george ryan spit to be separate and president obama twitter tweaking of republicans.tibly clean and fresh carpets in your home with resolve deep clean powder. the moist powder removes three times more dirt than vacuuming alone while neutralizing odors for a clean you can see, smell and really enjoy. don't just vacuum clean. resolve clean. wgn news @ 9 president obama became the tweeter in chief taking social media where it has never been before moderated by twitter co- founder jack dorsey twitter town hall follows similar event with facebook in april using social media and re-election campaign could mobilize young voters >> corruption conviction stands stays in prison, george ryan attorneys argued charges should be overturned because prosecutors never proved he took a bribe also argued george ryan should be set free based on eight united states supreme ruling curtailing the so-called honest services laws that have given others, however sent united states circuit court of appeals sided with the government's arguments in the case involved bribery and kickbacks, did not

since two thousand there's been a moratorium on the death penalty in illinois after then governor george ryan called the system haunted by the demon of error because of how many times death row inmates convictions have been overturned illinois is now the fourth state to kill the death penalty in the last two years over thirty four states around the nation still use of the united states ranked fifth in the world in two thousand and nine and the number of people who were put to death right behind china iraq iran and saudi arabia it company a while illinois starts killing people texas governor rick perry loves it despite concerns from foreign diplomats judges the united nations president obama and even george w. bush governor perry is pushing full steam ahead with the execution of barito lee al garcia a mexican national who was convicted in one thousand nine hundred four of rape and murder the obama administration is warning texas garcia's execution will do irreparable harm to the nation and break international laws because garcia was not given a right under the geneva convention to contact the

the list of governors who have committed these executions winters and questions raised governor george ryan of illinois commuted all the seeking out all of them because they were getting course i prodded because the journalism students were showing that people on death row were innocent i worked for that innocence project i remember that very well over but you know i want to talk a little bit about what you pointed at the united states wants other countries to abide by something that it doesn't itself i want to just kind of cloud a couple scenarios you know if italy executed amanda knox for example without letting her speak to the u.s. consulate would there be an outrage in the united states own i'm sure there would be and it's this is you know we not even just that hypothetical look we have american citizens who have killed people abroad private military contractors they're brought back to the united states and nothing's really done they get a slap on the wrist maybe a few months in prison and have to pay a fine but we're looking you know other countries around the world looking and then s

governor george ryan imposed the moratorium after it cleared more than a dozen condemned inmates. >>> a moment in the casey anthony trial. the defense rested its case without calling casey anthony to the stand. >> mr. baez, do you intend to call any more live witnesses? >> no, sir, we do not. >> will the defend be testifying? >> no, sir. >> coming up, at in depth look at how this could affect her trial? >> i'm sorry, i'm standing in the front yard. >> and remember this video, video of this arrest went viral and now they have every reason to say in your face to the officer who handcuffed her. and many of you have been asking for information on social media. you can reach out it us on twitter, on facebook, and on foursquare, and check out my book about my life and journeys in journalism. arr available anywhere books are sold. >> all right, twitter world, look who i have here. >> hi, everybody. >> what's your name? >> what? >> what's your name? >> i have to say my name. >> >> yes, what is your name, who are you? >> stephen colbert. >> why are you here? >> i'm here to support don lemon's

. >> as he leflt office, governor george ryan made a dramatic decision. he granted clemency to all death row inmates saying the system was broken. he commuted 167 death sentences, reducing nearly all to life without patrol. until 1998 executions were carried out today nearly half the prisoners are in for murder. inmates challenged guards for control. how that all changed is the big story behind the walls of state ville. >> it's another day in paradise. >> just to let you know, the next couple of days, we're talking about extreme heat. we need to ensure ice is passed out so you guys can keep your fluids nice and cold and for drinking. it's really important to check each other out, make sure you guys are okay. we're looking at 105 heat index plus for the next four to five days. >> the towers. curry. >> sir. >> tower one. >> it's 6:45 a.m. at stateville correctional center. >> tower two, voight. >> officers on the 7:00 to 3:00 shift are preparing for their day. for the next eight hours, 400 correctional officers will police more than 2,600 inmates. before mo

. >> as he left office, governor george ryan made a dramatic decision. rocking the justice system in illinois. ryan granted clemency to all death row inmates, saying the system was broken. ryan commuted 167 death sentences, reducing nearly all to life without parole. until 1998 executions were carried out at stateville correctional center, outside chicago. today nearly half its prisoners are in for murder. stateville had a long reputation as a place where inmates challenged guards for control. how that all changed is the big story behind the walls of stateville. >> it's another day in paradise. >> just to let you know, the next couple of days, we're talking about extreme heat. we need to ensure ice is passed out so you guys can keep your fluids nice and cold and for drinking. it's really important to check each other out, make sure you guys are okay. we're looking at 105 heat index plus for the next four to five days. >> the towers. curry. >> sir. >> tower one. >> it's 6:45 a.m. at stateville correctional center. >> tower two, voight. >> officers on the

and governor george ryan imposed the moratorium after a review cleared more than a dozen condemned inmatesi'm sorry i was standing in my front yard. i don't know what was going on in my neighborhood. and you're arresting me. what the hell is going on right now? >> video of this arrest went viral. and outrage online grew. this rochester woman has every reason to say "in your face" to the officer who handcuffed her. emily goode joins me live next. many of you have been asking for information through social media. you can reach out on twitter, facebook, cnn.com/don, and on foursquare. and you can check out my book "transparent." ...was it something big? ...or something small? ...something old? ...or something new? ...or maybe, just maybe... it's something you haven't seen yet. the 2nd generation of intel core processors. stunning visuals, intelligent performance. this is visibly smart. host: could switching to geico reon car insurance? or more host: do people use smartphones to do dumb things? man 1: send, that is the weekend. app grapgic: yeah dawg! man 2: allow me to crack...the bubbly! man

remember when he gave the speech at george washington university paul ryan who had pointed out a budget and risks about these things and the president went after him about it it's not the first time. i suspect it's not going to be the last. boehner has a difficult job but simple task. he needs to show up at 11:00 a.m. tomorrow morning that something that house republicans, 218 of them can agree on them. something that's long overdue. i was reporting the story earlier this week that talking to members and talking to house aides who said that they were concerned that boehner's eagerness to have a big deal was keeping him from formulating backup plans and you got push back become from people close to boehner on that question. now, none of that matters anymore. he can go to his caucus and say, look, we have an opportunity tonight to present the president with a plan tomorrow morning at 11:00 a.m. what's the best we can do? whether it's a short-term plan like charles has talked about which has some support among important members of the house republican caucus like a paul ryan or whether it'

we have people like charles krauthammer, george will, mike pence, colonel allen west, paul ryan, billrystal, all these guys who i think they are conservative bone fidz can't bona fis can'ting called into question. how is that they are all wrong and a very small minority of republicans. again, i like your ultimate goal. i'm with you on your ultimate goal. how is it that they are wrong and you guys are right when the goal is we all agree is cut, cap, and balance. >> partly they bought into what default is. >> laura: isn't it true if the markets collapse you will not be able to get your way with moderate democrats and also moderate republicans who are just going to say, you know something, we like the tea party people but to heck with them. we are going to vote to raise this debt ceiling? do you not think that's going to happen. >> first, there is going to be no democrat votes in the house of representatives for the boehner bill. 53 senators that have said it's dead on arrival they won't vote for it over there. >> laura: how is killing your speaker going to help the tea party movement. >

ryan. thanks so much. george, he can coast of that attack in 2009 by major hasan, also a lone wolf at that point. you can do incredible damage. >> he certainly did. thanks, elizabeth. >>> now to the cult leader on trial for sexual assaults on two underage girls. warren jeffs made a surprise move in court that even the judge advised him against doing. abc's andrea canning has been tracking the latest twist in this case. >> reporter: polygamist and self-proclaimed prophet, warren jeffs, quietly walked into this texas courthouse thursday and in a bold move told the judge he was firing all seven of his defense attorneys and that he'd represent himself. the leader of the breakaway mormon sect, flds, gave no opening trial statement and later proceeded to ramble for 30 minutes in sermon-like tones. >> in almost all cases where someone decides to represent him or herself it usually doesn't end well. >> reporter: jeffs is facing charges he sexually assaulted two underaged girls he married. he told the judge, quote, i have

there was this great speech at george washington university. paul rate -- paul ryane the case for why it would be disastrous. surprise, surprise, people showed up to say -- do not do this. republicans, drawing a line in the sand, it was all tossed away. we need to do that more. host: our guest is a graduate of george washington university. he was the civic communications director for moveon.org of award. part of the progressive change campaign committee. republican line, oregon, hello. caller: thank you for taking my call. i thought that the stimulus package was to create jobs. when we have a president that could have been the best president ever, the job benefit stimulus package, looking at daylight, we have lost millions of major rv companies and plants. we are out of a job here. we have been so thrown under the bus, it is not funny. i do not trust the democrats. it was the republicans. we cannot take a hit. host: she says the stimulus was supposed to be a big jobs program. what happened? guest: i heard you say that's it -- certain stimulus measures worked for the

amendment is so radical that even paul ryan's budget would be rendered unconstitutional and every year of ronald reagan's presidency unconstitutionality and george presidency, unconstitutional and the spending levels are so low that we have not seen anything like it since the '60s. so there is a new graph comparing then to now. back then our population was under 200 million and now it is above 300 million and back then life expectancy was 70 years and now it is 79 years -- and all of the figures adjust for inflation. the average person spent $1,500 on elt cahealth care and now it more than $8,000, and back then social security checks were $740 and now they are more than $1,800 and as a report says, we can't put a 1966 transition into a 2012 mustang. the gop knows that, and that is why when they looked at the studies of the budget, they voted it down. this an attempt to resuscitate it which is what they failed to do last time, get on the record supporting something that the tea party would love and the republicans think sounds good in the campaign, but with the safety knowing that the president and the senate democrats would vote to kill it. it i

george bush would have been illegal eight times. that michael -- that bill clinton would have been illegal twice. even the ryan budget doesn't fit this. i mean, come on. when do you guys understand that this is totally -- >> that's the point. that's why those members want that constitutional revision put in place so we do not have the spending that occurred on both republican and democratic administrations over the past 15 to 20 years. i mean, these individuals ran on this -- this was their platform. this is what their constituency wanted from them. they come to washington. they've made the case. >> and they blew it. >> al, al, al -- ther their constituent didn't want this. let me tell you what -- >> thank you, bob -- >> bob shrum, thank you. thank you for joining me. ahead, an explosive report. on the rupert murdoch story that blows the whistle on hacking here in the united states. >>> plus, michele bachmann's main stream makeover won't fly here. why did she leave her church of ten years right before announcing? >>> and gospel singer slash presidential candidate, herman cane sings about being kind an compassi

. >>> in george clooney is telling usa today the time is right for his new thriller "the ides of march." he stars and directs the film which also stars ryanbout a young press person working for a presidential candidate during the iowa caucus. the knew bee gets a back room crash course. clooney said he thought about shooting the film in 2008 but the nation was too hopeful back then. new he says cynicism has seemed to have come back. >>> finally, does this voice sound familiar -- >> moore and her union fought to overturn the reforms that have -- >> if you guessed morgan freeman was guessing that over, you'd be what we'd like to call, wrong. freeman's people confirm that he's not the their ratter of an ad posted for sins sfr strong america. the group is running the ad targeting shelly moore in wisconsin's recall campaign. >>> well ark video game revolution is taking flight right now thanks to a little thing called angry birds. if you haven't played it yet or much less heard of it, people might wonder what rock you've been under. the addictive game has you sling shooting these birds across a landscape knocking down, you know, rocks and whatev

george. good morning to all of you. we begin with america's new ambassador to afghanistan, who is now on the job, sworn in just hours ago in kabul. ryan crocker said that there will be no, quote, rush for the its, end quote, as the u.s. prepares to withdraw from afghanistan. 10,000 troops are scheduled to come home by year's end. >>> a dramatic sight over dallas last night. take a look. an american airlines jet trailing fuel behind it. a 777. just left dallas for brazil when one of its engines caught fire. the pilot had to make a u-turn, had to dump all that fuel to attempt to lighten his load. still, though, several tires blew as the plane hit the runway. however, a safe landing otherwise. >>> and hundreds of same-sex couples made it official sunday. tying the knot on the first day that gay marriage became legal in new york. the weddings took place between young and old. protesters out in droves, vowing to fight the law. new york is the largest state to legalize gay marriage in this country. >>> football fans may get their wish. the four-month or so nfl lockout expected to end this week. the players union players committee is expecte

ryan eberland. this was the young man who handcuffed casey. he said he didn't smell a thing. uri melich, the lead detective, who again like jose was advised by george anthony and still did nothing. his name is escaping me. fletcher, yes. brendan fletcher. corporate who said he did not -- corporal who said he did not smell anything. came in and out of that garage and that the trunk was open. adriana acevedos, another police officer who was there that said she did not smell anything. now i know you heard a lot of evidence about the smell of this car. if you look at once casey is arrested how many people you have to eliminate, -- you didn't do anything. cindy's explanation of the reason why she said that, at least one person. even if you look at all of the people, and give them the credibility that they deserve, you still have an undance of people who did not smell something. this is a reasonable. when you have this many people, this many people who are telling you a certain thing, you have to have some doubt. this is not one individual like her boyfriend who is trying to protect her. this is significant amount of people from various backgrounds who h