House rewriting tonights prepared text for the state of the union . Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper, live from capitol hill. Were close to statutory hall where the president will have his state of the Union Address. Much more on the speech later in the hour and throughout the night. Today we begin with the world lead and two very fast developing stories around the globe with possible kwons consequences at home. First, yemen, a troerist hot spot where al qaeda has been planning to strike the u. S. Again. Today set aflame by a coup while europe remain on edge over the looming threat of another terrorism attack. Today in paris where the Charlie Hebdo slaughter thrust police into overdrive, five more arrests were made. A group of chechens of allegedly making bombs. Also in neighboring germany, 13 raids across that country, targeting suspected jihadis, men Officials Say had connections to two radicals who support isis. Its unclear how many Police Arrested or if the suspects detained in germany were plotting attacks ats all. But maybe the most intense search ongoing, the hunt for this man, a more rocken who Belgian Security sources says is the ringleader between a Terror Network in belgium, who was minutes away from putting a deadly attack in motion and senior isis leader in iraq and syria. The big question here, could any of these cases be linked . Where is the evidence against these people . What exactly are this their connections to isis or the terrorist whoz carried out the paris attacks . Cnns pamela brown is in france tracking all of this. Pamela, what are you learning . Reporter well jake, a growing cast of characters related to the belgium plot as well as the paris attacks has authorities across europe working overtime. Now we have obtained exclusive video of one of the paris suspects and his wife providing new clues in the investigation. This exclusive Surveillance Video obtained by cnn shows ahmedmedi coulibali and Hayat Boumeddiene last summer. They say the duo was trying to blend in and scope out potential jewish targets months before coulibali launched a siege on a Kosher Grocery store where he killed eded four people. Today four men were charged in connection with the paris attacks, the first since the Charlie Hebdo massacre shocked the city. One of the suspects dna was allegedly found ond a car used to transport coulibali to the grocery store. This as we learned bulgaria will extradite in frenchman who was friend wtz kouachi brothers. The mayor of paris tells christiane ammonanpour the city is still on alert. We have to be very vigilant she said. For several months we have known jihadi jihadist teams have been setting up in france. 13 properties were raided with ties to islamic extremists. Were dealing with complex networks. We need to be cautious of what were doing, especially in our analysis of what is going on whether these individuals have been inspired or directed by any of these groups. Reporter in belgium, counterterrorism sources says isis directed a plot that may have included attempts to Murder Police officers. Several are in custody but a manhunt is under way for one of the cells suspected ringleaders. Authorities believe he may have been in touch with isis leadership from greece. And today in holland, police there raided the home of one of the suspects allegedly associated with that belgian terror cell. They confiscated his computer and cell phones. Its clear the investigation there in belgium and here in paris still very active. Pamela brown live in paris. Thanks so much. Chilling video. Today the u. S. Government condemned a new threat from isis. The terrorist group is demanding 200 million in exchange for the lives of two japanese men. Cnn is only showing images and not the video. Just like in the past we see hostages in orange jumpsuits helpless on their knees, just like in the past we could hear the demands from the same man seen in the other gruesome videos, a terrorist leader dubbed jihadi john. Joe johns watched the video. Joe, what other similarities did you observe . Well, jake this video is chilling. Its also familiar. It appears to be in the same or a similar place as other videos were shot. And the man issuing the threat appears similar in many respects to jihadi john giving the government of japan a 72hour ultimatum ultimatum. In the latest isis hostage video, the voice, the british accent the eyes. It looks rand sounds like an encore appearance of arguably the worlds most wanted man arguably known as jihadi john. There were reports that jihadi john was injured in a bombing attack. The video suggests that if its him, hes alive and well enough to make a death threat accompanied on a demand for money, 200 million from japan, equalling the amount Prime Minister shinzo abe recently offered in humanitarian aid to countries affected by isis. Just as your government has made the foolish decision to pay 200 million to fight islam, you now have 72 hours to pressure your government in making a wise decision by paying the 200 million to vafsave the lives of your citizens. Reporter all of the isis videos are propaganda used to raise money and recruit followers. This video seeks to project strength while extorting money. It shows them resilient, that theyre able to film this video with these japanese hostages outside in broad daylight somewhere presumably in syria. Its anyones guess what japan will do about the hos tanls. Military contractor and journalist goto though immense International Pressure will prevent them from paying the ransom. Intelligence analysts along with Law Enforcement and military continue their so far futile effort to locate capture or kl a man who has become the face of evil jihadi john. Isis operates in what we call denied territory. That means by definition its hard for our folks to get in there, very hard for them to actually lay eyes on target. Japans Prime Minister has said the lives of the hostage are a priority and a government spokesman did not rule out a ransom payment. The man issuing the threat said the cost for each hostage was 100 million apiece. Jake . Joe johns, thanks so much. The other major breaking story this hour out of yemen where that countrys information minister tells cnn the government has lost control. Shiite insurgents stormed the president ial palace today, threatened to turn yemen into one of the main threats into the war on fror into a failed state. Yemen has been one of the most important u. S. Allies in the fight against terrorism, also a staging ground for terrorist plots. The uss coal bombing which killed 17 sailors happened in yemen. The underwear bomber a yemeni. Anwar al awlaki until his death by u. S. Drone in 2011 was headquartered in yemen. Cnn Senior International correspondent Nick Paton Walsh is the only western journalist in yemen. Nick much of todays fighting concentrated around the president ial palace but were hearing airports, roads are being shut down. Whats happening there right now . Reporter its quiet in the capital now. It seems as though the rebels who moved in today to take over the president S Administration have been fought the day before have appeared to have made their point and their leader has appeared on television here and asked for changes be made to the new constitution. Really i think laying out a kind of broad program of increased desire to have his hands on the leaves of power without necessarily having any titles to go with it. He still calls the president , president hadi. He was in his residence today and there was intense gunfire in the streets outside. He is safe we nrlsunderstand but cabinet members arent sure whether to turn up to work tomorrow. Its a state with a huge vacuum at the top. We dont know if the houthis want hadi to stay. We know certain areas are loyal and talking about foe terriblepotentially closing roads. The major fears is because of houthis have proven their power on the streets in the last day or so we have to see if that translates into a desire to keep over the government or if they want hadi to stay in place and basically describe well do what we like well remind you how powerful we can be. The u. S. Were told is mobilizing warships helicopters, preparing to evacuate the u. S. A. M. Basscy there. Senator dianne feinstein, on the Senate Intelligence committee, she said that the u. S. Needs to get out now. Any update on if or when that might happen . Reporter it doesnt look imminent. One of the vehicles was shot up on the way to the embassy it seemed last night. That was an armored vehicle, it was clear from the statement i got from the u. S. Embassy they believed it was intent by the government to kill those. The diplomats escaped unhurt. This is a very volatile situation, but you must be worrying if youre in the state department whether or not you lose too much by simply putting on your lose the ability to negotiate or try and talk to the new figures of power here as this huge change seems to be under way versus the postbenghazi disaster do the maximum possible to make sure no harm comes to a u. S. Diplomat. Yemen has a drone program. Many people do not like them at all. I think todays events have certainly made many in washington wonder quite when the moment of evacuation would be. It doesnt seem to be imminent at all, jake. Nick paton walsh, i know i dont need to tell you to stay safe but please do. 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Mrs. Jarrett, this is your first appearance on the lead. We had the president before we had you. Youre tougher to book. Thank you so much for joining us. Good evening. Pleasure to you with you. Lets start with the terrorist threat facing our country. Isis has been directly linked to a plot in belgium targeting police officers. Theres a new video of threatening to kill two japanese hostages if they dont get 200 million ransom. Even with the air strikes being carried out by the u. S. Coalition, this group doesnt seem to be destroyed or degraded at all. Is it possibly time for a shift in strategy . Well jake first of all i want to say theres nothing more important to the president than the safety and security of the American People. And he will implement whatever strategy he thinks best will affect that. We are constantly in touch with our colleagues around the world, specifically in yemen, obviously the state department is in close touch with the folks at the embassy there, monitoring the situation. The president is receiving regular updates on world events and this is a top priority for him. We do think our strategy is working and hes constantly reevaluating it and determining what he thinks serves that purpose of keeping us safe the best. After the attacks on Charlie Hebdo magazine in paris as well as the policewoman who was killed and the four jewish frenchmen killed at the supermarket, we heard comments from former Obama Administration officials, specifically u. S. Defense secretary leon panetta and mike morell warning that the same kind of attack could happen here that same kind ever isisinspired attack. Take a listen. We had the ft. Hood shootings. We had the boston bombings. So weve had radicalized americans conduct these attacks. I expect more. I think were going to see a parisstyle attack here. We need to be prepared for that. They are engaged in a much more aggressive effort to conduct violence not only in europe but i think its a matter of time before they direct it at the United States as well. Valerie, is there any information indicating that the threat to the u. S. Homeland is worse now than it was a year or two ago . These are two former cia directors who seem to be vaiing be prepared for what happened in europe to happen here. I think the point thats an important one is that we have to be vigilant. We have to be prepared. When i say we, certainly the president and his team are going to do everything within our power, but also the American People. We encourage them to have a watchful eye, Pay Attention to whats going on around you. Everyone should be vivigilant. I dont have a crystal ball or any specific threats to comment on at this time but we realize the world is a dangerous place and we should all be as vigilant as possible. I go back to the beginning, keeping america safe is a top priority to the president. He devotes a large amount of time to developing stlat jis, closely monitoring them change to ensure the safety. Lets talk about the president s plans to lay out this evening. Its a pretty Progressive Agenda tax cuts and credits for the middle class, some tax hikes for more affluent americans, two free years of Community College for people who qualify. Republicans who now control the house and senate vowed not to raise taxes. So i guess the question is can president obama find spending cuts to pay for these plans as opposed to tax hikes . Look i think what the president will do this evening is set forth what he thinks is the best way of accomplishing our goal of growing the middle class, building opportunities for people to move into the middle class, making sure that wages are stretched as far as possible creating jobs making sure that our workers are trained for those high paying jobs of the future. And i dont consider that a partisan agenda. I consider that an agenda about strengthening the middle class and strengthening the economy of our country. We have now had 58 straight months of private secretarior job growth 11. 2 million jobs. But we still know that wages need to go up more. Thats why the president has set forth a series of policies that he thinks will help those folks