hundreds of anti-death penalty advocates converged on the rock on friday to: governor asa hutchinsono held the planned executions. the stock of lethal injection drugs expire. joining us are damien a coles, a member of the so-called west memphis three. he spent 18 years in prison on death row after being wrongly convicted of murder. he was released in 2011. lori davis again correspondence and is now anti-death penalty. partnerd is a founding of a law firm and spent a lot of time on this issue. i am pleased to welcome all of them to this table. thank you for being here. damien, i want to start with you. 18 years on death row. it you know all of the men currently scheduled for execution right now. when this came up, you went to little rock last week. when this all first crop to back up again, what were your thoughts? >> i was horrified. we got a call from the woman that runs the arkansas coalition and told lori that they were having a gathering there to protest the executions. they asked if i would come there. my first thought was no. it was a nightmare for me. i was thinking it would p

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arkansas governor asa hutchinson scheduled the executions to take place before the state's supply of midad lamb, one of its lethal injection drugs, expires in two weeks. >> i don't want to go back back to these victimss' family and saying we're worried about how this looks or the speed speedof this so we're not going to be able to carry out the will of the jury and the courts and the sentencing. >> reporter: the inmates filed legal challenges to want timetable and the state's use of midazz lamb, which has been used in botched executions in other states. robert dun amis the executive director of the death penalty information center. >> the use of midozlam, exposes the prisoners to painful death, and it's for that reason that the court entered a preliminary injunction stopping the execution. >> reporter: judge christine baker has blocked the execution, saying the tight timetable could be unconstitutional. the state attorney general has vowed to appeal that decision. reena, if the courts allow arkansas to execute all of these men by want end of the month, it would be a record. no state

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arkansas governor asa hutchinson scheduled the executions to take place before the state's supply ofne of its lethal injection drugs expires in two weeks. the inmates filed legal challenges to the timetable and the state's use of midazolam which has been used in botched executions in other states. the state attorney general has vowed to appeal this decision. >>> volunteer firefighters in delaware county are training trying to keep everyone safe and they hope that many will join in this effort. reliance hook and ladder company hosted a burn practice drill in west chester today. firefighters used a hose ladder and other skills to put out a fire. the delaware county fireman's association is sounding the alarm about the shortage of volunteers. disarm they're hoping that this is really going to boost their efforts to bring more people into the ranks. >>> 70 years ago today jackie robinson made history by breaking the color barrier in baseball. today people in philadelphia remembered that historic moment. dozens gathered at the philadelphia stars negro league memorial park for jackie robin

. >> reporter: as people urge governor asa hutchinson to stop seven executions planned over the span1 days, the first two scheduled to happen monday night. an attorney f t inmates calls it assembly line killing. >> it's unprecedented that a state is trying to execute this many people in this short a period of time. >> reporter: the state says they must be put to death now before one of the three drugs used for lethal execution expires. >> it's been a 25-year nightmxx nightmare for the victims that have had to deal with this. now it's time for justice. >> reporter: victims' family members want no more delays. >> i've been promised this for 25 years by the state. >> reporter: a group of clergy is asking hutchinson to change the death sentences to life without parole. >> he needs to stand up with moral integrity. >> reporter: but hitchinson said with all the inmates' state appeals exhausted, the families of victims have waited long enough for justice. >> i have a responsibility as governor, the most serious one that i can imagine, to set these execution dates. >> reporter: all seven inm

governor asa hutchinson wants to care they hthem out before the drug expires at the end of the month.rug has been associated with botched executions in four states. >> we are committed and working every single minute to ensure that justice is carried out. >> reporter: arkansas attorney general leslie rutledge has made numerous legal appeals. last week, actor johnny depp joined activists at a rally against the death penalty. >> these are people i lived with for almost 20 years. >> reporter: damian echols was freed in 2011 and has become an advocate against the death penalty. he says he personally knew many of the moan ween who were senteo die. >> look what almost happened to me. >> reporter: the state is not slowing down the execution schedule. two more are scheduled for thursday. governor hutchinson says he plans to fight all appeals for the victims' families. >>> the "cbs overnight news" will be right back. life looks great with tampax pearl. you get ultimate protection on your heaviest days and smooth removal for your lightest. tampax pearl and pocket pearl for on the go. no matter

. >> reporter: republican governor, asa hutchinson has come under fire for eight executions over 11 daysbefore the drug expires. three more executions are scheduled here next week. the arkansas attorney general expects similar last minute challenges to try to stop them. bret. >> bret: casey, thank you. >>> stocks were down today. the dow lost 31. s and 5 dropped s&p was off 7. the s&p 500 was up almost one on the week. let's get more from fox business network, trish regan. first up, let's talk president trump's new tax plan and it is going to be rolled out we're told next week possibly wednesday. what might this look like? >> reporter: well, you know, if we take him at his word, what he offered on the campaign trail, he wants to lower both corporate and individual taxes. corporate taxes, potentially as low as 15%. we'll see whether or not he comes forward with that but that is one of the things he talked about on the campaign trail. so bringing it down from 35% right now, if you think about it, we are, you know, all in basically the largest corporate tax rate in the world when you think

the arkansas governor asa hutchinson said he's disappointed. lawyers called the execution, quote, assembly line killing. back to you. >> thank you, megan. >>> president trump will sign a new executive order today that could have a big impact on u.s. jobs. the white house calls it buy american hire americans. it requires federal agencies to buy more u.s. goods from companies and workers. it moves the h 1 b visa program away from the current lottery system to ensure thaty the most skilled applicants. the president will sign it at a tool manufacturing plant in wisconsin. >>> meanwhile, vice president pence just wrapped up. he says the u.s. stands 100% behind its ally. more on what came out of the conference coming up. >>> well, it is official. the city of hyattsville will become a sanctuary city. the city council passed the ordinance last night. it prevents police officers and other city workers from providing an immigration status to the federal government. it's a matter of public safety and that all citizens should be able to trust local police

they are among eight inmates governor asa hutchinson fast tracked in april because the supply of lethal expires at the end of the month. >> former president barack obama making his first public appearance since leaving office revealing what he wants to do next during a chicago forum. >> the single most important thing i can do is to help in any way i can prepare the next generation of leadership to take up the baton. >> as long as it doesn't include discussing the current president during his time on stage, mr. obama never once mentioned his successor, president trump. >> so there is a round of severe storms packing damaging winds and rain and hail. it is ready to pound the central u.s. cnn meteorologist chad myers has our forecast. how is it looking? >> even the potential for tornadoes, too, alisyn. it looks very stormy for wednesday and thursday across the central plains. this weather brought to you by purina, your pet, our passion. we even have flash flood warnings this morning right now over raleigh, north carolina. so be careful out there today. it is going to be a severe weather t

governor asa hutchinson has approved the plan, which would see bruce earl ward and don william davis put to death by lethal injection on monday in back-to-back executions. five more prisoners are scheduled to die before the end of april, when the state's supply of the sedative midazolam, one of three drugs used by arkansas to stop a prisoner's heartbeat, is set to expire. this is robert dunham of the death penalty information center. >> arkansas has a supply of the drug mend as a lamb. it expires on april 30. -- if you are shopping in the supermarket and there is a used by date, what arkansas has essentially done is taken the constant -- concept of that and used it as a killed by date. amy: on thursday, a pair of pharmaceutical companies whose filed suit in federal court seeking to prevent their drugs from being used in the executions, saying arkansas acquired its supplies of potassium chloride and midazolam from an unauthorized seller. the lawyer for a united airlines passenger who was beaten and dragged from a flight by airport security guards said thursday his client lost two teet

a spokesperson for republican governor asa hutchinson, who did not witness the execution, called williams' movements a an involuntary mumuscular reaction. an attorney for williams called the claim a whitewash and called for an investigation. arkansas rushed to carry out an unprecedented series of killings as its supply of the sedative midazolam was set to expire at the end of april. midazolam has repeatedly failed to make prisoners unconscious in other executions, leading to painful deaths. arkansas carried out kenneth williams' execution after the u.s. supreme court declined to intervene. ahead of thursday's execution, the daughter of one of william'' victims, kayla greenwood, pleaded for the state to call off its plans, writing -- "his execution will not bring my father back or return to us what has been taken, but it will cause additional suffering." the trump administration sent them as wewe continue withth our headadlines now -- the trump administration sent mixed signals on north korea thursday, as secretary of state rex tillerson said the u.s. is open to direct negotiations with ki

juan: governor asa hutchinson has continued or has continued to defend the execution plan, despite mountingriticism of legal challenges. >> there's always going to be last-minute test. in essence, all of these have had reviews by the courts from the state court, federal court, united states supreme court, and all of the appeals have been exhausted. it is been a 25 year nightmare for the victims that it had to dedeal with this. and now it is time for that justice to be carried out. so i expect that to happen, but you don't know with the court reviewed that is ongoing. amy: well, for more, we're joined now by three guests. in little rock, arkansas we're joined by lee short, a criminal defense attorney involved in the lawsuits that won the stay over the weekend. he is representing death row prisoner ledell lee. and we're also joined by furonda brasfield, executive director of arkansas coalition to abolish the death penalty. here in new york city, we're joined by damien echols. he was freed from arkansas' death row in 2011. over the weekend, he returned to arkansas to protest the state's rapid-

arkansas governor asa hutchinson set an aggressive schedule for death sentences because the state's supply drug is set to expire at the end of the month. >> a fitbit fitness tracker is a key piece of evidence in a connecticut murder case. man is charged with killing his wife connie in december of 2015. court papers released show from connie's fitbit it records things like motion and heart rate and her fitbit disproves richard's time line of when he says a home intruder killed his wife. police also point out that richard had a pregnant mistress. we'll be right back. >> ♪ >> just a couple things going on around here. >> just a few. >> our plates are full and then we've got all the normal nonsense as well like here on 422 eastbound side now plenty slow from past 29 collegeville on into route 23. getting word of a new crash not too far away along linfield trap road at main street and the 13 trolley, that's still not running because of that huge water main break at 58th and chester. you're on the buses instead and of course there are plenty of septa bus detours as we get ready for the big nfl d

the arkansas governor asa hutchinson said he is disappointed in the delay. >>> this morning at the justicedepartment we're watching te attorney general jeff sessions and james comey conducting a meeting on gang violence. he is promoting the president's plan to beef up border security and immigration laws and talking about his opposition to sanctuary cities, a long-held position of his, saying they only help violent gangs. >>> talking about immigration. we want to talk about federal agents looking to arrest undocumented immigrants with criminal records. there is a roundup happening right now west of los angeles in el monte, california. that's where we find nbc's gadi schwartz who is riding along with the agents. walk us gthrough what you're seeing and what's happening out there. >> that's right. this is all coming after sessions' remarks on sanctuary cities, it's a conversation we've been having in car. right now we are basically on a stakeout waiting for a target to come out of his home and enforcement removal operations, officers, agents will swoop in and arrest him. we have seen two of t

state uses in the cocktail for lethal injections was set to expire in two weeks, and governor asa hutchinsons arkansas had to act. >> it's simply doing our duty. it's not a race against anything. my goodness, it's been 25 years. it's simply that the courts have finally said it's time. the appeals are over, and so i have a responsibility as governor -- the most serious one that i can imagine -- to set these exing cushion dates. execution dates. >> reporter: but arkansas' decision to execute so many in such a short amount of time has drawn fierce criticism, and as protests have grown we've seen celebrities get involved like johnny depp. >> this there's a wrong thing t, there's a right thing to do, and the right thing must be done. >> reporter: since the supreme court reinstated the death penalty, only texas has ever executed eight people in one month. the lone star state did that twice back in the '90s. the sheer number of executions that arkansas was planning raised questions about what it would do if any were botched or didn't go according to plan. >> it's clear that this schedule is establi

governor asa hutchinson scheduled the executions before the state's supply of one of lethal injection drugs expires in two weeks. inmates filed legal challenges to the timetable in the state 's use of midazolamb which has been used in botched executionness other states. >>> investigators are trying to pinpoint exactly what caused a six alarm fire that left 200 people home less in passaic, new jersey. fire started yesterday afternoon and quickly, spread smoke and flames throughout that apartment building. the chief says that the fire appears to have started on the fifth floor. well, throughout the day there have been multiple collapses on that floor so now they are worried the whole building will collapse no one was seriously hurt and for now residents are being sheltered at a nearby high school. >>> volunteer fire fighters in delaware county are training to keep you safe and they hope many more people will join their ranks. reliance hook and ladder company hosted a burn practice drill in chester, west chester , fire fighters used a hose, ladder and other skills to put out a fire. dela

governor asa hutchinson scheduled the executions before the state's supply of the lethal injection drugsinspired in two weeks. inmates filed legal challenges , and, the use of that drug which has been used on botched executions, in other states. >>> well, protest turns violent at berkley as supporters, and opponents of the president donald trump began to fight each other. >> this was the scene, yesterday berkley police tried to prevent violence, by confiscating weapons and forming a line between opposing side, but after an hour people began to jump over police line and starting fighting each other and then they started fighting in the streets. police were out numbered at that point and had to stand aside. twenty people were arrested and 11 people were hurt. >>> protests for more peaceful in our area this was the scene along market street in center city yesterday, the demonstrators were calling on president trum top release his income tack returns, and they say the president owes the country the highest level of transparency, and the protest took place yesterday to coincide with the usual

asa hutchinson says he wants to do this now because the stock of the drug they use is going to run out. first of all, why is that running out? why is the governor doing it at this time? >> i think one of the reasons the drug is running out is that fewer and fewer companies want to be participating in the death process. there are obviously two important problems with the death penalty. one is whether the state, whether the people, whether society ought to be putting anybody to death. the second is that, as this clearly illustrates, the death penalty is applied to a lot of innocent people, and there is nothing that you can think of that society can do that is more troubling than consciously putting to death somebody and then having that person be innocent, and i think that the fallibility of our criminal justice system and the discrimination that poor people, people of color, disadvantaged people face in our criminal justice system is something that ought to give everybody pause about the death penalty. >> glor: lorri, can i ask you about midazolam a little bit, the drug in question we'r

governor asa hutchinson scheduled the executions before the state's supply of a lethal injection drugs, expires in, two weeks. inmates filed legal challenges to the timetable and state's use of midazolam which has been used in botched execution ness other states. >>> investigators are trying to pinpoint exactly what caused a six alarm fire that left 200 people homeless in passaic, new jersey. fire started yesterday afternoon and quickly spread smoke and flames throughout the apartment building. chief there says the fire appeared to have started on the fifth floor, throughout the day there were multiple collapses on that floor and authorities are worried that the whole building will collapse n1 was seriously hurt during that fire. but for now displaced residents are sheltered at a nearby high school. >>> fire fighters in delaware county are training to keep you safe and they hope to attract more volunteers, to their ranks. reliance, hook and ladder company hosted a burn practice drill in west chester. fire fighters used a hose, ladder and other skills to put that fire out. delaware coun

governor asa hutchinson defended the process: >> i don't want to go back to these victims' families and say, "well, we're worried about how this looks, or the speed of this, and so we're not going to be able to carry out the will of the jury and courts and the sentencing." >> brangham: the state hoped to execute eight men this month. four have been blocked by courts. a final execution is set for thursday. for the pbs newshour, i'm william brangham. >> woodruff: also today, a special commission in oklahoma recommended a continued moratorium on executions, until the system for carrying them out is reformed. and, first daughter ivanka trump got a rough reception today, at a women's summit in berlin, germany. at one point during a panel discussion, the audience groaned and hissed as she argued that her father is a "tremendous champion" of enabling women and families. later, she dismissed the reaction as "politics" and said: "i'm used to it. it's fine." still to come on the newshour: the white house and congress attempting to avert a government shutdown; senator bernie sanders weighs in on w

. >> arkansas governor asa hutchinson defending the controversial decision to do capital punishment insprint with a plan to execute eight mens over a ten day period. many have a point, convicted murderers can spend decades on death row, delaying the punishment they're supposed to receive under the law. but critics object that flaws in the system do not justify a potentially hasty rush to conduct so many executions in a row. the critics are winning. the executions were set to begin tournament and that approach meant that arkansas could conduct two per day. but judges halted governor hufrpen's assembly line saying the irreparable harm is significant. if the drug does not anesthetize them, they will suffer severe pain before they die. the state is appealing. no state has ever executed so many people in a short amount of time and speed of execution obviously is not a record most states try to break. in fact, the last state to execute two people in one day was oklahoma where witnesses described a harrowing process. >> 6:37 he says, something's wrong. at 6:39 he's still lifting his shoulders

religious leaders from across the state are calling on governor asa hutchinson and arkansas's attorneys sentences to life without parole. several legal challenges aimed at halting executions. former executioner says it should not go forward. >> me being the executioner may have killed an innocent person. i-to ask for forgiveness. why can't the people on death row ask for forgiveness and receive it the same as i do? >> the executions were scheduled for such a short span of time because of the state's supply of the drug used in lethal injections. expires at the end of the month. >>> melania trump getting several million from a british tabloid for a false story. more importantly the first lady is getting apology and retraction from the daily mail for reporting rumor as but her time as a model. she sued in britain and the u.s. claiming the report hurt her ability to develop business relationships. >> ups driver, paul perrera not only delivers packages and also puts out fires. driving his route an hour north of boston he noticed a porch on fire. he first alert ed occupants. grabbed a garden

. >> reporter: arkansas governor's asa hutchinson is set to schedule out the executions together before the drug used expires at the end of the month. now both sides await for possible last-minute developments. for "today," jay kocob rascon, news, arkansas. >>> chaos and commute during friday's busy rush hour in new york city. a power failure left a train stuck inside a hudson river with more th trapped for nearly three hours. then an incident involving a taser at new york's penn station erupted in panic as people feared a terror attack. >> reporter: mass hysteria in new york's penn station last night at the start of the evening rush hour. a stampede broke out after tourists and commuters heard popping sounds which they mistakingly took to be gunfire. >> people were chucking luggage, kids were running. i am happy right now. i can tell you it is a false alarm, but everyone is really nervous. >> reporter: the panic started when the police used a taser on a man who had become belligerent in an amtrak waiting area. that man was led out in handcuffs. >> we were able to quickly review all of

sedative the state uses in the lethal injection cocktail was set to expire in two weeks and governor asa hutchinson had to act. . >> there's been a 25-year nightmare for the victim that's had had to deal with this and now it's time for that justice to be carried out. >> only texas has executed eight people in one month. they did that back in the '90s twice and the near number of executions that arkansas was planning on brings a lot of questions. >> the danger of having eight executions in such a short period of time or even seven executions is that if something goes wrong with one, there's no time to figure out what the problem was and to make adjustments later on. >> this morning, federal judge christine baker blocked the executions based on the 8th amendment and her ruling applies to nine prisoners although only six were set to be executed in the coming weeks. the state of arkansas plans to appeal. leland. leland: we'll see where that appeal goes. will carr in los angeles, thanks, will. elizabeth: as you know, millions of christians will be celebrating easter around the world this weekend and on