others calling for gissendaner's life to be spared say her sentence was harsher than greg owen's, the man who carried out the killing and is serving life. >> she's not a danger to anyone. >> reporter: her relatives say she gave her husband no rights, no choices, no opportunity to live his life. his life was not hers to take. dan schenamen, nbc news. >>> well it was an explosive day on capitol hill with arguments over one of this country's most politically divisive programs, planned parenthood. its president went before the house oversight and government reform committee giving a big stage to high profile lawmakers on both sides of the debate. nbc's kelly o'donnell reports. >> reporter: the president of planned parenthood, cecile richards, faced five hours of tense -- >> will the gentleman yield? >> no, i won't. >> reporter: -- sometimes confrontational questioning. >> you can't tell me how much you actually make from abortions? you can't give that number? >> i can't tell you -- >> you can't tell me how much you actually make from abortions. >> reporter: planned parenthood is under pol

her sentence was harsher than greg owens the man who carried out the murder. >> but the court said she gave her husband no rights. his life was not hers to take. >> it was an explosive day on capitol hill with arguments over one of this country's politically divisive program, planned parenthood. it went before the committee. nbc's kelly o'donnell reports. >> reporter: the president of planned parenthood faced five hours of tense -- >> will the gentlemen yield? >> no i won't. >> sometimes -- >> you can't tell me how much you actually make from abortions. >> i -- >> you can't tell me how much you actually make from a i abortions. >> planned parenthood is under fire. stoked by controversial undercover videos made by an anti abortion activist. >> in this is all untrue why did you apologize. >> congressman, first i think everyone's agreed they were heavily edited. >> my question was why did you apologize? >> planned parenthood provides service s services to 2 million each year. most mostly. $530 million of taxpayer help a year. much of that through medicaid. for services like health screens

point guildy of conspiring in the 1997 murder of her husband douglas at the hands of her boyfriend greg owen the state parole board held a last-minute hearing and denied gissendaner despite pleas from her oldest child and the catholic church. >> every life is secret and every human being is endowed with an inalienable dignity. >> just last week the pope met with prisoners in the u.s. and called for the death penalty to be abolished. others calling for gissendaner's life to be spared. >> she's not a danger to anyone and she's not leaving prison. >> gissendaner gave her husband no rights, no choices, no opportunity to live his life. his life was not hers to take. dan schenamen, nbc news. >>> now at 6:00, the state of georgia has issued a state of emergency as joaquin turns into a hurricane and a nor'easter is moving even closer. >>> just one of the new accusations with a high-ranking police official. >> the federal government wants new oversight and that troubled transit agency. we'll question whether congress will approve that. >> but first tonight, the double whammy. working its way up the c

. >> reporter: back in 1997, her then boy-friend greg owen, the man who carried out the murder, took a deal from prosecutors to testify against gissendaner. he was sentenced to life in prison and is eligible for parole in 2022. earlier today a letter from pope francis was presented to the board of paroles, asking them to stop the execution of gissendaner. >> i believe it would be a just act of clemency. honora >> reporter: the vatican letter referenced the speech the pontiff gave on thursday, condemning the death penalty. >> every life is sacred. >> reporter: witnesses to the execution said in her final moments of consciousness kelly gissendaner something "amazing grace." >> the vatican said this morning it will not confirm or deny that the pope met with kentucky county click kim davis who went to prison for refusing to give marriage licenses to same-sex couples. >> the pope reached out his hand, he asked kim davis to pray for him. she also asked that he pray for her. >> davis did not mention the meeting when she spoke to cbs news the next day. the pope told reports on his flight bac

i feel like if dad was still alive, dad being the slain doug gissendaner killed by the hands of greg owensecause he knew how much she would mean to us and that absence of having both parents gone. i just would hope that there could be some way -- i could only imagine that there may not be closure per se for the victim's family, but if we could look at some other alternatives. life without parole is certainly what we're asking for with clemency. for kelly to die naturally in prison where she can continue to be an example to other female inmates, the staff, the security that's come forward. and that she could also have supervised visitation with her children. >> well, the hearing did not go her way this morning. and just in my final 30 seconds with you, you know, whether she is executed tomorrow which it sounds like according to these hearings that will happen, 30 seconds, nikki, what mark has she forever left on your life? >> she's left a great mark on my life, brooke, that i have continued to be positive and to make great changes. i don't live up to labels or live down to them. but it's so

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