goss is now charged with third-degree murder in the 2009 death of an abortion patient. he s accused of overdosing during the procedure. prosecutors are seeking the death penalty in the death of the infants. joining me is radio talk show host, msnbc contributor michael smerconish, and alice hogue. i want to put a couple things in perspective, michael. you were a lawyer from pennsylvania. you know this stuff and know this case. ever since 1976 in pennsylvania, we ve only had three executions for murder one. so this is a unique case, the fact we re even talking about it. michael, put it in that perspective. the fact we re already talking about capital punishment in this case. well, the important thing to keep in mind is that in pennsylvania, we have the death penalty on the books, but we don t really mean it. in those three instances, the only three cases where a death sentence has been carried out, even of those defendants, they asked for it. they waved the white flag and said bring on
0 was somebody who radicalized the older brother. so let me thank you very much. reporter: that s what we know at this point. right. thanks so much, as always. michael isikoff. let s go right now, more on the emerging picture, let s two to wrong roger cressey, former white house counterterrorism official and nbc, of course, news analyst on terrorism. michael mcfadden is the former deputy assistant director at the naval criminal investigative service. he s now a senior vice president at the suffon group. let me ask you both gentlemen, first, roger, then robert. what did you make of that? do you make, when you look at this, do you see two guys, two brothers, amateurs, if you will, self-radicalized, self-experts at bomb making? no plans to escape really, just doing this on their own? not talking about it with other people, no cellmates in terms of a sleeper cell jihadist. based on what we know right now, it s unlikely there was a broader security. it s difficult to believe there
welcome back to the ed show. that was limbaugh attacking president obama s record. now, mitt romney is siding with limbaugh. take a look. governor, would you go as far as rush limbaugh did yesterday in saying this is the first president in modern time who is going to run a campaign against capitalism? it certainly sounds like that s what he s doing. no question but that he s attacking capitalism, in part, i think, because he doesn t understand how the free economy works. he s never had a job in the free economy. neither has vice president biden. they spent their lives as either community organizers or members of the political class. the big panel tonight. let s turn to jack rice, alice hogue, michael ledbet. we have a conservative, liberal and middle of the road. can you give us concrete examples of president obama running against capitalism?
welcome back to the ed show. that was limbaugh attacking president obama s record. now, mitt romney is siding with limbaugh. take a look. governor, would you go as far as rush limbaugh did yesterday in saying this is the first president in modern time who is going to run a campaign against capitalism? it certainly sounds like that s what he s doing. no question but that he s attacking capitalism, in part, i think, because he doesn t understand how the free economy works. he s never had a job in the free economy. neither has vice president biden. they spent their lives as either community organizers or members of the political class. the big panel tonight. let s turn to jack rice, alice hogue, michael ledbet. we have a conservative, liberal and middle of the road. can you give us concrete examples of president obama running against capitalism?