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 with an untested cocktail of lethal drugs. after struggling violently on the gurney, doctors halted the killing 13 minutes in when discovering lockett was still conscious and trying to speak. doctors say he suffered a ruptured vein, interrupting the flow of the lethal drugs. about 30 minutes after that point, lockett died of a heart attack when the drugs had spread through his body. oklahoma department of corrections director, robert patton, described what happened. >> as those that were inside witnessed, it was determined that he was sedated approximately seven minutes into the execution. at that time we began pushing the second and third drugs in the protocol. there was some concern at that time that the drugs were not having the effect. the doctor observed the line and determined that the line had blown. after conferring with the warden, and unknown how much him, it wasne into my decision at that time to stop the execution. i notify the attorney general's office, the governor's office, of my intent to stop the execution, and

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

humanely and i think everyone would recognize that this case fell short of that standard. >> clayton lockett 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 not going as planned. >> me mumbled, something's wrong. he is lifting his whole upper shoulders and head off the gurney and writhing. >> reporter: then officials closed the blinds shutting out the media gathered to witness the death of the man convicted of kidnapping raping and murdering a woman alive. the execution was stopped but lockett died of a heart attack. officials used a cocktail of three drugs. the deadly mixture is cloake

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, ignored lockett's appeal and went ahead with the execution anyway. listen to him. >> this was a horrible thing to witness. one of the things he said was, something's wrong. he said, man, at one point. he kept trying to raise up. they wanted to hurry up and get it done. with as little transparency as possible. this is what they get. >> just after lockett's execution went so awry, oklahoma governor mary fallin issued a stay of execution for the secon

not and something is 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 eethal injection, prompting authorities to quickly halt the procedure. >> it was my decision at that time to stop the execution. >> reporter: 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 dieing or if they were still pumping drugs in him. >> reporter: 43 minutes after the first injection, lockett died. >> the inmate suffered what appeared to be a massive heart attack and passed away. >> reporter: lockett and charles warner, both convicted in rape and murder were at the center of a court fight over the drugs used in their executions. th

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. >> wha

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

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

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

ten minutes after the execution began, a doctor declared clayton lockett was unconscious. began writhing. minutes later, it started getting particularly ugly. >> reporter graham lee brewer of the oklahoman was one of the official witnesses. >> he began kicking his feet, lifting his head and his chest

they were administer iing the n state's three-drug cocktail to 38-year-old clayton lockett last night when something went wrong. the officials halted the execution, but then he suffered a heart attack and dies. witnesses said that he tried to speak. >> when they closed the curtain, it seemed that he tried to say, "man." >> he was trying to come up off of the gurney. >> he said, man, and something wrong. >> and news chief, and medical editor nancy snyderman says that in this case, it is like ly tha lockett's veins were damaged in the process. >> it is sounds as if the vein stopped working after the first drug was giving so that the paralysis and medication to stop the heart never worked. >> and charles warner was also to be put to death with the similar cocktail, but the state has postponed his execution for two weeks. and lockett was on death row for the shooting death of two -- of a teenager, and burying her alive. and the other inmate was to be executed for raping and killing a child. and now let's talk about the history of the state and the history of this cocktail that this new us

not, and something's wrong. >> reporter: they may be the last words spoken by oklahoma inmate clayton lockette. uttered during his botched execution. lockette's vein exploded during the lethal injection, prompting authorities to quickly halt the procedure. >> it was my decision at that time to stop the execution. >> reporter: the first drug, a lethal injection cocktail, supposed to render a person unconscious. witnesses say lockette was still conscious seven minutes after that first injection. at 16 minutes, he seemingly tried to get up and talk. it was then 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 pumping drugs in him. >> reporter: 43 minutes after the first injection, lockette died. >> inmate suffereded what appears to be a massive heart attack and passed away. >> reporter: lockette and chairs wa charles inmate, both convicted of rape and murder, were at the center of the court fight over the drugs used in their execution. oklahoma'

clayton lockett's brutal execution was just one more example of that.mpaigner for amnesty international, thanks for joining me. >> thanks for having me. >> this is not the first time we have talked about lethal injections but certainly one of the more publicly gruesome executions that i think -- that we have talked about nationally. and i wonder, from your perspective, as a campaigner, someone involved in changing these policies, whether you think we might be turning a point where we no longer execute people by lethal injection. >> you know, i think what is important to see from what's happening here is more and more of the public is becoming aware of what happens in the death chamber and i think we need toe go back to what happened in that death chamber in oklahoma last night. after the doctor said he is unconscious, witnesses say they see him lifting had i head, struggling in his gurney, trying to say something. the blinds closer the curtains close in the death chamber around later, we find out that mr. lockett's vein exploded. this, by definition is

oklahoma was using a new drug combination to execute clayton lockett. after ten minutes prison officials declared him unconscious, but sometime after he started writhing, clenching his teeth, and lifted his 4 eed the execution was stopped, but he eventually died of a heart attack. the execution of another, charles warner, who was supposed to be executed yesterday, has been postponed for 14 days. >>> in georgia, witnesses say a gunman looked like he was going to war. the gunman opened fire at a fedex facility yesterday. police sa 19-year-old geddy kramer wounled six people and then killed himself. three are in critical condition. one of his co-workers said when she saw him at the warehouse, she ran for her life. >> he was in all black. i believe he was in camo. he had bullets strapped to his chest like rambo, and the knife was like about -- i don't know. it with us probably about a foot long. >> police say kramer was also carrying several explosives. >>> now, coming up on the "morning news," the supreme court takes on smartphones. we'll hear what u.s. ju

death row inmate clayton lockett, 38-year-old received the first of three lethal injections yesterday, but rather than losing consciousness, lockett began convulsing and lifting off the table. a doctor halted the procedure, and 43 minutes later, lockett died not from the injections, but a heart attack. >> this was a horrible thing to witness. one of the things he said was something's wrong, he said, man, at one point. he kept trying to raise up. >> many are scrambling to source their execution drugs. all executions in oklahoma are currently on hold while lockett's case investigated. >>> three people cannot go home this morning. their san jose home deemed unsafe after flames ripped through it overnight. investigators do not know why the fire started, just after 2:30 this morning on north 8th and empire streets in downtown san jose. we're told a man and two other people who live there weren't hurt. in fact, they weren't even home at the time. they were at the hospital, because the man has strep throat. when crews arrive, they saw smoke billowing out a window, cut a hole in the roof, and

the lethal injection of clayton lockett was botched and a vein exploded during the process. authorities halted the execution after the first drug was injected. it was supposed to knock him out. instead, witnesses said lockett's body convulsed on the gurney. lockett died of a heart attack. he was killed of raping and killing an 11-month-old baby girl. >>> a deadly skydiving accident in san joaquin county. the victim and friends took off from lodi airport yesterday. the accident happened over the nearby community of ocampo. investigators say the victim plunged to his death after colliding with another skydiver in the air. deputies say his parachute never opened and he may have been knocked unconscious. he was not wearing a device that would have automatically opened the main or the reserve chute in flight. other skydiver broke his leg when he made it back to the ground. >>> the feds have finally caught up with one of their most wanted criminals. joe vazquez on how they nabbed the bank robbing babe in the bay area. >> the u.s. marshals service is searching for her. >> reporter:

outcome of the prisoners challenged, but on wednesday, the court abruptly ruled the prisoners, clayton lockett and charles warner, are not entitled to know the source of the drugs that will end their lives. the decision follows an unprecedented and potentially illegal decision by oklahoma governor mary fallin that overruled the court's initial state. some republican lawmakers even called for the judges of removal from the bench. the prisoners and all scheduled for execution next week. -- a texas told couple has won more than 2.9 million dollars judgment against the energy come to me aruba petroleum for disruptive frack -- fracking neverland. the jury found the company intentionally created a private nuisance through its drilling and fracking operations near their home. the pollution was so bad the parrs had to flee their home for months at a time. he says the kids must first fracking verdict in u.s. history. a former oil executive meanwhile has joined calls for a ban on fracking in new york. speaking this week, and longtime executive vice president of mobile oil said "making fracking safe is s

clayton lockett was convicted of attempting to killing a 19-year-old and watching her being buried alive adam, you have witnessed two executions in california. what is is going on in other states? >> the problem is this. you have some states adopting a one-drug lethal injection plan. in california, williams was one of the more controversial inmates put down and only one since him. when he died, a lot of people said that should not happen. but the three-drug combination is being argued to not work. so states went to a one-drug plan. but now companies don't want to make it because they said it was for people to live longer not meant to be used for execution. this stokes this problem with states that do want to administer the one or three drug combination and puts inmates down. his bolsters the opposition once again. >> adam housely, thank you. >>> she maybe out of her job but kathleen sebelius said she will be cutting back on congressional hearing. do the republicans have a way of changing her mind? >> a group of airmen getting the recognition they deserve more than 70 years later. how tha

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

the last twenty four hours the practice got a hell of a lot more barbaric get this last night clayton lockett a death row inmate in oklahoma died in a box execution which is lawyer described as him being tortured to death for nearly forty five minutes soon after lockett was administered a lethal injection and declared unconscious began breathing heavily writhing clenching his teeth and straining to lift his head off the pillow according to the independent after it was clear the injection want to ride prison officials halted the execution but it was too late because after he sees for nearly forty five minutes lockett suffered a fatal heart attack and the death chamber and although prison officials are blaming a vein of failure for the mishandled procedure lockett's lawyers are raising questions about the drug that was used to kill their client so no matter how heinous the crimes are that people like lockett may have committed society should not be sanctioning the torture and execution of anyone because that makes us no more barbaric and them. the exactly. the turtle they are looking very hard

clayton lockett was the first inmate injected with the state's new mix of lethal drugs. but minutes after being declared unconscious, lockett tried to lift his head mumbled and began squirming. prison officials halted the execution. >> there was some indication it may not have worked. the line was blocked. >> governor mary fallon ordered a 14-day stay of execution for another inmate also set to die last night. >> new e-mails over the obama's administration in response to benghazi. the documents were concerned by the conservative organization judicial watch. four americans died, including ambassador chris stevens. bill plante is at the white house this morning. >> reporter: good morning to our viewers in the west. judicial watch documents do suggest that the white house in shaping its talking points in the benghazi attacks deliberately twisted the facts so the president would look good in his reelection campaign. one e-mail was send from ben rhodes, the brother of cbs news president david rhodes. it was addressed to white house officials, including spokesman jay carney who

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 lockett was one of two inmates oklahoma had slated for execution on tuesday night. but the second man was granted a stay after lockett's execution went terribly wrong. the 38-year-old was brought into the death chamber. the execution began at 6:23 began, when the first drug in a deadly cocktail of three drugs, never before used in oklahoma was administered. ten minutes later, he was declared unconscious. >> a few minutes later, he began convulsing. lifting his head and chest off the gurney. even mumbling a few times. >> reporter: as they administered the remaining two drugs, there was a problem with lockett's vein. >> there was concern at that time that the drugs were not having the effects. >> reporter: the blinds were lowered so witnesses could not see what was happening. >> it was my decision to stop the execution. >> reporter: at approximately 7:06 p.m., lockett died. >> the inmate suffered what appears to be a massive heart attack. >> reporter: lockett was convicted of shooting a 19-year-old woman with a sawed-off shotgun and watching as accomplices buried her

i have to say i have spent time with clayton lockett. my colleague is his lawyer.we have spent time with him, we know him. he does not have are vein failure. that's to cover up a horribly botched execution. >> why do you say you know he wouldn't have had vein failure. >> i can't say it for sure without an independent autopsy which should be the next step. he was a guy with healthy, bulging veins. he was not an i.v. drug user. he was not unhealthy, dehydrated. he was a very, very fit, strong guy with big arms, bulging veins. it is just not likely that would have happened. >> you filed suit against the state of oklahoma this year around the secrecy about the procedure they want to use to kill prisoners including your client. you argued the new method of execution carried a substantial risk of inflicting severe pain. it's hard for people outside of the direct legal context to get their heads around the idea that there is a are prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment that would still allow for executions. that people could be put to death but there would be reasona

several minutes after a doctor gave clayton lockett a lethal injection, he was lifting his head and mumbling. officials say a vein exploded. they stopped the execution. >> after conferring with the warden and unknown how much drugs went into him, it was my decision at that time to stop the execution. >> lockett died about 43 minutes later of a heart attack. he was convicted of first-degree murder, rape, kidnapping and robbery of a teen back in 1999. he was convicted of terrible, terrible crimes but the question is should he have died in this painful way? we want to bring in our chief medical correspondent, dr. sanjay gupta, and also cnn legal analyst. thank you for joining us. this a topic many are looking at with this situation out of oklahoma. sanjay, let's start with you. this is the first time that oklahoma used this three-drug cocktail. it's new. it's controversial. why don't you breakdown for us this cocktail and how it works? >> mizazolam is commonly used drug in hospitals every day to get people ready for operations. it can be in high doses and quite sedating but also used in lower d

we know that the execution start started at 6:23 p.m., and at 7:06 clayton lockett died and walk us through the experience as a witness. >> well, at a 6:23, the curtains in the execution room went up, and we were witnessed the inmate laying on the gurney with a white sheet. he had no last words. and the execution began, and then ten minutes later they announced him unconscious, and this is the fourth execution that i have covered and they don't normally pronounce that. it was three minutes that past. and then he began to have a rather violent reaction for three minutes. he with was grimacing, clinching his jaw, and the body was shaking, and several times his entire head and shoulders lifted up off of the gurney as if he was literally trying to get up, and he mumbled something that we could not understand, but the only thing that the witnesses agree on that we heard him say, man, and he appeared to be in pain, and one or two of the witnesses said that something is wrong, but i did not personally hear that. after three minutes of this, the warden who was inside of the room said, we are going

clayton lockett was convicted for the 1999 murder of a teenaged woman.uted last night by lethal injection, but something went terribly wrong. at 6:23 p.m., prison officials began the execution, given lockett a drug to knock him unconscious. at 6:33, a doctor and prison officials announced lockett was unconscious, but three minutes later, witnesses say he began to move, even lifting his head off the execution table. >> at 6:37, he said, "something's wrong." at 6:39, he still lifting his shoulders and head off the gurney, grimacing. and appeared to be in distress. >> witnesses say lockett writhed, clenched his teeth and appeared to struggle against the restraints holding him to the gurney. >> and at 6:39, he did, right before they closed the curtain, he said -- he had full upper body movement, he was able to lift his head and shoulders from the gurney. >> he was struggling to talk, but those are the words we got out -- man, i'm not, and something's wrong. >> something's wrong. something was very wrong. at 6:39, prison officials finally react, stepping in t

the decision affected clayton lockett who was scheduled to be executed yesterday and charles warner,se execution is scheduled for next week. lockett and warner represent the latest front in and ongoing fight over how states choose to execute their death row inmates. major drug makers have stopped manufacturing lethal injection drugs which has forced states like oklahoma to rely on unregulated cocktails mixed by often shady compound pharmacies, drugs that human rights activists run foul of the 8th amendment which prohibits cruel and unusual punishment. following oklahoma's action, lawyers for william rousan who is scheduled to be executed at midnight tonight filed an appeal to stay his execution on the same grounds. that appeal is currently before the missouri supreme court and the clock is ticking. >>> just ahead, how about being sentenced to an extra 3 1/2 years in prison because of a typo. white house is poised to take steps to correct injustices in the justice system. but will they be enough. ryan steven so that, director of the equal justice initiative, joins me coming up. they'r

the lethal injection of clayton lockett was botched and a vein exploded during the process yesterday.ted the execution after the first drug was injected. it was supposed to knock him out. instead witnesses say his body convulsed on the gurney and he was mumbling. lockett died of a heart attack 43 minutes after that execution had begun. >>> a livermore golf instructor accused of molesting teenaged boys allegedly trying to hire a hit man from his jail cell to kill them. andrew niset at the sant rita jail. he was arrested last december on the molestation charges and now prosecutors will charge him with solicitation of murder. >>> now the latest developments surrounding los angeles clippers owner donald sterling banned for life from the nba. as kpix 5's cate caugiran reports, the main question is whether donald sterling will sell the team. >>> reporter: a sold-out crowd cheered on the l.a. clippers hours after the nba banned the team's owner donald sterling from the league for life. clipper chris paul applauded the league after the team's win over the golden state warriors. >> it's amazin

thirty-eight-year-old clayton lockett, convicted of shooting a 19-year-old girl and watching as friends buried her alive, wound up dying from a heart attack in what onlookers described as a gruesome process that took far longer than expected. as a result, the execution of another convicted killer, which was supposed to take place two hours after lockett's, was put on hold by oklahoma's republican governor. today, the white house press secretary deplored what happened: >> 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. >> woodruff: later in the day, oklahoma governor mary fallin said the state is launching an investigation. she said it will try to determine lockett's cause of death, whether the department of corrections followed appropriate protocols and make recommendations to improve standards going forward. but governor fallen also defended the state's death penalty law. >> he had his day in court. i believe the legal process w

. >> governor mary fallen ordered a review of procedures in her state after the execution of clayton lockette went horribly wrong. you're looking at the state capitol in oklahoma city where any minute we're expecting to hear from the governor. the state had planned back-to-back executions last night using a new untested three-drug lethal injection combination. 38-year-old lockette was given the death sentence for the 1999 murder of a 19-year-old woman who was shot and buried alive. witnesses say soon after the drugs were administered, lockette began struggling violently, groaning and writhing. after several minutes officials pulled the curtain on the death chamber. lockette eventually died of a massive heart attack. >> it was determined that he was sedated approximately seven minutes into the execution. at that time, we began pushing the second and third drugs in the protocol. there was some concern at that time that the drugs were not having the effect. >> 46-year-old charles warner was scheduled to be put to death an hour later for the kidnapping and rain of an 11-month-old girl. but in the

death last night after another execution was botched leading to a gruesome scene. 38-year-old clayton locketterape, kidnapping and murder was brought into the death chamber, had drugs administered but they did not kill him quick lip. here's the "today" show on how it happened. >> reporter: lockette was set to be executed using a new experimental cocktail of three drugs. the execution began at 6:23 p.m. when officials administered the first drug, a sedative to lockette. >> at that time we began pushing the second and third drugs in the protocol. there was some concern at that time that the drugs were not having the effect. >> reporter: prison officials declared lockette unconscious at 6:33 p.m. but over the next six minutes, eyewitnesses said lockette still appeared conscious and was struggling. >> one of the things he said was something's wrong. >> reporter: eyewitnesses said prison officials closed off their window into the chamber, putting lockette's execution on hold. prison officials say lockette suffered a massive heart attack and died at 7:06 p.m. >> a vein failure may have disrupted the

the inmates, clayton lockett and charles warner, challenged the constitutionality of a law allowing thee to keep the source of those drugs secret. both men have been convicted of rape and murder, and the state says they will die. it's just a matter of how and when. >>> a federal appeals court has now been asked to weigh in on the legality of the faa's ban on private drones. a texas-based group that searches for missing people wants the right to use unmanned aircraft in its searches, saying the faa has no authority to ban them. an administrative law judge ruled last month that the agency couldn't find a videographer for using a drone because it was essentially a model airplane. the faa is appealing that ruling. >>> coming up, did big tech firms conspire to control each other's hiring practices? we're going to have details of new e-mails, next. [ male announcer ] this is the cat that drank the milk... [ meows ] ...and let in the dog that woke the man who drove to the control room [ woman ] driverless mode engaged. find parking space. [ woman ] parking space found. [ male announcer ] ...th

at issue were the drugs oklahoma officials were using for the lethal injection to execute clayton lockettudining kfor reporter courtney francisco from our affiliate said they noticed things were not right. >> reporter: after watching lockett's execution for about 16 minutes, it was clear something was not right. he was struggling to get up, to talk, to move around. once the blinds went down and we had no clue of what was going on on the other side of those blinds, no clue of what was happening to the inmate at that point. later they let us out of that room. and we found out that it took him until 7:05 to actually die. >> lockett died of a heart attack. it was 43 minutes after receiving the first injection. the state immediately postponed a second execution that had also been scheduled for last night. at least for two weeks until they can figure out what happened, what went wrong. joining me now, nbc justice correspondent pete william ts and huffington post political editor sam stein who's been following this intensively as well. pete, law is very clear. they had the legal right to execute

clayton d. lockett was given lethal injections. the execution was called off. he lifted his head and started mumbling. a prison spokesman said the vein was broken and the drugs not working properly. another inmate was to be put to death hours later. that has been delayed. oklahoma's supreme court ruled in favour of the state. >> french and engineering company has seated a $17 billion bid from general electric. the proposal has been described as practically perfect. >> french government has been trying to steer him towards europe. there are fears that a take over by u.s. company will mean job losses for the french. >>> russia has accused the west of reviving cold war tactics. on tuesday the you european union added 15 more people on the list of russian and ukrainian officials facing asset freezes and travel bands. washington announced a new set of sanctions. president obama said he would not impose more sanctions. >> eastern ukraine - gunman opened fire as they took control of more buildings. pro-russian able to visits stormed the headquarters for police and luh

clayton d. lockett was given a lethal injection.he execution was called off once he lived his head and started mumbling. a prison spokesman said the vein was broken and the drugs not working properly. another inmate was to be put to death, that has been delayed. both convicts sued the state for refusing to disclose details of the judge. oklahoma supreme court dismissed the claims. >>> several u.s. states that carry out the death penalty have been using secretly acquired drug cocktails. they can glow locker access sodium theo pen tral, and another drug used to paralyze the condemned. the lone u.s. manufacturer stopped producing to drug in 2011. the e.u. barred european companies from exporting drugs used for execution. states like oklahoma have been using untested combinations or buying from regulated pharmacies buying the chemicals. they have been able to keep the cocktail secret with the help of court rulings. >> in ohio, an inmate took 25 minutes to die, and was seen convulsing. it's an untested combination of trucks. >> a usa res

. >>> officials in oklahoma are look the at last night's botched lethal injection of clayton lockett.was sentenced to death for watching two accomplishes bury a woman in 1999. >> reporter: lockett was said to be executed using a new experimental cocktail of three drugs. when the president administered the first drug, a sedative to lockett. >> at that time, we began approaching the second and third part it's in protocol. there was some concern at that time that the drugs were not having the effect. >> reporter: courtney francis of nbc station kfor witnessing the execution with other reporters said president officials declared lockett unconscious at 6:33 p.m. but over the next six minutes, eyewitnesses said lockett still appeared conscious and was struggling. >> one of the things he said was "something's wrong." he said "man" at one point. he kept trying to raise up. >> the 6:39, he's still lifting his shoulders and head off the gurney. grimacing. >> reporter: then eyewitnesses said prison officials closed off their window into the chamber putting lockett's execution on hold. >> it soun

clayton lockett's vein ruptured after the first much three injections that he was supposed to get.e first time the state of oklahoma used the drug in an execution. other states, including ohio an( well. >>> tuna fish cough off the shore of oregon has elevated levels of radioactivity. it's believed it's from the fukushima nuclear disaster. researchers studied 26 specific alba cor and found a slight increase in levels. they say it has to eat 700,000 pounds of that fish with the highest radiation amount in order for it to affect you. >>> brian, listen to this. all star reunion in a galaxy far away. star wars episode 7 is back. carey fisher is princess leah. a few newcomers, oscar isaac, this guy, phone for his role in "inside lieu he willen davis." the whole group already getting together for their script reading. the sequel is set for release next december, 2015. those are your headlines. >> you ever go scuba diving? always remind me of darth vader, that noise. >> or a sleep apnea machine. >> right. >> thank you very much. all right. we know that one of the voter blocs that helped ge

the inmate, clayton lockett, was being put to death for the murder of a 19-year-old woman, when something went wrong. here's nbc's janet shamlian with the story. >> reporter: lockett was set to be executed using a new experimental cocktail of three drugs. the execution began at 6:23 p.m., when prison officials administered the first drug, a sedative to lockett. >> at that time, we began pushing the second and third drugs in the protocol. there was some concern at that time that the drugs were not having the effect. >> reporter: courtney francisco of nbc station kfor witnessing the execution along with other reporters, said prison officials declared lockett unconscious at 6:33 p.m. but over the next six minutes, eyewitnesses said lockett still appeared conscious and was struggling. >> one of the things he said was "something's wrong." he said "man" at one point. he kept trying to raise up. >> reporter: then eyewitnesss said prison officials closed off their window into the chamber, putting lockett's execution on hold. >> it sounds as if the vein stopped working after the first drug was giv