lockett's execution was second botched execution this year in the united states. in january, an ohio prisoner named dennis mcguire was executed using an untested two-drug method. he made snorting and gasping sounds before he died, prompting his family to file a civil rights lawsuit. and call for a death penalty moratorium. sincey was the first time 1937 that two men were said to be executed on the same day in oklahoma since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976, although it has happened in other states. the last double execution was in texas in 2000. for more we go to tulsa via democracy now! video stream where we're joined by ziva branstetter, enterprise editor at the tulsa world. she was one of 12 media witnesses to attend the botched execution tuesday at the oklahoma state penitentiary. i understand this is just hours after you have experienced what has to be extremely upsetting. you wrote upng, as this minute-by-minute account of what you saw, could you start at the beginning? even before the execution began, what you heard in the prison as you walk to the

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yes, this botched execution was horrible.t of people commenting on our facebook saying he deserved to die. >> do you know whether most of the comments are coming from north america? >> quite a global story. a lot of our comments are coming actually from africa and asia. but america as well. but the vast majority of people commenting are actually commenting in african and asian countries. >> of course, they expect a certain standard of procedures in the united states. >> yes. they're surprised that the u.s. and the system in place, that this happened. and it was such a botched execution, we're calling it. >> when people obviously find the story, how have they found it? have they found it from the original reporter or has this come because of our website or other websites? >> a lot being shared on social platforms. a lot being shared on facebook. they're kicking through to bbc online or finding out on tw twitter. >> are you surprised it's caused such a stir? >> no. it's quite an uncomfortable story. stories like that, when peop

the execution went forward. i think this shows it is quite clear that there is not a clearly effective execution technique on the books now. and not just oklahoma, but texas, florida, virginia, all states that do most of our executions are trying to figure out how to proceed under these new rules. >> pick up the story now. the curtain goes down. he's still alive. and what do they tell you? what do you see then? what happens next? >> well, we're all just in this room with complete silence. and we're all incredulous and -- i was shaking. and i don't know how long the director was out of the room. he took a phone from in the room with the court outside. we couldn't see because we couldn't wear watches and the only clock was in that execution room. but finally he came back. and he said that we have had a failed execution. and he was -- he ordered the execution to stop. and he said we've had a vein failure. later, when we were taken other to the media center, what he said was that lockett's vein blew. but we were hel

the list of botched executions covers about 3% of all executions. a degree with professor denno, there should be no botched executions. we should strive for that. we need to keep the scope of problem in mind. >> woodruff: and what is learned from this incident? >> many things. one, based on the preliminary facts, when an inmate is awake, the excould constitution should not proceed. pretty simple. the other is we need more facts. >> woodruff: we have to leave it there. roy englert thierchg you joining us in washington. deborah denno in new york and cary aspinwall, thank you. >> thank you. >> woodruff: the obama administration has been fielding questions this week about its handling of foreign policy matters. tonight, we look at some of those questions, and the issues they raise. >> ifill: from syria to israel, to ukraine and russia, to last week's four-nation asia trip, foreign policy has returned to center stage for president obama. but setbacks have claimed as much attention as success. the president returned home yesterday with a new military agre

the reason witnesses are in the execution chamber.ort to the public this has been done in a constitutional maernner. without being able to see what happened 15 minutes after the execution began. we really don't know. that is troubling as a media witness. you know, the prison officials have to speak for themselves why they decided to close the curtains. as far as the secrecy. in 2011, oklahoma passioned pas shielding the drugmakerer, pharmacies, and executioners themselves. there was a long battle over the secrecy law. it ended up in a standoff between the state governor and the state's highest court. basically it ended with the governor issuing an order to, to stay the execution on seven days. that's how both of the executions wound up on the same day. >> right. you look at that history. that dispute. then this breakdown tonight. you wonder what could have been if there had been more information, more oversight of the drugs in use. an important story. so, thank you for your report tonight. we will be staying on the story as well. >> t

tennessee is seeking execution dates for 10 death row inmates. it's an unprecedented move for a state that's executed only six inmates since 1960. one official says they've never seen 10 execution dates all at once. >> stephen: you have to to 10alt once. that's how you get the free stuff. >> they had to halt all executions in 2011, because the italian chemical company that made their lethal drug of choice. sodium pentobarbital stopped producing it after tennessee couldn't guarantee it wouldn't be used for capital punishment even though they said it would only be used as an incredibly effective cough suppressant. and the scarcity of lethal injection drugs has forced us to scramble for substitutes. it's like when you run out of half and half and have to put skim in your coffee. just kill me now. [ applause ] >> stephen: a lot of death penalty fans in the audience tonight. these substitute drugs have made capital punishment seem unusually cruel. after a know an oklahoma inmate were injected his final words i feel my whole body burning. big deal, i y

as it became clear how badly wrong the execution had gone, they call a stop to the execution and pull the curtain, but he died minutes later of a heart attack. at 6:39 he is still listing his shoulders and head off the gurney, grimacing and appeared to be in distress. the execution started, and 6:39 is when they close the curtains on us. a 16-minute process to watch. >> and execution have been postponed for weeks. drugmakers are fused to continue selling education for use in executions. oklahoma and other states combined three drugs in a new lethal injection cocktail. critics argue that this could violate constitutional protections against cruel and unusual punishment. liftedt week a court and another inmate's stay of execution. >> it is ironic because the whole issue of the legal battle has been over the drugs themselves and whether or not they could be used in such an execution that it would cause a quick death that would be compatible with -- that would not be a form of cruel and unusual punishment. for his death to occur under these circumstances is certainly interesting, to say t

the state's governor ordered an independent review of the execution procedures after last night's execution. all officials halted the execution, and locket died of a heart attack. >> there has been a lot of fall out on this. witnesses say it was difficult to watch, and the governor said she's stopping all executions unless investigators figure out how things could have gone so wrong last night in oklahoma. >> reporter: in the death chamber an already difficult scene became unbearable. >> his head and shoulders lifted up the gurney as if he was trying to get up. >> reporter: clayton locket's body fought back, writhing and gasping for life. >> one of the things he said was something's wrong. he said, man, at one point. >> reporter: prison officials stopped the execution, but the 38-year-old died any way 43 minutes later of a massive heart attack. >> the doctors had determined that the line had blown. >> reporter: after weeks of problems and delays oklahoma was trying a new experiment cocktail of three drugs. another execution scheduled immediately after was at once postponed. >> we agree that

his execution began. he was given the three drug cocktail, but witnesses say the whole thing went so wrong that prison officials actually had to close the blinds at one point and halt it. >> those were the words he got out. man, i'm not -- and something's wrong. >> at 6:39, he's still lifting his shoulders and head off of the gurney grimacing. and he appeared to be in distress. >> so from start to finish, 6:23, 6:39 is when they closed the curtains. >> they said we're going to stop the execution at this point and they lowered the blinds and we were sitting there for quite some time waiting for them to lift the blinds or tell us something. we didn't know what was happening on the other side of the blinds. they didn't know if he was still dying or if they were pumping drugs into him. they said we're going to stop. >> those were some of the witness descriptions. we will be hearing from some of them live on the show but lockett's attorney said for a minute there was chaos. turns out lockett's vein exploded an

that's enough reason to stop executions all together. >> people being executed appear to be suffering pain and i thi n treatment in part of these drugs being a kind of experiment. >> 39 people were executed in the u.s. last year. 38 by lethal injection. one by electrocution. some at the same time as have been ordered to postpone electrocution. >> we go to a non-profit organization concerning capital punishment. he said ohio used the wrong drugs during the mcguire execution. >> states use anesthetics not finding that ohio switched to a sedative. it's much less powerful. the inmate was groaning and coughing, not something that you would expect to see in an operating room. other states are starting to use the same drug. they're using a drug that should work. but if it's poorly mixed or poorly injected, if it's contaminated then there is a danger of suffering during the execution. maybe severe suffering. this process is all secret. it's not clear where these drugs are coming from, who is doing the mixing. the government may be doing something that is less than ideal, a black bag sort of o

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so doctors don't do these executions.son guards do them with limited training, and that's one of the issues. they are using a drug that should work, but if it's poorly mixed, if it's poorly injected, if it's contaminated, then there is a danger of suffering during the execution and maybe severe suffering. >> it's important for you to fill the audience in on there was a drug that is in short supply and am i correct? there are two controversial options that are being used in and, in one case, the ohio case, there is this drug, mitozolon that is highly controversial at this point. correct? >> yes. so, states were using anesthetics like sodium,o pentabarbitol. ohio switched to a saidatiedats they used it. it didn't fully work. the inmate was groaning and coughing, not the things you would expect to see in an operating room. something went wrong. the governor stopped the next execution in ohio. other states are continuing to use medazolan. >> the final analysis, what you are advocating here is for a debate. right? about these

officials stopped the execution. he decide from a heart attack. >> katie fretland witnessed the execution in mack alicer oklahoma. what did you see. >> clayton d. lockett's execution begang at 6:23 p.m. he had no final words. seven minutes later he was conscious. at 6:33 he was prononesed uption, but a violent -- pronounced to be uption. a violent struggle happened. he tried to speak. he was struggling, rising. his head was coming off the gurney. he tried to - he was trying to talk. an official in the room lowered the blinds so that viewers could no longer see what was going on at - this is 16 minutes into the execution. he died of a - correction officials called a heart attack, 46 minutes after the process began. >> you said he tried to speak. could you make out what he was trying? >> yes, he growned "man" at one point. >> how did others react who were watching that with you? >> absolutely shocked. none of - no one who witnessed an execution before had seen anything like this. the governor of oklahoma called for a f

that botched execution becausing the state to postpone the execution of a second inmate.everal 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, locket, died. >> at approximately 7:06 hours he appeared to have suffered a massive heart attack and passed away. >> reporter: the botched execution delayed a second execution. and while the governor has ordered a review of the procedur

and we go to a witness of the botched execution from tulsa. 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

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's high courtish in al stayed their exec

>>> botched execution. an oklahoma inmate and 43 minutes of hell. >> we didn't know if he was still dieing or if they were still pumping drugs in him. >> a horrifying situation. >> they wanted to hurry up and get it done with as little transparency as possible. >>> shades of katrina. >> they have gone up there with chainsaws to try to be able to cut holes in the roofs and get people out of there. >> people trapped in their attacks, almost a foot of rain in 24 hours. >> the moment of death is just an inch away. >>> you're live in the cnn "newsroom." >>> good morning. i'm carol costello. thank you for joining me. the nba handed down a sports death penalty to clippers owner donald sterling. the big question is how sterling respond? will other nba owners vote to force sterling to sell the team? clippers fans, they raised the roof for their heroes last night. >> one, two, three! [ cheers and applause ] >> it was the first time the team had been home since sterling's racist rant audiotape surfaced. the clippers w

his was to have been the first of two executions using a new thisnation of drugs at oklahoma prison, but something went horribly wrong. after being strapped to the gurney, a doctor injected him with a sedative at 6:23 p.m. a 6:33, he was declared unconscious and a short while later was injected with two more drugs to end his life, but at 6:36, he began writhing and shaking on the gurney, breathing heavily and trying to speak. >> at 6:39, he is still lifting his shoulders and head off the gurney, grimacing, and appeared to be in distress. -- asit officials have prison official has been expected to confirm his execution to waiting reporters, but at the time passed, it became clear there was a problem. >> i notify the attorney general's office, the governor's office of my intent to stop the a stay for 14 days for the second prisoner's execution. >> and it's later, he suffered a massive heart attack and died. oklahoma's governor has promised a full review of the states execution procedures. >> expect the review process to be deliberate, to be thorough, and it will be the first step in ev

he was set to be executed last night by lethal injection, but something went terribly wrong.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 to stop the proceedings. >> after about three minutes of this, the warden who was inside the r

fall cute over a botched execution. oklahoma governor demanding investigation after a death row inmate dies after a drug injection. and will donald sterling be forced to sell the clippers? among the bidders, oprah. >> good to have with us. the state's governor is ordering an independent review after botched execution last night. while they halted the execution locket died of a heart attack. we have more on the fall out. >> they are investigating how things could have gone so wrong. >> reporter: an already difficult scene became almost unbearable. >> he was grimacing, clenching his jaw. his entire head and shoulders lifted up off the gurney as he was trying to get up. >> reporter: instead of slipping away, clayton locket's body fought back. >> this is a horrible thing to witness. he said something is wrong. man, at one point. >> reporter: prison officials stopped the execution but the 38-year-old died anyway, 43 minutes later from a massive heart attack. >> there was some concern at that time that the drugs were not havi

secretary complete authority to fire or demote veterans affairs senior executive employee -- senior executive employees based on performance. that's a sorely needed performance tool that the v.a. secretary i know will use. the -- mr. chairman, we've also included language in our report reiterating that the secretary of the v.a. has the authority they need to reward them for good performance and withhold rewards for poor performance just like the private sector. that's something i asked in our hearing and we established that from the secretary's own testimony, reaffirmed it in the bill itself. the secretary demonstrated his commitment to linking awards to performance when he withheld awards for everyone in the veterans administration last year because the claims backlog targets have not been met. this is i believe an important amendment and i support it and urge my members, the members of the house to support it to send a clear signal to the v.a., member -- members of the united states congress are unhappy with the performance and need to step it up. i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yiel

the chief executive of an air of bread. all that and more coming up over the next hour on "taking stock." for the headlines let's go to my radio cohost carol massar. >> jamie dimon out with an annual letter to shareholders writing the bank had conversations with regulators before settling into trading losses. they said they should do more self-examination and that they should be better listeners. he federal reserve releasing minutes from the march meeting paying down forecasts saying that interest rates may rise faster than previously predicted. u.s. stocks rallied on the news that technology shares gained the most in two months. new jersey's credit rating was citing the sizable imbalance and this is four levels above the top hitting cap -- california and illinois in the category up the top. those are the top stories. back to you. >> thank you, carol massar. we are broadcasting live from ferrari midtown. joining me now is marco mattiacci, chief executive of for ari north america which include central and latin america and w

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

a two-week delay in executions. chris and kate? >> wool see if that sticks and how long that stay will need to be to complete that investigation. pamela, thank you. >>> also this morning. there's universal praise for nba commissioner adam silver's decision that came yesterday to ban donald sterling for life after his racist ranting. making sterling go away doesn't seem it's going to be easy. it's not clear yet if the league can get other owners to force him out or if sterling will challenge the decision in court. meantime, the clippers had a pivotal playoff game last night at home. cnn's stephanie elam was at the staples center. she joins us live from los angeles this morning. a big win last night, stephanie, in many ways. >> reporter: a big win indeed, kate. there was a small spattering of people who did protest and still angry about the situation with donald sterling. for the most part fans came out and inside the staples center, the energy was palpable. a rousing show of support as the l.a. clippers took to the c

the senate proceed to executive session under the previous order. further, that following the votes the senate recess until 2:15 p.m. to allow for the weekly caucus meetings. finally the majority control the time from 2:15 until 3:30, republicans control the time from 3:30 until 4:45. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. brown: there will be six roll call votes, mr. president, at 11:00 a.m. tomorrow. if there is no further business to come before the senate i ask that it adjourn under the previous order. the presiding officer: the senate stands adjourned until senate stands adjourned until an entire process of reforms this year. the agency should be more transparent, we think. they should focus on what they are doing with licensing which is there core mission. we don't want them getting off into a net neutrality and trying to death help governments with the internet. we don't want them up in privacy in data security issues. so it is time to narrow their focus and get them back to their core mission. >> the telecommunications issues members

>>> oklahoma's governor is demanding the review of the state's execution procedures after a botched executionwith as little transparency as possible. this is what they get. >>> we have pivoted from the severe weather to the flooding. >> the flooding has been historic. worse than many of the hurricanes we've dealt with recently. >> flooding from new england all the way down to the panhandle of florida. >>> the poll shows that 38% approve of the president's handling on foreign policy. overall, though, the president's job approval ratings are better than last month's records low. >>> this photo was posted oen the official "star wars" site. join the cast of the franchise seventh film assembling at a london script reading. >> so far we know mark camel, carry fisher and harrison ford are all going to be in the new movie which will be titled "episode 7: a new hip." >>> first up today, the clippers scored a big win on the court last night.

i have used executive authority wherever it could to create more i have used executive authority wherever it could to create more opportunity for more americans and today, i will take executive action to make it easier for working women to earn fair pay. first, i'm going to sign an executive order to create more pay transparency by prohibiting federal contractors for retaliating against employees who discuss pay with each other. [applause] paes secrecy fosters discrimination and we should not tolerate it. not in federal contracting or anywhere else. second, i'm signing a presidential memorandum directing the department of labor and our outstanding secretary of labor to provide data about their employee compensation so pay discrimination can be spotted more easily. now, i want to be clear. there are great employers out there who do the right thing. there are plenty of employers out there who are certain there is no pay discrimination happening in their offices but then sometimes when the data is laid out it pays -- paves a different picture. many times they've been doing everything they ca

and another inmate supposed to be executed after lockett but oklahoma's governor put a halt on the executionng an investigation. the next planned execution in the country is may 13th in texas. officials have been using a single drug since 2011 and so far, haven't had any issues. this is hardly the first time this year, even, that an execution has gone wrong. >> right. in fact less than four months ago, there was an execution in ohio involving a dennis mcguire and he was executed with a new combination of drugs due to unavailable of tested drugs and his lasted for 25 minutes. much longer than it should have, jake. witnesses say, for about 10 to 13 minutes he was seen gasping for air. that's the latest example of a botched execution. >> pamela brown, thank you. >>> malaysian officials bombarded with questions about missing flight 370. how did they respond when families ask why emergency transponders never signaled a crash. >>> a nevada rancher wondering if african-americans might have been better off as slaves, now a black congressman causing a stir calling clarence thomas a, quote, uncle tom.

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really covers professional services and construction contracts. 1st i'm going to touch upon the executive directors use of delegated authority. then go into the contract activity so far in this fiscal year as well as discussed the local business enterprise activity including new contracts, payments made, are effective effectiveness at the local hiring program, and then talk about highlights and opportunities for improving our local enterprise utilization. 1st of all, as a reminder, the delegated authority has been granted to the executive director for, it really helps streamline the process and is consistent with how other department manage the contracts processed and giving a certain level of approval to the executive director rather than having to bring everything to the court commission. as you can see there's up to $5000 of authority for contract service order so those are individual projects within larger contract amounts that of already approved by port commission. $4000 for public works contract, so that's the approval of new contracts that are $400,000 or less. then, up to $100,00

in missouri today, a drug cocktail, a secret, and an execution. convicted murderer william rasong tried and failed to stay his execution by lethal injection. because the contents of the drugs to be used, and their preparation, was completely unknown. as we've seen in recent executions like one in ohio, in these unknown drugs, it can result in agonizingly protracted gasping, convulsing deaths. in oklahoma, on monday, the supreme court stayed the executions of two inmates over the very same concerns. lawyers in at least four other states have raised this issue. what is inside these drugs or drug cocktails? and is the secrecy surrounding them constitutional? to answer that question, let's bring in criminal defense attorney, representing celebrities like michael jackson. he's successfully defended one capital murder death case per year in the deep south. owl pro bono. also joining us is lisa bloom, legal analyst. lisa, let's start with you. explain the growing battle over the secrecy involved in these execution drugs. >> well, i think it's important n

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, 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 lo

schoumacher: the first few confessions prompted more executives to come forward, executives from bigghouse, and allis-chalmers. soon prosecutors began to unveil the intricate design of the conspiracy. they used assumed names, registered under false names, called each other at home rather than at the office, used unmarked envelopes. as identical bids became suspect, they developed a rather complex formula known colloquially as "phase of the moon," whereby, to avoid detection, the bids were disparate, subject to a formula which enabled a rotating low bidder, so that everybody ended up with the agreed-upon percentage of the business, the theory being that detection would be well-nigh impossible. what was it, in the simplest terms, that the conspirators were conspiring to do? trying to raise the prices at which their products were sold, and make sure that each of them got what it believed to be a fair share of the market. in other words, they rigged the bids. it's hard to understand. the electric equipment industry was an oligopoly. the executives knew that their companies could control

one of the things that we've monitored are the increases in executions inside iran. a lot of re-lidgeous leaders that don't follow the ayatolla's beliefs are being taken out and executed and other opposition figures are being killed. this might be also an attempt just to see if we react to this. so far the added executions inside iran since rohani became president has generated much reaction from the united states. i would say now would be the time to push back and show them that they are not going to be able to run the tables on the u.s. and clearly, they communicate to their supporters and this incident of the hostage taking had a lot of relevance inside iran to the iranian revolution, just as it did to the united states here, we have strong passions about that as well. symbolically it's important to see if they can get away with this. i suggest we don't let them. >> the state department should not grant that visa? >> under department rules we're allowed to hold the granting of a visa if there's a security component to it. the fact he was involved in taking america

the execution began at 6:23 p.m.stered 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 flow of deadly chemicals into lockette, a doctor says. the story raises a lot of issues. let's take it to the table. this goes back to 2011 when death penalty activists got the only company that was the maker of the main chemical used in lethal injections to stop manufacturing that chemical. and that -- the amount

. >> do we have any public comment on the executive director's report seeing none, next item. >> item 9 b commissioners report. >> okay. well, i'm very pleased to report back on the two items one is about a week and a half ago the port ever oakland hosted the third meeting of the california association of port authorities the lgbt transgender aminity group the 11 ports have become a recognized affinity group and get together to discuss ways that the lgbt community can be further embraced and encouraging staff members, contractors and others to feel comfortable in being who they are and as we heard earlier the port of san francisco has been recognized for its diversity in supporting the lgbt community i ask they support of diversity of our port it's a wonderful opportunity for us who are men's of affinity group 0 develop the strong relationships we're started to talk about different ways to participate in activities particularly with the port of oakland and sharing those kinds of experience and understanding each other's ports within the affinity group but welcoming people that are not

someone in the way that he or she executed their victim.o 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 making these drugs and they are having a hard time getting someone to make it. this guy deserved to die and probably died too kick -- quickly. >> perhaps a merciful death is warranted but does he deserve our sympathy? >> probably not. then we trust our government to give the punishment. americans are humans, are not infallible, i do think they will fix this. i think the whole reason he was on death row in the first place is because people cared about the victim. >> that's a good point. >> i find this actually kind of funny because it was a leethal interaction of drugs that caused a heart attack. he just died like a rich celebrity. think about it. this happens to celebrities all the time. i'm sorry, there are too many other prioritie

. >>> and president obama this hour signs two executive orders aimed at shrinking the pay gap between men and women. the president's actions coming on equal pay day. but is this really about pay or politics or both? great to see you. >> we won't talk about how much each of you makes. d it is 11:00 a.m. in the east. the search for flight 370. search crews once again coming up empty. they failed to relocate the pinging sounds they had hoped would lead them to flight 370's black boxes deep in the indian ocean. this certainly seen as a setback as the search enters a second month. >> right now the search zone is drastically scaled back, reduced to 30,000 square miles. one expert is he instesays inst size of texas, now searching the size of houston. still daunting. they are on borrowed time with the batteries either dead or dying. australia's defense minister says at this point, they are holding nothing back. >> you can be assured that we are throwing everything at this difficult complex task in at lease these next several days. while we believe the two pingers involved are still active. >>