Technique, now dropeed to the center creating a baby with three parents. Welcome to the program isil has release add video propertiedly showing the video of a jordanian pilot held captive by the group. The video that al jazeera is not showing shows being burned to death. He was captured by fighters in september, after his jet crashed in syria. Last week, an audio message said to be from isil said the pilot be killed for jordan didnt release an iraqi woman facing the death penalty. Showing the murder of a japanese journalist. Lets go straight she is live for news the jordanian capitol. A terrible and tragic development in the this story. What more have you been hearing there in the jordanian capitol . Is. Absolutely terrible, and horrific. But its also the moment that many jordanians and members of the government have been dreading. Now, some of the new information that has come out according to jordan state t. V. Which is the government mouthpiece apparently he was executed on january
Welcome, everyone, to brookings. Im bill, the managing director here. And were delighted that were joined today by senator murkowski. One of my favorite johnny cash songs growing up was called springtime in alaska and if you remember the chore us, he says, when its springtime in alaska its 40 below and by that standard its downright balmy here tpwheasheds. Were delighted that senator murkowski is here today. We wanted to make her feel at home so we deviled up some summer weather for her and im sure shes wondering what the big deal is all about. The senator is the Top Republican on the Senate Energy committee. From the largest state in the nation, nearly as big a territory as the u. S. West of the mississippi, she thinks in large terms about issues like energy and in particular energy. And she has a big track record on this issue. So today were here to discuss the implications on the domestic economy, on our National Security and our Energy Security. And with the polar vortex being all
Security issues . What are the things that we have to be concerned with as a nation and what is the armys role in those National Security issues . So i hope we will have a good discussion on that today. We face many challenges today, whether it be budgets and balancing our budget, reducing that debt and what is the right level of funding for our military . We face social problems which was mentioned, such as assault and harassment. We are working on the issues of suicide, the issues of taking care of our soldiers who have been wounded both with physical injuries and those that are nonvisible injuries. Thats something we must stay focused on not just today but for the foreseeable future because there will be some soldiers that are impacted by this for many years. Its our responsibility to make sure that we continue to take care of them. I hope we will have an opportunity to talk about the future and talk about the key issues we are facing today. Its an honor for me to be here and i look