Several different fronts this morning. We begin with the latest atrocity from isis. One japanese hostage dead. Isis demanding a prisoner swap to save the second. And at least one american hostage still being held. Brian ross is here with the latest. Good morning, brian. Reporter good morning, george. While the hostage being threatened is japanese, the u. S. Is very much involved in the efforts to free him. In part because of the close relationship with japan. And also because one of the other hostages is a 26yearold American Woman. For now, all efforts are focused on kenji goto. In the latest isis video, he was forced to hold a photo of what appears to be his beheaded cell mate, and then read a plea for his own life, asking for a prisoner swap, instead of the original 200 million ransom demand. They are being fair. They no longer want money. So you dont need to worry about funding terrorists. Reporter in japan, the Prime Minister called the video an outrageous and unforgivable act. And gotos mother said her son sounded extremely nervous. And she added this is no time to be optimistic. The japanese hostage video was substantially different than previous such videos. Without the usual highproduction techniques and isis insignias. And no appearance of the masked executioner known as jihadi john. Today, u. S. Officials are using the video to look for clues that might help locate the hostages. Any information they can glean about where the perpetrators are, the terrorists are, theyre working to find that information now. Reporter the prisoner isis is demanding to be freed is sajida rishawi, a failed suicide bomber on death row in jordan, who Islamist Groups have tried and failed several time before to free. She was part of an attack on a Jordanian Hotel ten years ago where 60 people were killed attending a wedding. They refuse to exchange her for other prisoners. But her execution has been put on hold. Counterterror experts say its unlikely that jordan would make a deal for the japanese journalist or the jordanian pilot isis has also captured. George . Thank you, brian. President obama called the japanese Prime Minister on his way to india, where hell be honored with a spot in the countrys biggest parade. Jim avila is traveling with the president. Reporter good morning, george from fortress, new delhi. This is unprecedented, says edunprecedented. The president in the open, surrounded by people for more than three hours. Its driving the secret service crazy. The president will be in a reviewing stand behind bulletproof glass but exposed in a situation that leaves him potentially vulnerable. Theyve created perhaps the largest security operation in president ial history. More than 50,000 police and soldiers. 1,000 snipers. A nofly zone. 15,000 surveillance cameras, dozens of bombsniffing dogs. India has been the target of attacks. From pakistan cashmir, and other places. Theyre determined to prevent any embarrassing incidents. In a joint News Conference this morning, president obama was asked about yemen. He said its a dangerous place in a dangerous time. He will not be sending u. S. Troops there to help settle things down or hunt down terrorists. He said that would be an unsustainable program. George . Thank you, jim. Now more from the white house chief of staff, denis mcdonough. Thank you for joining us. Thanks for having me. Lets begin in yemen. The president said the operations against al qaeda in yemen, such a dangerous group, not suspended. But the Washington Post reported this week several Senior Administration officials saying this week that they are suspended. Weve lost intelligence. One of them said that the chaos has aided al qaeda. Theres no question in our mind that al qaeda has gotten a breather. Has this helped al qaeda in yemen . You heard the president say is morning in his press conference that, in fact, al qaeda hides in dark corners and tries to make sure that theyre operating in places where theyre not going to be pursued. That means that a lot of the places that they spring up and where they try to operate are places like yemen, or somalia, or north africa where the Security Forces are underdeveloped. Where the political situation is volatile. Thats why weve put in place a strategy to strengthen our partnering Security Forces for them to take the fight to al qaeda. We dont have a partner do we . Were on the forward lean to make sure that if we see something that is presenting a threat to us, well not be afraid to act. You have seen this president do at time and again. Will the president be able to work with the houtis closely tied with iran . Will they have the same commitment against al qaeda . I think that remains to be seen. And what the president also said today is we want to see this resolved through a political process that is transparent, that includes all the actors in the country. Mindful of the fact that aqap lives in these chaotic situations. Im not going to jump to conclusions. Ill say to the parties on the ground, they have to resolve this transparently. Peacefully, politically. Well try to focus on the threats to us and to our people. We also have the hope from isis isis. Any hope of saving the second japanese hostage . Do we have any information on the American Woman being held . The president had a good talk overnight our time here with the Prime Minister, underscoring our continued support for and partnership with the japanese. They making the Huge Investment halfway around the world like we are in iraq and syria against isis. As it relates to our hostages, were continuing to work those matters very, very aggressively. We are sparing no expense. And sparing no effort, both in trying to make sure that we know where they are and make sure that were prepared to do anything we must to try to get them home. But, kaylas family knows how strongly the president feels about this. Well continue to work this. Speaker boehner sent a shot across the president s bow this week by inviting president netanyahu, the israeli Prime Minister, to speak before the congress. Bob menendez the Ranking Member of the Foreign Relations committee said, the more i hear from the administration and its quotes, the more it sounds like talking points that come straight out of tehran. That is some tough talk. Are you confident that Congress Wont pass the sanctions bill at you say would cripple the gotiations . We have asked congress for rbearance. For some time to allow us to run these negotiations. So that it is we howho are uniting with our allies. Rather than going with some kind of premature action up there on the hill that would risk really splintering the international community. Making it we, not the iranians, who are isolated. Thats what were going to do. And well obviously talk to senator menendez and others along the way. I have to ask you about the super bowl. A picture of you playing strong safety at st. Johns. Oh, good lord. Is it black and white . It is black and white. You look pretty fierce right there. The president said he was shocked by the ray rice situation, by what he saw. What is his whole take on this deflategate . I havent talked to him about this. Hes been traveling. My view is, i got a lot of you know, balls in the air at the moment, george, so im going to make sure im focused on those. Ill let everybody else figure out how much air goes into this particular scandal. Denis mcdonough, thank you for your time. Thank you, george. And we turn now to the race to replace president obama. Something of a kickoff yesterday in iowa. Packed with president ial contenders. Jon karl was there for all the action. Reporter and theyre off. In iowa this weekend, the unofficial start of the race for the republican president ial nomination. And it is wide open. This is the most open republican nomination since 1940. I think it will be fun. It will be interesting to watch. Reporter open and crowded. At least 12 speakers here at the iowa Freedom Summit say theyre at least thinking about running. New jersey governor chris christie. Youre the only person you agree with 100 of the time. Reporter a trashtalking, sometimes moderate republican from the northeast might have a tough time in the conservative heartland. When we caught up with him exclusively, outside this secret backstage exit he iowa could be christie country. You feel like you can compete in iowa . Sure. Why not . Reporter another bluestate governor, scott walker was one of the summits biggest stars. If youre not afraid to go big and go bold, you can get results. Reporter we met up with him moments after he got off stage. He made it clear hes getting ready to run. That sounded like a campaign speech. At least the beginning of one. Weve been testing in wisconsin. Theres no doubt about that. Were looking for good leadership. Well see what the future holds. Wow reporter but judging from the reception here for texas senator ted cruz god bless the great state of iowa. [ cheers ] reporter they might have found their candidate. If you say youll stand up to the washington establishment, the career politicians of both parties that have gotten us into this mess show me where you have stood up and fought reporter how much of a mistake would it be to nominate another establishment republican . Over and over again, when republicans have nominated candidates in the mold of gerald ford, bob dole, john mccain, mitt romney, all of whom are good, honorable, decent men, but every one of them lost. Reporter mitt romney was not here. Neither some other gop stars like jeb bush rand paul bobby jindal, and marco rubio. Its a good thing they missed Donald Trumps speech. You cant have bush. [ applause ] the last thing we need is another bush. Reporter yes, trump is thinking of running again. And some of the days biggest applause lines came when he hit bush and romney. I think romney had his chance. He should have won. He choked. Reporter another target, Hillary Clinton. Like hillary clin have traveled hundreds of thousands of miles around the globe. But unlike her, i have actually accomplished something. Reporter one of the newcomers here carly fiorina, former leader of hewlettpackard. Women are 53 of the voters. Were more than half the nation. Its important that women are in our party. Reporter and then theres 2012 iowa winner rick santorum. He needs a way to separate himself among what could be the biggest iowa field ever. How Many Republican candidates can you fit on a debate stage . Well, i guess that would depend on how big the stage is. Jon karl joins us. From iowa. Jon, a long day yesterday. I caught a lot of it on cspan. A lot of interesting moments. Inside the room, what was the standout . Reporter there were a number. The biggest, wisconsin Governor Scott walker. This was his iowa breakthrough. He became a hero four years ago by launching the occupy movement when he took on the unions. Hes got a reputation for being a little dull. Hes still not known well in iowa. He was the big breakout star of this event. Okay, jon karl, thank you very much. Now we turn to one of the top gop contenders not in iowa yesterday. Instead, bobby jindal headlined a massive prayer rally called the response in baton rouge. We cant just elect a candidate and fix what ails our country. Pass a law and fix what ails our country. We need a spiritual revival to fix what ails our country. It is like god has given us the book of life. He doesnt let us see the pages for today and tomorrow. He doesnt promise us everything will go the way you want. But he does let you see the last page in the book of life. And on the last page, our god wins. And Governor Jindal joins us now. Thank you for joining us this morning. Let me begin with the rally yesterday. You said it was a religious event, not a political event. But it is the job of a president to lead a spirit churl revival . And i was struck by the final line. Our god wins. How do you think that lands in a country of million of people millions of faith. Many who believe in no god at all . George, thank you for having me. Its a timehonored tradition going back to our nations founding for our president s, our leaders to turn to god for guidance, for wisdom. Ge washington did it. Lincoln did it. Truman did it. So absolutely. I think this idea of praying to god for wisdom and guidance is as old as our country. Secondly look i think were a diverse country. Obviously, a majority of our people are christians. But we dont discriminate against anybody. Thats one of the great things about america. We dont discriminate against anybody. We believe in religious liberty. Yesterday was an amazing, amazing event. Thousands of people came together to pray, across racial lines. Political lines. I hope well see more of these across the country. You missed the event in iowa. As jon karl said it was a pretty packed stage. I want to ask you about that. You have these other social conservatives like you, ted cruz, mike huckabee, ben carson, rick santorum. They were all there yesterday. Other governors like scott walker and chris christie. How can you possibly stand out in a field like that, such a packed field . If i do decide to run, its something im looking at, praying, thinking about. If i do decide to run, i think this country needs leaders who have the courage to speak the truth to us. Unfortunately, we dont have that right now. Ill give you an example. Earlier this week, i gave a speech in london where i talked about the threats of radical islamic terrorism. I know i had a lot of people upset. But we need leaders to tell us the truth. People coming to our country need to assimilate. People are looking for leaders willing to take on the big challenges. One of the Biggest Challenges facing us i think, is the current administrations attempt to redefine the American Dream. My parents came here over 40 years ago in search of freedom and opportunity. The American Dream is not about redistribution or Government Spending or debt. Its about freedom and opportunity. I think the voters want us to restore the American Dream for our children and grandchildren. You made headlines a couple of years back calling the gop the stupid party. Is it still the stupid party . Well look i think weve gotten better. I think the gop to earn the right to be a governor party, we cant just be the party of no. We have to be the party of solutions. We need to repeal and replace obama care. School choice. Where the dollars follow the child. A stronger foreign policy. Where our friends trust us. Our enemies respect and fear us. Where we up vest in our military. We need to be a party of solutions. We need to be a party consistent with our conservative principles. We dont need to be a second liberal party. We need to be more than the party of no. Were making progress. We have more work to do. Let me ask you a question about gay marriage. Louisiana 1 of 14 states where gay marriages cant take place. The Supreme Court set to decide this by june. If the Supreme Court rules that gay marriages must be legal, what is your response . You have had some republican sntds, like jeb bush and scott walker who say when the courts speak, the matter is settles. Mike huckabee says no, state legislatures and governors ought to resist. Where do you stand . I believe that marriage is between a man and a woman. My faith teaches me that. My Christian Faith teaches me that. Im not for discrimination against anybody. I know that many politicians are evolving so called evolving on this issue based on the polls. I dont change my views based on the polls. Im proud that in louisiana we define marriage as between a man and a woman. If the Supreme Court throws out our law, our constitutional mend amendment. I hope they dont do that. I support ted cruz and others talking about making an amendment in d. C. To allow states to continue to define marriage. I think it should be between a man and a woman. Governor jindal, thank you r your time this morning. Thank you, george. Coming up, the roundtable analyzes a big week in the race for the white house. Plus, the latest on deflategate. Bill belichick speaks out yesterday. Doubling down on doing nothing wrong. 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