morrisey's supporters said his role was legitimate because he had been voted in to offers. opposition response was he was a total failure and polarized egyptian says. some estimates say there were more than 9,000 protests nationwide in the 12 months after morrisey election. hopes that the economy would improve were dashed. inflation soared. food prices skyrocketed and fuel shortages became part of every day life. sectarian tension rose to the surface. morrisey was praised for reining in the military but criticized for throwing out rules imposed by the supreme council of armed forces which restricted his powers he decided to give himself authority to overrule the judiciary it was supposed to be temporary but judges went on strike until morrisey was forced to tear up the decree. in a speech almost a year after his election when morrisey considered he had made mistake but for many egyptians it was already too late. millions rallied across-y jump calling for his resignation the days later the man he appointed as defense minister led a coup that removed him from power sisi was n

. >> reporter: in a separate case, morrisey and senior muslim brotherhood members were sentence today prison on charges of spying for hamas hezbollah and iran. but many in egypt and abroad question the independence of egypt's judiciary. just before reading his verdict the judge accused morrisey of pursuing satanic goals and demonized the muslim brotherhood. some politicians say the case is a trial of the january revolution in 2011 which toppled hosni mubarak. >> translator: these triers are not delivering the justice we are truly hoping for no one should be above the law. what is happening now in my opinion is a form of a political revenge and this will complicate the crisis even further in egypt. >> reporter: after morrisey's overthrow, egypt designated the muslim brotherhood a terrorist group in 2013. mass trials and deaths sentences were handed out to hundreds who support the group. rights groups, the u.s. and the e.u. have condemned the sentencing and questioned its credibility. egyptian's president says the judiciary is independent and he can't i understand fear. egypt is divided

justice system is under fire after a court upholds a death sentence for deposed president mohamed morriseyead. >> reporter: i am rob reynolds at the e3 gaming and electronic entertainment convention in los angeles. where virtual reality is one of the big showcased items this year. >> ya. >> we've done it and that is why we are there. >> my life is in danger. >> anyone who talks about the islamic religion is killed. >> don't miss the exclusive al jazeera investigation. >> i can't >> al jazeera america, weekday mornings. catch up on what happened overnight with a full morning brief. get a first hand look with in-depth reports and investigations. start weekday mornings with al jazeera america. ♪ ♪ >>> hi there, welcome back. these are the top stories here a al jazerra. syrian government forces are accused of using so-called elephant rockets in due ma just north of damascus killing 27 people. the rocket is a recent addition to the government's arsenal of immaterialimprovised weapons. >>> hong kong lawmakers are now debating a controversial electoral reform plan, if it passes the city will be a

you have morrisey. you have kings of leon. >> kid cut. >> i oh kid cutty?e snore. >> yes. >> what? >> nothing because you can't hear us. >> that's good. let's talk about brian williams. i think his mike works. probably shouldn't have at times. so brian williams, they made a decision over at nbc what to do. he's not going to be ever anchoring the embassy nightly news ever again. >> so, williams said yesterday, he was sorry for saying the things that weren't true and he's determined to earn back the people's trust, with his new role msnbc. will be doing breaking news there. also -- >> now, how do you gain back trust? do we have to check on everything he says? every night? >> i guess so. >> okay. >> bye also went on to say he fully supports newly named anchor of the show, lesser holt insiders say williams also given a pay cut. he will now be earning between eight and 10 million. that's pay cut. >> oh well i i he'll be okay. can he feed his family on $10 million? >> first he was making 15 million. >> oh ya. >> that's quite a cut. >> i know lesser holt what a gr

kings of leon, the killers morrisey from the submits. >> host err. >> what is hostier singing?st. >> now, that's mike jerrick. >> all right well we all have our nitch. you can see the bright sunshine out, there accompanied pipe the beatles remember, yesterday when we were looking at the atlantic city cameras, we couldn't see anything. it was that foggy so, high pressure has taken over. there is the cold front that came through last night. taking a break from humidity for one day and one day only. we have stationary front out to the west, and that's going to come our way as warmfront and that will happen tomorrow. with some rain. probably at this time tomorrow morning we will be seeing some rain. remnants of tropical storm bill will hook onto this front and probably be with us in time for the weekend. i know. so as we track the tropics, we watch the renmant of bill, continuing to move into eastern texas it is now tropical depression with 35-mile an hour winds, continuing that movement to the north. here is the projected path what's left of the storm. a loft rain with it, five, 6

. >> morrisey, he is tomorrow. look at saturday. kings of leon. >> yes kid cut. >> i sing the kings of leon. >> i can't sing. >> ♪ ♪ heart on fire ♪ ♪ >> see i'm champing. >> snoop dog. >> sing something he does. >> what can you sing? >> ♪ ♪ >> why do you always put one eye closed? >> because our director likes it. that's my sammy davis jr. >> but you're in the doing same. >> i ♪ ♪ >> i can't. don't do that to sam. >> i you know mike is doing impression, he closes one eye like. >> this i don't get it. >> i don't either. you know -- >> can you do a popeye? little more fitting? >> popeye? >> (laughing). >> it doesn't make sense for people like -- >> can i say something, they are saying that i'm wearing off on you. which is not a good thing. >> who is saying that? >> people on twitter. >> oh,. >> because they know that i wear clothe hag has stained on it. >> no, no, don't call me out. oh my goodness. >> so people are saying is that -- is joe on camera? >> oh no. they are moving in on t oh, my gosh. >> were you frying fish last night? >