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officer macphail rushed to the scene to investigate, was shot and killed n two years later in 1991, troy davis was convicted for that murder based on eyewitness testimony but since davis trial, seven of the nine witnesses against him either recanted or changed their testimony raising doubts that have gone global. we have the scene outside the supreme court that weve been watching, where protesters have also gathered. joining us now is senior legal analyst jeffrey toobin and b.j. bernst...

but overall that idea that the fed thinks that there are still significant downside risks, kyra, that has people unnerved. stocks are down. oil is down big. gold is down, as well. so, youre seeing a real movement out of some of these commodities and stocks today on this idea that the economy is not out of the woods yet, kyra? >> well look for the numbers in 28 1/2 minutes, thanks so much. the threat of a new government shutdown an intense round of voting rejected a spending bill and ...

announced another stimulus measure inform boost the economy. we will get the reaction around the world. hong kongs hang seng index is off 5%. thats a big move for one day for a stock index. japans nikkei is down 2%. in europe, more of the same. french, jer planing markets all plunging by more than 4%. have you gold down. you have oil down. you have selling basically acro across the board. downside risk, this is an economy in the u.s. and worldwide thats not out of the woods and markets...

davis trial, seven of the nine witnesses against him either recap theed or changed their testimony, raising doubts that have gone global. however, the d.a. in the case and the families -- the victims family insisted all along that davis got a fair trial deeptd six was the right one with. we are now joined, continue to have the live shot outside the jackson, georgia, prison, continue to show you if we can, maybe naught up on the screen, also the scene outside the supreme court that we h...

he was declared dead at 11:08 p.m. local time, less than an hour ago. witnesses to the execution spoke shortly after. davis did not have a last meal or take a sedative. he made a final statement declaring his innocence and in 15 minutes it was all over. >> he said the incident that night was not my fault, i did not have a gun. and thats when he told his friends to continue to fight and look deeper into this case so you can really find the truth. for those about to take my life, may god...

individuals. they claim that only their views, approaches or prescriptions can save humanity and the world economy. their colleagues and friends dont you think that the root cause of the problems must be solved in the prevailing international order? or the way the world is governed? i would like to draw your kind attention to the following questions. who abducted tens of millions of people from their homes in africa during the dark period of slavery making them a victim of their materi...

today at this very precipice of such a dangerous move if the obama policy in the middle east wasnt naive and arrogant, misguided and dangerous. >> and the governor didnt stop there. he called the obama foreign policy naive and said that it left irans radical regime emboldened. >> to date, we have fumbled our greatest opportunity for regime change. average iranian citizens were marching on tehran in the green revolution in 2009. america was wasting precious time on a naive policy of out...

America credit for being. when you look at the actual issues, the american public takes the liberal position on the majority of them, whether against the war, whether equal rights for women, whether its a strong environmental laws. last months poll for the first time ever 54% of americans saying that they believe gay marriage should be the law of the land. so americans are actually quite liberal even though they may not call themselves that. and i think what happened today was exactly what weve ...

Who voted for him in 08 who may vote for him again. they probably wont vote for the republican. but theyre not going to go out and bring ten people to the polls with them. theyre not going to be excited about voting again. and thats where it could really hurt him. so this thing that happened today is very exciting and to have him just repeat over and over again, i will refuse to let these bush tax cuts for the rich continue, i will refuse to rebuild this country on the backs of the poor and the ...

His margin of victory over john mccain was three times the margin of victory that george w. bush had over john kerry in the previous election. and the map from the 08 election makes that clear. the republican nominees for president and vice president won their home states, of course. alaska and arizona. they got deep red mostly low population states and that was it. thats all they got. they got the south. minus florida, minus north carolina, minus virginia. even though john mccain did win his ho...