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Stabbed her husband douglas to death. nbcs gabe gutierrez outside the prison where kelly is serving her sentence. what more, gabe, do we know about this letter sent from the pope? >> reporter: hi, thomas. good afternoon. pope francis during his visit to the u.s. last week called for a ban on the death penalty and now the archbishop of atlanta is making an appeal on the pontiffs behalf to the georgia parole board that right now is deciding the fate of kelly. she is scheduled to be executed here a...

Which shes been convicted and while sympathizing with the victims, i nonetheless, implore you in consideration of the reasons that you have been presented to your board to commute the sentence o to one that would better express both justice and mercy. >> let me also read for you a statement that we have just gotten in. this is from the family of doug gissendaner. this was her husband who was killed. in the last 18 years, our mission has been to seek justice for dougs murder and to keep his memor...

Muslim being in the white house? >> let me make this clear. i wouldnt advocate for somebody that is a muslim to be the front runner for the republican side. let me also make it clear, if a conservative muslim is running against hillary clinton, im going to probably support the conservative muslim. it doesnt matter as much about the religion as it does, what do you stand for individually, and what type of muslim are you individually? if you are a conservative muslim, if you are calling out radica...

A level field, we need to treat them all the same way. bassett deserves to die. we need equality in the sport. look, i proved a few blocks ago that you are not qualified to answer this question. but is it sexist? >> you want -- do you want me he to answer? >> yes. >> this is sexist. i want men to also also get some sympathy. i would like to see the men cry a little more. because they have to suppress their feelings and thats not okay. you i think the fans are sympathizing with this poor woman an...

This gentleman was in the air force in the late 80s and i believe he left the air force in 1990 and got radicalized sometime in the mid-90s and right after 9/11 was sympathizing with osama bin laden. hes had these sympathies for sometime and hes been in the middle east and working for this and it will be interesting to see exactly how much we can pull and what trends he represents and how much of this is a one-off. >> and what abby refers to is the red flag in this situation, is that he is a mil...

With his egyptian wife and a letter where he allegedly wrote, "i will use my talents and skills given to me to establish and defend the islamic state. there are two possible outcomes for me -- victory or martyr." his attorney says his client will plead not guilty in court in new york tomorrow. >> i understand he left the air force in 1990, but shortly came on the radar of the fbi in 1990, and why is that? >> according to this criminal complaint he converted to islam in 1998 and became increasing...

Given to me by allah to establish and defend the islamic states." for more, lets go to pamela brown. what else are we learning? >> this case is unique in a lot of different ways. officials say this man, the 47 year old pugh, had been radicalized over the last 14 years. they say in the late 1990 oos h converted to islam. he worked for american airlines. a co-worker went to the fbi and said he was espousing anti-american views and he sympathized with osama bin laden so he was put on the fbis radar...

Most because he would have had access to private american and european-made aircraft. he could have learned the security weak points on those aircraft where he could stash weapons, where he could stash bombs, how he could get past security. >> reporter: pugh landed on the fbis radar more than a decade ago when an american airlines employee tipped off the agency he was sympathizing with bin laden. according to the complaint, pugh had converted to scramand become more radical during that time. >> ...

Letter where he allegedly wrote, "i will use my talents and skills given to me to establish and defend the islamic state. there are two possible outcomes for me -- victory or martyr." his attorney says his client will plead not guilty in tomorrow tomorrow. >> he came on radar of the fbi shortly after 9/11. >> according to this criminal complaint he converted to islam in 1998 and became increasingly radical. he worked for american airlines after the air force. apparently the fbi was tipped off ab...

A chart of crossing points. he was denied entry when he refused to allow officials to search his electronics. he worked on airplane maintenance for years in the air force from 1986 to 1990. he received training in the installation of aircraft engines and weapons systems. he worked as an airplane mechanic for american airlines. >> his experience in the private aviation sector disturbs me the most because he would have had access to private american and european made aircraft that he could have le...