Kasasibah if they do not get the prisoner Sajida Al Rishawi back. Cnn cannot verify the authenticity of the recording. Jordans government says it is willing to make a prisoner swap. There may be hope for the hostages. I want to bring in cnns will ripley live in tokyo. Will you have been covering this since the beginning. The japanese envoy has been there for days. What is the status of the current negotiations . Reporter all updates on the japanese side are coming from tokyo. It has been very quiet today as far as public comment. We are being told behind the scenes there have been feverish discussions about how to make this Prisoner Exchange happen. Kenji goto the japanese journalist who has survived the hostage crisis for more than a week appeared in several propaganda videos by isis. The latest message, an audio claiming to be his voice. The government doesnt have any reason to believe it is not his voice. He says if this prisoner swap doesnt happen by sunset which is some four and a
Im christine romans. Im john berman. There can be only ten on one stage. By this evening, we will know which ten make the cut for the first republican president ial debate. A new cnn poll shows who is most likely to make it on the stage in cleveland on thursday night. The frontrunner donald trump out in front at 22 then scott walker and jeb bush. John kasich out of nowhere. That means rick perry will not make the stage. Overnight, voters across the country had the chance to see most of the republican field together. Not in a debate but one at a time candidate for up hosted by the New Hampshire union leader. A big forum. Cnns athena jones has the latest. Reporter this forum was the chance for you to hear from the candidates. There was no cutoff, so any so candidate could show up. It was aimed at the voters and airing on stations in the states. There were three no shows. One was donald trump who happens to be leading in the polls and leading in the latest wmer poll here in the state of N
Dead in the crash. 15 injured and 11 people still missing. Investigators have downloaded the information from the black boxes and they will analyze the crashes from the dash cam video. They will look at the brief transmission from the cockpit which declared an engine flameout and may day. Listen. May day. Cnns anna coren is live by the river in taipei where the plane crashed. Anna. Reporter just chilling when you hear whether it is the pilot or copilot after the words may day, may day. That was said moments after they took off from the domestic airport here in taipei. We are standing over that bridge that the plane hit. The left wing clipping the overpass which is apart from us before it plunged into the keelung river behind us. It is amazing when you think of the people who survived. Then the people who died on impact and the many who would have drowned because they were stuck in their seatbelts. These are the stories we are hearing from survivors recovering in hospital. The divers ha
Road conditions. This one is cold and ugly. Good morning. Welcome to early start. Im john berman. Im christine romans. It is friday february 20th. That was a meek friday. It is cold. It was a meek cold friday. New this morning, the pentagon revealing plans to force isis out of iraqs second largest city mosul. Some 20,000 to 25,000 troops could be committed to retaking mosul months from now. This leads to the question if american troops could be involved. Correspondent Barbara Starr tracking that story for us. Reporter john and christine, the pentagon offering details about an upcoming military operation in iraq. Iraqi forces now getting ready to try to retake mosul. Iraqs second largest city. Isis capturing it last year. The plan is to find the iraqi forces and brigades to try to go to mosul, perhaps as soon as early april or may. Pretty specific information. More than 20,000 troops. Also Peshmerga Forces who will try to cut off any isis escape routes north and west of mosul. The quest
Collapses. A lot of kids injured. Good morning. Welcome to early start. Im john berman. Im christine romans. It is 5 00 a. M. In the east. Happening today, the cut off for polls that fox news will decide who makes it into the first president ial debate. The cnn poll shows who is most likely to make it on the stage thursday night in cleveland. Donald trump has 22 . Jeb bush at 13 . Scott walker at 12 . Behind them marco rubio and rand paul. Bloomberg is set to release a poll today. That could shake things up at the bottom. Voters across the country had their chance to see most of the republican field together. This was not a debate but one at a time Candidate Forum hosted by the New Hampshire leader. Cnns athena jones as the latest. Reporter good morning, guys. This forum was a chance for voters to hear from all of the candidates who wanted to participate. Any candidate who chose to show up could show up. This is about focusing on the voters in New Hampshire, South Carolina and iowa. Ai