An experimental combination of drugs the state had never used before. The state would not say where they got the drugs. They fought until the last minute to keep that secret, and then they injected those drugs into a man at the state prison in arizona, the first time air air had ever tried this exact procedure, theyre making it up as they go along now, the man did not diaz planned he gasped and made noises and stayed alive for nearly two hours. Were about to speak with a witness who was there in person to see that execution tonight. State prisons in the United States have been engaged in these experiments on ways to kill people for the last several years, when manufacturers of the drugs that prisons had typically used for teethal injections began to cut off the supply. Initially to u. S. Prison execution teams and ultimately to the entire United States. Because they figured that was the only way they could keep them out of prisons. They objected to their drugs being deliberately misuse
A police s. W. A. T. Team storms a plane after a passenger makes a direct threat against the flight. With the skies increasingly unfriendly over the past week, many of you are tweeting us with your concerns, especially with the safety of flying. The air Safety Task Force is standing by to answer your questions. Let us know what you think. Make sure you tweet us using the askdon. Also ahead tonight, is it time to bring back the firing squad for death row inmates . With another botched execution making headlines, were going to hear from a federal judge who says the firing squad and the guillotine are more efficient options than lethal injections. Israel and hamas agree to a 12hour ceasefire set to begin in three hours. Were going straight to correspondent john vause. He joins us from jerusalem. John, the day is breaking and the ceasefire will take effect very shortly. What is the feeling . Will it hold . Well, don, keep in mind they agreed to a twohour humanitarian ceasefire last sunday.
The question and continroversy what launched the attack, israel or hamas. New images of people grieving loved ones in france, algeria and in southern lebanon. This woman showing photographs on her cell phone of her niece, her fiveyearold niece and her nephew. They and her sisterinlaw awe among the 116 people on board yet another airliner over another war zone that went down today. Some were lebanese. 51 of the 116 were french nationals. This is what the plane looked like. An americanmade jet operated by swift air. The wreckage spotted in the deserts of mali. This happened around dangerous weather. The reporting is fresh, the facts may change. Reporter wreckage of the plan has been located near the city of gao who confirmed the news. 1 17 a. M. Local time, flight 5017 left bound for algiers, it was supposed to be a fourhour overnight flight but about 50 minutes of take off, it disappeared from radar over mali close to a zone of on going conflict between islamic rebels and the government
Important part of who is responsible for downing the passenger jet with it 298 on board . The hand over, an incredible moment in and of itself, first, to get you updated on fastmoving developments today. U. S. Officials are trying to build a case against russia saying it is now looking at whether russians were physically at the scene when the antiaircraft missile fired at flight 17. There are questions whether russia is scrubbing evidence from the scene. And strong words about that today from president obama. The burden now is on russia to insist that the separatists stopped messing with the evidence and give full unimpeded access to the website. Putin is refusing to accept responsibility, instead blaming ukraine and u. S. To have selfish political objectives. 282 bodies and 87 body fragments and body bags are now, according to the ukrainian government, have left the area of the crash site and are expected to arrive in tkharkiv later tonight. Now going to phil which witnessed the hand
The path of severe thunderstorms that could trigger flooding and even tornadoes. We welcome to want our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer in jerusalem. Youre in the situation room. And were following the breaking news. An emergency meeting of the Israeli Security cabinet happening right now. Its midnight here in israel. The Israel Defense forces have Just Announced its sending messages to residents of northern gaza to leave their homes for their own safety as the death toll from eight days of fighting between israel and hamas now approaching 200. With the collapse of a ceasefire today, there is little hope this air war will let up any time soon. Hamas rejected the egyptian plan outright. Israel says rocket fire from gaza continued even as Israel Defense forces paused for air strikes for six hours. Officials in gaza are reporting new death abc now israel is confirming its first fatality of this conflict. Were covering all angles this hour with our corres