after the botched execution of convicted murderer clayton lockett the state of oklahoma is to review how it carries out the death penalty. >>> where are our children? nigerian mothers march today to demand government action two weeks after schoolgirls were abducted. >>> three years after the withdrawal of american forces, polling is on the way in iraq. first parliamentary elections. >>> the man tipped to be india's next prime minister narendra modi votes. india's marathon poll. >>> hello. welcome. prison officials in the american state of oklahoma have halted an execution halfway through after botching the delivery of a new untested combination of drugs. the prisoner, clayton lockett, was said to be shaking uncontrollably 20 minutes after the first drug was administered. prison officials say he died of a heart attack more than 40 minutes later. the state is now reviewing its execution policy. >> reporter: clayton lockett was convicted of shooting a 19-year-old woman and watching as his friends buried her alive. last night he suffered his own gruesome death. his was to have been the f

clayton lockett was injected elite -- with lethal drugs. doctors halted the killing 13 minutes and when discovering he was still conscious and trying to speak. dr. say he suffered a ruptured vein interrupting the flow of the drugs. he died of a heart attack when the drugs had spread through his body. the botched killing forced officials to cancel the execution of another prisoner, charles warner. won alocket and warner stay of execution earlier this month after challenging the secrecy of their execution drugs. but the oklahoma supreme court reversed the decision last week after oklahoma governor mary fallin objected and state lawmakers threatened their removal from the bench. warner's execution has now been delayed for 14 days pending a review of execution procedures. we will speak to an editor of "the tulsa world," after headlines to witnessed the botched execution. she will give us a minute-by-minute account. the supreme court has upheld the environmental protection agency's effort to reduce emissions of dangerous chemicals from power pla

>> clayton sandell. clayton, thank you. >>> and as he mentioned there, with time running out, let's bring back our aviation consultant, john nance, a pilot himself. and john, as you said last night here, a lot of caution with this. these hydrophones can pick up a lot of different sounds under water. with those pulses picked up by two different ships now, about 350 miles apart, are they likely hearing two different things here? >> absolutely, david. they've got to be hearing two different things, because the pingers on the black boxes simply can't travel more than a few miles. so it's definitely two different things. >> and we know that that high tech british ship, the "hms echo" now on site. what capabilities are we talking about and are they going to be able to confirm or rule out the pulses quickly? >> this is a very sophisticated ship. the name tells you something. they will be able to absolutely listen, if they hear anything, they'll be able to send down a drone, for instance, we're showing you now.

and lawyers for clayton d. lockett called for an independent review and autopsy so it doesn't happen again. >> you personally spoke to the lawyers. what did they say to you? >> they said that - one said her feeling is that there can be no more executions in oklahoma. there's a full having into what went wrong, and full transparency about the process, including the drugs. the lawyers for the two inmates who were supposed to be executed - one was stayed, they had sought to find out who supplies the drugs, and information about whether the duration would be effective, as the official word from the prison was that it happened because clayton d. lockett - there was a problem with his vein, that it ruptured. they are calling into investigation for this process. >> when they call for an investigation, did they say whether or not the drugs were tested? >> no. no. they have refused to disclose the supplier of the drug, and they did reveal what drugs they'd use, but lawyers thought more details about where they came from

clayton sandell, abc news, perth, australia. >> clayton, thank you. as these newest developments unfold, stay with abc news. the latest coming up on "good morning america." >>> breaking news, now, from alaska, where officials say a small commercial plane has crashed and burned. the accident happened near the town of bethel, about 425 miles west of anchorage. officials say the cessna caravan was on a training flight with two pilots onboard when it went down. there is no word on survivors. >>> prosecutors have begun cross-examining oscar pistorius. yesterday, he broke down in sobs when he described the night his girlfriend was killed. abc's matt gutman is there. >> reporter: oscar pistorius, describing for the first time publicly, the chilling moment he realized he killed his girlfriend, the reality star reeva steenkamp. >> i sat over reeva and i cried. i don't know how long i stood there for. >> reporter: when the words stopped, the sobbing began. >> she wasn't breathing. >> reporter: the judge abruptly leaving the courtroom. but his howls only intensi

clayton sandell in australia tonight. clayton, good evening. >> reporter: that's right. there is a big new development tonight. but investigators are scrambled to figure out this is just another false alarm. nearly one month after the jet carrying 239 people vanished. china's state media today claims this chinese ship detected that signal pulse heard on the same frequency used by emergency beacons like the ones attached to the black box recorders. australia in charge of the search says what the chinese say they heard is consistent but stressed they cannot verify any connection to the missing aircraft. a chinese plane reported seeing debris near where the pulse was heard. but so far, weeks of searching the indian ocean has failed to turn up evidence. the search becoming more urgent because the pings may be just days away from going silent. their batteries running out. >> i think the warranty runs out probably on sunday. we may get four, five days after that. if they're good batteries, you might get a week or so longer. we're getting close. >> reporter: today two ships lau

clayton sandell, abc news, perth, australia. >> thank you, clayton. >> stay with abc news for the very latest on the search for flight 370. we'll have a live report coming up on "good morning america." >>> oscar pistorius is back on the stand in his murder trial this morning, following an emotional day in which he apologized to the family of the girlfriend he shot, reeva steenkamp. abc's tahman bradley has the latest. >> reporter: more drama expected today in the oscar pistorius murder trial. the paralympic athlete is back on the witness stand, to explain the key question, why he pulled that trigger. pistorius has pleaded not guilty, saying he mistook his girlfriend, model and reality star, reeva steenkamp, for an intruder. yesterday on the stand, as his voice quivered, he made this apology to steenkamp's family. >> i can't imagine the pain and the sorrow that i've caused you and your family. >> reporter: steenkamp's mother sat expressionless. like others in the courtroom, while pistorius went on and own about his life story, including his difficult last year. >> i have terrible nightm

clayton sandell, abc news, perth, australia. >> thank you, clayton. >>> investigating teams are rushing to the site of a chopper crash at a hospital. a medical helicopter crashed while taking off from the roof of new mexico's only top-level trauma center. the three crew members aboard did not appear to be seriously injured. the chopper had just dropped off a patient at the hospital when the accident happened. >>> oscar pistorius' second day of the cross-examination at the murder trial is already as fierce as the first day. pistorius faced aggressive questioning yesterday from south africa's top prosecutor. and it's happening again today, about the death of his girlfriend, reeva steenkamp. prosecutor gerrie nel pressed pistorius to own up to steenkamp's death. when a picture of steenkamp's head wound was shown, pistorius reacted emotionally. >> i don't have to look at the picture. i was there. >> take responsibility for what you've done, mr. pistorius. >> yesterday, nel also showed a video showing pistorius firing a gun at watermelons, on which you can hear him saying, quote, it's softer

clayton sandell, perth, australia. >> you heard clayton say, they don't want to confirm anything yet.s saying he's not willing to confirm anything until someone lays eyes on the wreckage, on the debris. that's not going to happen for quite some time. we are talking a about a sea floor nearly 15,000 feet deep. that's an incredible distance. even if they do go down, it could take days before they reach the sea floor. >> that's right. they are optimistic that they have the signal. they have confirmed, this is not a naturally occurring frequency. this is a man-made frequency, consistent with flight data recorders. again they want to use all the time they have remaining on the pinger and eventually they will put down the submersible. they are confident once they put it down there they will find the debris field. we'll see. >> finally, positive news. >> let's hope so. >> as crews zero in on this, stay with abc news as we cover just about every angle. we will bring you updates on "america this morning" and "good morning america." >> the oscar pistorius trial came to a halt after he broke dow

the prisoner, clayton lockett, was still said to be shaking uncontrollably 20 minutes after the firstwas administered. he later died of a heart attack. bbc's richard lister reports. >> reporter: clayton lockett was convicted of shooting a 19-year-old woman and watching as his friends buried her alive. last night he suffered his own gruesome death. his was to have been the first of two executions by lethal injection on the same evening at this oklahoma prison. but something went badly wrong. after being strapped to the gurney, a doctor injected him with a sedative at 6:23 p.m. at 6:33 he was declared unconscious and he was injected with two more drugs to end his life. but at 6:36 he began writhing on the gurney, breathing heavily and trying to speak. >> at 6:39 he's still lifting his shoulders and head off the gurney. grimacing. and appeared to be in distress. >> from start to finish, 6:23 the execution started. 6:39 is when they closed the curtains on us. a 16 minute process to watch. >> reporter: a prison official had been expected to confirm his execution to waiting journalists. but

officials tried a new cocktail of three drugs to put 33-year-old clayton locket to death.oments, but it took 43. locket ended up dying of a heart attack. two people who witnessed this execution, chelsea washington from kokh and clayton locket's lawyer, david autry, also hear forensic scientist larry koblinski. chelsea, i know this was your first time witnessing an execution. what happened? >> it was my first time. when i got there, i didn't know if i was going to get a chance to watch or not. because it was a later to even get chosen to watch it. but i was picked. we loaded up into a bus and were taken to where the inmates are kept on death row. it was kind of a stale room. there were windows in front of us, clear windows. and that's when lockett was brought in on a gurney with a white sheet covering him. there were four state officials in the room >>> at 6:30, he was still conscious. at 6:33, they revealed he was unconsciousment but his eyes were still open, he was licking his lips. at 6:39, he was convulsing, he was shaking, things were not going the way they were planne

but then, 43 minutes after the first injection, clayton lockett would die anyway. >> at approximately 7:06 hours, the inmate suffered what appears to be a massive heart attack and passed away. >> holding vigil at the front gates, father brian brooks stunned at the outcome. >> it is rather ironic because it is the whole issue about the legal battle that has been over the drugs themselves. and whether or not that they could be used in such an execution, that they would cause a quick death that would be compatible with -- that would not be a form of critical and unusual punishment. so then for his death to occur under these circumstances is certainly -- interesting, to say the least. >> there was another execution scheduled in that facility for tuesday night. >> yeah, but after clayton locket's death, the governor stayed the next inmate's execution. both were convicted of murder and rape. >>> and why they reinstated the murder conviction of american amanda knox, the court say they reinstated the evidence because the evidence indicated more than one person killed meredith kercher. >> the

clayton sandell, abc news, perth, australia. >>> and here at home, tax day is fast approaching. and a sneak peek at the obama family's tax returns. the obamas reporting $481,000, a drop from 2012. 21% down. over $600,000. the big drop is because sales of the president's books are down. >>> and we decided to check on the irs service for taxpayer help. if you have a question about your tax return, can you get help? here's abc's david kerley. >> reporter: the government wants your tax dollars. but if you call in with a question -- >> how to fill out specific forms. >> reporter: good luck getting an answer. >> we estimate your wait time to be between 30 and 60 minutes. >> the hold times are frustrating. >> you listen to pretty much the same song, for a really long time. >> you get hung up on. >> reporter: it's so bad, recently the head of the irs went on youtube with a warning. >> there will frequently be extensive wait times. >> reporter: so we went to the irs commissioner with a simple question. >> how do you expect taxpayers to pay when they can't get an answer as to how much the

abc's clayton sandell is in perth, australia with the latest of the details.reporter: we've just got an update and the information is this. search teams have not had new contact with those underwater signals they hoped were coming from malaysia 370. the ocean shield is using this u.s. navy pinger locator depicted two distinct signals that are consistent with the signal that would be sent out by an airplanes cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder. but in the last 24 hours here officials say they have not heard any more of the pings. >> if we can get more ping, more transmissions, we can get a better fix on the ocean floor, which will enable a much more narrowly focused visual search for wreckage. >> if they do detect more of those pings, the team will then deploy this underwater torpedo device called the bluefin-21 to match the ocean floor and reveal the wreckage of the boeing 777. >> we have a positive lead. today we have 14 ships and 14 aircraft over those sites. flat-out trying to enhance that lead and to deliver up something more tangible. >> the s

there were issues with 38-year-old clayton lockett's vein. a heart attack 40 minutes after the injection. a second execution of charles warner has now been post poened. >>> 12 inches of rain triggering flooding in parts of alabama and the florida panhandle. one drowning death reported innin escambia county. a state of emergency is in effect. the threat is i'm packing millions of people right now on the gulf coast to new england. >>> right now iraqi voters are heading to the poll. two women died in a blast as they walked to one of the country's polling stations. this comes as prime minister maliki is battling for a third term in office. he is facing strong opposition with sectarian violence at its most intense in more than five years. this is iraq's first election since the withdrawal of u.s. troops three years ago. >>> back here at home. wisconsin voter identification law gets rejected. federal judge struck it down ruling it violated the u.s. constitution's guaranty of equal protection. he said requiring the voters show a state-issued id at t

a barbaric crime, shooting a teenager, watching as she was buried alive, few shedding tears when claytonnal steps last night along death row. but today, after state of oklahoma botched his lethal injection, the way that he died is making headlines, even getting the white house's attention. >> we have a fundamental standard in this country that even when the death penalty is justified, it must be carried out humanely and i think everyone would recognize that this case fell short of that standard. >> clayton lockett did die last night, but according to witnesses he certainly did not just quietly and painlessly fade away. our justice correspondent pamela brown has that story for us. >> jake, the botched execution in oklahoma is reigniting debate over the politically and ethically charged issue of the death penalty and putting focus on state's efforts to shield the names of suppliers used to kill inmates like clayton lockett. >> reporter: seven minutes after officials start pumping the first drug, witnesses say lockett appeared to be conscious, 16 minutes in, it was clear the execution was n

for "good morning america," clayton sandell, abc news, los angeles. >> our thanks to clayton. >>> we're going to turn overseas, now, to the vatican, packed with pilgrims of the double canonization of two very popular popes. john paul ii and john xxiii. there will be controversy surrounding the ceremony. and abc's chief foreign correspondent, terry moran, has the story from rome. good morning, terry. >> reporter: good morning, bianna. and what a scene it is here. the streets, the squares are packed. people singing. people dancing. flags are waving. mostly polish. and everyone here, to celebrate the raising up of two men of the modern era to the ancient community of saints. polish bikers. set off for rome, blessed by a priest. they are pilgrims, too. and they're enjoying a modern pilgrimage, as up to 1 million of the catholic faithful converge on the eternal city. two popes, two saints. in 2,000 years, the church has never seen anything like it. at the center of events, john paul ii, the great, some call him, whose fierce resistance to tyranny helped end the cold war. and john xxiii, the

>> clayton, thank you. the clippers playing away from the staples center in the playoffs here on abc a short time ago. cecilia vega reported from the stands on what the fans are saying. >> reporter: david, good evening to you. there's a cloud hanging over this game. the clippers versus is golden state warriors. each side cheering for their own team. few here cheering for donald sterling. what do you know about what he said? >> it was very racist. it was very disrespectful. >> i think if they find the comments to be true, he should be sanctioned. >> reporter: should he stay or go? >> stay. he's the owner. should there be sanctions taken against him? that's up to the league. but i think he should stay. >> reporter: what do you think should happen to him? does he keep his job? or does he go? >> he goes. >> reporter: you think he should go? >> yes. i don't tolerate that kind of behavior and comments. >> i think he needs to be put in his place and he needs to be gone. >> reporter: he needs to be gone? out? >> ye

clayton, good morning to you. >> reporter: and good morning.vernight the calls got louder for sterling to either step down as clippers owner or for the nba to force him out. >> it bothers me a lot that you want to broadcast that you're associating with black people. >> reporter: that is allegedly l.a. clippers owner donald sterling, arguing with the woman believed to be his girlfriend, v. stiviano, in a recording obtained by tmz sports, he's apparently angry over a photo she took with hall of famer, earvin "magic" johnson. >> don't put him on an instagram. don't bring him to my games. okay. you can sleep with them, you can bring them, you can do whatever you want. the little i ask you is not to promote it and not to bring them to my games. s. >> reporter: on kcbs tv, johnson fired back. >> i think he should step down. if you feel like that in a league that's predominantly african-american, you shouldn't be owning the team. >> reporter: the clippers say they have not verified whether the recording is real. but reaction from nba stars has been sw

here's abc's clayton sandell with the tape in los angeles. >> reporter: in the middle of an nba playoff battle, the l.a. clippers are now engulfed in a foul controversy erupting off the court. >> it bothers me a lot that you want to broadcast that you're associating with black people. do you have to? >> reporter: according to the gossip site tmz, this is the voice of clippers team owner donald sterling arguing with his girlfriend. >> what's wrong with minorities? what's wrong with black people? >> nothing. you can sleep with them, you can bring them in, you can do whatever you want. the little i ask you is not to promote it on that and not to bring them to my games. >> reporter: the alleged argument sparked because his girlfriend reportedly posted a photo of herself with magic johnson. >> don't put him on an instagram for the world to have to see so they have to call me. and don't bring him to my games, okay? >> reporter: in an interview with kcbs tv, magic fired back. >> i think he should step down. if you feel like that in a league that's predominantly african-american, you shouldn't

thanks, clayton.gan judge explodes at convicted killer for showing complete disregard for her victim's family. as they spoke, the woman, the defendant rolled her eyes and interrupted and saying is that it? here's the judge's reaction. watch. >> you were relentless. you stabbed, you stabbed, you be staked, you stabbed, you stabbed until he was dead. i agree with the family, i hope you you die in prison as well. >> the judge handed down a life sentence to that 3 1-year-old but it was ultimately that reaction that raised eyebrows. his reaction. did he let his personal views get in the way and will that somehow effect her case? maybe in appellate courts. here for fair and balanced debate jonah spilbore and arthur aidala. if this were the death penalty state you would be getting the chair. one of the most cold blood killings he has ever seen. impassioned and infuriated by her attitude on behalf of victim. >> i don't blame him. underneath that robe he is an human pike being. the judge is the trier of facts

for "good morning america," clayton sandell, abc news, denver. >> clayton, thank you. >>> and dan abramsxpert hat. let's talk about this. is it legal to essentially set bait for a burglar? >> it's legal to have sensors outside your home. it's legal to have cameras. it's legal to leave your garage open and have expensive stuff in your garage. it's not legal to bait someone to your home to then try to kill them. remember, the defense here is self-defense. as we talked about in other cases, it has to be reasonable and necessary. meaning, necessary, even to prevent the felony from occurring. he doesn't have to have felt he was physically in danger. he has to have felt at least it was necessary because you're talking about in his own home, to stop the felony from occurring to shoot him. and that's where it's going to be tough for the defense. >> reasonable and necessary. you heard this before, recently in a very high-profile case. one in minnesota, byron smith, he was found guilty using a similar defense. >> and the difference there was, in that case, he literally executed the second victim.

martha. >> thanks, clayton. while investigators still have found no sign of the jet, they are learning lessons that could prevent another mystery like this. here's abc's david kerley. >> reporter: a flotilla of ships, hundreds of pairs of eyes, and not one piece of debris has been recovered. still, the mystery of flight 370 is already providing lessons. the most obvious, how in 2014 can we not know where a jetliner is? >> in a world where our every move seems to be tracked, we cannot let another aircraft simply disappear. >> reporter: so lesson number one. keeping track of aircraft. should we install gps transmitters in all commercial aircraft which would transmit to a satellite where they are every few minutes. >> it's just unacceptable. you have gps in a sub compact car on a highway and not on a commercial aircraft with 300 people. >> reporter: a delayed faa next generation gps signal. but they say it is time for the gps. >> we have lost an airplane and have no idea where it is, we have to retro fit the fleet.

last night as i mentioned the state of oklahoma injected clayton lockett with an experimental mix of drugs. they refuse to disclose the source. here's what happened according to the reporter in the room. 6:23 p.m. execution begins. 6:28 p.m. inmate shivering, shaking, gritting his teeth. 6:38 to:39 p.m. inmate appears to be struggling. trying to talk. says, man. appears to be trying to get up. finally it was announced that the execution had failed. as a result, clayton lockett died of a massive heart attack 40 minutes after oklahoma began trying to kill him. just last month nbc affiliate kfor spoke to lockett's stepmother, ladonna holland, who expressed the family's fears about this exact kind of outcome. >> i know he's scared. he says that he's not as scared of the dying as much as the drugs that's being administered. i want to know what mixture of drugs are you going to use now? is this going to cause horrible pain? >> lockett had sued the state for refusing to disclose those details about the drugs' origins. his attorney was outraged at what he saw last night when the state rushed

a lethal injection failed to kill clayton locket, and it took 40 minutes for him to be declared dead. he had a heart attack. >> reporter: this is exactly what clayton locket's lawyers feared might happen at the execution with an untried cocktail of drugs. >> at 6:39 he was still lifting his shoulders and head off the gurney and appeared to be in distress. >> he said something is wrong. he said man, he tried to rise up. >> reporter: he was log this after he was sedated and unconscious. he was writhing. officials closed the viewing galleries blinds. but locket was pronounced dead of cardiac arrest 43 minutes after his execution began. this is the second time this year that an inmate has gasped through air during a lethal injection. and it's a grim decision for those who argue that new laws to keep secret the source of the drugs use violate the law against cruel and unusual punishment. many pharmaceutical companies refuse to supply drugs as death chambers. then they get drugs elsewhere but refuse to say where. some say how locket died was not important. he was convicted of shooting a 19-

after being injected with drugs meant to kill him, clayton lockett convulsed on the journey.pamela brown. >> reporter: good morning. the inmate who died was told he didn't have a right to information. last night witnesses watched in horror as he struggled to talk well after he was given a lethal chemical cocktail. >> he was struggling to talk. those are words we got out. man, i'm not and something's wrong. >> reporter: they may be the last words spoken by oklahoma inmate clayton lockett uttered during his botched execution. lockett's vein exploded during the lethal injection causing authorities to halt the procedure. the first drug in the lethal injection cocktail is supposed to render a person unconscious but witnesses say lockett was still conscious seven minutes after that first injection. at 16 minutes, he seemingly tried to get up and talk. it was then that prison officials closed the blinds shutting out the media gathered to witness. >> we didn't know what was happening on the other side of the blinds. we didn't know if he was still dying or if they were still pumping d

first of all, clayton lockett's cause of death.ormed me that the state medical examiner's office to make the determination. second the review will determine whether or not the department of corrections followed the correct protocol for executions and third, commissioner thompson will develop recommendations to improve execution protocols from the department of corrections. i expect the review process to be deliberate, to be thorough, and it will be the first step in evaluating our state's execution protocols. >> so let me bring in -- any time you have an execution you have family members, lawyers and members of the media to bear witness. matt was there last night and he joins us on the phone. matt, if you can take me inside that room, tell me what you saw and heard. >> it was really just sort of a weird event. he came in more or less on time and sat there for almost 20 minutes while they were still getting things ready. they had the screens to the execution chamber down so we couldn't see anything. once the director came in and gav

even this man clayton locket's step mother said he deserved to die, it's just that he didn't deservetoday by the way on foxnews.com, keith has a piece he wants to be able to as americans there's a line between us and these murderious crazy -- >> how about this? this was not an intentional cruel and unusual punishment. it was something that went wrong. what he did was commit intentional and heinous crime? imagine how long it took this girl, buried alive, to die like that. >> i have no sympathy for him. suffering with a heart attack and i have no sympathy. juan, beyond a reasonable doubt is our standard to convict someone. if there's a situation where it's beyond all doubt whatsoever and someone -- they have eyewitnesses, they admit it, i think they can execute someone in the way that he or she executed their victim. there has to be a deterrent. i know it sounds crazy. >> you are saying an eye for an eye. >> the reason why this happened is because this leethal mix of drug didn't work because it was a new mix. the problem is all these drug companies are worried about being sued for maki

hey, peter. >> hi, clayton.austed investigators intrigued considering the size of the search area. about 84,000 square miles. now the underwater sounds were heard by a chinese ship. they lasted a little more than 90 seconds. and that is enough for the countries involved in the search to now say that more planes and more ships should be sent to the area. >> i think the facts that we've had two detections, two acoustic events in that location, provides some promise which requires a full investigation of the location. >> the underwater ping sounds had the same frequency that a black box should have. and that's a good sign. but there is a possibility some sort of animal is mimicking the sound at the same frequency. and that's why nobody will say the search is off just in case the pings are a false alarm. and investigators now say since the water is so deep, sound could be traveling in an unusual way. another ship's 300 nautical miles from this spot also picked up pulse signals today. so that could represent another

moments after getting the supposedly fatal shot, clayton lockett, began to ride on the gurney and triedd. the warden called a halt to the proceedings but clayton lockett died of a heart attack 40 minutes later. a second execution, scheduled for two hours later, has been put on hold. >>> an inspiring message from former congresswoman gabby giffords more than three years after she almost died at the hands of a crazed gunman. giffords received a standing ovation at a political event in washington last night. she said her spirit is stronger than ever and she said work to elect women to be passionate, courageous and get things done. >>> one of the -- >>> one of the weapons is a new website notalone.gov promising help for victims. abc's karen travers has the details. >> reporter: vice president biden loves to talk about his hometown of scranton, pennsylvania. he explained what he was taught there about assault. >> if a man raised his hands to a woman, you had the job of kicking the living crap out of him if he did it. it was a simple proposition. excuse my language. but that's the neighborhoo

new drug combination left clayton rocket rising before executioners called off or stopped the procedure and the prisoner died of a heart attack. a second execution was called off last night. states have been left searching for new untested drugs. >> la clipper's owner sterling could soon be forced to sell the team. silver banned sterling from the league for life. he was banned $2.5 million. sterling will have to sell the clippers. the punishment stands from racist comments he admits to making to a former girlfriend. >> according to the news 25 of the owners already are backing him and he only needs three fourths of the vote. >> what he has done is taken away from the game itself. >> the potential bidders are already lining up. boxing super star mayweather junior is interested in owning the clippers. potential buyers include others he bought the club for $13 million back in 1981 i should pay. the warriors and clippers planned to boycott last night's playoff game. it appears they were and he planned to beat them. the warriors need to beat them to keep their season alive. >> still ahead. i

clayton lockett was sedated at a prison in mcalester, and was then given a combination of lethal drugs. but something went wrong with lockett's vein. he started twitching, and convulsing violently. >> he said something is wrong as it lifted his head and shoulders. >> after conferring with the warden, and not knowing how much drug went into him it was my decision to stop the execution. >> but even after the execution was called off, clayton lockett died of an apparent heart attack. oklahoma has suspended the scheduled execution of another death row inmate, until it can ensure that it will be carried out more humanely. a federal judge struck down wisconsin's voter identification law, saying it's unfair to poor and minority voters. the law, which required voters show a state-issued photo i-d at the polls, was passed in 2011. it was only in effect for one primary election, before it was challenged in court. critics argued that low-income and minority voters aren't as likely to have photo i-d's, or the documents needed to get them. wisconsin's department of justice plans to appeal the rulin

possibly seen on haight and clayton street last week. sot: "he might be going as diego both forearms. call us right away" oc: if you have any information about this young man's whereabouts, you are asked to call police, or you can log on to our website, kron4 com, for more information in san francisco john fenoglio kron 4 news. the boston marthon will have more runners than last year, and more spectators than ever. but it will also have new security restrictions. scott thompson has the latest. the day began with a traditional blessing for runners at boston's old south church this easter sunday. although this blessing happens annually-- it has special meaning this year. monday's race is the first since the deadly bombings that killed three and injured over 200 others. members of the church made these blue and gold scarves and handed them out to runners to show their support. these scarves are interwoven with love and courage. the focus now shifts to marathon monday. it will be different this year. security will be tighter than ever. polic

clayton sandel, abc news. >> u.s.of a tsunami to the coast of california after a magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck in the pacific ocean near the salomon islands. quake hit around 2:15 this afternoon 200 miles southeast of the capital of the salomons. officials say large waves were reported but no tsunami. >>>. >> scientists from the centers for disease control are investigating cases of people getting sick on cruise ships, one of which docked in san francisco this week. a princess cruise spokeswoman says only 37 people on board had norovirus when it stopped here monday. now more than 350 people on two ships have gotten the stomach bug. it can be picked up through contaminated food or water or touching contaminated surfaces. >> costly cleaning our hands. you could even pick up your own drink. they had to hand you your drink. >> the cdc is collecting samples from each ship to test. despite the sick passengers the grandeur of the seas is on a cruise to the bahamas. good news to report about a story we brought you yesterday

stone valley road towards clayton. we're getting heavier rainfall. san francisco, steady rain we have pockets of heavy rain around fairway drive. so be aware of the fact with thunderstorms we're seeing brief down pours and hail around the santa cruz mountains. some heavy rain as well. up in the north bay we're seeing steady showers. still tracking thunderstorms as you'll notice there. as i pull out here to take you back in time so far 76 around the state. and as i show you our computer animation here, heaviest will be going through in the next couple hours. scattered showers for tonight. cheryl? >> thank you. right now, rescue teams in a difficult search in waist deep snow trying to find a snowboarder. the 25-year-old walked into the sierra back country yesterday with his father and they became separated. abc7's wayne freedman joins us on the search. wayne? >> etc. been cold and getting colder. command has been neither good news or bad but they found traces of what they thought might be an avalanche shovelled nearby. there is word of a ping a faint p

clayton, to you inside. >>> thank you, rick.t guess is here to show you simple tips to take the best family photo this easter. i stole your camera. >> good morning. happy easter. >> happy easter to you as well. >> this camera is just out today. you can get it at unique photo. the fastest auto focusing camera around. >> a big fan of those. if you don't have a sony camera and just a simple camera, there are simple things to do to make your photos bet earl. let's start with what not to do. here's what not to do. >> it is easter, you are going to take a family portrait, why take a selfie? so you can see she's holding the camera up high or the cell phone up high, he's out of focus, everybody squeezed in. the hands are cut off. their expressions are unnatural. you can do better than that. >> how can you do better? you may not have someone floating around to grab a camera, but you can do a simple timer mode on the camera with a simple tripod. >> the tripod is great, but use the timer. >> one of the things i notice people do is take pho

clayton went upto dock with a russian cosmenaut. when the time arrived, one astronaut could not avoid a joke. >> we were part of the training program and we learned to speak russian. because we spoke russia and they spoke english. >> reporter: the treaty was renewed five years later. but last year president reagan decided not to renew it. joint u.s. soviet space programs ended and funding was left up. >> you go around the world once every 90 minutes and see the whole world. as long as people can talk and do something constructive together they're not going to be fighting. >>> the astronaut that spoke about sightings of ufos and said that the u.s. was hiding information. map may i have another cup please? thank you. next! [ penelope ] nespresso vertuoline. experience the revolution of coffee. for $175 dollars a month? so our business can . be on at&t's network yup. all five of you for $175. our clients need a lot of attention. there's unlimited talk and text. we're working deals all day. you get 10 gigabytes of data to share. what ab

welc>> thank you, clayton.re. >> what did you first think when you heard this case? >> social media brought the local news story to us very early tuesday morning, and the obvious outrage we could not believe was going on. and offered to do what we could to help the sharky's. >> specialist sharky was not in the home at the time, and these people move into his home and what happened then? >> they moved in and he had someone that was watching the property, but in the interim between visits, these people moved in. we found out later from a neighbor who moved in after the sharky's had left that the people broke a window and he saw them breaking it, he questioned them about it, the squatters told him he left his keys in the house and was a legal tenant. and the man went about his business. he didn't think anything of it. >> and the no criminal -- this is what is surprising to me, no criminal charges have been brought against this couple. they are just living in the house without water, not their home, they left it a

diablo over to clayton and highway 4. also the altamont pass picking up some.hat is pretty good rain for an hour and a half. danville letting up big time here from san jose to morgan hill and gilroy. but still some rain oakland wrapping back toward san mateo bridge, san francisco calming down. but not before we picked up before four tenth of an inch. 40s to low 50s. everyone is really close here. this system though showing itself moving through pretty rapidly. we will see this rain ending pretty soon. 40s up in the mountains or 30s. no snow yet. 40s and 50s everywhere else. this system goes by and we will see afternoon sun. highs today mainly in the low 60s. here is sal. >>> all right i want to throw out a reminder that both the athletics and warriors play tonight at the oakland coliseum arena. and that means it will be well a lot of traffic there. a lot of people on bart going to the same place. so put that in the back of your mind. let's take a look at the commute here. highway 4 westbound you can see traffic is busy coming up to the willow pass grade. it is

abc's clayton sandell has more, now, from perth, australia. clayton, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, dan. this morning, officials tell us they are no longer hearing any credible signals from what they believe are emergency black box beacons. if that doesn't change, they say they will soon the have to give up part of the search. overnight, 14 ships and 10 airplanes spent another day in a frustrating search for clues. they are desperate to hear more of those underwater pings from beacons that would lead them to the airplane's cockpit voice and data recorders. but those fading signals have not been heard since tuesday. are you optimistic we will find these black boxes? >> we will do our best. >> reporter: now, the u.s. navy captain in charge of this underwater probe says, without new leads, they are forced to use plan "b." >> when the time is right, we'll say, yes, the beacons have probably stopped transmitting. and it's time to switch to the short range. >> reporter: and that may be a few days away. >> yes. >> reporter: the next

as clayton sandell reports, they made their feelings crystal clear. >> just before tipoff, the l.a. clippers took to the court with their warmup shirts turned inside out, the team name hidden in protest. donald sterling was nowhere to be seen either. fallout over what tmz sports says is a recording appearing to catch sterling on a racist rant. he's allegedly heard arguing with girlfriend v. stiviano over her photo with nba great magic johnson. >> don't put it on instagram so the world has to see so they have to call me. don't bring him to my games, okay? >> the clippers have not verified if the voice on the recording is sterling. but say the team owner is emphatic that what is reflected on the recording is not consistent with his views, beliefs or feelings. the recording was first posted by tmz. stiviano's attorney says this is her voice. >> people call you and tell you that i have black people on my instagram and it bothers you? >> yeah, it bothers me a lot. if you want to broadcast that you're associating with black people. >> a longer version popped up on dead spin.com. this is w

clayton, our thanks to you. following flight 370 all day here on abc news and all week. >>> meantime, ron has the other headlines. including an amazing night in the final four. were you up late last night? >> i was. it was no longer march madness, april madness, i guess. neither kobe nor the university of texas were in the games last night. >> i don't care. >> it was a big night in college hoops. as the final four in the ncaa became the final two. it was a night to remember on the hardwood. >> kentucky has done it again! oh! daniels. >> the university of connecticut huskies rallied to take out the top team in the country, the florida gators, who came in having won 30-straight games. >> i told the guys, i wrote on the board, even now, faith. even though we're down 16-4, you are going to have faith in each other. >> final score, uconn, 65, florida, 53. later, eighth-seed kentucky squared off against number two seeded wisconsin. the teams battling it out. check out the monster dunk by marcus lee to put the kentucky

i'm linda i live on clayton the north west corner so i've looked at this property everyday for many years. i'm mainly concerned about two things the blatant reach of permits by mr. woods the original permit specified a stairway this was never built. and i don't believe he ever intended to build it and second the giving away of public property in this case to an individual builder to put a driveway from clare ton to his house for public purposes is against the san francisco master plan and unacceptable to all of us who have signed petitions and spinal to you again and again. i've lived her in 1965 since and i've seen this district built up in more empty open spaces. there is on my side with a staircase access and this is part of has been built up into a land side for all to enjoy i see people stopping to take pictures. this is a fine precedent for what's doing done on the other side of the street i'm opposing this for one access for one house. no matter how the driveway is configured when there's a driveway leading to a house this is perceived as private and not available to others. so i e

time for some news with clayton. >> quick look at headlines. candidate john edwards is back in court as an attorney representing a four-year-old virginia boy in a medical malpractice case. this is the first court appearance for edwards since being acquitted for accepting illegal campaign contributions to cover up his affair during a 2008 presidential campaign. >>> a 74-year-old man is hoping for jail time. he says he robbed a chicago area bank because he was homesick for prison. in 50 years, he spent just 6 out from behindç bars. and he just might get his wish. he's facing 30 more years behind bars. >> a breakthrough for breast cancer patients. johns hopkins researchers developed a blood test that examines a patient's d.n.a. and accurately detects a patient's risk for breast cancer. the test had a 95% success rate. how to explain how this works is an associate fromç the hackensack medical group. it seems as though this is exciting news but can you break this down in everyday english for us. people want to hear in terms of breast cancer what t

inmate clayton locket, dying not from lethal injection, but from a heart attack on tuesday.ronounced dead more than 40 minutes after his execution halted. minutes after the first drugs were administered he began con as a resulting. that botched execution becausing the state to postpone the execution of a second inmate. several states including oklahoma are now being sued to reveal the drugs used. >> reporter: minuteses after he was given a second drug, witnesses say something went very wrong. >> at 6:39 he is still lifting his shoulders and head off of the gernny, grimacing. >> so from start to finish, 6:33 the execution started, 6:39 is when they closed the bliengds on us. rbl and what they watched was rocket reportedly twitching and convulsing at one point even uttering words. >> there was some concern that the drugs were not having the effect, so the doctor observed the line, and determined that the line has blown. >> reporter: meaning according to a physician, that drugs were no longer blowing into locket's vein which ruptured. 43 minutes after the first injection, locke

date in hill streets on the south and church street on the east and approximately where market and claytonome together. it will allow one in-law unit for existing building you up to 10 unit and greater than 102 unit will be allowed. they must be constructed within the building envelope not to expands did building to create the unit and the space utilized will be garages or large ground floor storage places or basements that is partially above ground the legislation says they cannot carve up those but if space not being used for residential purposes our goal is not to cancel implies the existing stock. the legislation is purely involuntarily we're not forcing people to add those units. the planning commission made several recommendations which i know planning staff will describe we've accepted some and the planning department can describe those representations today. in addition colleagues i've disabled several pieces the planning commission has been incorporated into the legislation as substitute alleviation. we're also for us today, i'm introducing amendments to protect 9 existing rear ya