colorado thinks. >> by the time the bill failed, both of rhonda's son's killers, sir mario owens, and robert rayto death. they joined the only other occupant on colorado's death row, nathan dunlap. critics of the death penalty noticed troubling similarities. >> owens, ray, and dunlap all went to the same high school. they all were young african-american men at the time that they were charged in their cases. and they were all charged in the same exact judicial district. why are these three singled out, and they're the only people on death row? >> race is extremely important, but it's not important as it relates to this concept of death penalty. we happen to have three african-american men who are on death row for the same thing. cold-blooded murder. and in my view, it has nothing to do with race. it has everything to do about murder. >> over the next few years, rhonda fields would continue to be an important voice in favor of capital punishment. especially because the dunlap case was about to remerge in the headlines. after nearly 20 years of court proceedings, nathan's defense team was running o

judges an in a moment, we'll talk to the state's only openly gay representative but we begin with robert ray in montgomery. robert. >> reporter: john, good evening indeed. perhaps the best day ever for some same sex marriage couples in the state of alabama. for others, another fight for their equality. dozens of gay couples lined up at courthouses across alabama. some had waited all night for this, marriage licenses. >> extremely, extremely excited. we waited a long time for this now we had no conflict no issues and no one to stop it. >> that wasn't the case in some parts of alabama. alabama chief justice ray moore sent out letters to many in state of alabama where gay marriage was supposed to be legal on monday that he still felt it was unconstitutional and the federal law did not apply to what was happening here. >> swam preference is that a constitutional right? sexual preference that you could be bisexual or transgender? is that a right? it's not a right found in the constitution. the right to enter a marriage relationship is a right given by god. >> reporter: according to the aclu some

as robert ray reports, that can have fatal consequences. >> reporter: cindy jones' husband, bill, diedf a heart attack nearly two years ago? >> he had the usual day of a farmer. he had been on the field on a tract offer. the nearest hospital was 25 miles away. >> the town of richland was closer only nine miles away. it's hospital could have saved jones' life. if it hadn't closed only month before he had had his heart attack. >> it's just heartbreaking. >> sib i will ammons is the former director of nursing at richland's stewart webster hospital. >> let's say i have a heart attack i get brought here, i go to the front door. this is the hospital. it's locked. there is no one in here. there is no care that people can get around here immediately. is there? >> other than the doctor's office, but if you needed e mensch emergency care no. if you had a heart attack no. >> so odds are? you may die pause there is no healthcare? >> very good possibility. >> you don't wants to lie down? >> no. >> we went to dr. lori aju's. he was a surgeon before the hospital in richland closed. today, he is the o

the examples in robert ray's pass. this can hurt rural communities as well. >> absolutely. in many rural communities the hospital is the largest employer. you have something of a brain drain when the rural hospitals close. the spouse may be a superintendent of schools, or a teacher, they own the businesses. in those communities, there's an economic impact in addition to the loss of health care access. >> jodie smith, good to have you with us. >>> a scare at a hospital in los angeles. more than 100 patient may have been exposed to a superbug. several have confirmed cases of a drug resistant bacteria known as cre. two died. the confections came from contaminated medical scopes. the hospital says it has changed how it cleans the devices. . >>> scientists found a compound that could trick h.i.v. it found a trigger that tricks the molecule. it was tried in four test monkeys. despite efforts to infect them. there's no evidence yet that it will hurt in hummans. >> another storm on the way. we'll check out the weather next. scuba divers find the unexpected. an incredible 1,000-year

robert ray atlanta. >>> world leaders divided on how to end the fighting in ukraine. in america, president obama pressured by lawmakers to consider the option. also the antigovernment forces have intensified shelling along the ukrainian front lines. separatists have seized control of a strategic location in the east. chancellor merkel saying the stability of europe is at stake. >> translator: russia's actions showing disrespect for the territorial integrity of ukraine just as it shows disrespect for the sovereignty of the ukrainian state. international law has been violated. after the horrible balkan wars of the 1980s spees piece and stability cannot be ignored. >> we get more from hoda abdel hamid. >> in the heart of behalf air yabavaria.ukraine's president took center stage where this dramatic display. >> the passport and military i.d. of russian soldiers. russian officers. this is the best evidence for the aggression and for presence of russian troops which lost his way. hundred kilometers from the border. with full tanks of ammunition. killing my soldiers, from ki

. >> robert ray reporting from montgomery county. >>> president obama gave a warning, take tomorrow's peace talks on ukraine seriously or face the consequences. the negotiations will bring the rebels ukraine russia and the europeans together. and meanwhile they're trying to hold strategic territory in the territory. and charles stratford reports. >> reporter: destroying tanks, and heavy weapons abandoned in the snow. this town is virtually deserted. fighters with the self proclaimed army of the people's republic took control here a few days ago, and they say they are advancing, tightening the noose around the strategically important town. >> it's important because it's a railway junction, and we want to liberate it. we want to liberate all of the territory of donetsk. the people here believe in us, and they voted us in a referendum, because they trust us, and we want to bring them freedom. >> it's not known how many civilians were killed here. this is the town that as the crow flies, it was taken over by the separatists a few days ago, and hearing a lot of outgoing shelling here, and

. >> robert ray in alabama. >>> in tennessee a school board has approved a plan to segregate some of its elementary schools and just last week, they were resisting pressure from patients. and jonathan joins us from new orleans. >> reporter: tony, this is a story that we have been following for a while now and the federal government was clear in this school had failed segregation 45 years ago and now they're taking big steps in making it right. after months of scrutiny from the department of justice the school board in robinson county tennessee approved a controversial rezoning plan, aimed at finally desegregating it's schools. >> the issue was brown versus the board of education and constitutional rights being prohibited. >> they found that they never implemented an integration plan and all white schools and disproportionately overcrowded schools in portable classrooms. >> they do have an actual classroom. our kids are either too cold to learn or too hot to learn. >> the department of justice mandated that the school district must rezone or risk losing $9 million in federal funding.

. >> robert ray for us in atlanta. thank you. georgia isn't alone. rural hospitals are closing down across the nation, and the pace of those closures is only getting faster. >> tony, nationwide 16 million people live in rural communities, which is everywhere outside of the orange clusters. that's 20% of the population. but only 10% of the nation's doctors serve those you recall areas. the main concern is not the lack of rural hospitals but how often they're closing. over the past five years 48 rural hospitals have shut down. the closures are leaving hundreds of thousands of americans hours away from the nearest hospital. when we add the numbers, you can see it's hitter some of the poorest areas. the lighter the green the lower the income. the light represent families who make less than $30,000. most of the closings are happening in rural communities in the deep south. but for many time is critical. if you have a stroke every minute untreated about 2 million nerve cells die. if you have a heart attack every minute the heart isn't beating your chances

. >> okay, robert ray reporting from atlanta gathering more information on this shooting of seven peopledouglasville right outside of atlanta, five people at least we know of have died. we'll check back in robert, thank you. >>> in nigeria officials decided today postpone elections scheduled for next week base of security concerns. civil rights groups were in the capital today to protest the post point. officials decided to put off the vote for six weeks to allow time for an international military force to secure areas where boko haram has claimed territory. many fear cents attacks by the group will keep voters away. boko haram is fight for on an islamic state. now here is more. >> reporter: nigeria's lex boss explained that the decision to postpone the election was taken on the advance of nigeria's various security chief who his said they couldn't guarantee the safety and security of voters and of hundreds of election staff who were going to be deployed across the country troy make sure that the vote took place. he said that the lex was ready from a logistical point of view. but given t

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but the union had today of joe's union, a guy named robert walsh whose office is over there in the ray corbett building. rate is dead now. that guy fell off twice and fell in the nets both times. if we didn't have the nets he wouldn't be running the union this guy belongs to today. so good thing to have nets. >> did you ever fall? >> no. i have never felt, thank god. >> isn't safer now than it was 50 years ago? >> there's a lot more safety restrictions. like some guys exit the business i know that are almost done they have seen the changed like drastically and they kind of had to adjust where me getting in it, i got in when it was already kind of putting action, a lot of new safety stuff which is definite welcome to the degree with ironworkers. you know if they don't say hey you got it easy you do that but it's not so much with those. they get annoyed like the sages therefore reason but we like to think that we are trained and skilled for a reason and we are able to do this work. sometimes it can hinder you to be honest with you. >> joe, how long can you do it? do you reach a certain a

ray routh the texas ranger who is responsible for the recording is going to take the stand today. routh is cooled of gunning down chris tile and chad little field. >>> former pennsylvania treasurer, robert mccord is going to plead guilty to extortion. he threatened potential donors from a law firm and property management firm during his failed run for governors. >>> pitchers and catchers report to spring training on wednesday. the rest of the team heads to florida next week. >> states in the nation southeast are preparing for snow from the storm system that will be affect us later today. salt trucks in tennessee are getting ready there. nashville could see 3 inches of snow. the police chief has asked people to stay off the roads completely. >> and we're dealing with some incredible cold around here, the likes of which we haven't seen in a while. >> reporter: for us, this is dangerous. storm tracker 6 live double scan shows you we are precipitation free. as we look outside, we'll see a decent amount of sunshine early. take a look at sky 6 right now. all you've got is stars out overhead in center city. we'll seem the clouds increase as the day goes on. tonight snow arrives. # -- 3 degrees

ray routh accused of gunning down chris kyle and his friend chad little field. he pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. >>> former pennsylvania treasure robert mccord is going guilty. he threatened potential donors from a law firm and property management firm for his failed run for governor. >>> clearwater crews are unpacking. pitchers and catchers head to clearwater wednesday. >>> firefighters have placed the fire under control again it broke out at 4:30 a.m. on the 200 block of south 52nd street. because of the intense flames and maybe because of the weather being so cold it took a long time to get it under control. they managed to evacuate the buildings. we're zooming in this is what you get when you have temperatures near zero and you try and fight a fire a lot of water from the hoses is freezing on contact with the ladders they are using on the side of the structure and electrical wires additional things firefighters have to worry about. the. >> they train in all kinds of conditions david. but today is putting it to them. five degrees. >> reporter: worse than that when you consider the windchill. frostbite can occur quickly. storm tracker 6 live double

ray rice investigation. there was wide spread criticism from the league's independent invstigator, former fbi director robertho raised questions about what he called the lack of aggressive league investigation. to quote him in a couple of places, the absence of a critical analysis by the league during the investigation and the league had substantial information suggesting a need for a more complete investigation. did you read the muller report? >> no, sir. >> you did not? >> no, sir. >> as head of game operations in your position why not? >> the crime had already been committed. there was a ton of public speculation at the time what we did and didn't do. we acknowledged we made a mistake. we didn't apply the proper discipline. i'm not sure -- >> it's not so much the discipline, troy as it is the means to the end. if you read the report as i have, your lead investigator on that case for three months did nothing more than read the local newspapers and the local news reports and reported back to the league what was going on with the investigation. that's like keystone cops kind of stuff. >> we failed. from that