Good evening, and we begin tonight with the breaking headline. The last american hostage held by isis, a young woman. Her parents hoping she would be freed. Tonight, isis says shes dead. They say theyre not the ones that killed her. They say it was as a result of the air strikes against isis, by jordan. That country, a key u. S. Ally. Tonight, we hear about the woman she was, the star student back home in arizona that wanted to change the world. Brian ross has the story. Reporter until today, Kayla Muellers family feared any public mention of her plight as an isis hostage would endanger the life of this 26yearold american idealist. But now in an online message, isis is claiming she was killed in an airstrike on this building in the city of raqqah, carried out, they claim, by jordanian pilots. But isis provided no evidence. We can not confirm that claim. Reporter jordan did carry out airstrikes early today on targets, in retaliation for the murder by isis of a captured pilot. Theres no
Lifechanging money. But how many actually use it to change lives . Good evening, thanks for joining us. Im tom llamas. Lets get right to the storms bearing down on the east and west coast tonight. More than 60 Million People in its path. Take a look at the map. Two powerful systems blowing across america. Monday promising to be a difficult day for travel. One storm already saturating parts of the west. And a new storm under way. Flash flood watches and high Wind Warnings in effect. And in the east, snow starting up again. Accidents on the roads. Boston in the bullseye again. More than a foot of snow expected. Already, schools are closing until wednesday. We begin with rob marciano in boston. This is whats its like living in boston. Reporter tonight the northeast bracing for yet another blast from mother nature. And guess what. It hasnt even started snowing yet. Reporter covering nine states, from pennsylvania to maine. Slick roads sending cars into snow banks on roads from New Hampshir
Several different fronts this morning. We begin with the latest atrocity from isis. One japanese hostage dead. Isis demanding a prisoner swap to save the second. And at least one american hostage still being held. Brian ross is here with the latest. Good morning, brian. Reporter good morning, george. While the hostage being threatened is japanese, the u. S. Is very much involved in the efforts to free him. In part because of the close relationship with japan. And also because one of the other hostages is a 26yearold American Woman. For now, all efforts are focused on kenji goto. In the latest isis video, he was forced to hold a photo of what appears to be his beheaded cell mate, and then read a plea for his own life, asking for a prisoner swap, instead of the original 200 million ransom demand. They are being fair. They no longer want money. So you dont need to worry about funding terrorists. Reporter in japan, the Prime Minister called the video an outrageous and unforgivable act. And
Were getting you ready. From the field to the celebrityfilled fun i dont care i love it to the halftime fireworks. Holy cow, its here. Everything you need to know for the big game. Hey, good morning. Happy super bowl sunday. It will be a cold and snowy day for the eastern half of this country. Take a look at this storm. Its a beast. Its big, its fast. It stretches from the midwest through the northeast. Yes, our weather team tracking this. In a moment, rob will have your forecast. Were going kick it off with with alex perez, in chicago, where the storm has already hit and where theyre expecting blizzardlike conditions. Alex, good morning to you. Reporter hey, good morning, paula. This is a big deal. 100 Million People in the path of this storm. Here in chicago, were bracing for the worst. The snow began falling late last night. Its not expected to pound the area until later today. Now already, at chicagos airports more than 1,000 flights have been canceled. Crews are working hard to tr
Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with brian williams. Good evening, im lester holt sitting in tonight for brian. Anxious months and months of hope and worry has turned to unimaginable grief today for family and friends of hostage Kayla Mueller. They received the confirmation they had been dreading that kayla is in fact dead. Her isis captors first reported her death last week, claiming she died in a Jordanian Air raid. But offered no proof at the time leaving her family back in arizona a glimmer of hope. Today president obama said about the young aid worker, how she lived her life, she epitomized all that is good in our world. But it is the written words of kayla herself tonight that tell us who she was and define her remarkable courage. Joe fryer fryer reports from her hometown, prescott, arizona. Reporter emotions are strong tonight in Kayla Muellers hometown a year and a half after she was taken captive by isis. They received a message