like most people in rural upper egypt, gamal works the land. but he says, farmers like him face many challenges. as well as cultivating his fields, gamal is a date farmer. today he climbs one of his palm trees to pollinate its flowers, so in the months to come he can harvest its fruit, hundreds of dates. but now there is a new risk to his crop--the invasive red palm weevil, which eats away at trees from the inside, devastating local date production and eventually killing the trees. about 30% of the palms in the region have been affected, including some of gamal's trees. conventional treatments are time consuming and labor intensive. but after the hayat project introduced gamal to a different and more effective way to fight the weevil, he quickly went to war. boring into the trees and inserting pesticide with this simple hydraulic device, gamal rescued his trees. and gamal doesn't just treat his own palms. he designed and fabricated three additional machines, which he now hires out to other farmers in need. it's another example of how low-scale

like most people in rural upper egypt, gamal works the land. but he says, farmers like him face many challenges. as well as cultivating his fields, gamal is a date farmer. today he climbs one of his palm trees to pollinate its flowers, so in the months to come he can harvest its fruit, hundreds of dates. but now there is a new risk to his crop--the invasive red palm weevil, which eats away at trees from the inside, devastating local date production and eventually killing the trees. about 30% of the palms in the region have been affected, including some of gamal's trees. conventional treatments are time consuming and labor intensive. but after the hayat project introduced gamal to a different and more effective way to fight the weevil, he quickly went to war. boring into the trees and inserting pesticide with this simple hydraulic device, gamal rescued his trees. and gamal doesn't just treat his own palms. he designed and fabricated three additional machines, which he now hires out to other farmers in need. it's another example of how low-scale

it was daylight in egypt when this took off. have not confirmed that there has been a crash. however, the egyptian authorities have confirmed that there's a crash and that there are on site. we're getting reports that there have been some bodies found. that the wreckage has possibly been split in two. that the airplane has been split in two which is giving a rather large debris field, which we have had some aviation experts talking about and saying that that is actually a sign that the plane had a very controlled descent. there are also possible reports of survivors. so we are hopeful about that and waiting to hear news that there are possibly some survivors of this crash. it's an a-321 airbus, 224 people on board. 200 adults, 17 children and seven crew members and we do know that most of them are russian tourists. ron mott had reported from london that the passengers on board were coming from sharm el sheikh, possibly from vacation. headed back to st. petersburg. the air bus 321 is a single engine plane and it took off from sha

what are you hearing from egypt? reporter: what we're hearing from the russian embassy is that they are looking into it. they're trying to see -- they're reaching out to people that could have family members, loved ones, really still a bit early to find out if there was anyone still in sharm el-sheikh that had a connection to anyone on this plane. usually these planes when they come in, they're families taking vacations. this one coming from st. petersburg. barely cold there right now. we see a lot of these this time of year. people coming to escape the cold. to the beaches of sharm el-sheikh. and so you do have a lot of families on board these flights when they come down. people looking to take a holiday. so we haven't heard of anyone who may have a connection to that plane still in sharm el-sheikh. we're hearing though from the russians that they are trying to contact the people, their loved ones who did have people on that plane. >> ian underscoring that point, it is still very early in this, but certainly as we r

we understand that vladimir putin spoke to egypt's president. what do we know about that conversation about what was said. >> the russian government and the presidency has been quick to move on the tragedy. there has been a number of different actions they have taken throughout the day, a recent one was a conversation between vladimir putin, the president of russia, and the president of egypt. >> these two men have a good working relationship. they want to make sure they see eye to eye. abdul fatah al-sisi said to vladimir putin that as much time and space and resources would be allowed for the russian investigators who are heading to egypt. as much time as they needed to do the job that they have to do to find out what caused the crash. we've heard from the russian prime minister, dmitri medvedev, who said that this was a tragedy. the crew on board the flight could be offered compensation. the families of the crew on board would be offered compensation for their loss. >> reports are that one of the black boxes have been found. what do we know a

but right now, egypt is taking the lead on this. and, you know, we're waiting for those family members to come who are the ones that are really looking for answers at this hour. >> all right. some heartbreaking images of those loved ones getting the news. >> let's bring in ian, and david, also the author of the book malaysia airlines flight 370. so now the egyptian authorities are saying they do not believe there was in kind of terrorist activity. it was likely there was a technical failure. how they find what that technical failure was. >> well, fred, because they have the black box already and the black box we're referring to is the flight data recorder. not the cockpit voice recorder in the front of the aircraft. they haven't recovered that. that'll give them more clues. as far as the technical aspect, it could be the reason that they're saying this because they got some information off of the black box already, which is possible. because the egyptian investigators have that capability right there near where they are now. so, i t

what it shows is that egypt's revolution is yet to come.ly it will be a non-violent revolution, but the egypt's people's quest to remove dictatorship and have a democratic state has yet to be realized. i hope that the egyptians see tunisians as a life and a possibility of their neighbor. but egypt has not accomplished what it set out to accomplish. >> thank you for your time on al jazeera. >>> australia is negotiating with the philippines to resettle refugees. australia intercepts any refugee boats arriving on their shores, and sends them to camps. >> reporter: the philippines has a long history of accepting refugees from other asian countries and even as far as europe. it provides sanctuary to hundreds of refugees who fled from vietnam during the civil war in the 1970s. they built a vietnam village. but the recent plan to vettel asylum seekers who attempt to reach australia been boat is not the same. australia has reportedly offered over $100 million to take the refugees. >> in this recent issue of migration of refugees, we can consider, b

campaign posters are back on the streets of egypt. variety of names and faces are running for parliament, political differences are non-existent. there are no opponents of the leadership on the ballot paper. a stark contrast the last time there was an election. following the 2011 uprising, egypt witnessed its first free and fair election in which a plethora of parties contested. the muslim brotherhood freedom and justice party were the victors of the vote. a few months later military rulers used a court order to dissolve parliament. shortly after the 2013 coup, the muslim brotherhood party was dissolved and the movement described a terrorist organization. the army led by sisi promised to hold parliamentary elections. more than two years later the vote is held. the political climate is far from free or democratic. tens of thousands of activists are behind bars, dozens of journalists are in jail and the media is tightly censored. as a result, several parties, including the april 6th youth movement pivotal in toppling mubarak, boycotted

mohammed morsec morsi. >> campaign posters are back on the streets of egypt. although a variety of names and faces are running for parliame parliament, political differences are virtually non non-existent. >> following the 2011 up rising egypt witnessed it's first free party election. the muslim brotherhood freedom and justice party were the victors of that vote. a few months later the court rulers use use ruled against the party. it was called a terrorist organization. they promised to hold parliamentary elections two years later. now that vote is finally being held. but the political climate remains far from free. >> as a result. several parties including the april fifth youth movement pivotal in toppling hosni mubarak are boycotting sunday's poll. they continue to face criticism internationally over the lack of democracy in egypt as well as the crackdown on opponents. the new parliament will be presented as prove of the political process. al jazeera. >> egyptians abroad have been voting with embassies in 139 countries open for election. we heard from one cr

sunday's ballot papers didn't include opponents of president sisi or egypt's military leaders. sisi had hoped that the parliament would continue to criticize him for the lack of freedom in egypt. if the turnout remains low, many may question the future parliaments credibility. al jazeera. >> in the studio with me now is an associate professor of politics and international relations at the doha institute for graduate studies. good to have you with us. there seems to be a number of problems with these elections. the first to say is they are hugely delayed, should have been held months ago. >> according to the transitional roadmap, they should have been helped before the presidential elections that elected general now president sisi as president. so that's one of the problems. there i think are larger issues having to do with the political space to protest and the opposition parties and who's allowed to run, and whether, as your segment illustrated, whether there's actually going to be a significant opposition that participates in the elections. >> this to me seems to be the bigge

relatives warn 224 killed in a russian jetliner that is crashed in egypt. close to the site rescuers recover the dead as investigators try to find what caused the tragedy. >> you're watching al jazeera live from london. coming up, palestinians bury the dead after israel returns the bodies of five teenagers killed in the occupied west bank. >> politicians make a final pitch to voters in turkey. many fear it will lead to instability >>> and a trend lighting up nigeria's fashion shows. >> we begin in egypt where a russian airliner crashed killing everyone on board. it was carrying 224 passengers and crew. including 17 children. there's no word on what caused the clash, one of the plane's black boxes has been recovered. countries around the world are expressing condolences. vladimir putin declared a day of mourning. here is what we know about what happened so far. the plane took off early saturday morning from the egyptian red sea resort of sharm el sheikh. the russian based jet was on its way to st. petersburg and vanished a little over 20 meters taking off. w

how has egypt been able to maintain control of this area? >> well, i think egypt over the last couple of years has had real problems ever since president al sisi won the election. he's had a serious problem on the western flank with libya. we know that the islamic state are pervasive across that area and there's a government and a security vacuum. and he's got gaza, and he's got the sinai peninsula islamic insurgent group there. so president al sisi has had a major problem on his hands when it comes to the security of that area. >> we do know this is a mountainous region and a desolate, uninhabited area. how difficult is the search and rescue going to be in that area? >> i think potentially it's quite hazardous. flight radar 24 were reporting the track of the aircraft and they show that it gets airborne from sharm el sheikh and it tracks the eastern coastal line of the sinai peninsula initially and then kinks left and parallels the israeli border as it heads up to arish. that's a town on the mediterranean and then it was due to contact the c

most likely taking people in egypt on holiday. we get a lot of these sorts of flights coming in here. a tragic way to end their trip. >> ian lee, keep us posted as you learn any new information about this. >> let's talk more about what we do know. cnn aviation analyst, les aben is with us now. he is also a pilot. when you hear ian talk about this flight roughly at 30,000 feet and disappearing from radar and plunging some 6,000 feet per minute, what goes through your mind about the possibilities of what could have been happening, why it would have gone down? >> first of all, this is all preliminary information. you know from doing reporting on this that a lot of this can be speculation. we don't quite have all the details at this point in time. if it is accurate at 6,000 feet per second, this occurred at cruz altitude. that's really a nonstress environment for us as pilots. that's the termoloinology we us. if you had an emergency, you would have time at cruise altitude to determine what is going on, what the problem may be and go t

sinai area in egypt.n embassy said bodies are being recovered but no reports of survivors. >> let's get you caught up. metrojet flight 9268 it took off just before 6:00 a.m. local time. it was headed from the popular resort town of sharm el sheikh in egypt to st. petersburg, russia. but it lost contact 22 minutes into the flight. >> russian officials say they are sending five rescue planes. those planes scheduled to take off about an hour from now. we've got coverage from around the world on this, this morning. ian lee, live in cairo. we're beginning with aviation correspondent richard quest in london. and the latest report coming reuters that there are reports from different authorities say that the black box has been found. and this is still within hours of this crash. >> well, it's entirely possible that the black box has been found. but hard to say. i'm treating a lot of this stuff that we're hearing from the scene with an enormous amount of caution. this accident only happened a few hours ago. less t

search and rescue teams find a site in egypt where a russian plane crashed. more than 200 on board. >>> palestinians bury the dead after israel finally handed back some of the bodies. >>> russia warns of a proxy war after the u.s. announces it will send special forces to syria >>> more that 200 passengers are feared dead after a russian jet crashed. the pilot reports technical problems and asked to change his route. the plane took off sate from sharm el sheikh. the airbus a321 belonging to metro jet airlines was en route to st. petersburg. it carried 237 and seven crew members, and came down in a mountainous area of central sinai peninsula. peter sharp is live in moscow. what more do we know. >> the air came down near an airport in northern sinai. it went off radar 23 minutes after taking off from sharm el sheikh as part of a flight to st. petersburg. there were 274 passengers and crew, including 17 children. the newsagency here reported quoting russian aviation experts that before the aircraft went off radar, the pilot reported technical problems, and was as

. >> in egypt where a russian airliner has crashed killing everyone on board.he jet was carrying 224 passengers and crew, including 17 children. there is no official word yet on what caused the crash, but both of the plane's black boxes are said to have been found. countries around the world are expressing condolences while the russian president vladimir putin has declared a day of mourning. the plane took off from the egyptian resort and the airbus belonged to metro jet air lines and was on its way to saint petersburg. it vanished after twenty minutes of taking off. wreckage has been found south of elarish. our coverage from saint petersburg. hoping for good news. but early reports of survivors were later discounted. he was on holiday with his family. my son, his wife, and daughter, their daughter is 10 months old. we spoke for the internet yesterday. i checked the radar. everything seemed to be fine, then around 11:30, i came here. when i came, i couldn't find the flight anywhere on the screen. the aircraft had come down near an egyptian air force base in sin

egypt's president spoke by phone with russia's president putin. secretary of state john kerry heard about the crash during a visit to the former soviet republic of kurdistan. you see video there as he sat down to address reporter. he expressed remorse for the tremendous tragedy and loss. >> authorities have recovered the black box as we heard in that report and will begin deciphering its contents. an aviation attorney is joining us. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> very early in the investigation. we just got word that they have recovered the black boxes. so you can walk us through what goes on at this point now that they have those recovered? >> sure. under the international agreements that are in place, the egyptians because the accident occurred in hair country take the lead in the investigation. we're talking about two boxes, we're talking about the flight data recorder and this is a relatively advanced aircraft, an airbus 321, so it records hundreds if not thousands of parameters in terms of the position of flight control, instruments, eng

>> >>> a russian airliner carrying more than 200 passengers crashed in egypt >>> hello, i'm jane dutton, you're watching al jazeera. also on the programme, russia warns of a proxy war. a deadly blaze at a bucharest nightclub kills 27 people >>> it's a second day of campaigning in the turkish election in six months. >> we start with breaking news, an airliner flying from egypt to russia crashed. there were more than 200 passengers on the flight. a statement from egypt's prime minister said it came down in the cyanide. peter sharp joins us. you have been getting the latest information. what have you been told? >> yes, well the aircraft was an a321 airbut full of holiday makers from sharmal shake. it was 23 -- sharma shake. it was 23 minutes into the flight. 224 passengers on board and crew, including 27 children. the newsagency in moscow is reporting prior to it going off-air the pilot was requesting the location of an airport, saying he had problems with radio communication. the area, northern sinai is home to a 2-year long insurgency with fighters loyal to i.s.i.l. egyptian security for

egypt's prime minister gave an update. here is what he had to say. [ speaking foreign language ] >> translation: we have not yet started an investigation. a specialised team started soon. almost carrying 217 on board. the prime minister will go to the crash site. now to the rest of the news, israeli forces shot dead a palestinian. the 17-year-old accused of carrying out an attack near jenin. 70 palestinians and nine israelies have been killed. five soldiers have been killed. the bodies handed over to their families after intervention by mahmoud abbas and international groups. this month the israeli government decided to retain the bodies of palestinians accused of attacks. this is the executive director of the jerusalem center, local aid and human rights and says that israel is holding the bodies of palestinians. >> this is not a new policy. israel is practicing the policy since occupation in 1967. israel is keeping till now, according to documentation of palestinian entities, 269 bodies, including 19 bodies from the last

. >>> voting's begun in egypt, in the first election since 2014. polling stations there, the parliamentary poll is the final step in a transition to democracy. the two-stage process, jamal el shael has more. >> although a variety of names and faces are running for parliament, political differences are virtually nonexistent. stark contrast to the last time egyptians leaked a deposit. the muslim brotherhood freedom and just party were the victors of that vote, but a few months later, the country's political leaders used a way to dissolve that vote. the army heldly sisi promised to hold elections months later, the public utility climate in egypt remains far from free or democratic. tens of thousands of activists are behind bars, dozens of journalists remain in jail and the media is tightly sense oord. thtightlytightly censored.for ps important that a new parliament is formed. he continues to face criticism internationally over the lack of democracy in egypt as well as his crack down on opponents. the new parliament will be presented as proof of a poli

campaign posters are back on the streets of egypt. a variety of names and faces are running for parliament, political differences are non-existent. there are no opponents of the leadership. a stark contrast the last time there was an election. following the uprising, egypt experienced a free and fair election in which a plethora of parties contested. a few months later military rulers used a court order to resolve parliament. sortly after the coup, the party was resolved and the movement described a terrorist organization. the army promised to hold parliamentary elections. more than two years later the vote is held. the political climate is far from free or democratic. tens of thousands of activates are behind bars, dozens remain in gaol, and the media is tightly dense soared. as a result, several parties, including the april 6th youth movement. that was pivotal are boycotting the poll. for president abdul fatah al-sisi, it's important that a new parliament is formed. they continue to face criticism over a lack of democracy in egypt.

the deadly crash of a russian airline in egypt.to the newsroom showing sheer devastation of the crash site in egypt's sinai peninsula. all 224 people on board, including children, now dead. the plane going on 20 minutes after takeoff heading to the russian city of st. petersburg. both black boxes have been recovered with the investigation kicking into high gear at this moment. >> the house is broken. we're not solving problems, we're adding to them. i am not interested in laying blame. we are not settling scores. we are wiping the slate clean. >> that's newly elected house speaker paul ryan as he speaks in his first remarks to the chamber with a new leader in the house many hope for a period of calm on the hill. joining us with reaction march, a blackburn. good to havey you on the show today. >> good to be with you, thanks. >> people hoping some gridlock p end now that paul ryan is at the helm, hoping he can work well with president obama. how do you see it. >> i think what we'll see is a time of action in the u.s. house. paul ryan

. >>> voting has started in egypts long-awaited parliamentary elections. they're the first since president mohammed morsi was overthrown in 2013. results should be known in december. >>reporter: this is the second time egyptians are voting for parliament since the 2011 protests that removed the president. but unlike the first elections, turn outs on sunday was extremely low. the last time a parliamentary poll took place, this was the scene. people queueing for hours to cast their ballots. that's the first free and fair election in egypts victory. it's not only the brother hood. they say there's continued oppression under president sisi. it's a view echoed by many >> no, i won't vote. young people once were passionate about voting. we voted in the parliamentary elections and the presidential election after the resignation but the passion died down after morsi was moved from his position. few young people voted in sisis presidential election. >> president sisi and his supporters have frequently justified the crackdown in political opponents by saying -- stab

more than two years, egypt's economy remains in decline.e egyptians have not had any improvement in people's livelihoods since 2013. we are still faced with economic crisis and we have high unemployment. although there are numerous candidates vying for a seat in parliament, there is little between them in terms of political diversity. sunday's ballot papers didn't include any opponents of the sisi or egypt's military leaders. sisi had hoped that the parliament would appease those who continued to criticize him for the lack of freedom in egypt. but if the turnout remains low, many may still question the future parliament's credibility. ays. okay. let's get more now on our breaking news this hour. reports of a shooting attack in the southern israeli city of ber sheba. andrew simmons is in west jerusalem. he joins us. andrew, what more do we know about this attack? >> reporter: details are rather short in supply at the moment, but we understand the first report suggests there were two attackers and they had guns. at least one gun any more, tha

it crashed in the region of sinai where egypt's military has been battling isis militants. both egyptian and russian officials say there's nothing to indicate that this was in any way a terrorist attack. now, family members of passengers, meanwhile, we're seeing new video, images, awaiting more information in st. petersburg at this point. russian officials just a short time ago said the bodies of those recovered, and we saw some of that in the latest video, will be flown back to russia. again, all 224 passengers were killed. 138 of them women. 17 children. ages 2 to 17. and as mentioned, russian president vladimir putin has declared a day of mourning tomorrow. very quickly, the associated press, the ap and reuters both reporting the german airliner lufthansa will not be flying over the peninsula until the cause of the crash is clarified. according to the spokeswoman, an unnamed so d source, for securi reasons. again, to be clear, there's no indication according to russian and egyptian officials that this was in any way a terror attack. so often what happened in auid of spec

we have called egypt's civil radio administration. they say they do not know if this pilot, if it did, in fact, call or if he didn't. there are still a lot of questions about the final minutes of this plane and if the pilot did, in fact, suspect that something was wrong before it went down. it was cruising at over 30,000 feet when it started its dissent, hitting speeds up to 6,000 feet per minute. how they lose contact. we have had a lot of rumors here in cairo about what possibly took place. what we do know is that the plane disappeared. they are searching for these black boxes. there were rumors, people may have saw on line, there were voices heard from the wreckage. that proved to be untrue. everyone on board this plane was killed and now it's a matter of body recovery and some of those bodies are making their way here to cairo. >> the first 15 have been recovered and are en route to cairo. >> let's bring in richard quest. richard, a lot of these questions will be answered upon discovery and analysis of those black boxes. as you ha

sharm el sheikh in egypt en route to russia. the officials confirm to nbc news it crashed in the sinai peninsula and jets located the wreckage of the plane. it is too early to pinpoint a cause of the crash. the area where the plane went down is near the scene were terrorists clashed this summer. according to the associated press, quoting the egypt committee, the pilot reported technical difficulties and inn te tension to be land at the nearest airport. the 18-year-old airbus a-321. the jet was descending at the rate of 6,000 feet per minute before the signal was lost. the air russian transportation official said 217 passengers and crew members were on board and it was handed off to cyprus officials, but they never made contact with radar. it is suspected that many of the passengers are russian tourists returning from vacation. russian jet 9268 is confirmed lost from radar carrying 217 passenger and 7 crew members and crashed in the sinai peninsula of egypt. carson and erica, back to you. >> ron mott in london. thanks. >> let's t

. >> reporter: campaign volunteers try to wake egypt's sleepy electorate. they sprint to the finish as polls for parliament opens sunday. ahmed mansour entices with posters, music, handouts, and horns. for some, it's all noise. [ horns ] >> reporter: "yes, of course i'm worried about the turnout," he says. "if we have a desire for change, we actually have to change." mansour pledges better jobs, health care, and education. like the more than 5,000 candidates, he struggles to energize a fatigued nation. >> almost five years now after the uprising, the disappointment has sunk in finally. the expectations are very high, and not much came out. >> reporter: this election is the final step in a roadmap after the military ousted president mohamed morsi in 2013. despite many promises over the past five years, egypt continues to struggle with a stalled economy, poor education, high unemployment, and poverty. since the 2011 revolution, egyptians have voted for two constitutions, two presidents, and now two parliaments. but all the while, voter turnout has continued t

in this case, that is egypt.re will also be the possibility of getting help from russia as they are the state or the country where the airline operates from. and additionally, there is going to be the country of manufact e manufacturer plants, and the country of registry which is, which ireland. so those countries together will decide who is going to do what and how to best deal with the situation. and the u.s. speed from 400 knots down to 60 knots, and what is the consideration there, and losing 85% of your speed just like that. >> the big thing is to validate that the data is correct. looking at the flight's data, there are anomalies in it, and until we can get the flight recorder and validate and verify what okccurred, it is speculative. it does appear that the airplane slowed down, and from that, we will have to determine the best that we can. >> all right. msnbc aviation analyst john cox, thank you so much, and thank you for your help all this morning. >>> the new sign of trouble for the jeb bush campaign. w

the russian embassy in egypt confirming no survivors. plane took off from sharm el sheikh airport en route to st. petersburg, russia. 224 passengers on board. officials say the pilot reported technical difficulties and watted to make an emergency landing. after takeoff, air traffic controllers lost contact. like to bring in international affairs correspondent, pilot and former british official mikey kay. egypt's former minuister saying they'll work closely with russian officials. to try to find out what happened on the ground. >> whenever a board of inquiry is convened of this nature, there are certain critical components that need to be involved. the first one will be the design manufacturer. so it will be air bus, french officials involved there. the countries within which the aircraft went down. egypt in this case will be responsible for coordinating and running the investigation. we've got russia, a russian operator, so russia officials will be involved. >> looking for the black boxing, looking at the size of debris they might find?

in egypt this morning. egyptian officials say both black box recorders have been recovered from the wreckage from the plane. ron mott has the latest. russian air carrier metrojet .. flight 9268 .. crashed this morning about 25 minutes after departure from sharm-el-sheikh egypt .. the wreckage located in the north sinai peninsula of the country. officials say there were no survivors .. all 224 people aboard died .. all but three of them russian citizens the plane was an airbus a-321 that was 18 years old and was bringing russian vacationers back home on a charter flight .. to st petersburg .. when it disappeared from radar. russian and egyptian authorities will conduct a joint investigation. according to flight radar-24 .. the plane was descending at a rate of 6-thousand feet a minute when its radar signal was lost .. and had slowed dramatically from 400-plus knots down to just 62 knots in the final moments before radar contact was severed. the associated press .. quoting an egyptian aviation official .. sai

that also according to egypt's prime minister.eported that he was having mid-air technical issues and requested an emergency landing before contact was lost. and the plane dropped off the radar. this about 23 minutes into the flight. initially egyptian officials said the plane was flying at a cruising altitude of 32,000 feet. but now they're saying, according to the a.p. it was at 36,000 feet. it was an airbus a321, egyptian aviation officials say that the plane was inspected prior to takeoff and there were no issues found. but now russia -- russia's aviation investigators have opened a separate investigation into this. and again, russian aviation investigators are en route to the crash site. as mentioned, 224 people on board, including, as you said, except children. russia's -- the kremlin has said that november 1st, as we've already said, will be a day of mourning for those passengers that were killed, obviously family members now know of the crash. they are devastated. we've been seeing some of the images coming in from st. pet

. >> the russian flight took off from egypt and was headed to st. petersburg, russia. the wreckage has been found in the sinai peninsula. they also confirm the pilot did report technical difficulties before losing contact with air traffic controllers, 23 minutes before takeoff. 217 passengers and 7 crew members were on board. russian president vladimir putin has ordered russian emergency officials to fly there immediately. we'll continue to follow updates throughout news 4 today and post any new information to our nbc washington app. back to you. >> darcy, thanks. >>> for the latest developments, this out of texas. this morning, the search for two missing in this massive flooding continues. we want to show you this video. two people already reported dead. teams from the national weather service are planning to investigate whether tornadoes actually touched down in central and southwest regions of the state. the storms and suspected tornadoes are remnants of hurricane patricia. we want to get to tom kierein for more on our forecast. as we look at those images, a rough s

that was the first free and fair election in egypt's history. victors, the freedom justice party. now, the brotherhood's leaders are either killed, jailed, or exiled and the movement outlawed. it's not only the brotherhood that's absent from these elections. several other parties including the april 6th youth movement and others have boycotted the vote in protest at what they say is the continued oppression under president asi. it's a view echoed by many. no. i won't vote. young people once were passionats about voting. we voted in the parliamentary elections and the presidential election after mubarak's resignation but the passion died down after mohamed morsi was removed from his presidency. few young people voted in sisi's presidential election and even they resented doing it. president sisi and his supporters have justified the crackdown on political opponents by saying the country needed to sacrifice freedoms for the sake of economic development and stability. more than two years since the coup, egypt's economy remains in decline. >> wi-egy

but egypts economy remains in decline. >> we have not felt any improvement since 2013. we're still faced with economic crisis and we have high unemployment. >> although there are numerous candidates vying for seats in parliament, there's little between them in terms of political diversity. the turnouts remain low and many still question the future parliame parliament's credibility. >> 27 million egyptians are eligible to vote on sunday. people will vote for the 596 members of parliament. 448 will be elected as independents. 127 of those are representing a party and other se are appointed by the president. last time 47% of votes went to the freedom and justice party which is rooted in the muslim brother hood but now it's outlawed and its leaders killed, exiled, or jailed. >>> turning from doha is our political analyst. thank you so much for joining us. let me put a point to you about the possible credibility of this parliament. obviously we don't know how the the elections are going go but what do you think the chances are that this new chamber will actually be able to a

today egypt now even though egypt has a long history of feminism that the plan in the 1950s that outsiders aren't aware of my feminism is an in-your-face openly sexual yes i like -- no say that in the egyptian context. here in the u.s. feminism i feel has to be tempered with what this is what a muslim looks like it's what i called coveting silence on muslim women and i'm always asked considered somehow less authentic because in my context conservative is authentic and that i totally reject. it sounds incredibly simplistic but that's what it is. when you look at equality and liberation for you why should it be any different for a muslim woman and what lies have you allowed because most of you are not defined by the muslim world. >> you are making me think of false consciousness and all of the assumptions. all three of you the books that you wrote speaking from our place is better than very polarized where there has been a lot of speaking for rather than listening to but i'm wondering and what i'm telling people about the panel everyone said these are such courageous writers. it's encouragin

egypt is expected to have a new parliament by the end of the year.a climate summit on monday. administration officials will get together with federal agencies, environmental organizations, and leaders from the business, science, and technology sides. >> we explain the mounting evidence that climate change is real. >> public opinion is year 50/50 but 97% of scientists who dedicate their lives to studying our climate say that it's happening and happening because of human activities. with all the evidence we have of a warming earth, it's harder to be a skeptic. we're talking about sea level rise, ocean acidify kags and the reduction in ice shelves in greenland and antarctica. it's clear in extreme weather events like the heat we've wave in india, and in 2012, tens of thousands of people in russia died because of extreme heat. 2014 was the warmest year on record with 2015 looking to set the charts adds well. the ippp says a warming temperature is happening. co 2 is reaching levels we've never experienced for. first time in 800,000 years. the oceans are a

no one in egypt can bar anywhere working in media or journalism or on t.v.m expressing their views. had the interview followed up, which he did not, he might have mentioned that at least 18 journalists remain in egyptian zales and seven guilty verdicts stand against al jazeera employees tried in absentia. president asis said he is open to the idea of clemency but would rather not interfere with the judiciary which is precisely what he did when he pardoned fahmy and mohammed. theitsis military said sus spendnd one of its officers after an incidents in which two journalists were assaulted, their equipment destroyed. captured on a distant camera, two journalists who say they had prior authorization to be in the area near nabolos can be seen wearing body armor clearly marked as, "press." andrea bernardi and abbas mumani were roughed up. their camera was smashed on the ground. what was left was returned, they say, minus the memory cards and the content. the pair was covering demonstrations following the funeral of a palestinian killed by security forces. theitsis

investigators are trying to find out what caused a plane to crash in egypt. all 224 people on board the plane died. the jet was on its way from the egyptian resort town of sharm el sheikh to st. petersburg in russia when it crashed 23 minutes after takeoff. the two black boxes have been located. more from secretary of state john kerry, that u.s. ground forces in syria are there to fight i.s.i.l. comments coming a russia warn of a proxy war. thousands of troops support president bashar al-assad. thousands killed in hebron, killed after carrying out attacks with israelis. also, another knife-wielding palestinian was shot. rights groups have accused israeli troops of using force. prosecutors launched a criminal investigation. the death toll reached 27 people with more than 200 people hospitalized. >> reporter: young romanians, some dressed to celebrate halloween came to rest outside the nightclub in bucharest. >> if i had been there, probably instead of me lighting a cannedal, someones else would have been -- candle, someone else would have lit a candle for me.