Her name was Florence Schumaker Thompson. She was asked if she would fill in and become the sheriff in her husbands absence. She said yes. She was sworn in in davis county the day after her husbands funeral. And as unusual as it was at the time, in the 1930s, to have a woman sheriff in the United States, the reason Florence Schumaker Thompson became nationally famous as a local county sheriff in kentucky at the time is because while she was sheriff of that county, she had to carry out a hanging. Just a few weeks after she was sworn in, an africanamerican man named rainy bathea was sentenced to die in davis county, kentucky, after he was convicted of raping and murdering a local white woman. He did not protest his innocence. Although he did fight his sentence. He tried to avoid the death sentence, but the county did convict him and they were determined to hang him and sheriff Florence Schumaker Thompson thereby became the first woman in the United States to be given the task of carrying
The day after her husbands funeral. And as unusual as it was at the time, in the 1930s, to have a woman sheriff in the United States, the reason Florence Shoemaker Thompson became nationally famous as a local county sheriff in kentucky at the time is because while she was sheriff of that county, she had to carry out a hanging. Just a few weeks after she was sworn in, an africanamerican man named Rainey Bethea was sentenced to die in davis county, kentucky, after he was convicted of raping and murdering a local white woman. He did not protest his innocence. Although he did fight his sentence. He tried to avoid the death sentence, but the county did convict him and they were determined to hang him and sheriff Florence Shoemaker Thompson thereby became the first woman in the United States to be given the task of carrying out an execution. Hundreds of reporters and photographers from all over the country descended on owensboro to cover the hanging, a hanging conducted by a woman, right . S
We begin this hour with another donald trump controversy. Hes once again distancing himself from some controversial comments. Accept this time they arent comments made by the billionaire front runner but a close adviser to his campaign. Heres our jeff zeleny with more. Reporter Donald Trumps president ial campaign weathered one storm after another. They are bringing drugs. They are bringing crime. They are rapists. Reporter but a new controversy over offensive language is hitting closer to home. Whos doing the raping . Reporter tonight, as he keeps riding high in the polls, his team is trying to clean up another set of comments. This time it has nothing to do with illegal immigration but trumps own marriage. His longtime counsel and spokesman Michael Cohen is under fire for telling the daily beast, you can not rape your spouse. Those five words set off a firestorm. Stunning response to decades old allegation against donald trump. Donald Trumps Campaign is issuing a strong response this
Republicans of selling guns to isis . This after a series of gun control measures die in the senate and today the white house frankly may have added more ammo to the clip. Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. Hillary clinton tried to eviscerate Donald Trumps greatest Campaign Strength his perceived business acumen. We cannot put a person like this with all his empty promises in a position of power over our lives. We cant let him bankrupt america like we are one of his failed casinos. Clinton is hoping to exploit any potential weaknesses in her rival after an unsteady few weeks in his campaign and now the businessman finds himself lagging behind Hillary Clinton in how much money their campaigns have in the bank whats called cash on hand. Hes behind her to the tune of 40 million. Weve got reporters covering both president ial campaigns this afternoon. Were going to begin with cnns senior White House Correspondent jim acosta. Hes live outside trump tower. Jim, mr
They will, in fact, block minnesota congresswoman ilhan omar and michigan congresswoman Rashida Tlaib from entering the country. President trump tweeted within the last hour urging israel to bar them. The president writing in part it would show great weakness if israel allowed representative omar and tlaib to visit. They hate israel and all jewish people and theres nothing that can be said or done to change their minds. Minnesota and michigan will have a hard time putting them back in office. They area i are a disgrace. That tweet coming from the president of the United States. Im joined now by kristen. Shes traveling with the president. Kristen, whats this all about . Reporter craig, this is an escalation of the ongoing feud between President Trump and these congress women. Now, first a little bit of a fact check. Neither has ever said that they hate israel or the israeli people. They have been critical of the israeli government. They recently voted, in essence, in favor offa a boycot