strickland wrote that letter. him. >> that's what most people would think. >> it is a foolish thing to do. >> it is a very foolish thing to do. >> before prosecutor smith rested, he called kristene to the stand, putting her face-to-face with david strickland. >> i wanted him to see me and see what he had done but he would not look at me. >> defense attorneys john gilmour and jimmie grandbury don't dispute she was a sympathetic witness but in court she was unreliable. >> she doesn't know who shot her. she has no recollection. she wasn't able to pick our client out of a photo line-up. >> she wasn't able to point at him in court and say, that's the guy that did it. >> what's more, she initially told police that the gun was silver. >> david's gun is a glock which is black. >> they went after investigators arguing they bungled the two-year long investigation by losing documents and mishandling evidence. >> we had documentation that the evidence was mishandled from the chief of police, chastising the officer that handle

. >> that man's name is kevin strickland. worded that he maintains he did not commit. what makes mr. strickland's case unique is that, everyone else involved in his case also believes he is innocent. the case against him was based primarily on a single witness who recounted her testimony. at the two other men convicted in conjunction with the crime also say strickland had nothing to do with it. perhaps most importantly, the prosecutors office that convicted struggling in the first place thinks he is innocent. that office called his conviction the result of a quote, profound error. why is kevin strickland still in prison? to answer that, you have to look forward. it's two one person in missouri with the power to free him and anytime with the stroke of a pen. missouri governor mike parson. he is no stranger to the pardon power. we went back and checked, and since prosecutors stated there believed that mister strickland was innocent, governor parsons has issued three rounds of pardon. he has pardoned 66 people. he has commuted t

. >> that man's name is kevin strickland.s spent more than 40 years behind bars in missouri for a triple murderer he maintains he did not commit. what makes the case unique, everyone else believes he's innocent. the case is based on a single witness who recanted her testimony. other men involved with the crime say he had nothing to do with it. the prosecutor's office thinks he's innocent, called conviction result of a profound error so why is kevin strickland still in prison? one person in missouri with power to free him is governor mike parson, he's no stranger to pardon power. since prosecutors stated their belief that mr. strickland was innocent, governor parson has issued three rounds of pardons, commuted sentences of two, pardoned 63. but kevin strickland never made the cut. when asked about mr. strickland's case back in june, governor parson said mr. strickland's case is not a priority and he shouldn't be able to, quote, jump in front of the line. shouldn't be able to jump in front of the line. that's missouri number on

but kevin strickland never made the cut.ked, said it's not a priority and shouldn't be able to quote jump in front of the line. that's missouri number one. missouri number two rewards this kind of behavior. mark and patricia mccloskey who got famous pointing guns at black lives matter protesters in front of their mansion. led to invite to speak at republican convention and to u.s. senate campaign for mark mccloskey. they pleaded guilty to harassment and fourth degree assault. far from showing remorse, mark mccloskey pledged to quote do it again faced with same circumstances. yesterday, missouri governor mike parson pardoned mark and patricia mccloskey, neither facing jail time. they jumped to front of the line but kevin strickland, jailed for 40 years for crime he and state says he didn't knit. crystal quaid democratic minority leader in missouri. thanks for being with us. what do you make of this? governor parsons saying strickland can't jump the queue, but this other couple gets a pardon? >> first of all, thanks so much fo

governor parson saying strickland can't jump the queue, but this other couple gets a pardon? >> first of all, thanks so much for having me. what i think about this, frankly disgusting. we have been discussing kevin strickland's case for some time, prosecutor's offense and eyewitness and victim have recanted, the prosecutors saying he needs to be released, he's innocent, and the governor says it's not a priority, and a few minutes later he pardons the mccloskeys that we know jumped the line. pure politics and nothing new from the governor of our state. >> what are those of us outside missing here? this many people say he didn't commit the crime and he's been in jail 40 years, what is the governor's patience he needs to slow down and not rush this

now, let me introduce you to kevin strickland.ho has spent the majority of his life, 40 years behind bars for a crime he did not commit. his conviction was built on the testimony of the one witness who later recanted and the men who were involved in the murder said he was not involved and named an alternative suspect. the prosecutor declared publically that strickland was innocent and deserves to be exonerated. now, most of you at home think i'm about to tell you that governor par son pardoned kevin strickland. nope. why? parson told reporters that strickland's circumstances did not necessarily make it a priority to jump in front of the line. you know who did jump in front of the line? these two, mark and patricia mccloskey, they got a vip pardon on, they pleaded goodwill for waving weapons at peaceful protesters who dared walk past their ugly ass house on their way to demonstrate after george floyd's murder. i guess that was too much of an injustices for governor parsons to stomach. the travesty, but meanwhile, an innocent black

house that representative strickland will vote yes on s. 272. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from oklahoma seek recognition? >> as the member designated by ms. granger of texas, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that ms. granger will vote yea on s. 272. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from oregon seek recognition? >> madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. blumenauer, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. blumenauer will vote yes on s. 272. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from utah seek recognition? >> madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. chris stewart of utah, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. stewart will vote yea on s. 272. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> thank you, madam speaker. as the member designated by mr. david scott of georgia, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. scott will v

strickland has been behind bars for over 40. >> this man must be freed.as come to you. >> reporter: still no movement from the governor who declined to comment as he pardoned 12 people, including the mcclouskey's earlier in the week. >> protesters outside their house was there for black lives matter and the injustices that have happened to african-americans. >> reporter: strickland and johnson are still trying to find ways to breakthrough the system which up to this point has been a tangled web of appeals and denials mark is running for u.s. senate. a picture of his crime featured prominently on his website and as part of their plea agreement, he and his wife had to turn over their handgun and semiautomatic rifle. they are now suing to get those back. >> thank you for shining a liegts on this. great report. thank you so much. thank you all so much for joining us this evening. ac 360 starts right now. >>> good friday evening to you. anderson is off tonight. we begin with major and positive milestone for the country. as of tonight, more than 50% of the popu

joining me now is john strickland, who's an airline analyst atjls consulting.year, which applies to the whole of the airline industry. they have been hit on all sides. australia has been effectively locked out for over a year and the international fleet has almost been completely grounded. they have done a few repatriation flights, tap in chicago but the long haulflights have not been working so no revenue has been coming in. the largest aircraft have been grounded for potentially three years, they have improved that now for two years. the one saving grace has been the domestic market in australia, that has been very strong, they have had a resurgent demand. they have used a lot of aircraft that would have been used for long haul. but then they have been hit because there has been a lot of state lockdowns. so there has been periods when even that has been impossible to operate. even that has been impossible to operate-— to operate. qantas is one of the airlines _ to operate. qantas is one of the airlines that _ to operate. qantas is one of the airlines that has

john strickland from jail s. -- jl s. apple production has been down, according to the nikkei.der how much restrictions from covid will feed through to the components which feed through to the end product, if that is what the problem is. you can see that in many different industries, not necessarily just the apple watch. francine? francine: yesterday we were looking at some of the insider reports and what the nuance could look like. a surprising thing out of the nikkei. paul browning, mitsubishi, about why america is building out the hybrid infrastru. ♪ ritika: this is "bloomberg markets: european close." coming up, ambassador hugo lawrence. that is at 1:30 p.m. in new york. this is bloomberg. ♪ a check on the bloomberg first word news, -- has good relations with the u.s. hours after the final round of american soldiers flew out of afghanistan. the taliban -- inflation in the euro area has jumped to the highest in a decade. consumer prices rose 3%, higher than their predictions of 37 economists. that is testing policymakers that a spike should prove to be temporary. it turns ou

that representative strickland will vote yes on h.res. 601. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from utah seek recognition? mr. owens: as the member designated by representative chris stewart, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. stewart will vote no on the adoption -- the rule of deeming adoption of congress 14, providing consideration of h.r. 4 and senate amendment to h.r. 3684. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from california seek recognition? ms. lee: thank you, mr. speaker. as the member designated by mr. khanna, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. khanna will vote yes on h.res. 601. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? mr. mus ir: -- mr. meuser: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. hagedorn, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. hagedorn will vote no on the rule. as the member designated by mr. reschenthaler of pennsylvania, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. resch

strickland will vote no on the motion to recommit. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from oklahoma seek recognition? mr. cole: as the member designated by ms. granger of texas, pun to h. res. 8, i inform the house that ms. granger will vote yes on the motion to recommit. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. mcnerney, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that mr. mcnerney will vote no on the motion to recommit. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from utah seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. chris stewart, pursuant to h.r. 8, i inform the house that mr. mr. will vote yes on the motion to recommit. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois seek recognition? >> as the member designated by ms. new man of illinois, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that ms. new man will vote no on the motion to rerecommit. the speaker pro tempore: for

john, sean, brian mcdermott, john, jordan blue, lucy hunter, kelly ryan, melissa porter and david strickland. these are some of the individuals that were involved in putting together the commerce piece of the underlying bill. 20% of the underlying bill was the fowfer -- focus of the commerce committee. i want to thank senator wicker and his staff to pull off the bipartisan bill that came to the senate floor as part of this package. our legislation, i think, is an historic investment to rebuild the infrastructure, including for things like mega projects, basically helping to eliminate our problems, improve our freight network, improve our environment and helping amtrak better serve the united states of america. all of these were important investments, but we should look at the first. first we're authorizing for the first time mega projects. mega projects often take up so much of our budgets in our states and federally they never get funded, but that doesn't mean they aren't critical to the united states. in the northeast corridor, we have mega projects and we have mega projects that will be c

however, governor mike parson, republican, issued no pardon for an actual innocent man, kevin strickland say should be set free after they have taken 43 years of his life. now, meanwhile, the justice department is investigating alleged abuses by phoenix police, while a new york county wants to allow cops to sue protesters who, quote, seriously annoy them. joining me now to get into this, i could think of no one better, brittany peck nick cunningham, an msnbc contributor. brittany, so happy to have you on the hoe. you look so relaxed. happy to have you here. >> oh, thank you. thank you. i feel relaxed. but i feel angry, as well. i mean, this situation in your neck of the woods, missouri, i'm so utterly offended. let's just say, hypothetically, that a black couple was waving their firearms at a crowd of maga protesters who were simply walking past their house. how do you think governor parson would respond to that? >> we know exactly how governor parson would respond to that. those folks would be arrested, tried, convicted, and would still currently be in jail. this is par for the course f