david echols of the so-called west memphis 3. years on death row before he was released. he maintains he was innocent. i spoke to echols exclusively today and we'll have that interview for you in a moment, but first how we got here. today's protest was sparked by arkansas's plan next week to carry out a series of double executions. in all, seven inmates are set to die by lethal injection using that same drug used in 2013. the first round of lethal injections is scheduled for monday unless a court or governor enter veeintervenes. nbc's jacob ras ccon is in litt rock and joins me by phone. what have protestors been telling you? >> reporter: there's been more and more protestors coming here. we lost our signal so i'm on the phone with you instead. i have one man who came down from utah. his name is randy. randy's brother ronnie was executed in utah recently by firing squad. i just to want ask you, randy, why you felt it was important to come all the way down here for this rally. >> well, i came down here to lend support in the abolit

lorri davis began correspondents with damien echols while he was in prison and is an advocate. and david boies, a lawyer and anti-death penalty advocate. you mentioned 18 years on death row. you know all the men currently scheduled for execution now. >> yes. >> glor: you went to little rock last week. >> yes. >> glor: when this cropped up, did you have any thoughts? >> i was fide. we got a call from the woman who runs the coalition to abolish the death penalty. they were having a gathering to protest the executions and asked me to come. my first thought was no, it was a nightmare for me. i think it would probably be the second most traumatic thing to ever happen to me in my life to return back to where people tried to kill me the second after actually being sent to death row. but the more i thought about it, i couldn't sleep at night because i was thinking i can't just sit here and not raise a hand, not try to do anything while they're killing these guys. but even after i made that decision, i would go back and forth. i would say, i've got to do this. there's no way -- i'll regret it for

jeff: damien echols, lorri davis, david boies, thank you all for being here. ♪ alisa: i'm alisa parentiare watching "bloomberg technology." president trump may meet with the turkish president next month. a white house official says the administration is discussing the possibility of a face-to-face meeting between them ahead of a nato summit. mr. trump called erdogan on monday to congratulate him on his victory in the referendum on expanding presidential powers in turkey. the chicago cubs owner has withdrawn his nomination to be president trump's deputy commerce secretary. that is according to a person familiar with the matter. he has reportedly had a tough time unwinding his ownership of the baseball team to meet ethics rules. he was among trump's first batch of nominees.

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