Prison did a Russian Airliner break apart over egypt, or was it deliberately blown out of the sky. Two days after 224 people were killed in the crash in the sinai, what happened remains unclear. While investigators continue to gather evidence at the crash it, the planes operator ruled out the possibility of equipment failure or pilot area. Metro jet argued an external impact was to blame. U. S. Intelligence officials stay its unlikely but not impossible. We dont have any direct evidence of any terrorist involvement yet. But we really dont know and i think once the black boxes are analysed and recovered. Perhaps well know more. The Egyptian Government says it is too soon to know what happened, but as the victims remains are brought back to russia, the kremlin is ruling nothing out. Peter sharp has more from st. Petersburg. Reporter in the early hours of monday morning a russian government plane carrying the victims of the air disaster touched down in st. Petersburg. 224 passengers and crew on board died. Almost all of them were russian holiday makers. The bodies have been brought so a mortuary where they are tasked with identifying for loved ones. At a crash site in egypt aviation experts search for clues as to the disaster. An armed group linked to i. S. I. L. Claims it shut down the aircraft in response to russian air strikes, dismissed by the russians and Egyptian Governments. Russian Officials Say the plane broke up at high altitude. Now the airline says it believes the plane was brought down by an external impact ruling out technical faults or pilot error. Translation there are no such faults like engine failure or system failure, theres no combination of systems failure that could lead to a plane breaking up in the air. The only possible explanation for a break up of an aircraft in the air could be an impact. Mechanical or physical impact. The kremlin said nothing could be ruled out in connection with the crash, and there was in from vladimir putin. Translation i would again like to express my condolences to the family and relatives of the victims, this is a great tragedy and we are with you in heart and soul. I want to thank st. Petersburg with the response that the whole country sees and for the words of sympathy and empathy. Reporter outside the airport, a memorial to the dead. Sharm el sheikh is a popular holiday destination for the russians, 17 children were among those killed. Translation its sad, people, children on the flight. Its heartbreaking. I have a child myself and i fly often. Reporter Russian Federal investigators opened a criminal case, and on the weekend Russian Police raided the airlines of moscow offices, seizing documents and hard drives. Russia has a poor safety incident. But the airline insists the plane was in good shape. Its hoped the aircraft flight data recorders will reveal more answers. Without the black box recordings, its clear something catastrophic hoped to the flight at high altitude. It will take a long time to get an answer as to what went wrong. Perhaps another couple of months. A rare Tropical Cyclone bearing down on yemen has killed at least one person. Chapala is called one of the most powerful storms yemen has seen in decades, made dangerous by how unusual it is for the region, it is expected to make landfall in a matter of hours. Meteorologist Kevin Corriveau has a look at the past of the cyclone in the middle east. Thats right. We dont normally see this, its three cyclones that made land fall across the coastline since 1891. That is when records were started across that region. Normally what happens is the arabian sea sees a development. As it gets close to land, because its dry the cyclone falls apart. Its not the case here. I want to take you closer in. We had an eye with the system, it was an equivalent category for a storm. As it makes its way to yemen, its considered a category 1 equivalent storm, its strong. But its the amount of rain that will come across. We are expecting between 1014 numbers of of rain. That is more than 1014 inches of rain, more than six times what theyd see in a year. Well see mass amounts of flash flooding across the area. The port city we are looking at 300,000 people, and they are on the worst side of the storm. They have been seeing the rain for at least the last 1215 hours. Well watch this as it makes land fall. Once it makes landfall it decreases in intensity rapidly six times a year. Unbelievable the wrek of a missing american cargo ship lost during heir cane joachim has been found. Yes, and the wreck of the elfarah lies off the bahamases. Now theyll search for clues as to why it sank, and legal battles are beginning. Reporter the large object found in deep water off the bahamas, is the elfarrow, saying with 32 members aboard. The sunken freighter, owned by tote maritime lies under three miles of water off the coast of crooked mine. It was detected by a salvage submarine, and it was consistent with a cargo ship which from sonar appears to be in an upright position, and in one piece. The el faro disappeared between jacksonville and costa rica, the captain lost propullings, and the crew included 28 americans, and five from poland. Theres no survivors. They had six months to file the action. They filed before the wreckage was found. Toet claimed that they did nothing wrong and are total to limit the liability. Reporter attorneys for the families find a lawsuit. Toet maritime and the operator lines filed a request in federal court for protection against claims, saying they did everything in their power to ensure the ship was safe and properly manned and should have no financial liability. We filed a counterclaim against tote maritime and the airlines to hold them accountable to the circumstances that led to taking a 40yearold ship with a history of maintenance problems and sailing it into a hurricane. The victims attorneys say the sailors described the el faro as a rust bucket and the ships owners are pouring salt on the familys wounds. The wreckage is on the floor, half a mile deeper than the titanic, a robot submarine will be used to search for the data recorder the n. T. S. B. Says the navy is surveying the area around the wreckage of the el faro for clue us as to why it may have gone down. Its a sad story the future of the keystone xl is in doubt. The Company Behind the project asked the government to put a hold on the permit application. Transcanada corporation asked for the delay to give it time to work with authorities in nebraska, deciding whether to approve the project in that state. The pause means a decision on whether or not to approve the pipeline likely will not happen until after the 2016 elections. The Obama Administration was expected to reject the application tonight, thousands of former federal inmates are adjusting to life outside prison. The first of 6,000 nonviolent drug offenders are getting out early on friday, with little support on the outside, many are at risk of landing back in prison. Mike viqueira reports, president obama announced plans aimed at changing that. Reporter every year 2400 atrisk people come through newark new jerseys entrying rit yit house. Monday it welcomed president barack obama, touting programs to treat drug addiction and help inmates making a prediction for the world outside. Part of the goal is it to highlight what is working so that hopefully we can see more and more places like integrity house. The president took a step in the movement to ban the box. A requirement that job seekers disclose a criminal record. He ordered federal agencies to delay the inquiries until later in the hiring process. We are suggesting when it comes to the application, give folks a chance to get through the door. A study in new york city suggests a criminal record reduces the likelihood of a call back or job offer. The negative affect was worse for the black applicants the federal could have required federal contractors to ban the box. He stopped short of that. The reason, rare bipartisan, and hope that a permanent fix will be law u and not an give order that could expire as soon as president obama leaves the white house. Reporter the president made a push to role back none violent offenses. In july he was the first president to visit an oklahoma prison. On friday, the Justice Department released roughly 6,000 inmates. Over the weekend mr obama made it the topic of a weakly address. I believe we can disrupt the pipeline from underfounded schools to gaols. Reporter getting out is part of the battle. Twothirds of former inmates will be arrested again within three years of release. Between 50 and 75 are jobless in the first year. In newark, the president announced pilot projects aimed at bringing those down. There are people that have gone through tough times. They made mistakes. But with a little bit of help, they can get on the right pass. And thats what we have to invest in. Thats what we have to believe. Thats what we have to promote. So far small steps on the road to reform. But with broad support in washington. Many see a major breakthrough coming soon the Supreme Court is hearing a case on racism in jury selection and it involves a black teenager sentenced to death in 1987 by an allwhite jury. The court will examine whether a prosecutor violated the rights of a deft when he chose the jurist. We have this report from washington. Reporter the case involves timothy foster, who at age 18 was accused of robbing, sexually assaulting and murdering an elderly white woman. He was convicted, sentenced to death by an allwhite jury. That was in 1987, a year after the Supreme Court ruled race cannot be used to disprfl is juror distrfl a juror. A decade ago notes were discovered, highlighting the names of certain black jurors. And on the list of definite nos, all the africanamericans topped the list. Torn attorney steven bright told the court theres little doubt what happened. In this case we have an arsenal of smoking gunses. The prosecutor identified the africanamericans, divided them up, took them apart from the other people, ranked them against each other in case, as the notes say, we have to accept a black. Reporter a number of the justices agreed. Saying Justice Steven brier said the prosecutor gave 40 Different Reasons to strike africanamericans from the jury but george js Deputy Attorney general say the notes dont show that adding theres widespread agreement that Racial Discrimination and jury selection is pervasive, and no matter what the justices decide in this case, its unlikely to solve that problem. Reporter some critics say the only way to eliminate discrimination is to get rid of peremptory challenges, a right to rejected a juror without cause. If we are serious about ending race discrimination in jury selection, you have to rely on peremptory strikes, as long as you strike for any reason, theres no earthy way to no. Reporters that undermines confidence in the judicial system, and the idea of a trial by a jury of ones peers. Dozens of chipotle locations in the northwest are closed because they are dealing with an ecoli outbreak seattle about to decide on a plan to see who gets campaign funds, well explain next. By a jury of ones peer as as. The chipotle restaurant chain is dealing with a third outbreak of foodborne illness this year. More than 20 people came down with ecoli after eating in org orgon and washington state. The company is closing dozens of restaurant. Ecola, rice, black beans, tore tea, bean sous. That is how brian likes his chipotle order, and what caused him to become ill in days after picking up his meal at a Seattle Chipotle more than a week ago. He developed severe cramps, vomiting and diarrhoea. Its overwhelming having all the problems hit at once, it felt like oh, my goodness, what is going on. Reporter he didnt go to a doctor. His symptoms were nearly identical to what chris experienced after eating at a chipotle in oregon. He was diagnosed with ekohli. I dealt like i had food poisoning. I never got sick like this. The pain and my abdomen issing something i have never experienced. More than 20 cases have been romped in washington and oregon. Most that got sixate at six chipotle restaurants. The outbreak prompted them to close the doors at dozens of locations in the pacific northwest. Health officials have not determined the exact source of the contamination. Most cases are in relation to the chipotle, but not all cases. We believe a food item is probably the cause of the infections. That would be chipotles third foodborne outbreak. Salmonella, linked to tomato in august. Naura virus sickened customers and employees in california. [ ] reporter chipotle promotes a commitment to fresh ingredients and locally raised foods that are not genetically modified. Locally grown doesnt always mean safer. When you look at chipotle, which had three major outbreaks in the period of about 45 days, i think they have to start asking themselves some hard questions. In a statement, chipotle told us food safety is always a top priority. A couple of isolated and unrelated incidents are in no quay suggestive of a lack of priority. The company says it has no plans to close restaurants in other states volkswagen emissions scandal could be bigger than thought. The e. P. A. Climbs the automaker installed testcheating software on more vehicles than it admitted to. According to the e. P. A. It included the 2015 porsche and audi ac quat roe. Volkswagen denies the charges tomorrow, a newtype of finance, leading to a voucher system, giving voters an ability to show the support, deciding who will get their share of taxpayer funds. Allen schauffler is in seattle and has more on the proposal. Antonio, this is a first. A Campaign Reform idea that hasnt been tried anywhere. Initiative 122 would use a property tax hike to give every registered voter a chance to give money to candidates running for city officers. As i122 canvas a knock on doors, its clear this vote drew nationwide attention. This leader calls that exciting. People are looking at seattle, because we are doing something different. We are adding a tool to the toolbox so we can fight the issue of big money in politics. The campaign and election laws are well drawn and strict. Administering the system would be too expensive. Its bad policy, i dont want seattle to be the guinea pig. Here is how the voucher system works for registered seattle voters. Every january, at the beginning of a 2year election cycle each voter is mailed vouchers, they are assigned to candidates running for city office. For mayors and council. To get the money theyd have to agree to Campaign Fundraising and spending limits. For candidates participation is voluntary. The vouchers would provide 6 million in funding every two years. The no side says the system favors incumbents and establishes political groups and hurt candidates that get into a race lament. What is likely race late. What is likely to happen on january 2nd, incumbents, special from will scoop it up. As for spending, on the no side less than 50,000 total has been reported. Nearly all of it raised from corporate donors. Much of the 1. 3 million raised for the yes side came from a few big donations, from individuals and nonprofits outside of seattle. Making this a bigmoney campaign, making it a ain money concept. In this race, they are opponents, corporations, and that is the only people supporting the opposition campaign. And you are outspending them 301. Yes, and the fact of the matter is we have a tonne of support, thousands of endorsers. What is funded by the organizations that dont disclose their donors. Theres 10 donors funding 1. 2 million, unprecedented influx of out of state and gark money. For the volunteers, its a chance to try something new city wide and supporters say they have heard from groups across the country that want to do the same thing. What this does is sets a floor for political voice so everyone has an opportunity to be a 100 donor. The system is responsible for a 10year, 30 million hike. There is more though this initiative than just a voucher system. That is the centre piece. It limits lobbying at the city level and require people that are out Gathering Signatures for political petitions, if they are paid to do that. They identify to the folks they are talking to, if they are paid signature gatherers. Innovative suggestion. Allen schauffler, thanks. Tomorrow, the republican president ial candidates are expected to release a list of demand. Representatives in 11 of 15 campaigns met yesterday outside washington d. C. , and they talked about making changes to the remaining debates. Among other things they want opening and closing statements. They are said to want an equal time guarantee, as well as a promise to keep the venue cooled to no more than 67 degrees. Marking a milestone in space, the International Space station had People Living inside for 15 years. And as the heavy fog descended on britain, so did the headaches for airline passengers. Passengers. The Chinese Government has unveiled the first commercial jetliner, the twin engine passenger plane was shown off to 4,000 guests at an airport hangar in shanghai. The c 919 takes its first test flight next year. China worked on the aircraft for seven years to reduce its dependency on Foreign Countries and the compete against airbus and bowing. Air travel across europe was disrupted by a second conservative day of fog. London was hit hardest, leading to dozens of Flight Cancellations at heathrow airport. Flights from paris, frankfurt and amsterdam were delayed before the fog lifts. An unexpected light show above eastern pollen as a meteor brightsens the night sky. Video from a dashboard camera shows a green light appear suddenlily and disappearing as quickly. 15 years ago today the first crew arrived at the International Space station. It was developed and operated by 15 countries including the u. S. Canada, russia and japan. Over the years 200 people visited, 141 americans. Astronauts designed it as a bridge to expand the reach into space. The International Aspect and that is important. That is what is really held this Partnership Together through the trying times post columbia, with budget challengers and things likes that. The International Partnership is kind of the glue that binds the programme together. The i. S. S. Is the largest and complex space station and the brightest object in the night sky after the moon. Im antonio mora, thank you for joining us. For the latest news any time head over to aljazeera. Com. Ray suarez is up next with inside story. Have a great night. Person you are a huge country, feeling its oats, richer, more powerful, more confident. You want to change the boundaries of your territorial waters and you neighbors around happy. China is testing the proposition that might makes right. Could it also set off a war . A new line in the water. Its the inside story
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