i want to go back to martin savidge. rds she's about to be released? >> it's trickled through. i had a very brief conversation with kim davis' aunt and her cousin, they're aware of the news but they don't know any more besides that. they said she has not changed her mind one bit so everyone who has heard this news realizes this isn't the end of this saga. i should tell you what's going on is that mike huckabee, the man on the republican side that organized this rally, is trying to get into the jail because it was his intention to have a meeting inside of her cell with kim davis. now enough ironic situation where she may be released as he's going in so there is a lot of chaos both legally and politically as they try to organize this event. most people are standing around trying to understand what happens next. >> we'll see when she walks out that door if she does say anything. if she gives any indication that the judges order she not interfere any way directly or indirectly the efforts of her clerks to issue marriage licen

martin savidge has more.g a ride with the nopda looking for troublea >>"what do you think is, in your precinct, the worst crime area now?" >> reporter:in new orleans, the blood spattered bad old days are making a comebacka >> reporter:here, two men are gunned down. murdered. >>"so we know that murder's gone up this year. whya?" >>"if i had a magic answer, i would probably be a wealthy mana" >> reporter:while violent crime overall has dipped, in the last year, homicides in the big from historic lows. >> reporter:but it's not just new orleansa >> reporter:in atlanta murders are up 12% over last year. chicago is up 20% >> reporter:dallas up 23% in the nation's capital homicides are up 43%. >> reporter:goodley, an 18- year police veteran blames it on too many kids, with too many guns with too little hope. >>"we got a lot of, you know, how to handle aggression." >> reporter:but could something else besome suggest police have become less aggressive and less visible in high crime areas in the aftermath of publ

i have martin savidge who standing by in the crowd. ell me if martin is available to chat. martin is ready. there we go. it's a big crowd. what's the tick tock? when will we hear from kim davis? do we know? >> she's already come out and already spoke. it was really very low key. this took place not at the podium but actually behind the podium. it was the cnn crew that was there and i'm told by alexandra field that essentially she looked rather shaken, definitely overwhelmed. she was there with her attorney and also with mike huckabee and she was asked will she be going back to work. it sounded like it will be a day or two. and then she was asked if she had changed her mind in any way and shook her head no and said she had not. so that was the end of it. she has then left. so clearly all of this has been very, very overwhelming. she even looked a little bit teary, according to witnesses. a sudden release that many had not expected and now the next question is where does this drama go and does it get resolved in one way or another or does

martin savidge is out front. >> after nearly five years in captivity, their son beau is coming home.rgive his family for forgiving the nightmare for their son was finally over. it wasn't. even before he got home, many americans believed bergdahl was a desserter and possibly a traitor. it sparked outrage especially when it was reported soldiers died looking for him. >> we are learning more and more about the six soldiers who lost their lives. >> reporter: the backlash caused his hometown to cancel plans for a homecoming. >> part of the poll reported says that bergdahl, i wanted to go to be a russian hitman. >> reporter: according to the army's own investigation, that narrative was completely false. during a hearing to decide if bergdahl should face a court-martial, two key witnesses took the stand, the army's lead investigator spent a day and a half interviewing bergdahl and says his investigation found no soldiers died looking for him. he also testified bergdahl left his post under the delusion his unit was being poorly led and he needed to speak to a general at a different u.s. base

they might do and while we all wait for these events and these developments, i call on cnn's martin savidge who is smack dab in the middle of it all. that flurry of appeals has been happening since 48 hours but there's a flurry of activity. take me there. >> well, it's astounding when you take into account that this is a very small community, under 5,000 people here grayson yet you have a day where you've got not one but two presidential candidates coming to town not to mention is you have the center of the religious debate over religious freedom and same-sex marriage. i want to bring in the mayor of this community. how is this community coping with this. >> well, the community is doing quite well considering that this is something that they didn't ask for but the community is up to the challenge and everybody responding very well. >> the churches have been providing help down here with water and food and we've had good support to make what's happening be good for the community and everybody. >> what is your concern? your worry as leader of this community about all of this? >> any mayor get

martin savidge in kentucky. >>> "outfront" gavin issued same sex licenses when he was san francisco's mayor this year before the supreme court's ruling in favor. thanks for join us tonight. >> good to be here. >> mike huckabee took aim at you front and center tonight in today's rally leveling attacks saying that no one went to jail when you ordered city clerks to issue same-sex marriage licenses in direct disocbedience at the time. for the sake of our viewers, explain why davis should be jailed and you were not. >> she was an agent of the state. that was a contempt of court. we were never in contempt of court which we went through the judicial process, supreme court of california adjudicated one month after we married 4,046 couples from 46 states and when the court order came back, we stopped. it's in direct contrast to kim davis and the candidate michael huckabee knows better and if he doesn't know better, he's obviously not getting the facts and should do better. >> help me understand this. in effect, you were defying california law, not the courts but california law at the time as

new orleans police department took martin savidge along for a ride and i want to warn you, if you'rewatch this, some viewers might find some of the video a little disturbing. >>> i'm rich ahitching a ride we nopd looking for trouble. what do you think is in your precinct the worst crime area now? in new orleans, the blood-spattered bad old days are making a comeback. here, two men are gunned down, murdered. so we know murder has gone up this year. why? >> if i had to answer i would probably be a wealthy man. >> reporter: while violent crime overall has dipped, in the last year homicides in the big easy have jumped 22% from historic lows. but it's not just new orleans. in atlanta, murders are up 12% over last year. chicago is up 20%. dallas up 23%. in the nation's capital, homicides are up 43%. goodly, an 18-year police veteran, blames it on too many kids with too many guns with too little hope. >> we have a lot of youth that just don't know how to handle aggression. >> reporter: but could something else be to blame? some suggest police have become less aggressive and less visible in

want to bring in cnn's martin savidge in morehead, ken. urley is a law professor at george washington university. both men with me right now. martin, beginning with you, the news, marriage licenses are being granted even with kim davis back at work. >> reporter: in fact, kim davis was not present inside the room when shannon and carmen wampler-collins went in to request their marriage license. she was actually behind closed doors but the media was there and watched every step of the way. it's quite clear the deputy clerk in this particular case went forward with processing of that document. so accidents it would site evee according to the judge's orders things are going as he wanted. that is, licenses are being granted to same-sex couples even though you heard in that statement the defiance in kim davis as she returned to work. hi a chance to talk to the couple just before they went in. here's how they were feeling. >> you know, i feel it's really unfortunate that she has taken things to this extreme. you know, i appreciate she has her beli

let's turn it over to martin savidge. >> i'm in for fredricka whitfield who has the day off. newsroom starts now. >>> investigators are examining what they call a significant piece of evidence at the scene where a police officer was shot and killed this week and they say that they are close to identifying the suspects. so far police in illinois aren't giving any details about the evidence except that it was located by a person. we're also learning that there's video evidence from several sources and that is now being combed through by several law enforcement agencies and they are looking for even if. two white and one black. they believe that they are connected to the shooting of lieutenant joe. rosa, police say they are close to identifying the suspects. what do we know? >> reporter: people in this community, martin, are desperate for a better description of these suspects because right now all we have is a very vague description, two white males and a black male. now that description comes from the last radio exchange between the lieutenant and dispatch. so authorities are

martin savidge is at ft. sam houston in texas. al prosecutor and senior defense counsel for the army. martin, bring us up to speed. >> h >> reporter: we're hearing from sergeant major colonel doll. he was the general who was chosen to be the lead investigator when it came to bowe bergdahl and how he happened to come off his post in afghanistan and what happened to him during his period of captivity. if anybody knows the story of bowe bergdahl it is, in fact, the man on the stand right now, his testimony has only just begun. then you talk about the psychological questions that have been raised here. they've been raised by the defense, of course. and then carried on with a former member of bergdahl's unit who said bergdahl appeared to be the model soldier. gung-ho, ready to serve and was ready to go out and hunt down the taliban. once they got into afghanistan, he began to notice that bergdahl had something different. he was slightly off. he didn't gel with the rest of the unit. and it was so much of a concern, that his former sergea

martin savidge, cnn, new orleans. >> and philip banks is a former nypd chief of department.eft your department not long ago, several months ago. what do you think accounts for this? in new york city where you worked, the murder rate has increased 9%. >> yes. well, nationwide -- i'm not sure there's one answer that fits all. i don't think that the reasoning for the increase in baltimore -- clearly baltimore, there's a problem with the amount of residents that they have in that particular city with their murder rates. there are issues there that need to be fix. in new york, one murder is too much. but it could just be an anomaly. certainly requires much more research analysis to determine whether or not we are going back to those particular days. i certainly don't believe that we are. i haven't been introduced to anything. i would suggest in new york city this could just been a anomaly. it needs to be further researched. but i think we're in pretty good shape. >> one of the theories is that police officers are holding themselves back. i've spoken to cops because i cover law en

they're expected to be right where you're standing, martin savidge, in about 25 minutes.anks. >>> two days and counting until 11 republican candidates take the main stage at the reagan library and it should be quite a show. expect fireworks. jake tapper, one of the moderators, is crafting questions that will pit one candidate against the other. trump/fiorina anyone? with me is erroll lewis, and athena, you can set the stage with us. >> good morning, carol. the big event is happening in two days and it's going to be a big event, indeed. we're talking about a huge television audience. to give you a sense of perspective, 4 million viewers tuned into the first debate. that is more than twice the combined populations of the first four states to vote in this is contest next year. so, it's going to be a huge opportunity for candidates to make an impression on voters. and this comes as a new national poll out to today from "the washington post" and abc news shows that donald trump is still in the lead. and he's posting his biggest numbers yet. take a look at that poll. you can se

let's go life to martin savidge with the news here.he news being we have just learned she has been denied clemency. >> right, and this is the second time this parole board has had to review this case. they are well familiar with it. they said this is the third clemency appeal for this particular woman, but the end result is the same decision. this parole board is made up of five people, all men, all of them were appointed by republican governors. two of them are former lawmakers and the other three are law enforcement or connected with law enforcement. so that's who makes it up. e we don't know how the vote went. it has to be a majority. the simple answer is that the execution is slated to go forward. there are other appeal attempts being made. last we heard there was one going before the court of appeals, but. the u.s. supreme court already ruled on her case. that happened in 2014. so it's unclear if it would go back to the supreme court again. e we don't know. we'll have to see. there could be more maneuvers legally yet to come. >> a

with me now, cnn's martin savidge at ft.ston in san antonio where that hearing is just about to get under way. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. yesterday the defense seemed to be tipping their hand as how they might go guard in this case. as they were talking about psychological problems that bowe bergdahl had, preceding his time in the army. they say he was washed out of the u.s. coast guard as a result of those problems. they asked a number of his former xhaend commanders on the stand, were they aware, did the army let them know bowe bergdahl had these mental issues and the commander said, no they weren't aware. something up the defense has brought up over and over, they want the army to make public the 371-page statement sergeant bowe bergdahl made to investigators shortly after he was freed from captivity. so far the army hasn't done that, much to the frustration of attorneys. listen to what they say. >> i mean, what -- what is wrong with this picture? why can't come that come out? why can't the army release that

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and now, we go the martin savidge in morehead, kentucky. >> and the question is what will she do when she returns the work. and with are hearing that she may not return until maybe next week. i spoke to one of the attorneys, and he said that basically she needed some time to rest and be with family, and that is what she is doing, clear ly after ths whirlwind that she is undergoing. and one thing that is key is thatter h name is not on the license licenses as it has been since friday, and the licenses are not a stack of pre-printed with her name embedded upon them, and they don't have that demand here, and the way it works is that when you go in and you want your licenses, one clerk may sign them, and she signs as well, but again, her name has not been appearing on the licenses since friday, and the count so far is that there are ten marriage licenses issued in the absences, and seven of them for same sex couples, and that is as of this morning. john? >> and will they continue to issue the licenses without her name or continue to be issued without her name? we don't know, and thank you

. >>> i'm martin savidge, thanks for joining us, i'm in for fredricka whitfield who has today off. >>> a startling jump for bernie sanders as the race on the democratic side is getting hotter this afternoon. a new marist poll shows he has opened up a 9-point lead over hillary clinton in new hampshire. also gaining ground in that poll is ben carson in iowa. donald trump leading carson by seven points and has said if he becomes president, he would seek out great minds for his cabinet. one of those minds he mentioned, sarah palin. today in an exclusive interview with jake tapper on cnn's "state of the union," palin weighed in on what she thinks voters want in their next president, what she would do if she were in charge and why people in this country should speak american. >> i think i'd rather have a president who was tough and puts america first than can win a game of trivial pursuit. some of those questions, i don't know if other candidates were posed the same question so i don't know if they would have the answers, but i don't think the public gives a floying flip if somebody knows w

martin savidge joins us one more time. >> hello. she's been on death row since 1998.ath at 7:00 tonight eastern time, she would be the first woman executed in the state of georgia in 70 years. so, the pardon and parole board will take up her case at 11:00 a.m. keep in mind, this board has already ruled once before and denied her any chance of clemency or commuting her sentence. they decided they would listen one more time. the arguments her attorneys put forward is this. for instance, her boyfriend, who actually carried out the murder, he got life with parole. in fact, he'll be eligible for parole in seven years. she got the death penalty and she didn't actually pull the trigger. that's another thing attorneys are bringing forward. they say since the modern area, the death penalty in the state of georgia, no one has been put to death that didn't actually pull the trigger or carry out the crime in their very own hands. and lastly, they bring forward a long list of young women in prison who they say that ket every kelly has mentored throughout the whole experience. the

martin savidge is on this for us today. the only thing possibly working in bergdahl's favor. tell me who else is testifying. >> the other person who was there is a a man by terrance russell. he spent 22 years in the air force as a survival instructor, but now he's considered perhaps the top person when it comes to understanding p.o.w.s. he's debriefed over 125 of them. he debriefed bowe bergdahl. he's seen it all when it comes to the horrors of captivity. he went into detail of what bergdahl went through and twice during that explanation this hard core expert had had to wipe teas from his eyes and his voice cracked with emotion. he said that bergdahl's experience ranks in the same area of horrible conditions we have not seen in 60 years. he went on, bergdahl is described as an army of one. he had to fight the enemy alone for 4 years, 11 months. you cannot everestimate how difficult that is. he finished by saying and he has my respect for it. you could have heard a pin drop. that literally brought people to a pause to hear t

. >> martin savidge is on this it for us today. the coach is resigning. what is he saying? >> there is so much finger pointing going on in texas as a result of this game on september 4th. there's the incident where the referee is tackled. racial slurs seem to be at the heart of this. whether they were really sid or not, it doesn't seem to matter. they were perceived and that apparently is what may have motivated these students. because one of the members of the coaching staff heard they claim the referee said it. the players got angry as did the assistant coach. and it's then that he was sort of ranting and carrying on and that's when two of the players got the idea what he meant for them to do was to strike out against the strike, knocking him to the ground. there was a statement that was attributed to the coach. it came from his attorney. coach let his anger get the best of him and made regrettable comments. they were interpreted by two players to mean hit the referee. the witnesses agreed he never told them to hit the referee except for michael, whose story continues to

i'm martin savidge in for fredricka whitfield. john kerry has called russian counterpart sergei lavrov about possible russian military buildup in syria. alyse, what are you hearing? >> reporter: well, martin, you've seen in recent days russians have sent some sort of buildup of russian advance. delivery of a portable air traffic control system there. it doesn't necessarily say that russian troops are going there, but it does seem as if russia is increasing its support. and that's why secretary kerry called the foreign minister to discuss the buildup, saying if those reports are accurate, it could further escalate the conflict. secretary kerry has been working with the russian foreign minister lavrov trying to get a political solution in syria. it's been a long slog, but you've seen some recent activity in the last few months indicating that they may be trying to get something going. so if the russians are indeed

. >> cnn's martin savidge is live on the scene where that meeting and rally will go down. , martin. >> reporter: good morning, carol. yeah, people have been showing up here actually for hours now, and you're still hours away from that rally which is scheduled for 3:00 this afternoon. the stage is set or maybe i should say the truck is set. you can see that red cab truck and then the flat bed that's behind it. that's actually where mike huckabee is going to be speaking and addressing this rally. it's not just huckabee, there are a number of other speakers lined up as well. and it's expected there's going to be a pretty big crowd. this is not that big a town, hence the reason why they decided to put school off for one more day. there was concern about traffic jams and people getting around. also fire trucks and emergency equipment standing around because it's going to be a very hot day on top of everything else emotionally. so i think they're just erring on the side of precaution and making sure that the scene is set. the other thing that's quite clear is miss davis is going

let's turn it over to martin savidge. >> i'm in for fredricka whitfield who has the day off. starts now. >>> investigators are examining what they call a significant piece of evidence at the scene where a police officer was shot and killed this week and they say that they are close to identifying the suspects. so far police in illinois aret

. >> and martin savidge is joining me from moorhead, kentucky, and davis' attorneys spoket the top ofhat did th say? >> they wanted to stay, brianna, they are moving forward with the appeals they are have filed and leelly more steps they plan to take including the additional action against the apparently governor of kentucky to force him to make as they put it some sort of accommodation to take into account the faith that kim davis has and the faith of hers with the job she has to do, and then the day belonged to two women shannon and carmen wamp ler collins who have waited over 20 years for the opportunity to get married. in june of course the supreme court ruled that it was legal for them to do so. initially when they came here, they were turned away by kim davis a couple of weeks ago, but today, they came back, and they were rewarded with a marriage license, a i spoke to them just after. >> yeah, it is phenomenal in that it is happening here in a small town in kentucky. i just never, never, when we first got together when we had our wedding did we expect this to be a possible, it i

. >> thank you, martin savidge, and that is the interesting issue, the license, is that the next areaconcern? this is the license for carmen and shannon wampler collins, but is this the place where the legal battle next migrates to, and will someone challenge this, because there were a few choice words that kim davis said that the might be the hint of where she and the lawyers might be going next. and i have an update from the campus of delta university where they are confirming that one person has died because of a shooting on that campus in cleveland, mississippi. one person killed and that campus remains under lockdown. everyone on campus is being asked to stay inside and a wway from the windowses, and we have no indication of whomever is pulling the trigger is in custody or if they know who it might be. back after this. st max. it's the same difference. these are multi-symptom. well so are these. this one is max strength and fights mucus. that one doesn't. uh...think fast! you dropped something. oh...i'll put it back on the shelf... new from mucinex fast max. the only cold and flu

here's what cnn global affairs corresponde correspondent elise labott had to say to our martin savidge the last hour. >> secretary kerry has been working with mr. lavrov trying to get a solution. it's been a long slog. you've seen recent activity in the last few months indicating they may be trying to get something going. if the russians are increasing their military presence, it would certainly complicate that. >> and that's the concern then, that somehow we're going to step away from a negotiated settlement here and it's more that the syrian regime is going to go forward with the military option. >> reporter: well, it could be a couple of things. it could be that the russians are going to escalate air strikes against isis. because isis is also going against the regime. but the real concern is that the russians are increasing their activity on behalf of president assad, against the opposition, or they may be taking steps to secure their own position if the assad government collapses. it's been very wobbly lately. the opposition has gotten some real gains on the battlefield in recent m

lauren martin savidge has the latest from paris.h investigators not able to tell whether or not this part is from mh370. >> they have run up against a number of factors they didn't anticipate. initially i think many people thought we would have an answer within 24 hours. the french thought they would find inside the flaperon a cereal number and boeing would say, oh, yes, mh370. but according to all the sources we've spoken to, there is no cereal number inside. either it was torn off in the accident or fell off when it was floating in the ocean or wasn't there to begin with. but it's not there now. so then they have had to dig deeper inside the flaperon itself. they have found interior parts that have numbers. they apparently belong to a spanish contractor. they reached out to that company. they had to weight and they got back to them last week. and the company said, no, we have not been through our records been able to track that back to mh370. two strikes already. and lastly, we've heard they had paint samples that the french have

. >> i'm martin savidge, if for victor blackwell. good to be with you. gearing up for what is said to be a busy day on the gop presidential trail. as donald trump is building his lead from his rivals, the campaigning among gop hopefuls is getting tight today. look at gop candidates on the stump. donald trump, scott walker, marco rubio, rand paul, all expected to do some tailgating outside the iowa state football game in the coming hours. >> new hampshire john kasich, carly fiorina, george pataki scheduled to show up at a chili fest there the same one, in fact. this comes four days ahead of the gop presidential debate, live right here on cnn, front-runner donald trump, meanwhile, appeared late night with jimmy fallon. talk about, well, he talked about targeting who he's going, you know, to look at in this debate. >> i just think, in terms of targeting any voters, that's what i'm targeting, but i want them to vote. i want them to love trump. i want them to know i'll do a great job. as far as candidates, you know, to me, they're all the same. they really ar

first, martin savidge joins me with the latest. so, for the first time we heard about why bergdahl left his post in 2009. what do we know about his plans? >> so much in the hearing, anderson, just off the charts as far as information up until now not released. the general says, the general that led the investigation into the disappearance, kenneth dahl says the reason he left was he was under a delusion his company, his entire battalion was led by incompetent leaders, not true but he believed it. he was going to leave the out post and run to enemy territory darkness and get to another base and meet with the general because he knew that his departure would trigger alarm bells. he could show up and say here i am, i'm who you are looking for and let me tell you how bad our men are being led. crazy but that's what the army says is his plan. he got captured and never made it to the other base. >> what do you say about the possibility of him serving time for desertion. >> giving mental problems which he admitted existed and factors they

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i'm martin savidge in for fredricka whitfield who has the day off. we begin with powerful images from the refugee crisis where 11,000 are crossing through austria over the last 24 hours alone. federal police say 5,000 have crossed into germany today, the country where most refugees say they are going to seek asylum. after weeks of exhausting travel, a heart-warming scene unfoedle in train stations in munich and vienna. cnn's fred pleitgen is at the train station where refugees continue to arrive. fred, this is a completely different kind of scene that we saw, say, in hungary. why is that? >> reporter: it certainly is a lot different. i think there's a whole different attitude here towards the refugees that are arriving. i mean one of the things that we saw in hungary is that the regular people there actually they were quite supportive of the refugees. many of the refugees in hungary did receive donations from people there. however, the government seemed to be quite hostile toward the refugees. there was obviously a lot of problems for them to go acro

let's bring in cnn's correspondent martin savidge.ator? >> reporter: good morning, victor. this is why this is so important, this is really the first time we've heard the official army statement as to why sergeant bowe bergdahl left had his post in afghanistan and what happened to him afterwards. you pointed out the controversy. so many people were upset that five taliban prisoners were exchanged for a person that americans believe was a deserter and perhaps a traitor. the army said they found it very differently. number one, they say he left his post because he was suffering from mental delusion. then on top of that, they say no u.s. soldiers died looking for bowe bergdahl. that, too, is a hot button issue. there are reports that say as many as seven prisoners died looking for him. the army says they didn't die. he also pointed out, he never gave any information, any classified or any information of military value to his captors. even though had he was predicted as a traitor by some, he never revealed anything. in fact, they say his

a lot to get to with martin savidge, good morning to you, martin. >> reporter: good morning. it's going to be a very big day in a small town. mike huckabee spoke on the telephone to kim davis. this is going to be his opportunity to meet with her face-to-face inside the jail cell, then hold a rally after that. it's called the, i'm with kim liberty rally. the crowds are expected to be so large they canceled area schools to try to alleviate the traffic problems. there were rallies in support of davis outside this facility over the weekend. as you point out, her attorneys have been busy filing appeals. they have appealed to the governor of the state asking he issue an order. the governor said he is not going to do that. this has reignited the debate over the right to same-sex marriage and the limitations on freedom of religion. over the weekend, one of the attorney's met with miss davis. ift was actually yesterday. he said, this is how he described her demeanor. gentleness and is at peace. her spirits remain high. she was brought to tears when she heard so many people outside the

martin savidge has all the details. >> reporter: she was released from jail yesterday. that was a stunning turn of events. nobody seems more surprised than kim davis herself. the real question now is, what is she going to do? it was a stage fit for a presidential candidate. kim davis stole the show, fresh out of jail and welcomed by cheers from hundreds of supporters. >> i want to give god the glory. >> davis went to jail after refusing to issue all marriage licenses following the decision on gay marriage. she said she was religiously opposed to having her name appear on the document for same-sex couples. she spent five days behind bars while support for christians grew. the effort to free her drew two republican candidates to her jail cell. mike huckabee and ted cruz, despite the fact that davis is a democrat. before they arrived, the judge that sent her to jail, suddenly freed her on one condition, she shall not interview with the efforts of deputy clerks issuing marriage licenses. some of them, to same-sex couples. davis' foreiattorney says she h changed her position

. >> i'm martin savidge in for victor blackwell who must be having the time of his life who certainly would like to be here. four days away from the second republican debate right here on cnn and donald trump is up late. doing a little prep work with jimmy fallon. >> the republican front-runner sat down on "the tonight show" about 15 minutes and taking rapid fire questions with his proposed wall among the mexican border and remarks he made this week about carly fiorina. >> i think they is a very nice woman. a very nice woman. am i doing a good job? >> yeah. >> i don't know her. i never really met her. she is a very nice woman. i think she is going to have a hard time. she had a rough past corporately but i think she is a fine and nice woman and i said she should be on the main stage at the debate and she going to be. >> but when he was asked about hillary clinton's e-mail controversy, trump had some harsh words. >> what do you think we are going to find in hillary's e-mails? >> i think a lot of bad stuff. i think it's something she should not have been doing. she has her server in her

martin savidge is on the scene for us. what a day it's been. >> it was just an amazing day. that you could upstage not one but two presidential candidates, as you said. kim davis managed to do that by the simple fact she walked free out of the front door of that detention center and even she seemed shell shocked by that. the only person that could have known this was coming was the judge who sent her to jail initially for contempt of court because she refused to issue marriage los angel marriage licenses to same-sex couples. all that changed in a hurry and she was greeted by christian conservatives. >> i want to give god the glory. his people have rallied and you are a strong people! we serve a living god who knows exactly where each and everyone of us is at. just keep on pressing. don't let down. because he is here. he is worthy. he is worthy. i love you guys. thank you so much. >> now the judge said that he had freed davis because in his words, he felt satisfied that his order was being complied with. that being that marriage licenses are being distributed. but he had some

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martin savidge joins us with all the details. >> good morning. at 7:00 eastern time last night. that hour came and went with no announcement from officials. now we learn why. there was a desperate effort being undertaken by her legal team. this is a breakdown of some of what they were trying to do. they went to a federal judge the day before, got denied. georgia board after peels, didn't get clemency. went to 11th circuit court of appeals, that didn't work. went to the georgia supreme court, that didn't work. we are told they went to u.s. supreme court as many as three times. eventually just after midnight, time and hope ran out. she was, in fact, put to death. protesters were there as were members of her family who spoke. >> we just want to thank y'all so much. we were not able to see our mom today because the boards of pardons and paroles made us make a choice to either try and come and save her life today or see her. we chose to try to save her life and they still denied us. >> now, we need to point out that, of course, she was tried and convi

cnn's martin savidge is live. how is it looking at this hour, martin?er: good morning, alisyn. we are waiting for america's most famous county clerk to show up for work. we're talking, of course, about kim davis. even her attorneys say they do not know what she is going to do when she gets here. last week, of course, she was freed from jail after contempt. she was put in jail by a judge when she had refused to issue same-sex marriages in this county the licenses, i should say. she says she was religiously opposed to it. she's become a hero of conservative christians that say they is standing up for her religious freedom despite the fact that the supreme court says same-sex marriages are legal. she comes in the door about an hour and a half from you. she's expected to draw a large crowd of supporters and there are expected to be a large number of detractors as well. security will be very heavy and though i'm not a betting man, i think it is safe to say that before this day is out, a couple is likely to show up and walk in those doors and challenge her au

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