time the super bowl rolls around on sunday. He practiced yesterday with no issues. In the nba, no lebron no problem for the cleveland cavaliers. Lebron sitting out with a sore wrist, kyrie irving had the game of his life 11 threepointers including the within to seal the win over the blazers. He finished with 55 points in the game. Thats one point shy of lebrons franchise record. Was that performance enough to make the allstar team . Well find out tonight when the reserves for the game are announced on inside the nba on tnt. Also a doubleheader on tap, nuggets at giz lease followed by the bulls at the 1234 kobeless lakers. Charles barkley said the next time the lakers were on tnt, hes not going to show up to work. I bet he shows up tonight carol, but wont will happy. I dont think so either. The next hour of cnn newsroom after a break. Captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com u. Were never having kids. Mmmmmm. Breathe. I love it here. We are never moving to the suburbs. We are never getting one of those. We are never having another kid. Im pregnant. I am never letting go. For all the nevers in life state farm is there. Your eyes really are unique. In fact, they depend on a unique set of nutrients. Thats why theres ocuvite to help protect your eye health. As you age your eyes can lose vital nutrients. 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