david wright explains. reporter: he was a buck-toothed kid with a winchester .73. the wild west s most notorious juvenile delinquent. this is the only known photograph of billy the kid, a.k.a. william h. bonney. wanted dead or alive. why is the governor of new mexico talking about a pardon? times have changed. times, maybe. not me. reporter: on the silver screen, the legend of a likable gunslinger, who died with his boots on at age 21 you sat up there in the rocks and you murdered him. reporter: has meant big bucks for modern new mexico tourism. the state website even promotes a six-day, billy the kid self-guided tour. there s another reason to justify a possible pardon. billy the kid was promised one, in 1879, for testifying against a rival gang. billy agreed to squeal, in order to get that amnesty from prosecution. reporter: governor bill richardson has been mulling the
david wright explains. reporter: he was a buck-toothed kid with a winchester .73. the wild west s most notorious juvenile delinquent. this is the only known photograph of billy the kid, a.k.a. william h. bonney. wanted dead or alive. why is the governor of new mexico talking about a pardon? times have changed. times, maybe. not me. reporter: on the silver screen, the legend of a likable gunslinger, who died with his boots on at age 21 you sat up there in the rocks and you murdered him. reporter: has meant big bucks for modern new mexico tourism. the state website even promotes a six-day, billy the kid self-guided tour. there s another reason to justify a possible pardon. billy the kid was promised one, in 1879, for testifying against a rival gang. billy agreed to squeal, in order to get that amnesty from prosecution. reporter: governor bill richardson has been mulling the issue over for years now.
congress returns. right? you re looking at something that is so uncomfortably close to those mid-term elections because this is something that could take time to play out and this will be a huge political liability for democrats at a time when, let s face it, it s already really tough to be a democrat. brianna keilar for us this morning, thanks. look at this amazing pictures coming in to us this morning from russia. the only way out from the fire is through the fire. frightening moments for one family. flames just surrounding their cars to try to make their way out. 5,000 people were forced to flee the worst wildfires in that country s history. officials say firefighters have gotten control of about half of the hundreds of fires that are burning right now. 300,000 acres have been scorched so far. more than 30 people killed. record heat has been drying up major parts of the country. moscow hit 102 degrees last thursday. that s the highest temperature since they began keeping recor
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today, what would he say? well, he would have been astonished by two things today. he would tell us this is not president s day. but that this is a statute of the united states congress making today the celebration of washington s birthday. and that even in 1968 statute which updated the 1879 statute, insisted that the third monday of february would be washington s birthday. this is because lincoln revered the founders. glenn: now, when you say that let me push back a bit. you say that he revered the constitution. i ve read both sides of it. i think well i know i do. i come down on lincoln s side that lincoln was the guy who saved us and he did revere the constitution. he was a man in progress. when we first came in, i have no intention or any desire to free the slaves. that changed as he went along. he really truly found himself. agree or disagree so far?