this evening the white house says it is investigating the i.s.i.l.'s claim that kayla jean mueller died in raqqa. jamie mueller what are you hearing? >> a mix of deep concern and deep skepticism. jordan took the lead in today's air strikes of f-cains and16s and f-22. the 26-year-old american aid worker kayla mueller held hostage by the group was buried in the rubble killed in an air strike from a jordanian f-16. several coalition air strikes hit targets near raqqa syria near place where mueller was killed. u.s. expresses skepticism, about the group that lied about the jordanian pilot. >> why are concerned about the reports that have come in in the recent hours. we do not at the moment have confirmation of siels's i.s.i.l.'s claims. >> the u.s. central command released fresh videos from thursday in which jordan played an outsized role of coalition air strikes in what was described as an i.s.i.l. staging area. picture of him in full military mill military garb. when the king met with u.s. senators just after learning of the pilot's murder he made an impassioned plea for more arms. >> jordanians are ready to fight. all the red tape they have to get through to get something on the front lines to help them defend themselves. >> reporter: now pentagon officials indicate there were no hostages at the facility that was bombed today and they argue that if it turns out that kayla mueller was in fact killed, it may be that she was moved there just before the strikes or perhaps killed somewhere else and then moved after the fact. but in any event tony, it's going to be nearly impossible for the u.s. military to do the kind of investigation that would produce any answers. >> jakeiejamie mcintire. thank you. roxana saberi is here, rog. >> they asked me to limit speculation about her location. devoted to ending the ending the are suffering of the syrian people. >> reporter: kayla mueller indicated her devotion to the syrian people. growing up in prescott, arizona she won awards for philanthropy and community service. she led a genocide awareness group. after graduating her volunteer work took her all around the world. in 2012, she landed in turkey working with refugees fleeing the war in syria. mueller talked to a local kiwanis club. for as long as i live i will not let this suffering be normal. she went back to syria. but in august 2013, after she left a hospital in aleppo, she was kidnapped. her family session they got the first proof she was still alive last may in a video where she begged for her life. until now u.s. officials and mueller's family managed to keep her name secret. she is the only woman known to be held by i.s.i.l. >> thank you roxana. for the final two years of his term and both i.s.i.l. and ukraine are a big part of it. mike viqueria, what are the main parts of the strategy? >> tony you know what this really amounts to is a defense of the obama administration policy. today the white house is using a new phrase in this document, strategic patience they're calling it. the report is something that the administration has to put out periodically. the last one they put out was in 2010. what's different this time and what has dominated, the crisis in ukraine. the national security advisor susan rice was at the brookings institution, answering questions, one of which was when will the united states start arming ukraine's military in that fight against pro-russian rebels? >> we have not taken the decision yet to up the nature of our assistance to include lethal defense itch equipment. something under consideration but obviously, it is a significant step and we will want to do so in close consultation and in coordination with our partners. >> the administration is still deciding whether to reverse course. susan rice has done something not done before. emphasizing the need to coordinate with their partners, if there is a daylight, if there is a gap you can bet that vladimir putin is going to try exploit that tony. >> oh, absolutely. mike you mentioned republicans and some my goodness members of congress have been critical, how are they reacting to the strategy? >> reporter: you might not be surprised that senators who have been critics of the president's foreign policy all along had like senators john mccain and lindsay graham, think he has been far too part, in dealing with bashar al-assad and syria. they say she have acted sooner than this. approval ratings are very low around 20 to 30% in most major polls. but the white house says it is leading in ukraine got together the sanctions scheme against vladimir putin and against i.s.i.l. forces in iraq and syria. >> thank you mike. leaders of france and germany were with vladimir putin talking about stopping the fighting in ukraine. the discussion will continue on sunday with a conference call. vladimir putin and petro poroshenko will take part. houthi rebels dissolved parliament and put their own people in charge. yemen's leaders refused to recognize the new body. >> reporter: constitutionalizing their movement taken over sanaa last september. its fighters gradually capturing key government buildings including parliament and state tv. eventually forcing yemen's first dramatically elected president and his government to resign on january 21st. since then the eunt had united nations had been attempting to broker a deal. minutes later the houthis decided to go it alone declaring themselves the new rurals of yemen. >> translator: the powers of the national council the presidential council and the government shall be defined by the revolutionary committee. >> that revolutionary committee is in fact made up entirely of houthi leaders. although the audience was made up almost completely of houthi leaders, french minister resigned and been under house arrest and said he was forced to attend. will alarm yemen's neighbors particularly saudi arabia. >> the unilateral process under which you can change the government through the constitution that obviously was not followed today. >> reporter: yemen it seems is as divided as ever. the second arab country to witness a coup in as many years. it seems there is a political reality here but it remains to be seen how long that reality will last. al jazeera aden. >> yemen has been a key partner in the u.s. fight against al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. and the advance of the houthi rebels could literally complicate that whole situation. the houthis have been moving in since september now they control the capital sanaa and two weeks ago they forced president hadi and his government to resign. aqap despite a large scale military campaign to stop them, other separatist groups who refuse to recognize the houthis or new central government. sanaa, good to see you. i have had analyst after analyst on this very program tell me the houthis don't really want to control the entire country. they just want a federal system. they essentially just want to be left alone in the north. what happened here? and is it at all surprising to you, to see this consolidation of power by the houthis? >> no, it's not surprising at all. i mean the houthis like you stated came in, in september of 2014. it was just a matter of time that they took control of everything. they surrounded ministries and took full control of the national media outlets in yemen. what we asaw was just a predictable outcome. to correct what you said earlier, they didn't force hadi and the government to resign, they chose to do so, they had no power in yemen anymore and the heuferghtshouthis had taken control of everything. they really just wanted to stay in the north end when they first took power and seemed as if they wanted to control their own end. but now they're pushing to control all of yemen. it was very clear from their speech today that they wanted yemen to stay as one country and there is no mention of federalism whatsoever and they have created a revolutionary committee that is going to be in charge of everything in yemen. >> wait a minute, so do you think president hadi stood a chance of surviving that he could have negotiated a power sharing arrangements with the houthis? >> no, what i'm saying he would have been a puppet president. to begin with ever since the transition in 2011 he was elected not because of free elections but because he was the only man that everybody could agree on. >> right. >> he was the vice president prior to being president. >> sure. >> he came through as president because he was the only candidate -- >> you keep making the distinction that he was the one to resign. >> many people told me that overnight you know this is in sanaa they slept and woke up with the houthis on the street. a lot of people are surprised where the military didn't take any action to stop that. so it became clear then became very clear that the military structure that was supposed to consolidate the mill military, the houthis were the strongest power in yemen. and the president couldn't -- >> so answer me this: this multilateral consolidation of power by the houthis have no chance of standing, does it? the u.n. are against it, the saudis are against it, the u.s. is against it, the other gulf states are against it. am i right that it will not stand? >> it actually could stand. the reality is they are the strongest powers in the state they have not been able to secede or unite since 2009. we are kind of waiting to see whether the houthis are going to include other political parties in their revolutionary committee. so far they have dissolved the parliament because the majority of the parliament is composed of members from the general people's republic, from the previous president. they want to have some sort of pluralistic government but have the upper hand to call all the shots. >> how will the saudis respond in your opinion? >> it's difficult to say. in saudi arabia the king just passed and they now have king salman in his place. the saudis have traditionally been against the yemen. they are against the houthis however at the moment they are also against muslim brotherhood ever since they decided to change their position. during the war in syria. and so it's unclear what they want to do. clearly, everybody in yemen and outside of yemen is a bit suspicious of the houthis taking over. they are not official they are in the end rebel movements that took control of the city so we have to be careful of that. >> sataa al hamdani political activate from washington d.c thank you for joining us. >> thank you tony. >> pleasure. the governmental has stepped up its campaign to break rebel are strongholds. at least 25 people died yesterday, rebels say the bombs were dropped from planes and the fight against the rebels have lasted for two years. encouraging numbers from the employment front. more people are starting to work for themselves. plus brown versus board of education, supposed to bring an end to discrimination, but did it? oare. >> turbotax says its state filing action is now on hold over claims of fraudulent acclimation. criminals have used the method to file false returns. turbotax will turn state e-filing back on once security issues are resolved. the job market started off 2015 right where 2014 left off. the new numbers out today show a big boost in hiring but the unemployment rating ticked up ever so slightly last mop. month. for more on the numbers, "real money" averages ali velshi is withis ali velshi.started to talk about 200 and the last election the presidential election they talk about 250,000 jobs. we now saw 257,000 jobs added to the economy in january and as you know we get revisions to the prior two months. november and december add he 147,000 more -- added 147,000 more jobs than we initially thought. november's was 423,000 net new jobs added single highest monthly number suns 1997. the unemployment number went up to 5.7% but as you and i know we ignore this number. the number of jobs we add each month is the more important figure. we saw gains in january in retail, health care, financial services in manufacturing january's numbers show americans have more confidence to key expanding in 2015, after trean 2014, the best year of job growth in 15 years. >> you what about wages are they actually going up ali? >> i agree with you. that's far more important to focus on. if you dropped in from mars you would say hey that is going great. when you ask americans about this they won't disagree with you. uptick in monthly wages average hourly earnings increased by 2.2% that's good, higher than inflation, what we want to see one month of an uptick isn't a trend. this whole job recovery has felt pretty hollow to people. al jazeera's only polling shows that americans are not benefiting from that widespread economic upturns. why are people not feeling like they're getting something out of the it? it's because of wages. if wages keep moving higher in the months ahead this recovery might actually start to feel like one to more americans. five years after it started tony. >> what else are you working for big program tonight? >> i'm interviewing a very interesting guy colorado governor john hikenlooper. he lost his job in the '80s when the oil prices started to fall and stayed low much lower than they were today, by the way, and he opened up the state's first brew pub it's a great story. >> thank you you can watch "real money" with ali velshi every week weeknight. as diane eastabrook reports for us, more people are opting out of corporate life to become their own bosses. >> cora has been pounding the pavement for six months, looking for work. on this date the veteran public relations executive heads to a nonprofit. >> i'm feeling confidence, and i'm looking for the best. >> still, the jobs in chicago is cutthroat. she has a plan b. >> the more you go in with a positive attitude the more successful you will be. >> with an encouragement from a job coach wisenberger is considering opening her own business. >> a little self-preservation in that i have the ability to generate my own income. >> reporter: wisenberger could join a growing number of americans, who join the group of solopreneurs. >> maybe it's not a job as we traditionally look at, but just getting work done. it's important we recognize this is happening. >> zeno says more than two-thirds are breaking out on their own by choice. he says access to health insurance through affordable care act is helping people make the move, as well as technology. many are doing it with a laptop and a cell phone for just a few thousand dollars. a lot work from home. 39-year-old kelly dietrich runs his internet business a few feet from his diej room dining room table. his company makes internet videos for inexperienced political candidates. it makes him for freedom of choice in his work but there are drawbacks. >> you don't know if this dream is going osucceed or fail -- to succeed or fail. >> regular posting might mean three times a week. >> cora is taking a class on social media marketing. even if she gets the position she might still launch the consulting business on the side. >> this is second time i've been unemployed in two years. this is the opportunity i need to take my own future into my own hands. >> diane eastabrook, al jazeera chicago. comments about religion and reports of a federal investigation for a probable presidential contender. and the mysterious death of an argentinian prosecutor, what he may have been worried about most in the days before his death. death. >> it has been nearly 61 years since the supreme court decided separate public schools for blacks and white students are unconstitutional. but segregation remains an issue in one county. has remained an issue for decades after agreeing to integrate. >> biggest difference at greenbriar middle, most students are white. at springfield most are hispanic or black. >> it's nothing about race, the concern is really taking kids out of school they are comfortable with. >> i brief it is about race. >> what are you doing? >> my kids honestly don't get the other education as some of the other kids do. >> reporter: federal investigators find the issues weren't dealt with. noticed the segregation within schools and brought it to the attention of the department of justice. >> it is a drag from the civil rights era the civil rights, kind of defiant attitude in robinson county. >> with two children attending middle school in the city stacy says her biggest concern is that white students are provided better resources. >> they have top dollar everything. in robinson, you have a gim that is condemned. you have as many in trailers as you have them in actual classrooms. >> ing overloading in schools with high minority populations even if there's space available in predominantly white schools in the same cluster. investigators say hindered rather than overcome the segregation in the schools. snrits more of a stress on us, having getting them plum across the county to school. >> other concerns about mixing populations might affect their children's safety. in fact, the mandate for several months. if the board doesn't comply by next school year the federal government could pull all of its funding from the county schools. $9 million. al jazeera reached out to every school member for an interview. several responded by telling us they have been advised to not speak publicly because the district is negotiating with the department of justice. in the past, several members have criticized the government for stepping into their affairs. >> this is the moral thing to do. >> james hubbard is says he hopes the government will step into what's convenient or popular and finally do what's right. >> joining me from grand rapts rapids michigan andre appreciate you being here. >> thank you for having me. >> a similar case from baton rouge, the school boards are claiming that the segregation is not based on race. what's your take on this? >> well, the tennessee case is clear. the white district of greenbriar built seven new schools while the black district received a portable for overflow. and so there you have clear inquitsininequities based on race. in fact diverse schools show a high potential for greater achievement and growth in academic areas. and so actually, you would be better off being in a desegregated school. >> oh, couple of true ---false questions based on what you just said there. a healthier school could result. true or false? >> true. we need desegregating schools because our students will face a desegregated environment. and it's important that our students know how to act as responsible citizens after their school tenure. >> let me give you another one here. >> so academically there are also benefits. >> ah there you go. true or false integration boost the possibility of graduation. >> there are areing evidence that academics improve in diverse classroom, you are able to sharpen the sword with your different ideas. it makes basic good sense but it's more of a social aim of any democracy to have diverse public schools. we have to teach under the same schoolhouse, so folks have this -- are working towards what we deem as a mother country. >> lets me squeeze at a another one in here. brown versus board of education gives a perception that it's an underperforming district. >> that's the basis for white flight and you've seen this over the years as districts become browner, folks start moving into private schools are attempting to carve out a space like what we've seen in st. georges parish in baton rouge louisiana. folks in the wealthier parts of town are trying to separate themselves from the lower socioeconomic part of town. >> and folks in that community say it's not about race. if this resegregation we're seeing is not about race, an attempt to try to take these people at their word, how much of this resegregation is really about poverty the idea that i don't want my kids in schools with high percentage of kids on free or reduced lunches? >> well, either/or is a pretty bad thing. you can use place as a proxy for race. because unfortunately in many of our states and many of our districts, place is -- homes are segregated communities are segregated. can you use place as a proxy for race. but the same -- you can use place as a proxy for race but the same pernicious basis is the same as racism. you can segregate towns and have the same effect of segregating based on race. >> the dean of urban education of davenport. andre thanks for being with us. >> thanks for having me. the fire storm raging over president obama's latest comments. david schuster is here, david. >> the agitation is off the charts. at the national prayer breakfast, president obama called a brutal vicious death call but added i.s.i.l.'s brutalism is not unique. >> people committed terrible deeds this the name of christ. in our home country slavery and jim crow all too often was justified in the name of christ. >> conservatives are now calling president obama calling him out for what they say is an absurd moral equivalency. jim gilmore said, quote president obama's comments at the time prayer breakfast are the most offensive i've heard of in a long time. laura inge gram added this. >> weaved evolved and sorry this islamic jihadist movement is regressing. the president could say that. but instead he always has to lecture us. >> some say the president as a christian is increasingly alarmed of islam. more likely than others to encourage violence while 39% said it is no more likely. that percentage that show islam as more apt to encourage violence is now twice as high as the view just one year after 9/11. and new jersey governor chris christie is facing another round of unhealthy headlines. christ is the target of a new federal criminal investigation law enforcement officials are examining allegations that the governor and his staff broke the law by quashing grand jury indictments against christ christie supporters. claims that christie engaged had block efforts. former texas governor rick perry is embracing an insult of his state by trying to turn it around. this week at ocongressional hearing, austie hastings criticized texas for not joining the health care administration. >> i don't know about your state which i think is a crazy state to begin with and i mean that just as i said it. >> perry who presided over the decision not to incorporate medicare decision, responded like this? >> he is right we are crazy about liberty we're crazy about the constitution. >> nice little hop to his step with governor perry. an investigation of the benghazi libya attack that killed four americans including the u.s. ambassador to libya a republican has already issued subpoenas to the state department for e-mails related to hilary clinton. clinton says she is happy to comply hit that pant hard. >> the fact is we had four dead americans. was it because of a protest or because of guys out for a walk one night who decided they would go kill some americans? what difference, at this point does it make? >> clinton's appearance before the house panel could happen in the next few weeks and tony house lawmakers should be careful of what they wish for. >> absolutely. have a great weekend david. vice president joe biden will not attend the israeli president'sprime minister's speech in front of congress. it was coordinated by congressional republican leaders without informing the white house. biden has only missed one previous congressional session. nighttime curfew will be no more in baghdad. first imposing the sanctions in 2003 lifting them now will encourage are economic recovery in the capital. jane arraf has the story. >> actually rushing to get to shops and restaurants in one of baghdad's most fashionable neighborhoods. this is mansour during the civil war almost a decade ago iraqis mostly stayed in their own neighborhoods. there is so much money at stake in this predominant reply sunni neighborhood officials say it protects it from attacks. while some neighborhoods are the target of attacks these have been immune. it is the first time bushra and her family have been in baghdad since they left syria and the kurdish region two years ago. >> translator: the situation has improved so we were flowrnlgd to come visit. i didn't before because i was worried about terrorism and concerned about my daughters and myself. >> reporter: people here make the most of the hours leading up to the midnight curfew. iraqis love to go out especially in baghdad. even when there are explosions in other neighborhoods. people are shopping or going out for dinner or just going out. almost two million have left because of the violence. those who have stayed have adapted. on this bustling street corner, catering to those getting an early start for valentine's day. there's an attention-getting twist. restaurants and cafes are packed. iraqi investors opened this franchise of the turkish chain mado this year, they plan to open 13 more. >> iraqis have the money they want to spend it. >> reporter: and there's more to come. this 33-story complex in the harthea neighborhood next to mansour will include a luxury hotel, the biggest private sector project had iraq. huge project started by saddam hussein and abandoned when the war came, businessmen say the future of iraq lie in private investment and the stability to make them work. jane arraf, al jazeera baghdad. fighters from the group boko haram, home to thousands of nigerians, the group killed 109 boko haram fighters. boko haram has threatened to attack niger cameroon and chad. influence allegations in the scandal surrounding an argentinian prosecutor, alberto nisman. nisman feared for his life a study said. >> reporter: this is the scene every day outside the courthouse in buenos aires where the judge has to decide whether alberto nisman committed suicide or was murdered. his body was found in the bath in his apartment a pistol in his hand. every day brings new revelations, fresh accusations. >> we had already a fragile democracy. but this is first time we have such a high profile figure being killed. we don't know yet. in the context of a country that is in an electoral process in ten months we have a presidential election. >> reporter: mr. nisman was investigating allegations that president kirchner and her ministers were involved in the attack on buenos buenos buenos aires. >> you see good people all over the system however they lack the resources, the capacity to solve this kind of complicated cases. so i don't think we're going to know. >> reporter: in a dramatic move the government has lifted restrictions to allow former spy chief antonio stelso to testify. alleged involvement in the death of mr. nisman. argentina's divided confir conspiratorial service. >> we have made many suggestions to the program proposed by the government. with all the prbs and vices it suffers -- problems and vices its suffers there today. >> ar yenargentines few feel they will ever discover who killed alberto nisman or then anyone will ever stand trial. most notably the intelligence agency. argentina is now challenged with putting those right. daniel schwindler, al jazeera buenos aires. >> in canada, the court has thrown out a ban on assisted suicide. the decision was unanimous. the canadian government has until next year to draft new legislation. assisted suicide is lawful in several states. a rare ferrari sold for more than $15 million. wait until you hear just where it was found. >> boy, poor visibility is being blamed for this: a huge 30 car pileup on interstate in new york near syracuse. shut down interstate 81 for hours. no major injuries were reported. aviation officials in taiwan revealing today that the pilots of a transasia plane turned off an engine before the plain crashed. now the plane's black boxes showed one engine shut you off and the pilots turned off and restarted the other engine, it is not sure why. the plane cart wheeled into a highway, leaving many dead. ruling says the british intelligence agency gchq, contravened the law in the way it shared information with nsa saying the gchq acted illegally by intercepting private phone calls and e-mails without telling the general public what they were up to. the only reason this has come out is various human rights groups challenged the british government in court. now these groups have been giving their reaction as to what this means for gchq. >> in the court of this litigation, they have been forced to clean up their act to improve their policies, improve the safeguards that they have put out some of which we've been able to find out about after the court forced them to disclose them. we're still not happy with the state of play. and that's why we're going to continue to appeal parts of this up to the european union court european court of human rights. westminster has put out a statement that it is committed to transparency. the gchq says this ruling does not require it to change its methods. >> the judgment does not in any way suggest thatting prieftion concerns werethattingthat processes andsafeguards within the intelligence sharing regime were flil adequate at all times. the safeguards that needed to be in the public domain. >> the whole process began with the revelations of edward snowden, who of course is now in enforced exile in russia. they have been sharing the system with gchq here in united kingdom. now we'll have to wait and see what the european union court of human rights decides about how far intelligence agencies can go in intercepting private communication in the interest of national security. barnaby phillips al jazeera westminster in london. >> a car lover's dream sat hidden away on a farm. among the gems, an extremely rare ferrari put on the auction block today. neave barker has the story. >> forgotten for almost 50 years, the car was found decaying in western france. now they're being sold for millions of dollars. >> the collectors are really looking for these kind of cars in this kinds of state. people who are passionate about cars nona museum, people who are willing to take on a big restoration job. >> among the 60 cars here one in particular stands out. this ferrari california spider is one of only 37 ever made. it was sold for $16 million not bad considering it was found under a pile of rotting magazines. also uncovered this unique talmut largo. once owned by king farook. a man with extremely extravagant interest in cars. the collection was amassed in the 50s and 60s by a transport industrialist whose fortunes failed. whether his harris called in specialties to take a look the collection's full importance was revealed. car experts have described the treasuretrophy as sleeping beauties hidden from view are now destined for a new life. nearveneave barker. al jazeera. >> john siegenthaler is here. >> the white house is trying to confirm whether kayla mueller the american aid worker held hostage by i.s.i.l. has been killed. plus the 26-year-old's family has revealed new information about her life. we'll take a look at her humanitarian work in syria. last year university of virginia's sorority members have been told to avoid fraternity houses to remain safe now another woman has been attacked. the songwriter producer who has worked with some of the biggest names in the business, the last 40 years that is. the grammy winner has talked about creating hits like good times. >> it is the very first hip hop record. we play the song sing the song do the chorus and get out of the way just so we could jam. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> good times takes four to five minutes before that song comes back in. the full version of the song. so when it would break down to just a boom boom boom, boom boom boom boom boom, that big gigantic breakdown gave rappers the room to express themselves, to express their poetry. without the other music getting in the way. >> ♪ ♪ ♪ >> and when rappers delight then took that music and then sampled our record on top of it, people had never heard the murveg from one record put on another record to make the bedrock of yet a newer record. >> he's an amazing guy. we'll have his story those stories and many more coming up at 8:00. >> thank you john. nasa is giving us an up close look at the dark of the moon another music reference pink floyd. a view of the earth paid from the far side. it was made using data from the lunar reconnaissance orbiter. the terrain there is a bit different than the view we get from the planet earth. there are thousands of craters and no dark spots. that is all of our time for this news hour, i'm tony harris. thanks for watching. john is back in just a couple of minutes. then it's the international newshour. with antonio mora and stephanie sy. see you back here on monday. y. >> im really pissed off at the mexican government... >> give way to compassion... >> if you feel tired, would you turn around and come back? >> our teams find out first hand how treacherous the migrants journey can be. >> we make them take a trip of death >> it is heartbreaking when you see the families on top of the rail car borderland continues only on al jazeera america hi everyone, this is al jazeera america. i'm john siegenthaler. >> i.s.i.l.'s claim an american hostage killed but was it in a coalition air strike? why jordan calls it a twisted trick. power grab: rebels dissolve parliament in yemen. instability threatens a stronghold of al qaeda. rebound. one of the best job reports in years. what's being gained in the u.s. recovery and what isn't. and his