subsidized egyptian fuel was underwriting the israeli attack on gaza, now when egyptians realized thaty were like what? >> mubarak was ousted by a wide coalition of demonstrators with the acquiescence of egypt's military itself threatened by the mubarak regime's corruption. as the armed forces assumed temporary control, emg was still using the pipeline to send gas to israel, even though salem, its founder had fled. >> hussein salem cleverly enough, had absconded within days of the 2011 revolution starting and run off with a load of money in his bags. anger at the emg deal prompted frequent attacks on the pipeline carrying the gas to israel. more than a dozen bombings brought the flow to a halt. in april 2012, the egyptian army intervened. >> the military was trying to kind of send a sort of olive branch to the revolutionaries by at least temporarily halting those gas sales and canceling that that contract. >> but the decision to close the pipeline would have far reaching consequences. israel had insisted the emg contract contain a clause obligating egypt to provide a 'continuous and un

describe for us the circumstances you experienced in the egyptian prison. >> i think egyptian prisons an experience that no one would like to go through, because basically it's a nightmare for anyone who has gone through that kind of experience. in egyptian jails it's mostly beatings all the time never any kind of medical attention, of course, cells are overcrowded with people they don't get any kind of hygiene, or even any basic humans rights as -- you know allowing people to have some time to walk on their feet or probably meet each other or in some cases it's not even allowed to have a newspaper or a book or even a pen. so it's mostly a very bad experience for anyone who goes through that and it's -- it's -- it's mostly -- you know it works according to how the offices in any prison would like to control it, because there isn't something like that law that really defines how they can treat prisoners, because one day you can see, you know, the officer or the warden in control. maybe he is just feeling good or -- you know he feels -- you know it's a good day, so well let's give them

and unless average egyptians -- average egyptians may now be supportive of sisi in way that his mightf us in the west. but that may change soon if the economy doesn't improve. >> patrick butter, professor lean, a thank you for joining me on "inside story." that brings us to the end of this edition. program. thanks for being with us, remember my colleagues who are till still in prison? egypt. bahar mohamed, peter get earth mohamed fahmy. in washington i am ray suarez. >>> coming up at 6:00 p.m. a plane that disappeared is likely at the bottom of the sea says the man in charge of finding the 162 people aboard. we'll have the latest on the search. u.s. officials say illegal border crossings have almost stopped. humanitarian workers have a different story to tell and we are keeping our spotlight on our three colleagues impressed in egypt for one year today. that and more coming up at 6:00. >> we're in the mexican state of veracruz, one of the most violent areas in the country. this is el diamante ranch - it is here where the remains of 31 people were found a month ago. the bodies were dum

and unless average egyptians -- average egyptians may now be supportive of sisi in way that his mightus in the west. but that may change soon if the economy doesn't improve. >> patrick butter, professor, lean, a thank you for joining me on "inside story." that brings us to the end of this edition. program. thanks for being with us remember my colleagues who are till still in prison? egypt. bahar mohamed, peter get earth mohamed fahmy. in washington i am ray suarez. >> announcer: this is al jazeera. ♪ >>> a very warm welcome to the news hour. coming up in the next 60 minutes. indonesia's president orders a massive search to find the remaining passengers and crew of the missing airasia jet. >>> am beeia's capitol is locked down after an attempted coup while the president is out of the country. >>> and i have all of the

are they doing what they can to make life difficult for the new new egyptian government?y ended up right back where it started with a young military strong man at the held. , after the aging has hosni mubarak was toppled? stay with us. >> we were talking to a young lady saying she just wanted her voice to get out there. >> by the thousands, they're sending their government a message. >> ahead of 'em is a humanitarian crisis where tens of thousands of people are without food, water, shelter. >> a special one hour look at global attacks on free press. coming up next. on al jazeera america. >> welcome back. every year, hundreds of millions of birds die crashing into glass windows and that's just in the united states. well now finders there are trying the give the birds a chance of survival. tom ackerman reports. >> just after dawn, naturalist luke de grute is out, trapping the battle for kirkuk. oil rich iraqi city. first, living under the shadow of gang violence, we lose one

peter greste and two egyptian producers.ohammed fahmy, and baher mohamed who also holds canadian citizenship. six months later, john kerry let with egypt's new president and protested the journalists' defense. during the talks kerry offered to release u.s. aide to the egyptian government. >> i emphasized our strong support for upholding the rights and freedoms of all egyptians, including free expression. >> that did little to help the jailed journalists. the very next day an egyptian court convicted all three of aiding terrorists and reporting false news. they have always maintained their innocents. the obama administration has released $570 million worth of aid and ten app patchy helicopters to the egyptian military. in december the u.s. congress inserted language into his 2015 spending bill that would make egypt's aid contingent on progress made on free and fair elections and the freedom of expression, but gives the u.s. secretary of state discretion to wave those conditions if doing so is deemed to be in the u.s. national

he beats an egyptian to death. he sort of looks around and hides the guy in the sand.> but the pharaoh hears about what happened and he tries to have moses killed. >> now he's a wanted murderer. he flees far from his family, far from egypt. moses heads into the sinai desert where he has a date with destiny. little does he know, he's about to get the call-up of a lifetime. yep. we check every p, every day and alert you if anything looks suspicious. nice. i'm looking into some suspicious activity myself. madame that is not a changing table. at discover, we treat you like you'd treat you. get the it card at discover.com >> thank you for joining us. there are many stories to tell in adventures that lie ahead. >> we're off to look for evidence of the exodus. we follow the israelites path through the wilderness, staying one step ahead of a notorious desert bandit. our guide is carrying a gun. >> we visit the real armageddon and we climb mt. sinai where the bible says moses received the ten commandments. so join us again as we continue our journey back, back to the beginning.

the egyptian military with equipment, weapons and support all while the people of egyptian opposed thosearm relations with israel. in the 2009 attack on gaza where many thousands of civilians were killed, this built up street-level anger at the egyptian government. why are we providing the israelis with our natural gas at a time when they're killing or fellow arabs and muslims. that could be said this year when there was a 50-day-plus conflict. now egypt is in position to buy israeli gas, now they're asking why would we give israelis money and buying their gas when they're killing our people. >> what sort of crisis is president al sisi dealing with now in egypt? >> there are rolling black outside, so it's winter and it's not severe, but when it's summer and it's above 100 degrees, when you're in hospital and there is a blackout, that's catastrophic. energy was used as a weapon when the muslim brotherhood candidate mohamed morsi was presidented. they did deliver power cuts. but today the cuts are for real. >> clayton, he wrote and produced egypt's lost power. you can see the entire specia

and the egyptian leader fattah al sisi is simply a return to the time of mubarak. with protests in tunisia and the political outcome there while still a work in progress is totally different from that in egypt. tunisia's new parliament held session tuesday, four years after the ouster of long-time leader ben ali. >> now is the time to establish democratic institutions and make the articles of the constitution real. >> the country's presidential election is also still in motion, citizens went to the polls sending them to the run off. >> where we can do it. it's not a miss. it's not--it can be an evaluate. and elections. and democracy are possible in islamic country. >> as to yo to tunisians look forward, tahrir square is still off limits to protesters. doing it again looks much harder to pull off. >> did the mubarak trials acquittals mark the end of something or is there still a beginning. is this outcome just a way of moving free, a young military man holding the presidency in his place while thousands block egyptian cities to accomplish. here to discuss those ques

are. >> journalists help egyptians. jowrmts arejournalists are the people that are working under him to satisfy the message. president sisi as a military officer who thinks the whole country is working under his leadership. >> and prominent figures in the egyptian media reinforced sisi's view sometimes with interest. >> when the al jazeera journalists were sentenced in june between 7 to 10 years relation he between qatar which owns al jazeera and egypt were at a low point. within a month however the story started shifting. president al-sisi told journalists the trial had had negative consequences for egypt. two months later the qatari government said it would deport members of the muslim brotherhood. , taken off the air another irritant in the bilateral relationship removed. by last month the president was telling french journalists that had he been in power when the al jazeera three were arrested there would have been no court cares. they simply would have been expelled. >> i can tell that you this is something which i

so don't cross us ordinary egyptian citizens. this is not much of a democracy at this moment in time, is it? >> well, i think that, you know, look. a democracy depends upon the free flow of information. it depends on individuals voters others having access to all the information they can have in order to make decisions about their own destiny. that's clearly not what's happening right now in egypt. i think it's unfortunate. and i think frankly we don't -- we don't really see the signs of a turning points, of going to -- back to a place where there is a free flow of information where the government isn't censoring information before it's out and then detaifng detaining people after information is actually out there. so i think this is a very difficult time to be sure. >> so david last month president al-sisi was in europe visiting italy and france. i don't know if the fate of the al jazeera journalists came up in any of those discussions but what do you think egypt's allies and business partners should be saying to the egyptian le

what we find hard to swallow is the united states as the men were being convicted, gave the egyptian government $1.5 billion, most for military purposes. why is the united states supporting a government that is repressing journalists and peaceful demonstrators, doing what is contrary to the rule of law. >> i'll take exception to various parts of your question. i think they are too separate issues. they are aligned around the idea that we talk to the egyptian government president abdul fatah al-sisi about preserving the rule of law. protecting civil society and free speech. the interests are aligned in the sense that the al jazeera tree are caught in that nexus, and we want them to be released we want them to be let go on almost any terms. that's our particular focus here. >> do you see any reason to be optimistic. is there hope we can give the three journalists and their family that they may get to go home? >> we ask what hope is there. president abdul fatah al-sisi has expressed interest in resolving the matter and said it probably should have been resolved in a different way. i thi

as time passed it became clear that egyptian authorities under the government of abdul fatah al-sisi seemed to have other intentions. peter greste is a veteran correspondent based in kenya at the time of his arrest. by his own administration knew little about egypt. he was shocked that he was linked in some way to what the government described as terrorists. the same could be said about the rest of the team bureau chief and award-winning journalist baher mohamed and mohamed fadel fahmy. much of the international media by jan was demanding the journalists. in the u.k. and elsewhere respected journalists came out in support. the trial failed to come up with anything against the three many that could have vaguely been said to incriminate them. a video of sheep, some of the peter greste's work in kenya and other video were shown. adjournment after adjournment followed. and to the fury of much of the world, the men were convicted and gaoled. for the men's families it was the lowest point to a desperate year. peter greste spent over four months in did out of cairo. he describes what it's b

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the assyrians, the babylonians and the egyptians. >> yes.each victor would build on top of their vanquished foe, providing finkelstein and his crew with an abundance of evidence from 1200 to 700 b.c. >> so we're talking about what, 500 years -- >> 500 years. >> the turbulent period of king david and king solomon as well as their heirs. >> in these 500 years there were four major destruction layers at megiddo because of big wars. >> reporter: the wars brought turmoil. >> rioting broke out. >> reporter: think of america in the 1960s. and at times like these amid the unrest and confusion there are always a few distinctive voice that's capture the mood of the moment. the people who played that role in ancient israel are known to us now as the biblical prophets. >> the prophet is the one who calls us to do what is right at a time that it's so easy to do what is wrong. >> and the hebrew prophets cry aloud against their own people, against their own rulers, against their own aristocracy for their unjust dealings with the people. >> reporter: but th

but also egyptian press.re probably 15 or 20 egyptians that are in jail now on various charges. so the assumption is you need to silence opposition voices and that will keep everything quiet. and in fact the exact opposite happens. when you silence people you build up tension and it exploded. >> how long can egypt continue on this path given all of the attention and criticism that it continueings to get over it? >> it can probably do this for quite a while as long as it gets something like $15 billion a year from the gulf countries who are supporting it. it gets a lot of criticism from its own people the region and the world. it's a bit of a laughing stock right now, the egyptian government's treatment of the press. it's a tragic thing for us to see. they can probably sustain this for a while. they have become laughing stocks. they are not taken seriously. but they don't particularly care, as long as they are getting foreign military support from the u.s. and other arab governments. this degrades the entire g

right across the world there were newsroom vigils and protests outside egyptian embassies. a trial in cairo had failed ocome one any evidence to incriminate the staff or associate them with what egypt described as terrorists. all the charges against correspondent peter greste, bureau chief mohamed fahmy and producer baher mohamed were false. baher's wife spiking from her home in egypt impressed her desperation. >> translator: my life is wrecked and so are the lieftion lives of our children. the head of the family has been in prison for a year for no justification or crime. >> peter greste's parents have spent christmas day in egypt getting an hour and a half to visit our their son. >> he is truly amazing the way he has been able to draw upon his reserves of resilience and strength. and in fact, inspire us all to carry on. because as we all know, this has been a very, very be being won struggle. >> other media organizations helping in the campaign. >> i think a lot of journalists and a lot of people, and we are just people as journalists have been appalled at the structure o

>> i think this is a regional problem not just a egyptian problem. you're going to see these happen more often because embassies and governments have to be cautious about the well-being of their citizens and also people visiting their embassies. this is clear the embassies vjt beehaven't been closed but the consular activities have been suspended, not stopped. >> and despite the authorities saying egypt will provide all the security measures for all foreign embassies in the country? >> absolutely. i think you're going to see this as very common not just in egypt but elsewhere as the threat increases, the local governments are going to do everything they can to make sure that the diplomatic community is safe and secure. nevertheless each country has to make a decision about its own citizens and its own activities and that's what's going on at this time. >> what impact though will this have on egypt as owhole, sort of in the diplomatic arena and the international arena? >> it will probably have no impact whatsoever on egyptians role in the country. it

the egyptians have given no indication of their future plans, but the decision still gave some people a shrivel of hope. >> this is a signal that the relation between the palestinians and the egyptian. >> opening the crossing will remain open permanently is one way that they can stop feeling like they're in prison and have the basic freedom to come and go as she please. they have asked the international community to put pressure on israel, that has made life difficult for the palestinian people. >> state news agency that chief tohamy has been sacked. >> uniteal jazeera continues to demand the release of three journalist who is have been held for 358 days. they were jailed over false allegations that they helped the outlawed muslim brotherhood. they're appealing against their convictions and senses. missourmohamed fahmy, bader mohammed, and peter greste were sentenced for seven years. bader mohammed receives an extra three years for a spent bullet he had in his position. >> taliban gunmen killing 151 people. the country's imperial minister said that the investigation into the attack is

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since when are egyptians not white? firestorm led the mogul to soften his stance and tell everyone to calm down. how have you guys dealt with the issue of your casting? that two caucasian men are playing the lead roles in a story about people from the middle east? >> you look at the existing mummy of ram sooseys and he has hair. certain pharoahs had green eyes and light skin. we had conversations, this is such an important story of revolution. >> i wouldn't bloody last in the december et fsert for 40 minutee 40 years. i would be one big blister. as would ridley. i very much liked what he said. wouldn't egypt be the melting pot of the middle east, europe and africa? i think any debate about that is healthy, you know. but please go see the film before you make judgment. >> reporter: with an eye towards plausibility, scott's crafted the plague. still, it's the transformation of the red sea that most amazes. >> you constantly have the goal of just part, you can't do that. now we know and we are particular with the brutal ti

i think the egyptian regime now wants kind of to stabilize the country more. they want to kind of hold things more into their own hands so they would more possibly release those journalists in reward of getting more international support for the regime itself and they would use that as a way to let's say, you know, convince the outside world that there is a freedom of press in the country and that journalists can walk free. >> now let's go to the continuing search for a missing airasia plane that disappeared shortly after takeoff on sunday. flight qz8501 was on its way to singapore from the indonesian city of surabaya with 162 people on board. the hem of the indonesian search team says it's likely the craft is at the bottom of the java sea. scott heidler has the latest from surabaya where the plane took off. >> another anxious day with the relatives of the rlg passengers. plane took off with 162 people on board. andres's sister-in-law was on board. >> we hope that mtion the team willthe team willfind the plane immediately. >> nothing has been found. no evidenc

. >> reporter: the egyptian government closed the crossing in late octave coordinated attacks killed 33 soldiers in the sinaii peninsula. hamas controls gaza an has ties to the muslim brotherhood now banned in egypt. the crossing is open for two days and only for humanitarian purposes. the egyptians have given no indication of their future plans but the decision still gave some people a sliver of hope. >> this is, i think, a signal of the relation between the palestinians and the egyptian we talk about the egypt, which is all the time was the site of the palestinians. >> open, the crossing permit is one way palestinians say they can stop living like they are in a prison and have a basic freedom to come and go as they please. they continue to call on the international community to pressure israel to end the blockade on gaza that's making life difficult for 1.8 million people. natasha gname, al jazeera. >>> al jazeera continues to demand the re3 journalists fp who were jailed on as far as charges of helping the outlawed muslim brotherhood. they are appealing against their convictions.

. >> reporter: vindication for former egyptian president mubarak. he was acquitted for the deaths of people during the 2011 uprising. mubarak's sons and co-defendants kissed their father after the judge presented the 1430-page verdict. this overturns a previous verdict of life in prison. outside the courthouse, families of those killed waited in anticipation. this mother won't find close usual today. she tells me the police killed her son and now his sacrifice will go in vain. millions of egyptians flooded the streets in january of 2011, demanding mubarak step down. security forces responded with a heavy hand. 18 days later, mubarak was gone, but not before more than 800 protesters died, according to the government. human rights groups put that number at more than 1,000. many egyptians blame the president and his interior minister for the deaths. dubbed by the local press as the trial of the century, it gripped the nation for more than three years. while these people who support the former president hosni mubarak celebrate, it isn't over. the prosec

jail time sis the president so don't cross us ordinary egyptian citizens. this is not much of a democracy at this moment in time, is it? >> well, i think that you know look a democracy depends upon the free flow of information. it depends on individuals voters, having access to all the information they can have, in order to make decisions about their own destiny. that's clearly not what's happening in egypt i think it's unfortunate, we don't show the signs of a turning point of going back to a place where there is a free flow of information, where the government isn't censoring information before it's out and then detaining people after information is actually put out there. so i think this is a very difficult time to be sure. >> yeah. david kay also told us that egypt's allies need to push the egyptian government to allow greater freedom of expression in the country. so in a couple of minutes here we will hear from another al jazeera journalist who was held in an egyptian jail. and join us tonight at 9:00 for journalism is not a crime,ing an in-depth look

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that's something the egyptians are going to be very happy about. but also there is quite a famous case of this renditioning when the cia nabbed a man, an italian man, off the streets of milan, italy, brought him here to egypt. the italian courts didn't like that and almost two dozen cia operatives were found guilty in that case. >> ian lee in cairo, thank you so much. cnn chief national security correspondent jim sciutto is now traveling with defense secretary chuck hagel. he's in kuwait city. jim, you're the only reporter to speak to hagel about this report. what did he have to say? >> reporter: jake, secretary hagel, supremingly focused on the safety of u.s. troops deployed to this region. keep in mind, 11,000 u.s. troops still in afghanistan through 2015. the president's authorized further 1,500, making 3,000 troops in iraq just across the border here, major navy base on the persian gulf in bahrain all exposed to potential retaliation and that's where secretary hagel is concerned. do you think it's a mistake to release the report? >> well, the p

so i want to remind egyptian authorities of a proud history. they even contributed to establish establishing of the united nations. egypt played a leading role in africa it means a lot to africa, that they adhere to principals, and the rule of law, and i - i think that the image of egypt, and the image of the independence of the judiciary is at stake. for important reasons, but particularly for the freedom of journalists who are carrying out legitimate activities of reporting and bringing the news to us should be respected. >> thank you so much for speaking to us. former u.n. high commissioner for human rights navi pillay speaking on skype from durban >>> the campaign to free our journalists gaped a lot of traction -- gained a lot of traction online. let's find out more. >> straight off the back didn't want to be here or doing this one year on. what is heartening to know is there is plenty of support from you viewers and people all over the world. lots of tweets with free aj staff. this is the media entertainment and arts in redfern and sydney

will you be satisfied to take from the egyptians?> i'll settle for $50 billion. have a good day. >> israel's peace accord with egypt has a new balance of power emerges in the region. >> from israeli's perspective there is a game changer. >> israel has laid claim to some of the largest gas fields discovered this century. >> when gas came on stream. >> as gas shortages sweep egypt president al sisi hopes that a cla clandestine deal to buy gas from israel will help the region. >> what else could be better? >> singles its foundation israel's lack of oil and gas has been a key strategic weakness. in the 1960s it looked to neighboring egypt. >> egypt has been extracting gas from the waters off its coast since 1960s. in the 1967 israeli war, israel seized the sinai peninsula and oil fields. this set the stage of energy independence. >> in the 1970s, two-thirds of its land of oil came from land illegally occupied. the state department made a secret offer to appease israel. the u.s. agreed to supply israel with oil for five years if it's own

role because they hope the egyptian's -- egyptians will work on their own national mitigation -- [laughter] i don't feel they have that force and credibility is the right form to power. >> one sentence -- comment, the religious institution that figures -- generally speaking the religious institutions are increasingly losing power because of the accumulation of wealth and power because of politicians and -- which enables them to co-opt the religious institutions. >> but this is a whole different category. >> right, a major outlier. my comment has somewhat accuracy -- if he is in the picture -- >> the derailment in the red tie. -- the gentleman in the red tie. >> i am david mack -- i have a good news, that news scenario and maybe some of you can help provide an answer to what happened if -- as i suspect, diane -- -- dyash is really overextended. places like mosul are running out of fuel, his tradition of food is breaking down -- to say nothing of a total failure to reestablish the economy and health care. what happens if you have what is first considered good news with former he -- former of

a corrupt deal to an assigned to basically support two dodgy businessmen an israeli one, and an egyptian one... >> al jazeera exposes those who made a fortune betraying an entire nation >> you don't feel you owe an explanation to the egyptian people? >> no...no.. >> al jazeera investigates egypt's lost power on al jazeera america >>> other media stories on the radar - japan's best-selling newspaper waded into the row between the japanese and south korean government over a dark disputed chapter in the history of the countries. the paper apologised for using the term sex slaves to describe korean women forced to work in japanese military brothels. the paper said it will use the term comfort women instead. the conservative brode street is the latest to succumb to an attempt to rewrite japanese history. the left-leading newspaper four months ago retracted stories published 20 years ago on the reduction of south korean women. officials held five rounds of meetings, the leaders are yet to meet since taking office. japan's prime minister shinzo abe went on the record to say japan needs to resto

legend has it anyone who dares disturb the tomb of an ancient egyptian will suffer the mummy's wrath.> there's a big story about how everyone who is connected with opening the tomb of tutankhamun met with a nasty, grisly end. >> several members of the archaeological team did in fact fall ill shortly after opening the tomb. and lord carnivan, who funded the dig, died just months later. it's said that at the moment of his death, every light in cairo went out. >> ancient egypt has always in some sense to people been unexplained, and we just sometimes like to believe mysterious things. >> but the curse of the pharaohs refers to mummies, not statues. or does it? according to dr. price, ancient egyptian statues like this one, were often buried alongside mummies. >> tomb robbery was really common in ancient egypt. the egyptians themselves knew there was a good chance that maybe something bad will happen to my body even if it is preserved after death, so i need a backup option. >> should anything happen to the body, they believed their spirit could transfer into the statuette. >> it would act

a corrupt deal to an assigned to basically support two dodgy businessmen an israeli one, and an egyptianne... >> al jazeera exposes those who made a fortune betraying an entire nation >> you don't feel you owe an explanation to the egyptian people? >> no...no.. >> al jazeera investigates egypt's lost power on al jazeera america ♪ >>> welcome back. we're talking about this idea of the shared economy, probably more aptly called the rented economy where folks make money by renting out their items. people have used their vehicles to sort of become taxicab drivers on the weekends. >> yeah, the average jose can become a micro entrepreneurer. but there is also controversy. check this out. >> i downloaded the uber x app. it allows you to bypass taxis. you just click on the app and a regular dude comes by and picks you up. my uber x driver pulled up within two minutes of my first order. all right. we are in our first uber x car ride here, and we're going to dumont circle. and so you are a printer and on the side -- >> on the side, i drive. most of my customers are young generation, especially fro

a corrupt deal to an assigned to basically support two dodgy businessmen an israeli one, and an egyptianone... >> al jazeera exposes those who made a fortune betraying an entire nation >> you don't feel you owe an explanation to the egyptian people? >> no...no.. >> al jazeera investigates egypt's lost power on al jazeera america real reporting that brings you the world. >> this is a pretty dangerous trip. >> security in beirut is tight. >> more reporters. >> they don't have the resources to take the fight to al shabaab. >> more bureaus, more stories. >> this is where the typhoon came ashore. giving you a real global perspective like no other can. >> al jazeera, nairobi. >> on the turkey-syria border. >> venezuela. >> beijing. >> kabul. >> hong kong. >> ukraine. >> the artic. real reporting from around the world. this is what we do. >> start with one issue education... gun control... the gap between rich and poor... job creation... climate change... tax policy... the economy... iran... healthcare... ad guests on all sides of the debate. >> this is a right we should all have... >> it's jus

journalists languish in an egyptian gaol. we destroy the global decline in press freedom. >>> welcome back. let's recap the headlines. al jazeera - families are fearing the worst after an airasia flight headed from indonesia to singapore, lost contact. flight number qz8501, was carrying 162 people, including seven crew the the vice president says he doesn't have information about where the plane could be. two ships have been sent to help a ferry. it's carrying over 470 passengers from greece to a coastal town in italy >>> a ceremony is being held in the afghan capital kabul, marking the end of n.a.t.o.'s combat mission after 13 years. 2014 is the deadliest of the war. more than 4,000 afghan soldiers and police have been killed. >>> malaysia - 160,000 people have moved from some of the areas worst hit by the floods. relief workers are struggling to help those in need. helicopters and the fuel to power them are hard to come by. torrential rains battered the region for almost a week. we have this report from one of the worst-aff

a corrupt deal to an assigned to basically support two dodgy businessmen an israeli one, and an egyptian one... >> al jazeera exposes those who made a fortune betraying an entire nation >> you don't feel you owe an explanation to the egyptian people? >> no...no.. >> al jazeera investigates egypt's lost power on al jazeera america >> it's a chilling and draconian sentence... it simply cannot stand. >> this trial was a sham... >> they are truth seekers... >> all they really wanna do is find out what's happening, so they can tell people... >> governments around the world all united to condemn this... >> as you can see, it's still a very much volatile situation... >> the government is prepared to carry out mass array... >> if you want free press in the new democracy, let the journalists live. >> believe it or not, this is one of the world's most productive agricultural regions, california's central valley. as you can see, it's suffering from a drought of epic proportions. >> the state of california is grabbling with its third year of drought in a row, and farmers have been the first to feel