With the Algerian National airline. Tom costello in washington keeping an eye on that. Were also following the incense fieg scrutiny of the Death Penalty amid what some are calling another botched execution. This time in arizona. Governor jan brewer is now ordering a review of that states execution process because it took nearly two hours for convicted murderer joseph wood to die following a lethal injection wednesday afternoon. Witnesses, many of whom were reporters, describe the troubling scene. Some say he gasped hundreds of times over the course of an hour 40 minutes. It was sort of a spasm that would go from his mouth down through his chest to his stomach. We watched this and it went on for more than an hour and a half. To watch a man lay there for an hour and 40 minutes gulping air. I liken it to a fish on the shore. Governor brewer acknowledged concerns with the lethal cocktail of drugs administered, but she went on to say wood died in a lawful manner and by eyewitness and medical accounts he did not suffer. This is in stark comparison to the gruesome vicious suffering that he inflicted on his two victims. Woods was convicted in the 1989 double murder of his then girl friend and her father. Family members of the victims were in the presence and say the focus should be on his crimes, not his death. Everybody here from what i heard said it was excruciating. You dont know what excruciating is. Whats excruciating is seeing your dad lying there in a pool of blood, seeing your sister lying there in a pool of blood. Thats excruciating. This man deserved it. The drugs that were used in woods execution were the same drugs used in an ohio execution that drew outrage after the inmate struggled for air and took 25 minutes to die. All of this comes months after the botched 43minute execution of an oklahoma inmate who later died of a heart attack after that execution was stopped. That, of course, set off a heated national debate. I am joined now on the phone by the Associated Press. She was inside the prison, saw the execution. Also, cassandra stubbs, director of the Capital Punishment process at the aclu. Lets start with what governor brewer said that this execution in this particular execution, he did not suffer. Based on what you saw, would you agree with that assessment . Um, i really wouldnt be able to make that assessment. He looked sedated and he wasnt moving other than his chest expanding and his jaw dropping when he was gasping for air. Other than that, theres absolutely no way i can make that determination. You saw his chest and you saw his jaw drop. What else did you see . Could you hear anything . Um, yes. Occasionally we could hear him snoring. It was only during times that the microphone in the room was turned on. That happened about six times. You can definitely hear him snoring loudly. Did the other folks witnessing the execution, were they visibly, whats the word here, were they visibly taken aback by what they were seeing . Definitely. Especially some of the media witnesses who have witnessed several other executions. Theyre pretty aware of how it usually goes. They kept exchanging glances. The attorneys looked pretty nervous. At least one of his attorneys ran out of the room about an hour in to federal court to try to get the execution stopped because it had been so long and he still had not died. Cassandra, this is part of the statement that the aclu put out a short time ago. Today the state of arizona broke the eighth amendment, the First Amendment and the bounds of basic decency. It goes on to say, in its rush to put mr. Wood to death in secret, they ignored the dire and cleared warnings from the botched executions of oklahoma and ohio. Its time for arizona and the other states using lethal injection to admit that this experiment with unreliable drugs is a failure. Start with explain how this was a violation of the fourth and the eighth amendments. It was a violation of the First Amendment and the eighth amendment because we as the public are entitled to know whether or not an execution is likely to go as planned or unfortunately, is likely to be what happened here, another botched. Thats one of the real tragedies here about this horrifying execution. Was not only did it go so long, but it was forlorned. It is predicted that this risk could happen. So that really goes to our First Amendment. The fact that we as a public have the right to know information and that the states, including the state of arizona, are hiding that information from us. The eighth amendment violation, thats the one that belongs to mr. Wood. That goes to the fact that we have an obligation under our constitution not to execute people in ways that are cruel and unusual. I think theres really no question here that this kind of botched execution violates those norms. I want to play a piece of sound from woods attorney who seemed to echo that sentiment. Take a listen. It was an experiment because the state of arizona decided to follow the lead of the state of ohio and use the mixture of hydromorphone and midazolam to carry out this execution when they were fully aware of the problems that have occurred in ohio. Really quickly, cassandra for folks who may not have been following the story close over the last few months, what are the problems that have been associated with these drug cocktails . Well, as the attorney just referenced, these are experimental cocktails. You know, we dont really know that and dont have any reason to know that they would work. In fact, we have reason to know they dont work. What we saw in ohio, when an execution goes as planned, the inmate should be sedated and the process should go quickly. Instead, were seeing that inmates are gasping for breath. Theyre writhing and snorting and snoring. All these signs that they are not conscious and as a result are experiencing perhaps incredible pain. Thats the real warnings that weve now seen time and time again with these horrible botched executions. We know at this point that theres going to be this review ordered by governor brewer. What more can you tell us about that . Theyve called for an independent review, the attorneys have. They feel that governor brewer and attorney general tom horn have basically declared that the execution was lawful and that mr. Wood did not suffer. So theyre hoping for an external review. We will leave it there. Thank you both. Do appreciate it. Lets turn now to the crisis in the middle east. The u. S. Ban on the commercial flights to israels main airport. That ban has been lifted. Airlines will begin flying to the airport tonight. The ban was in effect since tuesday after a rocket fired from gaza struck near the airport. The federal Aviation Administration today defended the flight ban in a statement saying in part, the mission of the f. A. A. Is to ensure safe air travel. We do not make political calculations or decisions based on politics. We make decisions based on the safety and security of passengers and pilots. Meanwhile, in gaza, an Israeli Attack on a u. N. School compound this morning killed at least 15. Gaza Officials Say hundreds much people were seeking shelter at the school at the time of the attack. The Palestinian Death toll is at more than 700. The vast majority civilians. A push by a u. N. Secretary failed to produce a halt to the fighting. One injured gaza man told nbc news how he heard the news that his family had been killed in one of the israeli air strikes. They asked people what happened to my family. All of them told me they are okay, they are okay, they are okay. I was not convinced by their answers. After i was fully conscious, i talked to my relative and he told me that none of them were survived. The israeli army said more than 21 rockets were fired today at israel. That the israeli army has attacked more than 80 targets in gaza so far. We have two reports this morning. Nbcs Martin Fletcher is in tel aviv andyman mohyeldin is in ga. In the southern part of the gaza strip, the town where the israelis are moving forward, theyve been shelling houses that they say house rocket launchers, looking for tunnels. Thats the same thing thats been playing out in the north in the northern part of gaza and for the last week. The school that the israeli the school that was hit by rockets, the israelis hit it, maybe they did. Just to point out, the israeli army put out a statement saying theyre investigating the incident. They said that hamas rockets have been fired in the area and have fallen in another area. Israel is raising the possibility that it may have been hamas rockets. Theyre investigatesing the incident. They didnt confirm or deny that it was israeli rockets. The result, at least 15 dead apparently, craig. Martin, how important to the israelis is the lifting of the flight ban . Extremely important. First of all, psychologically. When the american airlines, when the f. A. A. Introduced that ban, about dozens of European Airlines followed suit. They all fell like dominos. That psychologically has a kind of isolating effect for israel. In addition to the impact on the passengers who cant come or go. The other aspect of it, its a Great Success for hamas who have long tried to close that airport. Even though one rocket fell within a mile a couple of days ago and that caused the ban, the airport was never under any real danger according to the israelis who complained bitterly when the ban was in force and theyre happy that its now been overthrown. So the First American airline as you mentioned taking off, the first planes will be landing tomorrow. You know, after the ban was lifted, there was a barrage about five more rockets that hit over the tel aviv area. Also in the general area of the airport. Theres not really more safe or less safe than before but the ban has been lifted. A man, whats the scene like in gaza today . We are getting reports from the southern part of the gaza strip about some of the scenes there. Theyre similar to what we heard from the scenes and the residents we spoke to a couple days ago that took place in the eastern part of the gaza strip in a neighborhood there. Scenes of whole families trying to leave their neighborhoods coming under heavy intense shelling by the israelis throughout the course of the night and into the early morning. There were reports of casualties and fatalities as a result of the ongoing shelling in the southern part. Here in the eastern part of gaza, operations are still ongoing. Part of that ground offensive. So much so that the International Committee of the red cross has been unable to access that neighborhood despite repeated calls to coordinate with the Israeli Military to enter and try to evacuate people that may be trapped or injured or to recover bodies of those that may have been killed as a result of the fighting. So far the israelis have not granted that permission. Still, about 44 of the territory here remains a no go zone which means palestinians arent allowed to enter that area. The focus in the last two hours has been about the incident at the u. N. School with the reported shelling. The u. N. Says that all the schools coordinates, the u. N. Facilities here, their gps coordinates have been given to the israelis. They know where the schools are, they should not be targeting or hitting anywhere near them. The result is that we have seen, not only in this conflict but in previous conflicts, israel has targeted these schools. The investigation as martin was saying, is still ongoing. It could have been possibly pol stinian rocket fire. That hasnt been the case. We have not heard of the rockets falling inside of the gaza strip since the weaponry is more advanced and capable of firing at long distances. A lot of questions surrounding this incidence. Nonetheless, a disturbing one. Ayman mohyeldin for us in gaza, Martin Fletcher in tel aviv. Thanks to you both. More International Investigators will be heading to the crash scene of flight mh17 this as western countries debate whether to take action against russian president Vladimir Putin. If so, what kind of action. 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All of this as western nations continue to debate what, if any, action should be taken against the prorussian separatists suspected of shooting down that plane. Even russia, if that country is found to have played a role. Its the subject of the new Time Magazine cover story. Crime without punish. The writer of that piece, Simon Schuster joins me. You make an interesting argument in the piece you write. Had putin finally gone too far as the days passed and the stench rose, the coldly calculating russian president got his answer. Apparently not. While state controlled media at home buried russias role in the disaster under an avalanche of antiwestern propaganda, leaders in europe and the u. S. Found themselves stymied once again by putins brazenness. How much has Vladimir Putin been strengthened by this Current Crisis . I think its been a series of crises that hes come out of pretty fine. In fact, stronger. If you remember the crisis in syria last year, very recently the crisis in crimea followed quickly by the en urgement from Eastern Ukraine. Every time hes in a position where western leaders have to ask him, plead with him, ka joel him to desist. He finds himself in the center of the International Political arena which is the spot where he loves and covets. It shows the russian people that he has succeeded in making russia a power to be reckoned with, a power thats respected. Even a power thats not exactly liked in the west. All of those are keys for him. Simon, how popular is putin in russia . His Approval Ratings would be the envy of pretty much any leader internationally. Only one that tops him, one of the few that tops him is north Koreas Kim Jong un probably. It stands at about 86 approval raids according to the latest polls that were taken in late june. There have been no opinion polls to judge whether the crash of mh17 has negatively impacted his rating in russia. But theres really no indication that it would have. The kremlin has very deftly and effectively managed the perceptions of the conflict in Eastern Ukraine at home. It helps when you control state media as well. Exactly. Is that why hes managed to remain wildly popular in his country . Thats right. Thats probably his best investment early on and the first term of his presidency. He brought pretty much all of the state all of the Television Media in russia under state control, kicking out the previously controlled tv stations and now he has the ability to push whatever agenda he wants on to about 90 of the population of russia which rely on television for their main source of information. Simon schuster in kiev. Thanks as always. Its a fascinating read. I en