one of them, daniel lewis lee, a member ofa cases. lee, a member of a white supremacist group responsible for killing motoring family of three including an eight—year—old girl. mitchell was responsible for various serious crimes are responsible for murder and sentenced to death. very different people who are among this group of five and i suspect that is pretty deliberate from the department ofjustice. they want to show that as far as our concern, things will be administered no matter what the circumstances and that they want to really try to make shop that of prisoners have been convicted and will be executed as the result of this change in policy. north korean says yesterdays ballistic missile test was intended to send a "solemn warning" to the south over itself continued participation in joint military excercies with the us. south korea says it belives the two missiles launched from the north appear to be a new design. the missiles were launched from the eastern north korean city of wonsan, and according to seoul travelled just unde

. >> reporter: daniel lewis lee, a white supremacist, was convicted in 1999 of murdering a family ofee, including an 8-year-old girl. the department of justice said lee and four other men would be put to death in december and january, the first executions under the federal death penalty since 2003. president trump has long said that he wanted to revive the federal death penalty, including after 11 people were shot and killed in a pittsburgh synagogue last year. >> people that do this, you have to bring back the death penalty. this is the worst form of terror. >> reporter: one reason for the federal moratorium was concerns of the drug cocktail for lethal was leading to bad executions. the federal department said they would use a single drug. 29 states still allow the death penalty. one study found that since 1973, 166 people on death row have been exonerated. >> there have been 1,500 executions, which means that for every nine executions, there's been one person wrongly convicted, wrongly sentenced to death, and exonerated. >> reporter: the department of justice says all five men have

. >> reporter: daniel lewis lee, a white supremacist, was convicted in 1977 of murdering a family of three. today the department of justice said lee and four other men will be put to death in december and january, the first executions under the federal death penalty since 2003. president trump has long said he wanted to revive the federal death penalty, including after 11 people were shot and killed in a pittsburgh synagogue last year. >> people that do this, you have to bring back the death penalty. this is the worst form of terror. >> reporter: one reason for the federal moratorium was concerns the three drug cocktail administered during lethal injections was leading to botched executions. >> his upper body lifted off the bed. his head lifted off the pillow. >> reporter: justice department said it would use a single drug going forward. 29 states still allow the death penalty. one study found since 1973 166 people on death row have been exonerated. >> there have been 1 #5shgs00 executions, which means for every nine executions, there's been one person wrongly sentenced to death and

." >> reporter: daniel lewis lee, a white supremacist, was convicted in 1999 of murdering a family oferee, including an eight-year- old girl. today, the department of justice said lee and four other men would be put to death in december and january, the first deecutions under the federal p ath penalty since 2003. that he wanted to revive the federal death penalty, including after 11 people were shot and killed in a pittsburgh synagogue last year. >> people that do this, you have to bring back the death penalty. this is the worst form of terror. >> reporter: one reason for the federal moratorium was concerns the three-drug cocktail administered during lethal injections was leading to ectched executions. >> his upper body lifted off the bed. os head lifted off the pillow. j reporter: the justice department said today that it would use a single drug, pentobarbitol, going forward. 29 states still allow the death penalty. one study found that since 1973, 166 people on death row have been exonerated. >> there have been 1,500 executions, which means that for nsery nine executions, there's be

. >> reporter: daniel lewis lee, a white supremacist, was convicted in 1999 of murdering a family ofing an 8-year-old girl. today the department of justice said lee and four other men would be put to death in december and january, the first executions under the federal death penalty since 2003. president trump has long said t federal death penalty, including after 11 people were shot and killed in a pittsburgh synagogue last year. >> people that do this, you have to bring back the death penalty. this is the worst form of terror. >> reporter: one reason for the federal moratorium was concerns the three-drug cocktail administered during lethal injections was leading to botched executions. >> his upper body lifted off the bed. his head lifted off the pillow. >> reporter: the justice department said they would use a single drug, pentobarbital going forward. 29 states still allow the death penalty. one study found since 1973, 166 people on death row have been exonerated. >> there have been 1500 executions, which means for every nine executions there has been one person wrongly convicted,

the ag also scheduled the executions of five death row inmates, daniel lewis lee a white the premisesfamily of three. mitchell who in 2003 stabbed a 63-year-old to death and forced her grandfather granddaughter to sit beside the lifeless body. all convicted killers also being scheduled for execution. and while the ag indicates the move is nonpartisan, it's certainly getting democratic resistance. california senator dianne feinstein, the ranking member of the senate judiciary committee said, "the decision by this administration to resume the federal death penalty after nearly two decade hiatus is wrong" in 2020 democratic hopefuls slammed the move as well. california senator kamala harris said, "today is a sad day for the united states. the administration's decision to resume the death penalty is both misguided and immoral. senator cory booker says that change is disturbing and does nothing to advance the cause of justice. from 1988 to 2018, 78 783 had n executed, including oklahoma city bomber timothy mcveigh. including one woman, most are being held at the super max penitentiary wher

the first scheduled execution is a man named daniel lewis lee, a white supremacist, who in 1996, brutally8-year-old girl. he then dumped their bodies in a river. former arkansas governor mike huckabee was lieutenant governor at the time of those murders and was governor when a federal jury sentenced lee to death, and he joins me tonight. governor huckabee, good to see you this evening. do you believe that the federal death penalty sentence for mr. lee is justified? >> i painfully would have to say that it is. this was a heinous crime and to just murder and 8-year-old girl in cold blood and her parents, it's evil. but i want to make it very clear, martha, there should be no sense of joy. there should be no sense of some cavalier and callous attitude about executing anybody. this was a horrible thing. i hate executions. i carried out more than any governor in my state's history and i hated every one of them. but i think there are some crimes for which the only real sense of justice may be an execution, but it shouldn't be done with a sense of routine. it should be done with a sense of sorro

daniel lewis lee, a member of a whoe supremacist group murdered and arkansas family of three, including an eight-year-old girl. execution is scheduled for december 9. desmond mitchell. death a 63 euro grandmother and her nine-year-old granddaughter. of texas beatlk to death his two-year-old daughter. for januaryn is set 20, 2020 -- generating, 20. honken.lee morga the first five scheduled for federal executions in terre haute at the facility under the new ruling. this is jean. welcome. caller: good morning. how are you? host: fine. thank you. caller: i am a disabled veteran, and i don't believe in the death penalty. the only one that is going to tell me when i am going to die is my savior. i am a catholic boy. nancy pelosi, do not try to impeach the president. i'm a liberal democrat. don't do that because donald trump is nothing but a racist. she has had it made all his life. listening, ii is .m a good friend god bless america. thank you. host: the half post this morning, house judiciary committee is investigating possible impeachment of donald trump as they head into the august recess.