>> good evening, i'm antonio mora, this is al jazeera america. new evidence, officials say a bomb planted by i.s.i.l. may have brought down a russian jet liner in egypt's sinai peninsula and major carriers are diverting flights to avoid the area. deadly lie, an illinois police officer hailed as a hero, instead staimgd his ow staged ho look like a crime. sparking controversy,

mexico's drug laws for legalizing marijuana. and building momentum. how conservatives are hoping that yesterday's victories in key battle states will put them on course for more victories next november. we begin with the latest on the investigation of the crash of a russian jet liner last weekend pap u.s. officials say they have assembled preliminary evidence that suggests a bomb brought down the jet over the egyptian sinai peninsula on saturday. officials said intercepted communications are raising their suspicious. al jazeera's lisa stark has more. >> antonio, so the question tonight was a bomb smuggled on

board this plane at the sharm el sheikh airport? according to point of evidence is intercepted communications that seemed to indicate that a rebel group in the sinai associated with i.s.i.l. may have planted a bomb on this plane. but at this point there is no definitive conclusion from investigators or the intelligence community. egyptian investigators have not officially determined whether an explosion or mechanical problem brought down the plane but british government says that information now points to a bomb. >> we have concluded that there is gant possibilit significant t explosive device caused that plane to come down. >> 20,000 britains are vacationing there. >> there will be no u.k. passenger flights out to sharm el sheikh from now.

passengers who are on the ground in sharm el sheikh will be returned to the u.k. >> the state department says it's not jumping to any conclusions but has now restricted u.s. embassy employees from traveling to the area. >> it's also the responsible thing to do for the united states government to tell its workers don't go to the sinai now. >> in the sinai, egypt is fighting rebels affiliated to i.s.i.l. warning, exercise extreme caution during flight operations due the ongoing violence and unrest. >> there are no u.s. carriers that regularly operate out of the sinai peninsula. and in fact, the airport in question at sharm el sheikh is in fact not the last point of departure into the united states

for any airline. >> reporter: united airlines does fly over the sinai. the only u.s. carrier to do so. with flights to dubai and kuwait. the airline told al jazeera it is diverting until further notice. crash investigators have both the plane's black boxes. they say there is good data on the flight recorder but the voice recorder was damaged and will take more work to decipher. another clue, a u.s. military satellite detected a heat flash around the russian jet as it broke up at nearly 30,000 feet. the question, does that indicate a bomb? former ntsb board member bob francis says the wreckage will reveal the afternoons. >> if it's strong enough to bring the aircraft down it's going to do a lot of wreckage to the frame, the airframe.

>> one thing pretty certain is that a missile did not take out this jet liner. rebel groups in that area simply do not have enough capability to hit a airliner. and no evidence of a missile launch, antonio. >> lisa stark, thank you. if i.s.i.l. is responsible, doesn't necessarily mean the group is scaling up for more international targets. >> if this statement was accurate was done in retaliation for russia's involvement. i think at this point their international outreach is not necessarily geared towards something like al qaeda or 9/11. it is something along the lines of securing their territory. once they feel secure in that i think they will probably turn their eyes to other international attacks. >> and bakos likened these

attacks to shaking the bar shake which could encourage others to join the fight against i.s.i.l. in south sudan dozens of people died after a russian built cargo plane went down in the main airport in juba. officials say the cargo plane was illegally carrying passengers. >> investigators in lake county illinois say a man who sparked a manhunt actually committed suicide. now police believe joe glenowits killed himself to avoid being revealed. >> in truth he took his own

life. >> this is the first time as aa law enforcement officer in my career that i felt ashamed by the acts of another police officer. >> reporter: harsh words about the shooting death of an officer that gripped the nation. initially, investigators say fox lake investigator joe glenowitz had been shot, by three suspicious men. >> lieutenant glenowitz informed communications he was in a foot pursuit. communications then lost contact with him. when our first responding backup units arrived at the scene they located lieutenant glenowitz injured with a gunshot wound. >> shut down the area for days and caused the city a quarter of a million dollars.

his wife said there was no way he shot himself. >> somebody who is going to kill themselves is not going t goingo shoot twice. >> glenowitz's death was an elaborately staged suicide. >> thousands were used for purchases, mortgage payments, personal gym members, adult websites. >> investigators say they uncovered incriminating text messages, deleted from his work and personal phone prior to his suicide. one text message said, if she gets ahold of the old checking account i'm pretty well expletive.

the chief of police resigned days before glenowitz death but investigators admit they were fooled. >> our intention was never to mislead the public. we completely believed from day 1 that this was a homicide. through text messages that we retrieved that the stress in his life began six months ago when he indicates in changes of text messages that he's feeling some pressure with the new management within the village. >> the medical examiner found that glenowitz died due to a single devastating gunshot wound, the coroner now says it was self inflicted. two others were aware of glenowitz actions. the county says they plan to prosecute all involved. the true victim was the community. a student went on a stabbing

spree at the university of california ple pler sed. merced. they have not yet released the attacker's name and are stilling trying to achieve a motivate. republicans scored victories in key battles across the country and as david schuster shows us they are hoping to carry that momentum straight into 2016. >> for just the second time in 40 years, kentucky will have a republican governor. >> what an extraordinary night this is! >> a parting favorite and political outsider matt devin scored an upset. he defeated by nine points democratic senator jack conway. >> folks, tonight was not the result that we had hoped for but it is a result that we respect. a few moments ago i placed a

call to governor elect bevin and wished him well. >> reporter: bevin is the same hard core conservative that lost to republican senator mcilroy last year in a gop primary race, but expectations that bevin would seem too extreme did not papan out. once he takes office he will move to dismantle kynect covering 500,000 people. in virginia, the body bloa blow came to democratic governor terry mcauliffe. even though he was not ton ballot, he campaigned hard to help democrats take control of the race but republicans won every race. in ohio, buckeye state voters by a 2 to 1 margin rejected the

legalization of marijuana and plan to give exclusive growing rights to a handful of wealthy investors. and even in san francisco the sheriff who defended the city's policies and progression, lost badly ross mirkarimi. the undocumented immigrant francisco sanchez is charged with shooting and killing a woman after he was released. donald trump highlighted the case and gave the issue national prominence. >> illegals come in and the illegals killed their children. >> political analysts say the election results across the nation are a great sign for republicans in general and for antiestablishment candidates like donald trump. by all accounts the political power of conservative outsiders is growing. >> kentucky is the crown jewel in the crown of america, we

truly are. >> david schuster, al jazeera. >> salt lake city, utah this is elected its first openly gay mayor according to preliminary results. jackie biskupsi is expected to lead out by a narrow margin. the results will be released after a final count on november 17th. mexico's supreme court just made a decision that could have a big impact on the drug trade. flex what a judge said about marijuana and what it could mean across the border in the u.s. also. >> i'm jake ward in bodega bay, california. where scierchts ar scientists ao determine if shelled fish can survive in the water in the future. i'll have more in a moment.

>> mexico's highest court has

shaken up the country's strict drug policies by voting to decrildecriminalize marijuana. the nation's ongoing war on drugs. john terret is here with more. john. >> the cost and consequences,

good evening antonio and good evening to you, this is a very controversy issue, a major ruling by the many in mexico that thinks takes the country closer towards legalizing marijuana. it's a landmark decision that mexican advocates have been waiting for. mexico's supreme court have the right to grow and consume marijuana only for personal use. does not approve the sale or commercial production of marijuana and does not strike down mexico's stringent drug laws. but it may pave the way for legalization of marijuana in mexico. >> translator: from a constitutional interpretation no reason exists for the consumption of marijuana is the seclusion.

>> eight-year-old grace has been waiting for, grace who suffers from a severe form of epilepsy that causes intense seizures has been treated with medical marijuana. grace's mother had to secure a ruling from a judge to get the drug. hoping to make it accessible to families like hers. >> translator: we believe we would be a step away from the authorization of immediat medice as well. >> reporter: not everyone agreed. igrace.agrees. >> the mexican people are not going to allow it to be a vicious mexican society. >> reporter: but for now, advocates of marijuana legalization are celebrating what they say is a huge step forward. >> translator: prohibition has already generated too many

widows orphans, in its society so don't cry over prohibition. >> mexican president enrique pena nieto says it will open aa debate to drug consumption in his country. there is a big debate starting. >> in lots of places around the world. thank you john. another blow to the prospect of the ceenkeystone pipeline. if president obama is expected to reject the proposal in the coming weeks or months. as climate change threatens the shell first industry oysters one of the ocean's most sensitive creatures are fighting for their very existence.

can shellfish evolve for future? jacob ward last the story. >> the ocean is changing and terry's oysters especially the babies are changing with it. >> what we've been able to determine is the seed has been stressed by the changes in the conditions in the oceans that are near shore. they're having much more difficulty in growing the shell. >> sawyer's company needs to put out five million oysters a year but as he watches them struggle to grow he is now calling in help. >> what we've learned so far is it's complex. that probably will not take by surprise. >> scientists like tessa hill have come to hog island to study whether oysters, a crucial part of the food chain can 75 an ocean that is less as idic and

has less oxygen. >> it is really an open question whether organisms can adapt fast enough. >> this isn't about commercial pressures. not a question about whether or not you and i can eat oysters at some bar in the future. scientists at bodega bay are figuring out whether clams and oysters have a future in the oceans at all. >> we're thinking of this as a proxy. >> andrew whitehead's lab is collecting abalone, that have already adapted to acidic conditions. whether these can sphierve and othersurvive andthe others can . >> these grow to bigger than my fist. they represent sort of a proxy for all kinds of animals, basically anything with a shell

around here. >> in order to evolve an animal has to reproduce enough for a genetic trait to emerge. >> are abalone prolific enough to produce genetic diversity? >> a single female can produce hundreds of thousands of eggs. if they can undergo that environment, they are most likely to be the seeds of future generations. >> terry sawyer hopes that this sort of science can somehow future-proof this economy. >> if we can maintain this, that's the goal. we are having problems to get the seed in the first place to put in here, that's where it all starts. >> this year has been pretty good sawyer says but he worries about next year and the year after that and whether his oysters can change as fast as the ocean will. jacob ward, al jazeera, tomales

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because we should fit into your life. not the other way around. >> forbes magazine has declared russian president vladimir putin the world's most powerful person for the third year in a row. the magazine noted that while

russia is still in a severe recession, he was 89% most powerful. angela merkel was second. new research suggests high school students do better when their days start later and many school officials and parents seem to agree. but as al jazeera's allen schauffler reports, student performance is not the only factor under consideration. it's also the cost. >> breakfast at the wallen household, for the second and fourth grader it's just a couple of minutes drive to school but it's an hour and a half before their classes start. mom has to get to work so the kids go to daycare first. it's five days a week and $600 a month. >> spread over the school year,

$6,000 a year we're paying just for the before-school care. >> the seattle school district wants to get more teenage students to school later in the morning. studies show they need their sleep. >> if you can't fall asleep until 11 and you need eight to nine hours of sleep and we're getting you up early to get to school we're causing sleep deprivation. that hurts cognitive ability. >> also works with the national grass roots organization, start school later, its name is its mission. they understand nor any school system tackling this problem it will take time. >> because you're asking a big bureaucracy to change you know? that's not easy. there are a lot of complicated factors, you're dealing with transportation, you're dealing with cost. so it's not something you can just do overnight. >> simplifying the system from the current three start times to

just two, early for most elementary students like henry and olivia and later for most middle and high school students would actually add millions in transportation costs. one proposed plan, eight to $15 million more. in seattle sam marker handles the logistics. >> it adds up very quickly. >> and with so many parts to the puzzle, it means not everybody will be happy with the compromise. which means teen sleeping and learning keeps the cost where they are and elementary schools tan wallens on the same start-schedule. >> as studies for young elementary school kids but also the cost for families like mine and stlernl les certainly theres fortunate families.

>> allen schauffler al jazeera seattle. >> a british study shows online brain training helps aging adults maintain co cognitive skills. people over 60 who played memory and reasoning games at least five times a week scored higher on standard cognitive tests than people who just did basic internet searches. researchers are studying whether brain training can help prevent dementia. america's space training will begin to accept new astronaut training candidates. the agency says this next group of space explorers will help the u.s. put boot-prints on mars. the recruitment starts in november and will continue for two months.

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