nermeen: there is a direct link between ethel rosenberg and incoming donald trump. p's longtime lawyer and mentor roy cohn was a member of whoprosecution team pressured ethel's brother to make a false testimony about his own sister. there was reportedly no other evidence to convict her. he also apparently colluded with the trial judge to predetermine the outcome for both julius and ethel, the death penalty. in 1951, roy cohn was interviewed. >> the one thing that understand at the outset, the communist party is not a political party. it is a criminal conspiracy. it's object has been established by the verdict of a jury, the overthrow the government of the united states by force and violence. in the meantime, plans are being .ade the most important work is that of espionage on behalf of the soviet union, which means it infiltrates our government, defense plans, every important place possible in order to steal information from us and give it to the soviet union. nermeen: that was roy cohn speaking in 1951. robert meeropol, could you talk about the role roy cohn made du

ethel rosenberg was not guilty and therefore she doesn't need a pardon. what we're asking for is a presidential statement that in effect nullifies the guilty verdict and states that her execution was wrong untilful. -- wrongful. >> [ inaudible ]. >> given one of the principle architects was cohen who president-elect trump has said was his mentor, the chances of trump doing anything that would cost -- would put his mentor in a bad light strikes me as nil and, therefore, this is the time to do it. if we don't get obama to do it, we are virtually certain that trump will not. that's another reason for doing it. >> on "60 minutes" the chief prosecution lawyer said it was roy cohn who physically came to him and said, your wife has just told us something new, ethel rosenberg typed stuff up. david green admitted he had no memory of her having typed it up. he says he doesn't even know if any typing occurred. he committed perjury to support his wife and that roy cohn was the architect of that perjured testimony. this is very significant in a kind of macab way that

michael and robert meeropol are calling on obama to posthumously exonerate their mother e ethel rosenberge, along with their father, julius rosenberg, was charged with sharing nuclear secrets with the soviet union andd executed on june 19, 1953. at the time,bi director j edgar over acced theouple ofommittinthe cre of the ntury. this is a clip a newscast after the rosenberg's execution. >> summit have passed ameriica's atomic bomb secrets to russia. the federal vernment h had laid the crime of the doorstep of two native new yorkekers. toto the end, theyey both arared or innocenence. the federaral court o of jududgd the e pair guilty as chargeded d sesentenced them to death in t e electric chair to pay for the crime of treason. amy: the government alleged the couple along with morton sobell helped the soviet union acquire the secret of the atomic bomb. but supporters say there's no evidence that ethel rosenberg took part in espionage. a new report by the seton hall school of law suggests ethel was used as upon for leverage in its attempt to build a case against her husband julius.s. meeropo

ethel rosenberg was a not guilty and she does not need a pardon.are asking for a presidential statement that nullifies the guilty verdict and states that her execution was wrong. given that one of the principal architects of our mother's execution was roy cohen , who president-electron had said was his mentor. the chances of trust doing put his that would mentor in a bad light strikes me as nill. this is the time to do it. if we don't get obama to do it, we are virtually certain that trump will not. >> let me reiterate the role of roy cohen. the chief prosecution witness said to the camera it was roy cohen specifically who came to him and said, your wife had just told us something new. he admitted that he had no memory of her tight it up. he said he did not know any typing occurred. he said he committed perjury and that roy cohen was the architect of that testimony. this is very significant in a macabre way that roy cohen would end up being the mentor of the president-elect. >> we can say that the ghost of ethel rosenberg is going to hop the white

ethel rosenberg was not guilty, therefore she doesn't need a pardon. what we are asking is a presidential statement that null nullifies the guilty verdict and thus her incarceration was wrong. president-elect trump said was his mentor. the chances of trump doing anything that would cast -- that would put his mentor in a bad light strikes me as nil. and therefore this is the time to do it. if we don't get obama to do it, we are virtually certain trump will not. andhat's another reason for doing it now. >> let me reiterate about roll on of roy cohn. the chief prosecution witness said greenberg said it was roy cohn specifically who came to him and said your wife has just told us something new, ethel rosenberg typed stuff up. david admitted he had no memory of her having typed it up. he said he doesn't the know if any typing occurred. he said he committed perjury to protect his wife. this is significant in a macabre way that he would end up being the mentor of the president-elect. >> we can say the ghost of ethel rosenberg is going to haunt the white house

significant that he would end that being the mentor of the president-elect ricans say the ghost of ethel rosenberg will haunt the white house once he takes office. >> through the grand jury testimony hot though we have not made any similar request and in fact, it was said to two of his september to valerie terret to get of process move of with their resolution. >> is our reside know there has spent no response from the administration but no specific response that there was the story bathhouse all i heard on the news that somebody asked the response was we are considering these matters. so we don't know but the time for these in is usually the cheery some reworkings ahoy to get to the point where there is a statement made. it is a little more complicated so our father was framed to give the sacred the atom bomb but that was esplanades bet my mother there is virtually no argument . >> after the great fires tried to take out of the landscape and the last 50 years after the history of our age engagement that has spent very difficult. >> i am the person who tells that story. and then to get fundamental

. >> we did say the death of the -- the ghost of ethel rosenberg will want the white house wants donald trump takes office. >> we did not have the evidence prior remember not until the summer of 2015 than that grand jury testimony that put together the op-ed piece set ran in the new york times. we have not made a similar request and in fact, initially was sent to valerie share it at couple of months ago as a place holder to get the process moving but guess what? there was any election going on. >> as far as i know, we have had no response from the administration may we should send it to the justice department but we have had no specific response. there was the story i heard on the news which reporter had asked someone at the white house. the of response was we are considering these matters. we don't know. but again the time for these is usually january so we are looking to get to the point where there would be a statement made for going is of little bit more complicated that our father was framed but guilty of military industrial espionage it is hard in that circumstance that would rath

see you later. >>> the sons of convicted spy ethel rosenberg were at the white house to ask president obama to exonerate their mother. she and her husband julius were convicted in 1953. michael and robert muripol were planning to deliver a letter that they say cast doubt on their mother's guilt. the brothers appeared at the white house in 1953 to ask president dwight eisenhower to spare their lives. >> i delivered a letter to president eisenhower. today after over 40 years of research and struggle, we are sharing with president obama the fruits of that struggle and once again asking for presidential action. this time we are not merely advocates for our families but for our countries. it is never too late to learn from the mistakes of the past. we're giving the united states government the chance to acknowledge the injustice done to our mother. this is a test to see if our government has the courage and commitment to true justice to acknowledge the terrible wrong it did to her and us. my brother with the letter he presented to the white house at this spot in june 1953 gave president ei