Hello and a big welcome to those of you watching here in the u. S. And around the world. Im errol barnett. Im rosemary church. Also just in to cnn, incredible video of a plane crash in taiwan. Take a look. This footage comes to us from tvvs taiwan. You see the transasia airplane clip a taxi and bridge before it crash lands in a river. So many people on board there. Heart dropping to watch that. This hour we know that at least 13 people are dead. Rescuers have been able to pull some survivors from the wreckage which is just miraculous when you see that video. Well have a live report on the crash in about ten minutes from now. Now to our top story. Jordan has executed two al qaeda prisoners in retaliation for the latest brutal murder by isis militants. One of the prisoners was Sajida Al Rishawi, a failed suicide bomber that isis had demanded jordan set free. Jordan had hoped to trade her for captured Fighter Pilot Muath Al Kasasbeh. Those hopes were smashed tuesday when isis released a v
Is wrapping up at the munich conference. Fighting in the ukraine was at the forefront of the conference. German chancellor Angela Merkel told participants that peace talks should at this point despite a clear lack of progress. Merkel will hold a Conference Call with french president fran swois hollande and russian president Vladimir Putin. Fred pleitgen and erin is in moscow. How is kiev taking this news that expectations are still so very low . Reporter well i dont think anybody in kiev expected anything different. There are some big gaps obviously between the ukrainians and the russians however, it seems the western negotiating partners are not all on the same page either, natalie. One of the good things thats come out over the past 2 1 2 days of diplomacy, merkel and hollande speaking to the ukranians, at least people who are a conflict are going to enter into the conversations. There will be a call with poor row schenk poroshenko putin, merkel and hollande. The fighting has been go
Overnight ahead. Good morning and welcome to early start. Im christine romans. Im john berman. Good to see you. Its wednesday, february 4th. We want to welcome our viewers here in the United States and around the world. A busy morning. Breaking overnight, the kingdom of jordan has executed two terrorists. One of them the woman that isis was trying to trade for along with the captured with a captured jordanian Fighter Pilot. Jordan hanging wouldbe suicide bomber Sajida Al Rishawi at dawn after isis released a horrific video that appeared to show the pilot being burned alive. Cnn is not showing any part of this video. It is pure isis propaganda. Jordanians people around the world are outraged. In jordan people on the streets demanding vengeance and the government vowing to oblige. A government spokesman saying the pilots blood will not be shed in vain. Jordans King Abdullah cut short a visit to washington to return home. He is expected to land in amman any minute. Becky anderson live wit
Residents flee and crude oil into a vital water way. Is the water safe to drink now . Plane angry. Even as north Koreas Kim Jongun shows off his private jet, hes fuming over a human right s rights conference in the United States over him living a life of luxury while hes starving his people. Announcer this is cnn breaking news. Were following breaking news. A disturbing report out of paris that the attacks that terrorized the french capital, left 16 people dead, were coordinated. A french newspaper investigative sources are saying one of the gunmen behind the magazine massacre texted the Kosher Grocery store terrorist an hour earlier. Were covering the breaking news with our correspondents and our guests this hour including congressman peter king a member of the Homeland Security and intelligence committee. Lets begin with the very latest information. Our chief National Security correspondent jim sciutto joins us. Jim in jim . We knew they were friends and their wives had communicated
Isis being on the defensive but in the last week, three major offensive actions by them. One in the north. One in the anwar province. While its well defended by kurdish forces, it shows the fighting can get very close to the u. S. Personnel. And i also want to ask you about the new evidence in the last month terror attacks in paris. Texts between Amedy Coulibaly and the kouachi brothers have been revealed. What do the texts show . All along, there were questions about how much coordination there was between the kouachi brothers and coulibaly who attacked the market. Reporter it shows closer coordination. They were accused of being involved in a previous plot together and an enormous amount of communication between their wives. The wife, boumeddiene. One of the wives of the brothers. And the years leading up. But in this case, you have Text Messages just in the hours leading up to these attacks. This is lamong, the french newspaper reporting. And based on the information in the cell pho