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Heavily on his conscious too. any city would have been unavoidable. we -- nicole hannah jones says vigilante and behavior distaste -- distasteful, so politicizing. >> you have to ask what they want when they do this, when they ramp up their effort like this. to describe what happened as a lynching, as a public execution, to make all of these claims is like seeing people standing -- beside what they know is a tinder box and striking matches and throwing it in to see what catches. you see it from ...

The Supreme Court has blocked Oklahoma from executing death row inmate Richard Glossip.

US President Joe Biden met with CEOs of several leading tech firms to discuss the dangers of rapid artificial intelligence (AI) adoption.

Justices acted after an Oklahoma state panel on April 26 voted against recommending clemency for Glossip, who was scheduled to be executed on May 18 for his role in the murder of a motel owner

In an unusual twist for a death row case, the state’s attorney general says an investigation has ‘cast doubt’ on the prisoner’s conviction over a 1997 murder.

Under the hood. >> reporter: the decision granting a temporary stay of execution, giving the court more time to review glossips case. minutes after the decision, we spoke to glossips attorney, don knight. >> we are thrilled that the court granted this stay of execution. this is something that we have been asking for for a long time. we know that rich glossip is innocent. >> reporter: yet another reprieve for glossip for now, but maybe not forever. >> i either let this consume me, or i make peace...

No doubt that hes innocent of murder. >> reporter: mcdougal and humphrey are desperate to save glossips life. they point to two independent reviews. both determine the original investigation was corrupt. >> this is unjust. i mean, this is a case where literally the prosecution team has tried to hide everything that theyve done. one of the prosecutors literally -- we have it in writing that they tried to change the testimony of the actual murderer. >> reporter: even the states republican attorney...

>> the last thing this country needs is a manufactured crisis. thats what this is. a manufactured crisis. thats what it is from beginning to end. a manufactured crisis driven by the maga republicans in the congress. >> the president an top congressional leaders from both parties will meet at the white house tuesday. when we come back on this friday night, the breaking news, the massive fire erupting in houston. the images coming in at this hour. the supreme court stepping in tonight to halt an e...

Bill heads to Gov. Henry McMaster

>> reporter: right, lester. mr. trumps attorneys opted not to put on a defense case. the judge is giving the former president until 5:00 p.m. sunday to change his mind. if not, closing arguments are expected on monday. lester? >> laura jarrett, thank you. the supreme court has stepped in to temporarily halt the planned execution this month of an oklahoma man whose case has drawn support from both sides of the death-penalty debate. tonight, my exclusive interview with richard glossip on the day...