roberson is still alive today. he was not executed last week by the state of texas because our committee stepped up and spoke up and acted. i'm very grateful to have played a role with many other individuals in that effort. but going forward, we've got to make sure that not only is mr. roberson received a fair trial he's deserved, but that we fix the holes in the system here in texas to make sure this never, ever happens again. >> as you mentioned, this this execution was halted. the reality is, as i understand it, the da in that county though, could reschedule it. are you concerned that will happen? >> i don't know at this point. sure. sure. i'm concerned that that could happen just just a few days ago. there were a number of folks including the district attorney in anderson county, who remained largely silent on his impending execution, realized this he was just 20 minutes and 20 steps away from receiving a lethal dose of pentobarbital last week, i mean, he was right outside of the execution chamber. i'm so grate

he now believes roberson is innocent and regularly visits him.an army of others, including a bipartisan majority of the texas legislature. >> we're at a point here where the truth about robert is being avoided. and justice is not being served. >> minutes before the scheduled execution, a judge issued a temporary restraining order, delaying it so roberson can testify at a hearing on monday. i spoke with brian wharton by zoom. roberson asked him to witness his final moments. >> it's a heavy burden. >> he's asked me to be present, and i owe that to him. it doesn't feel like a burden, and so i will. to be with him, to make sure he knows that he's not alone. >> how are you preparing for your own death? >> i'm at peace. i'm ready to go, you know, like i tell people. god has the last say. >> our thanks to lester holt for that report. and that does it for me this hour. thanks for joining. i'll be back on monday at 10:00 a.m. eastern, right here on msnbc. stay close, "chris jansing reports" with jose diaz-balart just after this. after this. oh... stuffed

roberson asked him to witness his final moments. it's a heavy burden. >> he's asked me to be present, and i owe that to him. it doesn't feel like a burden. and so i will. to be with him, to make sure he knows that he's not alone. >> how are you preparing for your own death? >> i'm at peace. i'm not ready to go, you know. i can tell people god has the last say. >> and again, the court has temporarily blocked his execution. we'll of course continue to follow this story. >>> we turn now to the race for the white house. with just 19 days until election day, vice president harris was in crucial wisconsin today facing new fallout after her heated interview with fox news. garrett haake has late details. >> reporter: tonight, vice president harris blitzing the badger state. >> it is good to be back in wisconsin. >> reporter: with multiple events in battleground wisconsin. >> this is going to be a tight race until the very end. >> reporter: taking aim at this comment overnight from former president trump, who was asked at a univision town ha

then there was roberson's curious demeanor. >> he wasn't upset. of had a flat affect. >> reporter: that was a concern? >> it struck us as odd. >> reporter: nikki was pronounced dead, her father charged with her death. and a year later he was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to die. roberson's current attorney believes nikki was misdiagnosed and that after detecting bleeding on her eyes and brain which was also swollen, together known as the triad, the doctdoctors looked no further for a cause. >> back then it was seen as almost a magical formula. you don't need to look at anything else. you can assume abuse occurred in the form of violent shaking. >> reporter: if not shaken baby, what killed nikki? >> there was this tragic death of a chronically ill child. the doctors missed the fact she had a severe, life-threatening pneumonia. >> reporter: at trial, roberson's jury never heard the full extent of nick kki's chron health victory. nearly 40 doctor visits over her short life and a feevver of 104 days before she died. >> it pushed her over t

all of roberson's appeals so far have been denied.ts or texas governor greg abbott step in, roberson will be executed on october 17th. >> i know the part of robert that i hear in my head is that childlike commitment to hope, and that he would say that i can't give up hope. >> can his life be saved at this point? >> gosh, i pray it can. if we can't save someone like robert, who is so clearly innocent, then truly, we're lost. >> if you could speak to the governor directly, you know, from the heart, what would you tell him? >> governor abbott, i did not do this, and i'm just hoping and praying you do the right thing. >> how are you preparing for your own death, your own execution? >> i'm at peace if it happens, but i'm not ready because i don't think i should be executed when i'm innocent. >> we reached out to the governor several times for comment and did not hear back. >>> coming up, the good news. one man's mission to walk in all the parks. >> position of nature. vestmey look like other money managers, but we're different. (other mone

his supporters question his guilt. >> how much time do you think you have bought roberson?well, the statutes in texas are clear. when he was not executed last week as they intended to, it starts the clock all over again. >> lester, az a death penalty supporter myself, i support the death penalty in the most heinous cases. with robert roberson's case there are just way too many questions, way too many concerns for us to stay silent on this. >> roberson is supported by a majority of the texas legislature, but their legal authority in this case remains in question. >>> also tonight, the biden administration issuing a new rule that would make more forms of contraception free. anne thompson is here. anne, how would this work? >> well, lester, this proposed rule would require private insurance companies to cover the cost of contraception you buy without a prescription, including over-the-counter birth control pills, sponges, condoms and the morning after pill, which is also called plan b. currently insurers must pay only if you have a prescription for these items. the white house

. >> we're talking about robert roberson and his execution is now on hold for now at least after theas supreme court issued a temporary stay and that decision follows a big effort to save roberson's life, including an appeal from the lead detective on the case, who now says, quote, we all know he's innocent cnn's ed lavendera joins us now, so ed robertson could testify on monday, if not sooner. >> what's the latest? >> well, alex and brianna, this subpoena to testify before the state legislature in austin is essentially the thing that saved his life if a yesterday in the legal fight over whether or not it was legal that continues to play out. but as of right now, what we understand is that robert roberson is expected to testify before this state committee that is looking into the medical the testimony controversy surrounding his case, lawmakers and other officials expect him to testify in person. we have not heard that officially from texas prison officials, but consider the magnitude of that. it's a texas death row inmate who would be moved from a prison into the state legislature t

to testify virtually those lawmakers have made it clear since last week, as well as roberson's lawyers that they will the death row inmate to testify in person and essentially roberson's lawyers saying their hands are tied right now, that the attorney general has interjected and it's not a respecting the subpoena that has been issued for robertson and that is the situation that we find ourselves, right in some real clear questions asked about whether or not this is actually going to happen in-person in the coming hours, as was originally planned. the attorney general sent a letter to the chairman of the committee that issued the subpoena over the weekend saying that because of public safety issues, as well as concerns for robert roberson well-being that they would provide him to testify virtually. and that is not what the lawmakers and robertson's lawyers want in this situation. so we will see how this plays out in the next few hours. kate is this place he's in the next few hours. >> there's also just the other major issue of old his attorneys and a whole group of people who are trying

. >>> death row inmate robert roberson may testify today at a texas legislative hearing on his case. roberson was set to be executed last thursday, but obtained a temporary restraining order with only hours to spare. now he is expected to testify, challenging his conviction in a controversial shaken baby death case. over the weekend, the texas ag asked the supreme court to dismiss roberson's subpoena, suggesting the state may not produce roberson for the hearing. >>> two navy aviators have been declared dead after a fighter jet crashed in washington state. the crash happened east of mount ranier last week during a training flight. officials say rescue and search efforts have now shifted to a recovery operation. the identity of the service members will be released after their families are notified. >>> hurricane oscar made landfall in cuba as the country continues to struggle with blackouts. the country's electrical grid collapsing again sunday, plunging the country in darkness for the fourth time in two days. schools have been canceled. only essential workers should report to work to

when roberson learned of this, he praised god and thanked his supporters.has maintained his innocence through all of this. i want to play a little bit of what he had to say to our lester holt. >> did you harm your daughter, ricky? >> no, sir, i did not harm my daughter. >> if you could speak to the governor directly from the heart, what would you tell him? >> governor, i did not do this, and i just hope and pray that you do the right thing. >> reporter: as for what happens next, we'll have to see how this plays out in the courts over the next several days. but he is set to testify in front of that committee on monday. ana? >> priscilla thompson, keep us posted. thank you. >>> that does it for us this hour. i'm back

robert roberson's life was spared after a committee of the state legislature stepped in and issued robersontorney general did not produce roberson for the hearing after raising security concerns. roberson was convicted in the 2002 death of his daughter based on now-questionable medical evidence. >>> election day may be two weeks away, but millions of people have already voted. early voting has begun in many states already, including in michigan where it's a new option for voters. julia jester is in detroit. >> reporter: voters here in detroit are voting early for the first time this presidential cycle. after a 2022 midterms measure guaranteed at least nine days of early voting. but some areas of michigan, including detroit, are offering more. they kicked it off this weekend with a big event at the board of elections, partnering with the detroit pistons. ove and that saw over the weekend two and a half thousand voters come out. we chatted with voters about why they decided to come early. and it's really the ease and vance. not on convenience. they hope with early voting and being able to hav

say he's innocent still and do they have any options to delay this execution. >> reporter: robersons innocent and his attorneys say that the child medical history was not considered in all of this and it may have been illness and not abuse that ultimately caused her death. as you noted we're hours away from this execution, the board yesterday denied recommendation of clemency the governor doesn't have the authority to grant a pardon what the governor could grant a 30-day reprieve which roberson's attorneys have asked for, give them time to present this evidence of his daughter's medical history. there are also two other things that ear watching, one, yesterday in the texas legislatiure they began reviewig this case, that requires a review of cases that are based on junk science given what has happened around the issue of shaken baby syndrome and the changes around the medical consensus around that over the past several decades and they have subpoenaed roberson as part of their case, there are questions about whether you can execute someone who's been subpoenaed and the possibility t

and wrongly incarcerated, taking up roberson's case and joining his fight for clemency and joining me now is the co-director of the innocence project, barry scheck, who is also of course, a well-known dna expert who worked on the oj simpson murder trial in other high-profile cases, very it's really good to have you here this morning. it has been there is so much attention on this case and it has really been a little bit of a whirlwind when the news came down last night were you expecting it know what to expect i was actually hoping that the texas court of criminal appeals would have stated and reconsider the case, but they didn't this is extraordinary we have this committee jurisprudence committee of the texas legislature. that's bipartisan and they have gone into this case. >> they held a hearing on wednesday for all the world to see and you can go online and look at it now, it should be but in every law school across the country, in every legislative tutorial they went into this case in extraordinary detail. really smart lawyers, they brought in experts, they brought in the district

lawyers have been adamant britley opposed to that for days they want roberson to testify in person, in part for several reasons. they the lawyers want the committee to be able in the public to be able to assess roberson's credibility as they see him face-to-face. the other issue is that they say robertson has been diagnosed with autism and because of that communicating over zoom they feel would not be fair to him. they also say that given his condition, it's very difficult to for him to have a conversations with people face thanks. so they want the lawmakers on this committee and the public to be able to see robert roberson for themselves testifying in this situation. now, the attorney general has been opposed to this in the court filings we've seen texas governor greg abbott, who has been quiet on this case for days filed a court filing this morning where he is essentially says that this house committee has stepped out of line with this subpoena requests a subpoena that essentially halted this execution the governor is saying that any house committee in the future could do this exa

if put to death tomorrow, roberson, who is diagnosed with autism, would be the first person in the u.s. to be executed based on the highly contro controversial shaken-baby diagnosis. >> are you counting down the days? >> i would like to believe the governor, the parole board would do the right thing. >> roberson has the support of medical experts, and even the detective who arrested him. >>> at a press conference tuesday, north carolina governor roy cooper is saying 81 people are still unaccounted for in the state. nearly three weeks after hurricane helene devastated the region. but officials saythe recovery is being made even more difficult thanks to misinformation. >> we have over 2,000 people from the federal family in north carolina. and misinformation will not deter us from our mission of helping people. >> federal officials also announced the small business administration's disaster loan program has been exhausted. president biden is urging congress to reconvene and approve more disaster relief funding. >>> okay, get ready for another chilly morning. meteorologist angie lassman i

row inmate whose life was spared at the last minute, last week we've told you all about i'm robert roberson, the man at the center of a shaken baby syndrome case. he was supposed to testify today before a bipartisan group of lawmakers, but its chair was empty. so what happens next in this case? plus, voters consistently rank the cost of living is one of their biggest concerns headed into the election. so we're digging into both the harris and trump plans for making life for you more affordable to see if they would in fact, save you any money we're going to start this hour, however, in two key battleground states where vice president harris and former president trump are making closing arguments of sorts to voters today for trump, it's three stops in north carolina. for harris, it's a series of town halls with former republican congresswoman liz cheney in three swing counties in three battleground states. let's go straight to cnn's priscilla alvarez, who's following the harris campaign. she's in brookfield, wisconsin and kristen holmes is following the trump campaign in concord, north caroli

roberson's lawyers are asking the supreme court to stay his execution. texas governor abbott can also issue a 30-day stay. no word from his office tonight. >>> we turn now to the investigation after a new jersey prosecutor's office detective was killed in a home invasion. officers responded last night to a report of people kicking in a front door and found 51-year-old detective sergeant monica mosley fatally shot. one person has been detained for questioning, but no one has been arrested after being treated for a gunshot wound. >>> and in the deep south, almost three weeks after floodwaters swept through western north carolina, kathy park reports that one of the biggest challenges remains getting the schools reopened. >> reporter: tonight, classrooms remain closed for thousands of students in north carolina after hurricane helene wreaked havoc across the state. some schools scrambling to restore waterm, even installing wells, and they hope to have kids back in class by october 28th. >> we are full steam ahead. we know our kids need to be in school. >> re

because we all know he's innocent we've been in trying to get a fair hearing roberson is expected to testify in person next week before this texas legislative committee, but exactly where all of this goes next is not clear ultimately what his lawyers want is chance to be able to introduce the new medical evidence. they say that they have that they believe proves his innocence. kate ed lavendera. >> wow. thank you so much. gone through it all ed really appreciate it, john. >> right. new this morning as firefighters put their lives on the line to battle flames. and massachusetts doctor wants to protect them from another risk they face cancer after losing her brother, dr. christine candler took on a new mission and cnn's randi kaye has her story so actually have a few more things. >> oh gosh. >> okay. dr. christine candler is a dermatologist in massachusetts but she doesn't just see patients that her office she screens firefighters across the state for skin cancer by bringing these free cancer screenings to the firehouse where it's a wonderful win-win. >> your brother really was the ins

today a texas board denied robert roberson's request for clemency. convicted in the murder of his 2-year-old daughter, he will be the first person in the u.s. to be executed for a case of shaken baby syndrome, a controversial diagnosis. i recently spoke to roberson on death row. >> i'm at peace if it happens, but i'm not ready, because i don't think i should be executed when i'm innocent. >> his supporters include a bipartisan group of texas legislators and the detective who arrested him, who now calls it a mistake. roberson's lawyers are asking the supreme court to stay his execution. texas governor abbott can also issue a 30-day stay. no word from his office tonight. >>> we turn now to the investigation after a new jersey prosecutor's office detective was killed in a home invasion. officers responded last night to a report of people kicking in a front door and found 51-year-old detective sergeant monica mosley fatally shot. one person has been detained for questioning, but no one has been arrested after being treated at a hospital for a gunshot wou

reportera: roberson llevÓ a la pequeÑa al hospital y el personal mÉdico dijo que habÍa seÑales de abusorupo de legisladores bipartidistas cuestionan si se cometiÓ un crimen. la junta de perdÓn y libertad condicional de texas negÓ clemencia a robertson. >> no creo que el gobernador tenga clemencia. jorge: segÚn datos publicados, se presentaron 509 muertes y desapariciones en la frontera entre mÉxico y estados unidos. y en 2023 la cifra disminuyÓ. este aÑo van 137 migrantes desaparecidos o fallecidos. eliÁn: esta es una situaciÓn que alarma a todos que tenemos una suscripciÓn. se pretende acabar con obstÁculos que enfrentan muchos consumidores. esta noche vamos a decir quÉ medidas se estÁn tomando. veremos lo que dijo donald trump en el foro de televisa univisiÓn cuando le preguntaron sobre la declaraciÓn de melania trump sobre el aborto. y muriÓ un "one direction" en argentina. jorge: se cayÓ de un balcÓn. eliÁn: 31 aÑos. tendremos detalles. ilia: gracias. luego de seis aÑos de ausencia, regresÓ el desfile de victoria's secret, con una propuesta diversa. cher fue el espectÁculo central.

i met roberson on death row three weeks ago. are you counting down the days?like to believe that the governor and the parole board would do the right thing. >> his plight has generated bipartisan support among politicians, medical experts and even the detective who arrested him, all calling for his execution to be halted. >>> we'll take a break right here, and in 60 seconds, the crushing cost of elder care. a burden for a growing number of american families. our in-depth look at one family going through it, and how the presidential candidates would deal with it, right after this. candidates would deal with it right after this. it's gonna get nasty later. yep. hey! perfect day for sailing, huh? (thunder rumbles) have fun on land. (thunder rumbles) i'll go tell the coast guard. yep. yeah, checking first is smart. so check allstate first for a quote that could save you hundreds. you're in good hands with allstate. a perfect day for a family outing! shingles doesn't care. but shingrix protects. only shingrix is proven over 90% effective. shingrix is a vaccine used

>> thank you for having me. >> yeah. >> this was a pretty clear click case where robert roberson did not have due process, a fundamental right that we all should have. and he did not have that here. and so we're asking for a new trial and that has been so clear all throughout the process. he didn't he never for had a proper defense. and that is what he truly needs here and you said that if there's a chance that robert is innocent, he should not be executed. >> that your words we want our system of justice to work it did the system not work here? >> it did not know texans deserve to know that our justice system is fair and just and we cannot say that right now. >> and i guess, what do you make of the fact that he was sentenced to death in this case? i mean, shaken baby syndrome is obviously i but it is that unusual for that kind of sentence to be handed down in this type of case? >> we see this the country to now other people and other states have been exonerated for this same thing. >> we have one of the best junk science statutes in the nation here in texas. and unfortunately it doe

>> well, brianna hours away from the scheduled execution of robert roberson. and there is still a number of avenues by which his advocates hope this can be stopped. you mentioned one of them, which is this unprecedented and historic move by a state house committee here in tel six is that has issued a subpoena. that committee is investigating the medical testimony that was delivered in this case, and they have scheduled and issued a subpoena for robertson to appear next week before the committee after the execution date. clearly, this is an attempt by that committee to try to halt this execution you should there also his roberson's lawyers are also working through the u.s. supreme court and the texas court of criminal appeals to halt this during the state house committee yesterday meeting, there was a seven hours of testimony. much of it included medical experts said that we're trying to convince of the courts that this medical testimony that was used to convict robert robertson was faulty. we spoke with barry scheck, one of the co-founders of the innocence pro

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a state board has denied robert roberson's request for clemency. he could become the first person in the country to be executed for a case of shaken baby syndrome, a diagnosis that is now being questioned in this particular case. his execution is scheduled for later today. in fact, the detective who arrested him is even calling for the execution to be halted. roberson's lawyers are asking the supreme court to intervene. >>> to the weather now. it is a frosty start to the morning in a lot of our areas, but warmer temperatures are on the way. angie lassman is tracking it all. good morning. >> good morning to you. we of course are waking up to alerts once again. the third morning in a row for a lot of these places where you need that extra layer. temperatures ranging from the 30s to the 40s as far south as tallahassee. we've got 41 in atlantic city, 39 in chicago. the jacket needed even by afternoon, you'll be able to peel it off, but some spots will remain cooler than normal. look at minneapolis today, 71 today, we're feeling more like, say, septembe

this hour there is a last-minute scramble underway to save the life of robert roberson. he's a man on death row in texas who's set to be executed this week. the efforts our backed by a group of bipartisan lawmakers and the main detective on the case who now says he believes robertson is likely innocent and that detective will join us live ahead, plus, lawsuits are already being filed held over the 2024 election, despite the fact that election day is more than three weeks away, one of those lawsuits is the justice department suing the commonwealth of virginia virginia as governor is standing by to respond to allegations that they're breaking the law by purging certain voters so close to election day and leading this hour with just 22 days left until election day. former president donald trump is claiming that his political opponents are more dangerous than foreign adversaries of the united states this scum that we have to deal with. that hate our country that's a bigger enemy than china and russia a phrase that the former president repeated yesterday in an interview on fo

roberson was found guilty for the death of his 2-year-old daughter, more than 20 years ago. his attorneys say the shaken baby syndrome diagnosis, though at the time was wrong, and that new evidence proves that joining me now, texas state representative bryan harrison, who is on the committee holding today's hearing and also help to get that subpoena to get roberson to testify hi, it's good to have you with me this hour, so i know there's been talk of security concerns. do you know at this hour whether robert roberson will be testifying in person today so that is my hope. >> it's my expectation when he made the motion to issue this subpoena that we hadn't done a quite frankly, robert would almost certainly be dead right now. i got to say i'm very proud of every member of my committee, the republicans and the democrats, who voted to issue that subpoena. i'm appreciative that the supreme court in texas, the all republicans supreme court, by the way, that agreed with us that we absolutely had the lawful authority to issue that subpoena my hope would be to that subpoena would be

a state board has denied robert roberson's request for clemency. he could become the first person in the country to be executed for a case of shaken baby syndrome, a diagnosis now being questioned in this case. his execution is scheduled for later today. the detective who arrested him is even calling for the execution to be halted. roberson's lawyers are asking the supreme court to intervene. meanwhile, the l.a. county d.a. will decide within ten days on whether to recommend resentencing for the menendez brothers, eric and lyle. they are serving life sentences without parole for the 1989 murders of their parents, jose and kitty menendez. more than a dozen family members are now arguing new evidence under review backs the brothers' long-standing claim that they acted in self-defense after years of physical and sexual abuse by their father. >> their actions, while tragic, were the desperate response of two boys trying to survive the unspeakable cruel of their father. >> but of course not everyone agrees here. an attorney for kitty's brother says he b

robert roberson was set to be executed for the death of his 2-year-old daughter in 2002. based on a disputed diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome. i want to bring in cnn, legal analyst, and criminal defense attorney joey jackson. joey great to see you tell us what we can expect from monday's hearing and what kind of impact it might have yeah. >> jessica, this is pretty unique because you have a bipartisan group of state legislatures, republicans and democrats who are calling this conviction into question. >> and what the hearing is largely based on as a 2013 law in texas that says that, hey, if you're conviction was predicated upon medical and forensic testimony that has since been discredited. >> you should have a new avenue of appeal. now, they call this the junk science law, and i think most people pretty much universally in medical community would say baby shaken baby syndrome is not junk science. that's not what the legislature is saying. they're saying that there have been significant improvement in terms of not miss diagnosing it, could there have been at the time tha

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unclear exactly how this standoff will end, but what lawmakers are hoping is that roberson will haveem, some of which he shared with our lester holt. take a listen. >> i'm not ready because i don't think i should be executed when i'm innocent. i lost her but then i was accused of her death, you know. >> reporter: important to note that as it relates to this restraining order which stopped that execution, the texas attorney general has now appealed the texas -- to the texas supreme court, saying that they are allowing lawmakers to wield clemency power that is revealed for the governor, asking them to reconsider whether to up hold that temporary restraining order. as for that execution date, it has to be set at least 90 days into the future. so it is possible that we could see a date reset, but it would likely not be until sometime next year. ana. >> priscilla thompson, keep us posted. thank you. that does it for us today. i will see you back here tomorrow same time, same place. thank you for joining us. i'm ana cabrera reporting from new york. jose diaz-balart picks up our coverage ne

if you'll remember, a number of texas lawmakers had subpoenaed robert roberson to testify as they look deeper into the medical testimony in this case. but that subpoena testimony is expected is supposed to take place next week after the exit so essentially, what lawmakers here are hoping to do is that this temporary restraining order will prevent this state officials tell us they are appealing that. so what was going to happen? i've been here over the course of the next hour is really unclear and the u.s. supreme court just moments ago, also denied robert robertson's appeals to halt this execution as well. >> jake, and cnn's ed lavendera. thank you so much for that update. the news continues on cnn with wolf blitzer in the situation room. i will see you tomorrow. >> happening now, breaking news, israel confirms its forces have killed the hamas leader accused of masterminding the october

robert roberson told us he is innocent and should not be executed why should people believe that you didn't kill your daughters? >> because i didn't, you know, we can't make a personal believers, you know, stuff, you know but i care to the hospital and stuff, you know? >> i didn't have nothing to hide. >> why do you think you were convicted? >> just because i couldn't explain what happened to her. let's did you're guilty. and way as actor funny, because of my autism, it, you know, head out to them too. i was here. >> did you love your daughter? >> yes, sir. i loved her and i see right now, you said was i prepared, i might not prepared. like i should have been. >> right. >> but yes, i did lever robertson's cases garnered intense scrutiny and a wide ranging support. as you mentioned, i bipartisan group of 86 republican and democratic lawmakers here in state essentially urging the governor and state courts to spare this man's life. and that also includes the very police detective that sent him to death row, brian wharton also tells us that he no longer believes that robert roberson is g

effort to halt the execution of a texas man convicted of killing his daughter, his name is robert roberson and 2002, he was convicted for the death of his two-year-old daughter, nikki, who was diagnosed with shaken baby syndrome after he brought her to the hospital but his attorneys say that diagnosis was wrong and they are in court today pushing to have that death warrant thrown out just two days before his execution is scheduled to take place democratic texas state representative joe moody joins us now, representative you more among 86 bipartisan legislators who signed think a letter asking for clemency for robertson, tell us why it's so important to you look we have to have trust in the system that we've got. >> this is the ultimate thing that the government and government can do. take your life. and there are serious questions about whether a crime was even committed by robert. and so if we're going to use capital punishment we have to have the right information in front of us. we have to make sure that new scientific evidence is considered meaningfully considered, and that hasn't happ

roberson was charged with murder and later convicted. >> cnn's ed lavendera spoke to robertson just dayshis planned execution i. was falsely wrongly convicted of a crime. >> they said it was crammed, but it wasn't no crime and stuff because i had a sick little girl, you know because. i didn't you know, we can't make a personal believers, you know, stuff, you know but i care to the hospital and stuff, you know i didn't have nothing to hide. >> why do you think you were convicted? >> just because i couldn't explain what happened to her lasted. you're guilty. and why has acted funny? because of my autism. it you know, head out to them too. i was here us. >> but 5:00 next morning and i heard a funny sound, you know, there's a funny sam and checking owners, she had a little bloated on part of her lips. i watch it up with club and then stayed up live well with our state of wellner within so we laid back down. she seemed like she was okay at the time, right. and if she would have been, i wouldn't get her to the hospital. they need know you have sam, she seemed like she is right and then but non

there are just hours before a robert roberson is scheduled to be executed. jim all right. ed.nk you. and robertson's lawyers aren't the only ones pushing for clemency. a bipartisan group of more than 80 texas lawmakers have also voiced their support for his case. thank you very much for joining me. i'm jim acosta. stay with us inside politics with dana bash starts after a short break more on the breaking news out of israel, just a few months coming to medicare and your coverage could be affected even if you've had your plan for a while, you may need to rethink your options all plan enroll for your free medicare coverage review with access to plans from many leading insurance companies are licensed. >> insurance agents can help make sure you don't go to your doctor uncovered they take time to learn about your needs personally. then when you're ready, they can help you enroll in the plan that fits you best take control of your coverage choices by calling plan enroll to they meet the squad, the radical anti-israel members of congress, kamala harris embraces and defends the squad

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life failed again, i'm enraged i'm heartbroken, but we are not giving up this fight in 2003, robert roberson was sentenced to die for abusing and killing his daughter, nikki. >> at trial, medical experts testified nikki suffered multiple head traumas and brain bleeding, indicative of shaken baby syndrome robertson's legal team, which includes the innocence project, says the 2-year-old had a history of medical issues and that she died of double pneumonia. that progress too sepsis, which can mimic symptoms of abusive head trauma. they also said she had fallen off the bed that night, but some have called robertson's new medical claims preposterous, even if the child did have pneumonia, there was no way any of those were consistent with the multiple trauma impact areas to the head, the doubt over robertson since case has intensified in a highly unusual letter, a bipartisan group of 86 texas lawmakers are fighting to stop robertson's execution. >> i believe strongly that the system has failed. mr. robertson in this case, and it's our obligation and our duty to speak up and step up. >> some lawmak

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. >> robert roberson, the texas man whose execution was halted late thursday and last-minute interventionthe texas supreme court ford is expected to appear in front of the state house tomorrow as of now, the texas attorney general has ordered he testified via zoom, but attorneys for robertson want him to testify in person. he fate remains uncertain. he was convicted of murdering his daughter in 2002 and a case that relied on shaken baby syndrome. but his attorneys and a bipartisan group of war i'll makers argue new evidence shows his daughter died from different causes, but did not involve abuse encouraging news for people living with hodgkin lymphoma well, a new treatment shows great promise and improving survival rates according to a study. in the new england journal of medicine, cnn's jacqueline howard has more details on this this is a new clinical trial where nearly 1,000 patients with stage three or stage for hodgkin lymphoma, they were divided into two groups. one group was treated with the immunotherapy approach. they were given the immunotherapy drug nivolumab plus three standard

thank you so much case of death row inmate robert roberson, the texas supreme court has just halted his execution. they issued a partial stay. texas state representative lacey hall told cnn, he's not being executed today robertson claims that he was wrongfully convicted of killing his two-year-old daughter, where than two decades ago? >> ahead. >> quote, we created a monster unquote. that's a direct quote from a top nbc executive who now says, he regrets selling the illusion of donald trump on the apprentice that executive breaking his silence it is with me next. and ahead. a dueling billionaire is yep, with a b mark cuban and elon musk taking sides in this election, could they be making a big difference? >> to help us tally up the votes for a new class pet, we have a special guest, cnn's harry enten the ages here with nibbles, the hamster jumping out to attend point advantage over jaws, the goldfish, big brand recognition but it isn't translating in a boat. >> so what the heck is going on in here when can pilk and so sorry, it's a decent assessment >> oh no bob, i call later chest cong

tomorrow, despite growing doubts surrounding the case that put him on death row, 57-year-old robert robersonn 2002, he could become the first person in american history to be executed for what's called shaken baby syndrome. the detective who originally testified against him now says he believes he's innocent, one of the major factors in the conviction was what called prosecutors said a seem ingly blank reaction to his daughter's death. >>> the pentagon is giving honorable discharges 20800 form er members, that were previously kicked out under the don't ask, don't tell policy. this is the latest effort to undo past discrimination against lgbtq-plus service members without an honorable discharge. thousands of service memberswho were expelled under that policy were unable to receive military benefits. last year, defense secretary lloyd austin called for a review of those cases. >>> and how about this for a spooky scene, a giant inflatable pumpkin somehow got loose in ohio. police officers were called to wrangle the runaway pumpkin. it rolled across roads, at one point you see that police office

if you'll remember, a number of texas lawmakers had subpoenaed robert roberson to testify as they look deeper into the medical testimony in this case. but that subpoena testimony is expected is supposed to take place next week after the exit so essentially, what lawmakers here are hoping to do is that this temporary restraining order will prevent this state officials tell us they are appealing that. so what was going to happen? i've been here over the course of the next hour is really unclear and the u.s. supreme court just moments ago, also denied robert robertson's appeals to halt this execution as well. >> jake, and cnn's ed lavendera. thank you so much for that update. the news continues on cnn with wolf blitzer in the situation room. i will see you tomorrow. >> happening now, breaking news, israel confirms its forces have killed the hamas leader accused of masterminding the october 7 terror attack. prime minister benjamin netanyahu, declaring a victory over evil while warning that the war against hamas will continue until all hostages are released. also breaking kamala harris is c

row inmate whose life was spared at the last minute, last week we've told you all about i'm robert roberson, the man at the center of a shaken baby syndrome case. he was supposed to testify today before a bipartisan group of lawmakers, but its chair was empty. so what happens next in this case?