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Jordan executes two al Qaeda-linked terrorists after ISIS burns and kills pilot

Jordanian justice came swiftly after ISIS released a video purportedly showing Jordanian pilot Lt. Muath Al-Kaseasbeh being burned alive by the extremist group. Jordan executed two prisoners at dawn, one of those hanged being Sajida Al-Rishawi, the failed, female Iraqi suicide bomber Jordan had agreed to swap for Al-Kaseasbeh if ISIS could prove the Jordanian was alive. Charlie D'Agata reports Amman, Jordan.
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