then he did not get to peltier.linton told us within the period before he was going to step down, because of the election in 2000, that he would grant clemency to leonard peltier. it was clear it was the fbi demonstration -- and the fbi opposes now, and have started a letterwriting campaign to obama saying do not release him, do not release him. that is why it is so important that your viewers respond, either by going to the amnesty international's right, but by themselves writing to the president. amy:e see the fbi directors extremely powerful james comey, who may have tipped the election for donald trump -- >> if it is not done now, .resident trump highly unlikely the next pardon is 2014. leonard is sick. he will not make us to his next pardon. he will not make it through a trump presidency, i fear. amy: what word have you gotten from the white house? >> no word. we estimate it to the pardon attorney's who then have to send it on to the president. we understand it has left the pardon office and now on the presiden

then to the call for clemency for imprisoned native american activist leonard peltier. >>

on wednesday, we looked at the cases of native american activist leonard peltier and chelsea manning.orrow, we will talk about puerto rican independence activist oscar lopez rivera. today we look at another request for presidential pardon. this one from the family of marcus garvey. a pioneering figure in the black freedom struggle in the early 20th century who inspired generations of civil rights activist a around the world. in the 1920's come fbi director j edgar hoover targeted garvey for his political activity as a leader of the pan-african movement. garvey was convicted in 1923 on a charge of mail fraud and sentenced to five years in jail. his charges and conviction effectively ended garvey's political movement and eventually led to his deportation back to jamaica. this is marcus garvey's son dr. julius garvey of the justice for garvey movement, announcing thte -- speakining i in august.. >> the civil rights movement started with marcus garvey. it is acknowlededged by brother malcolm m and martinin luther kg anand historyry. the president stands on that foundation. so we rank that

political prisoners, including army whistleblower chelsea manning or native american activist leonard peltier. in north carolina, the charlotte city council voted unanimously monday to rescind the anti-lgbt ordinance that prompted north carolina's house bill 2, otherwise known as the "bathroom bill." the law denies transgender people use of the bathroom, changing room or locker room , that matches their gender identity. on monday, north carolina governor e elect docrarat roy cooperer said lawmakers will met for a special session today to repeal hb2, which he has calalld "one of f the most discrcriminay laws in the e country." chchinese and u.s. officials say china has returned a u.s. navy drone china seized in the south china sea last week. the u.s. has called the seizure of the drone illegal. china has claimed territorial control over the south china sea, one of the busiest trade routes in the world, while the u.s. has asserted the area should be considered international waters. after the drone was first seized, president-elect donald trump tweeted -- "china steals united states navy researc

s many are concerned about the coe efforts to freern peltier and te believe his convictions were fair.fairre dead. d he's a grandfather.ndth they'll never be grandfathers.er and he committed this crime andd he killed those agents in cold blood. >> american university released a statement about the statues sa say see it as a piece of art of they do not have position on the movement.move right off nebraskame avenue. av. >>> overseas in russia,a, officials have found one of thet flight recorders from thehe military plane that crash in the black sea. s. 92 people were on board when iti crashed on sunday.unday. 13 bodies have been recovered ss far. far. the russian goe dismissing the idea that terrorr played a role in the crash because it was a military planea instead it says it was eitherit mechanical problem or pilotilot error that caused that militaryy style plane to crash. >>> marks said he intervened toe restrain the passenger because b the crew was quote ill traineded and ill equipped equipped toquii deal with him.pp korean air will review the usehe of taser guns on board. >>> japan's pri

joining in a cop killer's clemens campaign by installing a statue of leonard peltier on campus policyce the school would champion the cause of a convicted cop killer. and dallas cowboys rookie sensation ezekiel elliott handing out giving the best in the league these john deere atvs worth more than $16,000 each. it was a small gesture of thanks to the guys who are helping make him the nfl's rushing leader. i want one of those. and celebrating the reason for the season. fox news radio presents the annual christmas show. the two hour extravaganza includes performances by the bellevue singing christmas tree choir. grammy award winner jason crab. catch the holiday special right now. and those are some of your head lines this morning. rick is outside with the weather. rick, what's going on? it looks like it's raining pretty bad. >> it is raining. at least a raining start to the day across the east coast. take a look at the map. show you what's going on. temperatures not that bad. chilly across north dakota. probably only real area very cold out there. counselor across the south it is warm.