given these facts, mumi abu jamal's guilt was never in serious question but there was a trial. there were three eyewitnesses to the shoot, three other witnesses heard jamal brag about the murder he had committed while he was in the hospital. in addition to that there was ballistic and forensic evidence that made his guilt obvious to everyone. a jennifer took only three hours to economic jamal after the trial occurred. took them a fur two hours to sentence him to get. then instead avenue lowg daniel faulkner's young 24-year-old widow and his extended family to grieve in piece, a group of political opportunists decided this would be the face that they would use to launch a campaign to further their political agenda. so they fabricated a whole set of claims that mumia abu jamal was somehow framed, they spread lies about the trail, organized a rally. amazingly that what they were doing was pierre traig mumia abu jamal as the victim when in fact he was unquestionably a cold blooded murderer. it was part of a campaign to turn jamal into a celebrity and use him by those who had a polit

so we had to leave the fronts with the regime, abu jamal says.l looms large in syria, consolidating its forces and posing its reign of terror. in this video filmed after the day we met mohammed, he realized it's not two but three of his brothers murdered by isis. he thought one of them was in jail. arwa damon, in syria. >> the peace talks ended on a sour note in geneva, plenty of finger pointing. secretary kerry laid it all on assad. >> they have refused to open up one moment of discussion legitimately about a transition government and it is very clear that bashar al assad is continuing to try to win this in the battlefield rather than to come to the negotiating table in good faith. >> this isn't, of course, just about some minor fighting far away and out of sight. the united nation says there are millions of refugees and although the death toll is not updated anymore, a pro opposition group says more than 7,000 children have died. cnn cannot independently confirm those numbers. let's bring in gail, a senior fellow with the council on foreign rel

abu jamal never denied it, but his death sentence was commuted. huge job at the doj, and it is a position that thousands of police officers around the country do not want him to have. despite all of that, today his nomination was approved for a vote in the senate floor. and you know what the democrats did with the nuclear option? basically, they now control whether this guy will be confirmed or not. but it is not going to happen before mr. faulkner's widow weighs in. that woman is maureen faulkner. good to see you. >> hi, megyn. >> and this can be approved by the democrats who control the senate. this man likely will go to head up the department of justice's civil rights division. and you have written a passionate letter saying you find it it -- revolting. >> i do, i am going to do everything i can not to allow this man to become in the justice for civil rights. please, i beg you to go on and look at the youtube. and when he was the director of litigation, the people that were under him, that he directed. watch what they do. not only did they defe

with the naacp legal defense fund and, along with other attorneys there, represented prisoner mumia abu jamal, a move some republicans unsuccessfully used to try to discredit him. here in new york city, activists gathered outside of new york's fashion week on thursday to demand better wages and conditions for garment workers in bangladesh. the demonstrators called for us brands whose clothing was made in the rana plaza factory complex to compensate relatives of the more than 1,100 workers who died when it collapsed last april. michelle flores of 99 pickets spoke at the event. >> fashion week here in new york is a spectacle of luxury, and i think there is a need to draw attention to wear these clothes will get made, and it is really relevant across the supply chain, whether you are an independent designer, who can not afford to compete with the major companies and brands, who will send the results of broad to be produced, and factory workers do not have a voice. i think it is important for that reason. are brands brands whose clothing was made in the factories where the tragedies happen in ban

[applause] >> we have mumia abu jamal on the phone. [applause] we can hear you. >> dear brothers, dear sisters comment your comments to my dear fellow contributors to the book on social, i am honored to have shared the page with dr. angelo white davis and the chapter on the so-called criminal justice system. i think it is long overdue. a think that any people who once fought one way has a force for a number of reasons. overwhelmingly economic ones unfortunately, one of the so-called criminal justice system has been something of a failure. we lived in what i like to call the prison house of nations. several million people -- are entombed within the prison house. and we have upwards to 80,000 people in solitary confinement. american may not be number one in terms of how much working people make. americans certainly is not number one when it comes to how children are educated. but you can be sure that it is number one when it comes to the number of people and the percentage of people who are behind bars and under correctional control. thi