(howling) among ranchers like martin davis, the wolf is always guilty until proven... well, soon to be guilty. >> wolves and life stock don't mix. you know, maybe they'll keep their nose clean for a short while. but sooner or later, the problem is going to occur. we've got to have those numbers down. >> reporter: martin davis will soon get his wish. this feared, beloved, misunderstood animal once protected as an endangered species will be in the gun sites of hunters in montana and idaho this fall. the davis spread sits 50 miles northwest of yellowstone national park where gray wolves returned 16 years ago after a 70-year hiatus. starting in the early 1900s were systematically poisoned, trapped and gunned into extinction in the lower 48. a good riddance for ranchers, an unconscienceable extermination for environmentalists. >> the frost bit my fingers today. >> reporter: doug smith is a life-long lover of wolves who presides over their reintroduction for yellowstone for the national park service. he's been here since the highly politicized media frenzy beginning in the m

president, and i am supposed to be in texas during an event for a local radio talk-show host, martin davis, but i think my duties will require me to stay up here in washington. host: next call is from tennessee. bryan, democrat. good morning. caller: good morning, ma'am. mr. burton, i was wondering if you have seen the documentary called "gas land"? seen experts of it -- excerpts of it. they are putting water and all sorts of chemicals and people are being poisoned. guest: with all due respect, people are not being poisoned. 99% of the fluid in hydraulic fracturing are water. there are some chemicals, primarily to provide lubrication as it goes into the formation, but most of the more flamboyant aspects of the film are casing head gas and circuits gas, not natural gas that this escape a because of hydraulic fracturing. it is a high-impact film, but in terms of it being absolutely accurate in what its statements are, i would say there is substantial disagreement about that. host: jim heim says -- guest: well, 3 million barrels per day is nothing to sneeze at when we are using 20 million. ap

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davis ran out of options, the executions will happen tonight. back with us from outside the prison in jackson, georgia, david mattingly. also senior legal analyst, jeffrey toobin, senior analyst, roland martin bj bernstein, a former prosecute we are a lot of experience in the georgia courts, including with the state superior judge who denied davis' appeal today. roland, were you surprised that the supreme court took so long? were you surprised at how they ultimately ruled? >> i'm very surprised. i did not expect them to take this long. obviously, we expected his attorneys to file an appeal and filed in court, many people look at it as [ inaudible ] folks on the left or right, right in there in the center but clearly the amount of time they took, very surprising, more than three hours. look, i'm born and raised in texas, stood outside of prisons covering executions and i will tell you, it was very surprising to watch people, a lot of people on social media who thought that was -- that there was a ray of hope that the court would have a stay, further conversation, felt everything had been exhausted and simply did not rise to the level [ inaudible ] >> jeff, given that it was basically one lin

davis there. this is ebenezer baptist, where reverend martin luther king preached earlier in the day.eople opposed to the death penalty marched through that church. in the last hour, i spoke to the senior pastor at ebenezer baptist. on monday, he will go before that parole board and ask them to spare davis' life. >> i'm saying there's entirely too much doubt for an execution. the parole board will decide what it wants to do. but i will tell you this much. at each turn of this case, some sector of the justice department has pressed pause. this very board of pardons and paroles stayed the execution a few years ago. i believe it was 2007. on another occasion, it was the supreme court who said, too much doubt, let's pause. then it was the 11th circuit said, too much doubt, let's pause. in a meeting not long ago, i met with the district attorney down in va vana, georgia. >> the current one? >> that's right. he didn't try the case and even he conceded that were he trying the case today, since it's based in circumstantial evidence, that this would not be a death kate case for him and it shou

witnesses against davis recanted or changed their testimony, but court after court upheld his conviction and last night, the u.s. supreme court said no to a last minute appeal. martin live. troy davis spoke to the victim's family right before his life was ended. what did he say? >> he had a number of things to say. this was such a dramatic and emotional night on so many different ways because this case was filled with so many emotions. it's really two levels. on one hand, the political debate on the death penalty, but the more painful point. waiting. what is it like as a condemned person to wait for the original time of execution, then to wait for a court. for most of us, that's an area too difficult to bear. davis had been scheduled to be executed around 7:00 p.m. eastern time. that time came and went at the supreme court was again considering the case. the drama first dragged on for minutes, then hours, but the high court eventually denied to stop the sentence cht davis was pronounced dead at 11:08 and witnesses say he maintained his innocence up to the moment he died. >> he said that he was not personally responsible for what happened that night. that he did not

martin bashir. >> stop the clock. the seconds tick down to the lethal injection of troy davis. the debate over capitol punishment in america. we're joined by the head. naacp a the controversial execution draws near. and while president obama seeks peace in the middle east -- >> peace will not come through statements and resolutions at the united nations. if it were that easy, it would have been accomplished by now. >> congress wages war in washington. >> he will go into full campaign mode now14 months before the election. that's fine. that is his decision. >> but wait a seng. >> a great country requires a better direction. >> is that you, sarah palin? >> a busy day. we begin a controversial capital punishment case, likely toned in a few short hours when georgia inmate troy d

killing a cop and unprecedented legal twists and turns, troy davis was executed, but the controversy over this case will not go away. martin savidge joining us with more. what a dramatic night. you thought it would happen at 7:00 p.m. eastern time and hours and hours later, still had not had an answer. >> a lot of emotions. and all sorts of emotions felt throughout the evening. you know, a headline in the atlanta paper that starkly summed it up and it basically said drama and then death. troy davis had been scheduled to die, as kyra said, at 7:00 p.m. eastern time. his supporters gathered outside the state prison in jackson and others around the world when his attorneys made a last-minute appeal to the u.s. supreme court and the high court began considering the case. first it was minutes and then dragged on into hours and those who had maintained that davis was innocent of the 1989 crime began to see, just perhaps, a chance the supreme court would stop davis' death. it would not be that way. as the court of nine justices eventually denied the appeal and davis' sentence was carried out four hours after it was originally sch

davis in georgia. you're looking at the scene at the prison right now. that's "hardball" for now. thanks for being with us. "the last word with lawrence o'donnell" substituted tonight by martincoming up right now. >>> good evening from new york. lawrence o'donnell is taking a well-earned rest tonight. and we have breaking news out of georgia where state corrections officials dela

davis, who murder eared white police officer, and blacks who murder whites are statistically sentenced to death most of all. and that's just a significant fact, i think, about the the death penalty. >> roland martin is joining us outside the u.s. supreme court. roland, are there still a lot of people out there? >> well, absolutely. you got about 100 or so people here. they are gathered around listening to broadcasts on their cell phones. they are, of course, standing here waiting for the word when troy davis actually is put to death. you have had a number of people who have come and gone and folks, you know, lighting candles, they have been praying, it is extremely quiet out here. not much noise at all. also, you look over my left shoulder, you got about seven supreme court security guards who are standing of out here as well. you don't have a significant police presence along this street but again, folks carrying signs, wearing "i'm troy davis" t-shirts, again, expressing their view point. anderson, if i could talk on a couple of thing also jeff said, i think it is important there is no doubt that people have conflicting feelings when it comes to the death penalty, when they see a case, anger wi

martin luther king jr. church, he he kneeser baptist, here in atlanta. he is one of the people called to testify before the parole board on monday on behalf of troy davis. i'll ask him what he plans to say to try to save troy davis' life, but also will be speaking with the mother of that savannah police officer troy davis is convicted of killing. she'll join me live with her side, this morning. >>> six minutes past the hour. police in new york state looking for this man, this u.s. soldier, after he he disappeared in the woods near ft. drum. this is private first class russell marcum. he was in unit custody and he took off with his parents' car, after he crashed the car, he took off into the woods. police lost him there. he is considered armed and dangerous. marcum served three months in afghanistan earlier this year. >>> an arizona air force base locked down this morning, but reports of a lone gunman roaming the base turned up nothing. a suspected gunman had supposedly entered an office building at davis-monthan air force base. they locked it down, ended up finding nothing. caused some anxious moments as you can imagine. >> no gunman or weapon was found

martin, sad story all the way around. >> good morning, carom. yes. it was night of many emotions. davis0 p.m. eastern time last evening. for his supporters gathered outside the state prison in jackson and others around the world, hope rose when his execution was delayed after his attorneys made last-minute appeal to the u.s. supreme court and appeared the high court began actually considering the case. the minutes first ticked by and eventually the hours p dragged on and those who had maintained davis was innocent of the 1989 crime of murdering a savannah police officer began to see perhaps a chance that the supreme court would stop davis' death. it was not to be. as the court of nine justices eventually denied the appeal and davis' sentence was carried out four hours later. he was pronounced dead at 11:08 p.m. according to witnesses davis maintained he was innocent right up to the moment he died. >> he asked his family, his family and friends to keep praying, to keep working, and keep the faith. and then had said to the prison staff, the ones he said were going to take my life, he said

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