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Their mission was to stop the brutality. because of that, they were challenging a plantation, they were challenging the status quo at a plantation where brutality worked to the advantage of the overseers. >> of the prison guards. >> a young white guard was killed. they immediately said, let's go round up the panthers. they must have done it. the trials were nothing but kangaroo courts. prosecutor misconduct, discrimination on juries, grand juries, the list goes on and on. >> so here we are now, 41 years later, herman wallace is terminally ill, and asking for compassionate release. he is at all...

One of knicks wallace's attorneys. thank you for joining me. first of all, tell me about mr. wallace's condition? >> he's gravely ill, for sure. he's lost about 55 pounds in four months and he is being treated completely negligently. i would say he's being killed through intelligenceal neglect. >> and is he still in solitary confineme confinement? >> presently, he's in a hospital. >> okay. i got a letter from mr. wallace right after i wrote my letter to attorney general buddy caldwell, asking him to reconsider the situation of solitary confinement for the angola three, a lovely note from mr. w...

0 "essence" magazine, the premiere magazine for african-american women has been hosting this festival in new orleans for almost 20 years. and it regularly attracts hundreds of thousands of people. this weekend is a celebration of african-american music, beyonce, hey, girl, and culture. we have an incredible amount to get to this morning. but first, we want to bring you the latest on the important international news, still developing out of egypt. for that, let me bring in from cairo, nbc's ian mohedan. what's happening there? >> reporter: the situation remains tense across the country, especia...