supreme court rejected ledell lee's final appeal to stop the lethal injection.e is one of eight men arkansas had planned to execute over 11 days. before one of the drugs used in the lethal cocktail expires. our correspondent was in arkansas last week and has been following the case. i spoke to him a short time ago. i went right to the wire and actually went to the supreme court involving neil gorsuch for the first time. reporter: it really did. the death warrant for ledell lee was only valid for yesterday, so it had to happen yesterday. and right until basically half an hour before the death warrant expired, it was all in the balance, and then suddenly the supreme court said you can go ahead and execute this man and that is what arkansas did come -- arkansaslted did, just with 15 minutes to go. there were various arguments going on about one of the drug companies saying they did not want this drug used to kill somebody. there was another argument that this lethal injection caused suffering. and there were other traditions about his case in particular, but all of

ledell lee seen there was executed just before midnight as his death warrant was about to expire. abc's danya bacchus with the latest. >> reporter: in arkansas inmate put to death. >> earlier this afternoon ledell lee received as his last meal request communion. >> reporter: his attorneys making one last push to save his life filing a civil rights lawsuit to prove his innocence, but to no avail. >> these are lawsuits being filed are a sense to delay the executions, the lawful executions, of these individuals who have been convicted by juries of absolutely heinous crimes. >> reporter: ledell lee's execution was on hold due to a temporary restraining order on the state's use of vecuronium bromide, one of the three drugs used in the lethal injection protocol. medical supplier mckesson claims the state purchased them last year under false pretenses without saying it would be used in executions. lee is just one of eight inmates scheduled to be put to death in arkansas this month. state officials actually expedited the execution time line because another one of the lethal injection drug

ledell lee's ith execution last night. and i think his execution was micro-cosm for all the problems being exposed in the penalty in america right now. of r. lee in this flurry appeals that went up and down through the court, what we had conflicted council who tried to get out of trial.se at he had i drunk lawyer who stated words blah, blah, blah in open court repeatedly and he had back, that lawyer was removed from the case, he ad two new lawyers who filed basically the same appeal as the drunk lawyer. he had federal lawyers, one of removed from the case because he had a mental illness and was "a threat" to his client. in the last stages of his appeals, which were filed in the lawyers e days, new flew into the case, started going up and down to the court wait, this man has never had justice, never had the case investigated. they found he had extremely low iq, he might have intellectual had extraordinary abuse, which were things that the jury may say, we shouldn't kill you. the last discovered at minute because of bad lawy

ledell lee had been on death row for almost a quarter of the century. anything to say to the public? for years, he protested his innocence but last night, the stay of execution was lifted minutes before his death warrant was due to expire. he was the first of four men due to be executed by lethal injection here in the coming days. i am not going to say i have come to terms with the state trying to take my life... the state of arkansas had originally wa nted the state of arkansas had originally wanted to put to death all of these eight men before the end of the month, an unprecedented rate of executions. and the reason for the rush is that is when the expiry date on supplies of this sedative used in the lethal injections runs out. all of this has brought protesters out onto the streets and action in the courts, with lawyers arguing the rush to execute amounted to cruel and unusual punishment. but the legal manoeuvres have only succeeded in halting four of the planned executions. the authorities in arkansas, though, incest what they are doing is right. th

. —— ledell lee. convicted murderer, who spoke to me from prison. -- ledell lee.piry date of the state's drug, has drawn criticism from all kinds of quarters. what would your message to the governor be directly? how do you sleep? i don't know, how do you sleep? i don't know, how do you sleep? there are legal attempts to block the executions, notjust because a barefaced but because the drug has not worked properly in some other states. in one instance, it took more than a0 minutes to kill a prisoner. it don't matter if they suffer a little bit, as far as i'm concerned, because my wife suffered big time. james phillips wife mary was horrifically assaulted, raped and then strangled to death by a man named jackjones who was among the group to be executed. named jackjones who was among the group to be executedlj named jackjones who was among the group to be executed. i know a lot of people have the given him in that kind of stuff. that's my business if ido kind of stuff. that's my business if i do it. so they can protest all they want, it don't matter. all of they want

last week, ledell lee was the first of the other four to be put to death.hat they are doing is right. the state governor said family and friends of the victims of the two executed inmates had seen justice carried out. david campanale, bbc news. a moment ago technology intervened in our connection with the world of sport. but i'm told that the re m na nts sport. but i'm told that the remnants are out of the system. thank you. apologies for all those issues. let's hear from thank you. apologies for all those issues. let's hearfrom anthony joshua who has been speaking to dan rowan about that big fight on saturday night against wladimir klitschko. he insists he is still the same guy as when he was a teenager growing up. it has been a long road. i have been here about 13 weeks now. it is what has been needed, i feel at peace and i feel confident because even with a few more days to go i have left no stone unturned. training is not easy at this level, it involves sacrifice. is it something that you enjoy? the coach tries to reveal your potential. they start pushi

convicted killer ledell lee was pronounced dead at 11:56 p-m.. just four minutes before his death warrant was due to expire. it came after a legal battle over the state's use of lethal injection drugs spared the life of three other death row inmates. the u-s supreme court cleared the way for lee's execution less than hour before the midnight deadline. this is arkansas' first execution in more than a decade. and also new overnight - germany authorities have arrested a 28-year old german citizen in connection to this months bomb attack of a bus carrying a professional soccer team. according to a statement, the suspect had been staying at the same hotel as the borussia dortmund soccer team on the day of the attack. the attack would happen while the team was en route to a champions league match against a-s monaco. one player suffered injuries. developing now.. isis is claiming responsibility for last night's attack in paris. a gunman with an assault rifle killed a police officer on the city's most iconic boulevard, the champs-elysee two other police

lee was sentenced in the 90s for the death of a woman. >> ledell lee showed no mercy, no lenience to e victims he encounters. he is the embodiment of the evil that should never have to exist in this world. >> lee maintained his innocence until his death. two other inmates are scheduled to be executed next week. >>> the man is facing charges for posting a threatening video online. vallejo police say that the gunman was going to open fire if he got enough views. here's a still frame from the video. the suspect pointed a gun at the camera and posted it to periscope live. he wrote that he needed 100 viewers so he could shoot his glock 40. police were able to track him down during a traffic stop. he is 20-year-old christen brown. that's the video of him. >>> new video shows airport security in taiwan taking an off-duty california police officer into custody. the reason, she walked into a flight at l.a.x. with a gun. authorities in taiwan took a picture of the pistol. the officer from santa monica reportedly realized she had the gun during his flight and then told officials about it. office

richard galpin reports ledell lee had been on death row for almost a quarter of the century.the public? for years, he protested his innocence but last night the stay of execution was lifted minutes before his death warrant was due to expire. he was the first of four men due to be executed by lethal injection here in the coming days. i am not going to say i have come to terms with the state trying to take my life... the state of arkansas had originally wanted to put to death all of these eight men before the end of the month, an unprecedented rate of executions. and the reason for the rush is that is when the expiry date on supplies of this sedative used in the lethal injections runs out. all of this has brought protesters out onto the streets and action in the courts, with lawyers arguing the rush to execute amounted to cruel and unusual punishment. but the legal manoeuvres have only succeeded in halting four of the planned executions. the authorities in arkansas, though, insist what they are doing is right. there has been a lot of talk about the inmates. i would encourage yo

arkansas carried out its first execution in 16 years on thursday, killing ledell lee, and plans to execute a fourth man, kenneth williams, this coming thursday. the state had initially planned to execute eight people within 11 days this month, an unprecedented rate of executions in modern u.s. history. we'll have more on arkansas' executions after headlines with guardian reporter ed pilkington, who is in arkansas. president trump has walked back from demands that a government funding bill allocate $1.4 billion for border wall construction. the government faceses the loomg possibility of a government shutdownwn if a funding dedeal s not reached by the end of this week. on the campaign trail, trump had promised mexico woululd pay for trump's expanded border wall. this is white house spokesman sean spicer answering questions on monday. >> look, they are currently negotiating. we feel very confident that they understand the president's priorities and bill come to an agreement by the end of friday. i think the president has made clear initially, we needed to get the funding going. there are sev

. >> reporter: arkansas put 51-year-old ledell lee to death overnight. a united supreme court rejected the convicted murderer's appeal hours before his execution. those against capital punishment held a individual vigil outside the governor's mansion. lee wanted it reversed hours before the execution of the drug expires. that set off a firestorm of debate about the state's protocols and the use of capital punishment in general. arkansas's first three executions were definitely delayed because of court action. one more is in doubt because of legal rulings. lee was sentenced to death for beating deborah reese to death with a tire iron in 1993. joseph lucky was just a child when his mother was murdered. >> lidell lee showed no mercy, no lean jens to any of the victims that he encountered. he is the embodiment of the evil that should never have to exist in this world. >> reporter: but kevin young says that's not the brother he knew. >> he has a heart. he's not what they're portraying he is. i don't know what they're talking about. >> reporter: lee maintained

a death row inmate ledell lee was put to death overnight after he ran out of appeals. lee is one of 8 inmates the state wants to execute before its supply of a lethal injection drug expires. two other inmates are scheduled to be put to death next week. >>> time now 4:40. a teenager from tennessee safe after spending more than a month on the run with her kidnapper. how the manhunt finally came to an end. >> plus, all the recent storm activity still causing big problems in parts of northern california. jacket. video from the sonoma county's sheriff's office shows a paramedic on the end of a hundred-foot >>> a kayaker was stranded in the russian river without a life jacket but is safe now. video from the sonoma county sheriff's office shows the paramedics on the end of a 100- foot line going to the stranded man. he fell out of his kayak yesterday afternoon. he held on to branches before calling on his cell phone for help. the paramedics secured him and hauled him up to safety. >>> a bank robbery suspect in santa rosa has an unusual excuse for police. he was just trying to

highs: 60-65 winds: n 5-10 mph inmate ledell lee was executed just before midnight in arkansas. ecuted there in nearly 12 years. lee was the first of eight convicted killers arkansas wants to execute in the next 10 days! the state's supply of a lethal injection drug expires at the end of the month. meanwhile-- in virginia. governor terry mcauliffe has changed the sentence of a death row inmate to life in prison without parole. mcauliffe said his decision in the case of ivan teleguz had nothing to do with innocence. teleguz was scheduled to be executed next week for hiring another man to kill his ex-girlfriend back in 2006. an update now on a story we've been following for several days. an attempted armored truck robbery in northwest. police now releasing some surveillance pictures of the incident on wednesday. you can see men with a-k 47's ... running out of a car. police say -- they held up a worker and snatched the money bag he was carrying. police later revealed that the bag was empty. so far - neither the robbers, nor the getaway driver -- have been arrested. a second man has

that state administering a lethal injection to ledell lee.e in arkansas and how did it unfold overnight? >> it was down to the wire as you said. his death warrant expired right at midnight. there were a host of last-minute legal challenges leading up to it but then the united states supreme court came down and denied all requests for stays of execution at about 11:25 local time. from there things moved pretty fast. around 11:40 all of the witnesses were brought in to place 11:45 the curtains opened inside the death chamber where ledell lee was already in place and when the medication started to be administered via i.v. time of death recorded at 11:56, 12 minutes after the first drug was given. media witnesses say he did not appear to suffer and lost consciousness quickly. he was given two chances to say any last words but did not say anything. >> he was completely strapped down. had a head strap and arm straps so i didn't notice that he made eye contact with the director. he just appeared to stare straight up and didn't respond either time. >

the us supreme court rejected ledell lee's final appeal to stop the lethal injection.kansas has originally planned to execute over an 11—day period. police in germany have arrested a man accused of bombing the bus of german football team borussia dortmund last week. but, as damien mcguiness reports, the attack may have been part of a complex financial scam. the bombing was potentially deadly, shattering the windows of the coach. police initially thought the attack on borussia dortmund's team bus was an act of politically motivated terror. but now prosecutors say the attacker was driven by greed, not ideology. a 28—year—old man, who stayed in the same hotel as the players, is accused of bombing the team in order to force the club's share price down. prosecutors say that his aim was to make a huge profit on the stock market. translation: we traced the accused by noticeable option dealings. we now know that the accused bought three different derivatives of the borussia dortmund stock. with all these derivatives, he speculated on falling stock rises. he brought the main pa

the us supreme court rejected ledell lee's final appeal to stop the lethal injection.hat arkansas has originally planned to execute over an 11 day period. at least 11 people have been killed in another night of looting and violence in venezuela, at the end of two days of protests against the socialist government of nicolas maduro. tens of thousands have taken to the streets over the past three weeks to call for new presidential elections. police in germany have arrested a man accused of bombing the bus of german football team borussia dortmund last week. but as damien mcguiness reports, the attack may have been part of a complex financial scam. the bombing was potentially deftly, shattering the windows of the coach. it was only a matter of luck that nobody was killed. police initially thought the attack on borussia dortmund's team bus was an attack of politically motivated terror, now prosecutors say the attacker was driven by greed, not ideology. a 28—year—old man who stayed in the same hotel as the players is accused of bombing the team in order to force the club's s

the death, by lethal injection, of ledell lee is the first of several imminent executions planned by. supplies of one drug they use in the procedure apparently expire at the end of the month. don't forget you can get in touch with me and most of the team of the team on twitter. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: from takeaways to box sets — wills and kate take to the airwaves for some revealing regal radio. on day three of the election campaign trail, the prime minister and the chancellor have given theirfirst hints about the conservative manifesto. theresa may says she'll keep the current level of spending on foreign aid, despite pressure from within her own party to cut it. but she would not commit to keep the so—called triple lock on pensions, which guarantees they rise by inflation, average earnings, or 2.5% each year, whichever is highest. labour seized on the opportunity to say they would keep it. and the chancellor philip hammond has hinted that the conservatives will end the party's promise not to raise income tax, vat and national insurance. our first report is from ou

the death by lethal injection of ledell lee is the first of several imminent executions planned by the of one drug they use in the procedure apparently expire at the end of the month. german police have arrested a man suspected of setting off explosives that hit a bus carrying the borussia dortmund football team last week. prosecutors believe he was motivated by financial greed, as damien mcguiness reports from berlin. the bombing was potentially deadly, shattering the windows of the coach. it was only a matter of luck that no—one was killed. police initially thought the attack on borussia dortmund's team bus was an act of politically motivated terror. but now prosecutors say the attacker was driven by greed, not ideology. a 28—year—old man, who stayed in the same hotel as the players, is accused of bombing the team in order to force the club's share price down. prosecutors say that his aim was to make a huge profit on the stock market. translation: we traced the accused by noticeable option dealings. we now know that the accused bought three different derivatives of the borussia dortm

ledell lee, his attorneys filed appeals. the scout declined to hear them. lee is the first of four inmates expected to dye before. fo former congressman rather riff hogan called his dad an american hero. he represented maryland's fifth district in congress in the '50s and '70s. he was the recent to serve as prince executive. he was 88 years jeemd today family and friends will say good-bye to a soldier that was killed. he died when the helicopter crashed doing routine training. his memorial service is happening where he grew up. not clear why the helicopter went down. two other soldiers are still in the hospital. >>> seven minutes past the hour. prince george's county police want people on the lookout for this 74-year-old woman. helen johnson has not been seen since april 10th. she may be driving a gray ford taurus. it looks a lot like the one you see on the screen here. it has maryland tags, 4 ald 25. put this information up on the nbc washington app as well today. >>> this morning a man is recovering from serious injuries after police say he was hit by a c

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the death warrant to kill ledell lee expired at midnight central time, less than an hour before that warrant expire d. the utes supreme court voted 5-4 to kill him. by 11:26, it was announced to the people at the prison. 18 minutes later they started injecting lee. and by 11:56, they said he was dead. that's important, that timing there, just made it. the warrant that made it legal to kill him expired four minutes after they said he died. arkansas still wants to kill all the other prisoners that it can next week before the expiration date on one of their drugs makes the rest of the executions illegal too. so they're hurrying. one of the things we'll be watching in the news is the continuing legal wrangling to see how many of these guys are going to be able to kill. the pace of executions, the speediness of that process of killing people, how much time people get to try to fight off the state to save their lives, how many times they can go back to court and bring in new evidence or make new arguments or show new angles on what happened to them, the time that a person gets to try to st

ledell lee was put to death last night. to execute eighth eninmates but three death warrants expired while the court stayed another. >>> in seattle this is the dramatic front page of the seattle times hitting doorsteps after three officers were shot. three officers were hit in the shootout after a robbery at the 7-eleven. two suspects have been detained. one was found dead inside the building. they range in age from 17 to 19 years old. >>> new details are emerging about the man officials in france say carried out the deadly shooting on police officers in paris as the country remains on high alert just days before its presidential election. the shooter apparently pulled up beside a parked police car last night before opening fire, killing one police officer and wounding two others. officials have not officially identified the suspect. he was shot and killed by police while trying to flee on foot down the famed champs-elysees. just a short time ago officials revealed the gunman was french and three members of his family had b

the state of arkansas has killed prisoner ledell lee just hours thursday, after a flurry of court activity cleared the way for his execution, in what could be the first of four death sentences carried out in arkansas this month. prisons officials injected lee with the sedative midazolam, the anesthetic vecuronium bromide, and the toxin potassium chloride. he was pronounced dead at 11:56 p.m., four minutes before his death warrant was set to expire. lee was convicted of murdering debra reese in little rock more than 20 years ago. he went to his death proclaiming his innocence. lee's killing came after newly confirmed u.s. supreme court justice neil gorsuch cast the deciding vote in a 5-4 ruling that paved the w way for arkanss to proceed with ththe execution. it was arkansas's first since 2005, but officials are seeking to execute three more prisoners next week before arkansas supply of midazolam expires at the end of april. arkansas initially planned to carry out eight executions this month in what critics called a conveyor belt of death. cnn is reporting thehe trump administstration has p

ledell lee was exciecuted overnight. his attorneys had filed several appeals, but the court declined to hear them. the lethal drug the state uses for executions expires at the end of the month. >>> the state says there is nothing nor say about aaron hernandez. the medical examiner says it was definitely a suicide. the former patriots player found hanged in his prison cell. but his lawyers believe his death was suspicious and his fiancee has filed a motion trying to prevent the state from droig any evidendestroying any . hernandez was serving a life sentence for murder. his body is being moved to connecticut for a funeral and his brain will be sent to a center studying brain trauma in athletes. >>> larry hogan sr. has died after suffering a stroke on saturday. in a facebook post last night, governor larry hogan called his dad an american hero. the elder hogan represented '70s and also served as prince george's county executive. he was 88. >>> queen liz are beth turns 91 today, the big day being celebrated with a gun salut

he is representing death row prisoner ledell lee.nd we're also joined by furonda brasfield, executive director of arkansas coalition to abolish the death penalty. here in new york city, we're joined by damien echols. he was freed from arkansas' death row in 2011. over the weekend, he returned to arkansas to protest the state's rapid-succession execution plans. echols was on death row with many of the men the state plans to send to the death chamber. he was one of the west memphis three, the young men in west memphis, arkansas, who were imprisoned for the 1993 slayings of 38-year-old boys after an investigation largely fueled by unsubstantiated rumors of a satanic ritual. he ultimately was freed. we welcome you all to democracy now! begin witha list you. you are a lawyer for one of the prisoners slated to be killed, involved in the lawsuits that -- to the stays of execution at least for a few days. explain what you sued over. >> there were numerous issues in the complaint. the primary issue everyone is aware of is the state's expense

ledell lee was put to death just before midnight, for a 1993 murder. execution came despite a flurry of legal challenges. protests continued last night outside the governor's mansion. the power went out across a wide swath of san francisco today. about 90,000 customers were affected, with people trapped in elevators, and traffic backed up at stop lights that didn't work. utility officials blamed a "catastrophic" failure at a substation that led to a fire at the site. late today, they were still working to get electricity restored. a federal judge in detroit has ordered volkswagen to pay a criminal penalty of $2.8 billion for cheating on diesel emissions tests. the order today came as part of a plea deal. the case involved nearly 600,000 diesel cars sold in the u.s. and on wall street, the dow jones industrial average lost 31 points to close at 20,547. the nasdaq fell six points, and the s&p 500 slipped seven. for the week, the dow gained half a percent. the nasdaq rose nearly 2%, and the s&p 500 was up almost 1%. still to come on the newshour: france v

he voted in line with his four fellow republican attorneys to execute ledell lee.t arkansas has been trying to execute before the lethal drug expires at the end of the month. first execution since 2005. venezuelan officials say another person wasn't killed today in a wave of antigovernment protests in the capital city, caracas. it brings the death toll to at least nine. demonstrators have been marching against what they call a slide into authoritarianism and economic collapse. they also plan to block the nation's main roads on monday. global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am mark crumpton, this is bloomberg. scarlet: let's get a recap of today's market action. a slow drift lower for u.s. stocks on this friday, the friday before the first round of the french presidential election. the dow moving 31 points. but for the week, all three indexes closed higher. joe: "what'd you miss?" president donald trump says he will have a tax announcement wednesday before his 100 day mark in office. but merrill l

last week, ledell lee was the first of the other four to be put to death.e doing is right. the state governor said family and friends of the victims of the two executed inmates had seen justice carried out. david campanale, bbc news. a work permits system for eu citizens, similar to one operating in sweden, should be introduced after brexit, according to the federation of small businesses. it's done a survey which found that over half of small firms that employ eu workers are concerned they won't be able to find skilled workers after britain leaves the union. 0ur industry correspondent john moylan reports. from building sites, to hotels and restaurants, and farming, around one in five small firms currently employs staff from the eu. but now, a leading business group is warning of dire consequences. firms can't continue to pick the best workers when we leave the european union. according to the research, more than half of small businesses are worried about accessing people with the right skills post—brexit. the majority have no experience of using the uk's p

. >>> arkansas cared out an excuse for the first time in 12 years. 51-year-old ledell lee was executed. lee was on death row for a murder in 1993. he is among eight prisoners arkansas had planned to execute in an unprecedent wave before the end of april. that's when one drug for the lethal injection expires. three more executions are scheduled for next week. >>> former president george h.w. bush got a big morale boost in the hospital from a family member. this picture says it all. george w. bush posing with his dad. a family spokesman said the 92-year-old bush is getting strength from his recovery. even in the hospital, it's nice to see the kids. >> it's nice. >> they look so much alike too. >>> bill o'reilly will reportedly pocket $25 million as he exits fox news. ahead, the growing outrage over the massive >>> manatees are no longer an endangered species, but they're still >> mark strassmann is at the zoo. >> reporter: it's made a big come back. here ees what frustrates activists. boats still mow them down and environmentalists who protect them could be slipping away. we'll look into

the lethal injection of ledell lee, who was convicted of murder more than 20 years ago, was given thee, some dry weather around and some sunshine from time to time, similar to the weather we have today, you could say. look at the satellite and you can see there has been quite a lot of cloud across england and wales but it is shrinking dollar breaking up but it is shrinking dollar breaking up from the south on the north, so we should begin to see skies brightening a little more widely and a little sunshine coming through, boosting temperatures. the same time, weakening weather front moving down from scotland and through northern ireland bringing the fight and patchy rain. temperatures drop away despite the sunshine and further south, 17 or so in southern england. the weak weather front continue southwards, not much rain on it but colder air behind it so maybe a touch of frost in scotland, in countryside areas but a lot of the cloud will break up in the sunshine will come out on saturday, especially wales, west midlands, west cou ntry especially wales, west midlands, west country and th

the lethal injection of ledell lee, who was convicted of murder, was given the go—ahead just 30 minutest‘s the first of several executions planned before supplies of one of the drugs used expires. the average cybercriminal investigated by the national crime agency is just 17—years—old and is motivated by showing off in front of friends, rather than money. that‘s the conclusion of a new report by the nca, which has been looking at ways to stop youngsters getting drawn into online crime. the internet is breeding a new kind of criminal who‘d never normally break the law. they‘re young and tech savvy and sometimes don‘t even realise what they‘re doing is wrong. investigators questioned teenagers convicted of cyber crime and other young hackers. the report found financial gain wasn‘t a priority. but they did want to impress other hackers. and thought the risk of getting caught was low. the early motivations can be the challenge, can be proving to their peers online that they can complete the challenge or they can break into certain things, or find vulnerabilities. but we do see, if they are

one of the seven, ledell lee, spoke to our washington correspondent aleem macqbool from prison.rieve. what is the reaction to the fact two executions have been halted? the reaction is split. among a certain set of people in arkansas, there is probably some delight that the executions were halted but here in the states poll puts support for the death penalty upwards of 60%. many people have taken to social media to express their delight at the impending executions and how deserved they are. it is a divisive issue. from your charity's point of view, presumably you welcomed the two halted. there is still a long way to go? absolutely. what we see in the us is go? absolutely. what we see in the usisa go? absolutely. what we see in the us is a decline overall for the death penalty and in arkansas it was an extraordinary situation, eight scheduled in the space of ten days, which would have been the largest mass execution since the civil right earand it mass execution since the civil right ear and it caused consternation across the us, even from those supporting the death penalty. i thi

prisoners this month, after b t putting an inmate to death for the first time in a 51-year-old ledell leee murder of a woman in 1993. he had always insisted he was innocent. the u.s. supreme court declined to hear last-minute appeals. arkansas is pushing to carry out executions in a short period of time because one of its lethal injection drugs expires at the end of april. >>> a 15-year-old tennessee girl is safe this morning after a bizarre coast-to-coast kidnapping saga we followed a lot here on the show. nbc's joe fryer is in yreka, california, where the former teacher is being held. joe, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, savannah. tad cummins is behind fwars here at siskiyou county and will make a court appearance later today. as for elizabeth thomas, she's in the care of fbi agents and today will likely return home to tennessee. relief for the father of elizabeth thomas, whose been waiting for her return since she was abducted last month. >> i'm just very happy vy that came in wednesday night, police tracked down aarested totad cummins in this unfinished tabben, where they had