Jordan's government is vowing "strong, earth-shaking and decisive" action, following the release of an Islamic State video showing the death of a captive Jordanian pilot. The video shows the young pilot, Muath al-Kaseasbeh, being burned to death inside a steel cage. Jordan's King Abdullah has issued a statement, calling the killing an act of "cowardly terror."
For more on this, Zhou Jingnan and John Artman talk to Richard Weitz.