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along the iran/iraq border. we may hear more about the two americans today at the united nations. mahmoud ahmadinejad makes his address to the general assembly around noon. an anti-ahmadinejad protest is planned for outside the building. the u.s. central bank is hoping to kick start americas sluggish economy by selling $40 billion of short-term treasuries in exchange for the same amount of longer-term bonds. the idea is to push long-term interest rates lower even though theyre alre...

when davis was arrested for the shooting death of an offduty savannah police officer named mark macphail, a husband, son and father of two who was providing security for the burger king when a fight broke out in the parking lot. 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 ...

good evening. a last-minute appeal to the supreme court has delayed the execution of troy davis which was scheduled to take place at 7:00 p.m. eastern. he was convicted of killing an 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 o...

ali is off today. welcome to "american morning." >> good morning to you. >> the reason why carol didnt want to go to the nasdaq the breaking news is world markets are plunging overnight. financials taking the biggest beating after the fed said the u.s. economy is facing significant downside risks 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...

the asian markets. se selloffs there as well and now, its sort of come full circle. back around the world and back to where it started, right here where the selloff continues. not much reason to buy into the markets today. >> thanks for the update. amnesty international calls the execution of troy davs a catastrophic failure of the justice system. georgia delayed the execution for four hours while the u.s. supreme court considered the case. davis declared his innocence until l the en...

specifically rocking markets here. operation twist stimulus. operation twist is what theyre calling what the fed said they were going to do. change the mixture of what kind of treasury rates lower. 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...

the off-duty police officer was shot as he tried to stop the beating of a homeless man. davis acknowledged being at the scene, but denied he was the killer and maintained his innocence to the very end. >> he said that he was not personally responsible for what happened that night, that he did not have a gun. he said to the family that he was sorry for their loss, but also said he did not take their son, father, brother. >> davis drew support from around the world. hundreds of thousands...

no execution has received this much attention in decades. in this case its because so many people are convinced of his innocence. troy davis was condemned to die for the murder of an off duty police officer back in 1989. for the past few days and into today, all those who could have stopped the execution did not. now tonight his lawyers have appealed to the u.s. supreme court. we want to begin tonight with nbcs thanh truong outside the prison in jackson, georgia. thanh, good evening. >...

city hall on a controversy that comes one month before 20th anniversary of the east bay hills firestorm >> reporter: an irate homeowner gave us these foe toss. they show the unsafe and unkempt condition of the mayors home. we wanted to look for ourselves. around 6:30 tonight we spotted gardner cook clipping the vegetation at the mayors home. he told us the mayors daughter contacted him last night. >> got a text last night. >> what did it say. >> i have problems can you take care of i...

minutes. >> thank you. its considered the biggest one day nursing strike ever here in northern california. >> thousands of nurse will walk off the jobless than two hours from now. anne makovec joins us from oakland to explain who will be affected. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the hospitals are maintaining that patients wont be affected at least not directly but some elective procedures, surgeries, have been ceded around this strike, which -- have been scheduled around thi...