Next Prime Minister Narendra Modi votes. Indias marathon poll. Hello. Welcome. Prison officials in the american state of oklahoma have halted an execution halfway through after botching the delivery of a new untested combination of drugs. The prisoner, Clayton Lockett, was said to be shaking uncontrollably 20 minutes after the first drug was administered. Prison Officials Say he died of a heart attack more than 40 minutes later. The state is now reviewing its execution policy. Reporter Clayton Lockett was convicted of shooting a 19yearold woman and watching as his friends buried her alive. Last night he suffered his own gruesome death. His was to have been the first of two executions by lethal injection on the same evening at this oklahoma prison. But something went badly wrong. After being strapped to the gurney, a doctor injected him with a sedative at 6 23 p. M. At 6 33 he was declared unconscious and he was injected with two more drugs to end his life. But at 6 36 he began writhing
Plus ready to wear. The evolution of spacesuits moves light years ahead. Well bring you nasas new design. We begin with the Death Penalty. Were not going to debate the issue, we know there are opinions on both sides. But tonight the execution of one condemned killer is raising questions about how Capital Punishment is carried out. The inmate was Clayton Lockett a man who buried his victim alive. His execution in oklahoma last night was botched. Lockeett died of a heart attack more than 40 minutes after being given a lethal injection. Oklahomas governor is ordering a review to find out what happened and why today the white house had this to say about the incident the crimes are indisputably horrific and heinous but its also the case that we have a standard in this country that even when the Death Penalty is justified it must be carried out humanely. Ziva branstetter is an editor for the tulsa world newspaper. She witnessed the botched execution last night and joins us this evening from
Frozen. Good friday morning. We begin with that chilling plot by a minnesota teen to kill his family and stage a massacre at his high school. And the only thing that stopped the 17yearold from moving forward with his plan, was a single eagleeyed witness who tipped off police. It all unfolded in the small town 80 miles south of minneapolis. Abcs josh haskell is following the investigation and has the latest. Reporter john ladue sits in a juvenile Detention Center after police recovered explosives, guns, and ammunition they say belonged to him, to be used in an attack in the next few weeks. During his interview with officers, ladue revealed his plan was to kill his family members, start a diversionary fire in rural waseca to distract first responders, and travel to the waseca junior high school. Reporter there, Authorities Say ladue planned to detonate the prepared bombs, allegedly manufactured in a storage locker at this facility, where the teen was taken into custody tuesday night afte
Good morning, everyone. Its a happy one in los angeles. Where after a week of chaos and controversy, the clippers came from behind late last night to beat the golden state warriors, keep their playoff hopes alive. Big question now, who will run the team . Will Donald Sterling be forced to sell . Were learning this morning that the nba is poised to name a new clippers ceo. Abcs ryan smith is tracking it all from l. A. Good morning, ryan. Reporter good morning, george. Clippers fans out in force. Celebrating the teams big win. The teams fortunes are on the rise. The fate of the owner hangs in the balance. [ crowd cheering ] after a week of scandal, a moment of celebration for clippers nation. But now, v. Stiviano, the woman at the center of the controversy surrounding clippers owner Donald Sterling is speaking out in an exclusive interview with barbara walters. Is Donald Sterling a racist . No. I dont believe it in my heart. Will he apologize . Only god knows. Reporter sterling had been
Im peggy bunker. And im scott mcgrew. And scorching heat here as well. Be prepared to see the 90s, maybe even the triple digits. Lets get right to meteorologist christina loren. You say youre going to see several records wrobroken today. Oh, yeah. And its whether or not we get to that century mark thats really the question. Were looking for the warmest temperatures in the south bay. So look at these numbers. Now, yesterday was warm, but today were running 5 to 8 degrees warmer. In some cases, upwards of 10 degrees warmer than 24 hours ago. 7 degrees warmer than where we were at this time yesterday. 10 degrees warmer in San Francisco and so we are expecting to shatter temperature records as we head throughout the day today. You can see the reason why. Our camera sheer shaking. Its the same setup that drives those santa ana winds down in southern california, that brings up the warming temperatures here. For us, we dont get the strong wind, but we do get that warmth. And those offshore wi