smith: very. and most of that quality of life i am focused on is child development centers, barracks, gyms, family housing, looking at ways to improve our barracks for our youngest marines. the youngest deserve the most protection, and my opinion. the old the marines, i love you, but we take care of the younger marines. carla: when it comes to prepare to deploy orders we know about not hundred folks have been deployed. can you tell me how many marines have been given prepared to deploy orders and have any deployed to the middle east? gen. smith: i will be mindful to not get ahead of the department and/or official orders. we have marines forward already because they are always forward. we are the crisis response force. we always have marines forward, like the 26th expeditionary unit. we do not discuss their location. they can move 500 miles in a day, we just do not say which way. i expect marines to expect orders and that is a warning. it is possible you will deploy so double check your gear. we li

smith: mr.r, i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and submit extraneous material on the bill under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. smith: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. smith: thank you, mr. speaker. the tax relief for american families and workers act is pro-growth, pro-jobs, pro-american. the legislation locks in $600 billion in pro-growth tax policies by restoring three key provisions from president trump's successful 2017 tax reform that have a proven record of creating millions of jobs, raising workers' wages, and sparking more investment and economic growth right here at home. this bill restores full r&d expensing, interest deductibility and 100% expensing. each of these policies will help american businesses grow, create jobs and sharpen their competitive advantage against china. this will create over $70 billio

kenneth smith's condition can be a- roved. ., ~' ,, , kenneth smith's condition can be a- roved. ., ~you very much indeed for coming on — approved. thank you very much indeed for coming on the _ approved. thank you very much indeed for coming on the programme. - around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. bbc news — bringing you different stories from across the uk. - farmoor reservoir outside oxford should have far more water at this time of year, but locals who enjoy walking, fishing and boating here have seen levels drop significantly in the past two weeks, just as nearby roads, some homes and vast areas of agricultural land have been inundated. after the recent heavy rainfall and with so much of the south still dealing with the after—effects of flooding, it may seem surprising that major reservoirs like this one aren't full to the brim. but as you can see, we're still way below capacity. thames water was unable to give us an interview but confirmed it paused pumping water into the reservoir when recent storms raised the volume of dirt and debris being carried by the rive

“thank you for supporting me,” said smith, who died in convulsions, dashingly.ady tried to execute a man by lethal injection, but they couldn’t get into a vein , they tried five times, the man survived hellish torment, well, this is inhumane justice after all took place." allaba executed a prisoner using nitrogen gas, become the first us state, who carried out this procedure. kenneth eugen smith served his sentence on death row in alabama in 1996 after being convicted of murder for hire. smith's death was recorded at 8:25 pm thursday to friday, according to the alabama attorney general. he became a test subject like a guinea pig, they tied him to a gurney and put a mask on his face. local experts claimed that the prisoner would lose consciousness within 40 seconds. after administering nitrogen gas, kenneth smith lay down on the gurney and shook for about 2 minutes, he shook and writhed on this gurney for several minutes so much that she began to move. after that, for 5-7 minutes , some witnesses and intermediaries heard kenneth's heavy breathing on the gurney. t

smith's case, the jury that heard the evidence and convicted him returned a verdict of life. it's only alabama that mr. smith could face the education that the elected judge overruled life and sentenced him to death, there's not another state in the country where he would have been facing execution. so if we care about the jury's perspective on what should happen, he would have never been in this situation, and i think the eighth amendment questions are important because the integrity of the death penalty, for every 9 people we've executed, we've identified one innocent person on death row who is innocent. it would not be accepted by food safety administration's or airline safety, we wouldn't tolerate that common era but we continue to tolerate that with the death penalty. is disproportionately applied to poor people and people of color, so that raises the bar we start asking questions about, is this punishment meeting cruel and unusual punishment, and i think subjecting someone to a process that extends over 14 months and began on november 22, 2022, and doesn't end until jan

officials in alabama have confirmed the execution of convicted murderer kenneth smith by nitrogen gas on thursday. it's the nation's first execution using this method. the news comes hours after the us supreme court ruled that the state of alabama could proceed with the execution by nitrogen gas. three of the nine justices dissented. justice sotomayor slammed alabama's decision, stating that it "has selected him as its guinea pig to test "a method of execution never attempted before." it's the state's second attempt to execute mr smith, who was convicted in 1989 of murdering a preacher�*s wife in a hired killing. here's the announcement by prison officials earlier. by by order of the alabama supreme court at 7:53 central time alabama executed mr kennison smith at the correctional facility. it was exhibited for the i988 facility. it was exhibited for the 1988 capital murder of elizabeth dorling sennett in culver county. after the execution, a number of witnesses addressed the media and described what happened. once the execution began within a couple of minutes, kenny began to violentl

and robertson are located on what we call now smith and hooker tells von stein to have smith attack smith the confederates made a mistake instead of going across the road, blocking the route. they were up here on this high ground as ordered, but it turns out. they should have been down here and the attack is made. the 73rd ohio, the 33rd massachusetts makes the attack it's fairly spirited assault in the night eventually drive law and robertson back in the meantime time the lead brigade of schertz is division under a named hector tindale who has passed the fighting at smith's hill and he is attacked by benning's brigade on another hill, which now we call tindale hill again. if you've ever driven from nashville to chattanooga on a 24 right between those two hills like it monocacy. ryan i 24 divides this battlefield with smith's hill on the north and ten dales hill on the south smith hill is inaccessible today. but some of you, if you're really a civil war savant, if you've driven 24 into into chattanooga from you may have noticed there's a civil war monument that sticks up just to the right

. >> reporter: the state of alabama has already tried to execute kenny smith. >> this is a free call from. >> kenny. >> an incarcerated individual at alabama department of corrections. >> reporter: but tonight, the death row inmate is still alive. >> i'm terrified it started when i was on the executing gurney last november. >> reporter: now, the state will try to execute smith again with a method that's never been used before death by nitrogen gas. >> the fact that they got me lined up to be the first with gas is really terrifying. >> reporter: smith was convicted for the brutal 1988 murder of elizabeth sennett, hired by her husband, an alabama pastor smith has been in prison for 35 years. he was scheduled to die in november 2022, but the attempt at lethal injection didn't work. the third in a string of botched executions that year how could a state get something so wrong >> chuck and mike sennett, elizabeth's children went to the holman correctional that night in 2022, expecting to see the justice they wanted. instead, they say the failed execution failed them too. what is that emot

office, jack smith's entire office is illegal and outside the constitution. enacting jack smith's office and it violates the appointments clause and it's bigger than ever nominated and senate hasn't confirmed him and take atrium and biden is all the words jack smith. is it okay for justice department, any justice department to go ahead and, ag, go ahead and appoint a special council to investigate a mitt cal opponent? >> right, greated a me stumbled upon a long forgetten document and outlines some provisions for this type of stuff. and guardrails and one cannot simply just appoint a private citizen and give them all the powers of federal law enforcement and say go happy hunting and, no, there's appointments clause and a process that needs to be played out. you know, general meiss lays las that out. elizabeth: thank you, good to see you. >> you too. elizabeth: dr. janette nesheiwat joining and yous more than 200 troops and veterans demanding biden's pentagon leadership be fired. why? because of the covid vaccine man dade. we're going to -- mandate and we're go

kenneth eugene smith has spent three decades on death row.ee this as a crucial test case and are urging alabama�*s governor to stop it — here led by smith�*s spiritual adviser, who will be in the execution chamber with him. so i need some assurance that this is safe. so this right here is an invitation to governor ivey to accompany me into the execution chamber. tv report: it was two weeks ago today... - smith was convicted in 1989 for his part in the murder of elizabeth sennett, the wife of a preacher who paid smith $1,000. the jury said he should get life injail, but thejudge sentenced him to death. one medical expert against capital punishment explains that inhaling pure nitrogen will starve the body of oxygen, but could cause catastrophic mishaps. it�*s very likely if he doesn�*t die, he could be significantly injured by this experience. and for that matter, so could other people in the proximity of kenneth smith, because the nitrogen gas, some of it will be exhaled along with carbon dioxide. some of it may leak out of the mask. the victi

it was four years since the attack on amber smith.ve siobhan seymour was hiking with her kids. up in a place called hooter canyon, west of town. and her phone chirped. text message from her boss. >> she was like uni took all cbi there has been an update in your duck tape case. >> reporter: at that moment, what are you thinking? >> i was like we got him. >> reporter: if you get an update, it must be that? >> i couldn't imagine what also would be. >> reporter: she dialed melissa grass at the cbi. >> i picked up the phone and was really excited to say to her, you aren't going to believe what happened today. >> melissa was like, we got him. >> reporter: we have a codis hits on this case, we were screaming on the other side of the phone. >> it was elation. i was so happy. it's one of those moments in my life, really, where i will always remember exactly where i was. >> reporter: but how? after all those years of fruitless slugging, where did this dna suddenly show up? well, of course you've guessed the answer. it came from the stolen bike

smith only eating some of his final meal. his last words were tonight alabama causes humanity to take a step backwards. i'm leaving with love, peace and light. >> he struggled against his restraints a little bit, but there's some involuntary movement and some agonal breathing, so. that was all expected and is in the side effects that we've seen or researched on nitrogen hypoxia, nitrogen hypoxia has been controversial, with advocates noting that a version of the method has been used in some assisted suicides in europe, lawyers for the state argue that the method is painless, with unconsciousness occurring in a matter of seconds, but the united nations human rights office called on alabama to stop the execution, noting there is no scientific evidence to prove that execution by nitrogen inhalation will not cause grave suffering. >> alabama says it will continue to use the method nitrogen epoxy is one of the three methods of execution. >> so the inmates choose it. then. that's the method we will use. >> witnesses say smith appea

alabama's governor confirmed the execution of convicted murderer kenneth smith by nitrogen gas on thursday. it is the nation's first execution using the method. the news comes hours after the us supreme court ruled that the state of alabama could proceed with the execution by nitrogen gas. three of the nine justices dissented. justice sotomayor slammed alabama's decision, stating that it "has selected him as its guinea pig to test "of a method of execution never attempted before." it's the state's second attempt to execute mr smith, who was convicted in 1989 of murdering a preacher�*s wife in a hired killing. in a statement following the execution, governor kay ivey says: alabama is one of 27 us states where the death penalty is still legal. however, there are executive orders in six of those states, shown in orange, that have placed a hold on executions. that includes california and oregon. all this is data from the non—profit death penalty information centre. with me is the bbc�*s david willis. thank you forjoining. what more do we know about the execution now? in more do we know about t

. >> asi es, los abogados de k kenneth eugene smith hicieron todo lo que pudieron hasta el final pararte, que ha generado controversia a traves de todo el pais. >> solange sosa tiene mas detalles. >> la primera ejecucion por gas nitrogeno en estados unidos. >> es no mas un metodo no testado, es un metodo smith, de 58 anos, quien fue sentenciado muerte por su participacion en el asesinato de la esposa de un pastor religioso en 1988. >> el pastor habria contratado a smith y a otras dos personas para asesinarla. >> presencio la ejecucion. >> visiblemente afectado, dijo en la rueda de prensa posterior a la muerte de smith, que lo que paso no traeria a su madre de vuelta. >> agrego que el evento fue un tanto agridulce, pero que si estaban contentos de que todo habia terminado. >> el estado de alabama empezo a llevar a cabo la ejecucion de kenneth eugene procedimiento una mascara fue colocada sobre la boca de smith, por lo que solo respiro nitrogeno y murio de hipoxia, es decir, por la falta de oxigeno. >> agregaron que smith aguanto la respiracion lo mas que pudo y luego convulsiono por un

smith's team has argued execution by nitrogen gas could lead to prolonged pain and suffering, that smith vomit in the mask and choke or it could leave him in a vegetative state or even put others in the room at risk. like spiritual adviser, reverend jeff hood who will perform smith's last rites. >> lord, we have gathered here. >> and this morning, hood received last rites of his own. he'll be in the room when it happens, and a gas leak could be deadly to him too. >> i have never, ever signed a waiver before going into an execution. this is the first time in human history that someone besides the person being executed is at risk of dying in the process. >> reporter: smith says his biggest fear is that he might survive again. >> i'm expected to take the word of the department of corrections that they're going to get it right. >> reporter: tonight, the sennetts will be in attendance once again. >> what would you say to your mom if she could hear you right now. >> i love you and i hope we finally get you justice. >> reporter: dasha burns, nbc news, alabama. >>> all right. we'll take a break.

we're expecting updates on death row inmate kenneth smith any minute.za. hamas is still holding more than 100 people. plus, donald trump appears in court, briefly, as part of his defence in a defamation case brought by writer e jean carroll. hello, i'm azadeh moshiri. welcome to the programme. for a second time, the us supreme court has ruled that the state of alabama can proceed with the country's first execution by nitrogen gas on thursday. three of the nine justices dissented. death row prisoner kenneth smith is expected to be executed using nitrogen gas. it's a method which the united nations has called "cruel and inhumane". it will be the state's second attempt to execute mr smith, who was convicted in 1988 of murdering a preacher�*s wife, in a hired killing. mr smith's spiritual advisor, reverend jeff hood, will be in attendance in the chamber

but witnesses described an unnerving scene as kenneth smith's life came to an end.rs and his spiritual adviser. what we saw was minutes of someone struggling for their life. we saw this mask tied to the gurney and him ripping his head forward over and over and over again. and we also saw correction officials in the room who were visibly surprised at how bad this thing went. kenneth smith was convicted for his part in a murder—for—hire plot to kill elizabeth sennett, an alabama preacher�*s wife. nothing that happened here today is going to bring mom back. nothing. it's kind of a bittersweet day. we're not going to bejumping around, whooping and hollering hooray and all that. that's not us. but we're glad this day is over. local officials maintained in advance that the use of nitrogen gas had been vetted and was safe. death penalty opponents maintained the procedure could cause convulsions or brain damage and was therefore tantamount to torture. kenneth smith had dodged death once before after prison officials failed to insert an intravenous drip into his veins. as he

diamond blue smith made a name for himself in the early 2000s as part of the r&b group pretty ricky.went from famous to infamous overnight, in the snap of a finger. >> reporter: smith says the covid-19 pandemic hit him hard when it forced his group's reunion tour to shut down. >> it was devastating, i think for everybody. >> reporter: a lot of mouths to feed? >> a lot of mouths to feed, for sure. >> reporter: smith says he was looking for ways to keep making money during the lockdown when he says someone he knew and trusted toltd told him he could help him get a loan. >> so he's calling me, "yeah, man, open up your phone, click right there, yeah, click it, that's it, man, that's it." i ain't read nothing or nothing. >> reporter: he said, fill out these forms and you filled out the forms? >> i didn't fill them out, they filled them out. i clicked a button, and that got me in prison. >> reporter: how much >> $420,000. >> reporter: you didn't have the thought too, good to be true? >> no, in the music business we make that kind of money all the time. >> reporter: he paid a commission of

smith seemed to be holding his breath as they began this execution.ive media witnesses who saw it, kenneth smith was conscious for several minutes during this execution. they say he was shaking and red-faced on the gurney. he eventually took a few deep breaths before his breathing began to slow. after administering nitrogen gas, kenneth smith lay down on the gurney and shook for about 2 minutes. he shook and writhed on this gurney for several minutes, so much so that it began to move. after that, for 5-7 minutes, some witnesses and intermediaries heard kenneth's heavy breathing on the gurney. then the corrections officer actually approached annette smith and, seemed to look him in the face. he didn't touch annette smith. was not actually doing anything that the media could see, but he leaned over and looked at him for several minutes, after which he walked to the wall to return to his post, at approximately 20:08 the movement seemed to stop and kenneth smith's breathing was no longer could be heard. nitrogen hypoxia involves forcing a prisoner to inha

first off, take on jack smith. mueller moment. >> i did. so, maria, you know, we expect foreign adversaries like china to interfere in our elections, but what we don't expect and what we should never tolerate is for our own government, for our own agencies and entities within our republic to interfere in elections, and that's exactly what is happening on a number of fronts. you mentioned the intelligence community and that analyst, and we've talked about that a great deal about how the politicization has come into play. but here -- leaning into 2024 there's a couple of things that are happening. one is an effort to keep donald trump off of the ballot. you mentioned what's taking place in colorado and maine and blue states and officials there. but then there's also the effort to keep donald trump off the campaign trail, and that's what jack smith is doing. and if what i think is just a nakedly political and partisan prosecution. the department of justice expressly says that a prosecutor may never take actions thing

this week marks a watershed moment for jack smith's election case against donald trump.hree-judge panel will hear arguments on a question that's got big stakes for democracy. does the presidency confer, quote, absolute immunity, end quote, against prosecution for trump's conduct while in office, as trump's lawyers are arguing? or is that claim not just constitutionally wrong, but also say license for future presidents to commit crimes while in office, as the justice department argues? and on the eve of a hearing on the question of whether trump can be prosecuted for his actions while in office, we are learning incredible new details about what donald trump said on january 6 and what h did and did not do. thanks t testimony, to the special l closest aides, the deputy chief of staff dan scavino. from that reporting, quote, sources say scavino told smith's investigators as the violence began to escalate that day, trump was just not interested in doing more to stop it sources also say that the former trump aidk luna told federal investigators that when trump wa informed that

smith was executed by the i988 by...mith was executed by the 1988 capital murder of elizabeth sennet in culver county. police confer with many witnesses for smith's last words. he was pronounced dismissed at 8:25pm central standard time. that was the commissioner of alabama's corrections, jon hamm, speaking. after the execution, a number of witnesses addressed the media and described what happened. once execution began, within a of minutes kenny began to violently push against the straps. he said began to move back and forth violently. this was the fifth execution i've witnessed in alabama and i have never seen such a violent reaction to an execution. charles sennett, whose mother elizabeth was murdered by kenneth smith, also gave his reaction to the execution. nothing happened here today is going to bring mom back. nothing. it's kind of a bittersweet day. we are not going to bejumping around, hooping and hollering hurray and all that. that's not us. but i'm glad at this day is over. live now to our north america corresp

paid smith $1,000. he should get life injail, but thejudge sentenced him to death. 0ne medical expert against capital punishment explains that inhaling pure nitrogen will starve the body of oxygen, but could cause catastrophic mishaps. it's very likely, if he doesn't die, he could be significantly injured by this experience — and, for that matter, so could other people in the proximity of kenneth smith, because the nitrogen gas, some of it will be exhaled, along with carbon dioxide, some of it may leak out of the mask. the victim's family backs the death penalty. alabama's governor's office claims the method has been thoroughly vetted, saying it is ready to move forward, although the authorities haven't presented any plausible evidence of its safety. so far, urgent calls for a stay of execution, including from the un, have not been heeded. and smith, pictured on the left with his spiritual adviser this week, awaits death for a second time. many us states have been moving away from carrying out execution

but witnesses described an unnerving scene as kenneth smith's life came to an end.is spiritual adviser. what we saw was minutes of someone struggling for their life. we saw this mask tied to the gurney and him ripping his head forward over and over and over again. and we also saw correction officials in the room who were visibly surprised at how bad this thing went. kenneth smith was convicted for his part in a murder—for—hire plot to kill elizabeth sennett, an alabama preacher�*s wife. nothing that happened here today is going to bring mom back. nothing. it's kind of a bittersweet day. we're not going to bejumping around, whooping and hollering hooray and all that. that's not us. but we're glad this day is over. local officials maintained in advance that the use of nitrogen gas had been vetted and was safe. death penalty opponents maintained the procedure could cause convulsions or brain damage and was therefore tantamount to torture. kenneth smith had dodged death once before after prison officials failed to insert an intravenous drip into his veins. as he lay on

smith. let's listen in. >> we stand ready to assist you in implementing this method in your states. with that, happy to answer any questions. first of all, the execution last night was not at all contrary to anything we filed, but entirely consistent. not only with what we filed, but also the experts that were retained on behalf of mr. smith, as you heard earlier there is no specific time that we can identify for which the nitrogen began to flow, and so identifying that time, no one can do. but we believe not only was this constitutionally carried out, but entirely consistent with how it was planned from the beginning. ultimately the department of corrections will know when that started. i don't have knowledge of that. obviously from the witnesses that were there, they're aware of the circumstances that took place beforehand, including the last words spoken by mr. smith. it was shortly after that that that process began, but i can't give you that specific. yes, sir. applied with the constitu

smith to fall unconscious within seconds and to die in minutes. the execution took 22 minutes as a supporter of smith describes his desk. what we saw was minutes of someone struggling for their life. we saw minutes of someone p being back and forth and we also saw correctional correction officials in the room who were visibly surprised at how bad this thing with nitrogen gas is an untested method for executions. death penalty opponents say smith was used as a guinea pig. the united nations claims the method may amount to torture. smith was on death row for the 1988 killing of elizabeth senate. the mother was stabbed multiple times in a murder setup by her husband. senate sunset, her killer has now paid his debt will say, is that the able, the has consequences is smith made some bad decisions 35 years ago. and his dance page to a previous attempt to execute smith by lethal injection, failed authorities, couldn't find a vein to administer the deadly drug. so the decision to use nitrogen gas was made me want a choice that is re igniting the debate ov

here's how smith does that.ty claim threatens to license presidents to commit crime to remain in office. as a legal matter i can tell you that is legally a true claim. that doesn't resolve trump's guilt or innocence and he is presumed innocent if this case goes to trial. it is certainly obviously true and it ought to appeal to any judge to clarify that if governors can't commit crime if office, we've seen a whole parade of governors go to prison, then certainly presidents who have far more power including over the military and the national guard and the weaponry, tt all of them can't just have a blank check. smith then goes on to do something that i want to share with youtonight. he outline the potential crimes. immunity could grant a president who orders the national guard to murder his most prominent critics, or a president who sells nuclear secrets to a foreign adversary could grant them immunity for those very acts. i mentioned movies. instead of playing a clip we'll read again from the filing. this could be

smith who said this is execution should not proceed.hours before, justice jail prior said i really, mr. smith's case execution was stayed in 2022, by two federal courts the current u.s. supreme court seems to be really prioritizing allowing states to have their way, they have access to the execution but there has to be a living, we're gonna see it continuing downgrade in the quality in the standards i think the fairness that people are expecting >> you have to wonder if this is beginning of the end, or the end of the beginning or the down road there's a lot more to discuss. he said in the last last words, tonight in alabama humanity took a step backwards. we will see if those words continue to resonate. thank you so much for joining me. >> he was one of ten americans released from venezuelan this tension and prisoner swap. now he's speaking out exclusively for the first time here, savoie wright is my guest next. the >>> it is the stuff of nightmares quite frankly, for american citizens savoi wright, it was a reality. detained for no app

there were about two minutes of kenny smith experiencing shaking. he was slightly thrashing on the gurney there before he fell unconscious. >> reporter: media witnesses say that was followed by several minutes of deep breaths slowing until no longer perceptible. smith's spiritual adviser was in the chamber. >> what we saw was minutes of someone struggling for their life we saw minutes of someone heaving back and forth. >> reporter: prison officials say they believe smith was trying to hold his breath for as long as possible and that involuntary movement was expected, but the previously untested method has raised questions and concern from the white house and around the world >> it's very troubling to us here at the white house. >> rather than looking for novel, untested methods to execute people, let's just bring an end to the death penalty. >> reporter: alabama's attorney general fended off criticism calling the execution textbook and making this offer. >> alabama has done it, and now so can you, and we stand ready to assist you in implementing thi

live now to drjames smith in london.sociated with medical aid for palestinians and has returned from deir al—balah area of gaza strip just a few days ago. dr smith welcome to bbc news. wa nt to want to get your reaction when the israel defense forces are saying palestinians can return to the north but only if there is no danger to them from the fighting. the first thin to them from the fighting. the first thing to say _ them from the fighting. the first thing to say is — them from the fighting. the first thing to say is the _ them from the fighting. the first thing to say is the palestinians l thing to say is the palestinians have the right to return, be they currently displaced into southern gaza, be they refugees living in refugee camps in lebanon and so on. the palestinian people who have been displaced from northern gaza should indeed be allowed to return but that can only be done once it is safe for them to do so. that requires an immediate ceasefire, an immediate and sustained ceasefire. we welcome such opportunity

police were on their way to smith home when u.s.ls protecting smith's family told police that it was a false alarm, that everyone inside the home was safe. so luckily, no one was hurt in either incident. but even if everyone is safe, this type of targeting results in a certainty of intense disruption to the lives of not only the individuals involved, but their entire families. and that's the point, that's the point. the maga movement has used threats of violence in the possibility of danger as a key tool of anti-democratic coercion. dolores kordell served as a judge for 19, years including 13 on the severe court of california. she joins us now. judge kordell, first, your reaction to these news stories which came one after another after each of these figures receive this kind of intimidation. >> chris, first of all, swatting is the act of a coward. it is a federal crime, punishable five years to life. and it's a crime in some of the states. last, year chief justice roberts gave his year and address, his report, and in it he address t

so that is two last-minute options right here for smith. of how the execution will work, i've been looking through the state of alabama execution procedures and a lot of them redacted like you see here and what we can expect is for smith to be strapped into a gurney and a mask to be put on him. the warden will read the death warrant and allow him to speak to make a final statement for up to two minutes and then that mask will pump 100% nitrogen gas in and they will be pumping that until he is deprived of oxygen until death. poppy? >> isabell, is this the way executions will be done going forward or is this a one-time thing? >> right. critics are certainly claiming that this is going to open the door, that a lot of states are keeping an eye on alabama and that this will open the door to future deaths by nitrogen gas. so far there are three states that have approved nitrogen gas as a form of a death sentence. in 2009 we saw states struggling to get the drugs necessary for lethal injection after pharmaceutical companies denied selling that to

talked about jack smith.the supreme court is going to rule on immunity case, but also there's china. china, you say, did meddle in the 2020 election and will do it in 2024. >> yeah, they very clearly did. the intelligence community has assessed that and said that they will intensify. and one of the concerns that we have is they'll do the same things they did before. but, maria, there's been a 1,000% increase in the number of chinese national coming across our border. 5,000 were caught just in the month of november. 85% of those are single men of military age. so the real question there is what percentage of those are here on pla or frc orders -- prc orders to intensify efforts to interfere in the election? maria: that's right. good point. >> yeah. with respect to what's happening with colorado, look, jack smith who's the most aggressive prosecutor as i talked about, even he couldn't bring charges for insurrection against donald trump. so is when a federal grand jury pass on it but the state of colorado or mai

. >>> breaking news tonight, someone said special prosecutor jack smith a dangerous gift on christmas day. nbc news is reporting special counsel jack smith who is overseeing the prosecution of former president donald trump in two federal cases was the target of an attempted swatting at his maryland residence on christmas day, according to two law enforcement sources, someone called 9-1-1 on december 25th, reporting that he had shot his wife at the address where smith lives. montgomery county police dispatched units towards the home but were called off when the deputy u.s. marshals protecting smith and his family told police that it was a false alarm, that everyone inside the home was safe. no arrests have been made in connection with the incident. earlier today, and nbc news reported that federal judge tanya chutkan who was presiding over the now paused case of the united states of america versus donald j trump in which jack smith is accusing donald j trump of crimes leading up to and on january 6th, was also the victim of a similar swatting incident. today in a campaign speech in sou

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paid smith $1,000.death. one medical expert against capital punishment explains that inhaling pure nitrogen will starve the body of oxygen, but could cause catastrophic mishaps. it's very likely, if he doesn't die, he could be significantly injured by this experience — and, for that matter, so could other people in the proximity of kenneth smith, because the nitrogen gas, some of it will be exhaled, along with carbon dioxide, some of it may leak out of the mask. the victim's family backs the death penalty. alabama's governor's office claims the method has been thoroughly vetted, saying it is ready to move forward, although the authorities haven't presented any plausible evidence of its safety. so far, urgent calls for a stay of execution, including from the un, have not been heeded. and smith, pictured on the left with his spiritual adviser this week, awaits death for a second time. many us states have been moving away from carrying out executions. alabama remains an outlier, and today's case is superch

jack smith would have brought it. i think he would be particularly seen as being political if he did that in light of colorado case but that's another arrow in his quiver if he wants to shoot it. >> a little side note the president is entitled to believe donald trump committed insurrection. the special counsel apparently works for him did not charge president trump for insurrection and, in fact, the senate acquitted in the second impeachment. >> before remove onto the next topic we will be reserving significant time for questions and answers. if you would like to ask a question, type it into the q&a box which is at the bottom of the zoom panel. let's turn to the the second topic. the court can't get out of it no matter how much they try. a case called fisher which perhaps essential charge. also against president trump and this is a question whether the activities on january 6th, whether you think they were right or wrong justify or not, do they rise to the level of obstruction of proceeding of congress. what do you ma

. >> they're talking about smith and what's happening to him. you know, everybody's forgot about the woman in colbert county. that's what she's known as right now. her name is elizabeth sinnett. she killed her. her. he's got to pay that price for what he done to our mother. >> the victim, whose sons spoke thursday saying that they never did get an apology from smith. >> i think he's sorry you got cold 35 years. if he was truly sorry. you know, we would have got a letter or something. he never got it. >> alabama, mississippi and oklahoma are the only three states that allow nitrogen gas to be used as a method of execution. while numerous organizations pushed for alabama to call off the execution, it happened at 8:25 p.m. central standard time. this execution happened in alabama thursday night, but here in california, we have not seen an execution since 2006, 2019 governor gavin newsom issued an official moratorium, which halted executions. someone can still be sentenced to death here in california. but with that moratorium in place, it won't be e

death row prisoner kenneth smith is expected to be executed using nitrogen gas. it's a method which the united nations has called "cruel and inhumane". it will be the state's second attempt to execute mr smith, who was convicted in 1988 of murdering a preacher�*s wife, in a hired killing. mr smith's spiritual advisor, reverend jeff hood, will be in attendance in the chamber and says the execution will be a "horrififc moment" for the country. it isa it is a death days. and execution day. it is just horrible. every time one of these executions happens it is horrible. it is important to point out this is a day nobody wants. it is a sad, awful day for everyone, no matter what your perspective is. alabama's governor kay ivey gave the bbc this statement. she says: "this method has been thoroughly vetted and both "the alabama department of corrections "and the attorney general�*s office have indicated "it is ready to go." governor ivey also said, "the legislature passed this law in 2018, and it is ourjob "to implement it. " alabama is one of 27 us states where the death

a moment later , a mask similar to the one worn by firefighters will be placed over smith's face, and all hell will break loose for him. spread out on this couch, a man in a government-issued shirt and trousers with the seal of the alabama department of corrections, his arms and legs tightly bound with leather straps, will desperately fight for his life in front of his confessor. when he was turned on nitrogen, he began to convulse, he was shaking and he constantly jumped up on the gurney, shaking it. the corrections officers, i think, were very surprised that it didn't go so smoothly, and one of the state representatives was so nervous that he was stamping his feet all the time, everyone wanted it to end quickly, he continued to breathe for maybe 9 minutes, 10 minutes, unimaginable evil was unleashed that evening in alabama, it was torture, and the second torture in his life and for... in 2022, mr. smith was taken to a cell, chained to a couch and they spent 4 hours trying to get the needle into the vein to administer the injection to complete the execution. it was torture and barbar