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11:20 eastern. going to bring you the remarks live. and just a week and a day until the south carolina primaries. one of them will be in florida. newt gingrich attends the opening of his campaign headquarters. thats happening this hour. mitt romney speaks in south carolina in the next hour and r rick perry is going to be in bluffton. >> hes made a career out of poking fun at the political process. but now comedian stephen colbert actually talking about running for president himself. it...

The pardon process restores that. how do we come up with 200 when there were five in eight years. bill: as it stand right now are the pardons valid. >> it seems that way. dougs point is a fair one. it needs to be kept in mind by the vires, in 200 barred opbs he issued 189 had already completed their sentences. the department of probation, which generally is convicted the department of corrections, these pardons were in keeping with what the parole board recommended. the governor wasnt wandering ...

went to court to block some of the pardons. he says theyre a slap to the face of everyone in law enforcement, he will be with us with jeff toobin in a bit. first, four of the convicted murderers that got pardons were released sunday, according to mississippi department of corrections. one link between them, they all worked at the governors mansion on a work release program. one of the men is david gatlin. these him there. the shooting victim he left behind and family of the victim that...

face of everyone in law enforcement, he will be with us with jeff toobin in a bit. first, four of the convicted murderers that got pardons were released sunday, according to department of corrections. one link between them, they all worked at the governors mansion on a work release program. one of the men is david gatlin. the shooting victim he left behind and family of the victim that didnt live to tell the story are in a word scared. martin savidge joins me live. martin? >> reporter:...

to why he thinks it was okay. but guess what? there are four killers who are already out and there is no hope for getting them back in but we may have changes in the other ones who are set to be released. >> that is right. several bombshells in the casey anthony case as well. how she thinks she got pregnant, who killed her and why. there are reports this morning that her attorney has quit. >> quit or fired? always want to know. they both have something to say on this. new this morning ...

The clinton library. sometimes pardons make scandals. we hear nothing about it when somebody is denied a pardon. that is one reason propublicas investigation into the pardon process is ground breaking. through a freedom of information act request, pro brpublica anald a random sample of 500 or so cases. with rigorous statistical analysis, controlling for all other factors, check out what they found. look at this. quote, white criminals seeking presidential pardons over the past decade have been n...

Somebody is denied a pardon. that is one reason propublicas investigation into the pardon process is ground breaking. through a freedom of information act request, propublica analyzed a random sample of 500 or so cases. with rigorous statistical analysis, controlling for all other factors, check out what they found. look at this. quote, white criminals seeking presidential pardons over the past decade have been nearly four times as likely to succeed as minorities. white people are 400% more like...

Manu, it does bear repeating both the post and the times do not have the details of what words were uttered allegedly by john dowd. he denies there was any kind of offer or quid pro quo or even discussion about pardons. >> thats very true. the words are significant, but what we do know with this president is that he makes decisions off the cuff with his gut, and he may suddenly decide to move forward with the pardon process. remember, typically when you go through the pardon process, theres some...