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A video of Islamic State captors burning him alive triggered demands to strike back and vows to redouble the fight against the militants. For many in jordan, this was a day of outrage mingled with mourning. People prayed in the home village of the murdered pilot, 26yearold muath alkaseasbeh. And soldiers lined up to pay respects, as his father demanded retaliation against the killers of his son. translated these are criminals, and there is no comparison between them and the blood of muath. The country has to take its revenge, and i call for no one to remain alive from Islamic State, i call for revenge by executing prisoners. Woodruff in amman, protesters joined in that demand. The government did announce it had hanged two alqaeda prisoners before dawn. A convoy carried away their bodies for burial. One was sajida alrishawi, a wouldbe suicide bomber who was sentenced to die for her role in a 2005 attack. The Islamic State had demanded her release in exchange for the pilots life. The other prisoner hanged today Ziyad Karboli had been sentenced to death in 2008. The governments information minister promised other actions to come. translated all the states agencies, including its military, different options to deal with this new challenge and to emphasize that the response of jordan will be heard by the whole world. Woodruff elsewhere in the middle east, the grisly killing of the pilot drew condemnation from leaders in palestine, israel, and turkey. And from leading muslim clerics including the grand mufti of lebanon. translated we condemn this cowardly act and whoever committed this cowardly act is far from being related to islam or any other religion. This is brutal and totally reprehensible and no person or religion would agree with such an act. Woodruff King Abdullah returned to amman today, vowing a relentless war against Islamic State fighters. He cut short a visit to washington, and before the pilots death, at least, had faced criticism over the air strikes. The United Arab Emirates came under similar pressure, and there was word today it suspended its own air strikes in december, after the jordanian pilot was captured. But at the state department, spokeswoman jen psaki argued the coalition remains strong. The United States is not going to buckle in the face of demands or horrific actions of isil, and we dont expect other countries will either. Woodruff meanwhile, republicans and democrats alike called for expediting military aid to jordan. And at his Senate Confirmation hearing, defense secretary designate Ashton Carter pledged to clear up reported delays. I definitely want to find out what they are and resolve them because we need partners of the ground to beat isis. And the jordanian people have clearly reacted the way that encourages us to support them. Woodruff the Obama Administration announced yesterday the u. S. Will boost Financial Assistance to jordan over the next three years partially to modernize its military. Well get appraisals of the coalitions efforts, and its needs, after the news summary. Ifill three african nations battled boko haram militants today, in the biggest offensive yet against the nigerian group. Troops from chad and cameroon reported killing more than 250 militants in two days of fighting along cameroons border with nigeria. At the same time, warplanes from nigeria and chad blasted boko haram targets. The group declared its own caliphate in the region last year. Woodruff one of the f. B. I. s most wanted terrorists may have been killed in the philippines. Hes identified as zulkifli bin hir, also known as marwan. The f. B. I. Said today that d. N. A. Tests indicate he died in a predawn raid last month, on muslim rebels in the southern philippines. 44 Police Commandos also died. Bin hir is linked to the 2002 night club bombing in bali, indonesia, that killed 202 people, including seven americans. Ifill the man whos likely to be the new pentagon boss signaled today hed favor giving guns to ukraine, to fight pro russian rebels. That came amid signs the white house may reverse its opposition to taking that step. Ashton carter addressed the issue at his Senate Confirmation hearing. I very much am inclined in that direction mr. Chairman, because i think we need to support ukrainians in defending themselves. The nature of those arms, i cant say right now because i dont have i havent conferred with our military leaders or ukrainian leaders. Ifill after a lunch break, carter partially qualified his statement by saying that sanctions on russia should continue as the main center of the u. S. Effort. Hes expected to win easy confirmation as secretary of defense. Woodruff at a separate hearing, a top u. S. Diplomat ruled out giving the Guantanamo Bay naval base back to cuba. Last week, cubas communist president raul castro said the return of guantanamo is a Main Objective of restoring ties with the u. S. But assistant secretary of state Roberta Jacobson told a House Committee today, its a non starter. The issue of guantanamo is not on the table in these conversations. I want to be clear that what were talking about right now is the reestablishment of diplomatic relations which is only one first step in normalization. Obviously, the cuban government has raised guantanamo. We are not interested in discussing that. Woodruff the u. S. Has controlled guantanamo since the spanishamerican war, and formally established a naval base there in 1903. Ifill another mass sentencing in egypt today. A Court Ordered 230 people to serve life in prison for their involvement in violent protests in 2011. All were tried in absentia except secular activist ahmed douma. He helped lead the uprising that ousted president hosni mubarak. Woodruff china has clamped new curbs on internet users, in a growing censorship campaign. As of march, the nations nearly 650 million web users will have to register their real names with service providers, if they blog or use chat rooms. Theyll also have to pledge, in writing, not to criticize the countrys communist rulers. Ifill in taiwan, rescue crews worked late into the night in the capital, taipei, looking for victims of an air disaster that killed at least 26 people. The transasia airliner careened out of control today in a crash captured on video. John sparks of independent television news, reports. Reporter it seemed to come out of nowhere a regional passenger plane, falling from the sky. Its left wing clipped a taxi on an elevated highway, then shattered on the safety barrier. Before plunging into tapeis keelung river below. The crash was followed by confusion and the approaching wail of sirens. And in the water, lying motionless, the white and purple fuselage of the transasia turboprop. The aircraft, which had just left taipeis city center airport, was carrying 53 passengers and five crew. And rescue workers surrounded the wreckage in attempt to reach them. Miraculously perhaps, some people survived, one group of passengers gathered a submerged wing, waiting for help. And this young child was hauled from the wreckage and rushed the riverbank. Many however, were trapped inside with rescuers struggling to reach submerged parts of the plane. translated we need heavy cranes, said the head of the fire department, we have to lift the body of the plane we think lots of people stuck near the nose of the aircraft. Reporter rescue teams did recover the flight data recorders, but its not known what caused the incident, the aircraft had been inspected just a few days ago. Still, a Major Mechanical failure seems likely, the last communication from the pilots was, mayday, mayday, engine flameout. For transasia, its the second fatal air crash in seven months and it will come under increasing pressure from the regulator. Ifill at least 17 people from the plane are still missing. Woodruff back in this country, federal Safety Experts began investigating a deadly collision just north of new york city, on one of the nations busiest commuter railroads. The metronorth train barreled into an s. U. V. That had stopped on the tracks during tuesday evenings rush hour. Five passengers were killed as well as the woman driving the s. U. V. Witnesses said the woman got out of her vehicle, tried to lift the crossing gate, then got back in just before the train hit. Ifill a federal jury in manhattan today convicted the man behind silk road, a web site that became a haven for drug dealers. Ross William Ulbricht was found guilty after just three hours of deliberations. Prosecutors say drug deals accounted for nearly all of silk roads sales before ulbrichts arrest in 2013. Woodruff on wall street, stocks struggled to make any headway after Rising Oil Inventories snuffed out the rally in crude oil prices. They dropped nearly nine percent. In turn, the Dow Jones Industrial average managed to gain just six points to close a little over 17,670; but the nasdaq fell 11 points on the day; and the s p slipped eight points. Ifill and, finally, charlie sifford, the man who broke the racial barrier in professional golf died overnight. He was a fivetime National Champion on the allblack tour, before challenging the p. G. A. s whitesonly clause. It was dropped in 1961, and sifford won several tournaments despite Death Threats and racial slurs. In later years, he received the president ial medal of freedom and was the first black player in the world golf hall of fame. Charlie sifford was 92years old. Ifill still to come on the newshour. Uniting in the fight against Islamic State militants. New rules to preserve an open internet. How streaming Music Services have changed the Business Model for musicians. The mysterious death gripping argentina. And how Public Schools are partnering with grandparents to improve the lives of students. Woodruff we return now to the coalition fight against the Islamic State group. To help us take stock of that efforts strengths and weaknesses, we are joined once again by retired colonel derek harvey, former special adviser to the commander of u. S. Forces in iraq, and now director for the Global Initiative on Civil Society and conflict at university of south florida. And janine davidson, a former air force pilot and Deputy Assistant secretary of defense for plans during the first term of the Obama Administration. Shes now a senior fellow at the council on foreign relations. We welcome both of you back to the program. Janine davidson, up until now now how effective has this coalition been against the Islamic State . I think it depends how you define being effective and it depends how you define progress in this entire thing. I think theres no doubt this is an unprecedented coalition, to be able to pull together the types of countries across this region to focus i mean, on the very first night of air strikes to have mathat many countries participating. I think thats kind of amazing. Thats on a military perspective. But at the end of the day this isnt going to be fully military solution. That said, i think there is no doubt that we have sort of pushed back the advance of isis. You dont see them with a lightning speed they were taking over territory last year. Theyve stopped. And i think what theyve done is theyve taken control of places like raqqa in syria and mosul in iraq, and thats the greater military challenge. Woodruff derek harvey how do you size up the progress or not this coalition has made so far . I think weve made limited and halting progress. Most of the progress has been by the shia militias supported by the iranian force, and the kurdish peshmerga. They have halted the progress of isis and pushed them back in some other areas, but isis still has the initiative and quite a number of areas in iraq. And most importantly, they have had significant gains in syria over the last four months. Politically, things arent going well for the sunni Arab Community in iraq, despite the new prime minister, abadi. Theres been very little support for sunni arab awakening movements there. So its really questionable at this point in time as to making a judgment. Real progress. I think weve stabilized, and thats about it. Woodruff so, given all that, janine davidson, how much difference do you think that the death and the way this the death of this jordanian pilot was carried out will make . Well i think its an absolutely horrific turn of events. I think it has, if anything, become sort of a wakeup call to people across the region. I mean, there are plenty of people who are sort of on the fence, maybe sympathetic to isis kind of being bold against the west. But now, you know, theyve done this completely horrific unacceptable thing to a muslim pilot from jordan and i think, you know, for countries or leaders in the region that were having, you know, trouble getting their populations to understand, you know how grave this threat is and how, you know how horrific again, this particular group is, i think this will sort of stiffen their spine a little bit, at least in the short to medium term. Woodruff so colonel harvey we heard King Adbullah of jordan say we are going to engage in a relentless fight now against the Islamic State. So do you see it making a difference in jordan . Do you see it making a difference in other countries that are supposed to be part of this coalition . Well, i think its clearly going to energize jordan for the short time. But theyve got limited capabilities. Theyve got good special Operations Forces a good but small air force. They need a change in u. S. Strategy and u. S. Enablers to really make a difference as far as their participation. Most importantly, this is not going to change the participation significantly in the military campaign. Well see some posturing, some rhetoric, but really no change in the coalition. The coalition is weak, and its got real problems maintaining this coalition particularly with the shia sunni arab divide. Woodruff a couple of things raise questions, staying with you colonel harvey. What do you mean . What do you mean the Problems Holding together the coalition in the says of the sunni shia divide. Well sunni arabs, be they in the gulf in jordan, you know, in countries of sir syria and iraq, the sunni arab communities turkey, they want to see an effort directed at the assad regime and a check on shia militia and iranian influence in iraq and syria. Unfortunately, from my perspective, the u. S. Administration is focused on rapprochement with iran, and acknowledging tehrans regional hajimini in the process and that alienates sunni arabs and impacts tel aviv. That creates problems for us in mobilizing support, keeping people online and having unity of effort. Woodruff how do you see janine davidson, the problems . Similar, but im not so sure i think the main driver for the coalition for the administration is that theyre ceding the space to iran. Although i do think that is definitely an issue across the region. But i think theres another issue here which is if you take the fight completely 100 to assad and isis at the same time,un, whats going to come next . And i think everyone is very focused on can we do this in sequentially, you know, the alligator closest to the boat would be isis. Everybody can agree on that. But theres still this big hanging question, the political question of what happens next . And even if you were to really defeat isis in any sort of traditi