because it's like this, alton harris is gone.at i mean, and we can't bring him back. >> reporter: it'll likely be some time before another inmate is executed in san quentin. but some of the condemned say if and when their time comes, they would like to decide how they're put to death. >> i would prefer that each person has their choice of naming their own form of execution whatever that may be and having those final wishes respected because there's nothing more personal than your own death. >> the four men you saw on that story from 21 years ago are all still alive and all still on death row. and this is what they look like today. herbert cottington, and ben shalom. >>> a plea from clemency from a former marine condemned to die. what do you think of this one? ♪ ♪ really? ♪ ♪ what's this? this is a rose i made from a turnip. let's try together. ♪ ♪ perfect. two worlds that fit in one kitchen. come in today and save up to 20% on a kitchen from ikea. >>> we continue our second look tonight with the inmates on california's death row.

i look up to attorney alton maddox junior. [applause] see it's very painful but i have been told i need to cut our conversation short now, so please i invite you to come and talk to the panelists afterwards please do and in the meantime i thank them again and i thank you all for the conversation. >> thank you, tina. >> you are welcome. [applause] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> continue lowlife coverage of the 15th annual harlem book fair in harlem new york, new york on west 135th street. we are at the langston hughes auditorium at the schomburg center and we have been watching a panel on african-americans and joining us is columbia university professor farah griffin who has a book coming out called "harlem nocturne." professor griffin what is your book a life -- about? >> guest: it's a book about three women artists featuring novelist. their involvem

my name is mark alton and the father of an 11 year old, a teacher at betty carmichael school and a soma resident. i appreciate the opportunity to provide public comment. i have been a student of san francisco for most of my life, something about this area has always fascinated me. as you craft a budget now please remember what makes the city so great. in addition to the scenery and tourist teakzs it's us, the individuals and families that form its human landscape. as we celebrate our economy and marvel at renewed investment and growth let's insure the budget helps those that want to call san francisco their home. please prioritize the following budget items as you move forward. education and youth development. there's no better way to invest in the future. continue to partner with the schools and organizations that seek to nourish and enrich the lives of our young citizens. affordable housing. in order to maintain diversity in san francisco we must retain a stock of homes with mixed incomes and earning less than six figures. as we provide incentives for hi tech and medical research let'

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they're taking aim at alton herby and jane shaw.d complaints mckesson overpaid the ceo and didn't heed his calls to split his chairman and ceo roles. the company is reportedly taking the issue seriously. the wall street journal says the board has dispatched outsider directors to meet with one on one investors. mckesson stock in frankfurt is pretty flat, down half of 1%. >>> the president is making a rare trip to capitol hill today to meet with house and senate democrats ahead of their month long summer recess. he's expected to discuss items on his forward agenda including immigration reform, implementing the affordable care act, or his health care law that kicks in october 1st and his latest push to rebuild the u.s. middle class. >>> u.s. home prices jumped 12.2% according to the latest s&p case-shiller index. shy of expectations for 12.4%. put prices in cities like dallas and denver surpass other levels. david blitzer joins us from new york. david, good to see you. housing clearly in a recovering mode. how much more can we expect i

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joining me now is alton pollard, dean of howard university, school of divinity, and professor of religionnd culture at howard university. richard kim, executive editor of thenation.com. rebecca cinderbrand, deputy white house editor at politico, and dave ho, director of aclu's vote rights project. and joining us from texas, ari berman, author of "herding donkeys: the fight to rebuild the democratic party and reshape american politics." dale, i want to start with you. if the supreme court has told us under section four, history is no longer the basis. if it is awfully hard to prove intent, then can we imagine disparate impact as a way to get to voter protection? >> i think we absolutely can. because focusing on intent, as you pointed out, really focuses on the wrong question. if i'm the victim of discrimination, it doesn't really matter to me why i've been discriminated against, only that i've been discriminated against. so north carolina, their voter suppression law, it's going to disproportionately affect african-americans. if i'm one of those african-american voters, it doesn't matter t

it imposes the alton burden of demonstrating -- alternate burden of demonstrating that ratio -- racial scrutiny does not apply. it gave instructions to the sixth circuit to try again and take a second look to -- look at the strict scrutiny analysis. justice ginsburg says there is no such thing as a race-neutral way to enhance racial diversity. only an ostrich could regard the supposedly neutral alternative as race-unconscious. she agree with an older opinion of justice souter and we are better off when universities do not try to hide the ball. what does fisher mean? i scanned the headlines this week. it seems like fisher was an inkblot test. there are three potential headlines. there is a little something for everybody. the first one is that fisher reaffirmed gruder. that is the first headline. that is certainly good news. gruder is good law. certainly, a lot of people thought that is how this case would come down. justice kennedy was a dissenter in gruder. the fact that he offers this opinion and there are five votes is no small news. that is big news. affirmative action in higher edu

rosalie and alton jones. from austin, texas. 75 years they have been married.irthday on the same day. how about that. so happy birthday. well, that's it partners. that's all for right now but we love you and we'll see you again because smuckers is the best. jam on brother. >>> coming up next, what paris is doing to deal with it's rude reputation. but first, this is "today" on nbc. >>> paris is known worldwide for the fine art, gourmet cuisine but they do have a rudeness problem. a change maybe in the air. michel michelle kosinski joins us now. good morning. >> paris is admitting they can be rude and are turning it around. they're distributing pamphlets saying do you speak tourists, reminding them that the economy is bad and making tourists happy is more important than ever. paris takes one's breath away. and so can it's dark side. well, guess what, paris knows all about it. >> i'm sure we will improve and our bad reputation of rudeness. >> reporter: enter the politeness patrol. tourism guides armed with pamphlets going business to business telling them how impo