Is hell bent on locking the doors. And why the prison the president said inspires terror. Terrifying moments and a plane flies over a quiet neighborhood. You can see the flames outside of the window. The lives of 150 on board at risk. You can die in an instant. And how the quick thinking pilot was able to save everyone on board. It is all happening now and welcome to our second hour. We are following two developing stories, new York City Police officers murdered in cold blood while north korea is making a new threat against the United States. I am jon scott. And i am heather in for jenna l lee. Two of new yorks finest were shot and killed saturday afternoon. The shooter posted an anti Police Message before going on the rampage. And the regime of north korea kim jongun vowing attacks on our shores after the fbi accused the country of organizing the attack on sony. And so specifically what is the threat from north korea . Reporter it is not specific but more rhetoric. It was north koreas
Limited combat troops in the fight against isis. Now hes said to make his case to all of us. The president is scheduled to make his statement from the white house at 3 30 eastern time this afternoon but he may be a little late. Were expecting him to outline these requests to congress for official authorization to fight the Islamic State. The United States and it is allies have been bombing isis targets for months now. But president obama called for lawmakers to approve the use of force to show that the u. S. Is unified in this fight. The white house proposal leaves the door open for american troops in Ground Combat. Something president obama has said he will not allow. Any use of Ground Troops would be limited. The white house says it would allow for things like rescue operations and targeting specific isis leaders. The top democrat in the house of representatives says those limitations are necessary. But the house speaker, john boehner, a republican, argues that the restrictions could
Said today they have heard nothing. The terror group had threatened to kill him unless jordan released an al qaeda prisoner on death row. Connor powell is live with more. Reporter this video has all the hallmarks of a traditional isis execution video. It has jihadi john, the british accented executioner we have seen in previous videos and also kenji goto is wearing an orange jump suit like we have seen in previous ones as well. Now, it has not been verified yet whether or not this is in fact, the actual video but by all accounts from what we have seen in the past, this does appear to be one and it does seem to show his violent death. Isis also says in the video that this is just the beginning for japan, because of their part in this unwinnable war against isis and they threatened more violence and a nightmare for japan. Goto was captured just a few minutes ago, earlier last year when he went to syria to try to help rescue another japanese hostage. He was a renowned journalist in japan
Destroy isil. This comes after the first japanese hostage was murdered. Isis demanded 200 million from japan in exchange for fo two men. But the terrorist said they would fro him and a jordan pilot for a female terrorist. There are fears now about the pilots fate. Supporters are demanding his release. Jordan now issuing a warning of his own vowing to kill all terrorist in their custody if isis kills that pilot. Kathryn, what is the response from the u. S. Government. Reporter in addition to the president ial response earlier, we had a statement from the National Security council that said they were aware of the tape and seeking to authtenticate it but what is confirm was a foregone colon clusion that isis executed the second japanese hostage. They have a track record for following through. How is the video different from the others . I have sewn all of the execution videos released beginning in late august and this one is dramatically different. It is shorter than the previous videos.
Talking about driving this collapse is the price of oil. Absolutely. I mean the price of oil is back to where it was when i first started covering energy back in 2003. It is amazing to me, id like to buy about six barrels and put them in my office. Its very good for the consumer. It means the price of gas is going to go a lot lower so of course, thats something to celebrate. But it is tough for the stock market. Because its bad for oil companies. They drive the dow. Its also going to mean a lot of layoffs in the industry, thats inevitable. Its bad for the big banks. They back a lot of these trades. Back a lot of the contracts. The real question is, what does it say about the economy Going Forward . Thats why theres so much focus on the price of oil. Even though you think oil going lower would be a good thing. Besides putting barrels in your office, are there other people who see this as an opportunity . You know, not quite yet. When you look at the stock market, a lot of traders and pr