A final pitch. Elections will not bring an end to months of conflict and a war in detroit has been turned into a symbol of unity new zealand win the rugby world cup, beating australia in the final. Well be live from twickenham for all the reaction in sport. We begin in egypt where a Russian Airliner crashed killing everywhere on board. It carried 224 passengers and crews, including 17 children. Theres no word on what caused the crash. Countries are expressing condolences. Russian president Vladimir Putin declared a day of mourning. Here is what we know the plane took off saturday morning from the egyptian resort sharm el sheikh. The jet, belonging to metro jets, was on its way to st. Petersburg. It vanished from radar 20 minutes after taking off. Wreckage has been found south of a coastal city. Peter sharp begins our coverage. Desparate relatives arrived at the airport hoping for good news much reports of survivors were discounted. Translation they told us the landing will be at 11 40.
Demonstration sites. New video posted online appears to show the beheading of a group of isil hostages including american peter kassig. In it what appears to be members of the Islamic State of iraq and levant are killing the u. S. Aid worker as well as several syrian soldiers. 26yearold kassig was captured last year in syria on a mission to help wounded refugees. He converted to islam. We have the story from baghdad. What are you hearing about this and the authenticity of this video. Reporter well, let me tell you ive spoken to several iraqis throughout the day here on sunday about what they make of this video. For a lot of people it reminds them of the bad old days of violence here in iraq during 2006, 07 and 08 when the beheadings were quite comm commonplace. Al qaeda in iraq that became isil, this was a common tactic they used to use, and many people here are just shaking their heads and worrying about a return to those days. As regards the authenticity of this video, it was release
Speaker of the house of representatives the speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the house of january 6 2016, the chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and majority whip limited to five minutes but in no event shall debate continue beyond 1 15 p. M. 1 clop 50 p. M. The chair recognizes the gentlewoman from california, ms. Roybalallard, for five minutes. Ms. Roybalallard i ask unanimous consent to address the house. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Ms. Roybalallard mr. Speaker, the primary responsibility of congress is to keep our nation safe. However, we are 133 days into the 25th fiscal year and the department of Homeland Security is without a budget. The department is trying to fulfill its mission under the uncertainty of a continuing resolution set to expire in 18 days. Last week the department of Homeland Security submitted its fiscal year 2016 budget bu
The cold air weve been dealing with all weekend, 30s and 40s is starting to retreat. The cold air is getting out long enough to let a little rain come our way. Monday is the showery day to get your week started. Then the cold air returns with a vengeance as we get into the middle of the week. Chilly and cloudy today. The poehler plunge on tuesday. Going to the redskins game today, tampa, washington, kicking off at 1 00 at fedex field. A mostly cloudy start. Well detail the timing of tomorrows drops and how low well go midweek. Thank you, chuck. Breaking news this morning, the white house says the u. S. Intelligence community is working to authenticate a video that shows isis militants possibly beheading american aid worker peter kassig. The video came out minutes after president obama left australia. In a Statement National Security Council spokesman Bernadette Meehan said the Intelligence Community is working as closely as possible to determine the authenticity. If confirmed, we are a
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