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And the National Lead. The day after a blizzard shut down new england, its more than just the snow people are worried about. Residents not only firing up the snow blowers, they are trying to stop massive flooding from destroying their communities. Good afternoon. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. We begin today with some breaking news in our world lead. Isis gave jordan 24 hours, the demand this time surrender a convicted terrorist, the deadly vow for not meeting those demands, isis will behead two more innocent people. The second japanese hostage and that jordanian pilot. That deadline has passed and right now, that exchange has not appeared to have happened. Jordans foreign minister says it will not happen until isis gives them evidence that al al kasasibah, that Fighter Pilot, is still alive. Today, jordans foreign minister told Cnns Christiane Amanpour that his government has been working for weeks through back channels to try to get that pilot back alive. He says he hopes the surviving japanese hostage held by the group, kenji goto would be part of any swap but that the pilot is the priority for jordan. The question of course would a deal encourage more hostage taking and would it cause more innocent people to be killed. After all, isis wants the jordanian government to turn over this woman sajida al rishawi. Barbara starr is live at the pentagon. Jordan says they have not received any proof of life and will not move forward with the swap until that happens. Still, are u. S. Officials surprised at all that jordan seems willing to play ball with these terrorists . Reporter not really surprised. U. S. Officials are well aware of jordans position and jordans position is it is not negotiating with terrorists. It is engaging in a hope for a prisoner exchange. They say that is something that many countries do. Around the clock efforts to secure the release of the jordanian Fighter Pilot and the japanese journalist from the grip of isis. A voice believed to be journalist kenji goto saying he and pilot muadh sak yusuf al kasasibah will be killed if jordan does not release sajida al rishawi, convicted after a series of hotel bombings in jordan in 2005. Jordan said it would release the woman on one specific condition. Jordans King Abdullah adamant from the start it all depends on getting the pilot back. Im not sure that jordan can go ahead without an assurance they are going to get their pilot back. The war effort is controversial in jordan. This puts the king of jordan in a very difficult position. Reporter the pilots father made a desperate plea for his son. Translator his blood is precious and represents the blood of all jordanians. Reporter but the jordanians claim the u. S. Did a similar move last year trading five Guantanamo Bay detainees for bo bergdahl. But negotiating with isis . Every country has the ability and the right to make decisions. Reporter whatever happens, there are concerns isis will use it as propaganda in its social Media Campaign and claim victory. It puts them on a new tier. Instead of just being a criminal organization a terrorist group, they are now making arrangements with a sovereign government. That in and of itself shows their followers that they have power. Reporter though some of that power may be waning. Intelligence officials have noticed the latest isis video was shot indoors and are wondering if that change may be a result of the coalition successfully targeting places seen in prior isis videos. Now, a source close to all of this tells cnn one of the reasons jordan is willing to let this female prisoner go is she did not directly engage in killing in those 2005 hotel attacks. Her suicide vest did not detonate. The jordanians are using that as a reason that they believe they can make the trade. As you say, at this hour no proof of life on the fate of the jordanian pilot. Jake . Barbara starr at the pentagon thank you. In tokyo, where that nation japan, is still mourning the murder by isis over the weekend of the other japanese hostage, Haruna Yukawa fears are high that kenji goto cannot be saved. In all their statements today, the jordanian government seemed solely focused on getting back their pilot and that goto is not their priority. Cnn International Correspondent will ripley is in tokyo, japan. Will how are japanese officials responding to this from the jordanians . Have we heard from gotos family members since these developments . The last public update we got from the japanese government here in tokyo was shortly after midnight local time. The chief cabinet secretary gave a brief statement where he said there is no news to report he reiterated the severity of the situation and of course said japans number one priority is getting the journalist kenji goto back home safely. We knew it was going to be a very tricky and difficult negotiation from the beginning, especially considering the fact that the latest isis propaganda video where there is an image of kenji goto holding a photo of that jordanian pilot, muadh sak yusuf al al kasasibah, goto relays the message it is his life in exchange for the iraqi terrorist in jail in jordan sajida al rishawi. It seems to be a lot of people feel very unlikely that isis would be willing to compromise in this situation and of course now that this deadline is hours passed there is very grave concern about how this could end for both the pilot and for kenji goto. We have not yet heard from his family since the deadline has passed. We did hear from his mother earlier in the day, where she talked about the urgency of the situation. She talked about the exhaustion in her sons face the look in his eyes of desperation that he knew that time was running out, and there is growing fear here that the news will not be good as the sun comes up here in tokyo. Will ripley in tokyo, thank you. Lets bring in the former chair of the house intelligence committee, mike rogers. He is also a Cnn National Security commentator. Congressman, thanks for being here. Do you think this exchange is going to happen . Well jake i never believed it was going to happen in the beginning. I think it caught a little bit off guard the isis socalled negotiators. I dont believe they thought it was going to happen. We have seen no proof of life of the pilot so thats still of concern, and the original deal talked about only the japanese hostage which still gives some doubt that the pilot is still alive. It seems in some way a nowin situation for jordan. If they hand over the terrorist is isis gets a propaganda victory. If they dont cooperate with isis isis will behead one of their pilots on video. Unfortunately, they are already winning. They are dealing with two nation states now. They are dealing with japan, they are dealing with jordan. Now theyve got an International Debate about should they or shouldnt they be dealing with isis in parliaments all across the world. In their mind, they have already won this circumstance. Their p. R. Victory is done. If were not careful, these things are going to spiral out of control. You are going to see a lot more of this. They really the administration really needs to step up very very soon on this kind of activity or we are all going to pay it. Jordan does not seem to view this as negotiating with terrorists. You im sure have a different point of view. I do. This would be like negotiating with criminals who have taken over the bank. You certainly want to deescalate the circumstance you want to make that effort to do it but at the end of the day, their argument is that her vest didnt go off. Her vest wanted to go off. She actually tried to get the vest to work to kill innocent civilians. Pretty hard to make the case that you are not negotiating with terrorists and giving them back a very symbolic victory in fact if they do that. Congressman mike rogers thank you. We appreciate it. Our other major world story today, an american killed when a luxury hotel is attacked by terrorists. Witnesses say the siege started with a car bomb before gunmen then shot their way into the hotel and now the american victim a former u. S. Marine is being remembered as a warrior and his father will join me next. He trains. Hes psyched. Ready for the knockout . You dont know aarp. Hes staying in shape by keeping his Brain Healthy and focused with aarps staying sharp. 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Isis libya branch says they organized the attack. What information are you hearing . Is that credible . Reporter well u. S. Intelligence hasnt made an official determination but they do consider the claim plausible because it comes from fighters on the ground who have declared their allegiance to isis and it is believed they have a capability there. There are a lot of places that isis claims to be but libya is a place that intelligence officials have told me multiple times where there are believed to be isis loyalists. This is a credible claim. Since the u. S. Helped oust moammar gadhafi, libya has been ruled by chaos. The u. S. Embassy in tripoli has been vacant since the summer. Theres a travel advisory in effect. The fbi says they will try to open an investigation into this but what can they really do without assets on the ground there . Reporter its a great question because its exactly the same dilemma that the u. S. Is facing in yemen now, with events there, you want to make a safety judgment for your personnel. The trouble is in yemen as in libya, you have terror groups that you want to keep an eye on particularly in yemen but also in a growing way in libya. For instance you have the Drone Campaign in yemen. If you dont have those relationships on the ground with the local government intelligence sharing makes it a lot tougher job to keep a lid on those groups and its particularly a question in the postbenghazi world because obviously now, the trigger fingers going to be a little bit more sensitive to pull people out because you dont want a repeat of that situation, but you cant say you dont lose something by not having people on the ground, not taking that risk. Thats a calculation very difficult to make. Jim sciutto, thank you so much. Joining me from tucson arizona, is david barrys father james. Sir, welcome. First of all, i want to send my deepest condolences to you and your family for your loss. What should the American People know about your son, david . Thank you, jake. Its a privilege to speak with you and the American Public today. I would like the American Public to know this much about my son, david. David was a patriot. David was a warrior when he needed to be and also a peacemaker. David loved to be on the tip of the spear. David wanted to fight for liberty and freedom in any troubled spot of the globe. He was definitely a true american patriot. He was intelligent and resourceful. He would not break down in a fight when liberty, freedom and justice was at stake. I lost a son yesterday but i believe in what david did and i stand proud of him while i privately mourn. I would like to say to him and all of his marine buddies, semper fi. Sir, when did you last speak to david . I spoke to david a week ago. Was he worried at all about the security situation he was in libya obviously a terrifying place these days . Actually jake i dont believe he was worried about the security situation at all. In fact david was anxious to get back because he had been working behind the scenes between two warring factions and bringing some conciliatory terms to the table. I understand this might be sensitive, but do you know what your son was doing in libya . He was fluent in arabic and excited about this opportunity. Yes. He was. He was fluent in arabic and he was also very very much aware of the arab culture, and customs. He knew how to approach arabic people on a foreign shore and not discriminate against them not come across as im an American Warrior and im going to do it this way. He was very conciliatory in nature. He was anxious because he felt that he had a choice and he had a chance right now to make some peace in a region that has been troubled. Do you know exactly what he was doing, at least in a way you can talk about on tv . No jake, i really dont know. David was pretty closed about that. But i understand that he was bringing parties together in libya and in tripoli in particular to form some sort of a lasting peace. Have you heard at all from the state department or the white house . Has anyone reached out to you . No jake. I have not heard from either the white house or the state department yet. How is your family doing, sir . My family is doing okay. His wife is not doing too well. I have four grandchildren also and im looking forward to seeing them soon but i told my daughterinlaw elizabeth that i would take charge of the media and represent the family at this time and i told her, i said i just want america to know what a patriot my son was and what a loss it is to this country. So david had four children. So sad. Yes. James, thank you so much for your time. We really appreciate it and we appreciate your sharing your memories of your son, the u. S. Marine who was killed by isis reportedly in libya yesterday. Thank you so much, sir. Thank you, jake. Coming up next huge parts of new england digging out today from the blizzard. One of the hardest hit areas, the island of nantucket, is still dealing with massive power outages. How long before those stranded on the island will get some relief, some help . Electricity . Thats next. Plus whats behind the recent spike in bomb threats against airlines. The fbi now investigating. Meet the worlds newest Energy Superpower. Surprised . In fact, america is now the worlds number one natural gas producer. And we could soon become number one in oil. Because Hydraulic Fracturing Technology is safely recovering lots more oil and natural gas. Supporting millions of new jobs. Billions in tax revenue. And a new century of American Energy security. The new Energy Superpower . Its red, white and blue. Log on to learn more. Female announcer save up to 300 on beautyrest and posturepedic. Even get three years interestfree financing on tempurpedic. Keep more president s in your wallet. Sleep trains president s day sale is on now your ticket to a better nights sleep welcome back to the lead. Im jake tapper. Our National Lead the new england region now at a standstill from this weeks blizzard. Today emergency crews focused on clearing pathways and getting to those who need Urgent Medical care. Take the coastal town of marshfield massachusetts. This storm damaged 11 homes there and even tore down a seawall. Cnns brian todd was there just a few hours ago. Nearly 34 inches of snow on the ground now, a record for that city. Brian, how are people dealing with all that snow . Reporter well they are telling us this is the most snow they have ever had and they are not quite sure how to deal with it. City officials are coping pretty well. Take a look at this. This is kind of a typical illustration of the logistical and safety challenges that worcester, massachusetts, facing. This snow pile is 12 1 2 feet high. There are snow piles like this all over worcester and it is presenting a logistical and safety challenge. I will tell you why. They are basically running out of places to put all this snow. Plows, snow crews, everybody is fanning out over the city trying to find places to put it but they are running out of places to put it and there may be some more snow on the way. I will talk about that in a second. You see piles of snow like this this is near city hall. You mentioned they dumped 34 inches of snow. The storm dumped 34 inches of snow on this city. It is the most they have ever had since they started keeping records in the early 1900s. What city officials just told us is they are telling people look just be careful where youre walking because they have run out of places where people can walk the sidewalks are often filled with snow as they try to figure out places to put this. Theres no place to park your car on the side of the road. Thats an issue, too. That is creating some safety challenges here. So those are some of the things they are going through. We mentioned the forecast. This place is not out of the woods yet. Forecasters are now calling for another snowstorm to hit this area around here thursday night into friday. Those storms are not expected to be as bad as the one we just had but when youre dealing with this volume of snow it doesnt make it easier for First Responders utility crews, plowers and shovellers to clear this stuff. They say the clearing operation will take place and probably extend well into the weekend. Brian todd thank you so much. Its nothing short of dire right now on nantucket. Many people on the massachusetts island are practically stranded. At one point the entire island had no power. You can only get to nantucket by ferry or by plane. Only about 15,000 people live on the island in the winter. Homeowners are just now seeing power crews move in. Those trucks could not get there until today, when Ferry Service resumed. William pittman is the police chief for nantucket and joins me by phone. Sir, thanks for joining us. We understand you just met with the governor of the commonwealth of massachusetts, charlie baker, and now you are out surveying the island. How was the meeting with the governor and are you getting what you need the resources, to help the island . Did you hear me, sir . We seem to be having some problems making contact with the police chief in nantucket. We will try again. Thank you so much anyway, sir. This just in. If are you in Northern California and you felt the ground moving beneath you, yes, that was an earthquake. A 5. 7 magnitude tremor just struck off the coast there, 25 miles from ferndale california about 200 miles north of the states capital, sacramento. Information continues to come in on this earthquake. We will update you throughout the hour as we learn more. Turning back to the world lead now. Israel fires back after hezbollah kills two of its soldiers and now, israels Prime Minister says the attackers will pay the price. How close is the region to another allout war . Thats next. Meet the worlds newest Energy Superpower. Surprised . In fact, america is now the worlds number one natural gas producer. And we could soon become number one in oil. Because Hydraulic Fracturing Technology is safely recovering lots more oil and natural gas. Supporting millions of new jobs. Billions in tax revenue. And a new century of American Energy security. The new Energy Superpower . Its red, white and blue. Log on to learn more. How much money do you have in your pocket right now . I have 40 21. 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It is the deadliest hezbollah attack against Israeli Forces since the two sides went to war in 2006. Overnight, israel fired back and delivered a warning to hezbollah, syria and even iran. Cnn Senior Global Affairs correspondent elise labott is near the border. Reporter well theres a tense calm over the area right now. Military sources say they hope things have calmed down that there wont be an escalation but as you know from covering the region that one wrong move on either side whether its an israeli soldier or hezbollah fighter on the other side things can easily spiral out of control. Israeli Prime Minister today coming out warning hezbollah and also iran and syria that israel will not accept a new front on its Northern Frontier along syria, along the lebanese border. Very concerned as you mentioned in these recent days after that israeli strike which they have never really copped to by the way, killing those hezbollah commanders and that Senior Iranian commander as well general. Today, netanyahu warned iran saying that it is basically responsible for deploying hezbollah to open up this new front and said iran or whoever did this attack today will pay the price. Thank you so much. Joining me now to discuss this all is former u. S. Ambassador to israel who also served as u. S. Special envoy for Israeli Palestinian negotiations for the Obama Administration from 2013 to 2014. He is the founding director of the center for middle east policy at the brookings institution. Mr. Ambassador thanks for joining us. The middle east always seems like a combustible place but with everything going on right now in syria, with isis and so much land controlled by who knows who, how combustible is it today with this tension between hezbollah based in both lebanon and syria, and israel . Its definitely more combustible, to state the obvious, but logic would say that neither israel nor hezbollah, their interests would be served by an escalation. Hezbollahs focused on lebanon on syria, sorry, and saving the assad regime and the israelis are not really interested in new conflagration on the northern border but its the middle east and logic doesnt always prevail. Its an israeli election period. The opponents of netanyahu are talking about being tough up there. He too, is talking about being tough, although he has shown himself to be quite cautious in these situations. And hezbollah has a history of provoking actions and even wars on the eve of israeli elections. That was certainly true back in a previous time when netanyahu was contesting election with peres in 1996 and you had a fullscale war there that israel deliberately provoked. Mr. Ambassador do you think the u. S. Has a role here or is that even possible these days given the very strong tensions between Prime Minister netanyahu and president obama . Well i dont think that notwithstanding the really strong tensions that you refer to that the United States wants to see another war in the region. The United States and president obama remains steadfastly committed to israels security and so i would expect that the administration is doing everything it can to calm things down here get both sides to exercise restraint. Doesnt have much influence on hezbollah, but that clearly is a strong American Interest so i would expect the administration would be on the one hand strongly supporting israels right to defend itself and on the other, trying to prevent yet another conflagration from breaking out. If you were still advising president obama in an official capacity would you tell him he should talk publicly about this soon or is it better for him to do this all behind closed doors . Well i think that the normal way to handle it is in this stage, at least, to call publicly for restraint. Im sure the state department is doing that. State has etc. Its own channel to the Iranian Foreign minister because of the negotiations that are going on and i suspect we have a way of communicating the importance of them exercising restraint. They of course have very Strong Influence on hezbollah. Then of course theres the lebanese government although its not very strong it certainly doesnt want to see and would suffer greatly from an outbreak of war between hezbollah and israel. So i think we could work quietly and i would expect we are already with all of them to try to calm things down. Before you go i do want to get your take on this debate right now about the appropriateness of netanyahu speaking to congress against obamas position on sanctions, against iran for its nuclear program. I would think that what happened today with hezbollah might only embolden netanyahu given the close relationship between iran and hezbollah, but whats your take on this general debate . I do think that Prime Minister netanyahu sees iran as a primary, even extentistential threat so he doesnt need any reason to be emboldened in that regard in terms of taking a stand. I do think he wrongfooted himself by going behind the president s back to do this deal with Speaker Boehner to come here especially right on the eve of his own elections which makes it look like its a political ploy for internal domestic purposes. I think we would all be better off given the stakes in the region at the moment if that hadnt happened and if the Prime Minister didnt use the congress as a way of expressing his understandable concern about Irans Nuclear program. Ambassador thank you so much. We appreciate it. Thanks jake. Lets shift gears back to that massive blizzard that hit new england. I want to go back to william pittman, the police chief for nantucket, the island where things remain dire and people are still practically stranded. Sir, thanks for getting back on the phone with us. You just met with the governor charlie baker. How was that meeting, do you have all the resources you need . Yeah we do. The meeting was very productive. Director schwartz from massachusetts Emergency Management and the governor came here and offered a lot of reassurances to the emergency and First Responders that have been working for the past 72 hours, almost and they pledged to work with us on the Recovery Efforts for some of the damage that was done to town infrastructure. What is your biggest concern right now . Is everybody on the island accounted for . Well, we dont know that. We still have a couple of areas that we have yet to be able to get into because of the drifting snow. Now, they are areas where we dont believe there are residents living right now. Mostly theyre summer homes. But you never know what might be out there. But we did a flyover with the coast guard earlier this afternoon. Couple of our staff went up and checked out these areas from the air and they found nothing that would indicate there is any problems in those areas. We also got a better view of how much damage we sustained to our town pier and infrastructure downtown as a result of what we discovered to be a breach in the harbor on the Atlantic Ocean side. Emergency officials [ inaudible ]. How many people are using this space . Thats kind of wrong there, little bit. Okay. Right now we had the shelter is almost empty of people that were sheltered from the storm. We are systematically returning them to their homes as power is restored. We have a half dozen or eight or so who are essentially displaced because of damage to their homes that we are working to find them a place. But the emergency equipment we had brought here was to essentially house the emergency Power Company staff who has come here to help put the island back together. They brought i think the number is close to 100, 100 plus people here to help get all the power back to these houses. Nantucket police chief wilk yam william pittman, we appreciate your talking to us. Next military jets scramble after a bomb threat is made against a passenger plane. A u. S. Official now telling cnn there has been a sudden spike in similar incidents as many as 50 in fewer than two weeks. The fbi is investigating. New details on that next. Plus he says hes the one who crashed a drone on to the white house lawn but do authorities believe his story . Right now youre gonna ask for my credit card so you can charge me on the down low two weeks later look, credit karma are you talking to websites again . This website says free credit scores. Oh. Credit karma yeah, its really free. Look, you dont even have to put in your credit card information. What . credit karma. Really free credit scores. Really. Free. I could talk to you all day. 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Another tweet took aim at a united flight from newark to miami, although that flight had already been canceled because of the northeast blizzard. There have been literally dozens of social media threats in recent weeks and whether this is just goofy if malicious pranksters wreaking havoc from their moms basement or something more sinister Law Enforcement officials are not taking any chances. They really cant. Lets go live to cnn aviation correspondent rene marsh live from laguardia in new york. Reporter you know this is a relatively new threat. Its gone from happening once in awhile to an everyday occurrence sometimes multiple times a day. A u. S. Official tells me that this uptick in this particular sort of online threat started just this month. Planes diverted passengers evacuated, Law Enforcement and bomb sniffing dogs close in. All because of fake bomb threats on social media. We didnt know until we landed. Reporter its happening more and more. A u. S. Official tells cnn online threats increased after a bomb scare on a flight from atlanta to raleigh january 17th. 50 similar incidents followed. In new york this flight swept for explosives. Military jets scrambled after a tweet said bombs were on board two planes bound for atlanta. And a tweet claiming to be from the terrorist group isis targeted a flight from san diego to dallas. The threats have the attention of transportation secretary anthony fox. We take these threats very seriously. Not only faa but an Interagency Team works through these issues and tries to get to the bottom of whats happening. Reporter the fbi is now investigating. Tracing computer i. P. Addresses. It could be a small group of people it could just be one person with a few twitter accounts and a really dumb idea. No devices have been found but we can see how much it disrupts the system. Reporter these threats tax Law Enforcement, airport and military resources. Its also costly for airlines and passengers. Every time a threat comes in it has to be taken seriously. Aircraft have to be turned around or landed at the nearest location. Airports stop what theyre doing to assist with the search and the vetting of passengers and thousands of dollars are lost every minute that that plane is unexpectedly delayed. Reporter the way this all works is once an airline receives a threat they automatically report it to Law Enforcement. Then its between the pilot on board the airline and Law Enforcement to assess how credible is this threat and make the decision are they going to divert this plane. The bottom line is they believe that this is a copycat situation in which one person sees one incident and another person follows. Many Law Enforcement officials as well as the airlines say they believe the publicity is whats contributing to the uptick. That being said look this is a federal crime. So investigators are looking into it and once they track back to that person they are looking at time behind bars. Jake . Rene marsh, thank you so much. This week marks 70 years since soviet soldiers liberated the auschwitz death camp in poland. Tonight on cnn, the horrors of auschwitz are remembered through the eyes of those who survived. Wolf blitzer is here with a preview of tonights special report voices of auschwitz airing at 9 00 p. M. Eastern tonight. Wolf whats the Program Going to be . We are going to hear from four auschwitz survivors who were all basically little kids 10 12 14 years old at the time they were taken to auschwitz separated from their parents, mostly who were immediately sent to gas chambers. We will hear from these four individuals, these four survivors who will tell us what life was like for them before the war, during the war and after the war. 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Cnn has learned the man who crashed a small drone at the white house earlier this week lives just blocks away from 1600 pennsylvania avenue. That means the tiny quadcopter only had to fly less than ten blocks a straight shot from the mans apartment to reach the white house. One possible explanation experts say is the drone signal lost contact with the operator and ran into trees while trying to return home. The operator identified as a man who works for the top secret National Geospatial Intelligence Agency declined to comment on reports that he was intoxicated while flying the drone. In a brief phone call with cnn, he said i cant really speak right now, i hope you understand. U. S. Secret Service Officials have said it appears the man was using the drone for Recreational Purposes and that there was never any threat to the president or first lady who are traveling overseas at the time. Asked about the incident aides to the president insisted the white house is safe from drones. This technology is not new to the secret service. This is something they have been working through for some time. This drone that landed at the White House Reporter in an interview, president obama argued the rapid expansion of civilian drone use warrants new regulations. I have actually asked the faa and a number of agencies to examine how are we managing this new technology because the drone that landed at the white house, you can buy in radio shack. Reporter the builder of the dgi phantom quadcopter says its requiring customers to update their Drones Software to prevent the aircraft from flying over washington. We are more than willing to collaborate with Government Agencies and regulators to work on technologies that will assure that quadcopters and our products dont make it into restricted areas. Reporter its already against the law to fly drones in the district. Charges can lead to fines and up to a year in jail. But the question in prosecuting such cases rests on whether the operator knowingly or willfully violated those restrictions. The rules were clear up on capitol hill last year where lawmakers had to give authorities a heads up before flying a drone at a congressional hearing. It also crashed. As for the man under investigation, the white house drone case the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency says he does not work on Unmanned Aircraft at his job but a source familiar with the case said he is likely to face disciplinary action. We should point out the man has not been charged. The investigation is continuing. Jake . Jim acosta thanks. Thats it for the lead. I am jake tapper in new york. I turn you over to wolf blitzer in the situation room. Happening now, isis hostage deal tense negotiations as jordan offers to free a female bomber if if the terror Group Releases one of its pilots captured in syria. Border war brewing. Israel hits back at hezbollah after a missile attack kills two of its soldiers and it issues a thinly veiled warning to iran as it beefs up its own defenses. Airline threats. A growing number of flights delayed or canceled because of bomb threats made on social media. Who is behind it all and can it be stopped . Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room