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talk to mayor mark mallory. the right wing is flipping over the obama family's jewels. tonight, melissa harris-perry and james peterson on the latest version of obama derangement syndrome. troy davis has been executed. but questions over the death penalty remain. legal scholar michelle alexander will show us the way forward. and tomorrow, the sky is literally following. a big old satellite is headed for earth. we'll give you the forecast from space so you don't get wet. the latest attempt by republicans to portray president obama's jobs plan in a negative light may be a bridg...

talk to mayor mark mallory. the right wing is flipping over the obama family's jewels. tonight, melissa harris-perry and james peterson on the latest version of obama derangement syndrome. troy davis has been executed. but questions over the death penalty remain. legal scholar michelle alexander will show us the way forward. and tomorrow, the sky is literally following. a big old satellite is headed for earth. we'll give you the forecast from space so you don't get wet. the latest attempt by republicans to portray president obama's jobs plan in a negative light may be a bridg...

236th texas execution overseen by texas' governor, rick perry, now a leading contender for the republican presidential nomination. 236 is a record number of executions. the man killed in that attack in texas in 1998, james byrd, his wife and his children have been vocally opposed to the state of texas executing anyone for that killing. yesterday, james byrd's son, ross byrd, told reuters, "you can't fight murder with murder. life in prison would have been fine. i know he can't hurt my daddy anymore. i wish the state of texas would take in mind this isn't what we want." in mississippi this week...

denied. troy davis is still alive. his execution on a temporary hold while the united states supreme court decides whether or not to consider the request for a stay of execution. joining us now is nbc news justice correspondent pete williams. pete, thanks very much for joining us tonight. what can you tell us about what is expected from the supreme court? >> well, what's expected is an answer to the question, will you grant the stay or not? it's a simple question and it will get a very simple response whenever the court is ready to do it. it's been about three hours now since the law...

knew then what they know now. president jimmy carter, pope benedict, desmond tutu are among the figures calling for clemency for troy davis, but the georgia board of pardons and paroles the do kle declined the stay of clemency and the georgia supreme court denied. troy davis is still alive. his execution on a temporary hold while the united states supreme court decides whether or not to consider the request for a stay of execution. joining us now is nbc news justice correspondent pete williams. pete, thanks very much for joining us tonight. what can you tell us about what is expected...