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called now the arab spring, the time has come also for the palestinian spring. the time for independence. up first tonight, testing time for republican presidential front-runner rick perry. this from earlier today. a textbook example of playing it safe. >> our president, the great promiser of hope and change, he has delivered neither. >> this, on the other hand? call this throwing fuel on the fire. >> my friend governor perry said if you dont agree with his position giving in-state t...

offduty police officer in 1989. working to stop the execution. also have breaking news on the other big story. the release of two american hikers in iran. josh fattal and shane bauer were escorted to their family. well begin with the extraordinary troy davis take. i want to go straight to david mattingly outside the prison in jackson, georgia. there seems to be increased activity in the last hour. apparently family members arriving, a lot of state police arriving. what is your feeling ...

he was executed just under an hour ago in the u.s. state of georgia. troy davis was convicted in 1991 of the killing of an off duty police officer. the supreme court rejected his last ditch appeal, the state went ahead with this controversial execution. 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...

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...

Officials, civic leaders and academics in the progressive community, nader and the other signatories argue a democratic primary challenge, "would allow for robust and exciting discussion and debate during the primary season while posing little risk to the president other than to encourage him to take more progressive stands. certainly president obama will not be pleased to face a list of primary challengers, but the comfort of the incumbent is far less important than the vitality and strength of...

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. were back with much more here on msnbc. as boomers grow older...

were talking about on wealthy americans. some of the taxes we have talked about before, limiting those itemized deductions that the wealthy take. closing loopholes on hedge fund managers, oil and gas companies, corporate jet owners and also letting the bush era tax cuts for the wealthiest americans expire when they are set to. also a little more than $1 trillion in war savings. of course, we do know that the wars in afghanistan and iraq are already going to be winding down. and thats s...

>> i am the luckiest person in the world. my family is safe. now i need to check on my neighbors. >> michelles home burned in the steiner ranch community northwest of austin. today we are reminded not all fire victims were lucky and we may not know all the dead. the biggest fire has killed at least two people, and two others, a mother and toddler died elsewhere in the state on sunday. today a 100-member search team from texas task force one plans to fan out southeast of austin where au...

is this a bad sign? they are debating about the presidents jobs plan but they cant agree on when he should deliver the plan. thats where we are now, folks. the president asking to address congress on one night. the republican speaker of the house says that night doesnt work for us. you know the story by now. obama requesting the joint session for congress on wednesday but the same night the presidential candidates, the republican presidential candidates are holding a debate so speaker ...

suzanne malveaux. i want to get you up to speed for wednesday, august 31st. firefighters are calling in air tankers to battle wildfires outside of dallas. more than two dozen homes have burned in palo pinto county and firefighters say the fire is 25% contained. several hundred people had to pack up and run as fires spread. texas is in the middle of an epic drought and heat wave that is dragging all summer long. >> reporter: more than 100 homes are in jeopardy and those who lost their h...