Well tell you all about his amazing triumph. Militants with the Group Islamic state confirm they have executed one of their japanese hostages. A spokesperson says Haruna Yukawa was killed as they had warned. The announcement was made through their Internet Radio station. The report did not mention the reason or Details Behind the killing of yukawa. And there was no explanation why the Group Demands the release of sagida al rishawi. She has been on death row in jordan for her involvement in a series of bomb attacks in ayman in 2005. Prime minister shinzo abe has instructed his ministers to do their utmost to bring freelance journalist kenji goto back home. Abe says he is fully aware of the unbearable pain and sorrow that yukawas family must be experiencing. Yoshihide suga said the government suspects the men were captured by Islamic State militants. He said the government based its assumption on a variety of information. Translator the government continues to use all available channels
Michael dunn is crying as protests grow over the killing of unarmed African American teens, we look at a film premiering at sundance called 3 1 2 minutes. It tells the story of how on november 23, 2012, four teenagers pulled into a jacksonville gas station to buy gum and cigarettes. They were soon confronted by michael dunn, a middleaged white man who pulled in next to them in the parking lot. Dunn demanded the boys turn down the music they were playing, and became angry when they refused. He pulled his gun from his glove box and shot at their car 10 times, even as they tried to drive away from the danger. The shots rang out 3 and a half minutes after dunn had arrived. One of boys, 17yearold jordan davis, was killed. Today we will spend the hour with his parents, lucia mcbath and ron davis. Trayvon martins father text me, i want to welcome you to a club none of us want to be in. It is time to pick up where dr. King left off. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , demo
Released and deported an al jazeera journalist held for more than a year in prison. And, more and more female doctors in japan are sharing the responsibility of patient care so they have more time to spend with their families. Japans lawmakers are debating the countrys middle east policy in the wake of the hostage crisis involving two japanese nationals. Prime minister shinzo abe says japan will expand its humanitarian aid program for refugees, but he says the country will not provide Logistic Support for u. S. Led air strikes aimed at Islamic State or isil. Translator extremism is expanding and isil is gaining control over wide areas with its brutal acts. We must stop this. The Prime Minister said the struggle is not against islam. He said the religion is at the forefront of the fighting against Islamic State militants. He stressed the humanitarian aims of japanese aid. Translator we are providing aid to help 10 million refugees survive. But japan will never take part in air strikes a
The way in should be that much more awkward, first state of the union in a republican led congress. He has been touring the country previewing this speech which should ship on Global Security and cuba relations and the big one, the economy. I think what the president is saying the middle class economics we pursued since 2009 have gotten us to where we are. Theres still yet work to be done and hell talk about it tonight. Dennis mcdonough confident the newly popularity has everything to do with economics and not plummeting gas prices. Kristen, whats at stake with this particular state of the union this year . Reporter well a lot is at stake. White house officials hope this will help frame the debate with the republicanled congress. As you pointed out, president obama has been criss crossing the country and unveiling policies hes going to talk about tonight ahead of time the strategy not only to frame the debate with congress but also allow the speech to be more about the story telling as
Countryman Haruna Yukawa was early earlier executed. It was hoped goto would be released through a hostage swap. That is not the case. Nick robertson what can you tell us . Reporter the government had to be engaged with isis for the release of their pilot. What is more apparent is isis continues to play whatever card it can for its own advantage to raise their profile, and in particular this case make trouble for the jordanian government try to undermine the jordanian government. There are so many reasons to do this. Jordan is a strong ally of the west in fighting isis. Think do have trouble in their own country with al qaeda sympathizers with isis sympathizers. If isis can energize those people that will help destabilize jordan perhaps remove jordan from the fight against isis tactically thats something theyd like to see happen. So at the moment anything that they can do to highlight and continue to profile this Current Issue centered around the jordanian pilot and tonight that appear