start fighting and say, look, the rich are getting way too much of a good deal here, the poor and middle class are burdening way too much of these cuts. we should sit here and fight this out. republicans are saying, as you mentioned before, the class warfare argument, using a line now which you expect to hear on the campaign, thomas, as the president obama is putting forth the largest tax increase in the nation's history, something a lot of moderate democrats are fearful of embracing wholeheartedly. that will be interesting moving forward. the one group that could actually do something about reducing the nation's debt, the super-committee, this is the plan the president is putting forward to them, they have their first behind closed doors meeting today and they feel they will do some substantive work. jon kyl, the republican senator on that committee, which asked about the president's plan, said that was a campaign document. so that group starting the real work today. don't think they'll take too much of the president's plan into consideration, thomas. >> luke russert on capitol hill. thanks so much. new york congressman steve israel is the chairman of the democratic campaign committee, joining me in studio this morning. nice to have you here. >> good morning. >> the president's new proposal, the $447 billion jobs plan, the buffet rule, the $3 trillion deficit reduction package. they are being embraced by democrats but explain, is this a sign of democrats really stepping in line and getting in sync with what the president wants the message to be? >> well, this is a matter of democrats in the house of representatives and president obama advocating pure common sense. this is what the american people want. you have a bunch of house republicans who on their first dismay congress raise their right hand and took an oath not to the constitution but they think they took an oath to protect and defend tax cuts for millionaires and corporate tax loopholes. that is not what the american people want. they know we have a debt. they know it needs to be reduced. but they also want the sacrifice to be shared and they want the program to be fair. that is exactly what this proposal does. >> if republicans have signed onto this pledge saying that they will not raise taxes, how is this ever going to move forward? isn't this just creating nor gridlock, something we can all see coming down the road in washington, d.c.? >> we have tried for the past three othyears to find common ground with republicans. each and every time republicans left skid marks on that common ground. this is the moment of truth for republicans, the moment of truth. are they going to decide to plunge us further and further into debt in order to protect tax cuts for millionaires or will they give an inch? will they give a penny, a nickel toward the middle class so we can continue to grow the middle class while asking those millionaires to do a little more? 1500 peopearning over $1 millio. it's unfair. needs to be fixed. >> how is the president as a politician when it comes to the economy? how does he work with the members of the hill? i mean, how would you rate him as a politician? >> look, the president -- when you're president, you can't be a politician. when you're president, you need to govern. it's not about moving the country to the left or to the right. it's about moving the country forward. now, i will tell you there has been frustration in the past among some house democrats about the president's belief that john boehner and others would see the light and dot right thing. i think the president has realized that john boehner not only will he not see the light but he'll continue to lead road block republicans. the president offered a deal, pass the ideas that you yourself came up with, republicans. and the republicans won't even pass their own ideas. >> congressman steve israel, great to see you. thank you. we are following history unfolding right now at the united nations as president obama juggles several diplomatic meetings. he has a jam-packed schedule meeting with the head of the libyan transitional government as that country charts its new future and course. he'll meet with afghan president hamid karzai. later this hour on the heels of one of the deadliest periods in afghanistan. but dominating the day, the dramatic and contentious palestinian demand for a vote on statehood. president mahmoud abbas wants it. israeli prime minister netanyahu is against it. and the promise of a veto could create ripple effects across the region. we're with the senior diplomatic adviser for newspaper. prime minister newton hue wants to resume the peace talks but president abbas is adamant about the fight for statehood alive. what is the benefit for palestine for the u.n. vote going back to the negotiating table? >> reporter: what has stopped the negotiations is the insist answer of prime minister newton yu to go on despite the appeal by the american president. so that is what had happened, the deterioration of the negotiations brought things to a halt. and now the palestinians are saying, if we are -- everybody is working on the basis of a two-state solution, then what is so wrong with us trying to seek a permanent membership, full membership, here at the united nations as a state? and so now i think it's a very difficult diplomatic situation because the president of the united states said he will veto a resolution in the security council and the president of the palestinian authority says he's definitely going to the security council. i think these are new rules to the game, antdz i think everybody is panicked. it makes everyone nervous. it seems to the palestinians things have got to be clarified if people see it as a two-state solution, then it's time to deliver. that is from their point. >> how will that region view our government after this is all said and done? >> reporter: how is what? sorry. it's noisy here. >> how will that region view our government after this is all said and done? >> reporter: well, you know, american administration has been very clear in supporting going to justice in order, for example, to have the gadhafi regime in the international criminal court, the sail thing with the bashar al assad regime. they have been 81 holding the sense of justice very strongly. the region will say, why have you panicked just at the possibility that if israel does something wrong the palestinians can seek adjustment to the rights through the international criminal court? so it is better than going to the field and fighting it out militarily. justice is supposed to be for all, and there would be quite a backlash against our administration here if we are seen as one of double standard with a veto and with brolocking state status for the palestinians and accountability for israel as well as others. >> let's talk about israel's place right now in the region. this is jordan's king abdullah on prime minister netanyahu's statement on the peace process. he says, quote, everything we've seen on the ground has been completely the opposite. there's increasing frustration because they're sticking their heads in the sand and pretending there isn't a problem. with that being said, how isolate std israel in the region right now? how are they i guess positioning themselves to move forward? >> reporter: in fact, israel is not only isolated in the middle east region, israel is isolated you internationally because of the policies of the government and many israelis, a good sector of the israeli public, feel the same way about their own government. so this government has isolated israel, where as it is the time for taking advantage of the change in the region through the arab spring to really sort of make a good, new relationship with the new regime in the region. and i think it's a missed opportunity, unfortunately. it can't just go on isolating itself and dragging the united states into isolation. this would be unfortunate for the leader of the free world to be seen being dragged down into isolation by a government that is refusing to deliver on peace. and i think it is really important to make sure that we keep our eyes very focused on what must not p happen. there must not be a resort to violence, there must not be a resort to military solution. i think the israelis should not be threatening military solution just because the palestinians are seeking justice through the icc or through the united nations. >> we're going to let you get back inside. thanks for mine joining me. we're getting report in to the newsroom here that the former afghan president rue beanie has been killed in kabul. the cal taliban is claiming responsibility for this attack but would not confirm the dejd. robini was head of the country's high peace council set p up by the afghan government to work toertd a political solution. he was also the president of afghan's government that preceded the taliban. the white house is pushing back very hard against shocking allegations against its economic team in a new book. we're going to hear from the controversyial author and bring you a response from a key member of that economic team. and texas governor rick perry in harlem, new york, thinking he could visit charlie rangel's district without inviting the congressman. so what did rangel do? wul find out for yourself coming you. welcome back, the president is speaking about libya it at the united nations post-gadhafi. >> on that august day, after all that sacrifice, after 42 long years, it was libyans who pushed their dictator from power. at the same time, libya is a loens les s lesson in what the international community can achieve when we stand together as one. i said at the beginning of this process, we cannot and should not intervene every time there is an injustice in the world. yet it's also true that there are times where the world could have and should have summoned the will to prevent the killing of innocents on a horrific scale and we are forever haunted by the atrocities that we did not prevent and the lives that we did not save. but this time was different. this time we, through the united nations, found the courage and the collective will to act. when the old regime unleashed a campaign of terror, we acted as united nations and we acted swiftly, broadening sanctions, imposing an arms embargo. the united states led the effort to pass a historic resolution at the security council authorizing all necessary measures to protect the libyan people. and when the civilians of benghazi were threatened with a massacre, we exercised that authority. our international coalition stopped the regime in its tracks and saved countless lives and gave the libyan people the time and the space to prevail. important, too, is how this effort succeeded. thanks to the leadership and contributions of many countries, the united states was proud to play a decisive role especially in the early days and then in a supporting capacity. but let's remember that it was the arab league that appealed for action. it was the world's most effective alliance, nato, that's led a military coalition of nearly 20 nations. it's our european allies, especially the united kingdom and france and denmark and norway, that conducted the vast majority of air strikes protecting rebels on the ground. it was arab states who joined the coalition as equal partners. and it's been the united nations and neighboring countries, including tunisia and egypt, that have cared for the libyans in the urgent humanitarianest that continues today. this is how the international community should work in the 21st century. more nations bearing the responsibility and the costs of meeting global challenges. in fact, this is the very purpose of this united nations, so every nation represented here today can take pride in the innocent lives we saved and in helping libyans reclaim their country. it was the right thing to do. now, even as we speak, remnants of the old regime continue fight. difficult days are still ahead. but one thing is clear -- the future of libya is now in the hands of the libyan people. for, just as it was libyans who tore down the old order, it will be libyans who build their new nation. and we've come here today to say to the people of libya, just as the world stood by you in your struggle to be free, we will now stand with you in your struggle to realize the peace and prosperity that freedom can bring. in this effort you will have a friend and partner in the united states of america. today i can announce that our ambassador is on his way back to tripoli, and this week the american flag that was lowered before our embassy was attacked will be raised again over a reopened american embassy. we will work closely with the new u.n. support mission in libya and with the nations here today to assist the libyan people in the hard work ahead. first and most immediately, security. so long as the libyan people are being threatened, the nato-led mission to protect them will continue. and those still holding out must understand, the old jeem regime is over and it's time to lay down your arms and join the new libya. as this happens, the worldpport dangerous weapons conventional and otherwise and bring fighters under central civilian control. for without security, democracy and trade and investment cannot flourish. second, the humanitarian effort. the transitional national council has been working quickly to restore water and electricity and food supplies to tripoli, but, for many libyans, each day is still a struggle to recover from their wounds, reunite with their families, and return to their homes. and, even after the guns of war fall silent he, the ravages of war will continue. so our efforts to assist its victims must continue. in this the united nations will play a key role. and along with our partners, the united states will do our part to help the hungry and the wuntd wounded. third, a democratic transition that is peaceful, inclusive and just. president jal il has just reaffirmed the transitional national council's commitment to these principles and the united nations will play a central role in coordinating international support for this effort. we all know what is needed, a transition that is timely, new laws and a constitution that uphold the rule of law, political parties and a strong civil society. and for the first time in libyan history, free and fair elections. true democracy, however, must flow from its citizens. so as libyans rightly seek justice for past crimes, let it be done in a spirit of reconciliation and not reprisals and violence. as libyans draw strength from their faith, a religion rooted in peace and tolerance, let there be a rejection of violent extremism which offers nothing but death and destruction. as libyans rebuild, let those efforts tap the experience of all those with the skills to contribute, including the many africans in libya. and as libyans forge a society that is truly just, let it enshrine the rights and role of women at all levels of society. for we know that the nations that uphold the human rights of all people, especially their women, are ultimately more successful and more prosperous, which brings me to the final area where the world must stand with libya, and that is restoring prosperity. for too long, libya's vast riches were stolen and squandered. now that wealth must serve its rightful owners, the libyan people. as sanctions are lifted, as the united states and the international community unfrees more lib ryan assets and as the country's oil production is restored, the libyan people deserve a government that is transparent and accountable and bound by the libyan students and entrepreneurs who have forged friendships in the united states, we intend to build new partnerships to help unleash libya's extraordinary potential. now, none of this will will be easy. after decades of iron rule by one man, it will take time to build the institutions needed for a democratic libya. >> president obama addressing the u.n., talking about what it will mean for a new libya, talking directly about the fact that the u.s. a.mbassador is on his way back to tripoli to helm the new u.s. embassy, the president also saying that through the u.n. international community had the collective will to act and that libya really is a lesson in what the international community can achieve. we will continue to follow the president's remarks there at the u.n. and bring them to you right here on msnbc. but we have other news here at home because today for the first time the military can no longer prevent openly gay men and women from serving in any of its five branches. nearly nine months after president obama signed the repeal of don't ask, don't tell, it finally took effect just after midnight this morning. one soldier who has been posting anonymous videos about his experience in the military under don't ask, don't tell fathered his fath -- called his father in the early hours just after the repeal. >> can i tell you something? >> yeah. >> will you love me, period? >> yes. >> you'll always love me, as long as i'm -- dad, i'm gay. >> i still love you, and i will always love you. and i will always -- okay? >> yeah. >> i will always love you. i will always be proud of you. great stuff. joining me is colorado senator mark udall, a member of the armed services committee and influential leader in the push to repeal don't ask, don't tell. sir, it's nice to see you this morning. as i just said, you've been fighting for this repeal, have maintained it, do you think it would have hurt the cohesion of our troops moving forward? explain the significance of today. >> yeah, thomas. that last little vignette brought a tear to my eye. this is a huge victory for our national xiertment i served on the house armed services committee when i was in the house, now in the senate arled services committee. if you really look at the facts on the ground, we were losing thousands of americans, mechanics, fighter pilots, et cetera, solely because of their sexual identity. what we've done is consigned this policy outdated to the dust bin of history, now this will enhance our national security. if you want to serve your country, if you're a patriot, if you want to defend your country, it won't matter your sexual identity, just like it doesn't matter your gender or race. so this is a huge victory for our national security. >> if you really want to tear up, i recommend watching the whole seven-minute video because it's really good stuff with the soldier talking to his dad. >> it's wonderful. >> from when it began, don't ask, don't tell, 14,346 service members were discharged, roughly two people a day, for being gay since 1993. that's a big average of people, certainly a big losses for talented, qualified, experienced military members that we have lost because of this ban. >> one of the reasons that i was so moved to take up this charge was, when i talked to those members who had been discharged and who had gone back into the public square saying, the country has rejected me but i want to serve the country, when i asked them what they would do if it was repealed, the first thing they would do is reply for their commission if they were an officer or reapply to be included back into the military. and that's all i needed to hear. these are americans who want to serve their country, so this is a wonderful, important, historic day for all kinds of reasons. but at the center, this is going to enhance our national security. >> sir, i want to ask you to stand by. right now i want to bring someone in the conversation. i would like to say good morning and i'd like you to introduce yourself. >> hi. my name is chief foreign officer charlie morgan. i serve with the new hampshire national guard and i'm finally proud to announce publicly that i'm a lesbian. >> charlie, congratulations. this is fantastic, a big day for you. i know for so many people in the military that have the opportunity to talk about who they are and to do so openly without fear of retribution. did you think in your heart that you would see this day come during your service, that you would feel confident enough to come on national television and make a declarative statement like that? >> absolutely, absolutely. i had faith in our government. i definitely had faith in the military. i'm proud to serve. i love the new hampshire national guard. i just returned from deployment so i've been working without serve and using their support services to track what was going on. but i really believed it was going to happen so i'm proud to announce publicly on national television. >> charlie, when you talk about what it means to be in our service, to serve as you do, as say, just back from deployment, what does it mean to you that now, through whatever way you want to, you can share your personal life with the people that you so closely spend your military time with? >> absolutely. the biggest thing for me is, i'm able to now share my family. i have a 4-year-old daughter, but i also have a same-sex spouse. we have a civil union of almost 11 years, and i have not been able until today to actually share my family, my comete family. i'm able to put on my desk our family photo and actually share my family with my colleagues that i deployed with. one of the most unique things that came about when i start toed to confide to a few individuals about my sexuality is they expressed, a supervisor, that don't ask, don't tell actually prevented him from getting to know me. and i felt very honored by that. i felt very honored because people did want to get to know me. they were just limited by that particular law. >> and when you talk about what it is going to be like for you moving forward, do you fear any type of retribution or any type of concern? >> for myself, no. i feel a lot of support with the new hampshire national guard. i serve on the diversity council. out serve is a wonderful support organization that's been -- i learned about them while being deployed. i feel like that we're ready and i feel like my colleagues and my fellow soldiers and service members are ready. >> senator udall, what's it like when you hear someone like charlie being able to talk about her life publicly on television without fear of retribution? >> we're all so proud of her. there are thousands of other stories like charlie's. what she underlines is that this will actually help unit morale, unit cohesion and our recruitingests because there's so many americans who want to serve who are gay and the lessons they've learned over the last number of years is that they can't serve openly. now we've changed that policy. this policy is in the dust bin of history. we're keeping faith with the declaration of the independence, which is that all of us are created equal. >> senator, thank you. officer charlie morgan, thank you for your service and your courage. we wish you and your family the best of luck. >> my pleasure, thomas. breaking news to palace along to you this morning. into the newsroom, a ruling has been reached in the troy davis clemency hearing. it is the last chance for his supporters to save his life. melissa harris perry will sound off on this case that sparked international outrage. the details for you, next. accept it. you can't change the way banking works. just accept it, man. free ? doesn't close at five ? try nature. it's a bank. what do you want, a hug ? just accept it. hidden fees, fine print, or they'll stick it to you some other way. stay with the herd, son. accept it. just accept it. accept it. just accept it. accept it. if we miss this movie, you're dead. if you're stuck accepting banking nonsense, you need an ally. ally bank. no nonsense. just people sense. welcome back, everybody. breaking news at the half hour out of new york city where a piece of scaffolding collapsed onto a public bus. reports of 17 people with minor injuries. this incident is in front of a modell's sporting goods store in new york, roughly 125th street. we'll bring you more details as they come in. you can see the crews on the scene there, trying to get the scaffolding off the bus. again, 17 people with injuries from this. when we get new details we'll bring it to you. in other news this morning, rick perry is in new york slamming the president's policies on israel, this against the backdrop of a planned u.n. vote on palestinian statehood. the presidential hopeful insists onning the palestinian's a state of their own would violate the 1993 oslo accords. >> we would not be here today at this very precipice of such a dangerous move if the obama policy in the middle east wasn't naive and arrogant, misguided and dangerous. >> let's bring in and sa good morning to wayne slater, senior political writer for the dallas morning news and the author of "bush's brain." wayne, nice to see you this morning. is this a good move for perry, delivering this speech at a time when with the president is suffering among jewish voters? >> clearly it's politically a good idea. this is not primarily an appeal to jewish voters. the president has had problems with jewish voters, the house seat in new york indicates he may have problems next year attracting some jewish voters. but what perry really is doing here is senating his support of israel, rock solid support of israel, for evangelicals. these are conservative republican evangelicals who will be very important in the early primary states of iowa and primaries in south carolina and florida. so what perry is saying is sounding the sort of confident alarm of evangelicals who say, whatever happens we must stand firm with israel and rick perry is doing that. >> but explain to all of us, what has rick perry really done to show he's any more of a friend to israel than the next presidential candidate? >> well, he's traveled to israel as governor, one of the few places he has traveled to outside the country. he has expressed support for israel. there's a state business relationship with folks in israel. politically, what he has done is he has surrounded himself with christian zionists, john hagee, a minister, pastor, televangelist from san antonio, who supports israel even though he is a christian and leads christian support of israel. it's really been more than what he talks about because a governor of texas really isn't able to do that much in office. what he's able to do is talk about the commitment that he would have if he would become president. >> interesting times. wayne slater, good to see you this morning. thanks for your insight. >> great to be with you. proving that social media is creating a considerable boost to the u.s. economy, a new study from the university of maryland shows facebook applications have created more than, get this, 180,000 jobs. they've also contributed more than $12 billion in wages and benefits. the study estimates the so-called app economy has indirectly created an additional 129,000 jobs. pretty amazing. americans have long lamented the decline of manufacturing here in the u.s. now there's a story of an incredible turnaround. woolen mill in minnesota with roots as far back as the civil war collapsed. the former ceo of dairy queen swooped in, pulled the company back from the brink. the mill started reproducing its iconic wool blankets last week and is hiring now. joining me live from minnesota is chuck moody, ceo and president of wool and former ceo and president of dairy queen. let's talk about the wool mill, a small company, but clearly it had to be a huge labor of love to bring it back like this, equipment from the mill already tagged, ready to be shipped abroad. explain to all of us why you decided to save it. >> well, i think my partner paul moody and i, my cousin, visited the mill fist tirst time in apr this year. actually at the end of april, that machinery and equipment was supposed to be shipped over to pakistan. we literally had or three weeks to make the call whether we wanted to reopen the mill. it had been shut down for two years and had been stagnant sitting there with product in the equipment and pretty much everything left as is. had it not been for the wonderful talent of former employees, there's no way that we would have been able to open it and/or be interested in opening it. but, given the talent that was there, we felt it was worthy. it's an iconic and legendary brand here in minnesota. it is the oldest manufacturing entity in the state of minnesota dating back to 1865, and we just felt that the history should not just be historic but that it should be also with a future ahead of itself. >> we love seeing those "made in the usa" labels as we're watching the video there. explain to us, how many employees did the company employ before the collapse and how many of the jobs are now coming back? >> you know, the mill has had mubs anywhere between 100 and 200 individuals during its production periods. but right now we will start and we have right now about thirt it 35 employees, we'll probably be up to 50 by year end. hopefully depending on business, we hope to be in two and three shifts on a going-forward basis. so our hope would be to be between 100 and 150 sometime next year, which is a big boom for this area. just neat to see jobs coming back to america. this has been an industry that's pretty much offshored many of its activities. we just believe it's important for us to show that american excellence can be here in the textile industry. >> chuck moody, like i said, we love seeing the "made in the usa" labels. thank you, sir, appreciate you sharing your story. >> we appreciate it. faris built.com is our web site. we appreciate your interest. >> also i want to pass along, if there's a country or story on your radar you'd like to see us cover, tweet me. we may use your 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>> yeah. how fold it works is we're able to take the biochemistry problems that the scientists are working on and post them as puzzles in an online game. then we have an energy function we got from the biochemists that can basically take a protein structure and give you a number that tells you how well folded that protein is. all the players playing the game are rated and raichged based on how well folded their protein structures are, using this energy function and scoring function. then we can take the best, highest scoring results and give those back to the biochemists for nal sifts. >> you set this up with gamers who had little experience in biochemist biochemistry. why did you want to enlist them to solve these really complex scientific problems? >> because in this particular case every single experimental method had failed for 12 years. all of those methods had failed, the latest and greatest computational methods using supercomputers also failed. ed and so it was really a last-ditch effort and a hope that the gamers could crack this. we were amazed that they were able to do it so fast and they actually did it in ten days. we put it up for three weeks, but after the fact we looked and saw that after ten days they had actually already solved it. >> it's like a real hail mary pass. >> exactly. >> seth, dow think that these gamers -- did you think these gamers would succeed, doing so so quickly? what do you think gave them the edge over scientists, engineers who have devoted their lives to this type of research? >> that was always our hope for the fold it project, was to show that, you know, gamers maybe who don't have any training or background in biochemistry would be able to solve these kinds of problems and make these contributions to science. i think, you know, we've seen aloft the players don't have any training or background in biochemistry, yet they're still able to use their kind of basic innate spatial reasoning skills to solve these kind of problems. in these cases i think a lot of the players who don't have sort of a biochemistry background have a lot of sort of fearless approaches and they don't really know, maybe, what vie bio chemists might think you're not supposed to do. so they're able to be creative and come up with interesting solutions to the problems. >> a lot of kids can now say, i'm doing this for scientific research. i've got to play my video games. we'll see where it goes from here. gentlemen, thank you so much. >> thank you. to a breaking story now we've been following out of georgia where convicted cop killer troy davis is going to be put to death after decades-long legal battles. just a short time ago, georgia's board of pardons rezwrejected a to save davis' life. he is scheduled to be executed tomorrow for the 1989 murder of a georgia police officer. this decision follows high-0 profile support for his claim of being wrongly convicted. listen to his supporters. >> this is an affront to human rights. this is not just a case here in georgia where over 40,000 people have joined their voices in signing our petitions, this is an international human rights case and we are facing an international human rights scandal. >> msnbc contributor melissa harris perry joins us to talk more about this, a professor of political science at tu lane as well as a columnist for "the nation." melissa, what is your reaction to this late breaking news? >> honestly, i'm on a series of lists and got a ton of e-mails kind of all at once when the denial of clemency came through. i'm really quite sick about it. for those organizations, amnesty and naacp and all of those citizens who have been asking for clemency, let me be clear, it is not a claim about mr. davis' innocence in this case. it is a claim that there is simply too much doubt. mr. davis was convicted almost two decades ago now. he was convicted in circumstances that had no physical evidence but simply a great deal of eyewitness evidence. and an enormous proportion of those eyewitness vz recanted, seven of them have recanted. and so under those circumstances, there is simply too much doubt to take someone's life. this is, as a representative from amnesty was just saying, absolutely an international human rights violation question. >> when you talk about the fact there was too much doubt, you go over some of points talking about these witnesses backing off their testimony, also saying that others who did not testify say that another man at the scene admitted to this shooting. how do you explain the pardons board's decision based on those details? we know there are a lot more. this has been a back-and-forth going on for some time. >> this has been going on for decades left's be clear. one of the things that happens in these cases is that the family of the victim in this case is very certain of mr. davis' guilt and very much would like to see mr. davis executed. and obviously all of us feel all of us feel profound, deep, sadness for this family and their loss. the police officer who was murdered in this case, was a young father. and so there was four hours of testimony on the part of that family to this parole board and my guess is it's highly likely that this parole board wants to find closure as the language has been for the family of the slain police officer. but again, i think we have to be really clear as a nation that although closure is important, it is insufficient as a basis for taking the life of someone where there is simply too much doubt. >> melissa harris perry, nice to see you this morning. thank you for your time. again, troy davis is set to be executed at 7:00 p.m. eastern time tomorrow night. we're back with much more here on msnbc. as boomers grow older it's imperative we get a good night sleep to stay healthy and maintain our quality of life. the institute of health recommends boomers go to sleep and wake up at the same time even on weekends, try not to nap during the day to sleep at night, keep an eye on your caffeine intake and avoid alcohol close to bed time and make sure you exercise regularly. just one phillips' colon health probiotic cap a day helps defends against occasional constipation, diarrhea, gas and bloating. with three strains of good bacteria to help balance your colon. you had me at "probiotic." 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