admit when we have made mistakes and when that was ide i have had as an issue, the problem with the f.b.i. lab, what i ordered was a review done to make sure that the mistakes could be corrected and to identify all people who had been affected by those mistakes, make sure that going forward we don't make those kinds of mistakes again. the federal government has made mistakes, but where we find them we admit and correct them and i think set an example for the states. they should make the same kind of inquiry where they have been made mistakes and correct them as well and we have supervisory qualifications looking into what the states are doing and to the extend we find states making mistakes we'll point them out and try to work through those things in a ronald tear way to the extent we can and if we can't we use the power we have to bring lawsuits. >> woodruff: should citizens that support the death penalty worry you're using questions about administration of drugs and lethal injections as a way of undercutting the entire approach, the whole idea of the death penalty? >> no, we are doing what t

. >> the f.b.i. crime labsaid to ever mishandled hair samples. >> death row inmates could see convictions tossed out. there are no clear standards when it comes to crime scene science. >> forensic science is deeply flawed. in 2009, the national academies of science issued a scathing report that said the techniques for linking fingerprints, hair and other evidence to individuals had never been scientifically validated. it recommended creation of an independent federal research lab that sets national standards. that hasn't happened. even cutting edge d.n.a. analysis hasn't been validated in rigorous open way that science otherwise demands. the f.b.i. which oversees the national d.n.a. database called codus does now allow it to be used by researchers or defense lawyers, only law enforcement and selectively. >> we wouldn't have access to it, but we would be able to send a known d.n.a. sample from a profile from a crime scene to the department of justice and they would be able to access it to see if it cross refere

the f.b.i. confirming today that they have sent at least one member of staff from their lab at quantico. the ntsb member will arrive in kiev today. there is no guarantee that either of these people or anybody else who might follow will be allowed near to the wreckage because that is controlled by the pro-russian separatists, tom. >> you bring up a good point. i want to tackle the latest report that russia is banning some americans from entering. >> reporter: yeah. this is odd. i mean it doesn't seem to be connected with whhas been happening in crimea and eastern ukraine but the timing is suspicious. the russians have band 12 millions from entering their -- banned 12 members from entering their country, 13 in total. the russians say one was added because on u.s. banned a member of the russian parliament. all of the other 12 are affiliated with guantinamo bay and quantico. it proves the tricky relationship between this city and moscow. on the one hand the secretary of defense stands secretary of defense calling senior counterparts. kerry and lavrov today, they are having top-level conversat

the washington post said a review showed an f.b.i. labanalyzed hair samples and drew conclusions that were not supported by science. 45 of the cases involved death row inmates. >> a major victory or abortion advocates, the state's one remaining clinic could keep its doors open. the law stops politicians from now from passing any abortion restrictions in that state. >> a narrow escape in indiana, women walking on railroad traction near bloomington when they noticed a train. the pair laid down between the rails. seconds later, the train passed over them. officials say the women were trespassing, something that led to 900 deaths in the u.s. last year. >> a close call in florida, out of control car narrowly misses the shop owner and another man who seconds earlier was standing right in front. the passenger in the out of control car did die. the 88-year-old driver is in critical condition. >> let's look at other headlines making news around the world. the president enjoying ribs and conversation at a barbeque restaurant tuesday night, the city

lab worker at the national institutes of health found the small pox vials while cleaning out a storage refrigerator. the vials appeared to date back to the 1950s. from that moment, the c.d.c., n.i.h., f.b.i., f.d.a. and world health organization worked closely to develop a plan of action. the white house was immediately informed that a potential agent of bioterrorism had been found. what was the security involved in moving the samples from bethesda, maryland, to the c.d.c.? >> the security involved the cooperation of the f.b.i. as well as local law enforcement and so there was ground transport to the appropriate air assets that were provided f.b.i. >> reporter: monroe says the trickiest part was making sure nothing happened to the fragile glass vials that had likely been stored for 50 to 60 years. how could this have happened? >> i think is one of those flukes, it's sort of the trunk that's in the attic that nobody has looked at for many, many years. >> reporter: are you asking lab directors to go through their inventory, look under the tables, look in the closets? >> certainly one of the lessons learned from this episode is that laboratories around the world should have a firm idea of w

on death row based on flawed testimony, flawed evidence that the people in the lab had to know was flawed. the f.b.i. launched an investigation. they discovered these mistakes. but then even after they discovered them, it took them five years to notify those who were impacted. five years that they're sitting in prison. during that time, three of the 60 people who were convicted and put on death row on flawed evidence were executed. what do you say? do you go to the grave and say, "oh, sorry. we held -- we gave flawed evidence on you. won't do that again. won't do that again" and probably paste that on the grave stone? thousands more sat behind bars. this is shocking and unacceptable. i mention this because even in a country like ours, our criminal justice system is not infallible and that's why i again urge the senate to take up and pass the justice for all reauthorization act. it's a bill i introduced with senator cornyn last year. it's a bipartisan piece of legislation. it has the kurt bloodsworth post-inspection d.n.a. testing grant program. it's there to prevent travesties such as we've seen. na