Look a bit more like their rosters . The nba commissioner has agreed to meet with civil rights leaders, and we should discuss diversity. We should discuss ownership. Not just talent on the court, but ownership. Thats america. And we need to start reflecting it. Thanks for watching. Im al sharpton. Hardball starts right now. Sterling habits, lets play hardball. Good evening, im Chris Matthews back in washington. Let me start tonight with this, burgeoning National Focus on racial remarks. Did yesterdays banishment of Donald Sterling mark a new zero tolerance in hostile language . Are we entering upon a new era where words spoken in private or
public that carry negative attitudes or views will face round condemnation . And what about the political side of this . Is there a new line that elected officials have to respect . Can they no longer place the primary blame, for example, on poverty, on the poor themselves . Can they defend cuts and welfare and other support programs by saying peopl
Minutes later, it started getting particularly ugly. Reporter Graham Lee Brewer of the oklahoman was one of the official witnesses. He began kicking his feet, lifting his head and his chest off the gurney, grimacing, clenching his teeth, and a couple of months, he actually mumbled. At 6 39, a prison official said to witnesses, we are going to lower the blinds temporarily, and they did. It was clear at that point, to officials in attendance, that something was very, very wrong. After conferring with the ward, and unknown how much drugs that went into him, it was my decision at that time to stop the execution. According to an ap reporter in attendance, prison officials said they would try to get lockett to the hospital to resuscitate him. The man they were just moments ago trying to kill, well, they did not succeed in resuscitating him. At 7 06. Clayton lockett was declared dead. He died of a heart attack, 43 minutes after the drug was administered, a gruesome period of what can only be
Getting particularly ugly. Reporter Graham Lee Brewer of the oklahoman was one of the official witnesses. He began kicking his feet, lifting his head and his chest off the gurney, grimacing, clenching his teeth, and a couple of months, he actually mumbled. At 6 39, a prison official said to witnesses, we are going to lower the blinds temporarily, and they did. It was clear at that point, to officials in attendance, that something was very, very wrong. After conferring with the ward, and unknown how much drugs that went into him, it was my decision at that time to stop the execution. According to an ap reporter in attendance, prison officials said they would try to get lockett to the hospital to resuscitate him. The man they were just moments ago trying to kill, well, they did not succeed in resuscitating him. At 7 06. Clayton lockett was declared dead. He died of a heart attack, 43 minutes after the drug was administered, a gruesome period of what can only be described as torture by in
Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with brian williams. Good evening, the very same weather system that left behind a death toll of 35 from the tornados it spawned, churned over the south overnight dumping as many as 18 inches of water, five inches in the space of one hour and because flash flooding kills more people every year than tornados or hurricanes, the rising water has become a huge danger. Its a wild figure but the u. S. Geological survey estimates 2 trillion gallons of water will fall on the south and along the east coast just today. Roads are giving way, powers out for over 40,000 people, and the rescues continue. We begin with our teams on the ground tonight and Gabe Gutierrez in pensacola, florida. Gabe, good evening. Reporter good evening. The water may be receding, but the scope of this disaster remains massive. More rain fell here than during hurricane ivan, a decade ago. In the Florida Panhandle today, high water and high drama. First responders on boat
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